Abstract: Example implementations relate to a printer comprising at least one printhead, carried by a carriage, to print onto a substrate, a surface to support the substrate; the surface comprising a plurality of platens associated with an elongate member; each platen having an upper planar surface forming part of the surface for supporting the medium and being adjustable to vary a characteristic of the upper planar surface to influence a distance between the upper planar surface and the at least one printhead.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of controlling tension of a media during printing. The media is tensioned by supporting a dancer bar coupled at a first end to a first dancer arm which moves about a first pivot. The tension is provided by resisting a net moment acting on the first dancer arm. The method comprises applying a first setting force to the first dancer arm to set the net moment acting on the first dancer arm and adjusting the first setting force to alter the net moment acting on the first dancer arm.

Abstract: A printing system is disclosed herein. The system comprises a controller and a carriage moveable along a width of a print zone, the carriage includes a printhead to eject a printing fluid on a plot area within the print zone based on print job data. The controller is to receive a print job data; define a post-processing time based on the print job data; and define a time between two consecutive swaths of the carriage based on the post-processing time. The controller is further to define a ramp area and a plot area within the print zone based on the print job data, wherein the plot area includes locations in which the printing fluid is to be ejected. The controller is also to control the carriage to move at a constant speed at the plot area and at an accelerated speed at the ramp area.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to a printer comprising at least one printhead, carried by a carriage, to print onto a substrate, a surface to support the substrate; the surface comprising a plurality of platens associated with an elongate member; each platen having an upper planar surface forming part of the surface for supporting the medium and being adjustable to vary a characteristic of the upper planar surface to influence a distance between the upper planar surface and the at least one printhead.