Ink jet printer with maintenance unit
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorJohannes B.M. SEVENICH
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Abstract
An ink jet printer having a print head, an ink collector arranged to collect ink that is jetted out from the print head in a non-printing mode, a maintenance unit and a liquid supply system for supplying an operating liquid to the maintenance unit, comprising a recirculation system connecting the ink collector to the liquid supply system for supplying collected ink as the operating liquid to the maintenance unit.
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An ink jet printer having a print head, an ink collector arranged to collect ink that is jetted out from the print head in a non-printing mode, a maintenance unit and a liquid supply system for supplying an operating liquid to the maintenance unit, characterized by a recirculation system connecting the ink collector to the liquid supply system for supplying collected ink as the operating liquid to the maintenance unit.
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