公开(公告)号：US20030044210A1

公开(公告)日：2003-03-06

申请号：US09941215

申请日：2001-08-28

申请人： Eastman Kodak Company

发明人： Robert F. Mindler ,  Robert C. Cohoon

IPC分类号： B41B001/04

CPC分类号： B41J2/17546 ,  B41J11/009 ,  B41J13/103

摘要： A media cassette adapted to hold multiple media types and an imaging apparatus which includes the media cassette. The media cassette includes a device for identifying the type of media loaded in the cassette to permit an adjustment of printer electronics based on the identified media in the cassette. The cassette comprises a cover that includes a section that is adapted to identify a a type of media. The identifying section can include a reflective surface or label which cooperates with a sensor in the imaging apparatus to detect and/or not detect light that is reflected back to the sensor. This signal is then used by the imaging apparatus to identify the type of media in the cassette, and adjust imaging operations based on the type of media in the cassette.

摘要翻译： 适于容纳多种介质类型的介质盒和包括介质盒的成像装置。 介质盒包括用于识别装载在盒中的介质的类型的装置，以允许基于盒中所识别的介质来调整打印机电子装置。 盒式磁带包括盖，其包括适于识别一种介质的部分。 识别部分可以包括与成​​像设备中的传感器配合的反射表面或标签，以检测和/或不检测反射回传感器的光。 该信号然后由成像装置用于识别盒中的介质的类型，并且基于盒中介质的类型来调整成像操作。

公开(公告)号：US20040183888A1

公开(公告)日：2004-09-23

申请号：US10391174

申请日：2003-03-18

申请人： Eastman Kodak Company

发明人： Zhanjun J. Gao ,  Robert F. Mindler ,  John F. Corman

IPC分类号： B41J002/315

CPC分类号： B41J2/325 ,  B41J2/355

摘要： A thermal printer capable of preventing crease formation in a dye transfer area of a dye donor web that can cause a line artifact to be printed on a dye receiver during a dye transfer from the dye transfer area to the dye receiver, includes a print head having a bead of selectively heated resistive elements that make contact across the dye transfer area of the dye donor web and opposite edge areas of the dye donor web that are alongside the dye transfer area as the dye transfer area and the edge areas are progressively advanced under a longitudinal tension over the bead of resistive elements. Also, a control is adapted to selectively heat those resistive elements that make contact with the dye transfer area to effect a dye transfer from the dye transfer area to a dye receiver, and adapted to variably heat those resistive elements that make contact with the edge areas alongside the dye transfer area to effect a gradual drop in heat substantially from respective boundaries between the dye transfer area and the edge areas to an outer edge of each edge area that is spaced from the dye transfer area. As a result, when the heated transfer area and edge areas are subjected to a longitudinal tension, a relative resistance to being stretched will steadily increase towards each outer edge to maintain strength at each outer edge, but to avoid a sharp transition at the boundaries in order to prevent crease formation that can cause a line artifact.

摘要翻译： 一种热敏打印机，其能够防止染料供体纤维网的染料转移区域中的折痕形成，所述染色剂供体纤维网在从染料转移区域到染料接收器的染料转移期间可能引起线伪影印刷在染料接收器上，所述打印头具有 选择性加热的电阻元件的珠粒，当染料转移区域和边缘区域在染色体转移区域的边缘区域逐渐进行时，使得在染料供体幅材的染料转移区域和染料供体幅材的相对边缘区域之间接触， 电阻元件珠的纵向张力。 此外，控制器适于选择性地加热与染料转移区域接触的电阻元件，以实现从染料转移区域到染料接收器的染料转移，并且适于可变地加热与边缘区域接触的那些电阻元件 沿着染料转移区域，从而基本上从染料转移区域和边缘区域之间的相应边界逐渐降低到与染料转移区域间隔开的每个边缘区域的外边缘。 结果，当加热的传送区域和边缘区域受到纵向张力时，相对于被拉伸的相对阻力将朝着每个外边缘稳定地增加以保持每个外边缘处的强度，而是避免在边界处的边界处的尖锐的过渡 以防止可能导致线条伪影的折痕形成。

公开(公告)号：US20040218030A1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-04

申请号：US10812547

申请日：2004-03-29

申请人： Eastman Kodak Company

发明人： Zhanjun Gao ,  Po-Jen Shih ,  Robert F. Mindler

IPC分类号： B41J002/315

CPC分类号： B41J11/057 ,  B41J17/28

摘要： A thermal printer is adapted to prevent crease formation in successive dye transfer areas of a dye donor web that can cause line artifacts to be printed on a dye receiver during dye transfer from each dye transfer area to the dye receiver in a dye transfer printer.

