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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1993
George W Brock, La Jolla, CA (US);
Jeremiah F Connolly, San Diego, CA (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A print head applies electrical energy to an electrically resistive and grounded transfer ribbon bearing heat transferable dye, during sliding pressure contact and relative movement between the head and ribbon, for resistive heating of the dye for transfer to a receiver to form images thereon. The head has a row of electrodes, an electrically non-conductive substrate and an electrically non-conductive and thermally insulating barrier layer in abutment, with the barrier layer between the electrodes and substrate. The barrier layer has a thermal conductivity at most about one-tenth of that of the substrate and a thickness sufficient to retard heat transfer from the electrodes to the substrate for controlling the temperature of the electrodes.