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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2015
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Akihito Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Oda, Tokyo, JP;
Masatomo Sakaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal printer of the present invention includes: a thermal head; a platen roller disposed to face the thermal head; a first path that guides a recording paper drawn from a recording paper roll to one entrance of a gap between the thermal head and the platen roller such that a first main surface of the recording paper is on the thermal head side; a second path that guides the recording paper drawn from the recording paper roll to the other entrance of the gap between the thermal head and the platen roller such that a second main surface of the recording paper is on the thermal head side; and a switch guide that switches between the first path and the second path.