Thermal transfer printing type printer and method for supplying consumable materials for thermal transfer printing

Abstract

The invention discloses a thermal transfer printing type printer and a method for supplying consumable materials for thermal transfer printing. The thermal transfer printing type printer comprises a consumable material supply device, a thermal printer head, a printing rubber-covered roller, a roller driving motor, and a printing control device. A specific composite consumable material is provided for the consumable material supply device, wherein the composite consumable material is prepared by bonding an ink surface of a thermal transfer printing ribbon and a piece of printing roll paper surface and winding the bonded unit around a same rotating shaft; and thus unlike the existing thermal transfer printing type printer with two different consumable material supply devices, the thermal transfer printing type printer disclosed by the invention uses one consumable material supply device to provide the thermal transfer printing ribbon and the printing roll paper simultaneously, so that the internal space of the thermal transfer printing type printer can be saved effectively and thus the size of the thermal transfer printing type printer can be reduced substantially to realize high portability for the user. Meanwhile, the structure of the thermal transfer printing type printer is simplified; the preparation cost is lowered; the installation steps are reduced; and the user experience is enhanced.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of thermal transfer printers, in particular to a thermal transfer printer and a thermal transfer consumable supply method thereof. Background technique [0002] Thermal transfer printers using thermal print heads are widely used in barcode / radio frequency identification (RFID) Label printing, security logo printing and other fields have become mainstream printing equipment. [0003] The printing consumables used in traditional thermal transfer printers include: thermal transfer ribbon and printing media (which can be plain paper or polymer paper). At the hot spot, the ink coating on the thermal transfer ribbon will be melted by the heat of the print head and transferred to the print medium under the pressure of the print head to show what needs to be printed. [0004] In the prior art, thermal transfer printers have independent thermal transfer ribbons and printing medium supply devices. Normally, the the...

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[0006] In order to solve the problems that the existing thermal transfer printers have separate thermal transfer ribbons and printing medium supply devices, which make the printers bulky, inconvenient to carry, complicated to install consumables, and poor user experience, this paper Embodiments of the invention provide a thermal transfer printer and a method for supplying thermal transfer consumables used therein

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