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Article: Australian Inventor Develops Print Media Transport Assembly
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- February 13, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed a print media transport assembly.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer of a type having a page width printhead includes opposed first and second platens. Spanning the space between the platens is a drive roller that is arranged to urge portions of print media supported by the first and second platens in opposite directions in use. A second roller is arranged along corresponding edges of the platens and serves to redirect the print media from one platen to the other during its operation. A brush is located upstream of the printhead about the second roller to remove debris from the ...