Patent ID: 6239816
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink transfer printer comprising:a thermal head provided with a housing, in which an ink passage is formed, a film and a plurality of heating elements, said housing and said film defining a closed space in which said heating elements are located, said film having pores which perforate said film;an ink reservoir provided on said housing that contains ink, said ink reservoir being disposed opposite to said heating elements, said ink reservoir communicating with said space through said ink passage;porous glaze on which said heating elements are placed, said porous glaze being provided on said housing to face said ink passage, so that said ink in said ink reservoir reaches said space through said ink passage and said porous glaze; anda contact mechanism that contacts said film with a recording sheet, whereby said ink in said ink reservoir is supplied to said space, heated by said heating elements, and transferred to said recording sheet through said pores.