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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1999
Raymond A. Blanchard, Jr., Dryden, NY (US);
Charles M. Curley, Ithaca, NY (US);
David M. Stewart, Elmira, NY (US);
Paxar Corporation, White Plains, NY (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed an ink jet printer for printing on both sides of a label web. The printer has selectively movable guides which enable the label web to be easily threaded through the printer and which enable the label web to be brought into an operating position for printing and advancing the label web. The printer has individually and selectively removably mounted ink jet print modules to facilitate changing of ink colors, replacing or servicing a malfunctioning print module, and so forth. The ink jet print heads of the modules can be individually selectively moved between printing and stored positions. The unwinding of the label web from the supply roll is facilitated by an unwind mechanism to prevent stretching of the label web. The system for delivering ink and recovering waste ink includes needles for penetrating a cartridge. A guard shields the needles when the module(s) are out of the printer.