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Jul 28, 2015 16:15
8 yrs ago
Italian term

ponte di stampa

Italian to English Tech/Engineering Printing & Publishing Printer/plotter
This term appears in the installation manual of a large scale laser-jet printer (I think it is used to print blueprints)):

"Area di stampa libera dall'ingombro del ponte di stampa la stampa comunque è effettuata per 210 cm in continuo."

The "ponte di stampa" looks like a "bridge" that spans the printing area. My tentative translation is "printing head." Is there a different term?

All suggestions are welcome.
Proposed translations (English)
4 printing bridge
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Marco Solinas (asker) Jul 30, 2015:
To Barbara Barbara: you suggested the answer and you deserve the points. If you enter the answer, I will select it as the most useful and give the points to you.
Pompeo Lattanzi Jul 28, 2015:
as far as I know the printing head is a squarish box running up and down the "bridge". The ink actually comes out of a series of nozzles in the printing head, facing downwards, towards the printing material. Therefore the head is quite a different piece from the bridge. I confirm Barbara's suggestion.
NB It's irrelevant here, but if you were dealing with rotogravure printing, the "bridge" would be altogether another thing.

Proposed translations

3 hrs

printing bridge

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Note from asker:
Barbara Carrara gave this answer long before you in a reference. I am waiting for her to enter it as an answer in order to enter it in the glossary and give the points to her. She deserves them.
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Reference comments

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Looks like you got it.
This comes from the description of a screen printing machine.

'Testata e ponte di stampa

Il ponte di stampa azionato dal motore principale, si muove su manicotti scorrevoli lungo alberi cromati di progettazione interna e garantisce movimenti estremamente lineari e privi di vibrazioni a qualsiasi velocità.'
http://www.cmpforni.com/argonht/index.php?mod=speedomat&lang...

'Printing haed [sic] and printing bridge

The printing bridge, driven by the main motor, slides along chrome shafts of our design by means of smooth running sleeves. It grants extremely even and vibration-free movements regardless of the working speed.'
http://www.cmpforni.com/argonht/index.php?mod=speedomat&lang...

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-07-28 17:18:47 GMT)
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Prego, Marco!

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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-07-28 19:33:10 GMT)
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Thanks, Marco, but the reason I entered this as a reference comment was to corroborate your own suggestion. Cheers, b

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Note added at 2 days12 hrs (2015-07-31 04:30:25 GMT)
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Marco. Thanks again. And again, YOU found your own answer before anybody else, so...
Have a lovely day and a glorious weekend!
Note from asker:
Thank you Barbara. This seems pertinent.
Barbara: if you enter it as an answer, I can put it in the glossary.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree NICOLAE CIPRIAN BERCHISAN
1 hr
Grazie
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