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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chiharu Imaseki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400120 ;
Abstract
A thermal printer changeable over between a thermal transfer printing mode and a thermosensible printing mode is disclosed. A printing mode is automatically selected by detecting the presence/absence of an ink ribbon. The level of energy applied to a thermal head is changed in accordance with the above selection.