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US 5,455,617 AGranted
Thermal printer supply having non-volatile memory
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsStanley W. Stephenson, David L. Jeanmaire
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Abstract
A non-volatile memory is mounted on a supply for a thermal printer and includes color correction and carrier defect data which are used by the printer to make prints.
Claims23
For use with a thermal printer, apparatus comprising:
- a cartridge;
- a carrier in the cartridge, said carrier having a repeating series of dye frames of different dye colors;
- means for mounting the carrier in the cartridge such that the carrier can be advanced in the cartridge;
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- electronically-operable memory means mounted on the cartridge for storing data corresponding to designated dye frames of the carrier, whereby upon connection of the cartridge to a thermal printer, the printer reads the data.
2 more elements
For use with a thermal printer, apparatus comprising:
- a supply having (i) a spool and (ii) a carrier having a repeating series of dye frames of different dye colors, said carrier being spirally wound on said spool such that the carrier can be unwound from the spool;
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- electronically-operable memory means mounted on the supply for storing data corresponding to designated dye frames of the carrier, whereby upon connection of the apparatus to a thermal printer, the printer reads the data.
Apparatus comprising:
- a supply having (i) a spool including a longitudinal axis and a hollow end and (ii) a carrier having a repeating series of dye frames of different dye colors, said carrier being spirally wound on said spool such that the carrier can be unwound from the spool;
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- electronically-operable memory means mounted along the axis of the spool and recessed in the hollow end of the spool for storing data corresponding to designated dye frames of the carrier, whereby upon connection of the apparatus to a thermal printer, the printer reads the data.
Apparatus comprising:
- a supply having (i) a spool including a surface defining a hollow interior and (ii) a carrier having a repeating series of dye frames of different dye colors, said carrier being spirally wound on said spool such that the carrier can be unwound from the spool;
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- electronically-operable memory means recess mounted in the hollow interior of the spool for storing data corresponding to designated dye frames of the carrier, whereby upon connection of the apparatus to a thermal printer, the printer reads the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.