ATE203712T1 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING ON A CONTINUOUS WEB OF MATERIAL - Google Patents

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING ON A CONTINUOUS WEB OF MATERIAL

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ATE203712T1
ATE203712T1 AT99119634T AT99119634T ATE203712T1 AT E203712 T1 ATE203712 T1 AT E203712T1 AT 99119634 T AT99119634 T AT 99119634T AT 99119634 T AT99119634 T AT 99119634T AT E203712 T1 ATE203712 T1 AT E203712T1
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Prior art keywords
web
array
velocity
segment
scan segment
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AT99119634T
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German (de)
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Bruce A Plumley
Darryl Colburn Stein
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Gerber Technology Inc
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Priority claimed from US09/166,314 external-priority patent/US6056454A/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/001—Mechanisms for bodily moving print heads or carriages parallel to the paper surface
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/008—Controlling printhead for accurately positioning print image on printing material, e.g. with the intention to control the width of margins
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/36—Blanking or long feeds; Feeding to a particular line, e.g. by rotation of platen or feed roller
    • B41J11/42—Controlling printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J19/00—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/14—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms with means for effecting line or character spacing in either direction
    • B41J19/142—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms with means for effecting line or character spacing in either direction with a reciprocating print head printing in both directions across the paper width
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J19/00—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/16—Special spacing mechanisms for circular, spiral, or diagonal-printing apparatus
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J19/00—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/18—Character-spacing or back-spacing mechanisms; Carriage return or release devices therefor
    • B41J19/20—Positive-feed character-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/202—Drive control means for carriage movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/28—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes, envelopes, e.g. flat-bed ink-jet printers

Abstract

In an apparatus (20, 320) for printing on a web of work material (26, 326) continuously advanced in an X coordinate direction at a velocity vwx, at least one print head (86, 286) having a plurality of print elements (100) arranged in a scanning array (102, 302) extending in the X direction is repetitively movable relative to the apparatus (20, 320). The scanning array (102, 302) moves at a velocity va along a path that includes at least one scan segment and at least one repositioning segment. As the scanning array (102, 302) traverses the scan segment it has a first velocity component vax in the X direction, and a second velocity component vay in a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction. The first velocity component vax is equal to the velocity vwx so that the scanning array (102, 302) in traversing the scan segment, scans a swath on the web (26, 326) parallel to the Y direction, having a swath height hs. The velocity component vay is such that in the time taken for the array (102, 302) to move along the full extent of the scan segment the web (26, 326) advances a distance hw in the X direction that is less than hs. The array (102, 302) then travels along the repositioning segment such that prior or equal to a time taken for the web (26, 326) to advance a distance d= hs-hw the print head (86, 286) is positioned for movement along the scan segment, thereby causing successive swaths of the web scanned by the array to be positioned immediately adjacent to one another. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>
AT99119634T 1998-10-05 1999-10-04 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING ON A CONTINUOUS WEB OF MATERIAL ATE203712T1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/166,314 US6056454A (en) 1998-10-05 1998-10-05 Method and apparatus for printing on a continuously moving sheet of work material
US09/245,617 US6076983A (en) 1998-10-05 1999-02-05 Method and apparatus for printing onto a continuously advancing web of work material

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AT (1) ATE203712T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2284950A1 (en)
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GB0907362D0 (en) 2009-04-29 2009-06-10 Ten Cate Itex B V Print carriage
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CA2284950A1 (en) 2000-04-05
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