EP0420400A3 - Printer medium drive clearance eliminator - Google Patents

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EP0420400A3
EP0420400A3 EP19900308427 EP90308427A EP0420400A3 EP 0420400 A3 EP0420400 A3 EP 0420400A3 EP 19900308427 EP19900308427 EP 19900308427 EP 90308427 A EP90308427 A EP 90308427A EP 0420400 A3 EP0420400 A3 EP 0420400A3
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medium drive
drive clearance
printer medium
eliminator
clearance eliminator
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John A. Underwood
Anthony W. Ebersole
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HP Inc
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Hewlett Packard Co
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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
    • B41J13/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
    • B41J13/10—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides
    • B41J13/14—Aprons or guides for the printing section
    • 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
    • B41J11/0045—Guides for printing material
    • B41J11/005—Guides in the printing zone, e.g. guides for preventing contact of conveyed sheets with printhead
EP19900308427 1989-09-29 1990-07-31 Printer medium drive clearance eliminator Expired - Lifetime EP0420400B1 (en)

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US41483089A 1989-09-29 1989-09-29
US414830 1989-09-29

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EP0420400A2 EP0420400A2 (en) 1991-04-03
EP0420400A3 true EP0420400A3 (en) 1991-06-12
EP0420400B1 EP0420400B1 (en) 1995-01-04

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EP19900308427 Expired - Lifetime EP0420400B1 (en) 1989-09-29 1990-07-31 Printer medium drive clearance eliminator

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JP (1) JP2886312B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2014652A1 (en)
DE (1) DE69015749T2 (en)

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US5648807A (en) * 1992-09-10 1997-07-15 Seiko Epson Corporation Ink jet recording apparatus having an antismear sheet deformation discharge system
US5516222A (en) * 1995-01-04 1996-05-14 Brother International Corporation Printing device having limited movement paper guide
US5527123A (en) * 1995-02-28 1996-06-18 Hewlett-Packard Company Media handling in an ink-jet printer
JPH10202964A (en) * 1996-11-21 1998-08-04 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Color thermal printing method and printer
JP3022849B2 (en) * 1998-01-05 2000-03-21 セイコーエプソン株式会社 Printer

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DE235917C (en) *
EP0029200A2 (en) * 1979-11-14 1981-05-27 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Paper feeding device for printing units with several axially arranged paper feed aprons
DE3441954A1 (en) * 1984-11-16 1986-05-22 Olympia Werke Ag, 2940 Wilhelmshaven Paper guide for printers
FR2617435A1 (en) * 1987-03-23 1989-01-06 Seiko Epson Corp PRINTER COMPRISING MEANS FOR GUIDING PAPER
EP0313208A2 (en) * 1987-10-23 1989-04-26 Hewlett-Packard Company Inkjet printer-to-paper referencing system
WO1989007050A1 (en) * 1988-01-28 1989-08-10 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Paper-guiding device for printers

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JPS60165276A (en) * 1984-02-07 1985-08-28 Ricoh Co Ltd Paper guide mechanism for printer

Patent Citations (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE235917C (en) *
EP0029200A2 (en) * 1979-11-14 1981-05-27 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Paper feeding device for printing units with several axially arranged paper feed aprons
DE3441954A1 (en) * 1984-11-16 1986-05-22 Olympia Werke Ag, 2940 Wilhelmshaven Paper guide for printers
FR2617435A1 (en) * 1987-03-23 1989-01-06 Seiko Epson Corp PRINTER COMPRISING MEANS FOR GUIDING PAPER
EP0313208A2 (en) * 1987-10-23 1989-04-26 Hewlett-Packard Company Inkjet printer-to-paper referencing system
WO1989007050A1 (en) * 1988-01-28 1989-08-10 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Paper-guiding device for printers

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 9, no. 333 (M-443)(2056) 27 December 1985, & JP-A-60 165276 (RICOH) 28 August 1985, *

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JP2886312B2 (en) 1999-04-26
EP0420400B1 (en) 1995-01-04
EP0420400A2 (en) 1991-04-03
DE69015749D1 (en) 1995-02-16
CA2014652A1 (en) 1991-03-29
DE69015749T2 (en) 1995-05-11
JPH03173663A (en) 1991-07-26

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