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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2005
Frank J. H. Nottelman, Belfeld, NL;
Barry B. Goeree, Venlo, NL;
Henk-jan Zwiers, Venlo, NL;
Bas W. J. J. A. Van Dorp, Eindhoven, NL;
Luc G. T. Dircks, Leunen, NL;
Frank J. H. Nottelman, Belfeld, NL;
Barry B. Goeree, Venlo, NL;
Henk-Jan Zwiers, Venlo, NL;
Bas W. J. J. A. Van Dorp, Eindhoven, NL;
Luc G. T. Dircks, Leunen, NL;
OCE' -Technologies B.V., Venlo, NL;
Abstract
A printer including: a frame, a bearing assembly mounted to said frame, a platen rotatably supported in the bearing assembly for advancing a sheet of a recording medium, a guide rail mounted to the frame and extending in parallel with an axial direction (Y) of the platen, a ruler extending in parallel with the guide rail, a carriage driven to reciprocate along the guide rail and carrying a printhead, and a detector arranged to detect the position of the carriage relative to the ruler, wherein, in said axial direction (Y), the ruler is rigidly fixed at a location of the bearing assembly independently of the guide rail.