Patent ID: 6059469
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
In combination, a printer device for transferring ink from an ink ribbon to a print object in accordance with supplied printing information;an ink ribbon assembly for mounting in the printer device and including a spool, an ink ribbon having individual colors and wrapped around the spool, a lot correction ring mounted for rotation about one end of the spool, and storage means mounted on the lot correction ring for storing correction data relating to production variances of the individual ink colors of the ink ribbon;readout means mounted in the printer device for contacting the lot correction ring for reading the correction data from the storage means of the ribbon assembly;correction means within the printer device for correcting the supplied image information in accordance with the correction data;print means within the printer device for printing images in accordance with the corrected print information;wherein the storage means additionally stores, and the readout means additionally reads out, data indicative of the remaining amount of ink ribbon; andthe printer device further includes write means for entering data in the storage means after each printing of an image for indicating the remaining amount of unused ink ribbon.