Shifted element scanning/printing routine coordinated with media advance
    11.
    发明授权
    Shifted element scanning/printing routine coordinated with media advance 有权
    移动元素扫描/打印程序与媒体推进协调

    公开(公告)号:US6017114A

    公开(公告)日:2000-01-25

    申请号:US164439

    申请日:1998-09-30

    摘要: A shifted element printing/scanning routine coordinated with media advance through an interaction zone of hardcopy device is provided for inkjet printing mechanisms, scanners or multi-function hardcopy devices. A method is provided of coordinating operation of a reciprocating head with media advance. The head has plural interaction elements, which may be ink-ejecting nozzles in a printing mechanism, or image receptors in a scanning mechanism, with the interaction elements being arranged in a linear array to selectively interact with media. A hardcopy device has a rotating media advancing member, a reciprocating head carrying the interaction elements, an encoder having indicia to track media advance, and a sensor that interprets the encoder indicia and generated a media position signal. A controller adjusts the media advance and shifts operation of selected interaction elements to other interaction elements along the linear array to avoid an indeterminate region of the position signal where the media position cannot be ascertained.

    摘要翻译: 为印刷机构,扫描仪或多功能硬拷贝装置提供了通过硬拷贝装置的相互作用区域与介质前进协调的移位元件打印/扫描程序。 提供了一种协调往复式头部与介质提前的操作的方法。 头部具有多个相互作用元件,其可以是打印机构中的喷墨喷嘴或扫描机构中的图像接收器,其中相互作用元件被布置成线性阵列以选择性地与介质相互作用。 硬拷贝装置具有旋转介质前进构件,承载相互作用元件的往复运动头,具有跟踪介质前进的标记的编码器以及解释编码器标记并产生介质位置信号的传感器。 控制器调整介质前进并将所选择的相互作用元件的操作沿着线性阵列移动到其他相互作用元件,以避免不能确定介质位置的位置信号的不确定区域。

    Paper feed arrangement
    13.
    发明授权
    Paper feed arrangement 失效
    送纸布置

    公开(公告)号:US5114134A

    公开(公告)日:1992-05-19

    申请号:US735210

    申请日:1991-07-24

    IPC分类号: B65H3/04 B65H3/52

    CPC分类号: B65H3/047 B65H3/5223

    摘要: An improved paper feed arrangement wherein a low vertical profile is attained through utilizing trained driven belts for picking paper from a hopper, and wherein picking reliability is enhanced both by the broad-expanse area contact offered by such belts, and by a unique coefficient to friction differential area downstream from a hopper wherein inadvertently plural picked paper sheets are easily separated.

    摘要翻译: 一种改进的进纸布置,其中通过利用经过训练的从动带从料斗拾取纸而获得低垂直轮廓,并且其中拾取可靠性通过由这种带提供的广泛的区域接触以及独特的摩擦系数增强 漏斗下游的差分区域,其中无意中多个拾取的纸张容易分离。

    Ink-jet printer with printhead carriage alignment mechanism
    14.
    发明授权
    Ink-jet printer with printhead carriage alignment mechanism 失效
    具有打印头支架对准机构的喷墨打印机

