Title:
THERMAL PRINTER, AND RELATED METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008087453
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a thermal printer which effectively reduces a data transmission amount, and also to provide the related method.
In this method, n bit numerical values corresponding to the gradation values of pixels in a range of 0 to 2n-1 are provided. A total printing time corresponding to an objective bit is determined based on the significance of the objective bit among the n bit numerical values. When the objective bit is a specified value, an ink ribbon is heated by intermittently driving a heating element in the printing time corresponding to the objective bit.
Inventors:
CHAN CHO-YU
HUANG CHIH-WEI
HUANG CHIH-WEI
Application Number:
JP2006327435A
Publication Date:
April 17, 2008
Filing Date:
December 04, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LITE ON TECHNOLOGY CORP
International Classes:
B41J2/36
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadahiko Ito
Shinsuke Onuki
Tadashige Ito
Shinsuke Onuki
Tadashige Ito