Ink jet printer with front reference platen assembly
US4849772A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J15/16
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink jet printer having an ink jet printing device for printing characters in a printing region on a surface of a substrate, the device being constructed to effect optimum printing at a predetermined distance from the device, and a device for holding a substrate having a surface which is to be printed upon in printing position relative to the printing device, the holding device including a referencing plate having a reference surface which lies in a plane which extends past the printing device at the predetermined distance therefrom, and the holding device further including a leaf spring mounted to bear against the side of the substrate opposite the surface to be printed upon for pressing the surface to be printed upon against the reference surface of the referencing plate.
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