US 12,296,581 B2
Controlling tension of a media during printing
Luis Sole Enrech, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); Ricardo Oltra Ramirez, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); Jose Angel Villasante Bembibre, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); and Alex Rius Laorden, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES)
Assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/006,465
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/043381
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/019916, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0264497 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 15/16 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling tension of a media during printing, the media being tensioned by supporting a dancer bar coupled at a first end to a first dancer arm which moves about a first pivot, tension being provided by resisting a net moment acting on the first dancer arm, the method comprising:
applying a first setting force to the first dancer arm to set the net moment acting on the first dancer arm; and
adjusting the first setting force by a first adjuster to alter the net moment acting on the first dancer arm during printing.