Patent ID: 7215351

Claim:
An apparatus for printing multicolor prints composing: a color donor web of two or more sequential sections of donor material of transparent or colored donor material, said donor web operable to dispose its sequential sections opposite a receiver sheet prior to transfer of the donor material to the receiver sheet; a printer head for engaging and disengaging the donor web to press the donor web against the receiver sheet; a platen opposite the printer head for supporting the donor web and receiver sheet, and for carrying the donor web and receiver sheet past the printer head in forward and reverse directions; and a controller for energizing the printer head during said forward and reverse travel of donor web and receiver sheet to transfer donor material from a first sequential section during the forward travel and to transfer donor material from the next sequential section during reverse travel, further comprising first and second pairs of pinch rollers, each pair including a driven roller and a idler roller and having at least one roller of each pair operable to move toward and away from the receiver sheet for selectively pinching the receiver sheet so that the driven roller of the pinched pair can move the pinched receiver sheet past the printer head.