US5521623A
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Printing method and apparatus
Assignee: HP Singapore Pte Ltd
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Filing: 1992-10-22
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Granted: 1996-05-28
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Expires: 2012-10-22
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for continuously printing on a continuous print substrate in sheet form comprises means for supporting and continuously feeding a continuous sheet of print substrate past at least a printing station, wherein at least a printing station comprises a number of ink-jet printing heads of the drop deviation type mounted with their axial planes perpendicular to the direction of the print substrate feed motion.
Inventors
- 👤 Rami Y. Dochovna
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 00:58
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06P; D06P5/00; D06P5/30; B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; B41J2/015; B41J2/02; B41J2/07; B41J2/075; B41J2/08; B41J2/21; B41J2/2132; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/04; H04N1/12; H04N1/121
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
An apparatus for continuously printing on a continuous print substrate in sheet form, comprising: means for supporting and continuously feeding a continuous sheet of print substrate past at least a printing station; at least a printing station comprising a number of ink-jet printing heads of a drop deviation type mounted with their axial planes perpendicular to a direction of a print substrate feed motion; and each printing head comprising means for ejecting drops, charging means for applying to said drops an electric charge, and electrostatic deviating means for creating an electrostatic field, at the passage of each charged drops, such as to deviate said drop by a predetermined, desired amount.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
110 words
An apparatus for continuously printing on a continuous print substrate in sheet form, comprising: means for supporting and continuously feeding a continuous sheet of print substrate past at least a printing station; at least a printing station comprising a number of ink-jet printing heads of a drop deviation type mounted with their axial planes perpendicular to a direction of a print substrate feed motion; and each printing head comprising means for ejecting drops, charging means for applying to said drops an electric charge, and electrostatic deviating means for creating an electrostatic field, at the passage of each charged drops, such as to deviate said drop by a predetermined, desired amount.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing heads are mounted in such a positioned relationship to the substrate and to one another that they cover the entire width of the print substrate, the pixels printed by adjacent heads abutting on one another.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print substrate is positioned below the printing heads in the printing space and is maintained in a sufficiently tensioned condition to provide a substantially flat surface for receiving the ink drops.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each printing station prints one color and, for multicolor printing, a plurality of printing stations, at least one for each color, are provided and placed in longitudinal succession along the length of the machine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for controlling a speed of the substrate feed motion to produce a desired pixel pattern.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
122 words
Method for continuously printing on a continuous print substrate in sheet form, comprising the steps of: continuously feeding a continuous sheet of print substrate past at least a printing station; depositing from said station onto the substrate printing inks or dyes, in a form of drops, at predetermined positions along a width of the substrate by ejecting said drops from a plurality of orifices; electrically charging the drops and passing each of the drops through an electrostatic field of such strength as to deviate the drop along said width to an extent required for each drop to reach a predetermined position; and controlling ejection and deviation of said drops in coordination with a substrate feed motion, to produce a desired print patterns.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
122 words
Method for continuously printing on a continuous print substrate in sheet form, comprising the steps of: continuously feeding a continuous sheet of print substrate past at least a printing station; depositing from said station onto the substrate printing inks or dyes, in a form of drops, at predetermined positions along a width of the substrate by ejecting said drops from a plurality of orifices; electrically charging the drops and passing each of the drops through an electrostatic field of such strength as to deviate the drop along said width to an extent required for each drop to reach a predetermined position; and controlling ejection and deviation of said drops in coordination with a substrate feed motion, to produce a desired print patterns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
Method according to claim 6, wherein each printing station comprises a plurality of printing heads the axial planes of which coincide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
Method according to claim 7, wherein the distance between the substrate and printing station orifices is such that the positions onto which the drops can be deposited by said station substantially covers the entire width of the substrate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
52 words
Method according to claim 7, wherein a speed of the substrate feed motion in mm/sec is not less than a ratio of a maximum deviation of each printing head in mm to a product of a number of trajectories of the ink drops and a period of each printing head in seconds.
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