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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
May. 19, 2009
Shinji Nureki, Chiba, JP;
Kazuhisa Onishi, Torrance, CA (US);
Shinji Nureki, Chiba, JP;
Kazuhisa Onishi, Torrance, CA (US);
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A thermal printer includes a main body frame, a thermal head swingably attached to the main body frame, a platen roller disposed to face a printing surface of the thermal head, and a motor for rotationally driving the platen roller. The thermal printer activates the thermal head while conveying a heat-sensitive paper held between the thermal head and the platen roller to perform printing on the heat-sensitive paper. The feeding amount of the heat-sensitive paper may be set so that an aspect ratio of the characters printed on the heat-sensitive paper is within a range of 0.95:1 to 0.8:1.