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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Atsushi Noda, Yokohama, JP;
Takayoshi Hanakata, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400120 ; 400512 ; 400609 ; 400606 ;
Abstract
The thermal printer pertinent to the present invention is of the type in which a heat sensitive paper having a coating of heat sensitive material on the upper side and a coating of heat fusible ink on the backside is used. A thermal head is brought into contact with the upper side surface under pressure to transfer the ink coated on the backside of the heat sensitive paper onto a common paper. According to the invention, a feed source of the heat sensitive paper and a feed source of the common paper are provided separately at different positions.