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GB2022018A - Thermal Transfer Color Printer - Google Patents

Thermal Transfer Color Printer

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Publication number
GB2022018A
GB2022018A GB7913576A GB7913576A GB2022018A GB 2022018 A GB2022018 A GB 2022018A GB 7913576 A GB7913576 A GB 7913576A GB 7913576 A GB7913576 A GB 7913576A GB 2022018 A GB2022018 A GB 2022018A
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Prior art keywords
printhead
paper
carrier
materials
thermal transfer
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GB7913576A
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Tektronix Inc
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Tektronix Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
    • B41M5/34—Multicolour thermography
    • B41M5/345—Multicolour thermography by thermal transfer of dyes or pigments
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/325—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J35/00—Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/16—Multicolour arrangements
    • B41J35/18—Colour change effected automatically
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/46—Colour picture communication systems
    • H04N1/50—Picture reproducers
    • H04N1/502—Reproducing the colour component signals dot-sequentially or simultaneously in a single or in adjacent picture-element positions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/46—Colour picture communication systems
    • H04N1/50—Picture reproducers
    • H04N1/504—Reproducing the colour component signals line-sequentially

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)
  • Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
  • Fax Reproducing Arrangements (AREA)

Abstract

A single pass multicolor thermal transfer printer for recording color images on plain paper by transferring spots of different colored materials from a carrier sheet 14 as it and a sheet of paper are moved across a printhead 16 in contiguous relation. The printhead 16 includes a plurality on of individual thermal elements 44 that are selectively energized in timed relation to transfer colored materials from discrete areas of the carrier 14 to the paper, as the sheets pass over the printhead. The carrier includes separate, repeating patterns of four different color materials 36Y, 36C, 36M, 36B - three primary colors plus black - permitting the formation of multicolor images by energizing the appropriate elements 44Y, 44C, 44M, 44B respectively as areas of the desired color materials are moved into registration with them. <IMAGE>
GB7913576A 1978-05-30 1979-04-19 Thermal transfer colour printer Expired GB2022018B (en)

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US91017078A 1978-05-30 1978-05-30

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GB2022018A true GB2022018A (en) 1979-12-12
GB2022018B GB2022018B (en) 1982-05-06

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JP (1) JPS605197B2 (en)
CA (1) CA1113782A (en)
DE (1) DE2921120C2 (en)
FR (1) FR2427201A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2022018B (en)
NL (1) NL171969C (en)

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EP0050481A3 (en) * 1980-10-16 1983-05-18 Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Multi-colour image recording device
FR2507127A1 (en) * 1981-06-05 1982-12-10 Sony Corp THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER FOR PRINTING IMAGES ON NORMAL PAPER
US4503095A (en) * 1982-02-13 1985-03-05 Fuji Kagakushi Kogyo Co., Ltd. Heat-sensitive color transfer recording media
USRE32967E (en) * 1982-11-24 1989-06-27 Xerox Corporation Web tracking system
EP0110668A1 (en) * 1982-11-24 1984-06-13 Xerox Corporation Color electrographic recording apparatus
US4485982A (en) * 1982-11-24 1984-12-04 Xerox Corporation Web tracking system
US4569584A (en) * 1982-11-24 1986-02-11 Xerox Corporation Color electrographic recording apparatus
US4913330A (en) * 1983-03-31 1990-04-03 Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Web feeding apparatus
EP0121218A1 (en) * 1983-03-31 1984-10-10 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Printing apparatus
GB2192589A (en) * 1986-07-18 1988-01-20 Philip Sherwood Harris Preston Method of multi-colour printing using single impact printer
WO1989005730A1 (en) * 1987-12-18 1989-06-29 The De La Rue Company Plc Improvements relating to coloured image generation
EP0389635A4 (en) * 1988-08-31 1991-10-16 Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Heat-transfer method and heat-transfer sheet
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US9144999B2 (en) 2012-11-09 2015-09-29 Dover Europe Sàrl Tape drive and method of operation of a tape drive
US9238375B2 (en) 2013-02-12 2016-01-19 Dover Europe Sàrl Tape drive and method of operation
GB2510834A (en) * 2013-02-13 2014-08-20 Markem Imaje Ltd Printing apparatus and method of operating a printing apparatus
US9145000B2 (en) 2013-02-13 2015-09-29 Dover Europe Sàrl Printing apparatus and method of operating a printing apparatus
US9272531B2 (en) 2013-02-13 2016-03-01 Dover Europe Sarl Tape drive and method of operation of a tape drive
GB2510834B (en) * 2013-02-13 2017-01-18 Dover Europe Sarl Printing apparatus and method of operating a printing apparatus

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JPS54156647A (en) 1979-12-10
NL7903643A (en) 1979-12-04
DE2921120C2 (en) 1984-06-28
NL171969C (en) 1983-06-16
FR2427201A1 (en) 1979-12-28
FR2427201B1 (en) 1983-12-23
GB2022018B (en) 1982-05-06
JPS605197B2 (en) 1985-02-08
NL171969B (en) 1983-01-17
CA1113782A (en) 1981-12-08
DE2921120A1 (en) 1979-12-06

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