公开(公告)号：US20070115341A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-24

申请号：US11282823

申请日：2005-11-18

申请人： Walter Isaac ,  Robert Mindler ,  Christine Landry-Coltrain ,  Sharon Markel

发明人： Walter Isaac ,  Robert Mindler ,  Christine Landry-Coltrain ,  Sharon Markel

IPC分类号： B41J2/32

CPC分类号： B41J17/36

摘要： Thermal printers and methods for operating a thermal printer that applies donor material from donor patches on a donor ribbon to a received medium, the donor material being organized into sets, each set including at least one colored donor material patch and a protective material donor patch. A non-visible light is applied to a location on the donor ribbon, and a portion of the non-visible light that is not absorbed by the donor ribbon is sensed. The sensed non-visible light determines whether the portion of the donor ribbon to which the non-visible light has been applied has unused protective donor material thereon.

摘要翻译： 用于操作热敏打印机的热敏打印机和方法，所述热敏打印机将施主材料从供体丝带上的供体贴片应用于接受的介质，所述供体材料被组织成组，每组包括至少一个有色供体材料贴片和保护性材料供体贴片。 不可见光被施加到施主色带上的位置，并且感测不被供体色带吸收的不可见光的一部分。 感测到的不可见光确定已经施加了不可见光的供体带的部分是否具有未使用的保护性施主材料。