Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Fluid or fluid source handling means
Patent
1996-08-30
2000-05-30
Le, N.
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Fluid or fluid source handling means
B41J 2175
Patent
active
060683708
ABSTRACT:
A tube routing configuration for a printing system with an off-axis ink supply system. The system includes a printer housing and a transporting system for transporting a print medium along a medium path to a print area. A scanning carriage holds a printing cartridge with a print-head, the carriage holding the cartridge such that the printhead faces the print zone. A carriage scanning apparatus moves the carriage along a scanning axis transverse to the medium path at the print area. An off-axis ink supply station is mounted in a fixed position relative to the printer housing. Hollow flexible tubing interconnects between the carriage and the off-axis ink supply station to provide an ink replenishment path for the printer cartridge. The tubing is routed between the carriage and the off-axis supply station such that a loop is formed in the tubing, and wherein the loop is substantially contained within a vertically projected volume swept out by the carriage, thereby reducing the need for additional product volume required for the tubing.
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Bowen Michael K.
Lee Ted T.
McFadden Bruce A.
Miller Gary L.
Pawlowski, Jr Norman E.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Le N.
Nghiem Michael
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