Nozzle guard suitable for redirecting ejected ink droplets
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Gregory McAvoy
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Abstract
A nozzle guard for a printhead is provided. The nozzle guard has a plurality of channels therethrough, each channel corresponding to a respective nozzle on the printhead such that, in use, ink droplets ejected from each nozzle pass through their respective channel towards a print medium. The channels have hydrophobic sidewalls such that ink droplets can rebound off them and be redirected.
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A nozzle guard for a printhead, said nozzle guard having a plurality of channels therethrough, each channel corresponding to a respective nozzle on the printhead such that, in use, ink droplets ejected from each nozzle pass through their respective channel towards a print medium, wherein the channels have hydrophobic sidewalls.
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