Thermal printer for printing on rough surface

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a thermal printer capable of printing on any kind of print paper including a poor quality paper.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a thermal printer capable of sufficiently permeating the ink of the inked ribbon or film into a print paper.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a thermal printer capable of reducing the undesirable luster of transferred ink on a print paper.
The thermal printer according to the present invention comprises a thermal head having a plurality of heater elements arrayed on its one surface, said heater elements being selectively energized in accordance with images or characters to be printed; a platen located opposite to said surface of said thermal head; ink holding means passing in front of said surface of said thermal head; means for feeding a print paper to a location between said platen and said ink holding means, where the ink of said ink holding means is thermally transferred onto said print paper, means for feeding said print paper on which said ink has been transferred out of said location and heater means for heating said print paper fed out of said location.