System and method for adjusting ink drying level during a printing process
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMark Sandler, Shai Lior
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Abstract
A system for adjusting air supply applied to evaporate carrier liquid during a one shot process printing job, comprises at least one air supply unit, at least one air knife unit configured for directing air toward at least a separation of the image, wherein each separation includes a single color of a plurality of colors used to form the full colored image, and controller configured for adjusting at least one air supply parameter between separations.
Claims20
A system for adjusting air supply applied to evaporate carrier liquid during a one shot process printing job, comprising:
- at least one air supply unit;
- at least one air knife unit configured for directing air toward at least a separation of the image, wherein each separation includes a single color of a plurality of colors used to form the full colored image;
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- a controller configured for adjusting at least one air supply parameter between separations.
A method adjusting air supply applied to evaporate carrier liquid during a one shot process printing job, the method comprising:
- sensing printing parameters;
- and
- selectively adjusting the air flow directed to individual image separations during printing of a job based on the printing parameters of the image, wherein each separation includes a single color of a plurality of colors used to form the full colored image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.