US 6,981,809 B2
Printing path having closely coupled media rollers and printhead
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain (Australia)
Assigned to Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain (Australia)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/15,009.
Application 11/015009 is a continuation of application No. 10/636280, filed on Aug. 08, 2003, granted, now 6,899,480.
Application 10/636280 is a continuation of application No. 09/662210, filed on Sep. 15, 2000, granted, now 6,612,240.
Prior Publication US 2005/0099484 A1, May 12, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 2/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 400—624 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing path arrangement for a pagewidth inkjet type printer, the arrangement comprising first and second rollers arranged to define a printing path therebetween and to engage print media so that the print media is tensioned and unsupported through the printing path, wherein:
the first and second rollers are rotatable about an axis to feed the print media along the printing path;
the printing path is arranged to pass a pagewidth first printing mechanism of the printer which, in use, prints one or more materials onto a first surface of the print media being fed along the printing path; and
the first roller has an effective outside radius of R1 and is located adjacent the first printing mechanism so that the first printing mechanism, in use, prints at least some of the one or more materials onto the print media less than 2R1 from a first line of contact of the first roller with the print media.