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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Roger S Kerr, Brockport, NY (US);
John D Gentzke, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is for writing images to direct write plates. A sheet thermal print media (32) is loaded on a drum (30) and a sheet of dye donor material (36) is mounted on the drum (30) in registration with the sheet of thermal print media (32). Dye is transferred to the sheet of thermal print media (32) and the first sheet of dye donor material is removed from the drum (30). Additional sheets of dye donor material, each a different color, are mounted in turn on the drum in registration with the thermal print media and dye donor is transferred to the thermal print media. After the intended image is formed, the thermal print media is removed from the drum (30) for approval by a customer. A sheet of support material (39) is then loaded onto the drum (30) and a first sheet of direct write plates (44) is mounted on the drum. A first image is produced on the direct write plates (44) and the first sheet of direct write plates is removed from the drum (30). Additional sheets of direct write plates (44) are mounted in turn on the drum (30) and additional images transferred to the direct write plates (44).