Patent ID: 8913095
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A roll-fed duplex thermal printing system, comprising: a supply roll of thermal imaging receiver having dye receiving layers on first and second sides of a substrate; a printing path; a reversing path; a diverter pivotable around an axis into a first position, a second position and a third position, wherein when the diverter is in the first position thermal imaging receiver is directed from the supply roll into the printing path, when the diverter is in the second position the thermal imaging receiver is directed from the supply roll into the reversing path, and when the diverter is in the third position the thermal imaging receiver is directed from the reversing path into the printing path; a thermal printhead positioned along the printing path; a donor ribbon feeding from a donor supply roll past the thermal printhead to a donor take-up roll; a cutter positioned between the diverter and the reversing path; and a printer controller that controls components of the thermal printing system to perform the following sequence of operations: