Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce or eliminate registration errors in a printing system that carries a plurality of medium sheets placed on a belt.SOLUTION: The system includes steps for identifying a first displacement amount of a sheet carrying device and a second displacement amount of the sheet carrying device when the sheet carrying device carries a medium sheet passing through first and second printheads, respectively, for the image processing of a predetermined location of the medium sheet. A time for operating the second printhead is adjusted based on a difference between a first sheet carrying device offset and a second sheet carrying device offset to provide color registration between ink drops of the first printhead and second printhead on the medium sheet.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet positioning system, in particular, for a printer having an inexpensive system of small mass movement, in particular, for a high-speed printer, capable of performing both of the skew correcting operation for the sheet and the repositioning operation for side positioning the sheet in the same integral system. SOLUTION: Both of two nips 17A, 17B mounted at an interval for feeding a sheet can be driven only by one main driving motor M1, two sheet feeding nips mounted at an interval are moved with relative difference in angle inexpensively with very small power, and the skew correction is performed in a differential driving system to realize the skew correction movement of the desired amount of sheets. The mass of elements moving in parallel in the lateral direction is reduced over a wide range for lateral sheet positioning. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved alignment method and a device corresponding to non-uniformiy of an edge shape of a belt.SOLUTION: The method detects a first lateral interval of an edge of a belt loop supported by rollers in an apparatus using a first sensor to find an amount of a difference amount of the alignment of the edge of the belt loop relative to a known alignment position. The method also detects a second lateral interval of the edge of the belt loop in the apparatus relative to the known alignment position using a second sensor, and determines the non-linear shape of the edge of the belt loop based on the second lateral interval of the edge of the belt loop detected by the second sensor. Moreover, the method corrects the difference amount of the alignment detected by the first sensor based on the non-linear shape of the edge of the belt loop to generate a corrected difference value of the alignment and adjust the current lateral position of the belt loop in the apparatus relative to the known alignment position based on the corrected difference value of the alignment.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the power consumption of a printing web system. SOLUTION: The system comprises a delivery shaft 170, a winding shaft 180, a processing system 140, a driving route 130 going from the delivery shaft through the processing system to the winding shaft, a driving motor 195 positioned along the driving route, and a continuously variable ratio transmission 190 equipped with a first shaft and a second shaft which are connected to each other via power transfer connection. The first shaft is connected to the delivery shaft, and the second shaft is connected to the winding shaft. The delivery shaft and the winding shaft 180 can be driven by one motor. Otherwise, the delivery shaft and the winding shaft can be driven by small motors. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To match or register positions of images to be put one over another more accurately at low cost in an easy manner. SOLUTION: A plurality of rollers such as a drive roller 18 driving a photoconductive member belt 20 are mounted on a frame of an imaging device 10 and the belt 20 is wound around them; and exposure stations 45 and 58 relating to an imager 12 or 14 are arranged around them. A controller calculates an optimum value of an elapsed time up to when an imager 14 such as an LED begins to generate a light output to image a line based upon the time when an imager 12 such as ROS beings to generate a light output to image an object line of multi-color imaging, information received from an angular position sensor 16 detecting the phase angle of the drive roller 18, an angular position as a function of the phase angle of the drive roller 18, and information or a formula relating to the eccentric width or eccentricity of the drive roller 18, and the imager 14 to generate the light output is driven. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI