Patent ID: 8303100

Claim:
An apparatus for imprinting objects, comprising: a printing machine including: a transport apparatus configured to transport a retaining apparatus or an inscription carrier; a printing apparatus configured to imprint a print pattern on at least one object using a jet of liquid; a radiation source configured to dry and cure the print pattern; a replaceable liquid container configured to supply the printing apparatus with a liquid; a replaceable cleaning apparatus configured to clean a nozzle device of the printing apparatus; an input station and an output station configured to receive the retaining apparatus or the inscription carrier; a carriage configured to receive the printing apparatus, the radiation source, and the liquid container, the carriage being movable back and forth; and a data processing system configured to control the printing machine, wherein the printing apparatus and the liquid container are arranged with respect to each other so that the liquid container is lower than the nozzle device so that a liquid level of the liquid container produces a negative pressure in the nozzle device, and wherein the liquid container includes an entrance side and an exit side, wherein the entrance side is detachably connected via a valve to a positive pressure device and the exit side is detachably connected to the printing apparatus, wherein the positive pressure device is configured to produce a positive pressure in the liquid container.