Abstract: A recording apparatus such as a printer for recording onto a recording medium by use of an ink sheet having an ink comprises: a thermal head to heat the ink sheet to thereby record onto the recording medium; a peeling device to peel off the ink sheet from the recording medium after the heating of the ink sheet by the thermal head on the basis of the recording information; and a controller to control the peeling condition of the peeling device on the basis of the recording information so as to initialize the peeling device at the time of the exchange of the ink sheet or the power-ON of the apparatus. With this apparatus, the high quality recording can be certainly performed by a desired color in response to the color information. This apparatus can mount either the uni-color ink ribbon or the two-color ink ribbon.

Abstract: A recording apparatus such as a thermal printer is compact in size and simple in construction, and has a recording head, a pulse motor commonly used for driving the head and for feeding a recording paper sheet, a cam with projections for transmitting the rotational force of the motor to the head so as to selectively move the head between the urged and separated positions with respect to the sheet or platen, ratchet gears to selectively couple the motor and a paper feed roller, and a projection and a guide roller to selectively hold the head at the separated position.

Abstract: A thermal transfer printer comprising means for identifying space data present between character data in a print data string. When a space portion is detected by the space identifier, the thermal head is moved apart from the platen of the printer and the ink ribbon feed is stopped thereby preventing the waste of the ink ribbon by the space portion in a line.

Abstract: There is provided a sheet advancing device including a driving source for driving a sheet advancing roller, a manual advancing member for manual drive of the sheet advancing roller, detention mechanism with a detention function for elastic detent of rotation of the sheet advancing roller at a determined position, and control means for disabling the detention function in sheet advancement with the drive source but enabling the detention function in sheet advancement with the manual advancing member.

Abstract: A multi-color recording apparatus is provided with a feeding device for feeding a recording material of determined colors, a recording head for depositing the recording material supplied from the feeding device onto a recording sheet in a pattern corresponding to recording information a detector for detecting the color of the recording material supplied from the feeding device and a control for comparing color information contained in the recording information with the result of the detection by the detector and prohibiting the recording operation of the recording head when there is an absence of coincidence in the color of the recording material and the color information in the recording information.

Abstract: A platen support structure of a thermal transfer printer, for example, has a platen holder holding a platen, a frame supporting two ends of the platen holder, and an indexing mechanism for pivotally supporting the platen holder. The platen holder is curved in the inoperative mode of the printer and is flexed linearly in the operative mode. Clear printing can be performed without irregular line feed.

Abstract: A thermal printer adapted for multicolor printing is provided with a thermal head which is driven according to information of color of character or image to be printed. The color information is previously stored in a memory. The multicolor ribbon used in the printer is composed of different color inks having different melting points coated in layers on a base film. In driving the thermal head, the amount of thermal energy generated from it is changed by changing the applied voltage to it and/or the driving time of it to perform multicolor printing with the multicolor ink ribbon.

Abstract: A dot matrix printer comprises a head comprising a plurality of printing elements, a motor for moving the head, an oscillation source for supplying pulses for driving the motor, and varying means for varying the spacing between dots printed by the head at an integer ratio corresponding to the driving pulses put out from the oscillation source.

Abstract: A recording apparatus comprises circuitry supplied with electric power for moving a recording head toward a recording medium into a recording position and a solenoid for holding the recording head in the recording position, circuitry for generating timing signals, and control circuitry for controlling the electric power so as gradually to vary the electric power applied to the solenoid in accordance with the timing signals.

Abstract: A thermal printer is capable of maintaining the heating elements thereof at a constant temperature to achieve uniform print density and to avoid abnormal heating of the heating elements. For this purpose each heating element receives a stronger driving pulse at the first printing operation in a scan line and receives a weaker driving pulse at the subsequent printing operation.

Abstract: A thermal transfer printer includes a thermal head having plural heat generating elements, a thermal head driver connected to a character generator for controlling the thermal head by supplying drive currents to the heat generating elements of the thermal head in response to print information, and control circuit for controlling the drive currents from the thermal head driver in response to the ambient temperature. Therefore, the thermal transfer printer is capable of constantly providing an optimum transfer density regardless of the ambient temperature, thus ensuring a satisfactory print quality.

Abstract: An ink ribbon for a printing device comprises a substrate of a long thin web of a synthetic resin film having a solid ink coated on one surface thereof, the color of the substrate being the same as that of the solid ink. After the ink ribbon is used, the negative impressions left from the transfer of information to a printing sheet will be illegible.