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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoff Wotton, Battle Ground, WA (US);
Michael F. Klopfenstein, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
Abstract
An inkjet printer includes a microwave drying station passing media through a waveguide thereof. A vacuum source coupled to the waveguide draws air into the waveguide and thereby aides in disturbing and scrubbing a boundary layer of vapor at the media surface otherwise hindering efficient drying of media thereat. Supporting the media on a perforated belt through the waveguide couples media to the belt by vacuum force and thereby contributes to an overall media feed mechanism.