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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2019
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
David A. VanKouwenberg, Avon, NY (US);
Seemit Praharaj, Webster, NY (US);
Michael J. Levy, Webster, NY (US);
Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
Paul McConville, Webster, NY (US);
Chu-Heng Liu, Penfield, NY (US);
Linn C. Hoover, Webster, NY (US);
Jason M. Lefevre, Penfield, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A marker transport system and a method of operating the marker transport system can include one or more print heads and a marker transport platen upon which a sheet of media moves. The transport platen can include airflow sections comprising process-direction slots. The plates can move in a cross-process direction, and can control airflow in an area under the print heads. The one or more plates in a first position can allow for airflow when the sheet of media is located at the first position and in a second position can block the airflow at the second position. A vacuum can be provided under the sheet of media as the sheet of media traverses a print path across the marker transport platen. A no-vacuum inter-document zone can be provided, which moves along with the sheet of media under the one or more print heads.