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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Linx Printing Technologies Ltd, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Marc Plummer, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Graham Thomas, Cambridgeshire, GB;
LINX PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES LTD., Cambridgeshire, GB;
Abstract
A cap, for the print faceof a drop-on-demand ink jet printer moves between a closed position, in which it covers the print nozzles on the print face, and an open position in which the print nozzles are uncovered, without requiring movement of the print face. In the open position, the cap is recessed relative to the front surfaceof the printhead. For at least part of the movement of the cap, it is further forward than the print face, so that it does not slide across and damage the print nozzles. The drop-on-demand ink jet printer may be used to print onto objectsconveyed past it, for example on a packing line. The cap, does not obstruct the path of the objectseven if they pass very close (e.g. 0.5 mm) to the print facebecause its uncapped position is further back than the front surfaceof the printhead.