Printer media preheater and method

Details Printer media preheater and method Printer media preheater and method

1994-12-16

1997-11-25

Fuller, Benjamin R.

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Medium and processing means

347103, B41J 201

Patent

active

056917562

ABSTRACT:
A media preheater positioned in the media path of a printer and having a fixed heater and a movable plate array biased toward the heater such that printing media passing between the heater and the plate array is compressed therebetween and heated. The preheater may be positioned upstream of a print head and downstream of a media advancing mechanism in the media path. More than one plate may be provided in the plate array to accommodate non-planarity of the heater or the printing medium. The plate array may be a thermally massive element that contacts the heater when no media is present, thereby permitting the medium to be heated from both sides.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4446471 (1984-05-01), Yano
patent: 4755849 (1988-07-01), Tarumi et al.
patent: 4963884 (1990-10-01), Kiguchi et al.

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