Printer with a multiple continuous-sheet processing capability
AssigneeCompuprint SpA
InventorFabio Pessina
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Abstract
In a printer with a multiple continuous-sheet processing capability, a first pusher tractor unit and a second pusher tractor unit disposed above the first feed continuous sheets from the front of the printer to a printing line along substantially straight paths and both are accessible from the front of the printer for the loading of continuous sheets into the tractors, the second simply by the opening of an anti-noise cover and the first by the tilting of the second unit about a pivot axis on the opposite side of the paths to the second unit in the position above the first.
Claims8
A printer with a multiple continuous-sheet processing capability in which a first continuous-sheet tractor feed unit operating as a pusher transports a continuous sheet along a first straight path between the unit and a print line, a printer body having walls, said first unit being mounted on a wall of said printer body so as to be accessible on said wall for the loading of a continuous printing sheet into the first unit, comprising:
- a second continuous-sheet tractor feed unit in a position above said first unit and operating as a pusher to transport a continuous sheet along a second straight path between said second feed unit and the print line, said second unit being accessible on said wall for the loading of a continuous printing sheet into said second unit, and
- articulation means for pivotally connecting said second unit to said printer body with an axis of articulation disposed perpendicular to said straight paths so that said second unit can pivot freely from said position above said first unit to a tilted position in which said second unit affords free access to said first unit for the loading of a continuous printing sheet into the first unit even in the presence of a continuous sheet parked in the second unit.
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