THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER AND NON-TEMPORARY STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

In accordance with one embodiment, a thermal transfer printer comprises a ribbon feeding roller configured to feed an ink ribbon including an ink layer on a base film; a ribbon winding roller configured to wind the ink ribbon fed from the ribbon feeding roller; a print head configured to heat the ink ribbon from a surface provided with no ink layer to selectively transfer the ink layer to paper; and a control section configured to control to apply an appropriate tension to the ink ribbon between the ribbon feeding roller and the ribbon winding roller according to the type of the ink ribbon.

主权项

1. A thermal transfer printer comprising:
a ribbon feeding roller configured to feed an ink ribbon including an ink layer on a base film; a ribbon winding roller configured to wind the ink ribbon fed from the ribbon feeding roller; a print head configured to heat the ink ribbon from a surface provided with no ink layer to selectively transfer the ink layer to paper; an input section configured to input the type of the ink ribbon; a ribbon width sensor configured to detect a width of the ink ribbon; a tension controller configured to control a tension to be applied to the ink ribbon between the ribbon feeding roller and the ribbon winding roller, in association with the type of the ink ribbon and a width information of the ink ribbon detected by the ribbon width sensor; and a controller configured to control a magnitude of the tension to be applied to the ink ribbon to be equal to a magnitude of the tension controlled by the tension controller.