Matrix printing device
AssigneeKornit Digital Technologies Ltd.
InventorsOfer Ben-Zur, Asaf Kaplan, Jacob Mozel
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Abstract
A textile printing machine includes a plurality of printing modules arranged in an m×n matrix, the matrix having m first rails in a transverse direction for supporting printing functional units such as print heads, and n second rails in a longitudinal direction for supporting printing trays that carry textiles to be printed, each module defining a meeting point for a textile printing related operation to take place. The matrix size is at least two by two and provides flexible linear printing sequences that are able to share resources such as print heads.
Claims10
A textile printing machine comprising a plurality of printing modules arranged in an m×n matrix, the matrix having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the matrix having m first rails in said transverse direction for supporting printing functional units, and n second rails in said longitudinal direction for supporting printing trays that carry textiles to be printed, each module defining a meeting point between one of said first rails and one of said second rails for a textile printing related operation to take place, and wherein both m and n are integers of at least two, the matrix thereby providing linear printing sequences.
A method for building a matrix for textile printing;
- comprising:
- a. providing m first rails for bearing respective printing functional units and n second rails for bearing respective printing trays for holding a textile to be printed;
- and
- b. forming an m×n matrix comprising a plurality of said printing functional unit, said forming comprising placing said m first rails substantially perpendicularly to each of said second rails to form an m×n printing matrix therefrom, both m and n being integers greater than 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.