EP3953186A1 - Verfahren zum transport von druckmedien sowie zur reinigung einer düsenfrontplatte - Google Patents
Verfahren zum transport von druckmedien sowie zur reinigung einer düsenfrontplatteInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a method for transporting print media piece by piece into and out of the effective area of a print head and for cleaning at least part of at least one nozzle front plate provided on the print head.
- the invention also relates to a printing system for carrying out the method according to the invention.
- Printing systems can print different print media, such as ceramic tiles, sheets of paper, sheets of corrugated cardboard, metal plates, wooden plates or glass plates with a print head, which typically comprises several printing modules with several nozzle plates with nozzles from which drops of a printable composition can be output.
- a print head typically comprises several printing modules with several nozzle plates with nozzles from which drops of a printable composition can be output.
- the nozzle plates must be cleaned from time to time in order to enable a trouble-free printing operation, the production of defect-free printed print media being of great importance.
- Soiled nozzle plates to be cleaned can form over time during printing operation if, for example, undesired wetting of the nozzle plate surface by ink takes place, which accordingly has to be cleaned regularly.
- such regular cleaning of a nozzle plate of a print head is achieved by interrupting the printing operation before cleaning and then removing the print head so far from the conveyor belt disclosed therein for transporting a printing material that a cleaning device parked next to the print head can be guided from its parking position into the area between the print head and the conveyor belt and is guided there accordingly for cleaning.
- the nozzle plate is cleaned in such a way that an impulse of a gas flow is passed over the nozzle plate, with which paint residues and / or foreign particles adhering to the nozzle plate are transported to a detachment edge and detached there from the nozzle plate.
- the printing operation of the above-described printing system from the prior art has the disadvantage that it has to be repeatedly interrupted at relatively short time intervals for cleaning the nozzle plate in order not to produce any rejects.
- transit operation of a printing system is to be understood as the use of the same, at least for a certain period of time, exclusively in its capacity as a transit system, in which print media pass through the effective area of a print head of this printing system without being printed and are only printed in a further printing system downstream of this printing system .
- the object is achieved with a method which comprises the features of claim 1.
- the subclaims relate to further advantageous and optionally additionally inventive embodiments.
- the invention is based on the idea of transporting print media into and out of the effective area of a nozzle front plate, with at least some of the print media being transported at a distance from at least one of their next adjacent print media, which creates gaps between them in the transport direction and cleaning the nozzle front plate is carried out by means of a fluid flow directed against the nozzle front plate in such a way that a fluid flow cleaning device is not necessarily activated but always exclusively in the area of the gaps and synchronized with them.
- a method according to the invention for transporting print media is carried out with a printing system comprising a print head, on which print head at least one nozzle front plate is provided, the print head comprising at least one print module with at least one nozzle plate from which drops can be output.
- the cleaning of the at least one part of the nozzle front plate takes place by means of one or more fluid flow configurations from a cleaning device that activates the fluid flow.
- the nozzle front plate encompasses the nozzle plate.
- a medium that is to be printed is referred to as a print medium.
- a “dummy” or “placeholder” that cannot or cannot be printed, which can also create a gap between the next adjacent print media, must be distinguished from a print medium.
- the method according to the invention is a method for transporting print media in pieces into and out of the effective area of a print head and for cleaning at least part of at least one nozzle front plate provided on the print head, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a printing system comprising the print head with the nozzle front plate, wherein the print head comprises at least one print module with at least one nozzle plate, from which drops of a printable composition can be output, b) transport of the print media along a transport direction such that print media is in the effective area of the nozzle front plate be transported in and out of this again, c) cleaning of the at least one part of the nozzle front plate by means of one or more fluid flow configurations from a fluid flow activating cleaning device, wherein the fluid flow configuration Rations include at least one directed against the at least part of the nozzle front plate fluid flow.
- the nozzle front plate comprises the nozzle plate, with at least some of the print media being transported at a distance in the transport direction to at least one of their next adjacent print media, which results in gaps between these spaced-apart adjacent print media in the transport direction and the cleaning device fluid flow not necessarily but always exclusively in the area of the gaps and activated synchronized with these.
- the method according to the invention is particularly suitable when, for example, the nozzle front plate of the printing system is used under working conditions in which large amounts of liquid condense out on the nozzle front plate in a very short time.
- contamination is known from the ceramic industry, for example, when ceramic printing media, after they have been produced in a pressing device and have passed through several stations, and then in a state moistened with water and at a temperature of the printing media between 30 ° C and 120 ° C in the printing system can be transported in and out of this again.
