Patent ID: 9550364
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A method of priming one or more inkjet printheads, comprising: extracting ink from a first single color inkjet chip of a first inkjet printhead of the one or more inkjet printheads to a first pumping head of a pumping member via a first extracting conduit disposed between the first single color inkjet chip and the first pumping head; extracting ink from a second single color inkjet chip of the first inkjet printhead of the one or more inkjet printheads to a second pumping head of the pumping member via a second extracting conduit disposed between the second single color inkjet chip and the second pumping head, the second single color inkjet chip associated with a different ink color than the first single color inkjet chip; pumping the ink from the first pumping head to an ink supply unit corresponding to the first single color inkjet chip of the first inkjet printhead via a first dispensing conduit such that ink flows directly from the first single color inkjet chip of the first inkjet printhead directly to the ink supply unit corresponding to the first single color inkjet chip of the first inkjet printhead; and pumping the ink from the second pumping head to an ink supply unit corresponding to the second single color inkjet chip of the first inkjet printhead via a second dispensing conduit such that ink flows directly from the second single color inkjet chip of the first inkjet printhead directly to the ink supply unit corresponding to the second single color inkjet chip of the first inkjet printhead.