Patent ID: 11951754
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A printer, comprising:
a thermal printhead including a plurality of resistive heating elements in a line;
a platen roller facing the thermal printhead;
a motor configured to drive the platen roller and convey paper to the thermal printhead by rotation of the platen roller;
a power supply configured to supply power to the thermal printhead and the motor; and
a control unit configured to control the supply of power to the resistive heating elements and the motor, the control unit causing the supply of power to the motor to be paused after the supply of power to the thermal printhead exceeds a power threshold value and then to resume the supply of power to the motor after a predetermined period of time elapses after the pause of the supply of power to the motor, wherein
the power threshold value is based on a number of energized resistive heating elements per a line of print data supplied to the thermal printhead for printing.