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Position information apparatus and methods for radial printing

US6986559B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 22, 2002
Grant dateJan 17, 2006
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J3/4071
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for determining angular position information and the printing of individual ink objects at target print sectors disbursed around an annular surface on a circular spinning media such as on a CD, dynamically during the radial printing process, are described. Mechanisms for computing the instantaneous angular position and apparatus for collocating encoder devices in close proximity to the CD rotation motor are disclosed.

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