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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naoki Miyazaki, Suntoh, JP;
Keiichi Horiya, Numazu, JP;
Tsugio Shiozaki, Susono, JP;
Kazuhide Takahama, Tagata, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400120 ; 400207 ;
Abstract
In a thermal printer of this invention, a detector detects whether a ribbon cassette exists or not, and the thermal printer is automatically changed in thermal sensitive process or thermal transfer process by installing or detaching the ribbon cassette.