Patent ID: 8235491
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A registration plate assembly for a compliant conveyance system and adapted for use in combination with an array of print heads each having a print head nozzle, the print head nozzles depositing ink on a face surface of mailpieces being conveyed along a feed path, comprising a mounting plate having at least one aperture therein for accepting a print head nozzle associated with each of the print heads; a registration plate affixed to the mounting plate and having at least one opening formed therein for permitting the deposition of ink from each of the print head nozzles, the registration plate defining a plurality of steps, each of the steps corresponding to a print head nozzle; at least one runner affixed to the mounting plate and aligned with the feed path of the conveyance system, the runner having a blade portion disposed at a location between adjacent print head nozzles and being aligned with, and parallel to, at least one of the registration plate steps, the runner operative to maintain a stand-off distance from the face surface of each mailpiece to one of the print head nozzles.