Patent ID: 6014162
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A vacuum imaging drum, mounted for rotation about an axis, for holding a sheet of thermal print media in registration with a sheet of dye donor material comprising:a circumferential recess on a surface of said drum, wherein said recess is approximately equal to a first length, a first width, and a first height of said sheet of thermal print media, wherein said sheet of thermal print media fits into said recess;a first donor support ring and a second donor support ring on said surface of said drum, forming a first edge and a second edge of said recess;an axially extending flat on said surface of said drum wherein a first leading edge of said thermal print media and a first trailing edge of said thermal print media are adjacent said axially extending flat;a first media contour in said first donor support ring and a second media contour in said second donor support ring, wherein said first media contour is at a first end of said axially extending flat and said second media contour is at a second end of said axially extending flat; andwherein said first media contour bends a first corner of said dye donor material, and said second contour bends a second corner of said dye donor material, to prevent fluting of said dye donor material.