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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2021
Canon Production Printing Holding B.v., Venlo, NL;
Stan H. P Kersten, Venlo, NL;
Hassan Nnafie, Venlo, NL;
CANON PRODUCTION PRINTING HOLDING B.V., Venlo, NL;
Abstract
A fixation unit for use in a printing apparatus includes a substantially closed box for enclosing a heated space, the substantially closed box including an entry opening and an exit opening for enabling transport of a print substrate through the substantially closed box, a heating element arranged for heating the heated space enclosed by the substantially closed box, and a transport mechanism for engaging a sheet of the print substrate from the entry opening to the exit opening of the substantially closed box. The transport mechanism includes a nip of two belts that are pressed together and run concurrently and in the same direction, the belts being impermeable to any ink component. A printer includes such a fixation unit and a printing method uses such a fixation unit.