| 摘要 |
A system and method is provided for drying ink deposited onto an printing medium by a printer. The printer includes therewithin primary heat generating modules which generate excess heat within the printer when the ink is printed onto the printing medium, a thermally conductive platen over which the printing medium moves within the printer during the printing of the ink onto the printing medium, and heat conductive contacts. It also includes heat conductive contacts for conductively attaching the primary heat generating modules to the thermally conductive platen. The primary heat generating modules are conductively attached to the thermally conductive platen through heat conductive contacts. The primary heat generating modules generate excess heat for conductively heating the thermally conductive platen. Then, the printing medium is moved into contact with the heated thermally conductive platen thereby heating the printing medium. Next, the printing ink is deposited by the printer onto the heated printing medium. The ink on the heated printing medium is dried by effects of the elevated temperature imparted to the printing medium by the heated thermally conductive platen. In this way, faster printing throughput and improved print quality are provided. <IMAGE>
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