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EP2899029B1
EP2899029B1 EP14189815.5A EP14189815A EP2899029B1 EP 2899029 B1 EP2899029 B1 EP 2899029B1 EP 14189815 A EP14189815 A EP 14189815A EP 2899029 B1 EP2899029 B1 EP 2899029B1
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Hanan Yosefi
Erez Zimerman
Avi Zehavi
Nadav Hollander
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0085—Using suction for maintaining printing material flat
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/001—Handling wide copy materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J13/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
    • B41J13/02—Rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J15/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
    • B41J15/04—Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
    • B41J3/40731—Holders for objects, e. g. holders specially adapted to the shape of the object to be printed or adapted to hold several objects
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/11—Dimensional aspect of article or web
    • B65H2701/113—Size
    • B65H2701/1131—Size of sheets
    • B65H2701/11312—Size of sheets large formats, i.e. above A3

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  • the present invention is directed to providing a printer, typically a wide format or extra wide format printer, that is capable of printing onto media provided as roll stock or as single sheets of discontinuous media, and also onto single separate sheets of flimsy media and onto relatively small discrete articles that may be flimsy or stiff, and to a method of printing such items.
  • a printer typically a wide format or extra wide format printer, that is capable of printing onto media provided as roll stock or as single sheets of discontinuous media, and also onto single separate sheets of flimsy media and onto relatively small discrete articles that may be flimsy or stiff, and to a method of printing such items.
  • Digital printing is widely used for printing posters, wall decorations, signs and the like.
  • the material to be printed if flexible, is typically provided on a continuous roll as what is commonly known as roll stock which is advanced roll to roll past the print head.
  • roll stock which is advanced roll to roll past the print head.
  • the material to be printed is provided in sheet form and the printing technique is then known as flat bed printing.
  • WO04037543 to Nur Macroprinters LTD. titled “Advancing System and Method for a Digital Printing Apparatus”, describes a printer apparatus comprising a printing head system and an advancing system.
  • the printing head includes a print head assembly mounted for movement along at least one horizontal axis with respect to a printing area.
  • the advancing system is configured and operable for enabling to selectively locate the printing area in either one of a first or a second printing plane arranged in vertically spaced-apart relationship, thereby selectively exposing the first or second printing plane to the print head assembly for printing.
  • the first and second printing planes are defined by, respectively, a first flat-bed assembly and a second roll-to-roll assembly of the advancing system.
  • Nur Macroprinter's solution requires moving the printer head from one printing plane to another. In each printing mode the printer head moves over a relatively wide table in two directions. The two printing modes use different printing tables. Moving from one printing mode to another in this manner is likely to be time consuming. Furthermore, since the printer head may be moved with respect to the substrate to be printed in three directions, accurate, repeatable alignment and ease of moving from one printing type to the other is not easy. Because two printing tables are used, both require calibrating to attain planarity in a parallel plane to the movement of the printer head, and this is not easily achieved since the printing tables have a tendency to warp. Indeed movement of the printing table is best avoided. Furthermore, the machine footprint is large relative to the width of the media that can be printed because there are two printing areas that cannot be used at once.
  • US 6,296,403 to Scitex Vision describes a dual-mode printer for printing on both flexible and rigid substrates that includes a table for providing a substantially planar support surface for supporting a substrate thereupon.
  • a flexible-substrate feed system is configured to feed a flexible substrate in a given feed direction across the support surface.
  • the printer has a print head configured for depositing a printing medium on a substrate as part of a printing process.
  • a motion system is configured to generate relative displacement between the print head and the support surface in at least a first direction parallel to the feed direction.
  • This combination of components allows the printer to be used in a flexible-substrate mode in which relative displacement between the substrate and the print head is generated at least in part by the flexible-substrate feed system and in a rigid-substrate mode in which relative displacement between the substrate and the print head is generated exclusively by the motion system.
