Machine including means for selecting the marginal distance from sheet leading edge for printing indicia on sheet

A machine comprising:

• a. means for printing an indicia;
• b. means for feeding a sheet having a leading edge downstream in a path of travel of the printing means;
• c. means for controlling the sheet feeding and printing means, the controlling means including a microprocessor, the controlling means including means for sensing the leading edge of a sheet in the path of travel, the sensing means connected to the microprocessor and providing a signal thereto indicating that the leading edge has been sensed, the microprocessor including a program, the program including means for commencing counting a predetermined time delay in response to the signal, the microprocessor program including means for causing the printing means to commence printing the indicia on the sheet a selected marginal distance from the leading edge thereof corresponding to the predetermined time delay;
• d. the controlling means including means for manually selecting the marginal distance and thus the predetermined time delay from a plurality thereof, the controlling means including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) respectively corresponding to a different one of the plurality of marginal distances, and the microprocessor program including means for energizing a predetermined different one of the LEDs for each selected distance to permit visual verification of the selected marginal distance;
• and,
• e. wherein the means for manually selecting the marginal distance includes first and second manually actuatable switches, one of the first and second switches successively actuatable for successively increasing the time delay a predetermined time interval before commencement of indicia printing to thereby increase the marginal distance a corresponding increment of a plurality of equal increments of a maximum marginal distance, and the other of the first and second switches successively manually actuatable for successively decreasing the time delay said predetermined time interval to thereby decrease the marginal distance said increment of said plurality of equal increments of said maximum predetermined distance.

A machine comprising:

• a. means for printing an indicia;
• b. means for feeding a sheet having a leading edge downstream in a path of travel of the printing means;
• c. means for controlling the sheet feeding and printing means, the controlling means including a microprocessor, the controlling means including means for sensing the leading edge of a sheet in the path of travel, the sensing means connected to the microprocessor and providing a signal thereto indicating that the leading edge has been sensed, the microprocessor including a program, the program including means for commencing counting a predetermined time delay in response to the signal, the microprocessor program including means for causing the printing means to commence printing the indicia on the sheet a selected marginal distance from the leading edge thereof corresponding to the predetermined time delay;
• d. the controlling means including means for manually selecting the marginal distance and thus the predetermined time delay from a plurality thereof, the controlling means including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) respectively corresponding to a different one of the plurality of marginal distances, and the microprocessor program including means for energizing a predetermined different one of the LEDs for each selected distance to permit visual verification of the selected marginal distance;
• and,
• e. the machine further including framework and a cover assembly removably connected to the framework, and wherein a plurality of the LEDs are mounted to the framework beneath the cover the thereby normally prevent access to the LEDs and thus to prevent selection of a different marginal distance by the operator of the machine.