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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
May. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Leys, Kontich, BE;
Danny Verbeek, Heist op den Berg, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
40012016 ; 40012017 ; 347197 ; 347198 ;
Abstract
Thermal printer with a thermal head including an array of juxtaposed heating elements for line-wise heating a sheet to produce an image, and a rotatable printing drum for conveying the sheet past the thermal head while the thermal head is biased towards the printing drum, which is provided with a rotatable cam and a reference face for adjusting the position of the thermal head with respect to the printing drum.