IP Library Granted Patent US 7,611,237
Granted Patent B2
US 7,611,237 · App. 10/962,427 · Granted Nov 3, 2009

Cabinet for a web printing system

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Patent No.
US 7,611,237
App. No.
10/962,427
Granted
Nov 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cabinet for a printing system for producing wallpaper printed on a media web, the cabinet comprising: a support adapted to hold at least one media cartridge, containing the media web, and to hold a printhead; at least one guide to direct the media web past the printhead; a further support adapted to hold at least one ink reservoir in fluid communication with the printhead; at least one module adapted to hold at least one processor; a user interface to forward user instructions to the at least one processor; a drying compartment to dry printed wallpaper; and a receiving stage to receive printed wallpaper onto a roller.

Claims (32)

1. A cabinet for a printing system for printing a consumer selected print on a media web, the cabinet comprising:

a support adapted to hold at least one media cartridge, containing the media web, and to hold a stationary printhead;

at least one guide to direct the media web past the stationary printhead;

a further support adapted to hold at least one ink reservoir in fluid communication with the printhead;

at least one module adapted to hold at least one processor;

a user interface to forward user instructions to the at least one processor;

a drying compartment to dry the printed media web; and

a receiving stage to receive the printed media web onto a driven roller, wherein the media web is fed along a straight media path from the media cartridge past the stationary printhead and through the drying compartment by the driven roller, the drying compartment having a door adjacent the media path, the printed media web extending from the media path as a catenary loop into a cavity of the drying compartment when the door is open.

2. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support is a carousel.

3. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one guide is a pre-heater.

4. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one guide is substantially planar.

5. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the further support holds the at least one ink reservoir at a height greater than the height of the printhead.

6. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the further support includes at least one ink supply tube harness.

7. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each at least one ink reservoir has an ink level monitor.

8. The cabinet as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the ink level monitor is in communication with the at least one processor.

9. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user interface is a touch screen.

10. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cabinet includes a display screen for maintenance work.

11. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drying compartment is positioned intermediate the printhead and the receiving stage.

12. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drying compartment includes an automatically operated door through which the printed media web is received by the drying compartment.

13. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receiving stage is an exterior well.

14. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receiving stage includes a roller driver.

15. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receiving stage is adapted to support a container for the printed media web.

16. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the selected print is a wallpaper pattern such that the printing system produces wallpaper.

17. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the printed media web produced by the printing system comprises:

a media web; and,

a consumer selected print printed on the media web by the wallpaper printing system;

whereby, the selected print is chosen by a consumer using an input device of the printing system, and the wallpaper width is selected by a consumer using the input device; and,

the printing system further comprises:

at least one media cartridge containing a media web;

a printhead extending at least the width of the media web;

at least one processor to control printing by the printhead of the selected print on the media web;

the input device in communication with at least one processor; and, a slitter device to cut the media web to the selected width.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2012
From: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LIMITED AND CLAMATE PTY LIMITED
To: ZAMTEC LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028581/0448 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2004
From: SILVERBROOK, KIA; KING, TOBIN ALLEN
To: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD.
Reel/Frame 015885/0857 →