Ink jet printer for photographic printing, has intermediate arrangement for transporting paper to holder-transport device before printing transferring paper to second transport roller

摘要

Printer has arrangement to transport paper to holder-transport device () before printing. It moves holder-transport device during initial printing phase to second transport roller (28) and transfers paper to second transport roller and cutter (59''). Controller (54) applies digital mask corresponding to edges of image to control coverage of vacuum paper support. The printer has at least one paper supply roller (12), a measurement roller (18) between first and second transport rollers (16,28'), a rear side printer (26), a vacuum paper support (31'), a color ink jet head (36) over the vacuum paper support, and an image sensor (46) for detecting the edges of the paper path. A controller (54) applies a digital mask corresponding to the edges to the recently acquired image to control coverage of the vacuum paper support, and a paper holder transport device and a drier (48) are provided. An arrangement is provided for transporting the paper to the holder-transport device before printing, moving the holder-transport device during an initial printing phase to the second transport roller and transferring the paper to the second transport roller and a cutter (59'').