METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PRINTER REGISTRATION

WIPO Patent Application WO2005082627

A3

A thermal printer apparatus has a plurality of print stations (12, 14, 16) for recording image information onto a receiver (11) moving past the print stations. An adjustable-speed receiver drive mechanism (17) is adapted to advance the receiver along the path. A plurality of sensors (60, 61) adapted to detect the temperature of the receiver and other surfaces along the path. A controller adjusts the speed of the drive mechanism as a function of the detected temperatures so as to effect a shim of the average raster line pitch of the printer to compensate for changes in the temperature of the receiver. An empirical model of receiver speed as a function of measured receiver temperature is used in software to predict receiver speed during printing.

GOFF COBB S (US)
ELLY JAMES E (US)
GUGINO RICHARD LOUIS (US)
BERRY JEFFREY ROSS (US)

PCT/US2005/002195

October 20, 2005

January 25, 2005

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EASTMAN KODAK CO (US)
GOFF COBB S (US)
ELLY JAMES E (US)
GUGINO RICHARD LOUIS (US)
BERRY JEFFREY ROSS (US)

B41J2/32; B41J2/325; B41J11/42; (IPC1-7): B41J11/42; B41J2/32

US5196864A

1993-03-23

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