EP0040879A3 - Matrix printer with automatic print-head adjustment - Google Patents

Matrix printer with automatic print-head adjustment Download PDF

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EP0040879A3
EP0040879A3 EP81200532A EP81200532A EP0040879A3 EP 0040879 A3 EP0040879 A3 EP 0040879A3 EP 81200532 A EP81200532 A EP 81200532A EP 81200532 A EP81200532 A EP 81200532A EP 0040879 A3 EP0040879 A3 EP 0040879A3
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Prior art keywords
matrix printer
head adjustment
automatic print
print
automatic
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EP0040879A2 (en
EP0040879B1 (en
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Lothar Haubrich
Heinrich Durr
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Philips Intellectual Property and Standards GmbH
Koninklijke Philips NV
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Philips Patentverwaltung GmbH
Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
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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
EP81200532A 1980-05-22 1981-05-19 Matrix printer with automatic print-head adjustment Expired EP0040879B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE3019515 1980-05-22
DE19803019515 DE3019515A1 (en) 1980-05-22 1980-05-22 PRINTER FOR PRODUCING A GRID-LAYOUT SIGN

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EP0040879A2 EP0040879A2 (en) 1981-12-02
EP0040879A3 true EP0040879A3 (en) 1982-02-10
EP0040879B1 EP0040879B1 (en) 1984-03-21

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EP81200532A Expired EP0040879B1 (en) 1980-05-22 1981-05-19 Matrix printer with automatic print-head adjustment

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US (1) US4365901A (en)
EP (1) EP0040879B1 (en)
JP (2) JPS5715982A (en)
AR (1) AR228356A1 (en)
BR (1) BR8103132A (en)
CA (1) CA1168108A (en)
DE (2) DE3019515A1 (en)
FI (1) FI69597C (en)
IE (1) IE51521B1 (en)
YU (1) YU131181A (en)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3019515A1 (en) * 1980-05-22 1981-11-26 Philips Patentverwaltung Gmbh, 2000 Hamburg PRINTER FOR PRODUCING A GRID-LAYOUT SIGN
JPS58160163U (en) * 1982-04-19 1983-10-25 東芝テック株式会社 Printer print head gap adjustment device
JPS599838U (en) * 1982-07-10 1984-01-21 アルプス電気株式会社 Printer paper thickness adjustment device
JPS5999738U (en) * 1982-12-24 1984-07-05 マークテック株式会社 printing device
JP2522231B2 (en) * 1991-11-15 1996-08-07 株式会社精工舎 Wire dot printer with switchable printing modes
GB9818026D0 (en) 1998-08-18 1998-10-14 Neopost Ltd Print head transport mechanism
US20030160840A1 (en) * 2001-10-19 2003-08-28 Haseeb Yusef Carriage guide for inkjet printer

Citations (2)

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DE2248564A1 (en) * 1971-10-07 1973-04-12 Int Standard Electric Corp PRINT HEAD FOR MOSAIC SERIAL PRINTER
US4086997A (en) * 1977-03-07 1978-05-02 Wang Laboratories, Inc. Adjustable support for print head assembly

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JPS566032B2 (en) * 1973-07-05 1981-02-09
US4010835A (en) * 1975-08-01 1977-03-08 International Business Machines Corporation Matrix print head
DE2535699C3 (en) * 1975-08-09 1978-12-14 Olympia Werke Ag, 2940 Wilhelmshaven Method and printer for producing fine-screen characters on a recording medium
DE3019515A1 (en) * 1980-05-22 1981-11-26 Philips Patentverwaltung Gmbh, 2000 Hamburg PRINTER FOR PRODUCING A GRID-LAYOUT SIGN

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2248564A1 (en) * 1971-10-07 1973-04-12 Int Standard Electric Corp PRINT HEAD FOR MOSAIC SERIAL PRINTER
US3757346A (en) * 1971-10-07 1973-09-04 Int Standard Electric Corp Printing method
US4086997A (en) * 1977-03-07 1978-05-02 Wang Laboratories, Inc. Adjustable support for print head assembly

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DE3162763D1 (en) 1984-04-26
US4365901A (en) 1982-12-28
JPS5715982A (en) 1982-01-27
FI811545L (en) 1981-11-23
FI69597B (en) 1985-11-29
IE51521B1 (en) 1987-01-07
IE811114L (en) 1981-11-22
CA1168108A (en) 1984-05-29
EP0040879A2 (en) 1981-12-02
AR228356A1 (en) 1983-02-28
YU131181A (en) 1983-12-31
JPH0258113B2 (en) 1990-12-06
EP0040879B1 (en) 1984-03-21
FI69597C (en) 1986-03-10
DE3019515A1 (en) 1981-11-26
BR8103132A (en) 1982-02-09
JPH0443786B2 (en) 1992-07-17
JPH0342250A (en) 1991-02-22

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