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Staggered pens in color thermal ink-jet printer

US5376958A · kind A · utility

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11References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 1, 1992
Grant dateDec 27, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K15/107
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A color ink jet printer including a print carriage movable along a carriage scan axis and a plurality of color producing ink jet printheads supported by the print carriage and offset relative to each other so that their nozzle arrays are non-overlapping along the media scan axis, such that the nozzle arrays of the ink jet printheads traverse non-overlapping regions as the carriage is scanned along the carriage scan axis.

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