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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1997
Philip A Rombult, Bradford, MA (US);
Akim Lennhoff, Cambridge, MA (US);
G Bradley Mills, Westford, MA (US);
Norman F Rolfe, Carlisle, MA (US);
Agfa Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
An imaging system is provided for imaging media of differing widths while supported at an imaging position on a support surfaces. The system includes a loading device configured to move the medium to be imaged along the support surface to the imaging position. During loading, the leading edge of the medium, which extends across the medium width and substantially perpendicular to a direction of movement of the medium, moves in a direction towards a registration device. The registration device is contacted by the leading edge of the medium during loading so as to position the medium in the imaging position on the support surface. A drive mechanism is provided to move the regristration pin, typically prior to loading of the medium, to a position which corresponds to the particular width of the medium to be imaged.