摘要翻译： 热敏打印机适于防止在染料供体纤维网的连续染料转移区域中产生皱纹，这可能导致染料接收器上的染色剂接收器在染料从染料转移区域转移到染料转移打印机中的染料接收器中。

公开(公告)号：US20040070635A1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-15

申请号：US10268814

申请日：2002-10-10

申请人： Eastman Kodak Company

发明人： Robert F. Mindler ,  Charles S. Christ

IPC分类号： G01D009/00

CPC分类号： B41J2/36

摘要： A method of reducing uneven use of the total number of printing elements on a print head in a printer, when selectively using the printing elements to make different size color image prints on respective similar size receiver mediums, comprises: selectively using the total number of printing elements to make color image prints substantially the same size as the receiver mediums; and selectively using a particular number of printing elements less than the total number of printing elements to make similar size color image prints smaller than the receiver mediums, but alternating which ones of the total number of printing elements can be selectively used to make each print so that the placement of each print on a receiver medium is alternated, whereby, since those printing elements that can be selectively used to make each print smaller than a receiver medium are alternated, uneven use of the printing elements is reduced.

摘要翻译： 当选择性地使用打印元件在相应的类似尺寸的接收介质上制作不同大小的彩色图像打印时，减少打印机中打印头上打印元件总数的不均匀使用的方法包括：选择性地使用打印总数 使得彩色图像打印与接收介质大致相同的尺寸的元件; 并且选择性地使用小于打印元件总数的特定数量的打印元件以使相似尺寸的彩色图像打印小于接收介质，但交替可以选择性地使用总数量的打印元素中的哪一个来使每个打印如此 每个打印在接收介质上的放置是交替的，由此，由于可以选择性地使每个打印小于接收介质的打印元素的那些打印元件交替，所以打印元件的不均匀使用被减少。

公开(公告)号：US20040183889A1

公开(公告)日：2004-09-23

申请号：US10394888

申请日：2003-03-21

申请人： Eastman Kodak Company

发明人： Zhanjun J. Gao ,  Po-Jen Shih ,  Robert F. Mindler

IPC分类号： B41J011/04 ,  B41J002/325

CPC分类号： B41J11/057 ,  B41J2/325 ,  B41J2/355 ,  B41J11/0005 ,  B41J11/0095 ,  B41J17/30

摘要： A thermal printer is adapted to prevent crease formation in a dye transfer area of a dye donor web that can cause line artifacts to be printed on a dye receiver during a dye transfer from the dye transfer area to the dye receiver in a dye transfer printer.

摘要翻译： 热敏打印机适于防止染料供体纤维网的染料转移区域中的折痕形成，这可能在从染料转移区域到染料转移打印机中的染料接收器的染料转移期间引起线条伪像被印刷在染料接收器上。

公开(公告)号：US20040075731A1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-22

申请号：US10274352

申请日：2002-10-18

申请人： Eastman Kodak Company

发明人： Robert F. Mindler ,  Charles S. Christ

IPC分类号： B41M001/14 ,  B41J002/325

CPC分类号： B41J2/355

摘要： A method of reducing uneven use of a series of heating elements on a print head in a thermal printer comprises: selectively using certain ones of the heating elements to effect yellow, magenta and cyan dye transfers superimposed on a dye receiver medium to create a color image print smaller than the size of the receiver medium and leave a non-image non-color margin area along at least one side of the color image print; and using other ones of the heating elements to effect yellow, magenta and cyan dye transfers superimposed on a non-image non-color margin area left along at least one side of the color image print to make the margin area a shade of substantially gray or black, whereby, since those heating elements which are not to be selectively used to effect the dye transfers to create the color image print are instead used to effect the dye transfers to make a non-image non-color margin area left along at least one side of the color image print a shade of substantially gray or black, uneven use of the heating elements on the print head is reduced.

摘要翻译： 一种降低热敏打印机中的打印头上的一系列加热元件的不均匀使用的方法包括：选择性地使用某些加热元件来实现叠加在染料接收介质上的黄色，品红色和青色染料转印以产生彩色图像 打印小于接收介质的尺寸，并沿着彩色图像打印的至少一侧留下非图像非颜色边缘区域; 并且使用其他加热元件来实现黄色，品红色和青色染料转移，其叠加在沿着彩色图像印刷品的至少一侧留下的非图像非颜色边缘区域上，以使边缘区域基本上为灰色， 因此，由于不用选择性地用于实现染料转移以产生彩色图像印刷的那些加热元件被用于实现染料转移，以使沿着至少一个的剩余的非图像非颜色边缘区域 彩色图像的一侧打印基本上灰色或黑色的阴影，减少了打印头上加热元件的不均匀使用。