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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Inventors:

Matthias H. Regelsberger, Rochester, NY (US);

Karlheinz Peter, Molfsee, DE;

Gary Alan Kneezel, Webster, NY (US);

Assignee:

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01); B41J 11/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/04 (2013.01); B41J 11/005 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 15/005 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printing system including a plurality of printheads for printing on a web of media traveling along a web transport path, at least one of the printheads being configured to print at first and second print lines. A plurality of web transport rollers guide the web of media along the web transport path. At least some of the plurality of web transport rollers are constrained to have a roller circumference that is substantially equal to an integer fraction of a span of the web of media along the web transport path between two successive print locations in successive print heads. A span extension member provides an increased span of the web of media between the first and second print lines in a particular printhead such that the increased span is an integer multiple of the roller circumferences of the constrained web transport rollers.


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