Oce-technologies B.v.

Bas W J J A Van Dorp

Barry B Goeree

Frank J H Nottelman

Luc G T Dircks

Henk-Jan Zwiers

A printer including: a frame, a bearing assembly mounted to said frame, a platen rotatably supported in the bearing assembly for advancing a sheet of a recording medium, a guide rail mounted to the frame and extending in parallel with an axial direction (Y) of the platen, a ruler extending in parallel with the guide rail, a carriage driven to reciprocate along the guide rail and carrying a printhead, and a detector arranged to detect the position of the carriage relative to the ruler, wherein, in said axial direction (Y), the ruler is rigidly fixed at a location of the bearing assembly independently of the guide rail.

Printer with reciprocating printhead carriage

A printer including: a frame composed of a lower frame and an upper frame supported on the lower frame, a platen rotatably supported in the upper frame for advancing a recording medium, a guide rail extending in parallel with an axial direction (Y) of the platen, a carriage guided at the guide rail and carrying a printhead, and a drive mechanism adapted to drive the carriage reciprocatingly along the guide rail, wherein the drive mechanism is directly supported in said axial direction (Y) by the lower frame.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Bas W J J A Van Dorp