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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
Casey Walker, Boulder, CO (US);
Carl Bildstein, Lafayette, CO (US);
Carlton Begeal, Golden, CO (US);
William Hauptman, Boulder, CO (US);
Andrew Norte, Westminster, CO (US);
John O'toole, Longmont, CO (US);
Michael Miller, Fort Lupton, CO (US);
Casey Walker, Boulder, CO (US);
Carl Bildstein, Lafayette, CO (US);
Carlton Begeal, Golden, CO (US);
William Hauptman, Boulder, CO (US);
Andrew Norte, Westminster, CO (US);
John O'Toole, Longmont, CO (US);
Michael Miller, Fort Lupton, CO (US);
InfoPrint Solutions Company, LLC, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A printer is disclosed. The printer includes an ink jet print head having a plurality of nozzles to mark a printable recording medium with ink and an ink system to provide ink to the nozzles. The ink system includes a print head capping system to cap the nozzles whenever the nozzles are not in use and a hydration system to supply a hydration fluid to the print head capping system to provide moisture to the ink at the nozzles while the nozzles are capped.