- the water from the ceramic pressure media changes into the gas phase, from which the gaseous water can condense out again on the nozzle front plate.
- part of the composition printed on these printing media changes into the gas phase, from which it can condense out again on the nozzle front plate.
- the drops can keep growing, until the force of gravity on the drops exceeds the holding forces on the nozzle faceplate, causing drops of the composition to detach and fall onto the print media.
- spoiled products produced cannot be used as high-quality products, but can at best be sold on the market as second-class, inferior products, whereby they can in any case be classified as rejects.
- the printable composition comprises a volatile component, at least in the case described above. This is typically water and / or a polyglycol.
- a volatile component typically water and / or a polyglycol.
- relatively large amounts in particular maximum amounts greater than 200 g / m 2 to 1500 g / m 2 based on a full-surface application, are often applied to the printing media to create relief-like or full-surface decorations to manufacture.
- the glaze suspension is often heated to a temperature between 30 ° C and 50 ° C before the media is printed. In this case there is a considerable rate of evaporation of liquid from the glaze suspension applied to the printing media, some of which condenses out again on the nozzle front plate, so that the nozzle front plate becomes particularly heavily soiled without corresponding repeated cleaning.
- the condensation of liquid from the air can create another problem.
- the printing of the print media is normally known to take place at a very small height of a fraction of a millimeter or a few millimeters between the nozzle faceplate and the surface of the print media. Drops that form on the nozzle front plate over time do not even have to fall onto the print media due to gravity in order to contaminate them, but can grow to a size where they hang down at "eye level" with the print media being transported at least level with the surface of the print media, causing it to be carried away by the print media. This often results in dirt that is stretched along the surface of the print media.
- Nozzle front plates can also become soiled if, due to poor jetting behavior, so-called satellites or satellite droplets form in the main droplets that are emitted and are emitted together with the main droplet in the form of very small droplets.
- the droplets form a droplet mist, which is deposited on the nozzle front plate and can contaminate it.
- the contamination of the nozzle front plate can even be the result of manual cleaning of the same.
- manual cleaning clogged nozzles can be freed from dried-on ink residues. If the nozzle faceplate is not dried sufficiently, however, so much cleaning liquid can remain on the nozzle faceplate that this liquid can fall over time in the form of drops onto the print media or can be carried away by the print media as set out in the manner described above.
- At least that entire area of the nozzle front plate to which the print media are exposed during transport through the effective area of the nozzle front plate is cleaned.
- the provided print head comprises at least two print modules, each with at least one nozzle plate, the print modules being arranged one behind the other as seen in the transport direction of the print media.
- the nozzle front plate comprises the nozzle plates of the print modules.
- the nozzle front plate can comprise the nozzle plate and at least one frame plate, the side of the nozzle front plate facing the print media in particular lying in one plane with the nozzle plate and frame plate.
- the cleaning device activates the fluid flow sequentially.
- This embodiment is advantageous because gaps between the print media arranged in the transport direction can be selected to be relatively narrow, for example, with respect to the length of the nozzle front plate in the transport direction.
- the cleaning of the at least one part of the nozzle front plate according to step (c) is accompanied at least at times.
- the method comprises the step (d) of printing the print media in that the at least one nozzle plate of the at least one print module emits drops of the printable composition, preferably an ink or a glaze suspension.
- the printable composition used preferably the ink or the glaze suspension, can comprise at least one volatile component, preferably water and / or at least one non-aqueous polar solvent.
- the non-aqueous polar solvent is typically a polyglycol.
- the water is accordingly present in the glaze suspension or in the ink in a proportion between 30% by weight and 60% by weight based on the weight of the glaze suspension or the ink.
- the print head comprises a gas flow module which has at least a first and a second slot nozzle in the nozzle front plate, with a gas in the gap between the nozzle front plate and the print media to be printed in the method at least when printing the print media according to step (d) is discharged from the first slot nozzle and sucked in again through the second slot nozzle, in such a way that a laminar gas flow is generated in the gap.
- a gas flow module which has at least a first and a second slot nozzle in the nozzle front plate, with a gas in the gap between the nozzle front plate and the print media to be printed in the method at least when printing the print media according to step (d) is discharged from the first slot nozzle and sucked in again through the second slot nozzle, in such a way that a laminar gas flow is generated in the gap.
