Patent ID: 11904601
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A method, comprising:
receiving air containing a solvent vapor into a first chamber;
cleaning the received air by reducing the amount of the solvent vapor in the received air with a catalytic oxidizer;
supplying the cleaned air to a second chamber containing a medium printed with a printing fluid comprising the solvent, during a curing process of the printing fluid in which the solvent is vaporized from the printing fluid into air in the second chamber;
supplying air containing the solvent vapor from the second chamber to the first chamber, such that the received air at least partly comprises air from the second chamber; and
detecting a temperature of air flowing out of the first chamber or into the second chamber and to control operation of the heating element in dependence on the detected temperature.