EP0476939A3 - Apparatus and methods for incrementally stepping a printer drive shaft - Google Patents

Apparatus and methods for incrementally stepping a printer drive shaft Download PDF

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EP0476939A3
EP0476939A3 EP19910308383 EP91308383A EP0476939A3 EP 0476939 A3 EP0476939 A3 EP 0476939A3 EP 19910308383 EP19910308383 EP 19910308383 EP 91308383 A EP91308383 A EP 91308383A EP 0476939 A3 EP0476939 A3 EP 0476939A3
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drive shaft
printer drive
incrementally stepping
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Theodore L. Crapser
William A. Hanger
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Genicom Corp
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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
    • 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
    • B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J29/10—Sound-deadening devices embodied in machines
EP19910308383 1990-09-17 1991-09-13 Apparatus and methods for incrementally stepping a printer drive shaft Withdrawn EP0476939A3 (en)

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US58324290A 1990-09-17 1990-09-17
US583242 1990-09-17

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EP0476939A3 true EP0476939A3 (en) 1992-10-28

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JPS57132793A (en) * 1981-02-05 1982-08-17 Toshiba Corp Controlling device for motor
JPS57164385A (en) * 1981-04-02 1982-10-08 Fujitsu Ltd Inserter for printer
US4421262A (en) * 1980-01-22 1983-12-20 Seikosha Co., Ltd. Paper tractor
US4468140A (en) * 1982-07-16 1984-08-28 Genicom Corporation Method and apparatus for coordinated control of dot matrix printer head and carriage
US4839674A (en) * 1983-05-25 1989-06-13 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recorder-medium registration system

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US4421262A (en) * 1980-01-22 1983-12-20 Seikosha Co., Ltd. Paper tractor
JPS57132793A (en) * 1981-02-05 1982-08-17 Toshiba Corp Controlling device for motor
JPS57164385A (en) * 1981-04-02 1982-10-08 Fujitsu Ltd Inserter for printer
US4468140A (en) * 1982-07-16 1984-08-28 Genicom Corporation Method and apparatus for coordinated control of dot matrix printer head and carriage
US4839674A (en) * 1983-05-25 1989-06-13 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recorder-medium registration system

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 6, no. 230 (E-142)(1108) 16 November 1982 & JP-A-57 132 793 ( TOKYO SHIBAURA DENKI K.K. ) 17 August 1982 *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 7, no. 6 (P-167)(1151) 11 January 1983 & JP-A-57 164 385 ( FUJITSU K.K. ) 8 October 1982 *

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