WO2004012943A3 - Printing apparatus and methods - Google Patents

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WO2004012943A3
WO2004012943A3 PCT/GB2003/003424 GB0303424W WO2004012943A3 WO 2004012943 A3 WO2004012943 A3 WO 2004012943A3 GB 0303424 W GB0303424 W GB 0303424W WO 2004012943 A3 WO2004012943 A3 WO 2004012943A3
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print head
mounting structure
substrate
print
carrier ribbon
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WO2004012943A2 (en
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David Anthony Troman
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Markem Imaje Industries Ltd
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Markem Technologies Ltd
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Priority to AU2003269086A priority Critical patent/AU2003269086A1/en
Priority to EP03750869A priority patent/EP1526971A2/en
Priority to US10/523,480 priority patent/US7273323B2/en
Priority to JP2004525588A priority patent/JP2005534536A/en
Publication of WO2004012943A2 publication Critical patent/WO2004012943A2/en
Publication of WO2004012943A3 publication Critical patent/WO2004012943A3/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/325—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/304—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B41J33/40—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with arrangements for reversing the feed direction

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Abstract

A printing apparatus (10) has at a printing station (11), a print head (12) with an array (13) of heating elements individually selectable by a computer controller (15), a feed path (16) for feeding carrier ribbon (18) through the printing station (11), the carrier ribbon (18) carrying a layer of thermally sensitive print medium, pixels of the thermally sensitive print medium being in use deposited on a print area of a substrate (20), by selectively energising the heating elements, as the substrate (20) and print head (12) are relatively moved, the apparatus (10) including a backing member (22) and the substrate (20) being positioned in use between the backing member (22) and the carrier ribbon (1.8), and wherein the print head (12) is mounted by amounting structure (25) for generally linear movement towards and away from the substrate (20), one of the mounting structure (25) and print head (12) including a projecting part which projects towards the other and at least during printing engages with the other of the mounting structure (25) and print head (12), and there being a resilient member (31) between the mounting structure (25) and the print head (12) which allows resiliently resisted movement between the mounting structure (25) and the print head (12) with the projecting part engaged with the other of the mounting structure (25) and print head (12) and there being at least one fastener (30) to couple the mounting structure (25) and print head (12) together.
PCT/GB2003/003424 2002-08-06 2003-08-06 Printing apparatus and methods Ceased WO2004012943A2 (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU2003269086A AU2003269086A1 (en) 2002-08-06 2003-08-06 Printing apparatus and methods
EP03750869A EP1526971A2 (en) 2002-08-06 2003-08-06 Printing apparatus and method
US10/523,480 US7273323B2 (en) 2002-08-06 2003-08-06 Printing apparatus and methods
JP2004525588A JP2005534536A (en) 2002-08-06 2003-08-06 Printing apparatus and printing method

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GB0218216.0 2002-08-06
GB0218216A GB2391514B (en) 2002-08-06 2002-08-06 Printing apparatus and methods

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WO2004012943A3 true WO2004012943A3 (en) 2004-04-08

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EP (1) EP1526971A2 (en)
JP (1) JP2005534536A (en)
AU (1) AU2003269086A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2391514B (en)
WO (1) WO2004012943A2 (en)

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AU2012335952B2 (en) 2011-11-07 2015-04-23 Zebra Technologies Corporation Media processing device with enhanced media and ribbon loading and unloading features
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US5576751A (en) * 1990-02-01 1996-11-19 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Apparatus for either continuous or intermittent thermal transfer recording
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US4329075A (en) * 1980-06-27 1982-05-11 International Business Machines Corporation Printhead assembly for typewriters or the like
EP0361826A2 (en) * 1988-09-26 1990-04-04 Shinko Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Thermal head supporting means for a thermal printing system
US5576751A (en) * 1990-02-01 1996-11-19 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Apparatus for either continuous or intermittent thermal transfer recording
EP0555556A2 (en) * 1992-01-10 1993-08-18 Markem Corporation Multi-color thermal transfer printer with arcuate print head arrangement and printing pressure adjustment
US6247859B1 (en) * 1996-03-29 2001-06-19 Markem Technologies Limited Method of printing in which the print head and print ribbon move simultaneously in the same direction

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WO2004012943A2 (en) 2004-02-12
GB2391514A (en) 2004-02-11
AU2003269086A1 (en) 2004-02-23
GB2391514B (en) 2006-03-22
US7273323B2 (en) 2007-09-25
JP2005534536A (en) 2005-11-17
GB0218216D0 (en) 2002-09-11
EP1526971A2 (en) 2005-05-04
US20060115310A1 (en) 2006-06-01

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