Xerox Corporation

Megan Schaffer

David Lyell Knierim

Douglas Dean Darling

Walter Sean Harris

Nasser Alavizadeh

Reid Wayne Gunnell

A method of filling a print head includes drawing a vapor into an empty print head to displace any air in the print head and filling the print head with ink. A method of filling a print head includes connecting a print head to a vacuum pump using a first valve, to a liquid supply using a second valve, and to an ink supply using a third valve, opening the first and second valves, applying vacuum to the print head and liquid supply using the vacuum pump, causing the liquid to generate a vapor that moves into the print head, closing the first valve and the second valve, and opening the third valve to move ink into the print head.

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Hillsboro, OR, United States of America

Megan Schaffer