Printing system for maintaining proper page sequence while reducing printer artifacts

摘要

A printing system or a printer with a pair of printheads detects a position of receiver media in the printer and directs either second page data or first page data to be printed first depending at which printhead the receiver media is positioned.

主权项

1. A printing system comprising:
a thermal printer having a pair of printheads, rollers for positioning a receiver media at either of the printheads, and sensors for detecting a position of the receiver media in the thermal printer; and a host computer external to the thermal printer and communicatively connected to the thermal printer for receiving data from the thermal printer indicating the position of the receiver media in the thermal printer, the host computer configured to initially send either first page data or second page data of a duplex print job to the thermal printer for printing in response to the position of the receiver media in the thermal printer.