Dry-processing Printer

A device used to produce high-resolution multi-format films directly from image data acquired during diagnostic radiology procedures using dry-processing imaging. The printer often includes a thermal head, heat-responsive microcapsules filled with dye precursors, and a developer; when heat is applied, the developer passes through the microcapsule walls and reacts with the dye precursor to form a dye that creates an image on film or paper. This item is not intended to digitize film images. For similar items that are not medical, see printer, automatic data processing.