Fluid management system for inkjet machines

A fluid management system, comprising:

• a waste tank disposed in an inkjet chamber;
• one or more servicing fluid supply tanks disposed in the inkjet chamber;
• one or more inkjet material supply tanks disposed in the inkjet chamber;
• an inkjet printer disposed in a processing region of the inkjet chamber, the inkjet printer comprising:
• a processing apparatus;
• and
• an inkjet service station;
• a servicing fluid management module operable to facilitate flow of servicing fluids, comprising:
• a servicing fluid recirculation line fluidly coupled to the waste tank and the one or more servicing fluid supply tanks;
• a servicing fluid supply line fluidly coupled between the one or more servicing fluid supply tanks and the inkjet printer;
• and
• a servicing fluid return line fluidly coupled between the inkjet printer and the waste tank;
• and
• an ink fluid management module operable to facilitate flow of inkjet materials, comprising:
• an ink recirculation line fluidly coupled to the waste tank and the one or more inkjet material supply tanks;
• an ink supply line fluidly coupled between the one or more inkjet material supply tanks and the inkjet chamber;
• and
• an ink return line coupled between the inkjet printer and the waste tank.

A method, comprising:

• flowing inkjet materials to an inkjet printer, the inkjet materials flowed through an ink supply line from one or more inkjet material supply tanks to an inkjet printer;
• performing an inkjet printing process in the inkjet printer, the inkjet printing process including depositing the inkjet materials to a substrate disposed in the inkjet printer;
• recirculating the inkjet materials from the inkjet printer via an ink return line to a waste tank and to the one or more inkjet material supply tanks from an ink recirculation line fluidly coupled to the waste tank;
• flowing servicing fluids to the inkjet printer, the servicing fluids flowed through a servicing fluid supply line from one or more servicing fluid supply tanks to the inkjet printer;
• performing servicing operations on the inkjet printer, wherein the servicing fluids are collected in a catch tray of the inkjet printer during and after the servicing operations;
• flowing the servicing fluids from the inkjet printer to the waste tank via a servicing fluid return line;
• and
• recirculating the servicing fluids in the waste tank to the one or more servicing fluid supply tanks via a servicing fluid recirculation line, the servicing fluid recirculation line is coupled between the waste tank and the one or more servicing fluid supply tanks.