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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Hayami Sugiyama, Ise, JP;
Toshiki Nakamura, Ise, JP;
Hideki Maeda, Ise, JP;
Haruki Takeuchi, Ise, JP;
Kawabe Morio, Ise, JP;
Shintaro Okamoto, Ise, JP;
Shinko Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This printer performs a heating process via a thermal head on TA paper provided with color forming layers and fixes the heat processed TA paper via a fixing lamp The fixing lamp is formed from: a fluorescent tube that has a fluorescent coating applied to the inside surface of the glass tube and inside which are sealed mercury and noble gases; filament electrodes provided at both ends of the fluorescent tube; a hot cathode fluorescent lamp formed from lead wires that supply power to the filament electrodes; and a magnetic circuit that is provided on a side surface of the fluorescent tube and that generates a magnetic field that acts on the current that flows through the fluorescent tube when power is fed to the filament electrodes.