PRINTING SYSTEM WITH FIXED PRINTHEADS AND MOVABLE VACUUM PLATEN

A printing system that has a printhead assembly having a staggered array of printheads that overlap each other to collectively span a media path, a drive roller for feeding media along a media path and a vacuum platen assembly comprising a fixed vacuum platen and a plurality of movable modules embed...

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Hauptverfasser: KIRK, PATRICK, ZECH, RON, ROSATI, ROBERT, REGAS, KENNETH A, HUNT, LOREN, DENNIS, SCOTT, TONTHAT, LOCSON, BOUND, ANDY, PETCH, DAVID, DOHERTY, NEIL, BUYDA, ANDREW, BUYDA, OKSANA, BURNEY, DAVID, CRESSMAN, BILL, DEWEY, JASON, JONES, BEN, TRINCHERA, JIM, SYKORA, JIM
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A printing system that has a printhead assembly having a staggered array of printheads that overlap each other to collectively span a media path, a drive roller for feeding media along a media path and a vacuum platen assembly comprising a fixed vacuum platen and a plurality of movable modules embedded in the fixed vacuum platen, each module having a vacuum platen configured for alignment with a corresponding one of the array of printheads, wherein the fixed vacuum platen is positioned adjacent a section of the media path defining a print zone.