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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
Jason Guhse, Poway, CA (US);
Herb Sarnoff, Escondido, CA (US);
Scott Shultz, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian J. Fox, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jason Guhse, Poway, CA (US);
Herb Sarnoff, Escondido, CA (US);
Scott Shultz, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian J. Fox, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Retail Inkjet Solutions, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments provide a system and method for cleaning inkjet cartridges. The system includes a fixture configured to mount an inkjet cartridge where a printhead of the inkjet cartridge is mounted to a cleaning plate. The cleaning plate includes one or more orifices connected to a vacuum source and one or more orifices connected to a wash solution source. The vacuum source can be used to extract ink from within the cartridge through nozzles in the printhead. The wash solution source can supply a pressurized wash solution through the nozzles of the printhead. The vacuum source can also be use to extract the wash solution from within the cartridge through the nozzles.