SECTION 4 - TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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SmartDate 5 08/08
A stepper motor is used to drive a toothed drive belt around two geared pulley's,
one of which is used to tension the belt.
This drive belt is connected to the shuttle carriage.
When the ribbon cassette is inserted into the printer body, the drive shafts of the
shuttle are engaged into the two bushed holes in the shuttle carriage.
The ribbon shuttle is then driven backward and forward along the linear slide.
During printing the ribbon is required to accelerate up to the same speed as the
moving substrate before printing can take place.
Printing occurs when the substrate is in motion.
The unique Markem.Imaje shuttle drive system allows the SmartDate 5s to
achieve very high operating speeds on continuous running substrates.
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