Abstract: A transfer printing device includes a transfer ribbon, a print unit, a mark sensor and a controller. The transfer ribbon includes a transfer layer that is attached to a carrier layer. The transfer layer includes a series of transfer sections. The controller is configured to perform a print operation, in which a transfer section that is available for printing is selected by detecting an absence of a used mark in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon corresponding to the transfer section using the mark sensor. An image is printed to the selected transfer section and a used mark is printed on the transfer ribbon using the print unit. At least a portion of the used mark is in a predetermined position relative to the selected transfer section and is outside the selected transfer section.

Abstract: A transfer printing device includes a transfer ribbon, a print unit, a mark sensor and a controller. The transfer ribbon includes a transfer layer that is attached to a carrier layer. The transfer layer includes a series of transfer sections. The controller is configured to perform a print operation, in which a transfer section that is available for printing is selected by detecting an absence of a used mark in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon corresponding to the transfer section using the mark sensor. An image is printed to the selected transfer section and a used mark is printed on the transfer ribbon using the print unit. At least a portion of the used mark is in a predetermined position relative to the selected transfer section and is outside the selected transfer section.

Abstract: In a method of operating a transfer printing device, which includes a transfer ribbon having a series of transfer sections, a print unit, and a mark sensor, the transfer ribbon is fed in a feed direction. A transfer section that is available for printing is selected through the detection of an absence of a used mark in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon corresponding to the transfer section using the mark sensor. An image is printed to the selected transfer section using the print unit. A used mark corresponding to the selected transfer section is printed in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon.

Abstract: A scent dispersing arrow having a field tip, a shaft, a tail end, and a chamber in the shaft. The field tip allows the scent dispersing arrow to easily penetrate and remain standing in the ground. The shaft has two parts, separable at a point on the shaft that contains the chamber. The chamber has a plurality of holes in a portion of its wall that allow a scent contained within to disperse into the air only when a scent stick moves from the tapered end of the chamber to the section containing the holes, upon impact of the arrow with the ground. The tail end of the shaft contains a plurality of feathers or vanes which stabilize the scent arrow during flight. The chamber spans from a short length in the front part of the shaft to a tapered end in the back part of the shaft near the tail section. A solid scent holding stick within the chamber will disperse a scent into the air through the plurality of holes in the chamber walls.