Ink jet print head protective guide system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9409396-B2
Application number	US-201514922782-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2015
Priority date	Sep 29, 2014
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

A method for printing includes the use of a protective guide system that protects a print head nozzle plate from physical contact with objects such as a curled print medium. The print head nozzle plate includes a nozzle array including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a plurality of subarrays. The plurality of subarrays are spaced from each other by a plurality of intranozzle areas devoid of nozzles. The protective guide system includes a frame and a plurality of cross members aligned with the intranozzle areas between the subarrays. The protective guide system thus protects the print head nozzle plate without obstructing the ink during printing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating a printer, comprising:
aligning a plurality of print head protection guide cross members with a plurality of intranozzle areas between a plurality of nozzles of a print head nozzle plate, wherein the plurality of intranozzle areas are devoid of nozzles;
ejecting an ink from the plurality of nozzles onto a print medium while the plurality of print head protection guide cross members are aligned with the plurality of intranozzle…

Assignees

• Xerox Corp

Inventors

• Herrmann Douglas K
• Lefevre Jason M
• Bryl Derek A

Classifications

• B41J2/1433 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J2002/14443

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J2/16505

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J2/16508

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J2/145 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic