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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1999
Takemi Iwayama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Minoru Suzuki, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Mikio Horie, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Orita, Saitama-ken, JP;
Masahiko Sasaki, Chiba-ken, JP;
Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A ink transfer printer includes a thermal head having an array of heating elements, a film having through-holes facing the heating elements, an ink space formed between the thermal head and the film, and a mechanism which brings a recording medium in contact with the film. When the heating element generates heat, the ink is transmitted through the through-hole of the film and is transferred to the recording medium. An ink amount controller is provided in the ink space, which controls the amount of ink transmitted through the through-hole to the recording medium.