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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Joan Albert Jorba Closa, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
David Casanova, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Carles Flotats Villagrasa, Barcelona, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An example printing apparatus is described comprising a wiping element before the print zone, for slipping in contact with a print medium and wiping a printing surface of the print medium. An implementation of a wiping roller for wiping the printing surface of a print medium may comprise a rigid core, a layer of elastic material and a driving pinion. An example method for printing is also described, comprising spreading over a larger print medium area, by wiping, amounts of a substance that may migrate through a print medium and that is present on the printing surface of a print medium, before printing on the print medium.