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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi power type thermal head which has a heating element for producing heat with different energies, an added resistor being connected to the heating element, first switch element for controlling the heating element in an operation state or a nonoperational state, and second switch element for controlling the heating element and the added resistor in an operation state or a nonoperational state. To control the thermal head in a first energy state, heating the heating element is controlled by the first switching element. To control the thermal head in a second energy state, the heating element and the added resistor are controlled by the second switching element with the heating element and the added resistor connected in series.