Patent ID: 6793307
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printer capable of forming an image on a final receiver member, comprising:(a) a first identifier associated with an intermediate receiver member, said first identifier containing first identifying information uniquely associated with the type of intermediate receiver member; (b) a first sensor disposed in sensing relation to said first identifier for sensing the first identifying information, so that the type of intermediate receiver member is identified as the first sensor senses the first identifying information; (c) an image marker located at a first location in said printer and coupled to said first sensor for forming an image with a colorant on the intermediate receiver member according to the first identifying information sensed by said first sensor; (d) a second identifier coupled to a final receiver member, said second identifier containing second identifying information uniquely associated with the type of final receiver member; (e) a second sensor disposed in sensing relation to said second identifier for sensing the second identifying information, so that the type of final receiver member is identified as the second sensor senses the second identifying information; and (f) a transfer processor, located at a second location in said printer different than said first location, for transferring the image on the intermediate receiver member to the final receiver member according to the second identifying information sensed by said second sensor.