  • the table used is a wide table suitable for flat bed printing, which, when used for roll-to-roll printing, is inherently unsuitable as the distance between the rollers is large, and the flexible substrate to be printed is likely to assume a wavy surface which adversely affects the resolution of the printing thereon.
  • Russian Patent Number RU 2167063 relates to a method of printing wherein the substrate to be printed is fed roll to roll and the table moves as well.
  • JP2005067105 also shows a dual mode printer, which can be used in roll-to-roll printing or to print plate material using a board.
  • WO05074519 to L & P Property Management Company describes an apparatus and a method of ink jet printing that use a system for feeding a substrate longitudinally relative to a support area and a system for moving a print head parallel to the direction of the substrate feed. Indexing between transverse scan rows of a print head is carried out initially by the substrate feed system and the actual feed distance is measured using an encoder or other substrate position measurement device. A controller determines the amount of any error that occurs between the actual and the desired feed distances. The controller then sends signals to move the print head to compensate for any error in the feed system feed.
  • Compensating adjustments are then made to the next subsequent substrate indexing step so that the print head tends to move back toward its home or zeroed position with its next correction and does not walk away from this home position as a result of cumulative movements.
  • print head motion is achieved by moving the bridge, for example, by actuating a linear servo bridge motion system.
  • the print head can be caused to shift longitudinally on the bridge to make the correcting movements.
  • the controller for controlling the amount of error and the compensation thereof indicate the problems in obtaining accurate positioning where the bridgehead moves relative to the support area, the support area moves relative to the material to be printed, and the material to be printed is fed as well.
  • United States Patent Number US 7,901,150 titled “Dual Mode Printer” and assigned to the present applicants, discloses a wide or super wide digital printer comprising a printer head box that reciprocates from left to right across a wide or super wide printing table having a length of less than 20 cm that is supported by a fixed support, and a feed roller and a guiding roller that are moveably coupled to the fixed support, wherein the wide or super wide digital printer is configurable as a roll to roll printer by lowering the feed roller and the guiding roller to a lowered configuration wherein uppermost parts of the feed roller and the guiding roller are below upper surface of printing table, or as a discontinuous sheet printer by raising the feed roller and the guiding roller to a raised configuration wherein the uppermost parts of the feed roller and the guiding roller are collinear with the upper surface of the printing table.
  • a first aspect is directed to a system for printing onto discontinuous media
  • a printer comprising a print head and a feed roller for roll to roll printing by forwarding media past the print head;
  • the tray comprising an upper plate joined to a parallel lower plate by a perimeter edge, the upper plate and lower plate being separated by a small separation to form a hollow box bounded by the upper plate, the lower plate and the perimeter edge, the upper plate being provided with an array of through holes, the hollow box being coupleable to a vacuum pump for evacuation of air from within, such that the discontinuous media placed over at least a portion of the array of holes is held in place by suction created by the vacuum pump.
  • the printer comprises a print table the feed roller and a guiding roller, and is selectively configurable between: a lowered configuration wherein the feed roller and guiding roller are positioned below the print table for roll to roll printing onto flexible media provided as roll stock; a coplanar position wherein said feed roller, print table and guide roller are in linear alignment for flat bed printing onto discrete sheets of substantially stiff media, and a raised configuration wherein the feed roller and guide roller are positioned above the print table and the tray is supported by the feed roller and the guide roller and is separated from the print table by a clearance gap.
  • each of said pair of rollers is mounted on a spindle that is fixed to a rocker plate on each end, each rocker plate being movable about an axle fixed to the fixed support, the moving of each rocker between the lowered position, the coplanar position and the raised position being driven by a drive system, and determined by peg in slot mechanisms, wherein each rocker comprises a slot therethrough through which a peg fixed to the fixed support passes, and each rocker can be moved between three positions to selectively position the feed roller and guiding roller below, in line with or above the printing table.
  • the tray is at least 40 inches wide.
  • the tray is at least 60 inches wide.
