THERMAL PRINTER WITH SPRING BIASED DRIVE ROLLER/PLATEN

摘要

A low-cost small footprint thermal printer (10) including a thermal print he ad (26) and a motor drive roller/platen (32) mounted opposite to the print head (26) for pinching web material therebetween to draw the material from a supp ly roll and advance it past the print head (26). The roller/platen (32) is mounted on a hinged door which can be opened to provide access to a supply roll compartment and closed to position the roller/platen (32) in operative relationship adjacent to the print head (26). In its closed operative position, the roller/platen (32) is spring biased against the fixedly mounte d print head (26).