Patent ID: 11884063
Assignee: LANDA CORPORATION LTD.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. In a printing system comprising a printing station, an impression station, and an intermediate transfer member (ITM) guided by a guiding arrangement between the printing station and the impression station, a cleaning method comprising:
providing a fluid reservoir loaded with a quantity of cleaning fluid, said fluid reservoir being mounted within said printing system,
concurrent with at least one activity of said printing system selected from the group consisting of (i) printing ink images onto a surface of said ITM, (ii) a rotating of said ITM so as to move said printed ink images, and (iii) transferring of said printed image from said ITM surface to substrate, cleaning said guiding arrangement by deposition of said cleaning fluid onto said guiding arrangement or onto an ITM-contacting surface that is in contact with said ITM.