Patent · US Expired

Printing machine having print heads and control method thereof

US6474806B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by
2References
17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 2001
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J3/543
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing machine includes a plurality of printing sections installed in a frame. Each printing section has a print head to print patterns on a print paper and a mechanism to feed print paper. The printing machine includes a print data input section configured to receive an input signal corresponding to a many-sheet print data of the patterns to be printed on the print paper; a print data allocation section configured to allocate the many-sheet print data to each printing section in units of pages; a fed paper delivery section configured to deliver print paper to each of the plurality of printing sections; and an ejected paper delivery section configured to deliver paper ejected from each of the plurality of printing sections in a desired sequence to a common output location.

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