Patent ID: 7226159

Claim:
A pagewidth inkjet printer which comprises a support assembly; a housing mounted on the support assembly and having a print medium inlet end and a print medium outlet end; a feed roller assembly mounted on the support assembly proximate the inlet end to feed a print medium into the housing; a print engine mounted an the support assembly, downstream of the feed roller assembly to carry out a printing operation on the print medium; and an exit roller assembly mounted on the support assembly proximate the outlet end of the housing, wherein a gas inlet is arranged on the housing to permit drying gas to be introduced into the housing to facilitate drying of the print medium, the exit roller assembly being spaced from the print engine at a suitable distance so as to provide a feedpath of approximately 1 meter in length such that sufficient time is provided for the ink to dry completely as the print medium is displaced from the print engine to the exit roller assembly.