SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FULL BLEED PRINTING

• US 20140112695A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZINK Imaging Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ZINK Imaging Incorporated
• Inventors: Zelten, James Peter, van Dijk, Juan C.
• Application Number:
  US13/830,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20140112695A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 400/621
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/006 Means for preventing paper jams or for facilitating their removal
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/008 Controlling printhead for accurately positioning print image on printing material, e.g. with the intention to control the width of margins
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/0095 Detecting means for copy material, e.g. for detecting or sensing presence of copy material or its leading or trailing end
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/42 Controlling printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/46 by marks or formations on the paper being fed
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/66 Applications of cutting devices
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/3358 Cooling arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/36 for portability , i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers B41J3/4075 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/4075 Tape printers; Label printers

Abstract

The present application is directed to systems and methods for full bleed printing. A cutter of a printer cuts a first kiss cut in a continuous printing medium at a first position displaced from an end of the continuous printing medium. A medium advancement mechanism of the printer positions the continuous printing medium with a print head of the printer at a print start location between the first position and the end of the continuous printing medium. The print head prints a first image on a continuous printing medium to a print end location. The cutter cuts a second cut in the continuous printing medium at a second position between the first position and the print end location. A portion of the continuous printing medium between the first kiss cut and the second cut comprises a full bleed print.

Claims

1. A method for full bleed printing, comprising:

cutting, by a cutter of a printer, a first kiss cut in a continuous printing medium at a first position displaced from an end of the continuous printing medium;

positioning, by a medium advancement mechanism of the printer, the continuous printing medium with a print head of the printer at a print start location between the first position and the end of the continuous printing medium;

printing, by the print head, a first image on a continuous printing medium to a print end location; and

cutting, by the cutter, a second cut in the continuous printing medium at a second position between the first position and the print end location;

wherein a portion of the continuous printing medium between the first kiss cut and the second cut comprises a full bleed print.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein cutting the first kiss cut comprises cutting through the continuous printing medium to an adhesive backing.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the cutter is positioned beyond the print head in the direction of travel of the continuous printing medium by a first distance.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein positioning the continuous printing medium with the print head of the printer at the print start location comprises retracting the continuous printing medium by an amount greater than the first distance.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein cutting the second cut in the continuous printing medium at the second position comprises advancing the continuous printing medium, after printing the first image, by an amount less than the first distance.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second cut is a full cut.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second cut is a kiss cut.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

cutting, by the cutter, a third kiss cut in the continuous printing medium at a third position;

positioning, by the medium advancement mechanism of the printer, the continuous printing medium with the print head of the printer at a second print start location between the second position and the third position;

printing, by the print head, a second image on the continuous printing medium to a second print end location; and

cutting, by the cutter, a fourth cut in the continuous printing medium at a fourth position between the third position and the second print end location;

wherein the portion of the continuous printing medium between the third kiss cut and the fourth cut comprises a second full bleed print.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the cutter is positioned beyond the print head in the direction of travel of the continuous printing medium by a first distance, and wherein cutting the third kiss cut in the continuous printing medium comprises advancing the continuous printing medium by an amount greater than the first distance.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the fourth cut comprises a full cut.

11. An apparatus for full bleed printing, comprising:

a print head of a printer for printing a first image on a continuous printing medium;

a cutter of the printer configured for cutting a first kiss cut in the continuous printing medium; and

a medium advancement mechanism of the printer configured for;

positioning the continuous printing medium with the cutter at a first position displaced from an end of the continuous printing medium,

subsequent to the cutter cutting the kiss cut at the first position, repositioning the continuous printing medium with the print head at a print start location between the first position and the end of the continuous printing medium, and

subsequent to the print head printing the first image on the continuous printing medium from the print start location to a print end location, repositioning the continuous printing medium with the cutter at a second position between the first position and the print end location;

wherein the cutter is further configured for cutting a second cut in the continuous printing medium at the second position, such that a portion of the continuous printing medium between the first kiss cut and the second cut comprises a full bleed print.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the cutter of the printer is configured for cutting the first kiss cut by cutting through the continuous printing medium to an adhesive backing.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the cutter is positioned beyond the print head in the direction of travel of the continuous printing medium by a first distance.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the medium advancement mechanism is further configured for positioning the continuous printing medium with the print head of the printer at the print start location by retracting the continuous printing medium by an amount greater than the first distance.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the medium advancement mechanism is further configured for repositioning the continuous printing mechanism with the cutter at the second position by advancing the continuous printing medium by an amount less than the first distance.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second cut is a full cut.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second cut is a kiss cut.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the medium advancement mechanism of the printer is further configured for:

positioning the continuous printing medium with the cutter at a third position for the cutter to execute a third kiss cut,

subsequently repositioning the continuous printing medium with the print head of the printer at a second print start location between the second position and the third position, and

subsequent to the print head printing a second image on the continuous printing medium to a second print end location, repositioning the continuous printing medium with the cutter at a fourth position between the third position and the second print end location for the cutter to execute a fourth cut;

wherein the portion of the continuous printing medium between the third kiss cut and the fourth cut comprises a second full bleed print.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the cutter is positioned beyond the print head in the direction of travel of the continuous printing medium by a first distance, and wherein positioning the continuous printing medium with the cutter at the third position comprises advancing the continuous printing medium by an amount greater than the first distance.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the fourth cut comprises a full cut.

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