Patent ID: 6309119
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B41J,G07B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for storing and feeding a roll of tape for an ink jet printer having at least one ink jet print head having an array of ink jet nozzles in a lower surface thereof for printing a portion of an indicia on discrete portions of a web of tape stored in said printer, the steps comprising:a) advancing a tape web, from a tape roll stored in a first well, across an upstream feeding means, along an elongated tape supporting means to a downstream feeding means;b) printing an image on said tape web;c) advancing said printed tape web across said downstream feeding means;d) further advancing said tape web past a cutting means;e) cutting said printed tape web; and,f) retracting said tape web to said upstream feeding means, forming a loop of tape in a second well downstream from said first well.