摘要 |
<p>A printer capable of reducing a time for increasing the temperature of a heating element to a proper level for starting printing beforehand and suppressing density reduction in an initial stage of printing is obtained. This printer comprises a print head (2) having a heating element (2d) for printing an image on a paper (14), a platen roller (3) against which the print head is pressed through an ink sheet and the paper and print head control means (23a) applying a prescribed voltage to the heating element of the print head while carrying the paper after pressing the print head against the platen roller and before starting printing.</p> |