    公开(公告)号:US4872026A

    公开(公告)日:1989-10-03

    申请号:US149454

    申请日:1988-01-28

    摘要: A novel ink-jet printer (10) is provided. The print provides both paper supply tray (12) and paper collection tray (18) in the front (14) of the printer for ease of paper handling and reduced footprint. The paper collection tray is provided with a pair of opposed output rails (22) which support a sheet of paper (16c) during printing to permit ink on a sheet of paper (16b) previously printed to dry. A paper handling mechanism is provided which eliminates a sheet pickup motor and associated elements. The paper handling mechanism is configured to pick off a sheet of paper from a stack of input paper, bring it around paper drive rollers (24) onto a platen (26), where the printing operation, employing a printhead cartridge (32), occurs. The printer further includes a service station (230) for clearing clogged nozzles in the printhead (33) and removing bubbles therefrom, for covering the nozzles with a protective cap (266), and for wiping contaminants off the nozzles. Reference pads (200) are provided for aligning and securing the printing cartridge in a carriage (35). The carriage is associated with a carriage guide (27), to which the carriage and print medium are referenced. The resulting printer is easy to manufacture, has reduced complexity by eliminating components in the paper drive mechanism and is lower in cost.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种新颖的喷墨打印机(10)。 该打印机在打印机的前面(14)内提供供纸托盘(12)和纸张收集盘(18),以方便纸张处理和减少占地面积。 纸张收集盘设置有一对相对的输出轨道(22),其在打印期间支撑一张纸(16c),以允许预先打印干燥的纸张(16b)上的油墨。 提供了纸张处理机构,其消除了纸张拾取电动机和相关元件。 纸张处理机构被配置为从一叠输入纸张拾取一张纸,将纸张驱动辊(24)周围带到压板(26)上,其中使用打印头墨盒(32)的打印操作发生 。 打印机还包括用于清除打印头(33)中堵塞的喷嘴并从其中除去气泡的维修站(230),用于用保护盖(266)覆盖喷嘴,并且用于从喷嘴擦拭污染物。 提供参考焊盘(200)用于将打印盒对准和固定在托架(35)中。 托架与托架引导件(27)相关联,托架和打印介质被引用到托架引导件(27)上。 所得到的打印机易于制造,通过消除纸张驱动机构中的部件并降低了成本,降低了复杂性。

    METHODS, PRINTERS, AND CONTROL PANELS FOR PRINTERS
    15.
    发明申请
    METHODS, PRINTERS, AND CONTROL PANELS FOR PRINTERS 有权
    打印机的方法,打印机和控制面板

    公开(公告)号:US20130077114A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-28

    申请号:US13243376

    申请日:2011-09-23

    IPC分类号: G06K15/02

    CPC分类号: G03G15/6552 G03G15/5016

    摘要: Methods, printers, and control panels for printers are disclosed. An example printer includes a control panel, a print substrate path exit to output a print substrate from the printer in response to a printing task, and a control panel actuator to move the control panel from a first position in which the control panel at least partially obstructs a print substrate from passing through the print substrate path exit to a second position in which the control panel does not obstruct the print substrate from passing through the print substrate path exit.

    摘要翻译: 公开了打印机的方法,打印机和控制面板。 示例性打印机包括控制面板,响应于打印任务从打印机输出打印基板的打印基板路径出口以及控制面板致动器,用于将控制面板从控制面板至少部分地从第一位置移动 妨碍打印基板通过打印基板路径出口到第二位置,在第二位置,控制面板不妨碍打印基板通过打印基板路径出口。

    Heated vacuum platen
    17.
    发明授权
    Heated vacuum platen 失效
    加热真空压板

    公开(公告)号:US06454478B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-09-24

    申请号:US09878632

    申请日:2001-06-11

    IPC分类号: B41J201

    摘要: Predetermined geometric constructs reduce heat loss in a vacuum platen and assist in the reduction of paper cockle in ink-jet printing. A vacuum platen for supporting media during printing is provided with a plurality of heating elements and surfaces interspersed with vacuum ports. The heater elements are laid into surface channels of the platen such that an insulative gap separates the heaters from the main platen support structure. In an alternative embodiment, an insulative gasket is provided for the gap.

    摘要翻译: 预定的几何结构减少真空压板中的热损失,并有助于在喷墨打印中减少纸。。 在打印期间用于支撑介质的真空压板设置有散布有真空端口的多个加热元件和表面。 加热器元件被放置在压板的表面通道中,使得绝缘间隙将加热器与主压板支撑结构分开。 在替代实施例中,为间隙提供绝缘垫圈。

    Vacuum control for vacuum holddown
    18.
    发明授权
    Vacuum control for vacuum holddown 有权
    真空压紧真空控制