- Such a method has the advantage that if, for example, water-containing air is present in the gap between the print media and the nozzle front plate, this is partially removed and thus the amount of water that can and will condense out on the nozzle front plate is reduced.
- the nozzle front plate is designed as a closed, liquid-tight nozzle front plate, with the exception of the openings of the nozzles and preferably except for the openings of the slot nozzles of the gas flow module.
- the print head is designed as a closed, liquid-tight print head.
- the cleaning is carried out at periodic time intervals, the respective interval duration being selected as short as necessary but as long as possible, in such a way that within the respective interval duration a throughput free of waste during the transport or the transport and printing of the print media of the print media is ensured by the effective area of the nozzle front plate, a different, higher interval duration than the respective interval duration would have led to print media with waste.
- printing according to step (d) and cleaning of the at least part of the nozzle front panel according to step (c) go hand in hand at least temporarily during the transport of the printing media through the effective area of the nozzle front plate.
- the fluid flow can preferably be activated with the cleaning device at least during the printing according to step (d), in such a way that the fluid flow does not cross the flight paths of the drops emitted from the nozzle plate or from the nozzle plates.
- the transport of the print media can take place in a transport plane along the transport direction, the nozzle front plate of the print head being arranged above the transport plane, the transport according to step (b) and the cleaning according to step (c) at the same height X, preferably at the same target Height, take place between the nozzle front plate and the surface of the print media in a direction perpendicular to a transport plane of the print media.
- the transport according to step (b) and the cleaning according to step (c) and the printing according to step (d) take place at the same height (X), preferably at the same target height.
- the method comprises the steps: (e) Detecting an actual height by means of a sensor before the. Transport of the print media into the effective area of the nozzle front plate,
- This development is advantageous because it allows different print media with different thicknesses to be transported through the effective area of the nozzle front plate.
- the DESIRED height preferably corresponds to a predetermined value in a range between 0.4 mm and 15.0 mm.
- the person skilled in the art is aware of the nominal height to which he has to set the nozzle front plate in order to obtain a high quality print, and that this depends on several variables, such as the drop size, the drop speed and the straightness of the trajectory of the drops.
- a single-pass inkjet printer is provided as the printing system in step (a), the transport of the print media taking place at a constant speed in the transport direction, and preferably at a speed of at least 3 m / min, particularly preferably at a Speed of at least 12m / min.
- This embodiment offers the advantage, for example, that printed print media can be produced on an industrial scale.
- the fluid can be a gaseous and / or liquid fluid, preferably a gas or gas mixture, particularly preferably air.
- the fluid stream is emitted from one or more nozzles of the cleaning device, the nozzles preferably being designed as flat jet nozzles.
- the cleaning device can be operated in such a way that the discharged fluid flow at each point of the at least one part of the nozzle front plate has at least such a high speed that it is suitable for entraining droplets of a liquid hanging down at least in one part of the nozzle front plate, preferably having such a high speed, that it completely cleans the part of the nozzle front plate or completely removes any liquid adhering to the nozzle front plate.
- the cleaning device or the one nozzle or the plurality of nozzles of the cleaning device can be operated in such a way that the fluid flow emitted each point of the at least one part of the nozzle front plate has a speed of at least 5 meters / second, preferably at least 7 meters / second, particularly preferably at least 10 meters / second, very particularly preferably 15 meters / second.
- the one or more nozzles of the cleaning device are provided movably in the transport direction, wherein during the cleaning according to step (c) the one or more nozzles are moved in the transport direction, preferably synchronously with the gaps.
- the cleaning takes place via a plurality of fluid flow configurations with at least two fluid flows directed against one another and against the at least part of the nozzle front plate. These are preferably formed by at least two nozzles arranged along the transport direction.
- This preferred embodiment is advantageous if, for example, very large nozzle front plates extending transversely to the transport direction have to be cleaned.
- the method according to the invention is preferably used for producing relief-like or full-surface decorative glazes on printing media, the printing according to step
- (c) takes place by adding drops from a glaze suspension in relative application quantities of a 200 g / m 2 to 1500 g / m 2 based on a full-surface application on the printing media (101), preferably between a 300 g / m 2 to 1500 g / m 2 are output based on a full-area order on the print media (101).
- a printing system which is designed as a single-pass inkjet printer, preferably designed as a single-pass inkjet printer with a ram-operated print module.
- glaze suspensions described in the description of the Italian application IT 10 2019 000 001 387 by the applicant of the same name should be mentioned here as an example of such glaze suspensions.
