Patent ID: 9656484
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B41J,B65H

Claim:
1. A printer comprising a print zone, and a media output guide assembly downstream of the print zone to curve media between media side edges, the media output guide assembly comprising: two inner guides that are spaced apart; and a pair of outer guides disposed lower than and laterally outside of the two inner guides, the media to pass between the inner guides and the outer guides with the inner guides above the media and the outer guides below the media; such that the media passing between the guides has, in a direction perpendicular to a media output direction, outer edges that droop around and below atop of the outer guides, elevated points at the tops of the outer guides and a central low point that droops below both the inner and outer guides, there being no guide member contacting a resulting U-shaped bow in the media between the inner guides and a distance between the inner guides is at least half of a width of the print zone.