Inkjet web printer and duplex web printing path

US8662656B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Spencer R. Hanson · Blair, US
• Thomas J. Tarnacki · San Diego, US
• Paul Ray · Maple Grove, US
• Stephen W. Bauer · San Diego, US
• Sean W. Dobbins · San Diego, US
• Jaren D. Marler · Escondido, US
• Avinoam Halpern · Escondido, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J11/0022
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit. A plurality of web guides are arranged to guide the web along a duplex printing path past the first print bars for printing on a first side of the web, then through the dryer for drying the first side of the web, then past the second print bars for printing on a second side of the web, and then through the dryer for drying the second side of the web.