System for removing condensate from printhead
AssigneeMemjet Technology Limited
InventorDavid Burke
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Abstract
A printing device includes: an inkjet printhead having a row of ink ejection devices; a lift mechanism configured for raising and lowering the printhead between a maintenance position and a printing position; a conveyor tape positioned below the printhead in the printing position, the conveyor tape defining a slot aligned with the row of ink ejection devices; and a tape movement mechanism for moving the tape longitudinally along the length of the printhead. The tape movement mechanism is configured to move the tape along the printhead during printing, thereby conveying condensate accumulated on an underside of the tape away from the printhead.
Claims12
A printing device comprising:
- an inkjet printhead having a row of ink ejection devices;
- a lift mechanism configured for raising and lowering the printhead between a maintenance position and a printing position;
- a conveyor tape positioned below the printhead in the printing position, said conveyor tape defining a slot aligned with the row of ink ejection devices;
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- a tape movement mechanism for moving the conveyor tape longitudinally along the length of the printhead in a direction perpendicular to a media feed direction,
- wherein the tape movement mechanism is configured to move the conveyor tape along the printhead during printing, thereby conveying condensate accumulated on an underside of said conveyor tape away from the printhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.