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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:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin C Voelker, East Hampton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Gerber Scientific Products, Inc., Manchester, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ;
Abstract
A thermal printer has a printhead with a plurality of resistive heating elements selectively energized and de-energized to generate printed images on sheet material. In order to improve the quality of the printed image, a capacitor is provided to eliminate surges in the power supplied to the printhead. The capacitor means is mounted in close proximity to the printhead to minimize inductive impedance in the power supply system.