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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Megumi Matsutani, Aichi, JP;
Inventor:
Megumi Matsutani, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/315 (2006.01); B41J 2/325 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In the case where printing density is set to 180 dpi and temperature of a thermal head is under t, low-density dot-expanding printing is carried out wherein a dot occupying two printing lines for 360 dpi is formed and thermally transferred onto a surface tape by conveying the surface tape and an ink ribbon by two printing lines for 360 dpi in a single printing cycle with heater elements to be used for printing based one line of line printing data being heated.