Zamtec Limited

Memjet Technology Limited

Jeffrey D Lueschen

John Christian Love

David Alvin Tyvoll

Antoni S Murcia

Andy Bound

Jon Lucas

Ryan Root

Richard Alan Kelley

Jinsong Gao

Biagio Agostinelli

John Bailey

Jeffrey Johnson

Antonio Joao Ubach

Paul Daniel Seiter

Javier Escobedo

Greg Williams

Paul Fishbein

Paul Daniel Faucher

David Petersen

Jon Olson

Bob Yraceburu

Paul Weiskopf

Edward Ellis Esdaile-Watts

A maintenance system for a printhead is provided having a support frame, a wiper module supported by the support frame, a lift mechanism for lifting the wiper module from the support frame, and a rotation mechanism. The wiper module has a wiper roller on a rotatable shaft and a porous material about the shaft, and a transfer roller in rotatable contact with the wiper roller. The lift mechanism lifting the wiper module to position the porous material of the wiper roller against the printhead. The rotation mechanism rotates the wiper and transfer rollers so that the porous material of the wiper roller rotates against the printhead. The porous material is configured to absorb fluid from the printhead during rotation, and so that the fluid absorbed by the porous material of the wiper roller is transferred to the transfer roller.

Printhead maintenance system having wiper module

A maintenance apparatus for a printhead, the apparatus having a first porous member for contacting the printhead to absorb fluid from the printhead; and a second porous member for contacting the first porous member to absorb fluid from the first porous member.

Maintenance apparatus having multiple fluid absorbers for printhead

A maintenance apparatus for a printhead, the apparatus having a rotatable shaft; a porous material about the shaft; and a mechanism for rotating the shaft so that the porous material rotates against the printhead, the porous material being configured to absorb fluid from the printhead during the rotation.

Maintenance apparatus having rotatable wiper for printhead

An apparatus for maintaining a printhead is provided having a rotatable wiper roller having a shaft and a porous material about the shaft, a rotatable transfer roller in rotatable contact with the wiper roller, and a mechanism for rotating the wiper roller so that the porous material rotates against the printhead such that the porous material absorbs fluid from the printhead during the rotation, and for rotating the transfer roller against the wiper roller so that the fluid absorbed by the porous material is transferred to the transfer roller.

Maintenance system having cleanable wiper for printhead

A printer having a media width printhead a sled slidably arranged with respect to the printhead a media platen module supported by the sled a capper module supported by the sled a wiper module supported by the sled and a selection mechanism for selectively sliding the sled to align one of the platen, capper and wiper modules with the printhead, and for moving the aligned module to a position in proximity of the printhead.

Printer having modular maintenance sled

A maintenance system for a printhead, the system having a sled slidably arranged with respect to the printhead a media platen module supported by the sled a capper module supported by the sled a wiper module supported by the sled; and a selection mechanism for selectively sliding the sled to align one of the platen, capper and wiper modules with the printhead, and for moving the aligned module to a position in proximity of the printhead.

Maintenance system having modular sled

A printer having a printhead having a plurality of fluid ejection nozzles; an ingestion member for ingesting waste fluid from the printhead; and a container for containing the ingested waste fluid, the container being flexible so as to expand as an amount of contained waste fluid increases.

Printer having waste fluid container

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Vista, CA, United States of America

Jeffrey D Lueschen