Eastman-kodak Company

Francis T Galbraith

Richard W Sexton

Bruce A Bowling

James E Harrison, Jr

Kevin P Egan

Michael R Morrissey

James E Harrison

A method of manufacturing an inkjet printer component and an inkjet printer component electropolishing device are provided. The method includes positioning an electrode in a fluid passageway of an inkjet printer component, the electrode including a conductive face and a nonconductive face; polishing a side of the fluid passageway by: biasing the nonconductive face of the electrode toward a side of the fluid passageway such that the conductive face of the electrode does not contact any portion of the fluid passageway; providing an electrolytic fluid to the fluid passageway of the inkjet printer component; and applying a voltage between the electrode and the inkjet printer component.

Electropolishing of inkjet printer components

A method and apparatus are provided for removing contaminates from ink jet printer components. The normal output from a Nd-YAG laser is frequency multiplied to be capable of removing particulates and films from ink jet printer components. The laser cleaning technique provides a dramatic effect on yields.

Cleaning ink jet print heads using ultra-violet and green Nd-YAG lasers

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Beavercreek, OH, United States of America

Francis T Galbraith