Patent ID: 6667758
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
An image producing process for scanning and writing images to a thermal print medium comprising the steps of:a) inputting an intended image to an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus comprising a rotatable drum, a translation system, and an input scanner and a printhead mounted on the translation system adjacent to the drum; b) attaching an input image to an input scanner portion of the drum; c) loading thermal print medium and dye donor material onto an imaging portion of the drum; d) spinning the drum; e) translating the input scanner and the printhead along the spinning drum using the translation system, which is in coordinated motion to the spinning drum; f) ripping and feeding data from the scanner portion of the drum to the printhead; g) creating a trial image on the thermal print medium; h) modifying and re-ripping the image as requested; and i) creating the intended image on the thermal print medium.