EP 0729837 A1 19960904 - Color ink jet printing mechanism with elongated black nozzle array and method of operation
Title (en)
Color ink jet printing mechanism with elongated black nozzle array and method of operation
Title (de)
Farbstrahldrucker mit länglicher Düsenreihe für schwarze Tinte und Anwendungsweise
Title (fr)
Imprimante à jet d'encre en couleurs avec une rangée de gicleurs allongée d'encre noire et méthode d'opération
Publication
Application
Priority
US 39685495 A 19950301
Abstract (en)
A printer (10) having a media transport (20) operable to advance media (16) in a downstream direction (22). A print head (34, 36) includes a pair of ink cartridges, each with a respective linear array of color and black nozzles(40, 42), the black array extending farther in the downstream direction than the color array. The printer may be operated with black printing limited to use only of those black nozzles positioned downstream of all color nozzles. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/205 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR)
B41J 2/2132 (2013.01 - EP KR); B41J 2/14 (2013.01 - KR)
Citation (search report)
- [A] EP 0595657 A2 19940504 - CANON KK [JP]
- [A] WO 9108902 A1 19910627 - SPECTRA INC [US]
- [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 18, no. 25 (M - 1542) 14 January 1994 (1994-01-14)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0729837 A1 19960904; JP H08252929 A 19961001; KR 960033761 A 19961022
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 95306912 A 19950929; JP 1739696 A 19960202; KR 19960005374 A 19960229