Typewriting machines – Sheet or web – Including friction-feed means
Patent
1993-04-30
1995-03-21
Wiecking, David A.
Typewriting machines
Sheet or web
Including friction-feed means
101488, 347102, B41F 2304
Patent
active
053990390
ABSTRACT:
An ink-jet printer having improved print quality and full color printing capability on plain paper media. To accommodate placement of both input and output media trays on the same side of the printer housing for operator convenience, a paper path with a direction reversal is employed. A low cost radiant print heater with a reflector cavity heats the medium at the print area to increase the ink carrier evaporation rate. The printer provides improved medium control at the print area through an arrangement of small diameter drive and tension shafts and shortened handoff distance between the rollers. The heater is disposed between the drive and tension rollers. To minimize the handoff distance, portions of the drive rollers extend into the reflector cavity. The resulting media advancement mechanism has low inertia, with improved media positioning accuracy.
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Broder Damon W.
Giles Robert R.
Medin Todd R.
Movaghar Abdolreza
Richtsmeier Brent W.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Wiecking David A.
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