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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Maximo Gayoso, Guadalajara Jalisco, MX;
Hewlett-Packard Company, LP., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention includes a housing, a first coating module supported in the housing and a second coating module supported in the housing. The first coating module is positioned on one side of coating media path and the second coating module is positioned on the other side of the coating media path. A panel in the housing is positioned immediately opposite the outer shell of the second coating module to define a bypass media path that diverges from the coating media path and passes along the second coating module. In another embodiment, the invention includes a first web delivery system, a second web delivery system, a fuser operative along a first media path between the first and second web systems, and a second media path bypassing the fuser.