- print modules operated with a ram those in the description of WO 2013/013983 A1 or WO 2019/042585 A1 and WO 2019/042586 A1 by the applicant of the same name, which are referred to therein as inkjet print heads for inkjet printers, and print modules of a print head of the invention Printing system can be.
- such printing modules can print inkjet printing inks with larger particles than the otherwise typical piezoelectrically operated inkjet printing devices from the prior art, which typically include nozzles with an internal diameter of up to 50 pm.
- the printing media are printed with drops of a glaze suspension tempered to a temperature in the range between 25 ° C and 50 ° C, preferably between 25 ° C and 45 ° C, particularly preferably between 30 ° C and 40 ° C or ink.
- the print media can be in the effective range at a temperature between 30 ° C and 120 ° C, preferably between 40 ° C and 100 ° C, particularly preferably between 50 ° C and 90 ° C, very particularly preferably between 55 ° C and 85 ° C of the print head of the printing system.
- the print media which are provided as ceramic print media, in particular unfired ceramic tiles, are accordingly moistened with water and at a temperature between 30 ° C and 120 ° C, preferably between 40 ° C and 100 ° C , particularly preferably between 50 ° C and 90 ° C, very particularly preferably between 55 ° C and 85 ° C transported into the effective range of the nozzle front plate, the nozzle front plate being tempered to a temperature that is lower than the temperature of the print media during the Transport of the same through the effective area of the nozzle front plate, whereby the nozzle front plate and the print media in the effective area of the nozzle front plate are aligned relative to one another in such a way that, with advancing time, drops form due to condensation of water vapor on the nozzle front plate and continue to grow until they cease after a certain time due to gravity r would fall onto the print media and / or hang from the nozzle faceplate in such a way that they would be carried away by the print media.
- the printing media are provided as ceramic printing media, in particular unfired ceramic tiles, and are particularly preferred in a state moistened with water and at a temperature between 30 ° C and 120 ° C, preferably between 40 ° C and 100 ° C between 50 ° C and 90 ° C, whole particularly preferably transported between 55 ° C and 85 ° C into the effective area of the nozzle front plate, the nozzle front plate being heated to a temperature that is lower than the temperature of the print media during the transport of the same through the effective area of the nozzle front plate, the nozzle front plate and the Print media in the effective area of the nozzle front plate are aligned essentially horizontally relative to one another.
- the nozzle front plate is tempered to a temperature which is lower than the temperature of the print media during the transport of the same through the effective area of the print head and which is between 25 ° C and 50 ° C, preferably between 25 ° C and 45 ° C , particularly preferably between 30 ° C and 40 ° C.
- the print head is typically provided in such a way that the temperature of the nozzle front plate is largely determined or at least significantly co-determined by the temperature of the tempered glaze suspension or ink.
- the printing system is provided with a transport device for transporting the print media in a transport plane along the transport direction, the nozzle front plate of the print head being arranged above the transport plane and the one or more nozzles outside the at least part of the nozzle front plate the transport direction and above the transport plane, and preferably mounted on the print head.
- the transport device is provided as an endless belt conveyor, which preferably has a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction extending perpendicular thereto, which transverse direction is at least as wide as the effective area of the nozzle front plate, the endless belt conveyor particularly preferably having a cleaning unit for Removal of the drops collected on the endless conveyor belt is assigned.
- the printing system is provided with a transport device for transporting the print media in the transport plane along the transport direction, the nozzle front plate of the print head being arranged above the transport plane and the one or more nozzles inside or outside but below the transport plane be arranged on the transport device along the transport direction.
- the transport device is a belt conveyor with at least two transverse to Transport direction spaced apart and parallel belts provided, wherein the belts are driven synchronously.
- the printing media are preferably ceramic printing media, sheets of paper, sheets of corrugated cardboard, metal plates, wooden plates or glass plates, the printing media being particularly preferably ceramic printing media such as, for example, unfired tiles.
- the method preferably comprises the following steps:
- a printing system comprising a) a transport device for printing media; b) at least one print head with at least one nozzle front plate provided on the print head, which print head comprises at least one print module with at least one nozzle plate for outputting drops of a printable composition; c) a cleaning device which makes it possible to activate a fluid flow directed against at least part of the nozzle front plate;
- the nozzle front plate comprises the nozzle plate, the cleaning device being designed in such a way that one or more fluid flow configurations with at least one fluid flow directed against the at least one part of the nozzle front plate can be activated synchronously with gaps between adjacent print media in the transport direction.
