Abstract: Apparatus and methods for applying drying air to a printed substrate during each pass of a print head over the substrate. Preferred embodiments of the present invention direct heated air onto the printed substrate and then draw that heated air away from the proximity of the substrate with a vacuum.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 15, 2000
Date of Patent:
January 14, 2003
Assignee:
Digital Printing Systems, LLC
Inventors:
Arthur Landau, Clement Onyenemezu, Keng Lau