Steam treatment device comprising a conveyor for print media
AssigneeCanon Production Printing Holding B.V.
InventorsStan H.P. Kersten, Johannes Regler, Marcel O.E. Demandt
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Abstract
Deformation is reduced or prevented in a printed print medium during steam treatment by a print medium treatment device for a printer. The print medium treatment device includes a steam treatment unit for treating a first side of a print medium with steam, the steam treatment unit including a steam generator connectable to a steam chamber; and a conveyor for transporting the print medium through the steam chamber. The conveyor includes a holding device for engaging a second side of the print medium opposite the first side, such that the print medium is flattened against the conveyor.
Claims18
A print medium treatment device for a printer comprising:
- a steam treatment unit for treating a first side of a print medium with steam, the steam treatment unit comprising a steam generator connectable to a steam chamber;
- a conveyor for transporting the print medium through the steam chamber, the conveyor comprising a holding device for engaging a second side of the print medium opposite the first side, such that the print medium is flattened against the conveyor;
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- wherein the holding device is positioned partially within the conveyor.
A print medium treatment device for a printer comprising:
- a steam treatment unit for treating a first side of a print medium with steam, the steam treatment unit comprising a steam generator connectable to a steam chamber;
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- a conveyor for transporting the print medium through the steam chamber, the conveyor comprising a holding device for engaging a second side of the print medium opposite the first side, such that the print medium is flattened against the conveyor,
- wherein the conveyor defines a substantially flat medium support plane, and
- wherein the second side of the print medium faces the medium support plane when the print medium is on the conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.