SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ATTENUATE DRYING OF AQUEOUS INKS IN PRINTHEAD

• Main Authors: JOHN P MEYERS, DOUGLAS K HERRMANN, THOMAS J WYBLE, LINN C HOOVER, LIU CHU-HENG, JASON M LEFEVRE, DAVID A VANKOUWENBERG, MICHAEL J LEVY, SEEMIT PRAHARAJ, PAUL J MCCONVILLE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 24.06.2021
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide a system and method to attenuate drying of aqueous inks in a printhead.SOLUTION: An environmental conditioner 60 in an aqueous inkjet printer conditions a print zone in the printer so that aqueous ink at nozzles of printheads maintains its low viscosity state and does not dry. The environ...