公开(公告)号：US20210245529A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US16973017

申请日：2018-10-12

Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

Inventor： Heungsup PARK ,  Juntae KIM ,  Brett BUCHHOLTZ ,  Lonny MORGAN ,  Dongwoo LEE ,  Richard Lee BRINKLY ,  Kevin LO ,  Youngsu LEE ,  Kihyuk LEE

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41F23/04 ,  B41M7/00 ,  B41J13/076

Abstract: A heating roller for a wet ink-based image forming apparatus includes a roller having a contact surface to contact a print medium having wet ink deposited thereon by wet ink-based image forming apparatus. The heating roller conductively heats the print medium and dries and flattens the print medium. The heating roller includes a heating element embedded along the roller. The heating element rotates with the roller as the roller rotates. The heating element generates and conducts heat to the contact surface so as to conductively heat the print medium through the contact surface when the contact surface contacts the print medium.