EP1101621A1 - Imprimante à jet d'encre avec séchage accéléré de l'imprimé - Google Patents
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- EP1101621A1 EP1101621A1 EP00203903A EP00203903A EP1101621A1 EP 1101621 A1 EP1101621 A1 EP 1101621A1 EP 00203903 A EP00203903 A EP 00203903A EP 00203903 A EP00203903 A EP 00203903A EP 1101621 A1 EP1101621 A1 EP 1101621A1
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- inkjet
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J13/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
- B41J13/10—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides
- B41J13/106—Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides for the sheet output section
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
- B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
- B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
- B41J11/0022—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using convection means, e.g. by using a fan for blowing or sucking air
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- This invention relates in general to inkjet printers and relates more particularly to an inkjet printer having accelerated print drying.
- Some models of inkjet printers are designed to mechanically hold a printed sheet above the previous sheet for some time to allow the previous sheet to passively air dry, and then drop the sheet onto the stack.
- Some inkjet printer drivers provide a user-selectable dry time delay feature which delays the start of a subsequent print for a time, giving the previous sheet time to passively air dry.
- Some inkjet printer exit trays have a raised center or raised edges intended to minimize the surface contact area between the sheet being printed and the previously printed sheet in the exit tray. This provides for better separation while a sheet is being printed which allows improved air exposure for drying.
- inkjet manufacturers also continue to improve media and ink formulations for better dry time performance as well as suggesting customer print handling guidelines to avoid print dry time problems.
- the present invention solves the problems discussed above.
- Printer apparatus comprising: An inkjet printer for producing an inkjet print of a received image and a dryer associated with said inkjet printer for drying said print as it exits from said inkjet printer.
- the invention has the following advantages.
- the sole figure is a perspective view of an inkjet printer incorporating the present invention.
- inkjet printer 10 includes a housing 12, control panel 14, input tray 16, output tray 18, inkjet print exit region 20, and movably mounted top cover 22.
- Cover 22 is shown in an open position and is movable to a closed position by movement in the direction of arrow 24.
- an exemplary inkjet printer is the Kodak 3600 Distributed Medical Imager supplied by the Health Imaging division of the Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York.
- inkjet printer 10 receives an image from an image source, such as medical image source 30, and produces an inkjet print 32 of the received image. As the inkjet print 32 exits from the printer 10, there may be areas of the print which are still wet.
- printer 10 includes a dryer 40 mounted at the exit region 20 of printer 10.
- Dryer 40 includes a plurality of blowers 42 which blow air into inkjet print 32 as it exits from inkjet printer 10 into output tray 18.
- Dryer 40 preferably includes heater 44 for heating the air blown onto print 32.
- Heater 44 for example, can be an electrical grid through which air is blown to be heated.
- Medical image source 30 can be any well known medical image source, such as a diagnostic image modality (MRI, CT, PET, US), a computed radiography reader, a radiographic film digitizer, a medical image database, etc.
- MRI diagnostic image modality
- CT computed radiography reader
- radiographic film digitizer a radiographic film digitizer
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US44291599A | 1999-11-18 | 1999-11-18 | |
US442915 | 1999-11-18 |
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EP1101621A1 true EP1101621A1 (fr) | 2001-05-23 |
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EP00203903A Withdrawn EP1101621A1 (fr) | 1999-11-18 | 2000-11-06 | Imprimante à jet d'encre avec séchage accéléré de l'imprimé |
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Cited By (2)
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EP1375170A1 (fr) * | 2002-06-21 | 2004-01-02 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Panneau reconfigurable, assemblage et procédé |
US7997677B2 (en) | 2008-09-17 | 2011-08-16 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Convertible printer |
Citations (4)
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EP0284215A1 (fr) * | 1987-03-25 | 1988-09-28 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Procédé et appareil pour le séchage uniforme d'encre sur un papier sortant d'une imprimante à jet d'encre |
EP0568174A1 (fr) * | 1992-05-01 | 1993-11-03 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Système de ventilateur d'air chauffé dans une imprimante à jet d'encre en couleur |
US5631685A (en) * | 1993-11-30 | 1997-05-20 | Xerox Corporation | Apparatus and method for drying ink deposited by ink jet printing |
US5666140A (en) * | 1993-04-16 | 1997-09-09 | Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. | Ink jet print head |
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EP0284215A1 (fr) * | 1987-03-25 | 1988-09-28 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Procédé et appareil pour le séchage uniforme d'encre sur un papier sortant d'une imprimante à jet d'encre |
EP0568174A1 (fr) * | 1992-05-01 | 1993-11-03 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Système de ventilateur d'air chauffé dans une imprimante à jet d'encre en couleur |
US5666140A (en) * | 1993-04-16 | 1997-09-09 | Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. | Ink jet print head |
US5631685A (en) * | 1993-11-30 | 1997-05-20 | Xerox Corporation | Apparatus and method for drying ink deposited by ink jet printing |
Cited By (3)
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US6899422B2 (en) | 2001-10-26 | 2005-05-31 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Reconfigurable panel, assembly, and method |
EP1375170A1 (fr) * | 2002-06-21 | 2004-01-02 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Panneau reconfigurable, assemblage et procédé |
US7997677B2 (en) | 2008-09-17 | 2011-08-16 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Convertible printer |
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