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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Hiroshi Katsuno, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Bunya, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinsuke Kanayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Ota, Saitama, JP;
Izumi Kariya, Kanagawa, JP;
Sunao Kushiro, Osaka, JP;
Kazuyoshi Murata, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Yoneoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Numata, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Katsuno, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Bunya, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinsuke Kanayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Ota, Saitama, JP;
Izumi Kariya, Kanagawa, JP;
Sunao Kushiro, Osaka, JP;
Kazuyoshi Murata, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Yoneoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Numata, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal dye sublimation printer to which an ink ribbon cassette having a function of transmitting and receiving data via wireless communication with a printer main body is attached, is disclosed. The thermal dye sublimation printer includes: communication means that transmits and receives data via wireless communication with an ink ribbon cassette; and control means that acquires management information of the ink ribbon cassette stored in the ink ribbon cassette side via the communication means and controls printing processing based on the acquired management information.