Patent ID: 6222569
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus comprising:a writing assembly;a translation assembly for moving said writing assembly;a rotatable imaging member adapted to receive media thereon;a control device operationally associated with at least said translation assembly to move said writing assembly in a forward linear direction and a reverse linear direction, such that a writing pass can be written on said media on said imaging member in either of said forward linear direction or said reverse linear direction;wherein said imaging member is an imaging drum and said media comprises receiver media and donor media mounted on said imaging drum, such that said translation assembly moves said writing assembly in said forward linear direction to write a first writing pass while said imaging drum having said receiver media and donor media mounted thereon rotates in a first direction, and after said first writing pass is completed, said donor media is removed and replaced by a second donor media, said translation assembly thereafter moving said writing assembly in said reverse linear direction to write a second writing pass while the rotation of the imaging drum having said receiver media and second donor media mounted thereon is reversed; andwherein said writing assembly has a first home position located in a vicinity of a beginning of said first writing pass and a second home position located in a vicinity of an end of said first writing pass, said donor media being removed and replaced while said writing assembly is positioned in one of said first or second home positions.