Printing system with a data capture device

• US 7,775,655 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2008
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Memjet Technology Ltd. (Memjet Limited)
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, King, Tobin Allen
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu; Matthew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Goldberg; Brian J
• Application Number:
  US12/197,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20080309746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 723 Days
• Field of Search: 347/104
• US Class Current: 347/104
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/14314 Structure of ink jet print heads with electrostatically actuated membrane
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/14427 Structure of ink jet print heads with thermal bend detached actuators
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1601 Production of bubble jet print heads B41J2/1606, B41J2/162 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1623 bonding and adhesion
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1626 etching
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1628 dry etching
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1629 wet etching
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1631 photolithography
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1632 machining
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1635 dividing the wafer into individual chips
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1637 molding
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1639 sacrificial molding
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1642 thin film formation by CVD [chemical vapor deposition]
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1643 thin film formation by plating
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1645 thin film formation by spincoating
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1646 thin film formation by sputtering
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1648 Production of print heads with thermal bend detached actuators
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/16585 for paper-width or non-reciprocating print heads
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17513 Inner structure
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17596 Ink pumps, ink valves
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/041 : Electromagnetic transducer
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14346 : Ejection by pressure produced by thermal deformation of ink chamber, e.g. buckling
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14435 : Moving nozzle made of thermal bend detached actuator
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2202/21 : Line printing
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/445 : Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 7/02 : Machines, apparatus, tools or accessories therefor implements or apparatus for removing paint covering adhering to surfaces B44D3/16
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 30/00 : Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/79 : in semiconductor storage media, e.g. directly-addressable memories
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/86 : Secure or tamper-resistant housings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2129 : Authenticate client device independently of the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 : by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 : multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/073 : Special arrangements for circuits, e.g. for protecting identification code in memory protection against unauthorised use of computer memory G06F12/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/14 : using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light G06K7/10831 - G06K7/1097 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 : 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/56 : using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 : for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2154 : the still video camera incorporating a hardcopy reproducing device, e.g. a printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 : Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 : Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/00 : Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2628 : Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation

Abstract

Provided is a printing system for producing wallpaper. The printing system includes a frame, a cabinet on the frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper, and a pagewidth printhead arranged on the frame for printing images on the blank wallpaper. Also included are pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper fed from the cartridges via a media path defined in the cabinet past the pagewidth printhead to facilitate printing, and a dryer module configured to dry the printed wallpaper. The system further has a cutter module for cutting the printed wallpaper before the printed wallpaper is fed into a container which stores the wallpaper in a roll, and a data capture device configured to capture the identity of an identifier carried by a print sample. The printhead is configured, subsequent to the capture of the identity of the print sample, to print the pattern which corresponds to the print sample.

Claims

1. A printing system comprising:

a frame;

a cabinet on the frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank media;

a pagewidth printhead arranged on the frame for printing images on the blank media;

pilot guides for guiding the blank media fed from the cartridges via a media path defined in the cabinet past the pagewidth printhead to facilitate printing;

a dryer module configured to dry the printed media;

a cutter module for selectively cutting the printed media at selected lengths and widths before the printed media is fed into a container which stores the media in a roll; and

a data capture device configured to capture the identity of an identifier carried by a print sample and the printhead being configured, subsequent to the capture of the identity of the print sample, to print the pattern which corresponds to the print sample, and to capture a length and width of the printed pattern selected by a user of the printing system at which the cutter module cuts the printed media.

2. The printing system of claim 1, which includes a feed system for feeding the media through the media path facilitated by the pilot guides.

3. The printing system of claim 1, having a heated platen positioned in the media path downstream of the pilot guides for heating the blank media prior to printing.

4. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the printhead is supplied with liquid ink from the reservoirs which are located above the printhead, said reservoirs having a harness with a number of ink supply tubes for carrying different ink colors from the reservoirs to the printhead.

5. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the dryer is configured so that the media operatively traverses a catenary path within a drying compartment of the dryer after printing to provide additional path length and drying time before the printed media is fed into the container.

6. The printing system of claim 5, wherein the dryer includes one or more centrifugal fans to provide a supply of air through a chamber across one or more heating elements that are controlled by a thermal sensor.

7. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the cutter module includes a frame having end plates with a pair of entry rollers and a pair of exit rollers serving as a transport mechanism for the media through the module, with a slitter gang located between the end plates.