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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minoru Suzuki, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroshi Orita, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Saito, Saitama, JP;
Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Furusawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 ; B41J 2/325 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 ; B41J 2/325 ;
Abstract
A pressure-sensitive and heat-sensitive recording apparatus has a pre-coating container that pre-coats a recording sheet prior to a printing operation on the recording sheet. The pre-coating material container, ribbon cassette and an over-coating material container are provided in a recording head, while being movable in a printing direction lead by the pre-coating material container. The printed color-image is protected by an over-coating material dispensed from the trailing over-coating material container.