Waste Phase Change Ink Recycling

A system for recycling waste phase change ink in a phase change ink imaging device includes a waste ink collector positioned within a phase change ink imaging device to collect waste phase change ink produced by a printhead in the phase change ink imaging device. The waste ink collector includes a h...

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Hauptverfasser: SLOTTO STEVEN ROSS, WILLIAMS BRIAN EDWARD, BELL CLIFFORD ALAN, KOROL STEVEN VAN CLEVE, PINSON BRITTON T
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A system for recycling waste phase change ink in a phase change ink imaging device includes a waste ink collector positioned within a phase change ink imaging device to collect waste phase change ink produced by a printhead in the phase change ink imaging device. The waste ink collector includes a heater for heating the waste phase change ink in the collector to at least a phase change ink melting temperature. A waste phase change ink conveyor is configured to convey melted waste phase change ink from the waste ink collector to an ink reservoir for the printhead.