EP 0518674 B1 20020918 - Ink jet printer architecture and method
Title (en)
Ink jet printer architecture and method
Title (de)
Tintenstrahldrucker-Aufbau und zugehöriges Verfahren
Title (fr)
Ensemble avec imprimante à jet d'encre et procédé correspondant
Publication
Application
Priority
US 71506391 A 19910612
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0518674A1] A printer accurately controls the passage of print media (22) therethrough and maintains the print media taut as the print media passes through a printing zone (P) while the media is printed by an ink jet printer. The print media sheet is preferably carried by a rotating drum (40) in a first direction through the printing zone, with the drum being reversed to cause the exiting of the print media sheet from the printer. A pressure fixing or fusing apparatus (96) may be positioned to flatten ink spots on the print media as the print media exits from the printer. The pressure fixing or fusing mechanism is preferably used in the case of a hot-melt or phase-change ink jet printer. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B41J 11/0024 (2021.01 - EP US); B41J 11/00244 (2021.01 - EP US); B41J 13/223 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0518674 A1 19921216; EP 0518674 B1 20020918; DE 69232774 D1 20021024; DE 69232774 T2 20030130; JP H05229204 A 19930907
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 92305382 A 19920611; DE 69232774 T 19920611; JP 17902592 A 19920612