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Method for automatically correcting image registration and image transfer system employing this method

US6185402A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 1998
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2217/0075
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and system for automatically correcting image registration in an image transfer system utilizing a plurality of moving image-forming media on each of which an image is formed in response to a corresponding start-of-page signal, and an image carrier moving past each of the image-forming media and brought into contact therewith in a transfer zone, wherein the image-forming media are driven independently from one another and the timing of the start-of-page signals and/or the speed of the image-forming media are controlled to maintain a fixed relationship between the longitudinal image distortions occurring in each transfer zone and the timing of the associated start-of-page signals.

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