Direct remote analog/digital printing devices, processes and mediums

• US 20060088355A1
• Filed: 09/29/2005
• Published: 04/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Segan Industries Inc.
• Original Assignee: Segan Industries Inc.
• Inventors: Ribi, Hans O.
• Application Number:
  US11/240,648
• Publication Number:
  US 20060088355A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 400/88
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/28 for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes , envelopes, e.g. flat-bed ink-jet printers
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/36 for portability , i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers B41J3/4075 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/407 for marking on special material
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/4073 Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects B41J3/283, B41J3/286 take precedence; building up a 3D object using individual droplets from jetting heads B29C64/112
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/44 Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/445 Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/54 with two or more sets of type or printing elements B41J3/60 takes precedence

Abstract

Direct remote digital/analog printing devices and mediums have been developed, which are capable of directly digitally printing on non-uniform or uniform substrate/mediums. Examples of devices are also capable of recognizing wireless digital or analog signals for processing and printing or directly scanning substrates using information (analog or digitally) encoded. The read/write devices can be remote and operate separately or can be attached to existing communications devices and products.

Claims

1. A method of digital printing on a substrate, said method comprising:

moving a print head across at least a portion of said substrate in an analog manner.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said print head is moved across said substrate in a manner that varies with respect to at least the x direction.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said print head is moved across said substrate in a manner that varies with respect to both the x and y directions.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said print head is moved across said substrate in a manner that varies with respect to rate in at least one of the x and y directions.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said print head is moved across said substrate in a manner that varies with respect to rate in both of the x and y directions.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said print head is moved across said substrate in a non-linear manner.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said print head is moved across said substrate in a curvilinear manner.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein movement of said print head across said substrate is manually controlled.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said manually controlled movement is directly manually controlled.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein said manually controlled movement is indirectly manually controlled.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein said print head is part of a device in which said print head has full range of motion in at least x and y directions.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said print head is part of a device in which said print head has full range of motion in the x, y and z directions.

13-23. -23. (canceled)

24. A device for printing on a substrate, said device comprising a print head that can move across at least a portion of said substrate in an analog manner.

25. The device according to claim 24, wherein said print head can move across said substrate in a manner that varies with respect to at least the x direction.

26. The device according to claim 24, wherein said print head can move across said substrate in a manner that varies with respect to both the x and y directions.

27. The device according to claim 24, wherein said print head can move across said substrate in a manner that varies with respect to rate in at least one of the x and y directions.

28. The device according to claim 27, wherein said print head can move across said substrate in a manner that varies with respect to rate in both of the x and y directions.

29. The device according to claim 24, wherein said print head can move across said substrate in a non-linear manner.

30. The device according to claim 24, wherein said print head can move across said substrate in a curvilinear manner.

31. The device according to claim 24, wherein said device provides for manual control of said print head movement.

32. The device according to claim 31, wherein said device provides for direct manual control of said print head movement.

33. The device according to claim 31, wherein said device provides for indirect manual control of said print head movement.

34. The device according to claim 31, wherein said print head has full range of motion in at least x and y directions.

35. The device according to claim 34, wherein said print head has full range of motion in the x, y and z directions.

36-46. -46. (canceled)