Printer for printing images on a substrate web
US5951182A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/46
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The printer comprises: PA1 a digital printing station (12); PA1 a support (20) for a roll (22) of the substrate web (24) carrying a plurality of synchronisation marks; PA1 means (28) for continuously feeding the substrate web (24) from the roll (22) past the printing station (12); PA1 a sensing device (32) positioned upstream of the printing station (12) for sensing the synchronisation marks on the web (24); and PA1 control means (38) for initiating a printing sequence at the printing station (12) in response to the sensing of each of the synchronisation marks (26, 34, 36). Thereby a plurality of images are printed on the web (24), each at a predetermined location in the transport direction relative to an associated one of the synchronisation marks (26, 34, 36).
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