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US 2022/0288951 A1Published application
Print apparatus
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsIsidoro Maya Agudo, Marcel Llorach To, Eduardo Martin Orue
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed comprising a print engine in a print zone. A platen opposes the print engine to support print media. The platen includes a plurality of openings in communication with at least one vacuum source. The platen includes a non-vacuum region, comprising a surface devoid of openings in communication with the at least one vacuum source. The non-vacuum region underlies at least a portion of the print zone.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a print engine in a print zone;
- a platen opposing the print engine to support print media, the platen including a plurality of openings in communication with at least one vacuum source;
- and wherein
- the platen includes a non-vacuum region, comprising a surface devoid of openings in communication with the at least one vacuum source, the non-vacuum region underlying at least a portion of the print zone.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a print engine in a print zone;
- a platen opposing the print engine to support print media;
- a vacuum system to hold print media relative to the platen, the vacuum system comprising:
- a vacuum source;
- and
- a plurality of vacuum openings in communication with the source and extending to a surface of the platen to apply the vacuum to print media;
- and wherein
- the vacuum openings comprise a first array of vacuum openings and a second array of vacuum opening, the first and second arrays being separated by a non-vacuum region, the non-vacuum region being aligned with the print zone.
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A printer comprising:
- a print engine in a print zone;
- a platen opposing the print engine to support print media, the platen including a plurality of openings in communication with at least one vacuum source;
- an airflow system to provide a flow of air through the print zone between the platen and the print engine;
- and wherein
- the platen includes a non-vacuum region, comprising a surface devoid of openings in communication with the at least one vacuum source, the non-vacuum region being within the print zone to reduce local interaction between the vacuum and the flow of air from the airflow system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.