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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
May. 29, 1986
Goro Oda, Sagamihara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a printer (10) in which a plurality of holes to be filled with ink are formed in an ink film (108), selectively heating ink generates bubbles from the holes and ejects ink due to the pressure of bubbles, thus printing an image on a sheet. The printer includes a conveying mechanism (198) for conveying the ink film (108) to heating elements (104) of a thermal head (106), and a belt (50) for conveying the sheet to a position facing the heating elements of the thermal head (106) through the ink film. The belt (50) is provided with a guide plate (84) for separating end portions of the sheet from the heating elements when the front and rear end portions of the sheet are positioned to face the heating elements.