Abstract: A thermal transfer printer in which the tape speed of the thermal transfer tape and the feed rate of the object medium to be imprinted can be synchronized in simple fashion and which displays little susceptibility to malfunctions, is to be realized by providing a drive unit for the direct, positive drive of the thermal transfer tape, moving the thermal transfer tape past the print head at a tape speed that is synchronized with the feed rate of the object medium to be imprinted.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 1999
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2002
Assignee:
Scheidt & Bachman GmbH
Inventors:
Norbert Miller, Dipl.-Ing Peter Höffges