Patent ID: 8911070

Claim:
A system for recycling an inkjet-printing material, comprising: a wiper configured to clean nozzles and to withdraw the inkjet-printing material dispensed by the nozzles; a recycling tank connected to the wiper and configured to collect the inkjet-printing material withdrew by the wiper; a mixing tank connected between the recycling tank and the nozzles and configured to mix a fresh inkjet-printing material with the inkjet-printing material collected by the recycling tank, so as to form and provide a reuse inkjet-printing material to the nozzles, wherein a predetermined mixture ratio of the inkjet-printing material from the recycling tank and the fresh inkjet-printing material in the mixing tank is in the range of 1:2 to 1:5; and a buffer tank configured to receive the reuse inkjet-printing material and another fresh inkjet-printing material, so as to provide a usable inkjet-printing material to the nozzles; wherein the recycling tank comprises a viscosity sensor configured to sense a viscosity of the inkjet-printing material in the recycling tank.