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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1996
Michael W Raymond, Bolton, CT (US);
Damian P Bianchi, Durham, CT (US);
Accent Color Sciences, Inc., East Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
An accent color printer for printing on a continuous web of material has spaced apart drums, and a flexible continuous belt positioned around the drums. The belt defines a transport path having an arcuate portion at one of the drums. A platen cooperates with the belt to define a curvilinear print region for said transport path. An input module positions a continuous web onto the moving belt. Print heads positioned adjacent the belt print accent colors onto the web at the print region. An outfeed module removes the web from the belt at arcuate portion of the transport path and tensions the removed web whereby the web forms a capstan wrap with the belt at the arcuate portion of the transport path. The capstan wrap results in the tension in the web at the printer region being increased from the tension in the web removed from the belt.