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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Stuart J. Boland, Denver, CO (US);
Sean K. Fitzsimons, Thornton, CO (US);
Scott Johnson, Erie, CO (US);
William Edward Manchester, Erie, CO (US);
Casey E. Walker, Boulder, CO (US);
Stuart J. Boland, Denver, CO (US);
Sean K. Fitzsimons, Thornton, CO (US);
Scott Johnson, Erie, CO (US);
William Edward Manchester, Erie, CO (US);
Casey E. Walker, Boulder, CO (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods provide dynamic radiant drying for a print media by monitoring a temperature of a test patch of colorant during the drying process. One embodiment is a radiant dryer and a control system. The radiant dryer receives a media marked with a wet colorant that depicts a sheetside of print data and a test patch. The radiant dryer includes a radiant energy source that heats the colorant based on a heating power. The radiant dryer further includes a cooling system within the interior that applies a cooling gas to the medium. The control system obtains a temperature of the test patch, determines a difference between the temperature of the test patch and a target temperature, and varies the heating power and/or an application of the cooling gas based on the difference to normalize temperatures across the medium during a drying process.