- the cleaning device comprises one or more nozzles via which the fluid flow can be output, wherein the one or more nozzles are particularly preferably flat jet nozzles.
- the printing system comprises a control device for carrying out at least one method according to the invention.
- the nozzle front plate comprises the nozzle plate and at least one frame plate, the side of the nozzle front plate facing the print media, in particular with the nozzle plate and frame plate, lying in one plane.
- the print head comprises at least two print modules, each with at least one nozzle plate, the print modules being arranged one behind the other as seen in the transport direction of the print media.
- the nozzle front plate comprises the nozzle plates of the print modules.
- the printing system comprises a supply system and the at least one printing module, which can supply the at least one printing module with the printable composition, preferably the glaze suspension or the ink, the ink supply system means for tempering the glaze suspension or the ink to a working temperature in a range between 25 ° C and 50 ° C, so that when printing drops from the printable composition can be output at this working temperature.
- the printable composition preferably the glaze suspension or the ink
- the ink supply system means for tempering the glaze suspension or the ink to a working temperature in a range between 25 ° C and 50 ° C, so that when printing drops from the printable composition can be output at this working temperature.
- the printing system is designed as a single-pass printing system, preferably designed as a single-pass printing system with a ram-operated printing module.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of a particularly preferred variant of the printing system according to the invention in cross section.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic view from below of the print head of the printing system from FIG.
- 3A to 3F show schematic sketches of a very particularly preferred method according to the invention during the transport of print media through the printing system from FIGS. 1 and 2.
- FIG. 1 shows, in side view, the transport of ceramic printing media 101 from a conveyor 131 to a transport device 121 of a printing system 100 and the Transport of the print media 101 along a transport direction T into the effective area of a print head 103 of the printing system 100 and out of this again.
- the transport of the print media 101 takes place in the printing system 100 by means of an endless conveyor belt 123 of the transport device 121.
- the conveyor 131 transports ceramic print media 101 that were produced in a previous step by a pressing device and after one or more pretreatment stations passed through, for example for drying and / or for moistening with water and / or for applying engobe to the printing media 101 (not shown), which have a temperature of over 50 ° C. and are moistened with water.
- the printing system 100 is designed as a single-pass inkjet printing system with ram-operated printing modules 107 for printing glaze suspensions in large quantities onto the ceramic printing media 101 (not shown).
- the print head 103 of this printing system 100 comprises ten print modules 107 operated by a ram, each with a nozzle plate 109 with nozzles 110 for dispensing drops of the glaze suspension.
- the ten print modules 107 are arranged one behind the other as seen in the transport direction T of the print media 101.
- the printing system 100 is designed such that the print media 101 can be transported in a transport plane TE along the transport direction L, the nozzle front plate 105 of the print head 103, and in particular each nozzle plate 109, being arranged above the transport plane TE at a height X.
- the transport device 121 of the printing system 100 comprises the endless conveyor belt 123 and also a cleaning unit 127 for removing drops of the glaze suspension (not shown) that have fallen on the endless conveyor belt 123 after cleaning the nozzle front plate 105, the endless conveyor belt 123 being continuously guided over two deflection rollers 125 during printing .
- the print head 103 is described in detail in FIG. It comprises a nozzle front plate 105, the ten print modules (see “107” in Figure 1) each with a nozzle plate 109 and a frame plate 113, the side of the nozzle front plate 105 facing the print media 101, in particular with the nozzle plates 109 and one frame plate 113 lies in one plane (see Figure 1).
- the cleaning device 114 in FIG. 2 is arranged laterally on the nozzle front plate 105 and is designed in such a way that it has several fluid flow configurations 111 (see FIGS. 3A-3E), each with several against the at least one part of the nozzle front plate 105 directed fluid flows can activate synchronously with the gap L between adjacent print media 101 in the transport direction T.
- print media 101 are first transferred from a press device (not shown) via conveyor 131 at a temperature of the print media 101 of over 50 ° C to the transport device 121 of the printing system 100 and then transported piece by piece along the transport direction T in such a way that the print media 101 are transported into and out of the effective area of the nozzle front plate 105.
- the cleaning of the nozzle front plate 105 can be carried out at periodic time intervals, the respective interval duration being selected to be as short as necessary but as long as possible, in such a way that within the respective intervals a throughput of the print media 101 free of waste during the transport and printing of the print media 101 at least is ensured by the at least part of the effective area of the nozzle front plate 105, wherein a different, longer interval duration determined in comparison to the respective interval duration would have led to print media 101 with waste.
