Pressure device for printers

A pressure device for a printer comprising a support element which is fixed to a frame of the printer and a flexible plate fixed to the support element in order to press a printing substrate against a platen in the vicinity of a printing line, wherein the support element includes a turned-over portion which is bent onto a remaining portion of the support element in order to restrain a portion of the flexible plate in which a window disposed partly in the turned-over portion and partly in the remaining portion is formed in the support element, a side portion of the flexible plate disposed along a longitudinal edge being inserted in the window.

A pressure device for a printer comprising a support element which is fixed to a frame of the printer and a flexible plate fixed to the support element in order to press a printing substrate against a platen in the vicinity of a printing line, wherein the support element includes a turned-over portion which is bent onto a remaining portion of the support element in order to restrain a portion of the flexible plate, in which the support element includes an inner element which is fixed to the frame, an intermediate element to which the flexible plate is fixed, and means for fixing the intermediate element releasably to the inner element.

A printer comprising a frame, a platen mounted on the frame, at least one pressure device having a support element which is fixed to the frame, a printhead mounted on the frame and moveable parallel to the platen to define a printing line on the platen, and a flexible plate fixed to the support element in order to press a printing substrate against the platen in the vicinity of the printing line, wherein the support element includes a turned-over portion substantially parallel to the platen which is bent onto a remaining portion of the support element in order to restrain a portion of the flexible plate.

A method of producing a pressure device for a printer comprising the steps of:

• providing a support element which is fixed to a frame of the printer,
• providing a printhead mounted on the frame and moveable parallel to a platen to define a printing line on the platen, and
• fixing to the support element a flexible plate for pressing a printing substrate against a platen in the vicinity of a printing line, wherein the fixing step comprises bending of a turned-over portion of the support element onto a remaining portion of the support element in a resultant orientation substantially parallel to the platen in order to restrain a portion of the flexible plate.

A method of producing a pressure device for a printer comprising the steps of:

• providing a support element which is fixed to a frame of the printer,
• fixing to the support element a flexible plate for pressing a printing substrate against a platen in the vicinity of a printing line, wherein the fixing step comprises bending of a turned-over portion of the support element onto a remaining portion of the support element in order to restrain a portion of the flexible plate, forming a window disposed partly in the turned-over portion and partly in the remaining portion of the support element, and inserting a side portion of the flexible plate disposed along a longitudinal edge in the window.