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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2011
Megumi Matsutani, Okazaki, JP;
Megumi Matsutani, Okazaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A thermal printer includes a thermal head and a control unit that controls energization of each of a plurality of heater elements based on printing data including a plurality of line data arrays corresponding to the plurality of heater elements respectively, for selectively heating up the plurality of heater elements, and performs printing according to an order at the printing data while taking a line data array as a basic unit, on each printing cycle including a heating period and a non-heating period. The control unit delays a start of a heating period in a printing cycle with respect to a start of the printing cycle for a predetermined time period when a predetermined condition with respect to the line data array is satisfied.