Patent ID: 6669385
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B41J,B42C,B42P,B65H,G06F,G06K,H04N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A printer that comprises:a media tray in which sheets of planar print media can be stored; a sheet feed mechanism that is operatively arranged with respect to the media tray to feed sheets of media from the media tray; a pagewidth, inkjet printing mechanism that is positioned downstream of the media tray to receive sheets of print media from the sheet feed mechanism and to print on the sheets; a binding mechanism that is positioned downstream of the printing mechanism, the binding mechanism comprising a glue applicator which is operable on each printed sheet to apply a strip of glue to each sheet; and a reciprocating platen and a stationary platen positioned downstream of the glue applicator, the reciprocating platen being reciprocally displaceable towards and away from the stationary platen to act on each printed sheet to place the printed sheets one on top of the other on the stationary platen with respective strips of glue aligned and to urge consecutive printed sheets on to each other, so that the glue can serve to attach the sheets to each other to form the bound document; a document feed mechanism that is positioned downstream of the binding mechanism to feed each bound document from the binding means;a collection tray positioned downstream of the binding mechanism, the collection tray being configured to receive each bound document from the document feed mechanism, the sheet feed mechanism, the printing mechanism and the binding mechanism defining a substantially linear sheet feed path; and a microprocessor-based controller for controlling operation of the sheet feed mechanism, the printing mechanism, the binding mechanism and the document feed mechanism.