Splice detection

US10838344B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HP INDIGO B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Itzik Kent · Nes Ziona, IL
• Michel Assenheimer · Nes Ziona, IL
• Uri Levy · Rehovot, IL
• Michael Levy · Cherry Hill, US
• Liran Fanny Haim · Nes Ziona, IL
• Maya Bourla-Sadeh · Nes Ziona, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 17, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G15/5029
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Certain examples described herein relate to splice detection. In certain cases, a splice is detected in a web being conveyed towards a transfer member of the printing system. In certain cases, a print frame is identified from a sequence of pending print frames using successive repeat lengths of the sequence and a distance of the splice from the transfer member. The identified print frame is to be transferred from the transfer member across the splice. In certain cases, writing of the identified print frame onto a photo-imaging plate of the printing system is deferred. In certain examples, the web is disengaged from the transfer member following transfer of an image of a print frame preceding the identified print frame. The web is re-engaged with the transfer member so as to transfer an image of the identified print frame to the web from the transfer member after the splice is conveyed beyond the transfer member.