International Business Machines Corporation

D Michael Bocinski

Lawrence A Stone

Barton H Kunz

Randy J Kisacky

Jerry Z Raski

Craig A Kaufman

David B Schaefer

Douglas A Schmidt

An impact printer has a print band moving longitudinally around pulleys with one side of the band moving in contact along a rigid platen and the other side having engraved characters presented along a print line of a print medium (e.g. paper and ink ribbon). The leading edge of platen is squared off (e.g. sharp) to scrape contamination off the band. A row of hammers impact the print medium against the band between the hammers and an impact surface of the platen. The impact surface of the platen contains multiple longitudinal grooves which start slightly back from the leading edge of the platen and which prevent increased friction force between the band and platen from occurring as the band wears the platen impact surface smooth.

Band line printer with grooved platen

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Binghamton, NY, United States of America

D Michael Bocinski