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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Spencer Hanson, Escondido, CA (US);
Thomas Tarnacki, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul Ray, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Stephen W Bauer, San Diego, CA (US);
Sean W Dobbins, San Diego, CA (US);
Jaren D Marler, Escondido, CA (US);
Avinoam Halpern, Escondido, CA (US);
Spencer Hanson, Escondido, CA (US);
Thomas Tarnacki, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul Ray, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Stephen W Bauer, San Diego, CA (US);
Sean W Dobbins, San Diego, CA (US);
Jaren D Marler, Escondido, CA (US);
Avinoam Halpern, Escondido, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit. A plurality of web guides are arranged to guide the web along a duplex printing path past the first print bars for printing on a first side of the web, then through the dryer for drying the first side of the web, then past the second print bars for printing on a second side of the web, and then through the dryer for drying the second side of the web.