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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Werner Fassler, Rochester, NY (US);
Charles D DeBoer, Palmyra, NY (US);
James E Pickering, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347171 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for thermal color printing on a moveable receiver including a re-inkable web having at least one colorant; the moveable receiver being in contact with the re-inkable web at a nip position. The apparatus heats the moveable receiver at a position proximate to the nip of the re-inkable web and the moveable receiver so that the moveable receiver maintains sufficient heat to cause colorant to transfer from the re-inkable web to the moveable receiver. Colorant is applied to the re-inkable web after the re-inkable web has delivered colorant to the moveable receiver.