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Processes and automatic devices for high-resolution writing on a support by projecting drops of colored liquids

US4920422A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 16, 1989
Grant dateApr 24, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 16, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/001
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a device for automatically writing a polychrome graphic on a fixed support, comprising a tool-holder which bears a plurality of nozzles perpendicular to the support, each projecting a liquid of determined color and a computer which controls the displacements of the tool-holder, in the memory of which are recorded the coordinates and color of a network of dots comprising said polychrome graphic.

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