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US 2018/0022127 A1Published application
Discharge of heated fluid from a printer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsFrancesc Roure Pastor, Santiago Forcada, David Soriano Fosas
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a processor to provide a control Signal for a printhead of a printer and a housing including a cavity. The processor is arranged in the cavity. The apparatus has a first opening and a second opening in the housing and in communication with the cavity. The first opening receives a first part of a fluid flow passing the housing, and the second opening discharges heated fluid from the cavity.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor to provide a control signal for a printhead of a printer;
- a housing including a cavity, the processor arranged in the cavity;
- a first opening in the housing and in communication with the cavity, the first opening to receive a first part of a fluid flow passing the housing;
- and
- a second opening in the housing and in communication with the cavity, the second opening to discharge heated fluid from the cavity.
2 more elements
A page wide array printer, comprising:
- a printer chassis including an apparatus and a print zone, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a processor to provide a control signal for a printhead of a printer,
- a housing including a cavity, the processor arranged in the cavity,
- a first opening in the housing and in communication with the cavity, the first opening to receive a first part of a fluid flow passing the housing, and
- a second opening in the housing and in communication with the cavity, the second opening to discharge heated fluid from the cavity;
- a printhead removable mounted to the printer chassis between the apparatus and the print zone;
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- an aerosol fan mounted to the printer chassis such that the apparatus and the printhead are arranged between the print zone and the aerosol fan.
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A carriage printer, comprising:
- a carriage movable in a carriage scan direction that is substantially perpendicular to an advance direction of a print target;
- an apparatus mounted to the carriage, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a processor to provide a control signal for a printhead of a printer,
- a housing including a cavity, the processor arranged in the cavity,
- a first opening in the housing and in communication with the cavity, the first opening to receive a first part of a fluid flow passing the housing, and
- a second opening in the housing and in communication with the cavity, the second opening to discharge heated fluid from the cavity;
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- a printhead removable mounted to the carriage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.