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US 2004/0070657 A1Published application
Printing mechanism
OwnerCarrie Roberts, Roberta Stinson +2inventors
InventorsCarrie Roberts, Roberta Stinson, John H. Dion, Mark L. McCarty
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Abstract
A printing mechanism comprises a printhead that defines a printzone, and a tray adapted to support at least one sheet of print media. The tray is adapted to move through the printzone during printing by the printhead on the sheet.
Claims30
A printing mechanism, comprising:
- a printhead that defines a printzone;
- a tray adapted to support at least one sheet of print media, said tray adapted to move through said printzone during printing by said printhead on said sheet.
A printing mechanism, comprising:
- a tray that supports at least one sheet of print media, said tray including a tray advancing device that advances said tray through a stationary printzone during printing on said sheet.
A printing mechanism, comprising:
- support means for stationarily supporting a sheet of print media relative to said support means;
- advancing means for advancing said support means through a printzone;
- and
- printing means for printing on said sheet as said support means is advanced through said printzone.
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A method of printing, comprising:
- providing a sheet of print media having a length;
- providing a support for supporting said sheet along said length;
- moving said support, and said sheet supported stationarily thereon, through a printzone;
- and
- printing on said sheet as said support is moved through said printzone.
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A printing mechanism, comprising:
- a housing;
- a movable print media tray for supporting a sheet of print media thereon, said tray including retention arms, a support plate and a biasing device for biasing said support plate against said retention arms so as to support said sheet in a generally flat printing position within said tray, said tray further including positioning indicia and a track of regularly spaced recesses;
- a printhead positioned within said housing that defines a stationary printzone having a scanning axis;
- a motor positioned within said housing;
- a gear positioned within said housing, said gear powered by said motor and mating with said regularly spaced recesses of the tray so as to move the tray through said printzone perpendicular to said scanning axis during printing on said sheet;
- and
- a position sensor positioned within said housing so as to sense said positioning indicia on said tray as said tray is moved through said printzone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.