Infrared foil heater for drying ink jet images on a recording medium

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EP 0 997 301 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/28

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	03.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/18

(21)	Application number: 99308175.1

(22)	Date of filing: 18.10.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B41J 11/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

30.10.1998 US 182788

(71)	Applicant: Xerox Corporation
	Rochester, New York 14644 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Barner, Jeffrey D. Rochester, New York 14618 (US) Szlucha, Thomas F. Fairport, New York 14450 (US) Peter, Kenneth C. Penfield, New York 14526 (US)

(74)	Representative: W.P. Thompson & Co.
	Coopers Building, Church Street Liverpool L1 3AB Liverpool L1 3AB (GB)

(54)	Infrared foil heater for drying ink jet images on a recording medium

(57) A heater (50) is disposed in a post-print location of an ink printer (10) to provide a post-print drying of an ink image formed on a recording medium (16). The heater (50) includes a foil circuit (52) made of a material which, when receiving an applied power from a power source (56), emits radiation in the infrared range. The heater (50) is located above the paper path and presents a rapid uniform application of IR radiation to predetermined areas of the recorded image resulting in fast, efficient drying of the image and enabling a high productivity printer.

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