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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Akira Minami, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a heat sensitive medium in a conveyance direction, a thermal head including a plurality of heat generating elements arranged in a direction crossing the conveyance direction, and configured to perform printing on the heat sensitive medium conveyed by the conveyance unit by heat generation of the plurality of heat generating elements, a controller configured to selectively cause the plurality of heat generating elements to generate heat by performing application control of energy to the heat generating element so as to print a dot on the heat sensitive medium by the heat generating elements, and a storage unit configured to store three or more heating patterns of the heat generating elements in the application control. The controller includes a first output unit and a second output unit.