Printing on thermal media

Patent name Printing method on the thermal media Patent applicant Applicant Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Principal Applicant Address South Korea Gyeonggi-do Inventor Mou Bingshan Application (Patent) No. 200510076171.3 Application date 2005.06.08 Certification date Approval notice No. 1706656 Auditing announcement date 2005.12. 14 Specification CD-ROM D0550 Main classification number B41J29/38 Classification number B41J29/38; B41M5/34; B41J2/32 division Original application number Priority item 2004.6.10 KR 42502/04 Abstract The present invention discloses a thermal media The method of printing. In this method, a thermal medium having first and second sides is fed to a printing start position, and it is judged whether the printing side of the thermal medium is the first side or the second side of the thermal medium. A color image corresponding to the determined printing side is then printed on the heat-sensitive medium, and a color image corresponding to the opposite side of the determined printing side is printed on the opposite side of the heat-sensitive medium, thereby forming a correctly printed image. Slaves 1. A method of printing on a thermal media, comprising: feeding a thermal media to a print start position, wherein the thermal media includes first and second sides; determining that the print side of the thermal media is A first side or a second side of the thermal media; a color image corresponding to the printed side of the determination is printed; and a color image corresponding to the opposite side of the printed side of the determination is printed.