(19)
(11) EP 0 813 971 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/52

(21) Application number: 97304186.6

(22) Date of filing: 16.06.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B41J 3/54, B41J 3/60, B41J 29/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 18.06.1996 US 665562

(71) Applicant: Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
Dayton, Ohio 45420-4099 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Rayfield, Wilson P.
    Dayton, Ohio 45459 (US)

(74) Representative: Freed, Arthur Woolf et al
Reginald W. Barker & Co., Chancery House, 53-64, Chancery Lane
London, WC2A 1QU
London, WC2A 1QU (GB)

   


(54) Modular electronic printer architecture


(57) An electronic printing system comprises a substrate, controllably transported through the printing system past a plurality of print heads and print stations in sequence, to generate a printed image. The print heads are mounted on a swing arm mechanism to allow rotation from a print-ready position into a service position. The system is created from simplex print modules and is capable of multi-color and process color duplex printing without turnbars between print stations. The system is configured so that additional print stations can be added to the printing system without adding substantially to the length of the system.






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