Patent ID: 9630427
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A system for processing ink applied to substrate media sheets, the system comprising: a media cart including a platen for supporting thereon at least one substrate media sheet, the media cart being translatable along a process path to transport the sheet to a control cylinder; the control cylinder rotatably supported for thermal conduction to a sheet of substrate media, the sheet conveying ink deposited on a first side thereof, the sheet being held against an arched portion of the control cylinder as the control cylinder rotates with the first side of the sheet directly engaging and wrapping around the control cylinder along the arched portion, wherein the control cylinder includes a sheet acquiring apparatus which acquires the sheet from the media cart when the media cart is in a first position; a thermal control element for at least one of heating and cooling the control cylinder; a pressure roll for spreading the ink, the pressure roll together with the control cylinder forming a spreader nip, the spreader nip selectively changeable between a closed position and an open position, in the closed position the pressure roll being biased toward the control cylinder for applying pressure to the ink on the sheet, the pressure roll spaced further away from the control cylinder in the open position relative to the closed position; an over run tray for receiving the sheet after disengaging from the control cylinder; and, an exit path extending from the over run tray generally toward the process path, the exit path guiding the sheet to the media cart with the media cart being in a second position spaced from the first position.