Ncr Corporation

Iconex LLC

Michael VanDemark

Joseph D Roth

Mary Ann Wehr

Dale R Lyons

Justin Collins

Michael Lee Barlow

Sachio Koyama

Dale Lyons

Yasutoshi Serizawa

Richard Brown

Michael Hetrick

Gerard Mullen

A dual-sided direct thermal printer and methods of operation thereof are provided. In one embodiment, a dual-sided direct thermal printer comprising a first thermal print head on a first side of a media feed path, and a second thermal print head on a second side of the media feed path opposite the first side is provided, wherein the dual-sided direct thermal printer is adapted to apportion received data into a first data portion for printing by the first thermal print head and a second data portion for printing by the second thermal print head.

Two-sided thermal printer control

In an embodiment, a method of operating a dual-sided direct thermal printer comprising a first thermal print head on a first side of a media feed path and a second thermal print head on a second side of the media feed path opposite the first side is provided, wherein the method comprises receiving a select thermal printing mode command and operating the dual-sided direct thermal printer according to the received select thermal printing mode command.

Two-sided thermal print command

In an embodiment, an image element having a thermally sensitive coating on at least a first side thereof is provided. The image element may further include an adhesive for attaching to an object such as a pharmaceutical container. Information about the object may be thermally printed on the image element.

Two-sided thermal wrap around label

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Springboro, OH, United States of America

Michael VanDemark