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US 8,029,105 B2Granted
Ambient plasma treatment of printer components
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsKurt D. Sieber, Jeremy M. Grace, Gilbert A. Hawkins
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Abstract
A method of treating a printer component, a printhead, and a printer are provided. The method includes providing an electrode proximate to the printer component to be treated; introducing a plasma treatment gas in an area proximate to the printer component to be treated; and treating the printer component by applying power to the electrode thereby producing a micro-scale plasma at near atmospheric pressure, the micro-scale plasma acting on the printer component.
Claims19
A method of treating a printer component comprising:
- providing an electrode integrated with a printer component to be treated;
- introducing a plasma treatment gas in an area proximate to the printer component to be treated;
- and
- treating the printer component by applying power to the electrode thereby producing a micro-scale plasma at near atmospheric pressure, the micro-scale plasma acting on the printer component.
1 more element
An inkjet printer comprising:
- a printer component;
- and
- at least one electrode integrated with the printer component, the at least one electrode being configured to produce a micro-scale plasma at near atmospheric pressure proximate to the printer component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.