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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Robert F. Mindler, Churchville, NY (US);
Gary W. Anderson, Spencerport, NY (US);
Daniel W. Kuchta, Brockport, NY (US);
John E. Wright, Henrietta, NY (US);
Robert F. Mindler, Churchville, NY (US);
Gary W. Anderson, Spencerport, NY (US);
Daniel W. Kuchta, Brockport, NY (US);
John E. Wright, Henrietta, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for operating more than one thermal printer adapted to print images by transferring donor material from patches of donor material from a donor ribbon onto a receiver medium, each printer being operable to print images in a manner that exhausts a full donor patch or a fractional donor patch during printing. In accordance with the method, a print order is received and it is determined whether a fractional donor patch set is available for printing at each printer. Portions of the print order are directed to the printers in a pattern that minimizes the number of printers having donor ribbon with a fractional donor patch set available after the printing order has been executed.