Wide-swath printer/plotter using multiple printheads
US5861899A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J19/142
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Greater throughput is possible by using wider print swaths in each traverse across printing media. Multiple print cartridges are mounted to be offset from each other in the media scan direction (X-axis). The amount of offset is adjustably varied by selective on/off control of individual printing elements as well as by relative mechanical movement of the print cartridges.
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