Patent ID: 8882261
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus handling a sheet of substrate media in a marking assembly, the apparatus comprising: a rail support track forming a closed path, the rail support track including at least one alternate route within the closed path; a first marking zone for marking a sheet of substrate media having dimensions of at least forty inches by sixty inches, a portion of the closed path extending through the first marking zone and the alternate route extending parallel to the portion of the closed path through the first marking zone, the first marking zone including a printing assembly moveable in a cross-process direction across the portion of the closed path extending through the first marking zone; and a first platen cart moveable along the rail support track, the first platen cart recirculating around the closed path and selectively moveable along the at least one alternate route, the first platen cart conveying the sheet of substrate media in a process direction along at least the portion of the closed path through the first marking zone, the printing assembly marking the sheet with no more than a single cross-process direction pass, wherein the rail support track further includes at least one lateral shuttle section for moving the first platen cart between parallel sections of the closed path and the at least one alternate route, said lateral shuttle section being a linear section extending in a straight direction, perpendicular to said parallel sections of the closed path.