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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2000
Keita Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Koji Toyota, Osaka, JP;
Shozou Shiraga, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Yamaura, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Doi, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a thermal line printer for a small recording terminals such as a terminal for POS (point of sales), a handy terminal, a measuring apparatus or the like, and also relates to a driving device for the thermal line printer. In the structure of a conventional thermal line printer, there is a limitation to the ability to decrease the dimension of depth in a situation where the downsizing of an apparatus is desired. By installing the thermal line printer in an upright state, the dimension of the depth can be decreased. However, in this configuration, the user cannot see the state of the printing because the recording paper falls down toward the user's side, due to the gravity, when the paper is ejected after printing. The present invention solves the above problems by disposing a line type thermal head (,) and a platen roller (,) in such a manner that a tangential line to the platen roller (,) at a pressed point between the line type thermal head (,) and the platen roller (,) intersects the short side of the body of the printer in a plane projecting the body along the axial direction of the platen roller (,), and by ejecting the recording paper from the short side.