CA2188417A1 - Method and system for thermal graphic printing - Google Patents

Method and system for thermal graphic printing

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CA2188417A1
CA2188417A1 CA002188417A CA2188417A CA2188417A1 CA 2188417 A1 CA2188417 A1 CA 2188417A1 CA 002188417 A CA002188417 A CA 002188417A CA 2188417 A CA2188417 A CA 2188417A CA 2188417 A1 CA2188417 A1 CA 2188417A1
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print head
sheeting
thermal print
thermal
graphic printing
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Thomas F. Look
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3M Co
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Thomas F. Look
Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/325—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms

Abstract

A method of thermally transferring colorant from a movable ribbon (66) onto printable areas of a thermal print receptive sheeting (46). The method includes arranging a print head (44) so that its length is substantially parallel to the direction of travel of the thermal print receptive sheeting (46) and transferring colorant from the movable ribbon (66) to the sheeting (46) as the sheeting is stationary and the thermal print head (44) is moved in a second direction (x) substantially normal to the length of the thermal print head. The system includes a thermal print head (44), a transport for moving the thermal print receptive sheeting past the thermal print head in the first direction (y), and a mechanism that moves the print head in a second direction (x) normal to the first direction (y) when the print head is transferring colorant onto the sheeting.
CA002188417A 1994-05-12 1995-04-10 Method and system for thermal graphic printing Expired - Fee Related CA2188417C (en)

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US08/241,756 US5818492A (en) 1994-05-12 1994-05-12 Method and system for thermal graphic printing
US08/241,756 1994-05-12
PCT/US1995/004383 WO1995031336A1 (en) 1994-05-12 1995-04-10 Method and system for thermal graphic printing

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CA2188417A1 true CA2188417A1 (en) 1995-11-23
CA2188417C CA2188417C (en) 2005-03-01

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EP (1) EP0758954B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH10500076A (en)
KR (1) KR100363058B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1068831C (en)
AU (1) AU681957B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2188417C (en)
DE (1) DE69505963T2 (en)
MX (1) MX9605349A (en)
WO (1) WO1995031336A1 (en)

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WO1995031336A1 (en) 1995-11-23
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DE69505963T2 (en) 1999-05-12
CN1147791A (en) 1997-04-16
US5847743A (en) 1998-12-08
USRE38174E1 (en) 2003-07-08
KR100363058B1 (en) 2003-05-09
AU2244695A (en) 1995-12-05
DE69505963D1 (en) 1998-12-17
AU681957B2 (en) 1997-09-11
EP0758954A1 (en) 1997-02-26
JPH10500076A (en) 1998-01-06
CA2188417C (en) 2005-03-01
MX9605349A (en) 1997-12-31
EP0758954B1 (en) 1998-11-11

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