Patent · US Expired

Printer ribbon compensation

US6206589A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
11References
33Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 24, 1999
Grant dateMar 27, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 24, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/355
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The printer is adapted to print an image onto a substrate using a web carrying a color material. The printer includes a web supply configured to supply the web and a web take-up configured to receive the web. A print head is configured to material from the web to the substrate. A controller provides a control signal to the web take-up or web supply as a function of heat energy applied to the web.

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