Printer print head positioning apparatus and method

Details Printer print head positioning apparatus and method Printer print head positioning apparatus and method

1994-09-02

1997-03-04

Fuller, Benjamin R.

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Controller

400 59, B41J 25308

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active

056084307

ABSTRACT:
A print head (216) tilt angle positioner (258) includes a scroll cam (344), a tilt arm (332), a flexure (334), a tilt angle adjuster (336), and a biasing spring (338). The tilt arm and the print head are attached to a shaft (220) that rotates the tilt arm and the print head together between printing, maintenance, and shipping tilt angle positions to control the distance of the print head from the image receiving drum.

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