Patent ID: 11904622
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A printing method, comprising:
conveying an object to be printed;
determining a printing position of printing information that is printed using thermochromic ink on the object to be printed conveyed by the conveying;
erasing, using a heat source, the printing information that is printed using the thermochromic ink on the printing position by emitting heat from the heat source, a height position of which is adjusted according to the printing position, from a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the object to be printed by the conveying, according to a timing at which the printing position, determined based on the printing position, passes;
printing information, using the thermochromic ink, disposed behind the heat source, on the object to be printed from the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, a height position of which is adjusted according to the printing position, according to the timing at which the printing position, determined based on the printing position, passes;
causing a printing surface including the printing position of the object to be printed to face a printer head at least when printing the information;
conveying, using a conveyance belt, the object to be printed placed thereon in the conveyance direction; and
pressing the object to be printed against a butt plate extending along the conveyance belt up to at least an installation position of the printer and disposed in front of a printer installation position in the conveyance direction.