Ink jet maintenance subsystem

Details Ink jet maintenance subsystem Ink jet maintenance subsystem

1993-07-01

1996-07-09

Fuller, Benjamin R.

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

B41J 2165

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active

055348971

ABSTRACT:
An ink jet maintenance system having a translatable maintenance station carriage assembly including priming nozzles, wipers and drop detection hardware for translating across the width of the front nozzle face of one or more full-width array (FWA) printbars. The system includes an FWA printbar that is pivotally articulated between a print position and a maintenance position. An articulating cap assembly facilitates capping of ink jet printbar nozzles when the maintenance station carriage assembly moves to a home position outside the edge of the printbar and provides a free space area that allows translation of the maintenance station assembly when spaced away from the printbar.

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