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B41J 32/00 (2006.01) B41J 32/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1316137
UNIVERSAL RIBBON CARTRIDGE FOR HIGH-SPEED PRINTERS S P E C I F I C A T I O N 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 (both used and unused) within the same enclosure, the possibility that the ribbon will contact undesirable objects (e.g., the clothing or skin of the person handling the cartridge, parts of the printing mechanism, or the print surface) is minimized. Moreover, ribbon replacement is simple with a ribbon cartridge -- the old cartridge is simply disengaged from and lifted out of the printer and a new cartridge is installed in its place (a printer designed to use ribbon cartridges typically defines an
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Furrow Edward D.
Johenning Leon C. II
Baker Harold C.
Furrow Edward D.
Genicom Corporation
Johenning Leon C. II
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