  • system further comprises a framework for partially covering the upper plate of the tray and providing windows into which media to be printed may be positioned.
  • the printer is a wide or super-wide printer.
  • the system comprises a plurality of trays arranged alongside each other across the width of the printer.
  • a second aspect is directed to a method of printing onto discontinuous media, by (i) providing a digital printer comprising a print head, a feed roller and a guide roller; a vacuum pump and a tray comprising an upper plate joined to a parallel lower plate by a perimeter edge, the upper plate and lower plate being separated by a small separation to form a hollow box, the upper plate being provided with an array of through holes, the hollow box being coupleable to the vacuum pump for evacuation of air from within the hollow box;(ii) positioning the discontinuous media on the tray and holding the discontinuous media in place on the upper plate by suction provided by the vacuum pump; (iii) positioning the tray onto the feed roller and the guiding roller, and (iv) forwarding the tray past the print head using the feed roller.
  • the digital printer further comprises a print table and is selectively configurable in three configurations by raising and lowering the rollers with respect to the print table, to selectively print either: (a) onto continuous media in a roll to roll configuration wherein the feed roller and the guide roller are in a lower configuration below the print table;(b) onto large sheets of stiff discontinuous media in a flat bed configuration wherein the feed roller and the guide roller are in line with the print table, or (c) onto discontinuous media not provided as large stiff sheets, wherein the feed roller and the guide roller are positioned in a raised configuration above the height of print table.
  • the discontinuous media not provided as large stiff sheets is flimsy.
  • the discontinuous media not provided as large stiff sheets is provided as small discrete objects.
  • the tray is at least 1,02 m (40 inches) wide.
  • the tray is at least 1,52 m (60 inches) wide.
  • step (i) further comprises providing a framework and positioning the framework to partially cover the upper plate of the tray, said framework defining windows into which the discontinuous media to be printed may be positioned.
  • step (iii) further comprises aligning the tray with the feed roller.
  • aligning the tray with the feed roller comprises aligning an edge of the tray with one of the group consisting of an edge of the print table, the feed roller, a track along which the printer head reciprocates, and an alignment edge that is itself in fixed alignment with the print table.
  • aligning the tray with the feed roller comprises aligning an edge of the tray with an edge positioner that is coupleable to a track along which a carriage for the printer head reciprocates.
  • the edge positioner is coupleable to the carriage.
  • the printer is a wide format printer or an extra wide format printer.
  • the system comprises a plurality of trays that may be positioned alongside each other across the width of the printer.
  • a third aspect is directed to a tray for supporting discrete media such that the tray may be positioned on the feed roller and guide roller of a roll to roll printer to retrofit the roll to roll printer for printing onto the discrete media, and moved by the feed roller past a printhead; the tray comprising an upper plate joined to a parallel lower plate by a perimeter edge, the upper plate and lower plate being separated by a small separation to form a hollow box, the upper plate comprising an array of through holes, the tray being coupleable to a vacuum pump for evacuation of air from within, such that the discontinuous media placed over at least a portion of the array of holes is held in place by suction created by the vacuum pump.
  • the perimeter edge comprises at least one straight edge for accurate positioning with respect to the feed roller of the printer.
  • the tray is substantially rectangular.
  • the tray has a width of at least 40 inches.
  • the tray has a width of at least 60 inches.
  • the roll to roll printer is a wide format roll to roll printer.
  • the tray further comprises a framework for partially covering the upper plate and providing apertures into which the discontinuous media to be printed may be positioned.
  • the direction of travel of the printer head is generally referred to as from side to side, and printing as described herein is generally referred to as being wide or super-wide printing
  • the direction perpendicular to the length of the rollers is known as the length, despite it being appreciated in wide and super wide printer especially, the width is the longer direction.
