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Thermal printer and method for using

  • US 5,762,431 A
  • Filed: 02/10/1997
  • Issued: 06/09/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A thermal printer for printing a substrate, the printer comprising:

  • a housing having an input/output end configured for both inputting the substrate into the housing and outputting the substrate from the housing;

    a print head positioned within the housing for printing the substrate;

    an input station positioned at the input/output end of the housing;

    an output station positioned at the input/output end of the housing;

    a stationary diverter ramp positioned between the input/output end of the housing and the print head, the diverter ramp having a sloped diverting surface generally facing away from the input/output end of the housing;

    a transport mechanism constructed and arranged to move the substrate from the input station, past the diverter ramp, to the print head, and to reverse direction of the substrate and move the substrate from the print head back towards the diverter ramp such that the substrate engages the sloped diverting surface of the diverter ramp and is diverted toward the output station.

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