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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Applicant:
Tadahiro Naito, Daito, JP;
Inventor:
Tadahiro Naito, Daito, JP;
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printer capable of reducing a time for increasing the temperature of a heating element to a proper level for starting printing beforehand and suppressing density reduction in an initial stage of printing is obtained. This printer comprises a print head having a heating element for printing an image on a paper, a platen roller against which the print head is pressed through an ink sheet and the paper and print head control means applying a prescribed voltage to the heating element of the print head while carrying the paper after pressing the print head against the platen roller and before starting printing.