Patent ID: 6977668
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus for printing an information carrier on a carrier tape utilizing a transfer tape, the printing apparatus comprising: a printing head having a contact pressure on the transfer tape in the direction of the carrier tape, and being adapted to be pneumatically lifted away from the transfer tape; a moveable element, the printing head being connected to said movable element, the movable element being adapted to be acted upon with pressure to lift the printing head away from the transfer tape; a first transport device, the first transport device being adapted to guide the carrier tape past the printing head; and a second transport device, the second transport device acting as a transfer tape feed guiding the transfer tape past the printing head, the transfer tape being disposed to be activated by the printing head to cause said information carrier to be printed on the carrier tape; wherein the contact pressure of the printing head on the transfer tape in the direction of the carrier tape, and the transfer tape feed by the second transport device are controllable in such a manner that the carrier tape is guidable past the printing head with a difference in speed relative to the transfer tape.