Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090015647 | TWO-SIDE THERMAL PRINTER - Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon. | 01-15-2009 |
20090058892 | Direct thermal and inkjet dual-sided printing - A dual-sided printer comprises: a first direct thermal print head positioned proximate to a first inkjet print head, the first direct thermal print head and the first inkjet print head being adapted to print a first side of a thermal-inkjet media; and a second direct thermal print head positioned proximate to a second inkjet print head, the second direct thermal print head and the second inkjet print head being adapted to print a second side of the thermal-inkjet print media. The thermal-inkjet print media comprises: a substrate including a first side and a second side; a first direct thermal coating and a first inkjet receptive coating on the first side of the substrate; and a second direct thermal coating and a second inkjet receptive coating on the second side of the substrate. Also provided is a method of printing the thermal-inkjet print media via the dual-sided printer. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060606 | Controlled fold document delivery - There is provided a method to image a dual-sided thermal media including a plurality of contiguous, alternating first and second thermally imageable panels distinguished by one or more associated sense marks, each of the imageable panels including a first and second imageable sides. The method includes determining a starting panel of the alternating first and second thermally imageable panels of the thermal media on which to start imaging one or more received pages of data, determining a starting side of the first and second imageable sides of the starting panel according to number of the one or more received pages of data, advancing the thermal media to the starting panel using at least one of the of the one or more associated sense marks, and imaging the thermal media with the one or more received pages of data starting at the determined starting side of the advanced to determined panel. There are also provided a dual-sided direct thermal printer to image the dual-sided thermal media and the dual-sided thermal media for dual-sided imaging. | 03-05-2009 |
20090085944 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF COMBINING INKJET PRINTING WITH THERMAL PRINTING - A printer and method of combining inkjet printing with thermal printing which optimizes use of both. The printer includes a thermal print head, an inkjet print head, and control circuitry for activating the thermal print head to print in a first area of a print medium and for activating the inkjet print head to print in a second area of the print medium. | 04-02-2009 |
20090108994 | TWO SIDED THERMAL RFID - A radio frequency identification enabled dual-sided direct thermal image element and printer therefor are provided. One embodiment includes, a first substrate having an exterior side and an interior side, a radio frequency identification device attached to the interior side of the first substrate, and a second substrate having an exterior side and an interior side, wherein both the first substrate and the second substrate include a thermally sensitive coating on at least the exterior side thereof, and wherein the interior side of the second substrate is attached to the interior side of the first substrate, such that the radio frequency identification device is positioned between the first substrate and second substrate. | 04-30-2009 |
20090185021 | TWO-SIDED THERMAL PRINT CONFIGURATIONS - Apparatus and methods for two-sided direct thermal printing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dual-sided direct thermal printer comprising a first thermal print head and a second thermal print head is provided wherein a surface of the first thermal print head acts as a platen for the second thermal print head. | 07-23-2009 |
20090278883 | PRINTER WITH DEBRIS CONTROL APPARATUS - A printer with debris control apparatus which minimizes printer fouling. The printer includes a print head for printing on media, a platen having a side for feeding the media along a path past the print head, and debris control member in contact with the media. | 11-12-2009 |
20100085410 | Printer with adhesive capabilities - A printer with adhesive capabilities is presented. A printer includes one or more printing elements to image one or two sides of print media. The printer also includes an adhesive element to apply or activate adhesive material on at least one of the two sides of the print media. | 04-08-2010 |
20100253716 | DIRECT THERMAL AND INKJET DUAL-SIDED PRINTING - In one embodiment there is provided a dual-sided printer including a direct thermal print head positioned proximate to a first platen and an inkjet print head positioned proximate to a second platen. The direct thermal print head is in a substantially opposed relation to the second platen and the inkjet print head is in a substantially opposed relation to the first platen to facilitate thermal printing on a first side of installed media and inkjet printing on a second side of the installed media. | 10-07-2010 |
20110102485 | Multipurpose printer - A multipurpose printer and techniques for operating the printer are presented. A printer includes first and second print elements. During a first mode of operation for the printer, both the first and second print elements are configured to image both first and second sides of print media passing through the printer. During a second mode of operation, the first print element is prevented from interfacing with at least portions of the first side of the media that include adhesive materials affixed thereto. | 05-05-2011 |
20110152076 | One-ply two-sided thermal imaging labels - A print media representing a label is constructed having two components. A first component is capable of being thermally imaged on both a front and back side of the print media. The second component is affixed to the first component but capable of being separated there from. Also, the second component includes adhesive material along a portion of its backside to adhere the print media to an object. | 06-23-2011 |
20110243632 | Media position sensing - Media positioning sensing techniques are presented. A position on a substrate is detected based on adhesive or characteristics that enhance an adhesive applied to the substrate. | 10-06-2011 |
20110292152 | Dual-sided thermal print folding - Dual-sided thermal print folding techniques are presented. A dual-sided thermal printer includes a folding mechanism to custom fold a substrate. The substrate is imaged on both sides by the dual-sided thermal printer as it passes through the dual-sided thermal printer and is custom folded by the folding mechanism of the dual-sided thermal printer. | 12-01-2011 |
20120069378 | Automatic print failure detection and correction - Automatic print failure detection and correction are presented. An image is produced on media as it passes through a printer, the image produced by a first print head of the printer. The image is then inspected as it appears on the media for a predefined quality level. When the quality level is unacceptable, remote network notifications can be sent from the printer for proactive maintenance to be performed on the printer. In addition, when the quality level is unacceptable, a copy of the image can be automatically reproduced on an opposite side of the media using a different print head of the printer. | 03-22-2012 |
20150022581 | MULTIPURPOSE PRINTER - A multipurpose printer and techniques for operating the printer are presented. A printer includes first and second print elements. During a first mode of operation for the printer, both the first and second print elements are configured to image both first and second sides of print media passing through the printer. During a second mode of operation, the first print element is prevented from interfacing with at least portions of the first side of the media that include adhesive materials affixed thereto. | 01-22-2015 |