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US 2018/0022100 A1Published application
Printer with particle diverting
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHuy Le, James D. Plymale, Michael Lee Hilton
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Abstract
A printer includes a print media transport to transport a print media through a print zone, the transport of the print media to produce airborne particles, and a particle diverter to divert the airborne particles away from the print zone from a vicinity of the print media transport.
Claims15
A printer, comprising:
- a print media transport to transport a print media through a print zone, the transport of the print media to produce airborne particles;
- and
- a particle diverter to divert the airborne particles away from the print zone from a vicinity of the print media transport.
A printer, comprising:
- a print engine to print on a print media supported by a platen within a print zone;
- a print media transport to transport the print media through the print zone, the transport of the print media to generate airborne particles;
- and
- at least one opening formed through the platen through which to direct the airborne particles away from the print zone from an area adjacent the print media transport.
1 more element
A method of printing, comprising:
- transporting a print media through a print zone relative to a platen, including producing airborne particles with the transporting;
- and
- diverting the airborne particles away from the print zone from a region of the transporting through at least one opening formed through the platen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.