  • Previous United States Patent No. US 7,901,150 to Matan Digital Printing described a digital inkjet printer that can print onto material fed by two separate feed configurations, : either a first configuration for continuous sheet media provided as roll stock, wherein the feed roller and guide roller are positioned below the height of the print table, or, onto discontinuous sheets of stiff media wherein the feed roller and guide roller are raised to a second configuration such that the feed roller, print table and guide roller are collinearly aligned.
  • Guide wheels may be lowered onto the stiff media to apply a pressure onto the upper surface of the stiff media to keep it pressed onto the feed roller.
  • the feed roller 116 and guiding roller 120 are below the level of the table 110, and the substrate to be printed 114 is thereby kept taut and ripple free.
  • the spindles 115, 121 of the feed roller 116 and guiding roller 120 are fixedly mounted at each end thereof, onto rockers 122, 124 that are rotatably mounted on axes 126, 128 respectively.
  • Slots 132, 134 are cut through the rockers 122, 124, and pins 136, 138 are fixedly mounted to the support structure 125 to which axes 126, 128 are also fixed.
  • a drive means of variable length illustrated herein as a piston 130, that may be a hydraulic or pneumatic piston is attached to lower parts 140, 142 of rockers 122, 124, which in Fig. 1 is kept compressed, thereby pulling lower parts 140, 142 towards each other, and forcing the pins 136, 138 to the top edge of slots 132, 134 in which position, the feed roller 116 and guiding roller 120 are below the level of the table 110, and the substrate to be printed 114, is thereby kept taut and ripple free.
  • a piston 130 that may be a hydraulic or pneumatic piston is attached to lower parts 140, 142 of rockers 122, 124, which in Fig. 1 is kept compressed, thereby pulling lower parts 140, 142 towards each other, and forcing the pins 136, 138 to the top edge of slots 132, 134 in which position, the feed roller 116 and guiding roller 120 are below the level of the table 110, and the substrate to be printed 114, is thereby kept taut and ripple free.
  • a discontinuous substrate 145 which is typically a less flexible, more rigid, thicker material such as cardboard and the like
  • the piston is extended.
  • the feed roller 116 and guiding roller 120 are at the level of the table 110.
  • a flatbed pressure system 150 is lowered onto the substrate 145 to be printed 115, pressing the substrate 145 onto the feed roller 116.
  • the flatbed pressure system 150 may be a row of individual idling wheels 154 which are attached to arms 156 that pivot down from a common support 158, each arm 156 being pressed downwards by a pressure means 152, which may be a Hookian element such as a helical spring, or a closed piston, for example.
  • the purpose of the flatbed pressure system 150 is only to keep the discontinuous substrate 145 pressed onto the feed roller 116, so that rotation of the feed roller 150 advances the discontinuous substrate 145 over the table 110 so that it may be printed. In this manner, a feed roller 116 is used for incremental advancing of a discontinuous substrate 145 which is typically a relatively rigid or thick discontinuous substrate 145, unsuitable for providing as roll stock.
  • the drive means may be a rod in cylinder type piston 130 that can be hydraulically or pneumatically powered.
  • the cylinder can be coupled to the rocker 122 of the guiding wheel 120 and the rod may be coupled to the rocker 124 of the feed roller 116.
  • the piston 130 may be reversed with the piston rod being coupled to the rocker 122 of the guiding wheel 120 and the cylinder being coupled to the rocker 124 of the feed roller 116.
  • other drive system such as a worm might be substituted without exceeding the scope of the invention.
  • a pair of drive system is used on similar rockers; one at each end of the feed roller 116 and guiding roller 120. This helps ensure accurate, straight feeding of the substrate 114, 145. Strictly speaking however, only one drive system is required.
  • the feed roller 116 is usually rubber coated to provide a high friction surface.
  • the rollers are rigid by their construction and resist bending.
  • the table 110 often has a square profile and is typically less rigid than the rollers 116, 120. It will be noted that for wide and super wide printing, the width of the table may be several meters.
  • the table 110 is supported periodically by adjustable supports and the absolute height of the table 110 at each support point may be adjusted to ensure planarity.
