System and method for reducing service station fluid waste and to improve print throughout with spit strips
US6619784B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/1742
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for implementing spit strips to reduce service station fluid waste, and to improve throughput. The printing system includes a controller, printhead assembly, and a service station assembly, operating to produce an image on a print media. The operations of the system are produced by controlling the direction of a motor. First, a portion of ink in the nozzles that have become dye enriched are determined and then the dye enriched ink is purged on available margins on a periphery of print media outside an area reserved for images.
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