Mark mitigating device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAlbert Estella, Marta Tua Sarda, Bhishma Hernandez Martinez
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Abstract
A mark mitigating device for a printing device has a protector sheet to cover ribs of a printer platen of the printer device to prevent the ribs from causing marks on print media. The mark mitigating device further has a fixing system to fixate the mark mitigating device relative to the printer platen. The protector sheet has an opening to pass through vacuum applied by the printer platen to attract print media.
Claims14
A mark mitigating device for a printing device, the mark mitigating device comprising:
- a protector sheet to cover ribs of a printer platen of the printer device to prevent the ribs from causing marks on print media and
- a fixing system to fixate the mark mitigating device relative to the printer platen, wherein
- the protector sheet comprises an opening to pass through a vacuum applied by the printer platen to attract print media.
A printer device comprising:
- a printer platen, wherein the printer platen comprises holes to apply a vacuum to attract print media and ribs to support print media;
- and
- a mark mitigating device, wherein the mark mitigating device comprises a protector sheet to cover the ribs to prevent the ribs from causing marks on print media and a fixing system to fixate the mark mitigating device relative to the printer platen.
A method of installing a mark mitigation device on a printer device, wherein
- the printer device comprises a printer platen, wherein the printer platen comprises holes to apply a vacuum to attract print media, and ribs to support print media;
- the mark mitigating device comprises a protector sheet to cover the ribs to prevent the ribs from causing marks on print media and a fixing system to fixate the mark mitigating device relative to the printer platen, wherein the protector sheet comprises an opening to pass through the vacuum applied by the printer platen to attract print media;
- wherein
- the method comprises:
- situating the protector sheet over the printer platen, and
- fixating the protector sheet relative to the printer platen with the fixing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.