Patent · US Expired

Printer for large format printing

US5956065A · kind A · utility

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3References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

Hilbrand Van den Wijngaert · Grobbendonk, BE
Jacques Leonard · Ekeren, BE
Guido Desie · Mortsel, BE
Serge Tavernier · Lint, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 1997
Grant date	Sep 21, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 19, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/00468
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A printer, with printing width (PW) of at least 30 cm printing a toner image on a large substrate, having a width (WS) and a length (LS), including a latent image bearing member having a width (WLI) equal to or larger than the printing width and at least two means for delivering toner are arranged in a staggered configuration around the latent image bearing member and each having a width (WTD) smaller than the width (WLI) of the latent image bearing member. Preferably the latent image bearing member is a photoconductive member. A printer with a shuttle having a swath width of at least 30 cm is also disclosed.

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