Patent ID: 9682576
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A printer assembly for image-wise providing a recording substance on a web of recording medium, the printer assembly comprising: a print surface for supporting the web of recording medium; a gantry moveably supporting a print head for moving the print head in a scanning direction to provide a swath of the recording substance in the scanning direction on the recording medium arranged on the print surface; a medium supply assembly for step-wise supplying the web of recording medium over the print surface in a medium transport direction; a guiding roller configured for guiding the web of recording medium from a supply roll over the print surface to a receiving roll, wherein the guiding roller is provided with a central axis of rotation and the central axis of rotation is orientateable for steering a direction of movement of the web of recording medium; and a gantry controller configured to control a rotational movement of the gantry and to orient the central axis of rotation of the guiding roller in response to a determined suitable scanning direction for steering the web of recording medium to a desired orientation on the print surface, and wherein the gantry is rotatable in a plane substantially parallel to the print surface such that the scanning direction is rotatable relative to the medium transport direction.