公开(公告)号：US5240243A

公开(公告)日：1993-08-31

申请号：US862918

申请日：1992-04-06

申请人： Ronald S. Gompertz ,  Victor Escobedo

发明人： Ronald S. Gompertz ,  Victor Escobedo

IPC分类号： B65H29/26 ,  B65H31/00

CPC分类号： B65H29/26 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H2701/11312 ,  B65H2801/36

摘要： A suspendable or hanging sheet receiving bin for a printer or plotter which includes a front wall, a back wall, and a bottom wall, all joined together in a bar or wire grid network to define a sheet receiving region. The sheet receiving region has a length dimension, a width dimension, and a depth dimension all defining at one end of the bin an opening for receiving paper fed from the output of the printer or plotter. The front wall of the bin includes a plurality of U-shaped or hook-shaped members having upwardly faced convex surfaces for receiving stacked sheets of paper falling into the opening of the bin and for enabling the sheets to be stacked uniformly and readily accessible to an operator for removal from the bin after the completion of the printing or plotting operation. Advantageously, the bin is provided with an adjustable tray or lever member which may be positioned at different locations along the depth dimension of the bin for receiving different length sheets from the plotter or printer. Additionally, hook members or the like are provided on the wire or bar grid network for positioning the depth dimension of the bin at a predetermined angle with respect to the free fall vertical direction of paper ejected from the printer or plotter.

摘要翻译： 一种包括前壁，后壁和底壁的打印机或绘图仪的可悬挂或悬挂的纸张接收箱，所有这些接收箱都连接在条形或网状网格中以限定片材接收区域。 纸张接收区域具有长度尺寸，宽度尺寸和深度尺寸，其全部在纸盒的一端限定用于接收从打印机或绘图仪的输出端输送的纸张的开口。 垃圾箱的前壁包括多个U形或钩状构件，其具有向上的凸起表面，用于接收落入垃圾箱的开口中的堆叠的纸张，并且使得纸张能够被均匀地堆叠并容易地接近 操作员在完成打印或绘图操作后从纸盒中取出。 有利地，料仓设置有可调节托盘或杠杆构件，其可以沿着仓的深度尺寸定位在不同位置，以从绘图机或打印机接收不同长度的纸张。 另外，钩状构件等设置在线条或栅格网格上，用于相对于从打印机或绘图仪弹出的纸张的自由落下垂直方向以相对于预定角度定位仓的深度尺寸。

公开(公告)号：US5742306A

公开(公告)日：1998-04-21

申请号：US508435

申请日：1995-07-31

申请人： Ronald S. Gompertz ,  Mark S. Hickman ,  Michael D. Dobbs

发明人： Ronald S. Gompertz ,  Mark S. Hickman ,  Michael D. Dobbs

IPC分类号： B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/205 ,  H04N1/50 ,  B41J2/21 ,  B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/2056 ,  H04N1/50

摘要： An imaging inkjet cartridge system for an inkjet printing mechanism provides near photographic image quality, as well as crisp black text and line art. In a multi-pen carriage, typically for a tri-chamber full color (e.g. cyan, magenta and yellow) cartridge and a monochrome (e.g. black) cartridge, the monochrome cartridge may be replaced with an imaging inkjet cartridge. The full color cartridge carries full colorant concentrations of inks, while the imaging cartridge carries ink formulations having reduced colorant concentrations, such as cyan and magenta, with either a full or a reduced colorant concentration of black ink. The carriage may also carry all three cartridges (full color, black and imaging). Pens containing other color and concentration combinations may also be interchanged. A method is provided of retrofitting or upgrading an inkjet printing mechanism by replacing or interchanging cartridges, such as by replacing the monochrome cartridge with an imaging inkjet cartridge.

摘要翻译： 用于喷墨打印机构的成像喷墨墨盒系统提供近摄影图像质量以及清晰的黑色文本和线条艺术。 在多笔托架中，通常用于三室全色（例如，青色，品红色和黄色）盒和单色（例如黑色）盒，单色墨盒可以用成像喷墨墨盒代替。 全彩色墨盒携带着色剂的全部浓度的墨水，而成像墨盒携带具有降低的着色剂浓度的墨水配方，例如青色和品红色，具有全色或着色剂浓度的黑色墨水。 托架还可以携带所有三个墨盒（全色，黑色和成像）。 含有其他颜色和浓度组合的笔也可以互换。 提供了通过更换或更换墨盒来改进或升级喷墨打印机构的方法，例如通过用成像喷墨墨盒替换单色墨盒。

