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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
Lsinc Corporation, Huntsville, AL (US);
James Richard Bullington, Athens, AL (US);
Cody Landon Curtsinger, Madison, AL (US);
Corey Michael Maxwell-Swarthout, Huntsville, AL (US);
Joshua Boyd Jordan, Harvest, AL (US);
Michael Edward Freeman, Huntsville, AL (US);
Bryan Matthew Kusek, Owens Cross Roads, AL (US);
LSINC Corporation, Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed to provide a DTS machine that is simple to operate and can through human operator control provide economic and competitive throughput speeds as compared to more complex DTS machines utilizing multiple printing tunnels and material handlers. The present method repositions a print carriage and a reconfigures an inkjet printhead bank to accommodate different sizes and shapes of media. The allows for the printing of a single piece of media in a single each printing event, but maintains a printing throughput similar to DTS machines having the capability to print media in parallel printing events. Media is moved from a media loading area on the machine by a single operator into a printing tunnel and then the operator adjusts the angle of the media relative to a reconfigurable array of ink-heads to meet inkjet expression distance requirements.