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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2005
Walter H. Isaac, Penfield, NY (US);
Robert F. Mindler, Churchville, NY (US);
Christine J. Landry-coltrain, Fairport, NY (US);
Sharon P. Markel, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Walter H. Isaac, Penfield, NY (US);
Robert F. Mindler, Churchville, NY (US);
Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Fairport, NY (US);
Sharon P. Markel, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Thermal printers and methods for operating a thermal printer that applies donor material from donor patches on a donor ribbon to a received medium, the donor material being organized into sets, each set including at least one colored donor material patch and a protective material donor patch. A non-visible light is applied to a location on the donor ribbon, and a portion of the non-visible light that is not absorbed by the donor ribbon is sensed. The sensed non-visible light determines whether the portion of the donor ribbon to which the non-visible light has been applied has unused protective donor material thereon.