DIRECT PRINTING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING CONTAINERS WITH DIRECT PRINTING

    公开(公告)号:US20190070861A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-07

    申请号:US16120976

    申请日:2018-09-04

    申请人: KRONES AG

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    摘要: A direct printing machine for printing containers with a direct print, having at least one stationary direct printing station with a direct print head, an ink supply system for supplying ink to the direct print head, and with a conveyor for conveying the containers past at the direct printing station, the ink supply system comprising a supply line and/or a return line for the printing ink, for producing ink flow from a supply tank to the direct print head and/or back, wherein the ink supply system comprises at least one header tank arranged in the supply line and/or the return line for setting a meniscus pressure of the printing ink, and a valve terminal is arranged between the header tank and the direct print head to interrupt the ink flow over the direct print head and to produce it in a bypass line.