Ink container configured for use with compact supply station
    2.
    发明授权
    Ink container configured for use with compact supply station 有权
    墨水容器配置用于紧凑型供应站

    公开(公告)号:US06386692B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-14

    申请号:US09653463

    申请日:2000-08-31

    IPC分类号: B41J2175

    摘要: The present invention is a replaceable ink container for use in a printing system. The printing system is of the type having a printhead mounted in a scanning carriage and a supply station for receiving the replaceable ink container. The supply station is in fluid communication with the printhead. The replaceable ink container includes a fluid outlet configured for engaging corresponding fluid inlet portions on the supply station. Also included is a first and second guide feature disposed on an outer surface of the replaceable ink container. The first and second guide features'are disposed and arranged to engage corresponding first and second guiding features disposed on opposite ends of the supply station to guide the replaceable ink container into the supply station to fluidically couple the fluid outlet and corresponding fluid inlet.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是一种用于打印系统的可更换墨盒。 打印系统是具有安装在扫描托架中的打印头和用于接收可更换墨盒的供应站的类型。 供应站与打印头流体连通。 可替换的油墨容器包括流体出口,其构造成用于接合供应站上的对应的流体入口部分。 还包括设置在可更换墨盒的外表面上的第一和第二引导件。 第一和第二引导特征被设置和布置成接合设置在供应站的相对端上的相应的第一和第二引导特征,以将可更换的墨水容器引导到供应站中以使流体出口和相应的流体入口流体耦合。

    Inkjet printhead calibration
    5.
    发明授权
    Inkjet printhead calibration 有权
    喷墨打印头校准

    公开(公告)号:US6076915A

    公开(公告)日:2000-06-20

    申请号:US128455

    申请日:1998-08-03

    摘要: In various methods, image registration variations among test patterns are used to calibrate misalignment among one or more printheads, paper advance distance, different portions of an inkjet printhead, or bidirectional printhead alignment. A set of test patterns are printed. Each pattern includes a reference portion and a varying portion. The varying portion is changed from pattern to pattern in a manner for testing a parameter being calibrated. An optical sensor scans each test pattern. The parameter setting for the lest pattern having the highest reflectance (i.e., most blank space) is selected as the calibrated parameter value.

    摘要翻译: 在各种方法中,使用测试图案之间的图像配准变化来校准一个或多个打印头之间的未对准,纸张提前距离,喷墨打印头的不同部分或双向打印头对准。 打印一组测试图案。 每个图案包括参考部分和变化部分。 变化部分以模式改变为模式,以便测试被校准的参数。 光学传感器扫描每个测试模式。 选择具有最高反射率(即最大空白间隔)的最小图案的参数设置作为校准参数值。

    Inkjet printer cartridge adapted for enhanced cleaning thereof and method of assembling the printer cartridge

    公开(公告)号:US06585348B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-01

    申请号:US10003619

    申请日:2001-10-29

    IPC分类号: B41J2165

    CPC分类号: B41J2/16535 B41J2/16552

    摘要: An inkjet printer cartridge adapted for enhanced cleaning thereof, and method of assembling the printer cartridge. An inkjet printer cartridge comprises a cartridge body defining a chamber therein. A substrate is coupled to the cartridge body and has a hole therethrough in communication with the chamber. An orifice plate is coupled to the substrate and has an orifice therethrough aligned with the hole. A platform is coupled to the substrate and surrounds the orifice plate. The platform defines a relatively smooth surface thereon having a predetermined surface roughness for sealably engaging a cap belonging to a print head cleaning service station movable into engagement with the printer cartridge. The surface of the platform may have a surface roughness of between approximately 0.5 microinches and approximately 2.0 microinches. Moreover, the surface of the platform is also level for sealably engaging the cap.

    Ink aerosol control for large format printer
    7.
    发明授权
    Ink aerosol control for large format printer 有权
    墨水喷雾控制大幅面打印机

    公开(公告)号:US06203152B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-03-20

    申请号:US09397610

    申请日:1999-09-16

    IPC分类号: B41J29377

    CPC分类号: B41J29/377

    摘要: An inkjet printing device comprises a platen on which a printing zone is defined, a carriage, onto which at least a printhead is mounted, slidable along the printing zone near the platen, a service station, located in a service zone separated from the printing zone, a housing protecting and enclosing the printing zone and the servicing zone, and a device, for example a fan, for producing an air flow within the housing. A substantially constant air path is defined within the housing of the device through which the air flow is allowed to pass during its operation. A method for reducing ink aerosol in such a device, during its operation, comprises the following steps: producing an air flow within the housing, and forcing the air flow to pass through a substantially constant air path defined within the housing.

    摘要翻译: 一种喷墨打印装置,包括:印刷区域被限定的台板;滑架,至少安装有打印头的打印头可沿着压板附近的打印区域滑动;服务站,位于从打印区域分离的服务区域中 ,保护和封闭印刷区域和维护区域的壳体,以及用于在壳体内产生空气流的装置,例如风扇。 在设备的壳体内限定基本上恒定的空气路径,在其运行期间允许空气流通过。 一种用于在这种装置中减少墨水气溶胶的方法,在其操作期间包括以下步骤:在壳体内产生空气流,并迫使空气流通过限定在壳体内的基本上恒定的空气路径。

    Printing of color ink under and over black text and graphics areas
    8.
    发明授权
    Printing of color ink under and over black text and graphics areas 有权
    在黑色文字和图形区域下方打印彩色墨水

    公开(公告)号:US06354693B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-03-12

    申请号:US09659666

    申请日:2000-09-11

    IPC分类号: B41J221

    摘要: One or more reactive color inks are printed under and over black text and graphics areas. That is to say, one or more reactive color inks are first printed in a selected area in which black text and/or graphics are to be printed, then the black text and/or graphics are printed, and finally one or more reactive color inks are then printed over the black text and/or graphics. The use of under- and over-printing of black text and/or graphics by reactive color inks improves several important characteristics of inkjet printing. Specifically, the following improvements are obtained: dry-time, finger smudge, media independence/print quality, waterfastness, strikethrough, less noticeable missing/misdirected nozzles, and no dedicated pens are required. Alternatively, either underprinting alone or overprinting alone may be used.

