发明申请
- 专利标题: Selective Purging of Ink Jets to Limit Purge Mass
- 专利标题(中): 选择性吹扫喷墨以限制吹扫质量
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申请号: US12431446申请日: 2009-04-28
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公开(公告)号: US20100271424A1公开(公告)日: 2010-10-28
- 发明人: James Matthew Cunnington , Trevor James Snyder , Edward F. Burress , Heidi Noce
- 申请人: James Matthew Cunnington , Trevor James Snyder , Edward F. Burress , Heidi Noce
- 申请人地址: US CT Norwalk
- 专利权人: XEROX CORPORATION
- 当前专利权人: XEROX CORPORATION
- 当前专利权人地址: US CT Norwalk
- 主分类号: B41J2/165
- IPC分类号: B41J2/165
摘要:
A method of performing maintenance on a printhead of an imaging device includes the detection of at least one contaminated ink jet in a printhead. A first pressure is applied to ink in the printhead in response to the detection of the at least one contaminated ink jet. The first pressure is configured to prevent ink from entering a plurality of apertures in an aperture plate of the printhead and to prevent ink from drooling from the plurality of apertures unless the apertures are wiped by a wiper blade. A first portion of apertures in the plurality of apertures in the aperture plate is wiped with a wiper blade while leaving a second portion of the apertures untouched by the wiper blade while the first pressure is applied to the ink in the printhead. The wiping of the first portion of apertures enables ink to drool from the first portion of apertures. The first portion of apertures includes the at least one detected contaminated ink jet.
公开/授权文献
- US09545794B2 Selective purging of ink jets to limit purge mass 公开/授权日:2017-01-17