Microencapsulated media supply and utilization apparatus and method

Apparatus for imaging and utilizing microencapsulated media material comprising:

• a cartridge containing a supply of such media material including a supply spool,
• said spool containing a wound supply of such media material in the form of a two-layer sandwich of a donor web having a microencapsulated photosensitive surface wound in face-to-face relation with receiver material in which the donor web is the radial outer layer and the receiver material is the radial inner layer, said donor web having a clear base through which the photosensitive layer may be imaged,
• an exposure station formed as an exposure slit in said cartridge,
• means drawing said sandwich from said supply spool to said exposure slit with the clear side of said base facing said slit for exposure of said photosensitive layer through said slit and said base,
• a developer station including a pair of pressure rolls receiving said sandwich from said exposure station for pressure development of the image on said donor web with said receiver web,
• a take-up means in said cartridge for receiving said donor web from said developer station, and
• means for receiving said receiver web from said developer station.