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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Datamax-o'neil Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Datamax-O'Neil Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/312 (2006.01); B41J 11/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/14 (2013.01); B41J 2/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal printer having a printhead, a printhead arm to engage and disengage the printhead, a platen roller, a user interface, and a printhead pressure adjustment mechanism is provided. The improvement consists of at least one force sensor adapted to sense the pressure between the printhead and the platen roller in real-time. The force sensor is communicatively linked to the user interface. The user interface is configured to display the pressure measured by the force sensor in real-time.