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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1992
Steven M Faes, New Market, AL (US);
Alfred L Fulton, Huntsville, AL (US);
Martin J Hnetynka, Huntsville, AL (US);
Laird Campbell, Laceys Spring, AL (US);
David Preston, Huntsville, AL (US);
Michael Missios, Huntsville, AL (US);
Scott D Sampson, Huntsville, AL (US);
SCI Systems, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
An airline ticket printer includes a thermal printer engine with a platen and a print head. A gap is maintained between the platen and the print head except when a ticket is present for printing. A ticket is fed toward the gap and the feeding of the ticket is sensed. At a timed interval after sensing the feeding of the ticket, the print head is moved toward the platen by a stepper motor so that the ticket is engaged between the print head and the platen.