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7591530 |
Printing device
A printing device has a printer head that contains a first device for applying the ink onto a substrate. The first device includes ink nozzles for applying the ink. A second device is provided for...
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7588309 |
Image forming apparatus
Cleaning liquid stored in a first storage tank is absorbed by a sponge via a passage formed in a tube and a holder, and then applied onto a conveyance belt when the sponge comes into contact with...
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7571981 |
Waste ink storage structure, ink cartridge, waste ink tank and ink jet printer
A waste ink storage structure including: container walls, defining a storage space adapted to store a waste ink; a waste ink inlet portion adapted to pour the waste ink into the storage space; a...
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7571980 |
Cleaning method and apparatus for a printhead assembly
A method and apparatus are provided for cleaning a first set and a second set of a staggered full-width array printhead assembly (SFWA) in an inkjet printer. The apparatus for the method includes...
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7566115 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and platen unit
There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head that has a conductive nozzle plate and discharges liquid from openings of the nozzle plate to recording material; an...
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7497550 |
Ink over-spray containment apparatus and method
An ink over-spray containment apparatus includes a first member having a first fluidic transport coefficient and a first ink affinity; and a second member coupled to the first member. The second...
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7472981 |
Printhead assembly for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition
A printhead assembly for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The assembly comprises a printhead having an ink ejection face and a printhead maintenance station. The...
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7472985 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus, recording apparatus, absorbing member and ink collecting unit
There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head that has a conductive nozzle plate and discharges liquid from openings of the nozzle plate to recording material, a...
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7465013 |
Printhead capping mechanism including blotting assembly
A printer has a printhead and a capping mechanism adapted to cap the printhead. The capping mechanism supports a blotting assembly and is connected to a powered roller of a print media feed...
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7461930 |
Seal for inkjet orifices
An absorbent material is employed as a seal over the printhead nozzles. The absorbent is uni-axial to prevent ink migration laterally, implemented by a lattice of absorbent matter surrounded by ink...
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7448720 |
Printhead assembly comprising wicking element
A printhead assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a printhead having an ink ejection face, and a wicking element positioned for receiving ink from an edge portion of the face and/or an edge...
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7448722 |
Method of maintaining printhead in an operable condition
A method of maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The method comprises the steps of (a) providing an elastically deformable pad having a contact surface for sealing...
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7445312 |
Inkjet printer and inkjet print method
The present invention provides an inkjet printer and an inkjet printing method, which enable an ink that overflowed to the outside from the edge of a printing medium to be fully absorbed by a...
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7438382 |
Method of maintaining a printhead using contact angle hysteresis
A method of maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing an elastically deformable pad having a contact surface for sealing...
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7431438 |
Ink cartridge, recording apparatus employing ink cartridge, and manufacturing method for ink cartridge
An ink cartridge which is detachably mountable to a liquid ejection type recording device including a liquid ejecting head for ejecting liquid onto a recording material while scanning the recording...
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7425049 |
Method of wicking ink away from a printhead
A method of removing ink from an ink ejection face of a printhead is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) moving the ink towards an edge portion of the face; and (b) wicking the ink...
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7399055 |
Inkjet printer and cap unit for maintenance unit of inkjet printer
In purge processing, ink ejected from a head weeps from a cap unit due to weight of the ink during the movement of a maintenance unit to a retraction position. Then, the ink is absorbed into a...
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RE40294 |
Servicing system for an inkjet printhead
A wet-wiping printhead cleaning system for inkjet printer incorporating a wiper for wiping the printhead including a treatment fluid applicator configured for placing treatment fluid onto at least...
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7344223 |
Ink-jet recovery device
An ink-jet recovery device includes a rotation member, an ink absorbing member, a moving unit and a rotation unit. The rotation member is adapted to rotate on a predetermined rotation shaft. The...
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7341329 |
Inkjet printer
An inkjet printer includes a recording head, a spacer, a wiping member, and an inflow preventing member. The recording head includes an ejection surface in which a plurality of ejection ports for...
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7328994 |
Print engine assembly with slotted chassis
A print engine assembly includes an elongate chassis that defines a channel and a slot. A printhead assembly is fast with respect to the chassis and is configured to print upon print media fed...
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7316467 |
Ink jet recording apparatus having multi-layer waste ink absorber
A waste ink container of an ink jet recording apparatus includes a plurality of ink-retrieving absorbers and a connecting absorber connecting the ink-retrieving absorbers. The ink-retrieving...
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7306322 |
Printhead assembly with ink distribution assembly
A printhead assembly includes elongate, printhead integrated circuits having a plurality of micro-electromechanical ink ejection mechanisms configured to eject ink. An ink distribution assembly, to...
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7296876 |
Holder for liquid absorber and liquid ejecting apparatus incorporating the same
A liquid ejecting head is operable to eject liquid toward a target medium. A medium supporting member is opposing to the liquid ejecting head and supporting the target medium from below. A liquid...
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7296874 |
Inkjet recording apparatus
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an absorber configured to abut a nozzle surface of a line head to absorb ink adhered on the nozzle surface. A portion of the absorber which corresponds to an...
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7290851 |
Ink-jet recording apparatus
An ink-jet recording apparatus capable of high-quality recording without smudging recording media and the interior of the recording apparatus even when a frameless recording operation using...
