Photo printer for printing 6" x 4" photos
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A photo printer for printing 6″×4″ photos comprising: a stationary 4″ printhead, said printhead comprising a plurality of color channels, each color channel comprising at least one nozzle row extending along the length of said printhead, each nozzle in a color channel ejecting the same colored ink; means for continuously moving 6″×4″ paper sheets past said printhead; and a controller for selecting firing nozzles from each color channel of said printhead; wherein, for one line of printing, all selected firing nozzles of each color channel are fired within about 200 microseconds.
Claims10
A photo printer for printing 6″×4″ photos comprising:
- a stationary 4″ printhead, said printhead comprising a plurality of color channels, each color channel comprising at least one nozzle row extending along the length of said printhead, each nozzle in a color channel ejecting the same colored ink;
- means for continuously moving 6″×4″ paper sheets past said printhead;
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- a controller for selecting firing nozzles from each color channel of said printhead;
- wherein, for one line of printing, all selected firing nozzles of each color channel are fired within about 200 microseconds.
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