Wrinkle elimination for solid inkjet web printer

A solid inkjet web printer for reducing wrinkles on a web comprising;

• a solid ink jet engine for jetting a patterned layer of solid jettable ink against a printed portion of the web;
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• a system having a processor, and a spreader, the spreader having a pressure roller and a spreader roller wherein at least one is comformable forming a nip and means for adjusting the force applied at the nip;
• the processor causing the adjustment of the force applied by the pressure and spreader rollers to the printed portion on the web when the web is in the nip to spread the printed portion on the web;
• and causing the spreader to reduce the force when the non-image portion is in the nip;
• and a sensor for providing a signal to the processor indicating the location of the image and non-image portions of the web and the processor responding to the signal for causing the force adjusting means to reduce the force at the nip when the non-image portion is in the nip.