Tensioning print media
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsIgor Dobkin, Yuval Dim
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Abstract
A method of tensioning multiple webs of print media for a web printer is presented. The method comprises the steps of: feeding each print media web through a print media feeding path of the web printer; and attaching one or more tensioning weights to each print media web so as to impart a tension in each print media web. The total weight value of the one or more tensioning weights attached to each web of print media is substantially the same so that the tension imparted in each print media web is substantially equal.
Claims10
A method of tensioning multiple webs of print media for a web printer, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- feeding each print media web through a print media feeding path of the web printer;
- attaching one or more tensioning weights to each print media web so as to impart a tension in each print media web,
- wherein the total weight value of the one or more tensioning weights attached to each web of print media is substantially the same so that the tension imparted in each print media web is substantially equal.
A device adapted to tension a print media web for a web printer comprising:
- a tensioning weight adapted to be releasably attached to the print media web, and
- first and second parts adapted to sandwich the print media web therebetween when attached to the print media web, wherein the first and second parts are adapted to be magnetically attracted to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.