  • the rollers 116, 120 may be used for this purpose.
  • the feed roller 116 Since the feed roller 116 is moved upwards and forwards when moving from the roll-to-roll lower configuration of Fig. 1 to the flat bed upper configuration of Fig. 2 , the feed roller 116 is separated from the pressure roller 118. This separation aids feeding of substrate 114 supplied as roll-stock between pressure roller 118 and the feed roller 116. In the prior art, the pressure roller 118 is typically lowered to achieve this. Since the height of digital printing machines is effectively limited, and there is a need to accommodate further rolls and rollers, etc.
  • the adjustable roller support system, one end of the feed roller 116 and one end of the guiding roller 120 are shown in isometric projection.
  • the motor unit 160 is coupled directly to the spindle 115 of the feed roller 116 which is incrementally advanced in a stepwise fashion thereby.
  • the motor unit 160 may be attached to the spindle 115 of the feed roller 116 in a fixed alignment therewith, and moves down and up with the feed roller 116 as the feed roller 116 is moved between its lower and upper configurations, shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 respectively.
  • a rigid laminar substrate 145 to be printed may be placed on feeder roller table 170 with its front edge resting on feed roller 116, and with the flatbed pressure system 150 applying a pressure thereto, to keep the rigid laminar substrate 145 in contact with the feed roller 116.
  • the feed roller 116 is turned in small steps by the motor unit, and the substrate 145 to be printed is incrementally advanced over the printing table 110 onto guiding roller 120 and then onto the collector roller table 180.
  • Super wide printers may be 3 meters wide or more. Rigidity becomes important for high resolution printing. Since the digital printer described herein uses a feed roller for advancing discontinuous laminar substrates as well as when printing roll to roll, long printing tables are eliminated and printing table of not more than 20 cm is used. One consequence of this is that the length of the machine 100 is typically well under a meter. Nevertheless accurate forwarding of large substrates 145, 114 to be printed is allowed.
  • roller tables 170, 180 shown in Fig. 1 are optional, and the substrate 145 to be printed may alternatively be supported in other ways, such as manually supported by workers, for example. Additionally, where provided, roller tables 170, 180 are utility components that may find a wide range of alternative uses other than for supporting discontinuous substrates 145 when using the digital printer 100 of the inventor for flat bed type printing.
  • Matan's Dual Mode solution enables the same printer to print onto roll stock or onto large sheets or media, it's application for large sheets of media is limited to relatively stiff media such as boards of various types, including cardboard and the like. It is not suitable for printing onto flimsy media such as fabrics or paper, unless these are provided as rollstock, since in the flat bed mode, the flimsy media lack the rigidity to remain flat whilst driven past the printheads using the drive rollers.
  • the media must be provided as large sheets that span the distance between the feed roller 116 and the guide roller 120.
  • Wide format printers allow printing wide media. It is useful if the wide format printer can also print narrow media, and individual items. Sometimes it is required to print onto separate sheets of flimsy media such as fabrics and papers, for example. Sometimes it is necessary to print onto discontinuous media such as book covers, beer mats and the like, that are provided as individual, small units prior to printing. Matan's dual mode printer as described in US does not provide a solution for these types of print jobs.
  • the tray 600 may be a flat hollow box consisting of a top plate 602 and a parallel bottom plate 606 joined by a perimeter edge 604 having at least one straight section 608. typically the tray 600 is rectangular. Apart from at their perimeters, the top plate 602 and parallel bottom plate 606 are separated from each other by an air gap, referred to herein as a separation 612.
  • the top plate 602 is provided with an array 614 of holes 616 and the tray 600 may be coupled to a vacuum pump 618, which provides suction through the array of holes 614 and holds flimsy media 610 to the tray 600 thereby.
