公开(公告)号：US20220305818A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17216245

申请日：2021-03-29

Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION

Inventor： Linn C. HOOVER ,  Erwin RUIZ ,  Rachel Lynn TANCHAK ,  Kareem TAWIL ,  Carlos M. TERRERO

IPC: B41J11/00

Abstract: A printing system comprises a print fluid deposition assembly, a media transport device, and an air flow control system. The print fluid deposition assembly comprises a printhead to eject a print fluid through an opening of a carrier plate to a deposition region. The media transport device holds a print medium against the movable support surface by vacuum suction and transports the print medium through the deposition region. The air flow control system is to flow air through the carrier plate to the movable support surface via a port through the carrier plate on an inboard side the carrier plate and to control a flow rate of the air flowed through the port based on a size of a print medium transported by the media transport device.

公开(公告)号：US20220305815A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17216175

申请日：2021-03-29

Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION

Inventor： Douglas K. HERRMANN ,  Linn C. HOOVER ,  Patrick Jun HOWE ,  Joseph C. SHEFLIN ,  Robert Jian ZHANG ,  John Patrick BAKER ,  Brian M. BALTHASAR ,  Glenn BATCHELOR ,  Anthony Salvatore CONDELLO ,  Ali R. DERGHAM ,  Timothy P. FOLEY ,  Richard A. KALB ,  Peter John KNAUSDORF ,  Jason M. LeFEVRE ,  Jack T. LESTRANGE ,  Chu-Heng LIU ,  Paul J. McCONVILLE ,  Seemit PRAHARAJ ,  Palghat S. RAMESH ,  Erwin RUIZ ,  Emmett James SPENCE ,  Rachel Lynn TANCHAK ,  Kareem TAWIL ,  Carlos M. TERRERO ,  Megan ZIELENSKI

IPC: B41J11/00

Abstract: A printing system comprises a print fluid deposition assembly, a media transport device, and an air flow control system. The print fluid deposition assembly comprises a carrier plate and a printhead arranged to eject a print fluid through an opening of the carrier plate to a deposition region. The media transport device comprises a movable support surface to transport a print medium along a process direction through the deposition region, the media transport device holding the print medium against the movable support surface by vacuum suction. The air flow control system is arranged to selectively flow air through the opening of the carrier plate between the carrier plate and the printhead based on a location of a print medium transported by the media transport device relative to the printhead.