| US 7,470,016 B2 | ||
| Introducing material into a printhead enclosure | ||
| Richard Baker, West Lebanon, N.H. (US); and Edward R. Moynihan, Plainfield, N.H. (US) | ||
| Assigned to FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc., Lebanon, N.H. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/292,548. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/633240, filed on Dec. 03, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0132571 A1, Jun. 22, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. C09D 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—100 [347/21; 347/22; 347/28] | 24 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus comprising:
a jetting assembly including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting droplets of a droplet material on a substrate;
an enclosed print zone within which the jetting assembly prints on the substrate, the enclosed print zone having an inlet
formed in a wall of the enclosed print zone, the inlet being different from the plurality of nozzles; and
a mechanism for introducing through the inlet into the enclosed print zone a vaporized environmental material different from
the droplet material associated with controlling an environment of the print zone.
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