Thermal transfer printer having media pre-coat selection apparat

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1992-12-21

1994-04-19

Fuller, Benjamin R.

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B41J 2325

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053050207

ABSTRACT:
A thermal transfer printer (10) includes multiple media trays (16, 120, 126) each encoded to communicate to a printer controller (46) via sensors (132, 134, 136) a print medium size and type contained in the tray, and a pair of thermal transfer ribbon (24) sensors (44,45) to communicate whether the ribbon includes a pre-coat material panel (34). A printer driver responsive to the media size and type sensors and the thermal transfer ribbon sensors to causes pre-coat material to be applied to coated or plain paper print media but not to transparency print media. Post-rendering color correction is provided for color images printed on various media type and pre-coat combinations. The printer driver prevents an image from printing when potentially wasteful conditions are detected in response to a print job request, forced tray selection, or automatic tray switching selection.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4704615 (1987-11-01), Tanaka
"PostScript.RTM. Language Reference Manual," 2nd Edition, 1990, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., Reading, Mass., pp. 226-251.

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