Transport system for providing a continuous supply of solid...

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2011-07-12

2011-07-12

Luu, Matthew (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Controller

C347S007000, C347S088000, C347S099000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07976118

ABSTRACT:
A solid ink printer includes a solid ink transportation control system that helps ensure a continuous supply of solid ink to a melting device within a printer. The solid ink transportation control system includes an ink loss measurement circuit configured to identify an accumulated ink mass loss of ink from an ink reservoir in a printer and to generate an ink supply replenish signal in response to the accumulated ink mass loss reaching an accumulated loss threshold, a drive motor electrically coupled to the ink loss measurement circuit, the drive motor being configured to operate in response to the ink supply replenish signal, and an ink stick drive train coupled to the drive motor, at least a portion of the ink stick drive train moving towards a melting assembly in the printer in response to the operation of the drive motor.

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