  • Tray 600 thus effectively converts the discontinuous and often flimsy media 610 positioned on the tray 600 into a stiff media for printing thereonto, overcoming the intrinsic limitation of dual mode printer 100, and enabling the printing of discontinuous sheets of flimsy media 610, not provided on a roll and also enabling the printing of discrete articles.
  • the tray 600 may be fabricated from metal. To keep it light and easily movable, tray 600 is typically fabricated from aluminium. A straight edge section 608 of the tray 600 may be used to align the tray with the printer, typically with the feed roller or the edge of the print table, or sometimes with some dedicated edge such as an edge that is piano hinged to the print table, and folded up for alignment thereto and then folded down, out of the way.
  • the upper surface of upper plate 602 of the tray 600 may be provided with markings that enable the discontinuous media 610 to be aligned with the tray 600 which is itself aligned with the printer 100' ( Fig. 7 ), and in this manner, the discontinuous media 610 is aligned with the printheads 612 of the printer 100' ( Fig. 7 ).
  • the array 614 of holes 616 is typically a rectangular array and the rows and columns of the array of holes 614 may be used to align the media 610 with the tray 600.
  • the discontinuous media 610 may be flimsy and flexible.
  • the discontinuous media may be towels, scarves, handkerchiefs and the like, or tee-shirts and sweatshirts, that have previously been printed by silk-screening which in addition to having low resolution, is usually single color. Flimsiness and flexibility is typical of the discontinuous media 610 to be printed by a printer 100' of the present invention, but this is not necessarily the case.
  • the discontinuous media 610 may be individual brochures, booklets, books, and the like that are already printed, cut and folded or bound, but where there is a desire to print additional information or images, such as a dedication, for example, or small rigid articles such as badges or tags for example. With reference to Fig.
  • a framework 620 with cut out apertures 622 may be provided.
  • the framework 620 is positioned onto the tray 600 which is aligned with the printer using alignment markings thereon or the rows of holes making up the array of holes for vacuum suction or some other surface feature, to align the framework 620 with the tray 600.
  • the tray 600 itself is aligned with the printer and, after each printing, the just-printed discontinuous media 610 is removed from the framework 620 and replaced by soon-to-be-printed discontinuous media 610.
  • Printer 100' may be substantially like dual mode printer 100, but is able to assume a third configuration wherein the feed roller 116 and the guide roller 120 are able to assume a raised position above the height of the print table 110, essentially making the print table 110 redundant.
  • the tray 600 is shown, spanning the distance between the feed roller 116 and the guide roller 120, supporting a framework 620 with a piece of discrete media 610 in a window 622 of the framework 620; the discrete media 610 being held in place by the framework 620 or by vacuum suction.
  • the feed roller 116 feeds the tray 600 past the print heads 612, enabling printing onto the media 610.
  • Feed roller 116 and guide roller 120 are supported by spindles 115, 116 that may be coupled to the rockers 124, 122 ( Fig. 1 ), which are adapted to be positionable in a third position to provide this raised configuration.
  • soon-to-be-printed discontinuous media 610" may be loaded into a second framework 620" and after printing the just-printed discontinuous media 610' in a first framework 620', the first framework 610' is removed and switched with the second, already loaded, framework 620".
  • a longer tray that is double the length of the media may be used, such that as one end is being printed, the other end may be loaded and unloaded.
  • a method of printing onto discontinuous media consists of:
  • the tray 600 is a vacuum tray such as that described hereinabove and shown in Fig. 6 , and the method step (d) comprises holding the discontinuous media to the plate using suction from the vacuum pump 618 via the array 614 of holes 616.
  • the method may be used with a printer 100 as described hereinabove with reference to Figs. 1 to 4 , but modified to assume a third, raised configuration, thereby rendering the print table 110 redundant.
  • the discontinuous media 610 may be flimsy or may be rigid.
  • step (d) further comprises providing a framework and positioning the framework to at least partially cover the upper plate, the framework defining apertures into which the discontinuous media to be printed may be positioned.
