Hoffman, Warnick & D'Alessandro LLC
Compact printing apparatus and method
A printing apparatus (10) for printing an image on a receiving substrate (20), the printing apparatus including:ink application means (11) for imagewise applying liquid ink to a side of the receiving substrate;a drying section (12) for drying the receiving substrate after the ink application;transportation means (13, 14, 15) for transporting the receiving substrate along a path (30-36) past the ink application means (11) and through the drying section (12);wherein the path (30-36) has a path section (30-36) between a first position (P1,P2) at the ink application means (11) and a second position (P3-P7) downstream the first position (P1,P2), the path section (30-36) having first (30) and second (32) substantially straight portions and a convex curve (31) between the first (30) and second (32) substantially straight portions.
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