Printing media feed and retaining apparatus for a thermal ink je

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1991-10-31

1994-11-08

Fuller, Benjamin R.

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Record receivers and/or driving means therefor

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4006372, 4006391, 347104, B41J 201, B41J 1300

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053631293

ABSTRACT:
A printing media feed and retaining apparatus particularly useful in a computer driven thermal ink jet printer/plotter which has a plurality of pinch rollers (20) mounted on a single pinch roller support member (25). One or more support members (25) are positioned adjacent a platen roller (10) in proximity to the print path. The pinch rollers (20) are retracted away from the platen roller for removing the print medium and are supported such that they are self centering and track without skewing or damaging the printing medium without the use of precision parts or mounting techniques.

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patent: 4280693 (1981-07-01), Matsuhisa et al.
patent: 4408917 (1983-10-01), Iwai et al.
patent: 4486108 (1984-12-01), Tanaka
patent: 4872026 (1989-10-01), Rasmussen et al.

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