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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshifumi Mimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/325 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01); B41J 2/38 (2006.01); B41J 32/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/325 (2013.01); B41J 2202/37 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink ribbon cartridge includes an ink ribbon onto which decolorizable ink is applied, a transfer unit configured to thermally transfer the decolorizable ink on the ink ribbon to a recording medium such that an image is formed on the recording medium as the ink ribbon is conveyed, and a heating unit configured to heat a portion of the ink ribbon that has passed the transfer unit when the image was formed on the recording medium, at a temperature at which the decolorizable ink is decolorized.