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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Yuichi Aihara, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Toshiro Fujimoto, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Yuichi Aihara, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Toshiro Fujimoto, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
NISCA CORPORATION, Minamikoma-Gun, Yamanashi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
To provide a printing apparatus that does not degrade the printing quality even when reciprocating shifts of a film-shaped medium are continued, an ink ribbonthat is the film-shaped medium is laid between a supply spooland a wind-up spoolwith regions used in printing on a single printing medium formed continuously in the longitudinal direction. A counter counts the number of times an unused region in the ink ribbonlocated in a predetermined position between the supply spooland the wind-up spoolreciprocates and shifts between the supply spooland the wind-up spool, and when the number of times reaches the predetermined number, the wind-up spoolis driven to shift the region in the wind-up direction from the printing position.