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US 6,601,951 B2Granted
Printers and printing method
AssigneeHitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkitomo Kuwabara, Shuho Yokokawa, Isao Nakajima, Katsumi Ishizawa
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Abstract
A printer has a web handling unit that includes a web conditioning device for providing fixed control of the moisture within the web being fed, a skew correction device for adjusting the traveling position of the web which has passed through the web conditioning device, and a tension assigning device for assigning fixed tension to the web. The printer also includes an image forming device that forms an image on the web transported from the web handling unit.
Claims14
A printer comprising:
- a web conditioning means for providing control of a moisture constant within a continuous web during web feeding, where the web conditioning means has a suction box which includes a web guide member means movably adjustable in response to a width of the web being fed, and a suction heater which incorporates heaters and heats the web passing thereon while suctioning the same;
- a skew correction means for adjusting a traveling position of the web which has been passed through the web conditioning means;
- a tension means provided on a web feed route between the web conditioning means and the skew correction means, for providing predetermined tensioning to the web;
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- an image forming means for forming an image on the web having passed through the skew correction means.
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A printer comprising:
- a web conditioner to control a moisture constant within a continuous web during web feeding, where the web conditioner has a suction box which includes a web guide member movably adjustable in response to a width of the web during web feeding, and a suction heater which incorporates heaters and heats the web passing thereon while suctioning the same;
- a skew corrector to adjust a traveling position of the web which has been passed through the web conditioner;
- a web tensioner provided on a web feed route between the web conditioner and the skew corrector, to provide predetermined tensioning to the web;
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- an imager to form an image on the web after having passed through the skew corrector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.