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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Xin Wen, Rochester, NY (US);
William Irvin Morris, Oakfield, NY (US);
Steven J Sparer, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400662 ; 40012002 ; 347220 ;
Abstract
A resistive thermal printer has a platen drive mechanism which includes (1) a thermal printhead having an array of selectively-activatable thermal elements and (2) a rotatably-driven platen roller opposed to the printhead and forming a nip with the printhead through which a receiver medium is driven by the platen roller while the thermal elements are selectively activated. The platen roller has an outer layer of perfluorinated polymer. The platen roller includes a compliant layer below the outer layer of perfluorinated polymer.