Patent · US Expired

Ink jet printer with nozzle arrays that are moveable with respect to each other

US6663222B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

Bart Verhoest · Niel, BE
Dirk De Ruijter · Deurne, BE
Hilbrand Van den Wyngaert · Mortsel, BE
Bart Verlinden · Tongeren, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 13, 2001
Grant date	Dec 16, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J25/003
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink jet printer including a first and a second nozzle array, arranged one after another in the printing direction, wherein the second nozzle array is movably arranged in the printer for being displaced so that the number of nozzles in the second nozzle array experience a displacement having a component in a direction orthogonal to the printing direction.

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