AU2001238199A1 - Waste ink management - Google Patents

Waste ink management

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Publication number
AU2001238199A1
AU2001238199A1 AU2001238199A AU3819901A AU2001238199A1 AU 2001238199 A1 AU2001238199 A1 AU 2001238199A1 AU 2001238199 A AU2001238199 A AU 2001238199A AU 3819901 A AU3819901 A AU 3819901A AU 2001238199 A1 AU2001238199 A1 AU 2001238199A1
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AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
waste ink
ink management
management
waste
ink
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
AU2001238199A
Inventor
Benjamin Alan Askren
John Edward Borsuk
Donn Duane Bryant
Curtis Ray Droege
Laura Leigh Garcia
Edward Lawrence Kiely
Robert Flynt Strean
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Lexmark International Inc
Original Assignee
Lexmark International Inc
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Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Lexmark International Inc filed Critical Lexmark International Inc
Publication of AU2001238199A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001238199A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/1721—Collecting waste ink; Collectors therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Preventing or detecting of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
    • B41J2/1652—Cleaning of print head nozzles by driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof, e.g. by applying pressure to the inside or vacuum at the outside of the print head
    • B41J2/16523—Waste ink collection from caps or spittoons, e.g. by suction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/1714—Conditioning of the outside of ink supply systems, e.g. inkjet collector cleaning, ink mist removal
    • B41J2/1742—
AU2001238199A 2000-02-14 2001-02-14 Waste ink management Abandoned AU2001238199A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/504,652 US6357853B1 (en) 2000-02-14 2000-02-14 Waste ink management
US09504652 2000-02-14
PCT/US2001/004588 WO2001060622A1 (en) 2000-02-14 2001-02-13 Waste ink management

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
AU2001238199A1 true AU2001238199A1 (en) 2001-08-27

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AU2001238199A Abandoned AU2001238199A1 (en) 2000-02-14 2001-02-14 Waste ink management

Country Status (4)

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US (1) US6357853B1 (en)
AU (1) AU2001238199A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2375324B (en)
WO (1) WO2001060622A1 (en)

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Publication number Publication date
US6357853B1 (en) 2002-03-19
GB0220204D0 (en) 2002-10-09
GB2375324B (en) 2003-11-19
WO2001060622A1 (en) 2001-08-23
GB2375324A (en) 2002-11-13

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