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US8182161B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/46
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a method to image a dual-sided thermal media including a plurality of contiguous, alternating first and second thermally imageable panels distinguished by one or more associated sense marks, each of the imageable panels including a first and second imageable sides. The method includes determining a starting panel of the alternating first and second thermally imageable panels of the thermal media on which to start imaging one or more received pages of data, determining a starting side of the first and second imageable sides of the starting panel according to number of the one or more received pages of data, advancing the thermal media to the starting panel using at least one of the of the one or more associated sense marks, and imaging the thermal media with the one or more received pages of data starting at the determined starting side of the advanced to determined panel. There are also provided a dual-sided direct thermal printer to image the dual-sided thermal media and the dual-sided thermal media for dual-sided imaging.
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