Inkjet print media conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10933659-B2
Application number	US-201616337074-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2016
Priority date	Oct 5, 2016
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

An inkjet printing system may include an inkjet printing device, a print media finishing device, and a conditioner selectively coupled within a housing of the print media finishing device and in alignment with a print media exit of the inkjet printing device where the conditioner includes a number of heated pressure rollers to condition the print media prior to introduction into the print media finishing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An inkjet printing system, comprising:
an inkjet printing device;
a print media finishing device; and
a conditioner selectively coupled within a housing of the print media finishing device and in alignment with a print media exit of the inkjet printing device, the conditioner comprising a number of heated pressure rollers to condition the print media prior to introduction into the print media finishing device, and
wherein the conditioner comprises a print media bypass to selectively cause the print media to bypass the number of heated pressure rollers.

2. The inkjet printing system of claim 1 , wherein the print media finishing device is selectively mounted to a housing of the inkjet printing device via a number of fasteners.

3. The inkjet printing system of claim 1 , wherein the exit of the inkjet printing device further comprises a media advancement device to convey the print media from a tray of the inkjet printing device into a media feed path of the conditioner.

4. The inkjet printing system of claim 1 , wherein the heated pressure rollers are located below the print media exit of the inkjet printing device.

5. The inkjet printing system of claim 1 , wherein the heated pressure rollers are located above the print media exit of the inkjet printing device.

6. The inkjet printing system of claim 1 , wherein the conditioner comprises an acceleration path to control the speed that the print media passes through the conditioner and into the print media finishing device.

7. The inkjet printing system of claim 1 , wherein the print media bypass selectively causes the print media to bypass the number of heated pressure rollers based on a selection by a user of the printing device, a determination that a threshold amount of printing fluid was used to print an image on the print media, or combinations thereof.

8. A modular print media conditioner, comprising:
a fastening device to fasten the modular print media conditioner to an interior surface of a paper handling accessory and between the paper handling accessory and a printing device; and
a print media bypass to bypass a number of sheets of print media through the modular print media conditioner and to the paper handling accessory;
wherein the modular print media conditioner receives inkjet printed media from the inkjet printing device.

9. The modular print media conditioner of claim 8 , wherein the modular print media conditioner receives electrical power from at least one of the paper handling accessory and inkjet printing device.

10. The modular print media conditioner of claim 9 , wherein the electrical power provides energy to a number of heater rollers and wherein the heater rollers receive the inkjet printed media and conditions the inkjet printed media prior to receipt by the paper handling accessory.

11. The modular print media conditioner of claim 8 , further comprising:
an inkjet printed media feed slot positioned to receive from an output of the inkjet printing device the inkjet printed media; and
an inkjet printed media outlet positioned to convey the inkjet printed media to an inkjet printed media inlet on the paper handling accessory.

12. The modular print media conditioner of claim 8 , wherein the modular print media conditioner receives operative instructions from the inkjet printing device via a communicative cable to bypass the number of sheets of print media through the modular print media conditioner.

13. A paper handling accessory, comprising:
a print media conditioner selectively coupled to an interior surface of the paper handling accessory and comprising an inkjet printed media conditioning system;
wherein the print media conditioner receives inkjet printed media and wherein the print media conditioner provides conditioned inkjet printed media to the paper handling accessory, and further comprising a bypass structure defined in the print media conditioner to selectively bypass a number of sheets of inkjet printed media away from the inkjet printed media conditioning system.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Rasmussen Steve O
• Brinkly Richard Lee
• Madsen Jeffrey C
• Lo Kevin

Classifications

• B41J11/0024

  using conduction means, e.g. by using a heated platen · CPC title

• B41J11/0015

  for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114) · CPC title

• B65H23/34

  Apparatus for taking-out curl from webs · CPC title

• B41J11/0005 Primary

  Curl smoothing, i.e. smoothing down corrugated printing material, e.g. by pressing means acting on wrinkled printing material · CPC title

• B41J2002/022

  Control methods or devices for continuous ink jet · CPC title