Patent · US Expired

Ink-jet printer and method for printing image material in an ink-jet printer

US6935738B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

8References

27Claims

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Assignee

Agfa Photo GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernhard Lorenz · Marzling, DE
Peter Mueller
Knut Oberhardt · Holzkirchen, DE
Gudrun Taresch · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2001
Grant date	Aug 30, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J11/50
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for printing image material (2), which lies on top of a sheet carrier (1), in an inkjet printer. The inkjet printer comprises an inkjet print head (6), which only partially covers the image material (2). The image material (2) is printed during a temporally successive relative movement, occurring in the x and y directions, between the inkjet print head (6) and the sheet carrier (1).

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