  • Step (c) of aligning the tray may comprise aligning a straight edge of the tray with the printhead track. This may be achieved by aligning an edge of the tray with an edge of the print table; with the feed roller or with an alignment edge that is itself in fixed alignment with the print table is used to align the plate.
  • the wide format printer 100' typically includes sophisticated alignment means for detecting the edges of the media to be printed which can be used to detect the edges of the tray or of the individual pieces of flexible media.
  • the tray 600 may be and indeed is typically smaller than the width of the printer 100' and the tray 600 may be positioned along the printer using an edge positioner that is coupleable to the track along which the printer head reciprocates, or to the printhead carriage.
  • two or more trays 600 may be arranged adjacent to each other across a wide format or extra wide format printer 100' to enable utilizing more of the width of the wide format printer 100'.

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  1. Un système d'impression sur des supports discontinus comprenant une imprimante (100), une pompe à vide (618) et un plateau (600);
    l'imprimante comprenant une tête d'impression (112) et un rouleau d'alimentation (116) pour impression rouleau à rouleau par transfert du support au-delà de la tête d'impression;
    le plateau comprenant une plaque supérieure (602) reliée à une plaque inférieure parallèle (606) par un bord périmétrique (604), la plaque supérieure et la plaque inférieure étant séparées par une séparation pour former une boîte creuse, la plaque supérieure étant munie d'un réseau (614) de trous percés (616),
    la boîte creuse étant susceptible d'être couplée à une pompe à vide pour évacuation de l'air de l'intérieur tel que le milieu discontinu placé sur au moins une partie du réseau de trous est maintenu en place par l'aspiration crée par la pompe à vide et peut être avancé au-delà de la tête d'impression par le rouleau d'alimentation pour y imprimer.
  2. Le système selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'imprimante comprend une table d'impression, le rouleau d'alimentation et un rouleau de guidage, et est configurable de manière sélective entre:
    une configuration abaissée, dans laquelle le rouleau d'alimentation et le rouleau de guidage sont positionnés au-dessous de la table d'impression pour une impression rouleau à rouleau du support flexible;
    une position coplanaire, dans laquelle ledit rouleau d'alimentation, ladite table d'impression et ledit rouleau de guidage sont en alignement linéaire pour une impression à lit plat sur des feuilles discrètes de support substantiellement rigide, et
    une configuration élevée, dans laquelle le rouleau d'alimentation et le rouleau de guidage sont positionnés au-dessus de la table d'impression et le plateau est soutenu par le rouleau d'alimentation et le rouleau de guidage et est séparé de la table d'impression par un espace.
  3. Le système selon la revendication 2, dans lequel chacune desdites paires de rouleaux est sur un axe qui est fixé à chaque extrémité à une plaque basculante, chaque plaque basculante étant mobile autour d'un axe fixé au support fixe, le mouvement de chaque culbuteur entre la position abaissée, la position coplanaire et la position élevée étant entraîné par un système d'entraînement, et déterminé par un mécanisme crochet fente, dans lequel chaque culbuteur comprend une fente à travers laquelle passe un crochet fixé au support fixe, et chaque culbuteur peut être déplacé entre trois positions pour positionner sélectivement le rouleau d'alimentation et le rouleau de guidage dessous, en ligne avec la table d'impression.
  4. Le système selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le plateau est au moins 1,02 m (40 pouces) de large.
  5. Le système selon la revendication 1 comprenant de plus un cadre pour recouvrir partiellement la plaque supérieure du plateau et pour fournir des fenêtres dans lesquelles le support à imprimer peut être positionné.
  6. Le système selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'imprimante est une imprimante grand format ou une imprimante extra grand format.
