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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pushpavadan S Nagarsheth, Danbury, CT (US);
Donald T Dolan, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 91 ; 101 92 ; 347 41 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for printing images. An ink jet printhead forms an image on a transfer roller for transfer to a substrate. The substrate can be an envelope and the image can be a postal indicia. Portions of the image can be interleaved during successive revolutions of the transfer roller to increase the horizontal and/or vertical resolution of the image. A mechanism is provided to deflect the substrate away from the transfer roller after the image is printed so that formation of a new image can begin before the substrate has cleared the print station.