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Method and device for speeding up a printing process

US6631968B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 29, 2001
Grant dateOct 14, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 9, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J19/202
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing device includes a print unit for printing data. In each printing procedure, the printer separates at least a printing division from a path that the print unit passes through in the printing procedure and determines if the path includes a non-printing division according to the print data. The printer controls the print unit to move at a first velocity and print the document when the print unit passes through the printing division. If the path includes a non-printing division, the printer controls the print unit to stop printing the document and to move at a second velocity within the non-printing division when the print unit passes through the non-printing division.

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