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Continuous-form electrophotographic printer

US5019872A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 8, 1990
Grant dateMay 28, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 8, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00459
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A preferred embodiment of this continuous-form electrophotographic printer as illustrated in the drawings having an image transfer device 38 positioned at the image transfer station for placing images on individual sheets 14 of a continuous-form 12. Downstream, a distance A, is a fixing device at an image fixing station 32 for fixing the image onto the individual sheet 14. The printer 10 includes a control means 76 for moving the continuous sheet forward when a stop signal is received to position a leading edge of a sheet at the image fixing station 32. When a restart signal is received, the control system initiates the continuous-form feeding means 38 to move the continuous-form 12 forward until a leading edge of a succeeding sheet is positioned at the image transfer station.

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