Dryer system to cool printer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRobert Yraceburu, William Winters, Timothy Jacob Luedeman
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Abstract
A printer including a print bar and a dryer system. The print bar operates to deposit printing material in accordance with a print job. The dryer system operates to intake and heat air from an internal region in which one or more electrical components of the printer are located. The dryer system directs the heated air through multiple outlets that are acutely angled with respect to a location or media of deposited printing material, to dry the printing material while cooling the internal region of the printer.
Claims15
A printer comprising:
- a print bar assembly to deposit printing material in accordance with a print job;
- and
- a dryer system to intake and heat air from an internal region of the printer in which one or more electrical components of the printer are located, the dryer system to direct the heated air through multiple outlets that are acutely angled with respect to media of deposited printing material to dry the printing material while cooling the internal region of the printer.
A method of operating a printer, the method comprising:
- depositing ink on a media in accordance with a print job;
- and
- drying the ink on the media by intaking air from an internal region in which one or more electrical components of the printer are located, heating the air, and directing the heated air through multiple outlets that are acutely angled with respect to a path of travel of the media, to dry the ink while cooling the internal region of the printer.
A dryer system comprising:
- an intake system within a frame of a printer to intake air from an internal region of the printer in which one or more electrical components of the printer are located;
- a heating element to heat the intaked air;
- and
- multiple outlets that are acutely angled with respect to media, the individual outlets to directionally output the heated air in a direction that at least partially coincides with a path of travel of the media to dry ink on the media while cooling the internal region of the printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.