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US 2003/0142187 A1Published application
Scanning carriage heat applicator
OwnerSteven B. Elgee, Geoff Wotton +1inventors
InventorsSteven B. Elgee, Geoff Wotton, David E. Smith
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Abstract
An inkjet printing mechanism includes a media support holding media in a printzone and a carriage scanning an inkjet printhead across the printzone. A heating element is supported by the carriage and moves relative to the media.
Claims42
An inkjet printing mechanism, comprising:
- a media support which supports print media in a printzone;
- a carriage which scans an inkjet printhead across the printzone;
- and
- a heating element supported by the carriage.
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An inkjet printing mechanism comprising:
- a printzone;
- a first carriage located on a first side of said printzone, said first carriage supporting an inkjet printhead and a first heater element portion;
- and
- a second carriage located on a second side of said printzone, said second carriage holding a second heater element portion, said first and second heater element portions forming a heater element.
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A method of applying print imaging by ink droplet deposition on media and drying said print imaging, the method comprising the steps:
- reciprocating a carriage across a printzone;
- projecting from said carriage ink droplets as said print imaging;
- and
- projecting from said carriage radiant energy applied as heat energy to said media.
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A printing method, comprising:
- placing media in a printzone for print imaging;
- reciprocating a carriage across said printzone;
- projecting from said carriage ink droplets as said print imaging;
- and
- projecting from said carriage radiant energy applied as heat energy to said media.
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A printing method, comprising:
- applying ink having an evaporatable component to a print media;
- and
- thereafter, moving a heat zone across said media to accelerate evaporation of said evaporatable component.
An inkjet printing mechanism comprising:
- means for reciprocating a carriage relative to a printzone;
- printing means for applying print imaging to media in said printzone and supported by said carriage means;
- and
- means for applying heat energy to said media and supported by said carriage means.
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An inkjet printing mechanism comprising:
- a reciprocating printing device projecting ink droplets therefrom along a print swath, said print swath having a print swath height;
- and
- a reciprocating heating element projecting energy therefrom and applied as heat energy to media adjacent thereto along a heat swath height, said heat swath height being greater than said print swath height whereby print imaging produced by said ink droplets receives said heat energy through at least a first and second reciprocation of said heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.