Staggered pens in color thermal ink-jet printer
US5376958A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 1, 1992 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 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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