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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Ncr Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Inventor:
Jerry Butler, Morristown, TN (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01); B41M 5/42 (2006.01); B41J 29/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 (2013.01); B41J 29/17 (2013.01); B41M 5/42 (2013.01); B41M 5/423 (2013.01); B41M 2205/04 (2013.01); B41M 2205/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Thermal media comprises a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side. The thermal media also comprises a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate. The thermal media further comprises a cleaner material disposed on a portion of the thermally-sensitive coating. The cleaner material is integrated into the thermally-sensitive coating to perform cleaning of a thermal print head when the cleaner coating moves past the thermal print head.