Patent ID: 11912043
Assignee: ARMOR
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the thermal transfer printing apparatus further comprising a print roller to hold and transport the substrate and the ribbon along the printing zone, the print roller being movable between two configurations in relation to the printhead, which include
a printing configuration enabling the printing wherein the ribbon is supported by the print-roller through the substrate, and
a disengaged configuration wherein the ribbon is disengaged from the substrate, the method further comprising engaging the printing by:
driving the ribbon on the coating zone at a first predetermined speed and simultaneously;
driving the ribbon on the printing zone at a second speed inferior to the first predetermined speed,
moving the print roller from the disengaged configuration to the printing configuration while the second speed is inferior to the first predetermined speed.