Oce-technologies B.v.

Canon Production Printing Holding B.v.

Hendricus F M Jeurissen

Jeroen P J Huijbers

Catharinus Van Acquoij

Daisuke Kawaguchi

Ronnie J H G Berghs

Albertine P Wijnheijmer

Johannes P J C Rooijakkers

A printing system and method for improving ink absorption in a print substrate by preventing evaporation includes a conditioned transport module arranged for transporting a printed print substrate from a (conditioned) image formation module to a drying/fixation module. The transport module includes a control system configured for controlling the relative humidity inside the transport module to at least 50%.

Method of printing

The present invention provides a method of optimizing the operating conditions for printing sheets, comprising the following steps: introducing a sheet into the printing system; treating the sheet by exposing the sheet to a physical operating condition of the printing system at a predetermined level; sensing a surface geometry of the exposed sheet to generate data representing a height map of the surface of the at least one exposed sheet for that predetermined level of that operating condition; and comparing the data to one another and/or a reference value to determine the suitable level of the least one physical operating condition. The invention further provides an apparatus optimizing the operating conditions for printing sheets.

Apparatus and method for determining suitable printing conditions for printing sheets in a printing system

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Venlo, Netherlands

Hendricus F M Jeurissen