Patent ID: 11872815
Assignee: MARKEM-IMAJE CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 27:
28. A printing system comprising:
a controller device comprising a user interface;
a print bar configured to receive two or more print heads; and
two or more print heads configured to attach to the print bar and configured to communicatively couple with the controller device, and each of the two or more print heads comprising:
a print engine, including multiple nozzles, and circuitry configured to selectively eject ink through the multiple nozzles to form an image on a moving substrate, and to purge the ink through the multiple nozzles; and
a printhead enclosure, the printhead enclosure having an opening in front of the multiple nozzles to allow the selectively ejected ink to pass through the opening when the selectively ejected ink is ejected toward the moving substrate;
wherein the printhead enclosure comprises a hole placed away from the multiple nozzles; and
wherein the printhead enclosure is configured to direct the ink that is purged through the multiple nozzles along an inside surface of the printhead enclosure to the hole through which the ink flows and exits the printhead enclosure.