Carbon filament lamp array

A drying system for drying a liquid ink on a media in a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus comprising a transport system arranged to move the media through the printing apparatus in a process direction, the drying system comprising:

• a plurality of lamps, each lamp of the plurality of lamps having a longitudinal axis arranged in a direction parallel to the process direction and adjacent to the transport system;
• a cooling plenum arranged elevationally above and adjacent to the plurality of lamps;
• an exhaust skirt arranged adjacent to the cooling plenum;
• and,
• a perforated plate comprising a plurality of through holes and arranged between the plurality of lamps and the cooling plenum,
• wherein the plurality of lamps are equidistantly positioned substantially across a cross process distance of the transport system, and
• wherein the cooling plenum forms a drying region below the plurality of lamps and air passing from the cooling plenum through the perforated plate is distributed about the drying region.

A lamp array for drying a liquid ink on a web in a printing apparatus, the web moving through the printing apparatus in a process direction, the lamp array comprising:

• a plurality of lamps, each lamp of the plurality of lamps having a longitudinal axis arranged in a direction parallel to the process direction and in a region within the printing apparatus adjacent to the web;
• and,
• a perforated plate comprising a plurality of through holes and arranged between the plurality of lamps and a cooling plenum,
• wherein the plurality of lamps are equidistantly positioned substantially across a cross process distance of the region, and
• wherein the cooling plenum forms a drying region below the plurality of lamps and air passing from the cooling plenum through the perforated plate is distributed about the drying region.