CONTROL EJECTION OF INK DROPS TO RESPECTIVE REGIONS IN THE SPITTOON

A method of maintaining nozzles of a printhead includes periodically moving a printhead having a plurality of nozzles toward a spittoon, and ejecting a plurality of sets of ink drops from the nozzles of the printhead to the spittoon mode. The method also includes controlling the ejecting of the plur...

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Main Authors SCOFIELD STUART, ANDERSON JEFFREY JAY
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.06.2014
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
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Summary:A method of maintaining nozzles of a printhead includes periodically moving a printhead having a plurality of nozzles toward a spittoon, and ejecting a plurality of sets of ink drops from the nozzles of the printhead to the spittoon mode. The method also includes controlling the ejecting of the plurality of sets of ink drops from the nozzles of the printhead to the spittoon by the control module. Consecutive sets of ink drops received by the spittoon are received by different sets of regions of the plurality of sets of regions within the spittoon.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201213723348