US 12,434,476 B2
System and method for printing ink images in accordance with sustainability goals
Seemit Praharaj, Webster, NY (US); Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US); Jason M. LeFevre, Penfield, NY (US); Jorge A. Alvarez, Webster, NY (US); and Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US)
Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/453,866.
Prior Publication US 2025/0065631 A1, Feb. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 29/17 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/1652 (2013.01) [B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 2/211 (2013.01); B41J 29/17 (2013.01); B41J 2/1735 (2024.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inkjet printer comprising:
a printhead maintenance station configured to perform at least one purge cycle on at least one printhead in the inkjet printer to produce waste ink;
a waste ink treatment system fluidly coupled to the printhead maintenance system to receive the waste ink from the printhead maintenance station and the waste ink treatment system being configured to separate the waste ink into solid ink pigment particles and a solvent stream; and
a humidification chamber fluidly coupled to the waste ink treatment system to receive the solvent stream from the waste ink treatment system, the humification chamber being configured to humidify the solvent stream received from the waste ink treatment system and direct the humidified solvent stream into a print zone of the inkjet printer.