MAINTAINING NOZZLES OF PRINT APPARATUSES

A print apparatus is disclosed. The print apparatus comprises a print agent distributor having a plurality of nozzles through which print agent is to be delivered during a printing operation. The print apparatus also comprises a maintenance unit having a print agent receiving surface to receive prin...

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Hauptverfasser: VINARDELL SERRASOLSAS Pol, SERRANO LOPEZ, Estefania, NADIMPALLI, Chandrasekhar Venkata, BLANCH I PUJOL, Jordi, ROIG HERNANDEZ, Guillem, CORTES, Andreu
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Zusammenfassung:A print apparatus is disclosed. The print apparatus comprises a print agent distributor having a plurality of nozzles through which print agent is to be delivered during a printing operation. The print apparatus also comprises a maintenance unit having a print agent receiving surface to receive print agent from nozzles of the print agent distributor during a maintenance event. During the maintenance event, the print agent receiving surface and the plurality of nozzles are to contact one another and move relative to one another in a first direction and in a second direction which is not parallel to the first direction, such that print agent is transferred from nozzles of the print agent distributor onto the print agent receiving surface. A method and a machine-readable medium are also disclosed.