Title:
INK RIBBON FOR IMAGE PRINTER AND IMAGE PRINTER EMPLOYING SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000263905
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To determine the color-reproducibility of a ribbon by the presence and absence of discrimination marks color-formed at image printing.
A transparent heat sensitive zone 20 is provided at a part of the specific area 35Y of an ink ribbon. The transparent heat sensitive is colored so as to form a discrimination mark 20A. When the colored mark is not detected at a coloring mode, or when the discrimination mark is detected in spite of a coloring mode, all ones are determined as reuse ribbons. Namely, the discrimination means to ascertain whether the discrimination mark is a reuse ink ribbon or not. By utilizing this, it is informed to the user in order to avoid wrong recognition on color-reproducibility.
Inventors:
FUJITO SHOGO
Application Number:
JP7437599A
Publication Date:
September 26, 2000
Filing Date:
March 18, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP
International Classes:
B41J2/325; B41J17/36; B41J31/00; B41J31/05; B41J33/16; (IPC1-7): B41J31/00; B41J2/325; B41J17/36; B41J31/05; B41J33/16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kunio Yamaguchi (1 person outside)