System and method for detecting wrinkles in a print medium
OwnerYaron Bar-Tal, Efraim Barhuminventors
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Abstract
An inkjet printer comprising a print table and a carriage that reciprocates across the print table, wherein the carriage comprises print-heads and further comprises a distance gauge mounted on the carriage for monitoring the distance between the carriage and a medium thereunder on the print table.
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An inkjet printer comprising a print table and a carriage that reciprocates across the print table, wherein the carriage comprises print-heads and further comprises a distance gauge mounted on the carriage for monitoring the distance between the carriage and a medium under the carriage on the print table.
A method of detecting a topography in a medium being printed by an inkjet printer comprising a print table, a carriage that reciprocates across the print table carrying print-heads and a control computer, the method comprising:
- mounting a distance gauge on the carriage;
- monitoring distance between the carriage and a medium under the carriage on the print table;
- detecting differences, and
- signaling the control computer regarding changes in distance between the carriage and the medium as the carriage rasters from across the medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.