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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Frances H. Benton, Keene, NH (US);
Peter Carey Landers, Marlborough, NH (US);
Mark Rapposelli, Peterborough, NH (US);
Simon Starkey, Ashby de la Zouch, GB;
Frances H. Benton, Keene, NH (US);
Peter Carey Landers, Marlborough, NH (US);
Mark Rapposelli, Peterborough, NH (US);
Simon Starkey, Ashby de la Zouch, GB;
Markem-Imaje Limited, Nottingham, GB;
Abstract
A printing apparatus including a printhead for transferring ink from a ribbon to a substrate to be printed, a print roller for guiding the substrate to be printed, a peel-off roller for separating the ribbon from the substrate, downstream of the printhead, wherein a peel-off angle is subtended between a portion of ribbon which, when the printing apparatus is in use, extends between the printhead and the peel-off roller and a tangent to the print roller at a contact point on the circumference of the print roller, and a printhead angle is subtended between a part of the printhead which transfers ink from the ribbon to the substrate and a radius of the print roller at the contact point, and wherein the printhead angle is adjustable in accordance with the speed of the ribbon relative to the printing apparatus.