Printing positioning mechanism and printer
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKatsuhisa Ono
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Abstract
A printing positioning mechanism includes a support shaft, a platen supported by the support shaft, and a printing head disposed in an opposing relationship to the platen for movement toward and away from the platen, and adjusts the positional relationship between the printing head and the platen when the printing head is moved toward the plate. The support shaft is movable in a plane perpendicular to an axial direction thereof, and the print head includes an aligning member interlinked with the print head for contacting with an outer periphery of the support shaft when the print head is moved toward the platen. The support shaft is moved to a predetermined position by contacting the aligning member with the outer periphery of the support shaft.
Claims10
A printing positioning mechanism, comprising:
- a support shaft;
- a platen supported by said support shaft;
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- a printing head disposed in an opposing relationship to said platen for movement toward and away from said platen;
- said printing positioning mechanism being for adjusting the positional relationship between said printing head and said platen when said printing head is moved toward said platen;
- said support shaft being movable in a plane perpendicular to an axial direction thereof;
- said print head including an aligning member interlinked with said print head for contacting with an outer periphery of said support shaft when said print head is moved toward said platen;
- said printing positioning mechanism being configured such that said support shaft is moved to a predetermined position by contacting said aligning member with the outer periphery of said support shaft.
A printer, comprising:
- a platen supported by a support shaft;
- a print head for pressing a recording object medium transported on said platen to perform printing;
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- a printing positioning mechanism for adjusting the positional relationship between said printing head and said platen upon printing;
- said printing positioning mechanism being configured such that said support shaft is movable in a plane perpendicular to an axial direction thereof said support shaft and said print head includes an aligning member interlinked with said print head for contacting with an outer periphery of said support shaft upon printing such that said printing positioning mechanism being configured such that said support shaft is moved to a predetermined position by contacting said aligning member with the outer periphery of said support shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.