Multi-chamber ink supply
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsRonald A. Askeland, Mark S. Hickman
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Abstract
An ink-jet printing system and ink supply configuration are disclosed that can utilize the advantages of reactive inks while allowing for maximum flexibility in the design and architecture of the ink-jet printing system. The ink-jet printing apparatus comprises a printhead portion having at least three ejector portions; a reservoir portion comprising at least three ink chambers, each ink chamber for providing ink to one of the at least three ejector portions, two of the ink chambers each chamber including one of a first or a second mutually reactive inks and the other ink chamber including an ink non-reactive with the first and second mutually reactive inks.
Claims20
An ink-jet printing apparatus, comprising:
- a printhead portion having at least three ejector portions;
- a reservoir portion comprising at least three ink chambers, each ink chamber for providing ink to one of the at least three ejector portions, two of the ink chambers each chamber including one of a first mutually reactive ink and a second mutually reactive ink, and the other ink chamber including an ink non-reactive with the first and second mutually reactive inks.
An ink delivery apparatus for providing ink to an ink-jet printing system, the ink delivery apparatus comprising:
- an integral reservoir portion having a plurality of ink chambers containing a plurality of inks including at least two mutually reactive inks and an ink non-reactive to said at least two mutually reactive inks.
An ink delivery apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of ink chambers containing a plurality of inks, the plurality of inks including two mutually reactive inks and an ink non-reactive with the at least two mutually reactive inks.
An ink delivery apparatus for an ink-jet printing system, the ink delivery apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of ink chambers for providing ink to an integral ink-jet printhead portion, each ink chamber containing one of a plurality of inks to be provided to one of a plurality of corresponding ejector portions associated with the integral printhead portion, the plurality of the inks including at least two mutually reactive inks and an ink non-reactive to said at least two mutually reactive inks.
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