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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Steven Ross Slotto, Camas, WA (US);
Britton T. Pinson, Vancouver, WA (US);
Clifford Alan Bell, Oregon City, OR (US);
Steven Van Cleve Korol, Dundee, OR (US);
Brian Edward Williams, Woodburn, OR (US);
Steven Ross Slotto, Camas, WA (US);
Britton T. Pinson, Vancouver, WA (US);
Clifford Alan Bell, Oregon City, OR (US);
Steven Van Cleve Korol, Dundee, OR (US);
Brian Edward Williams, Woodburn, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for recycling waste phase change ink in a phase change ink imaging device includes a printhead having an on-board phase change ink reservoir and a waste ink collector for receiving ink from an ejecting face of the printhead. The printhead is supplied ink from a remote ink reservoir, which is also fluidly connected to the waste ink collector by a waste phase change ink conveyor, which is configured to convey melted waste phase change ink from the waste ink collector to the remote ink reservoir.