Title:
WIRE DOT RECORDER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH11348393
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To obtain a wire dot recorder having an ink ribbon cartridge in which impact print quality is made uniform while reducing the driving power of a wire hammer.
In a wire dot recorder having an ink ribbon cartridge 8 where impact printing is performed using wire hammer 3 through an ink ribbon stretched across the effective recording width of a recording sheet, the ink ribbon is fed by a specified amount by driving an ink ribbon feed motor, i.e., a reversible motor 7. Subsequently, the motor 7 is driven slightly in the reverse direction to release tension of the stretched ink ribbon and impact printing is performed under that state using the wire hammer 3 by controlling a wire hammer drive section 17.
Inventors:
WATANABE TAKASHI
Application Number:
JP17381498A
Publication Date:
December 21, 1999
Filing Date:
June 08, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
YAMATAKE CORP
International Classes:
B41J33/14; B41J33/36; B41J33/44; B41J33/52; G01D15/16; G01D15/24; (IPC1-7): B41J33/14; B41J33/36; B41J33/44; B41J33/52; G01D15/16; G01D15/24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Matsushita Yoshiharu
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