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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
May. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Doron Kopel, Zichron Yaacov, IL;
Yaron Dekel, Gan-Yeoshaya, IL;
Amit Henig, Herzelia, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printer assembly () adapted for use with a print head comprising a platen () operable to move in a first plane; and a vacuum source in fluid communication with the platen () to provide a vacuum communication path to draw air through the platen () such that a sheet of media arranged on the platen () is biased towards it, characterised by a movable aperture () in the vacuum communication path between the vacuum source and the platen (), the movable aperture () being arranged to move with the platen ().