Patent ID: 9096084
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing system for printing on sheets of media in a first printing mode and on a web of media in a second printing mode, comprising: a printing station including a rotatable print member and one or more first marking subsystems positioned to deposit a pattern of marking material on a first side of the media while a second side of the media is in contact with the print member; a selectively activatable drive mechanism for rotating the print member; a tensioning system for driving and adding tension to the web of media; and a control system for controlling the drive mechanism and the tensioning system; wherein when the printing system is in the first printing mode sheets of media are transported along a sheet transport path such that: when the printing system is in the second printing mode the drive mechanism is deactivated so that the print member rotates freely, and the control system controls the tensioning system to transport the web of media along a web transport path such that: