Incremental printing of symbolic information – Light or beam marking apparatus or processes – Scan of light
Patent
1998-06-01
2000-04-18
Le, N.
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Light or beam marking apparatus or processes
Scan of light
347264, 347154, 347136, 400500, B41J 1516
Patent
active
060521449
ABSTRACT:
A printer to print images on a continuous web. The printer has a print station at which the images are printed on the web. A web transport transports the web in a lengthwise direction through the print station. The web transport including a slack loop station having a web feeder and a web receiver. These are spaced apart from one another to transport a web in the lengthwise direction while establishing a web slack loop therebetween which extends in a first direction. The web transport also includes a web proximity sensor which is directed along the first direction to measure a distance between the sensor and the slack loop. A method of printing images on a continuous web is also provided.
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Eastman Kodak Company
Le N.
Novais David A.
Pham Hai C.
Stewart Gordon M.
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