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Encoder for a printer and method

US8669732B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Hewlett-Packard Industrial Printing LTD. · IL

Inventors

Alex Veis · Even Yehuda, IL
Yuval Dim · Nes Ziona, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 13, 2010
Grant date	Mar 11, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 2, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J11/46
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In one implementation, an encoder assembly for a printer includes: an encoder scale having indicators thereon for determining a printing parameter; an encoder sensor for sensing indicators on the scale; and a mechanism configured to alternately attach an encoder part (either the scale or the sensor) to the substrate and detach the encoder part from the substrate. In another implementation, a method includes: attaching an encoder part to a print substrate, the encoder part being either an encoder scale or an encoder sensor; the sensor sensing indicators on the scale while advancing the substrate with the encoder part attached; and detaching the encoder part from the substrate.

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