Aerosol control in a printer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJames Kearns, Joe Santich
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Abstract
In one example, an aerosol control system for a printer includes an air knife to discharge a sheet of air into a flow of aerosol along a moving print substrate web and a vacuum near the air knife to suck up aerosol from the flow simultaneously with the air knife discharging air into the flow.
Claims15
An aerosol control system for a printer, comprising:
- a vacuum duct through which air may be sucked away from a printed side of a substrate leaving a print zone;
- and
- a pressure duct, distinct from the vacuum duct, through which air may be blown on to the printed side of the substrate leaving the print zone.
An aerosol control system for a printer, comprising:
- an air knife to discharge a sheet of air into a flow of aerosol along a moving print substrate web;
- and
- a vacuum near the air knife to suck up aerosol from the flow simultaneously with the air knife discharging air into the flow.
A process to control aerosol in a printer, comprising simultaneously blowing air on to a printed side of a substrate leaving a print zone and sucking air away from the printed side of the substrate leaving the print zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.