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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1995
Junji Kawano, Ise, JP;
Hiroaki Fukuoka, Ise, JP;
Shinko Electric Co., Ltd., Chuo-Ku, JP;
Abstract
A thermal sublimation printer is disclosed. A pile of blank paper is inserted into a paper cassette 10, and a donor ribbon 21 coated with sublimation dyes is mounted on a supplying rotational axis 22 and a furl rotational axis 23 on bearings. The heating of a plurality of heating elements 4a, 4a, . . . , 4a of a thermal head 4, the movement of a platen roller 3, etc., are controlled by a control device as sublimation printing is carried out. The printed papers are then placed in the paper cassette 10, and exchanges the donor ribbon 21 for a fade preventive donor ribbon 27 coated with an over coating material. The over coating material is transferred on the printed paper by heat of the thermal head 4.