Patent ID: 6913354
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a vacuum belt for transporting media through a printing-zone; a preheating subsystem including a pair of contact belts for feeding the media through the preheating subsystem and a heater associated with at least one of the contact belts, the preheating subsystem applying heat to the media before the media enters the printing-zone; and a roller associated with the vacuum belt proximate an output side of the preheating subsystem upstream or the printing-zone, the roller and the vacuum belt receiving a leading edge of the media in a roller-belt interface, buckling the media between the preheating subsystem and the roller-belt interface, and positioning the media in the printing-zone, wherein the contact belts run at a first speed and the roller-belt interface runs at a second speed associated with printing on the media, wherein the first and second speed form a degree of the buckling.