    摘要翻译: 一个或多个反应性颜色墨水印刷在黑色文本和图形区域之下。 也就是说,首先将一个或多个反应性颜色墨水印刷到要打印黑色文本和/或图形的选定区域中,然后打印黑色文本和/或图形,最后打印一个或多个反应性颜色墨水 然后印在黑色文字和/或图形上。 通过反应性颜色油墨使用黑色文字和/或图形的欠印刷和超印刷改善了喷墨印刷的几个重要特性。 具体来说,可以获得以下改进:干燥时间,手指污迹,介质独立性/打印质量,耐水性,删除线,缺少/不正确的喷嘴,不需要专用笔。 或者,可以单独使用底印或单独的套印。

    Mixing overprinting and underprinting of inks in an inkjet printer to speed up the dry time of black ink without undesirable hue shifts
    9.
    发明授权
    Mixing overprinting and underprinting of inks in an inkjet printer to speed up the dry time of black ink without undesirable hue shifts 有权
    在喷墨打印机中混合墨水的套印和底印以加快黑色墨水的干燥时间,而不会有不希望的色调偏移

    公开(公告)号:US06244687B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-06-12

    申请号:US09273703

    申请日:1999-03-22

    IPC分类号: B41J221

    摘要: A black printhead is installed in a scanning carriage with at least one primary color printhead on both sides of the black printhead. To reduce the drying time of a printed black ink pattern and to achieve other benefits, a first one of the primary color inks underprints the black ink in a first scan direction, and a second one of the primary color inks underprints the black ink in an opposite second scan direction. To minimize hue shifts due to the different underprinted colors, the black ink is overprinted, during the same scan that printed the underprinted ink and black ink, by a color ink that is different from the underprinted ink, so that the resulting black image printed in both scan directions will contain the same three color components. In one embodiment, the order of print cartridges in the scanning carriage, as viewed from the front of the printer, is cyan, black, magenta, and yellow. Other orders may also be used, and additional colors may be used. The invention is also applicable to a color printer using a single printhead with multiple sets of nozzles, each set printing a different color ink.

    摘要翻译: 黑色打印头安装在扫描托架中,黑色打印头两侧至少有一个主色打印头。 为了减少印刷黑色油墨图案的干燥时间并实现其它优点,第一种原色油墨在第一扫描方向上印刷黑色油墨,并且第二种原色油墨将黑色油墨以 相反的第二扫描方向。 为了最小化由于不同的印痕颜色造成的色相偏移,在通过与底印油墨不同的彩色油墨进行的相同的扫描期间,黑印刷被印刷在底印油墨和黑色油墨的同一扫描中,从而将所得到的黑色图像印在 两个扫描方向都将包含相同的三色组件。 在一个实施例中,从打印机前面观察的扫描托架中的打印墨盒的顺序是青色,黑色,品红色和黄色。 也可以使用其他订单,并且可以使用附加的颜色。 本发明也适用于使用具有多组喷嘴的单个打印头的彩色打印机,每个喷墨打印机印刷不同颜色的墨水。

    Heated inkjet print media support system
    10.
    发明授权
    Heated inkjet print media support system 失效
    加热喷墨打印媒体支持系统

    公开(公告)号:US06168269A

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-02

    申请号:US08913561

    申请日:1997-12-29

    IPC分类号: B41J201

    摘要: To maintain a uniform spacing between the print media, such as paper or fabric, and an inkjet printhead having a large print swath, for instance about 25 millimeters (one inch) wide, a new media support system is provided for inkjet printing mechanisms, such as printers or plotters. The support system employs an endless belt (62) driven from the belt interior surface by a roller drive system that uniformly supports the printhead media under the reciprocating printhead (54, 56). The belt may be lined with anti-cockle ribs or it may be foraminous, with a vacuum applied thereunder to pull the media onto the belt. An ink drying system is included for heating the belt and thus the media to avoid ink bleed. A method is also provided for supporting and transporting a large sheet of print media through a printzone of an inkjet printing mechanism having such a large swath inkjet head.

    摘要翻译: 为了在诸如纸或织物的打印介质和具有大的打印幅宽的喷墨打印头之间保持均匀的间隔,例如大约25毫米(一英寸)宽,为喷墨打印机构提供了新的介质支撑系统,例如 作为打印机或绘图仪。 支撑系统采用从皮带内表面驱动的环形带(62),该滚筒驱动系统在往复打印头(54,56)下均匀地支撑打印头介质。 皮带可以衬有防起皱肋骨,或者可以是多孔的,其上施加有真空以将介质拉到皮带上。 包括一个油墨干燥系统,用于加热带,从而加热介质以避免油墨渗出。 还提供了一种用于通过具有这种大幅面喷墨头的喷墨打印机构的打印区支持和传送大片打印介质的方法。