Title:
ドナー材料を使用するためのシステムおよび方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008529863
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
In a first aspect of the invention, a method is provided for operating a thermal printer adapted to print images by transferring donor material from patches of donor material from a donor ribbon onto a receiver medium, said printer being operable to print images in a manner that exhausts a full donor patch set or a fractional donor patch set during printing. In accordance with the method, a print order is received and it is determined whether a fractional donor patch set is available for printing. An image is printed using donor material from the fractional donor patch set where at least part of the print order can be satisfied using donor material from the fractional donor patch set.
Inventors:
Robert Mindler, Robert F
Application Number:
JP2007556271A
Publication Date:
August 07, 2008
Filing Date:
February 16, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company
International Classes:
B41J35/10; B41J2/325
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH04173279A | 1992-06-19 | |||
| JPH06106805A | 1994-04-19 | |||
| JPH05155124A | 1993-06-22 | |||
| JPH11245493A | 1999-09-14 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadahiko Ito
Shinsuke Onuki
Tadashige Ito
Koichi Matsumoto
Shinsuke Onuki
Tadashige Ito
Koichi Matsumoto