Ink delivery system for liquid electrophotographic color printer

Details Ink delivery system for liquid electrophotographic color printer Ink delivery system for liquid electrophotographic color printer

1998-06-30

1999-08-03

Lee, S.

Electrophotography

Image formation

Development

347 89, 347 93, 399237, 399359, G03G 1501

Patent

active

059336897

ABSTRACT:
An ink delivery system for a liquid electrophotographic color printer including a plurality of circulation tanks connected to respective development units containing developer liquids, a plurality of jet portions disposed between the respective circulation tanks and the respective development units, for jetting the ink in the circulation tanks to development gaps in the respective development units, a plurality of ink cartridges having concentrated ink of different colors and detachably installed in a printer body, a plurality of concentrated ink supply paths through which the concentrated ink is supplied to the corresponding circulation tanks, a carrier tank containing a carrier and fixed in the printer body, a carrier supply path through which the carrier in the carrier tank is supplied to the respective circulation tanks, a waste ink disposal tank connected to the respective circulation tanks by an ink exhaust path, for collecting the waste ink in the circulation tanks, and a filtering mechanism installed between the waste ink disposal tank and the carrier tank, for filtering the waste ink in the waste ink disposal tank to supply the carrier to the carrier tank.

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