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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Michael Joseph Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
David F. Tunmore, Xenia, OH (US);
Timothy John Hawryschuk, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Harsha S. Bulathsinghalage, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Michael Joseph Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
David F. Tunmore, Xenia, OH (US);
Timothy John Hawryschuk, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Harsha S. Bulathsinghalage, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods for operating an inkjet printing system are provided. In one method, a cross-module airflow is used to limit concentrations of an evaporated inkjet carrier fluid between barrier that is between inkjet printheads of a printing module and a receiver. In the method, inkjet droplets are printed along a first print line and a second print line as the receiver is moved past the first print line and as the receiver is moved past the second print line. A co-linear airflow that flows along with ink droplets to the receiver is also supplied. Between the first print line and the second print line the receiver is moved to create an integration area in which the cross-module airflow and co-linear airflow can integrate and flow from between the printing module and the receiver without disrupting the travel of ink droplets.