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Automatic variable speed print apparatus and method

US6078343A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 10, 1997
Grant dateJun 20, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/36
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A variable speed print apparatus and method provide for adjustment of the effective print speed for each print line being printed on the work piece by determining a maximum shade value to be printed on each print line and adjusting the print speed for each line accordingly. When there is no printing on a given line of the work piece, that print line may be effectively skipped altogether.

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