Tektronix, Inc.

Rodney B Gilbert

James D Rise

Edward F Burke

Arthur C Van Horne

Ronald L Adams

Eldon P Hoffman

Charles Bradford

A printer accurately controls the passage of print media therethrough and maintains the print media taut as the print media passes through a printing zone while the media is printed by an ink jet printer. The print media sheet is preferably carried by a rotating drum in a first direction through the printing zone, with the drum being reversed to cause the exiting of the print media sheet from the printer. A pressure fixing or fusing apparatus may be positioned to flatten ink spots on the print media as the print media exits from the printer. The pressure fixing or fusing mechanism is preferably used in the case of a hot-melt or phase-change ink jet printer.

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West Linn, OR, United States of America

Rodney B Gilbert