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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1999
Michitoshi Takayama, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Fukuda, Saitama, JP;
Hisashi Enomoto, Saitama, JP;
Sugio Makishima, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A thermal printer has a thermal head, which applies recording heat energy to an effective recording region on a thermosensitive recording sheet. The thermal head includes an array of heating elements arranged in a main scan direction. The recording sheet is conveyed relative to the thermal head in a sub scan direction perpendicular to the main scan direction, for recording at least one input image to the recording sheet. The effective recording region is separated into an insertion region, a template region and a blank frame region. The frame region extends in a linear shape with a small width. A first borderline is defined between the insertion region and the frame region, and a second borderline is defined between the template region and the frame region. The first borderline includes at least one first borderline segment being straight or curved, extends crosswise to the sub scan direction and is inclined with reference to the main scan direction. The input image is recorded in the insertion region. At least one template image is recorded in the template region, to constitute a synthesized image in combination with the input image.