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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1996
Richard Lewis, Sant Cugat del Valle, ES;
Antonio Hinojosa, Sant Cugat del Valle, ES;
Richard Meyer, Alfred, ME (US);
Cheryl Kisicki, Grand Island, NY (US);
Jennifer P Palmatier, Milton Mills, NH (US);
Joaquim Brugue, Sant Cugat del Valle, ES;
Xavier Regue, Sant Cugat del Valle, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A removable roll-feed apparatus that is removably attachable to a printer/plotter. Inexpensive printer/plotters will have the option of the attachment of a simple, but yet reliable, roll-feed apparatus which is easily attached to the printer/plotter without requiring any special training or dexterity on the part of an operator. Datum points and surfaces are provided to locate the printer/plotter in the X, Y and Z-directions, and when the roll-feed apparatus is attached to the printer/plotter, an operator will have the option of feeding the printer/plotter with roll media or single sheet media. Having the roll-feed apparatus attached to the printer/plotter does not restrict single sheet feeding. The roll-feed apparatus also provides a media self-alignment feature and a simple, but effective, hand-operated cutting apparatus to separate completed plots from the printer/plotter.