Liquid carrier collection
AssigneeHP Indigo B.V.
InventorsMark Sandler, Peter Nedelin, Assaf Pines
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Abstract
An example method of collecting liquid carrier from a vapour in a printing system includes: heating a vapour carrying a liquid carrier and passing the heated vapour carrying liquid carrier through a volume of liquid carrier. Liquid carrier carried in the heated vapour condenses into the volume of liquid carrier as it passes through the volume of liquid carrier.
Claims15
A method of collecting liquid carrier from a vapour in a printing system, the method comprising:
- heating a vapour comprising liquid carrier;
- and
- passing the heated vapour comprising liquid carrier through a volume of liquid carrier,
- wherein liquid carrier comprised in the heated vapour condenses into the volume of liquid carrier as it passes through the volume of liquid carrier.
An apparatus for use in a printing system, the apparatus comprising;
- a reservoir to store a volume of liquid carrier;
- a cooler to cool the volume of liquid carrier stored in the reservoir;
- and
- an inlet duct to cause a vapour comprising liquid carrier to pass through liquid carrier stored in the reservoir,
- wherein liquid carrier comprised in the vapour condenses to join the liquid carrier stored in the reservoir.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, if executed by a processor of a printing system, cause the processor to perform a method of controlling the printing system, the method comprising:
- cooling a volume of liquid carrier stored in a reservoir;
- heating a vapour comprising liquid carrier;
- and
- passing the vapour through the volume of liquid carrier stored in the reservoir to condense liquid carrier comprised in the vapour.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.