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US 6,206,589 B1Granted
Printer ribbon compensation
AssigneeFargo Electronics, Inc.
InventorsPaul E. Bjork, Matthew K. Dunham
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Abstract
The printer is adapted to print an image onto a substrate using a web carrying a color material. The printer includes a web supply configured to supply the web and a web take-up configured to receive the web. A print head is configured to material from the web to the substrate. A controller provides a control signal to the web take-up or web supply as a function of heat energy applied to the web.
Claims33
A printer for printing an image onto a substrate using a web carrying a color material comprising:
- a web supply adapted to supply the web;
- a web take-up adapted to receive the web;
- a print head configured to transfer material from the web to the substrate;
- and
- a controller configured to provide a control signal to the web take-up or supply as a function of heat energy applied to the web.
2 more elements
A method for printing an image onto a substrate using a web which carries a material color panels, comprising:
- supplying the web;
- taking up the web;
- printing onto the substrate using a print head configured to transfer material from the web to the substrate;
- and
- controlling the supplying or taking up as a function of heat energy applied to the web.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.