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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
John Christian Love, Vista, CA (US);
Biagio Agostinelli, Vista, CA (US);
Javier Escobedo, Vista, CA (US);
Antoni Murcia, Vista, CA (US);
David Tyvoll, San Diego, CA (US);
John Christian Love, Vista, CA (US);
Biagio Agostinelli, Vista, CA (US);
Javier Escobedo, Vista, CA (US);
Antoni Murcia, Vista, CA (US);
David Tyvoll, San Diego, CA (US);
Memjet Technology Ltd., Dublin, IE;
Abstract
Method of shaping media for printing by a media width printhead, the method having transporting media into a print zone defined by a plurality of fluid ejection nozzles of the printhead with input rollers at an angle to a plane parallel with the print zone; transporting media out of the print zone with output rollers at an angle to said parallel plane; and supporting and shaping the media as the media is transported through the print zone with an elongate platen, the platen having a series of upstream ribs disposed upstream of the print zone with respect to the media transport direction and a series of downstream ribs disposed downstream of the print zone with respect to the media transport direction, wherein the ribs are configured so that the transported media is in contact with the ribs in the print zone and adopts a constrained curved path past the nozzles.