Patent ID: 8317309
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An imaging device including: a printhead having an on-board phase change ink reservoir for holding a quantity of melted phase change ink, and a plurality of nozzles in a faceplate of the printhead that are fluidly coupled to the on-board phase change ink reservoir to enable melted phase change ink to flow from the on-board phase change ink reservoir to the plurality of nozzles in the faceplate and through which the melted phase change ink is ejected onto an image receiving surface; a remote ink reservoir configured to hold a quantity of melted phase change ink and to deliver melted phase change ink to the on-board phase change ink reservoir of the printhead; a waste ink collector positioned to collect waste phase change ink that flows down the faceplate of the printhead in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which the melted phase change ink is ejected from the faceplate of the printhead, the waste ink collector comprising: a waste phase change ink conveyor configured to convey melted waste phase change ink from the second pressure chamber to the remote ink reservoir, the waste phase change ink conveyor comprising: