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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
May. 07, 2015
Ncr Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Timothy W. Rawlings, Waynesville, OH (US);
Matthew A. McLaughlin, Franklin, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Denton, Springboro, OH (US);
Richard D. Puckett, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Yaoping A. Tan, Lebanon, OH (US);
Paul C. Blank, LaCrosse, WI (US);
Michael J. VanDemark, Springboro, OH (US);
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon.