Method and apparatus for transporting a receiving substrate in a duplex ink jet printing unit
OwnerBart Verhoest, Dirk De Ruyter +1inventors
InventorsBart Verhoest, Dirk De Ruyter, Bart Verlinden
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Abstract
A duplex ink jet printing apparatus for printing on a first side of a receiving sheet and a second side of a receiving sheet, opposite to the first side, includes: a first transportation device for transporting the receiving sheet along a first path, with the first side up; a second transportation device for transporting the receiving sheet along a second path, with the second side up; and a take-over section including a device for transferring the receiving sheet on the fly from the first transportation device to the second transportation device.
Claims11
A duplex ink jet printing apparatus for printing on a first side of a receiving sheet and a second side of a receiving sheet, opposite to the first side, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a first transportation means for transporting the receiving sheet along a first path, with the first side up;
- a second transportation means for transporting the receiving sheet along a second path, with the second side up;
- and
- a take-over section comprising means for transferring the receiving sheet on the fly from the first transportation means to the second transportation means.
A method for transporting a receiving sheet in a duplex ink jet printing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- transporting the receiving sheet along a first path, with a first side PR of the receiving sheet up;
- transporting the receiving sheet along a second path, with a second side, opposite to the first side, of the receiving sheet up;
- and
- transferring the receiving sheet from the first path to the second path on the fly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.