Abstract: A method and apparatus for expanding a color gamut of a direct thermal printer is described. The method includes, in a three-color direct thermal printer having at least a print head, the print head including print head elements, dynamically adjusting a duty cycle of at least one of the colors depending on the color to be printed in each pixel of an image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for expanding a color gamut of a direct thermal printer is described. The method includes, in a three-color direct thermal printer having at least a print head, the print head including print head elements, dynamically adjusting a duty cycle of at least one of the colors depending on the color to be printed in each pixel of an image.

Abstract: The present application is directed to systems and methods for print alignment by a continuous feed printer. A sensor of a printer detects a first line of a pattern on a non-printing side of a printing medium, the pattern comprising two non-parallel lines separated by a predetermined distance at a predetermined position of the printing medium. The printer advances the printing medium a first distance, and the sensor detects a second line of the pattern. The printer identifies a horizontal offset of the printing medium from an expected location of the predetermined position proportional to the difference between the first distance and the predetermined distance.

Abstract: The present application is directed to systems and methods for print alignment by a continuous feed printer. A sensor of a printer detects a first line of a pattern on a non-printing side of a printing medium, the pattern comprising two non-parallel lines separated by a predetermined distance at a predetermined position of the printing medium. The printer advances the printing medium a first distance, and the sensor detects a second line of the pattern. The printer identifies a horizontal offset of the printing medium from an expected location of the predetermined position proportional to the difference between the first distance and the predetermined distance.

Abstract: The present application is directed to systems and methods for print alignment by a continuous feed printer. A sensor of a printer detects a first line of a pattern on a non-printing side of a printing medium, the pattern comprising two non-parallel lines separated by a predetermined distance at a predetermined position of the printing medium. The printer advances the printing medium a first distance, and the sensor detects a second line of the pattern. The printer identifies a horizontal offset of the printing medium from an expected location of the predetermined position proportional to the difference between the first distance and the predetermined distance.

Abstract: The present application is directed to systems and methods for full bleed printing. A cutter of a printer cuts a first kiss cut in a continuous printing medium at a first position displaced from an end of the continuous printing medium. A medium advancement mechanism of the printer positions the continuous printing medium with a print head of the printer at a print start location between the first position and the end of the continuous printing medium. The print head prints a first image on a continuous printing medium to a print end location. The cutter cuts a second cut in the continuous printing medium at a second position between the first position and the print end location. A portion of the continuous printing medium between the first kiss cut and the second cut comprises a full bleed print.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for enhancing full color images and may be used within a variety of computer peripheral devices such as a scanner which scans images initially recorded on a photographic medium, for example. The invention takes image data and applies a programmable set of parameters to the image data which govern color saturation and sharpness, inter alia. The image is then passed to a computer where a user may alter the parameter. The parameters are passed back to be reprocessed within the scanner and an updated image is then sent back the computer in real time.