Patent ID: 8493423

Claim:
A thermal recording head constituted to be driven on a basis of a first control signal, comprising: a head substrate comprising a substrate and a plurality of heat generating elements arranged on a surface of the substrate; a wiring substrate comprising a wiring pattern provided on a surface of the wiring substrate; and a mount substrate disposed facing a back surface of the head substrate and a back surface of the wiring substrate and configured to mount the head substrate and the wiring substrate, on the surface of the head substrate or on the surface of the wiring substrate being placed a control element electrically connected to the heat generating elements and configured to control driving of the plurality of heat generating elements, on the surface of the wiring substrate being placed a converter electrically connected to the wiring pattern and configured to convert the first control signal into a second control signal, and the mount substrate being spaced away from a corresponding region at the back surface of the wiring substrate that corresponds to a placement area bearing the converter on the surface of the wiring substrate.