Ink-jet image forming apparatus and waste-ink processing method

Details Ink-jet image forming apparatus and waste-ink processing method Ink-jet image forming apparatus and waste-ink processing method

2007-05-17

2010-10-05

Stephens, Juanita D (Department: 2853)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

C347S022000, C347S025000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07806509

ABSTRACT:
An ink-jet image forming apparatus includes a recording head in which a plurality of nozzle groups jetting an ink is formed, a carriage which is mounted on the recording head, and which is capable of reciprocating in a predetermined direction, a waste-ink tank which stores the ink discharged from a the nozzle groups, and an air guide section which expedites evaporation of waste-ink by guiding a flow of air generated by the carriage movement to the waste-ink tank. Accordingly, it is possible to make the waste-ink tank compact without reducing an amount to be received of the waste-ink.

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