THERMAL PRINTER

• Main Author: NEGISHI KENJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.02.1994
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PURPOSE:To adequately fix a thermal recording material without prolonging a printing time and making a printer large-sized and expensive. CONSTITUTION:A thermal recording material 10 which has had a yellow image subjected to thermal recording by means of a thermal head 12 is conducted to a circular arc shaped passage 19 formed between an ultraviolet lamp 16 and a reflector 18. An ultraviolet reflecting film 23 is not provided in an area facing the passage 19 of the ultraviolet lamp 16, and the thermal recording material 10 is adequately subjected to irradiation of ultraviolet rays of about 420nm for development of a yellow thermosensible coloring layer while it is transferred along the passage 19. The thermal recording material 10 is again returned to a recording position by a switching guide plate 28 for recording of a Magenta image, and thereafter is changed in a direction of transfer to be directed to a passage 20 by a switching guide plate 15 for development of a Magenta thermosensible coloring layer.