- the time intervals to be selected are preferably adapted to different transport speeds and temperatures of the printing media 101 and also to different application quantities and temperatures of the glaze suspension or the ink in order to optimize the time intervals. It is important, however, that the time intervals are selected to be as long as possible, but short enough to prevent the drops of a liquid from dripping off the nozzle front plate 105. It is also important to start with short time intervals in order to avoid corresponding defects or at least to keep the nozzle front plate 105 under constant observation, so that a cleaning step is carried out in good time before it is detached if the formation of liquid continues.
- the inventors have observed, for example, that when ceramic printing media 101, which are transported at a transport speed of 20 m / min at a printing media temperature of 80 ° C through the effective area of the nozzle front plate 105 of this printing system 100 and are coated with a selected glaze suspension with a water content of 30 wt % based on the total weight of the glaze suspension in application quantities of 1000g / m 2 based on a full-surface application on the print media 101, the time intervals in which the nozzle front plate 105 has to be cleaned in order to obtain print media 101 printed without waste is about 2 minutes had to be chosen.
- a gap L is created between the next adjacent print media 101 on the conveyor 131 or at the latest when the print media 101 is transferred from the conveyor 131 to the transport device 121.
- the four nozzles are activated 115 of the first group of nozzles 114A of the cleaning device 114, specifically in such a way that the cleaning device 114 activates the fluid flow exclusively in the region of the gap L and synchronized with it.
- the nozzles 115 are designed as flat jet nozzles.
- the four nozzles 115 of the first nozzle group 114A are connected via fluid lines 117 to an externally piloted 2/2-way process valve 119 (see FIG. 3A), which in turn is connected to a compressor for applying a certain pressure to the fluid (not shown).
- the time interval between two valve actuations of the same nozzle group 114A is 2 minutes, the duration of the valve actuation for activating the fluid flows from the nozzles 115 of the nozzle group 114A being 1000 milliseconds.
- the flat jet nozzles are operated with a pressure of 2.5 bar and a fluid flow throughput of 20 liters / minute to 25 liters / minute per nozzle 115.
- the nozzle group 114A with 4 nozzles 115 is operated accordingly with a fluid flow throughput of a total of 80 liters / minute to 100 liters / minute.
- the cleaning device 114 comprises five nozzle groups 114A, 114B, 114C, 114D, 114E, which are each connected via fluid lines 117 to an externally piloted 2/2-way process valve 119 (see FIG. 2), which are connected to a compressor to act on the Fluids are connected to a certain pressure (not shown).
- the time interval between two cleanings of the same part of the nozzle front plate 105 is in the range between 30 seconds and 5 minutes, in particular between 1 minute and 3 minutes, the duration of the cleaning being in the range between 100 milliseconds and 5 seconds, in particular in the range from 300 milliseconds to 1.4 seconds.
- FIGS. 3B to 3F show further basic sketches of the particularly preferred method according to the invention during the transport of the print media 101 through the effective area of the nozzle front plate 105.
- FIG. 3B reveals a point in time at which no fluid flow is activated, since upon activation of the same from a nozzle group 114A or 114B, drops of a liquid hanging down from the nozzle front plate 105 would be activated by the fluid flow not only in the area of the gap L, but also in the area of the Print media 101, which would become dirty as a result.
- FIGS. 3C to 3F reveal different points in time during the progressive transport of the print media 101 through the effective area of the nozzle front plate 105, in which the cleaning device 114 activates fluid flows sequentially and synchronously with the gap L via the nozzles 115 of the respective nozzle groups 114B, 114C, 114D, 114E .
- the cleaning device 114 activates fluid flows sequentially and synchronously with the gap L via the nozzles 115 of the respective nozzle groups 114B, 114C, 114D, 114E .
- printing media on which a glaze suspension has been applied with the printing system to produce a relief-like or full-surface decorative glaze can be transported from the printing system to another printing system in order to print a color image on the applied decorative glaze.
- the further printing system can be a completely ordinary inkjet printer for printing ceramic printing media with color ink. The distance between the two printing systems is chosen so that the glaze suspension can at least partially dry so that the colored ink does not mix with the applied glaze suspension.
- the printing media printed with the first printing system can be supplied with at least one suitable drying source, such as for example an IR source, are at least partially dried before they are printed with the further printing system.
- the ceramic printing media printed in this way can be transferred to a kiln, fired in it and then cut to size if necessary.
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