Patent ID: 8303107
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method of printing comprising: providing a printhead; providing a roller positioned downstream from the printhead; selectively moistening at least a portion of the web of print media as the web of print media is guided through the printing system using the printhead; and causing the print media to contact and wrap around a portion of the roller as the print media moves past the roller, the roller having an axis of rotation, the roller including a pattern of recesses and ridges positioned along the axis of rotation of the roller, the roller including a first section, a second section, and a third section, the second section being located between the first section and the third section as viewed along the axis of rotation, the roller including a profile as viewed along the axis of rotation in which the diameter of the ridges located in the first section of the roller and the diameter of ridges located in the third section of the roller are greater than the diameter of the ridges located in the second section of the roller.