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Printing System

  • US 20200130369A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2019
  • Published: 04/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A printing system comprising:

  • a printing device comprising;

    a thermal head;

    a supplier configured to supply an ink ribbon to the thermal head;

    a winder provided opposite to the supplier with respect to the thermal head and configured to wind the ink ribbon; and

    a ribbon transport mechanism configured to transport the ink ribbon between the supplier and the winder;

    an interface;

    a storage; and

    a controller configured to;

    transport the ink ribbon in a first direction with the ribbon transport mechanism and heat the ink ribbon with the thermal head to perform printing, the first direction being a direction from the supplier to the winder;

    perform a first rewinding comprising rewinding the ink ribbon subjected to the printing in a second direction with the ribbon transport mechanism, the second direction being opposite to the first direction;

    after again receiving a print command via the interface, perform a second rewinding comprising rewinding the ink ribbon by a first length in the second direction with the ribbon transport mechanism, the first length corresponding to a length required to reach a printable speed;

    after performing each of the first rewinding and the second rewinding, store, in the storage, a second length, the second length corresponding to a length of the ink ribbon subjected to the printing upstream of the thermal head in the first direction; and

    feed the ink ribbon in the first direction by the stored second length with the ribbon transport mechanism.

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