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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Jason L. Lence, Morristown, TN (US);
Donald Eaton, Bean Station, TN (US);
Jason L. Lence, Morristown, TN (US);
Donald Eaton, Bean Station, TN (US);
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
A thermal transfer ribbon comprises a substrate, and a clear thermal transfer coating disposed on one side of the substrate, wherein the clear thermal transfer coating is substantially devoid of pigment material. Also, a method of manufacturing a thermal transfer ribbon for finishing a printed label comprises applying to one major side surface of a substrate a clear thermal transfer coating which is substantially devoid of pigment material. Further, an apparatus comprises a label printer, a thermal transfer printer, and an in-line feeding mechanism which interconnects the label printer and the thermal transfer printer to feed a printed label from the label printer to the thermal transfer printer so that the thermal transfer printer can thermally transfer a clear thermal transfer coating to the printed label to provide a finished label.