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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Videojet Technologies Inc., Wood Dale, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jeremy Ellis, Nottingham, GB;
Keith Buxton, Nottingham, GB;
Assignee:
VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC., Wood Dale, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 31/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/325 (2006.01); B41J 35/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 31/14 (2013.01); B41J 2/325 (2013.01); B41J 35/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printhead for a thermal transfer printer comprising a plurality of printing elements, each of the printing elements being configured to transfer ink from an ink carrying ribbon to a substrate, and at least one sensor arranged to sense ink carrying ribbon. The at least one sensor comprises at least one emitter arranged to emit radiation towards the ribbon and a plurality of receivers. Each of the plurality of receivers is arranged to receive a respective reflected signal reflected by the ribbon, each reflected signal is based upon radiation emitted by the at least one emitter.