| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer wherein an optimum application energy corresponding to direct thermal printing or thermal transfer printing using an ink ribbon is surely switched, thereby improving the printing quality. SOLUTION: In the printer, a voltage corresponding to the direct thermal printing or the thermal transfer printing using the ink ribbon is alternatively applied to a thermal head 6. A thermal transfer ink ribbon unit 3 is detachably attached to a device body 1 and it is detected whether or not the thermal transfer ink ribbon unit 3 is attached. The voltage suitable for the thermal transfer printing is selected based on the detected signal to be applied to the thermal head 6.
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