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US 5,080,513 AGranted
Printer for forms and journals
OwnerJohn G. Claryinventor
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Abstract
A printer for printing data on a form sheet and duplicate or related data on a journal tape in which the form sheet is fed lengthwise past a stationary ink jet printer head to print a line of characters and thereafter the print head is fed across the journal tape while the latter is stationary whereby to print a line of duplicate or related characters across the tape. Forms of different lengths can be printed.
Claims7
A printer for printing data on a form sheet and on a journal strip comprising
- an elongate sheet guide chute,
- a printing device adjacent said chute for serially printing characters,
- means for maintaining said printing device in an initial position,
- first means for moving said form sheet along said chute whereby to print a line of characters on said sheet,
- means supporting at least a portion of said strip in said chute,
- means for sensing movement of said sheet by a predetermined amount in said chute, and
- means responsive to said sensing means for causing said printing device to move out of said initial position and along said strip whereby to print a line of characters on said strip.
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A printer for printing data on a pair of record mediums comprising
- a printing device for serially printing characters,
- means for maintaining said device in an initial position,
- first drive means for moving a first one of said mediums past said device and along a printing line whereby to print a line of characters on said one medium, and
- a second drive device for thereafter moving said device from said initial position and past the second one of said mediums along said printing line whereby to print a second line of characters on said second medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.