(19)
(11) EP 0 813 974 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/24

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/52

(21) Application number: 97304185.8

(22) Date of filing: 16.06.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B41J 29/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 18.06.1996 US 665563

(71) Applicant: Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
Dayton, Ohio 45420-4099 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Simon, Robert J.
    Bellbrook, Ohio 45305 (US)
  • Bowling, Bruce A.
    Beavercreek, Ohio 45432-2613 (US)

(74) Representative: Freed, Arthur Woolf et al
Reginald W. Barker & Co., Chancery House, 53-64, Chancery Lane
London, WC2A 1QU
London, WC2A 1QU (GB)

   


(54) Continuous ink jet print head


(57) A larger print width print head apparatus for an ink jet printer comprises a droplet generating means and a means for providing fluid to the droplet generating means. The apparatus further comprises a means for charging and collecting drops from the droplet generating means and a means for providing data signals to the means for charging and collecting drops. The apparatus further comprises a two-member housing means containing the print head apparatus with removable ink jet components so that failed ink jet components can be returned to a central refurbishment center without sending all the associated electronics.






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