Apparatus and method for printing including a ribbon advancing slide mechanism

A printer apparatus, comprising:

• receptor material supply means for supplying a receptor material;
• ribbon supply means for supplying a ribbon material, the ribbon material including a plurality of different colored sections, reoccurring in a repetitive pattern;
• a print head and platen arrangement, the receptor material and the ribbon material extending intermediate of the print head and the platen in a juxtaposed relationship with the print ribbon being disposed intermediate of the receptor material and the print head;
• threaded screw driven slide means for engaging the receptor material with a clamp means and moving the receptor material upstream and downstream relative to the print head during a printing process, whereby multiple colors can be printed on a print area of the receptor material during the printing process so as to produce a color image;
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• self driven ribbon material takeup roller assembly advancing the ribbon material.