Apparatus for transporting and printing print media

US6045278A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Kubatzki · Berlin, DE
• Stephan Guenther · Staufen im Breisgau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 1998
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2000
• Expiry date: Sep 3, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J11/0085
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for transporting and for printing print media has an inclined guide plate and a transport mechanism orthogonal to this guide plate and an auxiliary device. An ink jet print head controlled by a control unit is rigidly arranged in a recess of the guide plate during printing. The recess is fashioned such that the print medium has a printed region lying free downstream. The print medium transported with the transport mechanism lies without any mechanical clamping against the auxiliary device, that has an ascending guide and allows a defined slippage perpendicular to the transport mechanism surface. Independently of the slope of the floor area of the machine, a non-contacting printing with the ink print head ensues with high print quality for print media transported standing or lying. A placement device precedes the guide plate for the adaptation of the inclination angle .alpha..