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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1983
Masaharu Tadauchi, Hitachi, JP;
Tatsuki Inuzuka, Hitachi, JP;
Hideo Hirane, Hitachi, JP;
Kunio Sato, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus comprising an input terminal to which a picture information signal to be recorded is applied, a driver for moving an electrostatic printing medium in a predetermined direction, an apparatus for electrifying the electrostatic printing medium, a thermal printing head for heating the electrostatic printing medium in accordance with the picture information signal to reduce the resistance of the heated regions of the electrostatic printing medium, thereby forming a pattern of resistance-reduced region on the electrostatic printing medium, so that a charge pattern (electrostatic latent image) according to the picture information signal is formed on the surface of the electrostatic printing medium.