Multiple head inkjet printer for producing adjacent images
US6406126B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 24, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J3/543
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A multiple-head inkjet printer is provided for producing adjacent images on a printing medium. The inkjet printer includes a carriage, a plurality of inkjet printhead axially movable along the carriage and spaced predetermined axial distances from one another, and a printhead driver assembly for simultaneously moving each of the printheads along the carriage while maintaining the spacing distances between adjacent printheads. Each inkjet printhead is controlled by a separate image driver circuit to allow each printhead the capability of independently printing a separate image on the printing medium. The carriage has a length sufficiently greater than the width of the printing medium to allow a single one of the printheads to print a single a large image extending completely across the printing medium. The inkjet printer finds particular application in a photographic micro lab.
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