Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

David Melero Cazorla

Martin Urrutia Nebreda

Carles Flotats Villagrasa

Pablo Arteaga Del Arco

Jorge Porras Martinez

Pablo Arteaga

A printing apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a platen to hold a media thereon, the media moveable along a media path direction; a displacement mechanism to move the media over the platen and along the media path direction; a media advancement sensor; and a controller. The controller to determine a media advancement prediction based on an operational parameter of the displacement mechanism; determine a read media advancement corresponding to the media advancement prediction; determine a sensor reading failure based on the media advancement prediction and the read media advancement; determine that the media advanced a distance corresponding to the media advancement prediction if the sensor reading failure is detected; determine that the media advanced a distance corresponding to the read media advancement if the sensor reading failure is not detected; and to adjust the position of the media by controlling the displacement mechanism to move the media based on the determined media advanced distance.

Adjusting media positions based on read media advancements and predictions

A vacuum system for a printing apparatus comprises a structural member. The structural member comprises a fluid conduit to be connected to a vacuum source. The vacuum system comprises a coupling. The coupling comprises a first end and a second end defining a fluid passage therebetween. The coupling is attached to the structural member at its first end thereby connecting the fluid passage of the coupling to the fluid conduit of the structural member. The second end of the coupling comprises a resiliently deformable material. The second end is to connect to a vacuum chamber of a print unit.

Printing apparatuses with vacuum systems

A sensor support, as well as a platen and printer for use with the sensor support. The sensor support comprising a first section and a second section. The first section is capable of receiving a sensor. The first section and the second section are associated together such that there is at least a degree of freedom of movement of the first section relative to the second section. The sensor support further comprises biasing means to urge the first section away from the second section.

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Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain

David Melero Cazorla