Patent ID: 6494628
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A heat-sensitive transcription printer system comprising:a heat-sensitive transcription ink sheet cassette and a heat-sensitive transcription printing device on which said heat-sensitive transcription ink sheet cassette is loaded, wherein said heat-sensitive transcription ink sheet cassette includes, on a sheet-shaped substrate, an IC label having an IC memory, a power receiving/supplying means and a signal communications means mounted on the IC label, the power receiving/supplying means operative for supplying the power to said IC memory and the signal communication means operative for performing communication of signals between said IC memory and said heat-sensitive transcription printing device, said IC memory having the discrimination information proper to the heat-sensitive transcription ink sheet cassette previously recorded thereon and which is able to electrically read out said discrimination information; said heat-sensitive transcription printing device including power supplying means for supplying the power in a non-contact fashion through said power receiving/supplying means to said IC memory of said IC label, control means for collating the discrimination information previously recorded on said IC memory to control the picture printing operation based on the collated results, and signal communication means for exchanging data with said IC memory and performing signal communication between said IC memory and the control means to reproduce the discrimination information previously recorded on said IC memory by said control means, said signal communication means exchanging data and performing signal communications in a non-contact fashion, wherein said IC memory is capable of electrically reading/writing and erasing the information; said control means of the heat-sensitive transcription printing device detects using hysteresis information of the heat-sensitive transcription ink sheet cassette recorded on and reproducible from said IC memory in a non-contact fashion to control the picture printing operation based on said using hysteresis information.