Inkjet recording device that reuses refresh ink
AssigneeHitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.
InventorsKunio Satou, Takahiro Yamada, Hitoshi Kida, Akemi Ouchi, Tsutomu Maekawa, Hidetoshi Fujii
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Abstract
An inkjet head selectively ejects recording ink droplets and refresh ink droplets. The recording ink droplets are deflected so as to impinge on target locations on a recording medium, thereby forming recording dots thereon. On the other hand, the refresh ink droplets are deflected so as to impinge on an ink absorbing member. The ink clinging on the ink absorbing member is collected into an ink tank and reused. The ink absorbing member functions as a filter for preventing impurities being collected into the ink tank along with the ink.
Claims10
An inkjet recording device comprising:
- an inkjet member that ejects an ink droplet;
- an ink tank that stores ink, wherein the ink is supplied to the inkjet member;
- an ink receiving member that receives the ink droplet;
- a deflecting means for deflecting the ink droplet to impinge the ink droplet on the ink receiving member;
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- a collecting means for collecting ink from the ink receiving member into the ink tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.