Heated vacuum platen
    22.
    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。

    Print medium support mechanism for ink-jet printers
    23.
    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。

    Paper handling system for printers
    24.
    发明授权
    Paper handling system for printers 失效
    打印机纸张处理系统

    公开(公告)号:US5269613A

    公开(公告)日:1993-12-14

    申请号:US954619

    申请日:1992-09-29

    IPC分类号: B41J13/00 B41J19/76

    CPC分类号: B41J19/76

    摘要: A paper handling system is provided which allows for controlled passage of a pivot between a normally biased initial position and a task-performing position. The pivot includes a sheet-directing member and a track which is fixed relative to the sheet-directing member and is movable to the task-performing position in opposition to pivot bias. A follower, which is configured for selected travel along the track, selectively applies a force against the track in opposition to biased sheet-directing member movement. A processor-controlled printhead carriage is used to trigger and then to regulate pivot rotation.

    Methods, printers, and control panels for printers
    27.
    发明授权
    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:US08909085B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-09

    申请号:US13243376

    申请日:2011-09-23

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00

    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。

    Passive linear encoder
    28.
    发明授权
    Passive linear encoder 有权
    被动线性编码器

    公开(公告)号:US08118302B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-21

    申请号:US11021650

    申请日:2004-12-23

    IPC分类号: B65H9/00

    CPC分类号: B41J19/202

    摘要: A passive linear encoder includes a loop and a sensor. The loop is configured to engage print media and to move in concert with, and under power of, the print media. The sensor is positioned to scan indicia defined on an inner surface of the loop.

    摘要翻译: 无源线性编码器包括一个环路和一个传感器。 该循环被配置为接合打印介质并且与打印介质一致并且具有动力移动。 传感器被定位成扫描限定在环的内表面上的标记。

    Multiple print unit configurations
    29.
    发明授权
    Multiple print unit configurations 有权
    多个打印单元配置

    公开(公告)号:US07575315B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-18

    申请号:US10015911

    申请日:2001-10-30

    IPC分类号: B41J2/01

    摘要: A printing system includes multiple print units which each have one or more printbar assemblies to transfer an imaging medium onto a print media. An individual print unit can include a heater system to dry the imaging medium transferred onto the print media by the one or more printbar assemblies of the individual print unit. For a printing system with two print units, a first percentage of the imaging medium is transferred onto the print media, the print media is advanced beyond the one or more printbar assemblies of the first print unit, and a first heater system dries the first percentage of the imaging medium. A second percentage of the imaging medium is then transferred onto the print media, the print media is advanced beyond the one or more printbar assemblies of the second print unit, and a second heater system dries the second percentage of the imaging medium.

    摘要翻译: 打印系统包括多个打印单元,每个打印单元具有一个或多个打印条组件以将成像介质传送到打印介质上。 单独的打印单元可以包括加热器系统,以通过单独打印单元的一个或多个打印条组件来干燥被转印到打印介质上的成像介质。 对于具有两个打印单元的打印系统,成像介质的第一百分比被转印到打印介质上,打印介质超出第一打印单元的一个或多个打印条组件,并且第一加热器系统将第一百分比 的成像介质。 然后将成像介质的第二百分比转移到打印介质上,打印介质超出第二打印单元的一个或多个打印条组件,并且第二加热器系统干燥成像介质的第二百分比。

    Regulating vacuum hold of media in a printer
    30.
    发明授权
    Regulating vacuum hold of media in a printer 有权
    调节打印机中介质的真空度

    公开(公告)号:US06254081B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-03

    申请号:US09324685

    申请日:1999-06-03

    IPC分类号: B65H312

    摘要: A system for regulating the vacuum hold pressure in a printer based upon the physical characteristics of the print media that is directed through the printer. In one embodiment, the characteristic of a sheet of media is detected before or as the sheet reaches the carrier. The vacuum pressure level is thus regulated in response to the physical characteristic of the sheet, thereby to have applied to that particular media a level of vacuum pressure that prevents problems that arise when pressure levels are too low (for example, inadvertent shifting of the paper) or too high (for example, paper deformations that reduce print quality).

    摘要翻译: 一种用于基于通过打印机引导的打印介质的物理特性来调节打印机中的真空保持压力的系统。 在一个实施例中,在片材到达载体之前或当片材到达载体时检测一张介质的特性。 因此,响应于片材的物理特性来调节真空压力水平,从而将压力水平太低(例如,纸张的无意移动)的真空压力的水平应用于该特定介质 )或太高(例如,降低打印质量的纸张变形)。