Patent · US Expired

Printing system

US6438352B1 · kind B1 · utility

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58Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 22, 2000
Grant dateAug 20, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0103
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Duplex printing apparatus for printing on two sides of a sheet, the apparatus including:an expression roller on which the sheet is held during printing;a imager which prints an image on a first side of the sheet while it is being held on the impression roller; anda sheet inverter which removes the sheet from the impression roller, inverts the sheet and returns it to the impression roller for printing on a second side of the sheet by imager, wherein the sheet it to held on said impression roller referenced to a first edge thereof during the printing of the first side thereof and is also held on the impression roller referenced to said first edge during printing of the second side thereof.

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