Hewlett-packard Company

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Mark D Zinser

Maaike Louise Evers

Peter G Hwang

Daniel R Dwyer

Jeffrey G Bingham

Howard G Wong

Michael K Bowen

Michael J Allison

Donald R McClelland

Michael M Leon

Melissa S Gedraitis

Ralph L Stathem

Eric L Gasvoda

Kevin D Almen

Richard J Mcmanus

Warren Scott Martin

Frank J Bretl

Melissa D Lee

Melanie J Feder

Emmet Whittaker

Jason H Oakes

Paul Killeen

Roy Glenn Atkinson

Printer access door

Inkjet printer with fixed sheet feeder

A technique for handling residual ink that is from time to time present on the orifice plate of an ink-jet print cartridge. In one preferred embodiment, an ink-jet print cartridge is equipped with an ink-receptive member, such as an absorbent pad. The pad is located so that a service station wiper will move the residual ink from the orifice plate and spread it across the pad. The pad absorbs the ink. In essence, the ink is sequestered on the cartridge, in the pad. The exterior surface of the pad dries quickly so that there is little likelihood of developing a tacky area over the pad to which fibers may stick and degrade print quality.

Sequestering residual ink on an ink-jet print cartridge

Inkjet printer

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Santa Rosa, CA, United States of America

Mark D Zinser