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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsJames Cameron, Robert L Battey, Ngoc-Diep T Nguyen, Gary L. Miller, Kenneth R. Williams, John Sturman
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A module for a printing composition delivery system of a printing device that is a separable unit from the printing composition delivery system is disclosed. An embodiment of the module includes a printing composition supply station connector, a printing member connector, and a flexible conduit. The printing composition supply station connector is releasably attached to a printing composition supply station of the printing composition delivery system and has a coupler fluidly connectable to a printing composition supply of the printing composition supply station. The printing member connector is releasably attached to the printing device and has a coupler fluidly connectable to the printing member. The flexible conduit includes a first end fluidly connected to the coupler of the printing composition supply station connector and a second end fluidly connected to the coupler of the printing member connector to supply printing composition from the printing composition supply to the printing member. The module may additionally include a housing covering a portion of the coupler of the printing member connector and enclosing a portion of the flexible conduit adjacent the printing member connector. The printing composition supply station connector, the printing member connector, the flexible conduit, and the housing, if present, are a separable unit from the printing composition delivery system. A method of installing and removing the module is also disclosed.
A module for a printing composition delivery system of a printing device, the printing composition delivery system including a printing composition supply station attached to the printing device and having a printing composition supply, the printing device including a printing member, the module comprising:
A method for use in a printing device, the printing device including a printing composition delivery system, a printing member, and a module, the printing composition delivery system including a printing composition supply station having a printing composition supply and the module including a printing composition supply station connector having a coupler, a printing member connector having a coupler, a flexible conduit separate from the printing composition supply and the printing member, the flexible conduit having a first end terminating at and fluidly connected to the coupler of the printing composition supply station connector and a second end terminating at and fluidly connected to the coupler of the printing member connector, and a housing covering a portion of the coupler of the printing member connector and enclosing a portion of the flexible conduit adjacent the printing member connector, the method comprising the steps of:
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