Universal ribbon cartridge for high-speed printers
CA 1316137 C · Owner: Genicom Corporation · Inventors: Johenning, Leon C. Ii; Furrow, Edward D.
Overview
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The present invention relates to print ribbon delivery systems for printers. More particularly the, present invention relates to replaceable ribbon cartridges containing a supply of print ribbon (e.g. a reusable fabric or a one-time-use carbon ribbon bearing a print vehicle such as pigments dyes, etc.), for delivery to the print head of a high-speed printer. Early high-speed printers and typewriters used separate ribbon spools mounted on different spindles to store unused inked ribbon, deliver ribbon to the printing mechanism, and take up used ribbon. Ribbon cartridges have now largely replaced the multiple-spool arrangements. Because a ribbon cartridge contains most of the print ribbon …
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- Granted April 13, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 13, 2010.
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