EP 1674278 A1 20060628 - Printer with reciprocating printhead carriage
Title (en)
Printer with reciprocating printhead carriage
Title (de)
Drucker mit hin- und herbewegbarem Druckwagen
Title (fr)
Imprimante avec un chariot oscillante pour une tête d'impression
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 04106831 A 20041222
- EP 05112125 A 20051214
Abstract (en)
A printer comprising: a frame (10), a bearing assembly (20) mounted to said frame, a platen (22) rotatably supported in the bearing assembly (20) for advancing a sheet of a recording medium, a guide rail (28) mounted to the frame (10) and extending in parallel with an axial direction (Y) of the platen (22), a ruler (36) extending in parallel with the guide rail (28), a carriage (30) driven to reciprocate along the guide rail (28) and carrying a printhead (34), and a detector (38) arranged to detect the position of the carriage relative to the ruler, wherein, in said axial direction (Y), the ruler (36) is rigidly fixed at a location of the bearing assembly (20) independently of the guide rail (28).
IPC 8 full level
B41J 19/20 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B41J 19/207 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XAY] EP 1393921 A2 20040303 - CANON KK [JP]
- [XA] EP 1077139 A2 20010221 - CANON KK [JP]
- [YA] EP 0810546 A2 19971203 - HEWLETT PACKARD CO [US]
- [A] US 6010206 A 20000104 - SIMONS JOHANNES M M [NL]
- [A] US 6264303 B1 20010724 - WATANABE ITARU [JP]
- [YA] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1998, no. 14 31 December 1998 (1998-12-31)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 05112125 A 20051214