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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Richard Baker, West Lebanon, NH (US);
Walter Clinton Dodd, Springfield, VT (US);
Inventors:
Richard Baker, West Lebanon, NH (US);
Walter Clinton Dodd, Springfield, VT (US);
Assignee:
Dimatix, Inc., Lebanon, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/308 (2006.01); B41J 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printing apparatus comprises a jetting assembly including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting droplets on a substrate moving relative to the jetting assembly, a mechanism for increasing the displacement of the jetting assembly relative to the substrate, and a sensor configured to activate the mechanism for increasing the displacement of the jetting assembly upon detecting a predetermined dimension of the substrate surface relative to the jetting assembly.