Patent ID: 6583802
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
A color thermal printer for recording a full-color image to color thermosensitive recording material, said recording material including a support, and at least first, second and third thermosensitive coloring layers, overlaid on said support, for developing respective colors being different from one another, wherein said first coloring layer is disposed at a recording surface, said third coloring layer is disposed most deeply from said recording surface, and said first and second coloring layers have fixability to electromagnetic rays of respectively first and second ranges of wavelength, said color thermal printer comprising:a printer casing; a conveyor disposed in said printer casing for conveying said recording material along a substantially linear conveying path; a thermal head disposed under said conveying path and capable of contacting said recording surface of said recording material while said recording material is directed downwards and for heating said at least first, second and third coloring layers serially to develop said colors while said recording material is conveyed along the conveying path, said thermal head effecting thermal recording of said full-color image in a frame-sequential manner; and a fixer disposed under said conveying path and said recording surface for emitting electromagnetic rays of first and second ranges of wavelength to optically fix said first and second coloring layers.