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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2011
Hiroyasu Ishii, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyoshi Morino, Shizuoka, JP;
Sadayoshi Mochida, Shizuoka, JP;
Chikahiro Saegusa, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyasu Ishii, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyoshi Morino, Shizuoka, JP;
Sadayoshi Mochida, Shizuoka, JP;
Chikahiro Saegusa, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer comprises a conveying unit configured to convey a medium. The printer includes an image forming unit provided in a conveyance path of the medium, the image forming unit being configured to form an image with a temperature-sensitive ink, whose color is changed depending on a temperature, on the medium. A cutter for cutting the medium is provided in the conveyance path downstream of a medium conveyance direction of the image forming unit. Further, a coloring conversion unit is provided in the conveyance path downstream of a medium conveyance direction of the cutter. The coloring conversion unit is configured to change a coloring state of the image of the temperature-sensitive ink by heating or cooling the image of the temperature-sensitive ink formed on the cut medium.