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US 8,707,898 B2Granted
Apparatus for fanfolding media
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsMary Ann Wehr, Paul C. Blank, Timothy W. Rawlings, Richard D. Puckett
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Abstract
Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.
Claims15
An apparatus for fanfolding media having a first and a second side, the apparatus comprising:
- a first sensor associated with a first print tower;
- said first sensor adapted to identify whether the media includes a friable coating on the first side thereof;
- and said first print tower comprising an anilox roller, a plate cylinder having a relief surface, and an impression roller,
- the first print tower being adapted to apply an overcoat to a portion of the friable coating on the first side of the media in response to said friable coating being identified thereon by the first sensor;
- wherein a thermally sensitive coating is the friable coating;
- and said first print tower is configured to apply said overcoat with sufficiently low thermal resistivity on said first media side to permit heat applied by a thermal printer to image the thermally sensitive coating therethrough.
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An apparatus for fanfolding media having a first and a second side, the apparatus comprising:
- a first print tower adapted to apply print on a first media side of the media;
- a sensor adapted to identify whether the media includes a friable coating on the first side thereof;
- said sensor associated with a second print tower;
- said second print tower comprising an anilox roller, a plate cylinder having a relief surface, and an impression roller, the second print tower being adapted to apply an overcoat to a portion of the friable coating on the first media side in response to the friable coating being identified thereon by the sensor following printing by the first print tower;
- and a folding unit for folding the media in the portion following application of the overcoat by the second print tower wherein a thermally sensitive coating is the friable coating;
- and said second print tower is configured to apply said overcoat with sufficiently low thermal resistivity on said first media side to permit heat applied by a thermal printer to image the thermally sensitive coating therethrough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.