Multiple print head ink jet printer
US5428375A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J25/001
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink jet printer for printing in a wide format includes a plurality of ink jet print heads for producing rows of regularly spaced apart ink jets. The print heads are supported and located by first and second print head carriages that are controllably moveable to locate the print heads to within a fraction of an ink jet spacing in directions both parallel with and perpendicular to the direction of movement of the print medium. The first and second carriages are spaced apart along the direction of relative movement of the print medium by a distance sufficient to permit the first and second print heads to be arranged in an interleaved relation, or an end to end relation.
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