Patent ID: 6126283
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
Ink jet printing apparatus for forming a plurality of ink images on a receiver and for cutting the receiver to form separate prints of such ink images in response to a digital image file having a plurality of digital images, comprising:a) at least one moveable ink jet print head adapted to deliver ink to the receiver;b) first moving means for moving the receiver along a first receiver path past the ink jet print head;c) control means responsive to the digital image files for moving the ink jet print head and actuating the ink jet print head to form a plurality of ink images on the receiver;d) first actuable receiver cutting means disposed in first relationship to the ink jet print head including a cutting wheel and responsive to the control means which cause the first moving means to move the receiver in operative relationship with the first actuable receiver cutting means and for moving the cutting wheel of the first actuable receiver cutting means across the first receiver path at a predetermined position to cut the receiver;e) second moving means responsive to the control means for moving the receiver along a second receiver path that is perpendicular to the first receiver path; andf) second actuable receiver cutting means disposed in a second relationship to the first actuable receiver cutting means including at least one blade and responsive to the control means and disposed at a predetermined position relative to the second receiver path for sequentially causing the blade in a single operation to cut the receiver at predetermined positions to form separate prints of desired sizes with each such print having at least one ink image.