Media support
In one example, a media support includes a sheet of elongated suction cups. In another example, a media support includes an arrangement of elongated and/or circular suction cups in which the density of the suction cups varies between different parts of the support.
1. A media support, comprising:
a sheet of elongated suction cups, wherein each suction cup of the elongated suction cups is eccentric with respect to the other elongated suction cups and includes:
a vacuum port;
a series of ridges adjacent to the vacuum port; and
a rim integral with the sheet and extending around the series of ridges and the vacuum port in a recess in the sheet that extends below the front surface of the sheet when the sheet and the rim are in an unflexed state, wherein at least a portion of a bottom surface of the rim facing the recess extends below a front surface of the sheet when the sheet and the rim are in the unflexed state, and wherein the rim is to flex into the recess when a print media is sucked onto the rim to cause the print media to contact the series of ridges within the rim.
2. The media support of claim 1 , wherein the sheet includes:
only elongated suction cups.
3. The media support of claim 1 , wherein air is to be evacuated from each of the elongated suction cups through a respective vacuum port of the suction cup.
4. The media support of claim 1 , wherein the suction cups are arranged in a pattern in which the density of suction cups varies between different parts of the sheet.
5. The media support of claim 1 , wherein the sheet comprises a flexible sheet and each elongated suction cup comprises an oval suction cup.
6. The media support of claim 3 , wherein the rim is formed at a perimeter of a flexible ring surrounding the vacuum port, and wherein the ring is to flex into the recess away from the front surface of the sheet when the print media supported on the sheet is sucked onto the rim.
7. The media support of claim 1 , wherein the sheet further includes circular suction cups.