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7287846 |
Inkjet printer cartridge with combined blotter
A printer cartridge for an inkjet printer including a body containing at least one printing fluid reservoir, a printhead attached to the body and in fluid communication with the at least one...
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7264331 |
Ink jet recording apparatus
To prevent ink adhesion to a conduit connecting portion after removing an ink tank, there is provided an ink jet recording apparatus including a recording head for jetting ink onto a recording...
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7252361 |
Ink jet recording apparatus having an ink absorbing member and a wiping member
An apparatus is capable of securely cleaning foreign matter, such as ink, attached to a discharge port surface with good efficiency, even in the case of a broad discharge port surface such as in a...
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7204577 |
Waste liquid treating device and liquid ejecting apparatus incorporating the same
A liquid ejecting head is operable to move in a first direction. A platen is opposed to the liquid ejecting head to support an object to which a liquid droplet is ejected from the liquid ejecting...
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7182425 |
Printer
A printer apparatus in which its apparatus main body's width dimension can be minimized, by achieving compact housing of a maintenance station for performing maintenance operations with effective...
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7159963 |
Image recording apparatus with wipe unit and nozzle maintenance unit
An image recording apparatus is disclosed having a recording head including a plurality of nozzles for jetting an ink and a maintenance unit for performing a maintenance operation to the nozzles....
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7111923 |
Inkjet printing system for containment and evaporation of waste ink
A postage meter includes a print head, a purge unit for removing waste ink from the print head, and an ink tray assembly for receiving the waste ink. The ink tray assembly includes a tray and a...
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7104628 |
Ink jet printer
An ink jet printer comprises a cap for covering nozzles for jetting ink, wherein the cap has a suction opening and a atmosphere-communicating opening in the neighborhood of its one end portion in...
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7093922 |
Printhead blotting assembly
A printer includes a printhead blotting assembly having an arm that is attached at one end to one of the printer's drive rollers by a clutch. At the opposite end of the arm a blotting assembly is...
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6966624 |
Liquid spraying device
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes drive device for moving up a cap ( 9 a ) of capping device ( 9 ) to a nozzle formation face seal position of a record head ( 12 ) and moving down the cap to a...
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6938998 |
Liquid ejecting device
A liquid ejecting device includes a liquid ejecting head for moving in a first direction and ejecting droplets, a fixation medium supply device for transporting a fixation medium in a second...
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6918647 |
Inkjet printhead assembly having a rotary platen assembly
An inkjet printhead assembly includes a carrier. An ink supply assembly is mounted on the carrier and defines a plurality of printhead chip receiving formations that are each dimensioned to engage...
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6896353 |
Inkjet printhead squeegee
An inkjet printhead squeegee is split on one side so that its wiping force on a printhead is highest on the front stroke and much lighter on the backstroke when the surface is dry. Alternatively,...
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6896352 |
Ink jet recording apparatus
An ink jet recording apparatus, capable of preventing defective idle suction, comprises a cap movable toward/away from an ejection port surface of a recording head for capping/uncapping the...
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6890057 |
Inkjet printer waste ink storage apparatus
Ink absorption pads are associated with waste ink storage apparatus in ink jet printers. Waste ink is emitted from the tubes. The waste ink is absorbed by the pads.
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6866374 |
Ink cartridge
There is provided an ink cartridge having at least one ink bag in which ink is housed, and a joint portion connected to the ink bag and coupled to a printer as required to supply ink. The ink...
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6866363 |
Waste ink collecting device
A waste ink collecting device has an ink tank accommodating an ink absorber that absorbs unnecessary ink discharged from a printhead of an ink-jet printer. The discharged ink is dropped onto the...
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6860583 |
Waste ink absorption system and method
An inkjet printing system includes a platen adapted to support a print media, a printhead adapted to eject ink into a print zone between the printhead and the platen toward the print media and...
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6834931 |
Spittoon system for waste inkjet printer ink
An inkjet waste ink handling system embodiment of the present invention includes a spittoon reservoir for collecting waste ink dropped from an inkjet printhead, and a ramp within the spittoon...
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6817696 |
Ink jet printer
An ink jet printer of the present invention includes at least one ink head which jets ink to a recording medium surface of a recording medium. This ink head has a nozzle plate in which a nozzle for...
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6809047 |
Composite non-woven ink absorber
A composite non-woven needlefelt ink absorber that is particularly suited for use with an ink jet printer to absorb and disperse waste ink utilizes at least two distinct layers. The layer initially...
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6808246 |
Start-up and shut down of continuous inkjet print head
A start-up and shutdown system for removing unwanted ink from a continuous inkjet printer comprises a porous element in flow communication with a cleaning chamber, both positioned adjacent to an...
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6786658 |
Printer for accommodating varying page thicknesses
A pagewidth drop on demand printer includes a printhead having an array of fixed printing nozzles thereon. A platen having a platen surface upon which a sheet rides to receive ink from the printing...
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6769758 |
Cleaning device and ink-jet printer
A cleaning device for cleaning a nozzle surface of an ink-jet head has a first wiping member for wiping a nozzle surface of an ink-jet head and a second wiping member for wiping the first wiping...
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