  7. Le système selon la revendication 6, dans lequel une pluralité de plateaux sont positionnés à travers l'imprimante.
  8. Une méthode pour imprimer sur des supports discontinus, par
    (i) fournir une imprimante digitale (100) comprenant
    une tête d'impression (112);
    un rouleau d'alimentation (116);
    un rouleau de guidage (120);
    une pompe à vide (618) et
    un plateau (600) comprenant une plaque supérieure (602) reliée à une plaque inférieure parallèle (606) par un bord périmétrique (604),
    la plaque supérieure et la plaque inférieure étant séparées par une séparation pour former une boîte creuse,
    la plaque supérieure étant munie d'un réseau (614) de trous percés (616),
    la boîte creuse étant susceptible d'être couplée à une pompe à vide pour évacuation de l'air de l'intérieur;
    (ii) positionner le support discontinu sur le plateau et maintenir en place en utilisant la pompe à vide;
    (iii) positionner le plateau sur le rouleau d'alimentation et le rouleau de guidage, et
    (iv) transférer le plateau au-delà de la tête d'impression en utilisant le rouleau d'alimentation.
  9. La méthode selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle l'imprimante digitale comprend de plus une table d'impression et est configurable pour imprimer de manière sélective soit:
    (a) sur support continu dans une configuration rouleau à rouleau, dans laquelle le rouleau d'alimentation et le rouleau de guidage sont au-dessous de la table d'impression;
    (b) sur des feuilles larges de support discontinu rigide dans une configuration lit plat dans laquelle le rouleau d'alimentation, et le rouleau de guidage sont alignés avec la table d'impression, ou
    (c) sur support discontinu non fourni en tant que feuilles larges rigides, où le rouleau d'alimentation et le rouleau de guidage sont au-dessus de la table d'impression.
  10. La méthode selon la revendication 9, dans laquelle le support discontinu non fourni en tant que feuilles larges rigides est fragile.
  11. La méthode selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle le support discontinu non fourni en tant que feuilles larges rigides est fourni en tant que petits objets discrets.
  12. La méthode selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle l'étape (i) comprend de plus fournir un cadre et positionner le cadre pour recouvrir partiellement la plaque supérieure, le cadre définissant des fenêtres dans lesquelles le support discontinu à imprimer peut être positionné.
  13. La méthode selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle l'étape (iii) comprend de plus aligner le plateau avec le rouleau d'alimentation soit en alignant un bord du plateau avec un du groupe constitué par: un bord de la table d'impression; le rouleau d'alimentation; une piste le long de laquelle la tête d'impression retourne, et un bord d'alignement qui est lui-même en alignement fixe avec la table d'impression est utilisé pour aligner le plateau, ou
    en alignant un bord du plateau avec un positionneur de bord qui est susceptible à être couplé à une piste le long de laquelle la tête d'impression retourne.
  14. La méthode selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle l'imprimante est une imprimante à format large ou une imprimante à format super-large et la méthode comprend organiser une pluralité de plateaux le long de la table d'impression.
  15. Un plateau (600) et un cadre pour adaptation à une imprimante grand format pour soutenir des petits morceaux de support discontinu et permettre à l'imprimante grand format à imprimer des petits morceaux de support discontinu, tel que le plateau peut être positionné sur le rouleau d'alimentation et le rouleau de guidage d'une imprimante rouleau à rouleau et déplace par le rouleau d'alimentation au-delà de la tête d'impression;
    le plateau comprenant une plaque supérieure (602) reliée à une plaque inférieure parallèle (606) par un bord périmétrique (604), la plaque supérieure et la plaque inférieure étant séparées par une séparation pour former une boîte creuse, la plaque supérieure étant munie d'un réseau (614) de trous percés (616),
    le plateau étant susceptible d'être couplé à une pompe à vide (618) pour évacuation de l'air de l'intérieur, tel que le milieu discontinu placé sur au moins une partie du réseau de trous est maintenu en place par l'aspiration crée par la pompe à vide, et
    le cadre pour couvrir partiellement la plaque supérieure du plateau et pour fournir des orifices dans lesquelles le support discontinu à imprimer peut être positionné.
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