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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Iwate, JP;
Yuji Nagahamaya, Takizawa, JP;
Kazuo Ueda, Tamayama, JP;
Ikuo Hibino, Takizawa, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4006971 ; 400120 ;
Abstract
A thermal printer includes a thermal head and a printing and erasing common-use ribbon. The thermal head is configured to move during erasing operation in a direction opposite to that during printing operation so as to reuse for subsequent printing operation a portion of the ribbon once used for preceding erasing operation.