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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2005
Dac-hycok Im, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung-pyo Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyoung-il Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Myung-bo Son, Anyang-si, KR;
Dong-hun Han, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong-duk Lee, Gunpo-si, KR;
Dac-hycok Im, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung-pyo Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyoung-il Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Myung-bo Son, Anyang-si, KR;
Dong-hun Han, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong-duk Lee, Gunpo-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A thermal printer and a printing method are provided. The thermal printer includes a thermal printhead for applying a predetermined amount of heat to a thermal recording paper to develop a print layer provided on the thermal recording paper; a feeding roller for feeding the thermal recording paper, a platen roller for facing the thermal printhead to support the thermal recording paper, wherein the thermal recording paper passes between the thermal printhead and the platen roller, a first encoder sensor for detecting a rotation of the platen roller, a second encoder sensor for detecting rotation of the feeding roller; a counting unit for counting first and second pulse signals generated from the first and second encoder sensors, respectively, and a switching unit of the first and second pulse signals as a variable to control the feeding of the thermal recording paper.