Automated thermal transfer device and control system therefor
CA 1329415 C · Owner: Shapiro, Paul J. · Inventors: Plotnick, Michael A.; Stolfi, Fred R.; Shapiro, Paul J.
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A control system for a thermal transfer device in which a selected image is transferred from a strip of color carrying ribbon to a strip of image carrying tape and precise alignment between adjacent columns of vertical print is achieved by monitoring and controlling the rotational speed of the drive means for the thermal transfer device and activating the printing of each column of pixel data based upon positional information of the tape and ribbon determined in relation to the rotational speed of the drive means so that each column of pixel data is of a uniform and consistent width.
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- Granted May 10, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 10, 2011.
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