Process and device for providing thermal transfer material for thermal transfer image generation

US6304281A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Armin Weichmann · Kissing, DE
• Alfons Schuster · Augsburg, DE
• Michael Muller · Harper Woods, US
• Thomas Hartmann · Altdorf, DE
• Dirk Probian · Gersthofen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2/325
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

To optimize the provision of thermal transfer material and to correctly provide different thermal transfer materials for the respective purpose at the correct time, a plurality of thermal transfer ribbons are made available, each in its own cassette. A control device provides management and controlling mechanism for managing the plurality of cassettes that are stored in a storage device.