Platen with diagonal substrate support surfaces
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJesus García Maza, David Claramunt Morera, Antonio Hinojosa Trigo, Daniel Gutiérrez Garcia
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Abstract
In one example, a platen for supporting a print substrate includes multiple support surfaces that together define the full extent of a substrate support area of the platen. Each support surface is oriented parallel to other support surfaces along a line that is oblique to a direction the print substrate is to pass over the support surfaces when the platen is in use in a printer or other liquid dispenser.
Claims14
A platen for supporting a print substrate, the platen comprising multiple support surfaces that together define the full extent of a substrate support area of the platen, each support surface oriented parallel to other support surfaces along a line that is oblique to a direction the print substrate is to pass over the support surfaces when the platen is in use in a printer or other liquid dispenser.
A platen for supporting a print substrate in an inkjet printer, the platen comprising multiple ribs arranged diagonally across a substrate support area with respect to a substrate direction such that each part of an image printed on the substrate is printed at a high point where the substrate is closest to a printhead, at a low point where the substrate is furthest from the printhead, and at a mid-point between the high and low points.
A vacuum platen for supporting a print substrate, comprising:
- a base;
- multiple ribs protruding from the base;
- each rib oriented parallel to other ribs along a diagonal with respect to a direction the print substrate is to pass over the ribs;
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- multiple openings in the base between every pair of adjacent ribs to establish low pressure between the base and a substrate supported on the ribs when the platen is in use in a printer or other liquid dispenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.