EP0398556A3 - Portable printer - Google Patents

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EP0398556A3
EP0398556A3 EP19900304826 EP90304826A EP0398556A3 EP 0398556 A3 EP0398556 A3 EP 0398556A3 EP 19900304826 EP19900304826 EP 19900304826 EP 90304826 A EP90304826 A EP 90304826A EP 0398556 A3 EP0398556 A3 EP 0398556A3
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Prior art keywords
paper feed
printer
paper
portable printer
printing
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP0398556A2 (en
EP0398556B1 (en
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Thomas R. Grimm
Luther L. Oliver
Erik A. Treszoks
Sam Vinson
Jose I. Rodriquez
Donald J. Arndt
Mark A. Rendon
Dan Dodson
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Texas Instruments Inc
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Texas Instruments Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/48—Apparatus for condensed record, tally strip, or like work using two or more papers, or sets of papers, e.g. devices for switching over from handling of copy material in sheet form to handling of copy material in continuous form and vice versa or point-of-sale printers comprising means for printing on continuous copy material, e.g. journal for tills, and on single sheets, e.g. cheques or receipts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/36—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for portability, i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers

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  • Handling Of Sheets (AREA)
  • Character Spaces And Line Spaces In Printers (AREA)
  • Dot-Matrix Printers And Others (AREA)
  • Handling Of Continuous Sheets Of Paper (AREA)

Abstract

A portable printer (20) including paper feed apparatus for utilizing sheet, roll or continuous form paper. The paper feed apparatus having paper feed roller (46) and friction idlers (52) for feeding all three forms of paper. The printer also includes apparatus for selecting printing different character pitches to reduce the memory capacity required. A method is provided for operating the printer to obtain alignment of the paper feed drive motor prior to printing.
EP19900304826 1989-05-09 1990-05-03 Portable printer Expired - Lifetime EP0398556B1 (en)

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US34936189A 1989-05-09 1989-05-09
US349361 1989-05-09

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EP0398556A2 EP0398556A2 (en) 1990-11-22
EP0398556A3 true EP0398556A3 (en) 1994-11-17
EP0398556B1 EP0398556B1 (en) 1997-08-06

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EP19900304826 Expired - Lifetime EP0398556B1 (en) 1989-05-09 1990-05-03 Portable printer

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JP (1) JPH03101982A (en)
DE (1) DE69031190T2 (en)

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DE102006056590A1 (en) * 2006-11-29 2008-06-05 Kurt Vignold Gmbh & Co. Handels Kg Proofs creating method, involves feeding printing paper of paper supporting surface from downwards and deflecting printing paper under angle of one thirty five degrees between paper supporting surface and printing paper
CN104108246B (en) * 2014-05-16 2016-09-07 苏州佳世达光电有限公司 Printer
CN115339240A (en) * 2022-09-06 2022-11-15 广东信益智能科技有限公司 High-stability two-head digital printer

Citations (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1387842A (en) * 1918-05-01 1921-08-16 William H Edwards Typewriter
US3414106A (en) * 1965-10-21 1968-12-03 Honeywell Inc High speed printer with improved paper engine arrangement
US3972460A (en) * 1975-03-24 1976-08-03 Ncr Corporation Paper transport mechanism
EP0075109A2 (en) * 1981-09-21 1983-03-30 International Business Machines Corporation Web supply roll jogger
US4674899A (en) * 1982-12-07 1987-06-23 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recorder with improved paper feeding including multiple feed paths for selective feeding of webs and cut sheets
US4729682A (en) * 1984-12-28 1988-03-08 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Document feed device with pin tractor assembly
US4806035A (en) * 1986-09-29 1989-02-21 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Printer with sheet guide and separator

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1387842A (en) * 1918-05-01 1921-08-16 William H Edwards Typewriter
US3414106A (en) * 1965-10-21 1968-12-03 Honeywell Inc High speed printer with improved paper engine arrangement
US3972460A (en) * 1975-03-24 1976-08-03 Ncr Corporation Paper transport mechanism
EP0075109A2 (en) * 1981-09-21 1983-03-30 International Business Machines Corporation Web supply roll jogger
US4674899A (en) * 1982-12-07 1987-06-23 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recorder with improved paper feeding including multiple feed paths for selective feeding of webs and cut sheets
US4729682A (en) * 1984-12-28 1988-03-08 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Document feed device with pin tractor assembly
US4806035A (en) * 1986-09-29 1989-02-21 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Printer with sheet guide and separator

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DE69031190T2 (en) 1997-12-11
EP0398556A2 (en) 1990-11-22
JPH03101982A (en) 1991-04-26
EP0398556B1 (en) 1997-08-06
DE69031190D1 (en) 1997-09-11

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