A thermal printing apparatus 41 that can transfer a colorant from a moving ribbon 66 onto printable areas 140a, 140b of a thermal print receptive sheeting 46. The apparatus 41 includes a thermal print head 44, a transport, a mechanism that can move the thermal print head 44 in a second direction x, a...http://www.google.fr/patents/USRE38139?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet USRE38139 - Thermal printing apparatus