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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2019
Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., Ltd., Narashino, JP;
Hideo Izawa, Narashino, JP;
Kouichi Ooyama, Yokote, JP;
Kazushige Sato, Yokote, JP;
Masaru Kusanagi, Yokote, JP;
Masatoshi Mutoh, Yokote, JP;
MIYAKOSHI PRINTING MACHINERY CO., LTD., Narashino, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet printer collects ink mist, and eliminates the necessity of frequent filter cleaning and replacement. Vents are on an upstream side in a conveying direction of a printing medium of the print heads of a printing part, blowout air volume of the respective vents can be adjusted, collection ports are on a downstream side in the conveying direction of the printing medium of the respective print heads, suction air volume of the collection ports can be adjusted, and an ink mist collecting parts are each provided which liquefies and collects ink mist contained in air sucked from any one of the collection ports while the air passes through filters. The blowout air volumes of the respective print heads and the suction air volumes are set to air volumes according to amounts of generated ink mist, and ink mist is collected according to differences in amounts of generated ink mist.