Patent ID: 6633740
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
An on demand compact media web electrophotographic printer for printing on industrial marking printouts such as labels, photos, narrow web receipts, tickets, tags, and the like, the improvement comprisinga plurality of closely spaced unidirectional rapid print operating units for providing industrial marking printouts and means for cleanly cutting said media web and transporting said web leading edge forward to a registration means, means for forming a precise web buckle length at said registration means, means for print synchronization of said printout at said start of printing for receiving a toner image from a photosensitive means, means for scanning a latent image on said photosensitive means, means for cutting a media web trailing edge of a desired length printout prior to the completion of a print cycle, means for developing said latent image on said photosensitive means with toner means for transferring said toner image from said photosensitive means to said printout, means for fusing said transferred toner image to said printout, means for sensing said web buckle, means responsive to said sensing means for providing feedback to a processor wherein said processor with said feedback controls said closely spaced print operating units capable of producing precise printouts, thereby accurately, consistently, and productively processing said desired length printouts with reduced downtime and without media web waste.