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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
Randy Quinn Jones, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carl Eric Youngberg, Mapleton, UT (US);
Clayton Grant Gardner, Alamo, CA (US);
Robert Steven Struk, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas John Lugaresi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Ralph Thompson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
George Lynn Bradshaw, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Charles Brick, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jan Eugene Unter, Alamo, CA (US);
Randy Quinn Jones, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carl Eric Youngberg, Mapleton, UT (US);
Clayton Grant Gardner, Alamo, CA (US);
Robert Steven Struk, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas John Lugaresi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Ralph Thompson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
George Lynn Bradshaw, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Charles Brick, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jan Eugene Unter, Alamo, CA (US);
Elesys, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for printing onto a rotating media is described. According to one embodiment, the printing system includes a print head that is laterally displaced from a radial printing radius, a rotating mechanism to rotate the media, and a controller to print onto an annular print area. The annular print area is defined by an inner hub circumference, two lines substantially parallel to the radial printing radius and tangential to the inner hub circumference, and an outer edge of the media. The print head moves about the annular print area by one or more motion mechanism and prints images onto the media.