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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:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2001
Hendricus G. J. Boerstal, Helden, NL;
Paul Ewald Hilkens, Roermond, NL;
Jeroen J. G. Coenen, Sevenum, NL;
OCE Technologies B.V., Venlo, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a printer comprising a printhead fixed on a scanning carriage, movement structure to move the scanning carriage and a receiving material with respect to one another in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, substantially perpendicularly to the main scanning direction, and a guide structure to guide the scanning carriage in the main scanning direction. The printer also comprises a displacement structure to displace the scanning carriage automatically with respect to the guide structure during the movement of the scanning carriage in the main scanning direction.