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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 15, 2023
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Varun Sambhy, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jason M. Lefevre, Penfield, NY (US);
Seemit Praharaj, Webster, NY (US);
Chu-Heng Liu, Penfield, NY (US);
Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
Linn C. Hoover, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2013.01); B41J 2/16579 (2013.01); B41J 2/14153 (2013.01); B41J 2/16502 (2024.05); B41J 29/377 (2013.01); B41J 2202/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating an inkjet printer operates solvent vapor generators that direct two flows of solvent vapor towards media on each side of each printhead in the process direction. The solvent vapor 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.