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(11) EP 0 145 025 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.08.1987 Bulletin 1987/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.06.1985 Bulletin 1985/25

(21) Application number: 84115432

(22) Date of filing: 14.12.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 14.12.1983 JP 23431183
14.12.1983 JP 23433183
04.05.1984 JP 8837684

(71) Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Company, Limited
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(72) Inventors:
  • Minoru, Isobe c/o Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
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  • Tanuma, Jiro c/o Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
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(54) Multihead serial printer


(57) Print heads (103a, 103b) are mounted on carriages (111a, 111b) respectively, which are independently movable by respective motors (110a, 110b) for enabling the print heads (103a, 103b) to effect uniform printing. A shift mechanism (105a) is mounted on at least one of the carriages (111a) for moving the print head (103a) in a paper-feeding direction along the surface of a platen (1).







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