Patent ID: 6416176
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink-jet printing system comprising:a print head for forming an image on a copy sheet at a print position by spraying ink onto the copy sheet through a nozzle of the head; a fan; a sheet transport mechanism for transporting the copy sheet along a sheet transport path while the image is formed on the copy sheet by the print head at a print position; a sheet guide member provided opposite the print head at the print position to guide the transport of the copy sheet, and including a fixed stationary sheet attracting member which contacts the copy sheet during transport of the copy sheet and; a duct extending from a bottom of the fixed sheet attracting member to the fan for pneumatically attracting the copy sheet to the fixed stationary sheet attracting member and maintaining the copy sheet in direct contact with the fixed stationary sheet attracting member during the transport of at least a portion of the copy sheet past the print position.