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US 2021/0260890 A1Published application
Method of controlling a hand-operated printer and hand operated printer
AssigneeCOLOP Digital GmbH
InventorAlex BRETON
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Abstract
A method of controlling a hand-operated printer (3) includes detecting a transverse movement of the hand-operated printer (3) after finishing a first swath (1). The method compares a transverse distance covered by the transverse movement with a predetermined transverse distance (11) between said first swath (1) and a second swath (2). A transverse-stop signal is emitted when the transverse distance covered by the transverse movement reaches the predetermined transverse distance (11).
Claims15
A method of controlling a hand-operated printer, comprising:
- detecting a transverse movement of the hand-operated printer after finishing a first swath,
- comparing a transverse distance covered by the transverse movement with a predetermined transverse distance between said first swath and a second swath, and
- emitting a transverse-stop signal when the transverse distance covered by the transverse movement reaches the predetermined transverse distance.
A hand-operated printer comprising:
- an inkjet printhead with nozzles directed toward a bottom side of the hand-operated printer,
- a control circuit, and
- a motion detector,
- wherein the control circuit is connected to the motion detector and to the inkjet printhead and configured to control the inkjet printhead in response to readings received from the motion detector,
- wherein the hand-operated printer further comprises a signalling unit connected to the control circuit,
- wherein the control circuit is configured to monitor a transverse movement detected by the motion detector between a first swath and a second swath, compare a transverse distance covered by the transverse movement with a predetermined transverse distance between said swaths and command the signalling unit to emit a transverse-stop signal when the transverse distance covered by the transverse movement reaches the predetermined transverse distance.
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