GB2382326B - Waste ink management - Google Patents

Waste ink management

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Publication number
GB2382326B
GB2382326B GB0304891A GB0304891A GB2382326B GB 2382326 B GB2382326 B GB 2382326B GB 0304891 A GB0304891 A GB 0304891A GB 0304891 A GB0304891 A GB 0304891A GB 2382326 B GB2382326 B GB 2382326B
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United Kingdom
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.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB0304891A
Other versions
GB2382326A (en
GB0304891D0 (en
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
Priority claimed from US09/504,652 external-priority patent/US6357853B1/en
Application filed by Lexmark International Inc filed Critical Lexmark International Inc
Publication of GB0304891D0 publication Critical patent/GB0304891D0/en
Publication of GB2382326A publication Critical patent/GB2382326A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2382326B publication Critical patent/GB2382326B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related 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
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/1714—Conditioning of the outside of ink supply systems, e.g. inkjet collector cleaning, ink mist removal
    • 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
    • B41J2/1742—Open waste ink collectors, e.g. ink receiving from a print head above the collector during borderless printing
GB0304891A 2000-02-14 2001-02-13 Waste ink management Expired - Fee Related GB2382326B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/504,652 US6357853B1 (en) 2000-02-14 2000-02-14 Waste ink management
GB0220204A GB2375324B (en) 2000-02-14 2001-02-13 Waste ink management

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB0304891D0 GB0304891D0 (en) 2003-04-09
GB2382326A GB2382326A (en) 2003-05-28
GB2382326B true GB2382326B (en) 2003-11-19

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GB0304891A Expired - Fee Related GB2382326B (en) 2000-02-14 2001-02-13 Waste ink management

Country Status (1)

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Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20040257397A1 (en) * 2003-06-20 2004-12-23 Antonio Gomez Spittoon mechanism and method

Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5617124A (en) * 1994-03-25 1997-04-01 Hewlett-Packard Company Self-cleaning service station for inkjet printing mechanisms
US5680162A (en) * 1994-09-30 1997-10-21 Hewlett-Packard Company Multiple chimneys for ink jet printer

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5617124A (en) * 1994-03-25 1997-04-01 Hewlett-Packard Company Self-cleaning service station for inkjet printing mechanisms
US5680162A (en) * 1994-09-30 1997-10-21 Hewlett-Packard Company Multiple chimneys for ink jet printer

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GB0304891D0 (en) 2003-04-09

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Date Code Title Description
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20080213