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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Production Printing Holding B.v., Venlo, NL;
Inventor:
Robert Lang, Allershausen, DE;
Assignee:
Canon Production Printing Holding B.V., Venlo, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/308 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/308 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing system having: a print head arranged with a predetermined nip for printing to a recording medium; a sensor positioned upstream of the print head, and configured to detect possible joints of the recording medium; a spacer arranged in a region of the print head, the spacer being configured to be displaceable to deflect the recording medium and increasing a distance between the print head and recording medium; an actuator to displace the spacer element; and a controller configured to activate the actuator to displace the spacer upon detection of a joint by the sensor.