PRINTING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE PRINTHEADS AND BYPASS LINES

A printing system includes: an ink supply; a feed line coupled to the ink supply; a return line coupled to the ink supply; and a plurality of printhead modules each having an inlet port fluidically coupled to the feed line and an outlet port fluidically coupled to the return line. Each print module...

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Hauptverfasser: Regas, Kenneth A, Bound, Andy, Petch, David, Cressman, Bill, Burney, David, Hunt, Loren, Zech, Ron, Kirk, Patrick, Dennis, Scott, Rosati, Robert, Jones, Ben, Sykora, Jim, Tonthat, Locson, Buyda, Andrew, Trinchera, Jim, Doherty, Neil, Dewey, Jason, Buyda, Oksana
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Zusammenfassung:A printing system includes: an ink supply; a feed line coupled to the ink supply; a return line coupled to the ink supply; and a plurality of printhead modules each having an inlet port fluidically coupled to the feed line and an outlet port fluidically coupled to the return line. Each print module has a bypass line fluidically coupling the feed line to the return line. The bypass line is open for both priming and printing operations.