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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Mitsui, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignees:
Epson Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 219216 ;
Abstract
A printing head for use in a thermal printer is provided. The printing head includes a substrate and an elongated smooth glaze layer is formed on a portion of the substrate. A plurality of heating elements are disposed on the glaze layer in a vertical column. Electrodes on the substrate selectively activate the heating elements to form characters on a thermosensitive recording paper.