Vapor manager
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAlan Shibata, Matthew Raisanen, Richard Lee Brinkley
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Abstract
In one example, a system for a vapor manager includes a media guide to receive partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller, and a plurality of apertures through the media guide to direct air on to a first portion of the partially dried inkjet media and direct air away from a second portion of the partially dried inkjet media.
Claims13
A vapor manager, comprising:
- a media guide to receive partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller;
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- a plurality of apertures through the media guide including a first portion of apertures with a first angle to direct air on to a first portion of a first side of the partially dried inkjet media and a second portion of apertures with a second angle to direct the air away from a second portion of the first side of the partially dried inkjet media.
A system for a vapor manager for partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller, comprising:
- a first media guide positioned on a first side of a media pathway to receive partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller, wherein the first media guide comprises a plurality of apertures including a first portion of apertures with a first angle to direct air on the first side of the media pathway and a second portion of apertures with a second angle to direct the air away from the first side of the media pathway;
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- a second media guide positioned on a second side of the media pathway to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the heated pressure roller, wherein the second media guide comprises a plurality of apertures including a third portion of apertures with a third angle to direct air on the second side of the media pathway and a fourth portion of apertures with a fourth angle to direct the air away from the second side of the media pathway.
A system for a vapor manager for partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller, comprising:
- a heated pressure roller to receive partially dried inkjet media at an input and provide the partially dried inkjet media to media pathway at an output;
- a first media guide coupled to the output positioned on a first side of the media pathway to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the heated pressure roller, wherein the first media guide includes a first portion of apertures with a first angle and a second portion of apertures with a second angle;
- a first fan coupled to a first edge of the first media guide to:
- force air in to the first portion of apertures between the partially dried inkjet media and the first media guide;
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- force the air out of the second portion of the apertures between the partially dried inkjet media and the first media guide;
- a second media guide positioned on a second side of the media pathway to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the heated pressure roller, wherein the second media guide includes a third portion of apertures with a third angle and a fourth portion of apertures with a fourth angle;
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- a second fan coupled to a second edge of the second media guide to:
- force air in to the third portion of apertures between the partially dried inkjet media and the second media guide;
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- force the air out of the fourth portion of the apertures between the partially dried inkjet media and the second media guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.