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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Sakuwa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01); B41J 2/325 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/17 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/32 (2013.01); B41J 2/325 (2013.01); B41J 11/70 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal printer uses an ink ribbon having a function of performing cleaning of a thermal head by being heated. The thermal printer performs a cleaning process of performing cleaning of the thermal head. In the cleaning process, the thermal head applies, to the ink ribbon, heat of a heat quantity with which a dye applied onto the ink ribbon does not sublime and with which the cleaning is performed.