A thermal image-recording apparatus with a cooling system.

摘要

A thermal image recording apparatus which comprises a print head (18) provided with a thermal print circuit (36) and a heat sink (37), ventilation means (43) for producing a stream of air for cooling said heat sink, and means for guiding said stream of air after having cooled said heat sink outside said image recording apparatus, wherein said print head is mounted in a subhousing (19) which is movable in the housing (10) of the image recording apparatus, the heat sink (37) of the print head extending into the subhousing through an opening (48) in the bottom wall (47) while the print circuit (36) of the print head remains exteriorly, the subhousing being all-sided closed except for air intake (41) and air exhaust (42) openings that do not communicate with the housing of the image-recording apparatus. <IMAGE>