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AssigneeTektronix, Inc.
InventorsRandel L. Gibbons, Lynd L. Wieman, Suresh C. Paranjpe
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A thermal transfer printer (10) includes multiple media trays (16, 120, 126) each encoded to communicate to a printer controller (46) via sensors (132, 134, 136) a print medium size and type contained in the tray, and a pair of thermal transfer ribbon (24) sensors (44,45) to communicate whether the ribbon includes a pre-coat material panel (34). A printer driver responsive to the media size and type sensors and the thermal transfer ribbon sensors to causes pre-coat material to be applied to coated or plain paper print media but not to transparency print media. Post-rendering color correction is provided for color images printed on various media type and pre-coat combinations. The printer driver prevents an image from printing when potentially wasteful conditions are detected in response to a print job request, forced tray selection, or automatic tray switching selection.
In a thermal transfer printer having first and second media trays, a thermal transfer ribbon, and a processor, an apparatus for selectively applying a pre-coat material to a print medium received from the first media tray in response to a print job request, comprising:
A method for determining whether to apply a pre-coat material to a print medium received from one of a first and second media trays in response to a first print job request in a thermal transfer printer having said first and second media trays, a thermal transfer ribbon, and a processor, comprising the steps of:
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