METHOD AND UNIT FOR REPLACING LIQUID OF INK JET PRINTER HEAD, PROCESSING LIQUID THEREFOR, AND INK JET PRINTER

• Main Authors: KIKUKAWA SHOZO, MATSUMOTO KAZUMASA, NAMIKI TAKEMASA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.10.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DYEING LEATHER, FURS, OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES INANY FORM; DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LAUNDERING; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent clogging of a print head by performing replacement using at least one kind of cleaning liquid for a print head in the way of switching different kinds of ink. SOLUTION: Ink heads 51-54 constituting a print head 500 are fed with liquid, respectively, through passages...