Patent ID: 6874873
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A method of air management in an inkjet printing system, comprising: providing an ink supply for holding a supply of liquid ink, the ink supply including high barriers to air diffusion to provide a shelf life of at least a period of six months; filling the ink supply with a quantity of liquid unsaturated ink; storing the filled ink supply for a storage time interval or until needed; installing the ink supply in an inkjet printing system including an inkjet printhead; supplying unsaturated ink from the ink supply to the inkjet printhead for printing, the unsaturated ink supplied to the printhead having an air solubility level sufficient to absorb air; removing air introduced into the printhead, including allowing the unsaturated ink to absorb air introduced into the printing system; and ejecting droplets of the liquid ink from the printing system during the printing.