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US 2025/0144941 A1Published application
Circulation device, printing device, circulation method, and printing method
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsNaoki KOBAYASHI, Kazuya YOSHIMURA
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Abstract
A circulation device according to an aspect includes an ink circulation unit that circulates ink via an ink head that discharges the ink, and a treatment liquid circulation unit that circulates a non-color-developing treatment liquid via a treatment liquid head that discharges the treatment liquid. In an embodiment, in the circulation device, a circulation flow rate of the ink in the ink circulation unit is different from a circulation flow rate of the treatment liquid in the treatment liquid circulation unit.
Claims22
A circulation device, comprising:
- an ink circulation unit configured to circulate ink via an ink head for discharging the ink;
- and
- a treatment liquid circulation unit configured to circulate non-color-developing treatment liquid via a treatment liquid head for discharging the treatment liquid, wherein
- a circulation flow rate of the ink in the ink circulation unit is different from a circulation flow rate of the treatment liquid in the treatment liquid circulation unit.
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A circulation device, comprising:
- a pre-treatment liquid circulation unit configured to circulate a non-color-developing pre-treatment liquid discharged before ink is discharged, via a pre-treatment liquid head for discharging the pre-treatment liquid;
- and
- a post-treatment liquid circulation unit configured to circulate a non-color-developing post-treatment liquid discharged after the ink is discharged, via a post-treatment liquid head for discharging the post-treatment liquid, wherein
- a circulation flow rate of the pre-treatment liquid in the pre-treatment liquid circulation unit is different from a circulation flow rate of the post-treatment liquid in the post-treatment liquid circulation unit.
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