Ink jet printer having waste tank overflow prevention

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B41J 2/165 (2006.01) B41J 2/185 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2406984

An ink jet printer (180) includes a supply of ink (184), a print head (182), a cap (192), a waste tank (199) and a control system (162). The print head is operatively connected to the supply of ink and ejects drops of ink to form an image. The cap is arranged to receive waste ink from the print head during maintenance operations. The waste tank is operatively connected to the cap for storing the waste ink. The control system is operatively connected to the print head for keeping an estimate of a volume of waste ink that has been discharged into the waste tank and adjusting the waste ink estimate to compensate for evaporation of the waste ink.

Une imprimante à jet d'encre (180) comprend une alimentation en encre (184), une tête d'impression (182), une capsule (192), un réservoir d'encre usagée (199) et un système de commande (162). La tête d'impression est reliée de manière fonctionnelle à l'alimentation en encre et éjecte des gouttes d'encre pour former une image. La capsule est disposée pour recevoir l'encre usagée de la tête d'impression lors des opérations de maintenance. Le réservoir d'encre usagée est relié de manière fonctionnelle à la capsule pour stocker l'encre usagée. Le système de commande est relié de manière fonctionnelle à la tête d'impression afin de garder une estimation d'un volume d'encre usagée qui a été déchargé dans le réservoir d'encre usagée et d'ajuster ladite estimation pour compenser l'évaporation de l'encre usagée.

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