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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Tomoko Taki, Saitama, JP;
Hideyuki Kokubo, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a heat sensitive type printer wherein glass plates ( ) are secured at one ends to thermal heads ( ), and extend substantially in parallel to a paper transport path of a heat sensitive color recording paper ( ). Surface luminous devices ( ) for fixing coloring layers of the recording paper optically are disposed adjacent to heat sinks of the thermal heads with their light emission surfaces facing the paper transport path through the glass plates. Cooling fans send air into between the heat sinks and the surface luminous devices, to cool the heat sinks. Thereafter, the air guide guides the air to flow along a gap between the light emission surface and the glass plate, thereby to cool the light emission surface.