Correction method for continuous ink jet print head
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsZhihao Yang, Ravi Sharma, Michael E. Meichle, John M. Noonan
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Abstract
A method for correcting the performance of a continuous ink jet print head having a nozzle plate with a plurality of nozzles each having an orifice, at least one of the nozzles being a malfunctioning nozzle, the method including: a) determining which nozzle of the nozzle plate is malfunctioning; b) applying a heat-activatable material over the surface of the nozzle plate; c) applying heat to the malfunctioning nozzle, thereby causing the heat-activatable material to flow into the orifice of the malfunctioning nozzle to block it; and d) removing any excess heat-activatable material.
Claims7
A method for correcting the performance of a continuous ink jet print head having a nozzle plate with a plurality of nozzles each comprising an orifice, at least one of said nozzles being a malfunctioning nozzle, said method comprising:
- a) determining which nozzle of said nozzle plate is malfunctioning;
- b) applying a heat-activatable material over the surface of said nozzle plate;
- c) applying heat to said malfunctioning nozzle, thereby causing said heat-activatable material to flow into said orifice of said malfunctioning nozzle to block it;
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- d) removing any excess heat-activatable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.