DE3164297D1 - A method of operating an ink jet printer and a drop-on-demand ink jet printer - Google Patents

A method of operating an ink jet printer and a drop-on-demand ink jet printer

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DE3164297D1
DE3164297D1 DE8181105225T DE3164297T DE3164297D1 DE 3164297 D1 DE3164297 D1 DE 3164297D1 DE 8181105225 T DE8181105225 T DE 8181105225T DE 3164297 T DE3164297 T DE 3164297T DE 3164297 D1 DE3164297 D1 DE 3164297D1
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ink jet
jet printer
drop
operating
demand
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Francis Chee-Shuen Lee
Ross Neal Mills
Frank Eberhard Talke
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Lexmark International Inc
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • 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
    • B41J2/07—Ink jet characterised by jet control
    • B41J2/125—Sensors, e.g. deflection sensors
    • 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
    • B41J2/16526—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 by applying pressure only
DE8181105225T 1980-08-01 1981-07-06 A method of operating an ink jet printer and a drop-on-demand ink jet printer Expired DE3164297D1 (en)

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US06/174,335 US4323908A (en) 1980-08-01 1980-08-01 Resonant purging of drop-on-demand ink jet print heads

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US (1) US4323908A (de)
EP (1) EP0045382B1 (de)
JP (1) JPS5749571A (de)
DE (1) DE3164297D1 (de)

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JPS638908B2 (de) 1988-02-25
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EP0045382B1 (de) 1984-06-20
US4323908A (en) 1982-04-06

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8327 Change in the person/name/address of the patent owner

Owner name: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. (N.D.GES.D.STAATES DEL

8328 Change in the person/name/address of the agent

Free format text: ABITZ, W., DIPL.-ING.DR.-ING. MORF, D., DR. GRITSCHNEDER, M., DIPL.-PHYS. FRHR. VON WITTGENSTEIN, A., DIPL.-CHEM. DR.PHIL.NAT., PAT.-ANWAELTE, 8000 MUENCHEN

8339 Ceased/non-payment of the annual fee