Patent ID: 9180690
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A printing system comprising an upstream measurement module including a first transport configured to generate a first hold down force to tack and flatten a media thereon and a first curl sensor to generate a first curl signal corresponding to a media curl of the media on the first transport, wherein the media is flat if there is no more than a 0.1 mm local flatness variation in the media; a curler downstream of the upstream measurement module to curl the media in response to the first curl signal to mitigate an effect of the media curl in the printing system; a downstream measurement module downstream of the curler, the downstream measurement module including a second transport separate from the first transport on which media is tacked to flatten the media subsequent to the media being processed by the curler and a second curl sensor to generate a second curl signal corresponding to the media curl of the media on the second transport; a printing station downstream of the curler and the downstream measurement module, the print station including a third transport to transport the media past the printing station, the media being tacked to the third transport by a tack pressure or a hold pressure similar to that generated by the second transport; and a computer storage device to store a plurality of possible curl magnitudes and a plurality of corresponding indentation settings, the plurality of corresponding indentation settings being used to configure the curler when one of the plurality of possible curl magnitudes are detected.