Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett-Packard Company

Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

Alan Shibata

Chan K Nguyen

Atsushi Kobayashi

Justin M Roman

Matthew Raisanen

Noriyoshi Fujimori

Anthony Donald Studer

Bruce Alan McFadden

Jason S Ord

John A Barinaga

Paul David Gast

Catherine A Rotering

Tanya Vesta Burmeister

Timothy A Longust

Robert M Yraceburu

Bruce Cowger

Todd R Medin

Donald L Michael

James P Kearns

John H Dion

Russell P Yearout

Eric L Ahlvin

Richard Lee Brinkly

Antonio Gomez

Anthony Peter Carcia

James A Harvey

Stephanie Seaman

David Whalen

Lap Thai Nguyen

David N Olsen

Kevin Lo

Jeffrey G Bingham

Eric Joseph Johnson

Kieran B Kelly

Raymond C Sherman

Daniel James Magnusson

Thomas W Ruhe

Larry A Jackson

Rick Minoru Tanaka

Le Gia Pham

Todd Michael Gaasch

James O Beehler

Stuart A Scofield

Ronald W Hall

Stephen Thomas Rohman

Devin Scott Uehling

Michael S Millman

Paul L Nash

Ernesto A Garay

Lorraine T Golob

Robert L Battey

Dean A Gaylor

Ian Patrick Anderson

Sam Sing

Eva-Maria Moon

Angela Chen Krauskopf

Tanya Schneider

Ah Chong Johnny Tee

Saurabh Shripad Bhide

Aurelio Maruggi

Thomas A Pearo

Charles W Singleton, Jr

Shayler M Backlund

Hunter Dane Cantrell

John Michael Kniffin

Richard Lee Brinkley

Justin Romon

Steve O Ramussen

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Laurie L T Ramos

Robert Reiss

Alan Biggs

Joseph C O'Banion

Gerald A Mello

Yi Liu

Levi Holscher

Stuart Scofield

In some examples, a media conditioner includes a conveying component to convey a sheet of printable media, a heating element to heat the conveying component, a temperature sensor to measure a temperature of the conveying component, a media sensor to detect the sheet of printable media, and a controller to provide a power level to the heating element. A temperature set-point is set to a pre-established value. Based on data from the temperature sensor, the controller is to maintain the temperature of the conveying component at the temperature set-point by varying the power level. The controller is to apply a boost to the power level based on a signal from the media sensor while the temperature set-point remains at the pre-established value.

Control of heating elements for media conditioners

A page of a print job is to be compiled by a printing device upon printing. It is determined that at time of compiling, the page will include print fluid, greater than a threshold, at locations corresponding to the compiling paddles. Drying of the page is responsively increased upon the device printing the page.

Increasing drying of print job page to be compiled having print fluid at location corresponding to compiling paddles

A system for a partially dried inkjet media conditioner can include a heated pressure roller to apply pressure to a first side of partially dried inkjet media and apply heat to a second side of the partially dried inkjet media.

Partially dried inkjet media conditioner

An example device includes a conveyor to convey a printed medium along a path from a print engine towards a printed media output. The device further includes a housing to hold the conveyor. The housing defines an air intake, an exhaust port, and a conveyor volume to contain the conveyor. The air intake provides air to the conveyor volume to dry the printed medium. The device further includes a tortuous exhaust passage extending from the conveyor volume to the exhaust port to exhaust air from the conveyor volume.

Exhausts for media drying

In some examples, velocity and torque based media motor control may include ascertaining a velocity and torque for a feed roller motor associated with a feed roller, and ascertaining a velocity and torque for a drive roller motor associated with a drive roller that is to receive media from the feed roller. Further, velocity and torque based media motor control may include determining whether the torque for the drive roller motor is greater than a torque target. In response to a determination that the torque for the drive roller motor is greater than the torque target, the torque for the drive roller motor may be reduced to the torque target, and the torque for the drive roller motor may be maintained at the torque target.

Velocity and torque based media motor control

In one example, an output tension zone can include a first tension roller assembly to receive partially dried inkjet media at an output of a heated pressure roller, wherein the first tension roller assembly includes a first continuous roller to receive a first side of the partially dried inkjet media and a second continuous roller to receive a second side of the partially dried inkjet media and a second tension roller assembly to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the first tension roller assembly, wherein the second tension roller assembly includes a third continuous roller to receive the first side of the partially dried inkjet media and a fourth continuous roller to receive the second side of the partially dried inkjet media.

Output tension zones

In an example, a service station may comprise a conveyor movable along or about a conveyor path. Example service station may further comprise a first service module removably installed on the conveyor, and a second service module removably installed on the conveyor. The conveyor may move the first service module and the second service module along the conveyor path. The example service station may further comprise a lifter disposed in a lifting zone along the conveyor path to lift one of the first service module and the second service module from a stowed position to an operating position if the first service module or the second service module is disposed in the lifting zone along the conveyor path.

Service stations with removable service modules

In one example, a system for a vapor manager includes a media guide to receive partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller, and a plurality of apertures through the media guide to direct air on to a first portion of the partially dried inkjet media and direct air away from a second portion of the partially dried inkjet media.

Vapor manager

In one example, a system for a partially dried inkjet media conditioner includes a heated pressure roller to apply pressure to a first side of partially dried inkjet media and apply heat to a second side of the partially dried inkjet media.

In one example, a system for a partially dried inkjet media conditioner includes a partially dried Inkjet media conditioner, including: a first connector to couple a first end of the conditioner to a printing device, a second connector to couple a second end of the conditioner to a finishing device, and a constrained path extending through the conditioner to receive partially dried inkjet media from the printing device and provide the partially dried Inkjet media to the finishing device.

Fluid couplings examples are disclosed in examples herein. An example printer includes a housing; and a fluid reservoir permanently fixed within the housing, the fluid reservoir having a capacity sufficient to store enough ink to print a number of pages that corresponds to an expected useful life of the printer.

Printers

An interleave member including a media control conforming surface and a media, crash prevention surface. The media crash prevention surface to periodically contact and guide the media to the media control conforming surface. The media control conforming surface conforming to a surface of the media control member.

Media crash prevention surface to contact and guide media

Example fluid couplings, systems and methods are described including a fluid delivery tube for delivering fluid to a fluid supply, a fluid interconnect fitting for connection to the fluid delivery tube, a retainer for engaging the fluid interconnect fitting and a fluid supply for retaining the fluid interconnect fitting with respect to the fluid supply, and a seal feature arranged to mate with the fluid interconnect fitting and a fluid inlet of the fluid supply.

Fluid coupling

Colorant transfer, involving a colorant supply, and impeding colorant from exiting the colorant supply, a motion device, and providing a passage out of the colorant supply.

Colorant transfer systems

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Camas, WA, United States of America

Alan Shibata