Inkjet marking module and method for conditioning inkjet marking module
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorsPeter G. LA VOS, Cornelis J. GROENENBERG
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Abstract
An inkjet marking module includes an inkjet marking device adapted to jet droplets of an inkjet marking material to form an image on recording substrate; and an evaporation device arranged for evaporating a solvent to a gaseous medium. The evaporation device includes an aerosol generator for creating an aerosol of the solvent in the gaseous medium; and a droplet eliminator for removing droplets from the aerosol, the droplet eliminator being arranged downstream of the aerosol generator. A printing system includes such an inkjet marking module and a method is disclosed for controlling the relative degree of saturation of a solvent vapor in a gaseous medium in an inkjet marking module.
Claims16
An inkjet marking module, comprising:
- an inkjet marking device, said inkjet marking device being adapted to jet droplets of an inkjet marking material to form an image on a recording substrate;
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- an evaporation device arranged for evaporating a solvent to a gaseous medium, the evaporation device comprising:
- an aerosol generator for creating an aerosol, the aerosol being a colloidal dispersion of liquid droplets of the solvent in the gaseous medium;
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- a droplet eliminator for removing an excess of the liquid droplets of the solvent from the aerosol, the droplet eliminator being arranged in operation such that the droplet eliminator is located downstream of the aerosol generator.
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