Patent ID: 9227426
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B41J,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus, comprising: an ink ribbon conveyance section configured to convey an ink ribbon through a printing section; a recording medium conveyance section configured to convey a recording medium to a paper discharging opening through the printing section; a thermal head which comprises, in the printing section, heat generating elements for thermally transferring the ink of the ink ribbon onto the recording medium; a platen member configured in the printing section opposite to the thermal head; a thermal head moving section configured to enable the thermal head to press the platen member via overlapped ink ribbon and recording medium so as to move the thermal head between a first position where a thermal transferring is carried out onto the recording medium and a second position where the thermal head is separated from the platen member; a temperature measurement section configured to measure ambient temperature; and a control section configured to drive the thermal head moving section to move the thermal head to the second position when the recording medium is conveyed in a conveyance direction reverse to a conveyance direction for printing and when the ambient temperature measured by the temperature measurement section is above a specific head-up temperature.