Apparatus for printing images on booklets
CA 2032341 A1 · Owner: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · Inventors: Higuchi, Kazuhiko; Hirahara, Shuzo; Iwamoto, Akito
Overview
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An apparatus for printing images on a booklet comprises, first and second paired pinch rollers for conveying pages of the opened booklet to a printing head, located between these paired pinch rollers a, rotatable platen opposed to the printing head and located between the paired pinch rollers guide plate, for guiding one page of the opened booklet to the platen, and a press member for fixing the free end of the one page to the platen. The second paired rollers hold the other page of the booklet but may slipe the page when the free end of the one page is fixed onto the platen thereby adding tension to the other page of the booklet as the platen is rotated. The layout of the recorded images …
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- Filed December 14, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 14, 2010.
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