METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNIFORMLY DRYING INK ON PAPER FROM AN INK JET PRINTER

Disclosed herein is a uniform heat flux dryer system and method for an ink jet printer (10), including a 180.degree. contoured paper transport path (30) for transferring paper (58) from an input paper supply tray (12) to an output paper collection tray (14). During this transfer, the paper receives...

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Hauptverfasser:	SPENCER, PAUL R, BEAUFORT, RICHARD F
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CALCULATING COMPUTING CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS COUNTING DRYING DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS HEATING i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME LIGHTING LINING MACHINES MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PRESENTATION OF DATA PRINTING RECOGNITION OF DATA RECORD CARRIERS SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS STAMPS TRANSPORTING TYPEWRITERS WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	Disclosed herein is a uniform heat flux dryer system and method for an ink jet printer (10), including a 180.degree. contoured paper transport path (30) for transferring paper (58) from an input paper supply tray (12) to an output paper collection tray (14). During this transfer, the paper receives a uniform heat flux from an infrared bulb (40) which is located at the axis of symmetry for the paper transport path, and reflectors (32,34) are positioned on each side of the infrared bulb (40) to maximize heat transmission from the bulb (40) to the paper (16) during the ink drying process. Advantageously, the input and output paper trays (12,14) may be vertically aligned on one side of the printer (10) to facilitate loading and unloading of the paper.