Global Patent Index - EP 3587130 A1

EP 3587130 A1 20200101 - METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE IN A PRINTER

Title (en)

METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE IN A PRINTER

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG EINER DISTANZ IN EINEM DRUCKER

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTERMINATION D'UNE DISTANCE DANS UNE IMPRIMANTE

Publication

EP 3587130 A1 20200101 (EN)

Application

EP 18180765 A 20180629

Priority

EP 18180765 A 20180629

Abstract (en)

Described is a method for determining a distance in a printer comprising one or more print heads mounted on a carriage arranged to move relative to a recording medium along an axis of carriage motion, the one or more print heads having at least one array of printing elements, wherein a swath of information can be printed onto a recording medium by an array of printing elements of a print head printing information onto the recording medium while the carriage is moving, the method comprising the steps of including in a first swath of printed information a first reference mark printed with one array of printing elements; including in a second swath of printed information a second reference mark printed with the one array of printing elements; determining a relative position of the two reference marks, and printing specific portions of each reference mark at a mutual distance along the axis of carriage motion, wherein the specific portions are off-set in opposite directions along the axis of carriage motion for the first reference mark and the second reference mark.

IPC 8 full level

B41J 11/46 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 19/14 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B41J 11/46 (2013.01); B41J 13/0027 (2013.01); B41J 19/142 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3587130 A1 20200101

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 18180765 A 20180629