PRODUCING STANDARD FORMAT AND WIDE-FORMAT PRINTS

摘要

Standard format images having a length L in a print direction and wide-format images having a length greater than 2L in the print direction can be selectively printed from the same set of donor patches. At least one print order is received at a thermal printer requesting the printing of an image of one of the standard format and the wide-format. A donor ribbon having patches of donor material of length in the print direction greater than 2L is advanced through the thermal printer in the print direction said donor ribbon. An image based upon each print order is printed such that the printing is performed using donor material on (1) a fraction of a donor patch when the print order requests a standard format image, and (2) up to a full donor patch when the print order requests a wide-format image.