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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1998
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A thermal printer is used with thermosensitive recording sheet. The recording sheet includes a support, and at least one thermosensitive coloring layer, formed on the support, colorable with heat, and fixable with violet or ultraviolet rays. The recording sheet has a recording region, and first and second lateral sides between which the recording region is disposed. The thermal printer includes a feeder roller set for conveying the recording sheet along a conveying path. The first and second lateral sides are set to extend in a direction of the conveying path. A thermal head applies the heat to the coloring layer during conveyance of the recording sheet along the conveying path, to record an image. A fixer applies the violet or ultraviolet rays to the recording sheet being colored during conveyance of the recording sheet along the conveying path, to fix the coloring layer. At least two guide tooth portions, being first and second, are disposed between the fixer and the recording sheet, and guide respectively the first and second lateral sides along the conveying path. There are first and second gaps respectively defined adjacent to the first and second guide tooth portions. The first and second gaps allow the violet or ultraviolet rays to pass between the fixer and the recording sheet, to fix the first and second lateral sides.