    公开(公告)号:US06254090B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-03

    申请号:US09292125

    申请日:1999-04-14

    IPC分类号: B65H508

    摘要: A mechanism for manifolding a vacuum force to separate surface sectors of a vacuum holddown uses subsurface ducting to apply the vacuum to separate subsurface vacuum plenums wherein each is fluidically coupled to a separate surface sectors. The plenum is segregated by a diaphragm into surface side and vacuum side cavities. Trigger ports and appropriate ducting through the holddown subjacent the surface associated with each sector determine how the vacuum is routed. Only when a trigger port is covered is the vacuum routed to the surface sector associated therewith. The system can be implemented in planar or curvilinear constructs and be provided with features to accommodate a near-continuous range of flexible material sizes. A specific implementation in an ink-jet hard copy apparatus is also described.

    摘要翻译: 用于歧管真空力以分离真空压紧的表面部分的机构使用地下管道将真空施加到分开的地下真空室,其中每个都与流体耦合到单独的表面扇区。 气室通过隔膜分隔成表面侧和真空侧腔。 触发端口和通过与每个扇区相关联的表面下方的压盖的适当管道决定了真空如何路由。 只有当触发端口被覆盖时,真空被引导到与其相关联的表面扇区。 该系统可以在平面或曲线构造中实现,并且具有能够适应近连续范围的柔性材料尺寸的特征。 还描述了喷墨硬拷贝装置中的具体实现。

    Print medium support mechanism for ink-jet printers
    19.
    发明授权
    Print medium support mechanism for ink-jet printers 失效
    喷墨打印机的打印介质支持机构

    公开(公告)号:US5489160A

    公开(公告)日:1996-02-06

    申请号:US396189

    申请日:1995-02-28

    CPC分类号: B41J13/103 B41J11/005

    摘要: Described herein is a print medium support mechanism for supporting a print medium such as paper in a print zone adjacent a printer's printhead. The print medium support mechanism includes at least one drive roller positioned upstream from the print zone of the printer to feed paper into the print zone. An upper print media guide is positioned adjacent the drive roller between the drive roller and the print zone to contact and support the paper from above. A lower print media guide is mounted downstream from the upper print media guide to pivot between retracted and non-retracted positions relative to the print zone. When in its non-retracted position, the lower print media guide contacts and supports the paper from below. The support of the upper and lower print media guides against opposite sides of the paper is primarily responsible for establishing the shape and angle of the paper as it passes through the print zone. The print medium support mechanism includes a pivot stop which is adjustable to set the vertical position of the lower print media guide relative to the upper print media guide when the lower print media guide is pivoted to its non-retracted position. This effectively establishes a desired print medium shape and angle. A separate media-to-printhead spacing adjustment mechanism is provided for adjusting the vertical positioning of the printer's printhead relative to the paper. Because of this, the media-to-printhead spacing can be set without affecting the settings made to obtain the optimal print medium shape and angle.

    摘要翻译: 这里描述了一种用于在邻近打印机打印头的打印区域中支撑诸如纸张之类的打印介质的打印介质支撑机构。 打印介质支撑机构包括位于打印机的打印区域上游的至少一个驱动辊,以将纸送入打印区域。 上部打印介质引导件邻近驱动辊定位在驱动辊和打印区之间,以从上方接触和支撑纸张。 下部打印介质引导件安装在上部打印介质引导件的下游,以相对于打印区域在缩回位置和非缩回位置之间枢转。 当处于其未缩回位置时,下部打印介质导向器从下方接触并支撑纸张。 上下打印介质引导件对纸张的相对侧的支撑主要负责在纸张通过打印区域时确定纸张的形状和角度。 打印介质支撑机构包括枢轴止动件,该枢转止动器可调节以当下部打印介质导向件枢转到其未缩回位置时设定下部打印介质导板相对于上部打印介质导板的垂直位置。 这有效地建立了所需的打印介质形状和角度。 提供单独的介质到打印头间距调节机构,用于调节打印机打印头相对于纸张的垂直定位。 因此,可以设置介质到打印头间距而不影响为获得最佳打印介质形状和角度而进行的设置。