Printer carriage arrangements
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDaniel Gonzalez Perello, Nestor Luid Pinol, Adria Olmos Marin
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Abstract
It is hereby disclosed a carriage arrangement, in particular, a carriage arrangement suitable for a printing system comprising: a carriage; a carriage beam; and a drive mechanism; wherein the carriage is to move along a longitudinal direction of the carriage beam upon action by the drive mechanism and wherein the carriage arrangement comprises a beam compensation mechanism to exert a variable compensating force on the carriage beam, the variable compensating force depending on a deformation amount of the carriage beam.
Claims15
A carriage arrangement comprising:
- a carriage;
- a carriage beam;
- a drive mechanism;
- wherein the carriage is to move along a longitudinal direction of the carriage beam upon action by the drive mechanism and wherein the carriage arrangement comprises a beam compensation mechanism to exert a variable compensating force on the carriage beam, the variable compensating force depending on a deformation amount of the carriage beam.
A printing system comprising:
- a print medium support surface to support a print medium;
- a conveyor to transport the print medium along a media path direction
- a carriage extending over the print medium support, the carriage having a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the media advance direction
- wherein the system comprises a beam compensation mechanism comprising an actuator to exert a variable compensating force on the carriage beam.
A method to compensate for carriage beam deformations in a printing system comprising a carriage associated to the carriage beam and a compensation mechanism coupled to the carriage beam as to exert a variable compensating force on the carriage beam, the method comprising:
- determining a reference distance;
- and
- adjusting the variable compensating force based on the reference distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.