EP0680829A3 - Optical control system for media handling assemblies in printers. - Google Patents

Optical control system for media handling assemblies in printers. Download PDF

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EP0680829A3
EP0680829A3 EP95302418A EP95302418A EP0680829A3 EP 0680829 A3 EP0680829 A3 EP 0680829A3 EP 95302418 A EP95302418 A EP 95302418A EP 95302418 A EP95302418 A EP 95302418A EP 0680829 A3 EP0680829 A3 EP 0680829A3
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Prior art keywords
printers
control system
optical control
media handling
handling assemblies
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French (fr)
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EP0680829A2 (en
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Huston W Rice
Robert K Beretta
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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
    • 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
    • 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
EP95302418A 1994-05-03 1995-04-12 Optical control system for media handling assemblies in printers. Withdrawn EP0680829A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US238079 1988-08-30
US23807994A 1994-05-03 1994-05-03

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EP0680829A2 EP0680829A2 (en) 1995-11-08
EP0680829A3 true EP0680829A3 (en) 1995-12-27

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EP1526361A1 (en) 2003-09-26 2005-04-27 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Analog position encoder
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US3843915A (en) * 1973-02-02 1974-10-22 Ncr Co Servo-motor control system including a two phase digital shaft position detector
GB2136733A (en) * 1983-03-11 1984-09-26 Xerox Corp Asynchronous printing
US4588936A (en) * 1983-06-02 1986-05-13 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Digitalized position control for a D.C. motor
US4591969A (en) * 1983-08-11 1986-05-27 International Business Machines Corporation Microprocessor-controlled positioning system
EP0263888A1 (en) * 1986-04-15 1988-04-20 Fanuc Ltd. Optical rotary encoder
EP0328683A1 (en) * 1987-08-20 1989-08-23 Fanuc Ltd. Apparatus for processing signals of pulse encoder
JPH04184217A (en) * 1990-11-20 1992-07-01 Fanuc Ltd High resolution position detector
EP0535932A2 (en) * 1991-10-01 1993-04-07 Xerox Corporation Digital optical disc encoder system

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US3843915A (en) * 1973-02-02 1974-10-22 Ncr Co Servo-motor control system including a two phase digital shaft position detector
GB2136733A (en) * 1983-03-11 1984-09-26 Xerox Corp Asynchronous printing
US4588936A (en) * 1983-06-02 1986-05-13 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Digitalized position control for a D.C. motor
US4591969A (en) * 1983-08-11 1986-05-27 International Business Machines Corporation Microprocessor-controlled positioning system
EP0263888A1 (en) * 1986-04-15 1988-04-20 Fanuc Ltd. Optical rotary encoder
EP0328683A1 (en) * 1987-08-20 1989-08-23 Fanuc Ltd. Apparatus for processing signals of pulse encoder
JPH04184217A (en) * 1990-11-20 1992-07-01 Fanuc Ltd High resolution position detector
EP0535932A2 (en) * 1991-10-01 1993-04-07 Xerox Corporation Digital optical disc encoder system

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 016, no. 504 (P - 1439) 19 October 1992 (1992-10-19) *

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