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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Kevin P Parker, Berkeley, CA (US);
Leo M Fernekes, New York, NY (US);
Stefan Rublowsky, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Scott J Kolb, New York, NY (US);
Christopher S Cosentino, Staten Island, NY (US);
Powis Parker, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);
Abstract
A printer and method of printing on a substrate such a binder strip used for binding a stack of sheets. A platen provides support for the strip, with the strip being supported on the platen at opposite ends by strip supports. A print head mechanism is mounted adjacent the platen so that the mechanism can move relative to the platen. A ribbon having ink is disposed intermediate the print head mechanism and the platen, with a print head controller being provided which causes the print head mechanism to print the desired matter on the substrate.