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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2021
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Varun Sambhy, Pittsford, NY (US);
Seemit Praharaj, Webster, NY (US);
Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
Jason M. LeFevre, Penfield, NY (US);
Chu-Heng Liu, Penfield, NY (US);
Linn C. Hoover, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a printer supplies an ink solvent or mixture of ink solvents to porous members positioned adjacent printheads. The ink solvent or solvent mixture evaporates from the porous members to provide a solvent vapor environment in the vicinity of the nozzle plates of the printheads. The solvent vapor environment attenuates the evaporation of ink solvent from ink drops on the nozzle plates or from the ink in the nozzles of the printheads. Thus, the ink on the nozzle plates and in the nozzles does not dry out and the operational status of the inkjets is preserved.