Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft

Gerhard Nolte

Wolfgang Hendrischk

Gerhard Schrader

The printer includes a common feed and eject portion constructed as friction belt drive; it further includes a friction drum and a print head and cutter between the drum and the ejection portion which participates in the advance during printing but runs a little longer than the friction drum to hold the paper taut. This period is extended during advance after printing the last line to tension the paper during cutting. The combination of feed and eject permits front end feeding and ejection.

Printer

The printer is provided for alternative use with long webs or individual, precut forms; it includes two friction roll drives adjacent to the print head and platen, and a sprocket drive upstream, being permanently engaged with a perforated web. The drives operate in synchronism but do not participate in all operations. Printing on the web is carried out after advancing the web by one form length and retracting it during stop and go printing. Switches control access to a bypass, the insert for a single form, and a receiver tray, into which any printed form drops.

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Ulm, Germany

Gerhard Nolte