Methods and devices for printing on substrates
AssigneeShaw Industries Group, Inc.
InventorsTHOMAS ODUM, JAMES K. HENRY
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Abstract
A system for printing on a substrate can comprise a conveyor that is configured to move the substrate along a substrate movement axis. The system can further comprise at least one print head array. Each print head array has a plurality of print heads, each print head having a respective orientation axis. The plurality of print heads can have at least a first print head and a second print head, wherein the orientation axis of the first print head is angularly offset from the orientation axis of the second print head. The first print head can be offset from the second print head along the substrate movement axis.
Claims20
A system for printing on a substrate, the system comprising:
- a conveyor that is configured to move the substrate along a substrate movement axis;
- and
- at least one print head array, wherein each print head array of the at least one print head array comprises a plurality of print heads, wherein each print head of the plurality of print heads has a respective orientation axis, wherein the plurality of print heads comprises at least a first print head and a second print head, wherein the orientation axis of the first print head is angularly offset from the orientation axis of the second print head, wherein the first print head is offset from the second print head along the substrate movement axis.
A method comprising:
- moving a substrate along a substrate movement axis, wherein the substrate has a surface having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion or a plane tangential thereto is angularly offset from the second portion or a plane tangential thereto;
- and
- printing on the first portion and the second portion of the surface of the substrate during a single pass of the substrate along the movement axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.