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Title:
PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/210624
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are a printing device and a printing method capable of performing multi-color printing, and having a configuration that can be made simple, thereby enabling a reduction in size and good ease of maintenance. The printing device conveys an ink ribbon R and a printing target medium M in a sub-scanning direction, the ink ribbon R being obtained by laminating a base material layer, a first ink layer containing first ink, and a second ink layer containing second ink different from the first ink, in the order of the base material layer, the first ink layer, the second ink layer. The printing device heats the ink ribbon R by applying first energy to a first heat generating element 51 among a plurality of heat generating elements 5A of a thermal head 5, and heats the ink ribbon R by applying second energy to a second heat generating element 52 different from the first heat generating element. The printing device transfers the first ink and the second ink from the ink ribbon R to the printing target medium M by means of the application of the first energy. The printing device transfers the second ink from the ink ribbon R to the printing target medium M by means of the application of the second energy.

Inventors:
ITO SATORU (JP)
FUJITA MASAYA (JP)
TAKECHI MINA (JP)
MATSUMOTO HARUKI (JP)
HOKARI YUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/016246
Publication Date:
November 02, 2023
Filing Date:
April 25, 2023
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Assignee:
BROTHER IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B41J2/325; B41J31/00
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JPH07117251A1995-05-09
JPS62227788A1987-10-06
JPH0811335A1996-01-16
JPS63214481A1988-09-07
JPH01275071A1989-11-02
JP2000094843A2000-04-04
JP2014184582A2014-10-02
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