Typewriting machines – Carriage or carriage-moving or movement-regulating mechanism – Carriage-feed mechanism
Patent
1991-01-09
1992-05-26
Eickholt, Eugene H.
Typewriting machines
Carriage or carriage-moving or movement-regulating mechanism
Carriage-feed mechanism
400322, 400323, A41J 2528
Patent
active
051161508
ABSTRACT:
The subject invention is an optical sensor detection system for a serial printer useful for the determination of alignment and misalignment of images on a sheet of print media and the correction of misalignment. The present invention includes a photoelectric sensor mounted on the carriage of a serial type printer to locate various indicator markings.
In operation the sensor detects the position of a midpoint indicator when the carriage travels from right to left, and then from left to right. The positional information is then compared with the assumed mid-carriage position of the print head based upon the time of travel, that is, the predicted position of the sensor assuming no flex in the support members of the print head and no stretch of the belt driving the print head. The difference between the actual position and the assumed position is then used to derive a correction factor to the right to left and left to right printing parameters, and is used to compensate the timing of the placement of dots on the print media so that they are aligned in each pass.
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Apple Computer Inc.
Eickholt Eugene H.
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