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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshio Uchikata, Kawasaki, JP;
Mineo Nozaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Masasumi Nagashima, Yokosuka, JP;
Osamu Asakura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400356 ; 400231 ;
Abstract
A thermal transfer printer comprising means for identifying space data present between character data in a print data string. When a space portion is detected by the space identifier, the thermal head is moved apart from the platen of the printer and the ink ribbon feed is stopped thereby preventing the waste of the ink ribbon by the space portion in a line.