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Title:
THERMAL PRINTER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2016198955
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermal printer excellent in tone reproduction.SOLUTION: The thermal printer is provided that comprises: a plurality of heat generating elements which generate heat by being applied with energy; energy applying means for applying energy to the heat generating elements; memory means for memorizing a gradation table in which energy for each gradation is set on the basis of the relationship between the reflectivity of an image and an energy to be applied to the heat generating element; and control means for transferring the control data according to the gradation of a printing image, to the energy applying means thereby to control the energy which is applied by the energy applying means to the heat generating element.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Inventors:
URYU NATSUMI
KATAOKA HIROYUKI
Application Number:
JP2015080939A
Publication Date:
December 01, 2016
Filing Date:
April 10, 2015
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
FUJITSU COMPONENT LTD
International Classes:
B41J2/36; B41J2/355; B41J2/365; B41J2/37
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadashige Ito
Tadahiko Ito