Patent ID: 9114641
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: moving a material web in a transport direction during normal printing operation (i) from a material roll, (ii) through a first buffer, (iii) past a first station configured and arranged to apply a coloring agent to the material web, (iv) past a second station configured and arranged to fix the coloring agent on the material web, and (v) through a second buffer; stopping the normal printing operation, after moving the material web in the transport direction; moving the material web, after the stopping, in a direction opposite the transport direction by moving the first buffer and the second buffer in unison, while maintaining tension in the material web with a tensioning arrangement separate from the first buffer, the first station, the second station and the second buffer; and resuming the normal printing operation, after moving the material web in the direction opposite the transport direction.