Inkjet printer with ink receptor for receiving ink as waste liquid
AssigneeRiso Kagaku Corporation
InventorsYasuhiro Katada, Akira Nishiyama, Shunta Nakamura, Naoto Tsujino
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Abstract
An inkjet printer includes: at least one ink receptor having a tray shape with a bottom plate and an opening facing upward and being horizontally movable; and a suction unit. The at least one ink receptor is configured to receive ink ejected from at least one inkjet head as waste liquid. The suction unit includes at least one suction nozzle arranged above the bottom plate within a movable range of the at least one ink receptor and is configured to suction the ink in the at least one ink receptor through the opening with the at least one suction nozzle.
Claims2
An inkjet printer comprising:
- at least one ink receptor having a tray shape with a bottom plate and an opening facing upward, the at least one ink receptor being horizontally movable and configured to receive ink ejected from at least one inkjet head as waste liquid;
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- a suction unit comprising at least one suction nozzle arranged above the bottom plate within a movable range of the at least one ink receptor, the suction unit configured to suction the ink in the at least one ink receptor through the opening with the at least one suction nozzle,
- wherein the at least one ink receptor is movable with respect to the at least one suction nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.