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US 12,552,181 B2Granted
Inkjet printer with image dryer for improving ink image quality in an aqueous inkjet printer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDouglas K. Herrmann, Seemit Praharaj, Jason M. LeFevre, Varun S. Sambhy, Palghat Ramesh, Anthony S. Condello
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Abstract
An inkjet printer has an image dryer that moves printed media sheets vertically through the dryer from an entrance to the image dryer to an exit from the image dryer that is higher than the entrance. The vertical configuration of the image dryer enables the inkjet printer to increase the dwell time of the printed sheets in the image dryer without increasing a footprint of the inkjet printer.
Claims20
An image dryer for an inkjet printer comprising:
- a housing having a first opening configured to receive media sheets from a media conveyor and a second opening that is vertically displaced from the first opening at a position that is higher than the first opening;
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- a media conveyor configured to move the received media sheets within the housing from the first opening to the second opening, the media conveyor comprising a plurality of shelves, each shelf of the plurality of shelves configured to engage at least one endless belt so the plurality of shelves follow a path of rotation for the at least one endless belt.
An inkjet printer comprising:
- at least one printhead;
- a media transport for moving a media sheet through a print zone opposite the at least one printhead in a process direction;
- an image dryer that follows the at least one printhead in the process direction, the image dryer having:
- a housing having a first opening configured to receive media sheets from a media conveyor and a second opening that is vertically displaced from the first opening at a position that is higher than the first opening;
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- a media conveyor configured to move the received media sheets from the first opening to the second opening within the housing, the media conveyor comprising a plurality of shelves configured to retain the media sheets in a horizontal position and to move the media sheets from the first opening to the second opening within the housing.
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