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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Toppan Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masashi Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Marugame, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TOPPAN INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/33 (2006.01); B41J 2/335 (2006.01); B41J 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/33 (2013.01); B41J 2/3354 (2013.01); B41J 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A head unit is used for production of a media sheet that has a medium region row including a plurality of medium regions, the medium regions being to be separate personal information media. The head unit includes a plurality of thermal heads configured to thermally transfer dots exhibiting a structural color from a ribbon to a target. The plurality of thermal heads are arranged so that each thermal head corresponds to a respective one of the medium regions constituting the medium region row.