公开(公告)号：US06783209B2

公开(公告)日：2004-08-31

申请号：US10161033

申请日：2002-06-03

申请人： Ronald S. Gompertz

发明人： Ronald S. Gompertz

IPC分类号： B41J221

CPC分类号： B41J2/165

摘要： A printer is disclosed that includes one or more first print bars each having a first printhead carriage, one or more first printhead service stations for servicing each of the first printhead carriages, one or more second print bars each having a second printhead carriage, and one or more second printhead service stations for servicing each of said second printhead carriages. The printer also includes first circuitry for controlling the one or more first print bars and the one or more second print bars such that while the one or more first printhead carriages are being serviced the one or more second print bars are in operation. The printer further includes a second circuitry for recognizing the number of first and second print bars present in the printer and for formatting print jobs to utilize the recognized number of first and second print bars. A second printer having multiple print bars, where each print bar has an array of printheads arranged in a pagewide configuration is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种打印机，其包括一个或多个第一打印条，每个第一打印条具有第一打印头滑架，用于维护每个第一打印头滑架的一个或多个第一打印头服务站，每个具有第二打印头滑架的一个或多个第二打印条，以及一个 或更多的第二打印头服务站，用于维修每个所述第二打印头滑架。 该打印机还包括用于控制一个或多个第一印刷条和一个或多个第二印刷条的第一电路，使得当所述一个或多个第一打印头滑架被维修时，所述一个或多个第二印刷条正在操作中。 打印机还包括用于识别打印机中存在的第一和第二打印条的数量的第二电路，以及用于格式化打印作业以利用所识别的第一和第二打印条的数量。 还公开了具有多个打印条的第二打印机，其中每个打印条具有排列成页宽配置的打印头阵列。

公开(公告)号：US06378977B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-30

申请号：US09608910

申请日：2000-06-30

申请人： Ronald S. Gompertz

发明人： Ronald S. Gompertz

IPC分类号： B41J29393

CPC分类号： B41J29/393

摘要： Systems and methods for conveying printer status information to a user are provided. One or more moving light sources are selectively illuminated to convey printer status information to the user and to attract the user's attention. Different illumination states correspond to different printer status and configuration information. The light source may be part of an optical sensor. In this manner, the light source may have dual functions: (1) to illuminate the print media during a calibration operation performed by the optical sensor; and (2) to selectively illuminate during a printing operation to convey printer status information to the user.

摘要翻译： 提供了向用户传送打印机状态信息的系统和方法。 选择性地照亮一个或多个移动光源以将打印机状态信息传送给用户并吸引用户的注意。 不同的照明状态对应于不同的打印机状态和配置信息。 光源可以是光学传感器的一部分。 以这种方式，光源可以具有双重功能：（1）在由光学传感器执行的校准操作期间照亮打印介质; 和（2）在打印操作期间选择性地照亮以将打印机状态信息传送给用户。

公开(公告)号：US5110111A

公开(公告)日：1992-05-05

申请号：US486332

申请日：1990-02-28

申请人： Ronald S. Gompertz ,  Victor Escobedo

发明人： Ronald S. Gompertz ,  Victor Escobedo

IPC分类号： B41J13/00 ,  B65H29/26 ,  B65H31/00

CPC分类号： B65H29/26 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H2701/11312 ,  B65H2801/36

摘要： A method and apparatus for stacking cut sheets of printed media wherein the leading edge of sheets received from a printer or plotter are first passed vertically downward into a bin and then rotated through an angle away from the printer or plotter. The front side member of the bin has a convex, upwardly facing and smoothly contoured section thereof over which cut sheets are laid with a uniform weight distribution and then down into an adjacent sheet output collection tray. This method of sheet transport and stacking has the advantage of minimizing the crumpling and curling of the cut sheets during the sheet handling and accumulation process. In addition, this method rapidly and efficiently moves the cut sheets out of the way of upstream sheet feeding to thereby prevents paper jam and crushing of paper in the plotter or printer. The apparatus for carrying out this method is of economical and durable construction and may be readily retrofitted to existing large size plotters for handling and stacking relatively large size cut sheets of printed media.

公开(公告)号：US5500660A

公开(公告)日：1996-03-19

申请号：US82198

申请日：1993-06-24

申请人： Winthrop D. Childers ,  Ronald S. Gompertz

发明人： Winthrop D. Childers ,  Ronald S. Gompertz

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16538

摘要： A wiper according to the invention comprises two or more wiper blades arranged one behind the other in close proximity, where the two or more wiper blades are different from one another so as to have slightly different wiping swaths. The resulting wipers greatly increase the allowable alignment tolerance between the wiper and the nozzle member of a printhead, especially if the printhead is of the kind having raised adhesive beads dispensed near the ends of the nozzle member. In one embodiment, two different size wiper blades, arranged one behind the other, have slits formed near the ends of the wiper blades. The slits mechanically decouple those end portions of the wiper blades which ride over the adhesive beads from the remaining portions of the wiper blades to keep the remaining portions of the blades in contact with the nozzle member.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的刮水器包括两个或多个擦拭片，其间布置成彼此靠近，其中两个或更多个刮水器叶片彼此不同，以便具有稍微不同的擦拭条。 所得到的擦拭器大大增加了擦拭器和打印头的喷嘴构件之间的允许的对准公差，特别是如果打印头是分散在喷嘴构件的端部附近的凸起的粘合剂珠的类型。 在一个实施例中，一个彼此排列的两个不同尺寸的刮水片在刮片的端部附近形成有狭缝。 这些缝隙将擦拭器叶片的那些端部从刮片的其余部分去除，从而使刮板的其余部分与喷嘴构件接触。