Patent ID: 6435652
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A full-width printing system comprising:a printbar; a plurality of printhead dies attached to the printbar and forming a plurality of sets of printhead dies, each printhead of a first set of printhead dies being offset a first distance from a corresponding printhead of a neighboring set of printhead dies, and each printhead die within a set being spaced a second distance from a neighboring printhead die within the same set; each printhead die including an array of ink-ejecting orifices, the ink-ejecting orifices of each printhead die being spaced from the ink-ejecting orifices of the other printhead dies; a document handler that supports a recording medium upon which information will be placed in swaths from the ink-ejecting orifices of each printhead die; and at least one translation device that steps at least one of the printbar and the document handler in a plurality of directions to place successive swaths of the print information upon the recording medium, wherein the printbar and the document handler are each stepwise movable by one of the at least one translation device to place the successive swaths of the print information upon the recording medium, and wherein the printbar is moved laterally with respect to the document handler, and the document handler is simultaneously moved rotationally with respect to the printbar, such that the resultant swaths are placed on the recording medium at an angle with respect to the recording medium supported upon the document handler.