Printing apparatus and method
US5940092A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/20
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printing apparatus and method can maintain an appropriate spacing between a print head and the overall printing surface of printing media of a wide range of thicknesses, with a platen mechanism that allows the printing medium to move in parallel displacement, namely both in a direction downstream along the advance of the printing medium and in a direction away from the print head.
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