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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Stuart James Boland, Denver, CO (US);
Dilan Nirushan Fernando, Thornton, CO (US);
Scott Richard Johnson, Erie, CO (US);
Stuart James Boland, Denver, CO (US);
Dilan Nirushan Fernando, Thornton, CO (US);
Scott Richard Johnson, Erie, CO (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide rollers that cool a print medium downstream of a dryer while minimizing the temperature differentials across the print medium. In some embodiments, air is directed through the interiors of different rollers in opposing directions based on a pattern to reduce the temperature differential across a width of the print medium. In other embodiments, a controller alternates a direction of the air through the interior of a roller to reduce the temperature differential across the width of the print medium.