Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Fluid or fluid source handling means
Patent
1998-02-27
2000-08-29
Le, N.
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Fluid or fluid source handling means
B41J 2175
Patent
active
061097411
ABSTRACT:
A printing system which provides active control of the vertical position of an off-carriage ink supply. The system includes an ink-jet print cartridge having an ink reservoir for holding a supply of liquid ink, and an ink replenishment port. A carriage holds the print cartridge, and a carriage scanning apparatus drives the carriage along a carriage scan axis. The system further includes an off-carriage ink supply which is connectable via a fluid path to the ink replenishment port of the cartridge. An elevator apparatus actively raises or lowers the off-carriage ink supply in response to drive commands to position the off-carriage ink supply at a plurality of different elevations relative to a vertical position of the print cartridge to supply ink to the ink replenishment port via the fluid path. The fluid path can be established intermittently, and disconnected during printing operations, or continuously established even during printing operations.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5367328 (1994-11-01), Erickson
patent: 5631681 (1997-05-01), Klaus et al.
Calatayud Rosa
de Olazabal Ignacio
Giles Robert
Young Mark E.
Zapata Elizabeth
Hewlett--Packard Company
Le N.
Vo Anh T. N.
LandOfFree
Active control of vertical position of an off-carriage ink suppl does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Active control of vertical position of an off-carriage ink suppl, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Active control of vertical position of an off-carriage ink suppl will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1241827