发明名称 |
Automatic printhead-to-paper gap adjustment |
摘要 |
An ink-jet printer includes a cartridge having a presser foot thereon for adjusting the gap distance between the ink-ejecting nozzles of a cartridge carried by the carrier and the surface of a sheet of paper which receives the ejected ink. The presser foot is spring biased and slidably mounted on the carrier for movement in a direction generally normal to the plane of the paper. Cartridges are provided with surface features which vary according to the optimum nozzle-to-paper gap distance for best print quality. When a cartridge is mounted on the carrier, the surface feature on the cartridge moves the presser foot toward the paper feed path to automatically adjust the nozzle-to-paper gap distance to the optimum distance for the mounted cartridge. The surface features on the cartridges may be recesses of varying depths or projections of varying heights.
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申请公布号 |
US5777635(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1998.07.07 |
申请号 |
US19960593311 |
申请日期 |
1996.01.31 |
申请人 |
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
发明人 |
JAMES, III, EDMUND HULIN;PETERSON, GREGORY WILLIS |
分类号 |
B41J2/175;B41J25/308;(IPC1-7):B41J25/308 |
主分类号 |
B41J2/175 |
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