A thermal head includes a substrate, electrodes, and a resistor layer. The electrodes are located on the substrate and extend along a first direction of the substrate in a plan view. The resistor layer is located on the substrate and on the electrode. The electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode arranged at a predetermined interval in a second direction intersecting the first direction. In at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, a central portion in the second direction protrudes out farther than an end portion in the second direction on the upper surface located below the resistor layer.

A heater includes: a heat generation unit that generates heat when energized; an electric wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and supplies electric current to the heat generation unit; a ground wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and is grounded; a conductive cover that includes an electrical conductor, is attached to the heat generation unit, and is grounded; and an insulating cover that has an electrical insulating property and at least partially covers the conductive cover.

A thermal printhead includes a substrate having an obverse surface, a projection formed on the obverse surface and extending in a primary scanning direction, a plurality of heating elements arranged in the primary scanning direction on the top of the projection, a groove dented from the top of the projection and extending in the primary scanning direction, and a heat storage member filling at least an opening of the groove.

The present disclosure provides a thermal print head and a method manufacturing thereof and a thermal printer including the thermal print head, which are capable of suppressing low manufacturing efficiency and enhancing wear-resistance against a recording medium. The thermal print head includes: a substrate, having a main surface facing a thickness direction; a resistance layer, including multiple heating portions arranged in a main scan direction and formed on the main surface; a wiring layer, formed on the resistance layer and connected to the heating portions; and a protection layer, covering a part of the main surface, the heating portions and the wiring layer.

A thermal print head includes: a substrate; a resistor layer supported by the substrate and including a plurality of heat generating portions arranged in a main scanning direction; a wiring layer supported by the substrate and forming an energizing path to the plurality of heat generating portions; and an insulating layer interposed between the substrate and the resistor layer, wherein the substrate has a cavity portion overlapping the plurality of heat generating portions when viewed in a thickness direction of the substrate.

The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a thermal print head. The method includes: forming an electrode layer on a substrate; and forming a resistor layer including a plurality of heat generating portions connected to the electrode layer. The electrode layer includes a plurality of individual electrodes including a plurality of first striped portions extending in a secondary scan direction and spaced apart in a main scan direction, and a common electrode including a plurality of second striped portions extending in the secondary scan direction. The forming of the resistor layer includes: a coating process of applying a resistor paste in a stripe that overlaps the first striped portions and the second striped portions; a firing process of firing the resistor paste to form a resistor film; and a removal process of removing a removal region in the resistor paste or the resistor film.

The present disclosure provides a thermal print head and a method manufacturing the thermal print head, and a thermal printer including the thermal print head. The thermal print head includes: a substrate having a protruding surface; a resistance layer including multiple heating portions and a portion formed on the protruding surface; and a wiring layer conductive to the multiple heating portions. The thermal print head further includes a glaze layer having a pair of end edges arranged apart from each other in y direction and formed in contact with a top surface of the protruding surface. The multiple heating portions are formed on the glaze layer. When observed in z direction, each of the pair of end edges includes a receding section located closer to an inner side of the top surface than a junction of the top surface, and a pair of inclined surfaces of the protruding surface.

The present disclosure provides a thermal print head and a method manufacturing thereof and a thermal printer including the thermal print head, which are capable of suppressing low manufacturing efficiency and enhancing wear-resistance against a recording medium. The thermal print head includes: a substrate, having a main surface facing a thickness direction; a resistance layer, including multiple heating portions arranged in a main scan direction and formed on the main surface; a wiring layer, formed on the resistance layer and connected to the heating portions; and a protection layer, covering a part of the main surface, the heating portions and the wiring layer.

Imaging medium includes an image-receiving substrate including a color-forming layer, a donor ribbon attached to the image-receiving substrate and including a color layer, and a repeated pattern. The repeated pattern is defined by a portion of each of the color-forming layer and color layer. A repeat of the pattern includes at least three adjacent colored stripes including a cyan or cyan-forming stripe, a magenta or magenta-forming stripe, and a yellow or yellow-forming stripe. A first of the at least three adjacent stripes is a color-forming stripe in the color-forming layer. A second of the at least three adjacent stripes is a colored stripe in the color layer. A third of the at least three adjacent stripes is either a second color-forming stripe in the color-forming layer or a second colored stripe in the color layer of the donor ribbon.

Disclosed is an assembly line for processing products. The line includes, on one hand, a plurality of consecutive stations for processing the products and, on the other hand, a moving unit for moving the products between the stations within the line, in particular from an upstream station in which the products have just been processed, to a downstream station in which the products must later be processed. The moving unit essentially includes at least one self-contained, self-supported, movable carriage moving on the ground and having the products resting thereon during the movement thereof within the line. Also disclosed is a corresponding implementation method and to a corresponding use of the carriages.