Patent ID: 8303106

Claim:
A digital printing system for printing on a continuous web of print media comprising: a printhead configured to selectively moisten at least a portion of the web of print media as the web of print media is guided through the printing system; and a roller positioned downstream from the printhead that contacts the print media and causes the print media to 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.