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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1995
David J Rother, Hastings, MN (US);
John S Lee, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Terence J Schmidt, St. Paul, MN (US);
Donald Hollerich, Edina, MN (US);
Robert L Skubic, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Eric Laveen, Eagan, MN (US);
Rimage Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A printer for printing graphic and alphanumeric information on plastic disks utilizing a printhead having a line array of print pixels. The printhead is pivotally mounted and has an adjustable force mechanism to urge the line array of print pixels into contact with a plastic disk; the plastic disk is mounted on a movable carriage which linearly passes beneath the printhead and the adjustable force mechanism exerts a variable force which is a function of the position of the disk beneath the printhead.