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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1998
Noel L Reyner, Hilton, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A printer to print images on a continuous web. The printer has a print station at which the images are printed on the web. A web transport transports the web in a lengthwise direction through the print station. The web transport including a slack loop station having a web feeder and a web receiver. These are spaced apart from one another to transport a web in the lengthwise direction while establishing a web slack loop therebetween which extends in a first direction. The web transport also includes a web proximity sensor which is directed along the first direction to measure a distance between the sensor and the slack loop. A method of printing images on a continuous web is also provided.