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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Randy D. Vandagriff, Xenia, OH (US);
Michael J. Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
Harsha S. Bulathsinghalage, Miamisburg, OH (US);
W. Charles Kasiske, Jr., Webster, NY (US);
Randy D. Vandagriff, Xenia, OH (US);
Michael J. Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
Harsha S. Bulathsinghalage, Miamisburg, OH (US);
W. Charles Kasiske, Jr., Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A printing system includes one or more lineheads disposed opposite a first side of a print media and at least one vacuum assembly having a vacuum manifold disposed opposite a second side of the print media. The linehead or lineheads has one or more print zones where a liquid or ink is deposited onto the first side of the print media. The vacuum manifold is aligned with a non-print zone of each linehead and outputs a vacuum force proximate to the second side of the print media such that at least a portion of the second side of the print media is deflected away from the lineheads. The printing system can also include another component, such as a dryer, disposed over the print media and laterally adjacent to the linehead. Another vacuum manifold can be disposed adjacent to the second side print media between the linehead and the component.