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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2004
Shuji Tozaki, Chiba, JP;
Noriyoshi Shoji, Chiba, JP;
Katsuari Sato, Chiba, JP;
Kimitaka Hirai, Chiba, JP;
Shuji Tozaki, Chiba, JP;
Noriyoshi Shoji, Chiba, JP;
Katsuari Sato, Chiba, JP;
Kimitaka Hirai, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba, JP;
Abstract
A thermal printer has a main body frame and a platen roller rotatably and removably mounted in a preselected position on the main body frame. A thermal head is mounted on the main body frame for movement into and out of pressure contact with the platen roller during a printing operation and while the platen roller is in the preselected position for recording printing data on a recording medium disposed between the thermal head and the platen roller. A detecting device detects a preselected state of the thermal printer in which the platen roller is in the preselected position and in which the recording medium is disposed between the platen roller and the thermal head.