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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Hiroshi Mochizuki, Nirasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Mochizuki, Nirasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Nisca Corporation, Minamikoma-Gun, Yamanashi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 32/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal printer detects an environmental temperature, and directly or indirectly detects a change in tension of an ink ribbon R. A correction value is read or calculated according to at least one of the detected environmental temperature and the detected change in the tension of the ink ribbon R. Thermal energy of each heating element in the thermal head is controlled based on the correction value so as to adjustably increase or reduce number of print lines on a print medium in a sub-scanning direction.