Wide format printing apparatus and method
CA 2366025 A1 · Owner: Hevenor, Charles M. · Inventors: Mindek, David M.; Banavige, Michael J.; Ehrhardt, Kurt J.
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Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly which , includes a memory (300), for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work …
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- Filed April 7, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 7, 2020.
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