Printing on a rotating surface

摘要

In some examples, a printing system including a rotating platen having an axis of rotation and configured to support a substrate, and a printhead configured to eject drops in a direction parallel with the axis of rotation onto the substrate supported by the rotating platen.

主权项

1. A printing system comprising:
a printhead for depositing droplets; a platen configured to move a substrate along a non-straight path relative to the printhead, the printhead being positioned to deposit droplets of an image on the substrate as the substrate is moved along the non-straight path; a key on the platen configured to store information about the substrate; an imaging system; and a reader configured to read the information about the substrate stored on the key and to send the information about the substrate to the imaging system; wherein the imaging system is configured to format image data based on the non-straight path of the substrate, information about the substrate stored on the key, or both, and to send instructions to the printhead to deposit droplets on the substrate based on the formatted image data.