Method and flatbed printer for creating prints on

专利名称：Method and flatbed printer for creating

prints on pieces of media having a differentthickness

发明人：Anne A. Wind申请号：US15450774申请日：20170306公开号：US09931872B2公开日：20180403

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摘要：A method for printing by means of a flatbed printer including a flatbed surfacefor placing a plurality of pieces of media to be printed upon, the plurality of pieces of

media having different thicknesses, a control unit for controlling the printing of digitalimages on the plurality of pieces of media, a gantry constructed to move over the flatbedsurface in a first direction and extending in a second direction, a print head configured toeject recording material on the plurality of pieces of media and attached to the gantry,the method including the steps of dividing the flatbed surface into a plurality of stripsextending in the second direction over a length of the flatbed surface in the seconddirection, storing a position of each of the plurality of strips in storage of the control unit,for each strip coupling in storage a thickness range to the strip, the thickness rangeincluding a maximum allowed thickness for a piece of media to be placed in the strip onthe flatbed surface and a minimum allowed thickness for a piece of media to be printedupon when placed in the strip on the flatbed surface, establishing a position of each pieceof media of the plurality of pieces of media in the appropriate strip according to thethickness of the piece of media, moving the print head over the flatbed surface, andejecting the recording material on the plurality of pieces of media when moving the printhead over the flatbed surface, wherein upon the print head reaching a strip when movingover the flatbed surface, adapting the distance from the print head to the flatbed surfaceaccording to the thickness range coupled to the strip.

申请人：Océ-Technologies B.V.

地址：Venlo NL

国籍：NL

代理机构：Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

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