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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2008
Steven Van Cleve Korol, Dundee, OR (US);
Steven Ross Slotto, Camas, WA (US);
Britton T. Pinson, Vancouver, WA (US);
Steven Van Cleve Korol, Dundee, OR (US);
Steven Ross Slotto, Camas, WA (US);
Britton T. Pinson, Vancouver, WA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of recycling waste phase change ink includes collecting waste phase change ink in a container in a phase change ink imaging device. The waste phase change ink comprises melted phase change ink emitted by at least one print head in the phase change ink imaging device. The collected waste phase change ink is removed from the phase change ink imaging device, and at least a portion of the collected waste phase change ink removed from the imaging device is added to a quantity of melted phase change ink.