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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2005
Yoshibumi Abe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Yuki Oishi, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Takahito Maruyama, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Yoshibumi Abe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Yuki Oishi, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Takahito Maruyama, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heat transfer printer includes a line thermal head having heat generating elements formed in a straight line at one end of a top surface of a substrate and a sealing member for covering and protecting at least a portion of the top surface of the substrate at the other end thereof opposite to the heat generating elements. A film wrinkle removing member is disposed in the vicinity of the heat generating elements of the line thermal head upstream in a direction that an ink film is carried. A voltage is selectively applied to the heat generating elements when the line thermal head abuts a platen with the ink film and a printing sheet sequentially overlapped from the line thermal head disposed therebetween.