Printer having guide for guiding print media around curved media path
A printer having a beltless guide for guiding print media around a curved media feed path. The guide includes: first and second opposed guide surfaces for guiding print media therebetween; and a chicane corresponding to a point of inflection in the curved media feed path. The media path does not follow a curvature of the chicane and the chicane is configured to transfer print media from contact with the second surface to contact with the first surface or vice versa.
1. A printer having a beltless guide for guiding print media around a curved media path suitable for duplex printing, the guide comprising: first and second opposed guide surfaces for guiding print media therebetween; and at least one chicane corresponding to a point of inflection in the curved media feed path,
wherein:
the media path does not follow a curvature of the chicane;
the chicane is configured to transfer, in a gap across the chicane, print media from contact with the second surface to contact with the first surface or vice versa;
the media path is not twisted within the gap about a longitudinal axis oriented in a media feed direction.
2. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the guide comprises a double-chicane configured to provide tangential points of contact for print media on respective first and second guide surfaces.
3. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the first and second guide surfaces are separated from each other by a distance of less than 5 mm along the chicane.
4. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the first and second guide surfaces have corresponding curvatures around the curved media path.