US Patent Issued to ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING on Oct. 21 for "Method and apparatus for printing on non-planar beds" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,760, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING INC. (Londonderry, N.H.).

"Method and apparatus for printing on non-planar beds" was invented by Marco Serafini (Bergamo, Italy) and Ernesto Propersi Sterbiati (Grassobbio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer includes a convex printing bed that is configured to hold a medium. A printer carriage is operable to swipe back and forth across the medium along a linear axis. A set of printing heads jet ink on the medium. The set of printing heads is secured to and moved along the linear axis by the carriage. At least two rails support the print carriage and to guide ...