Jeffrey Allen Frame

US Patent:

20040125154, Jul 1, 2004

Filed:

Dec 27, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/330344

Inventors:

M. Cheney - Vancouver WA, US
Thomas McCue - Vancouver WA, US
Jeffrey Frame - Los Altos CA, US
Teressa Roth - Brush Prairie WA, US
Rowdy Webb - Portland OR, US

International Classification:

B41J002/165

US Classification:

346/035000, 347/035000

Abstract:

An inkjet printing system includes a platen adapted to support a print media, a printhead adapted to eject ink into a print zone between the printhead and the platen toward the print media and beyond a first edge of the print media to generate waste ink, a first absorber formed in the platen within the print zone such that the first absorber is adapted to extend beyond the first edge of the print media and absorb the waste ink ejected beyond the first edge of the print media, and a second absorber adapted to contact and absorb the waste ink from the first absorber, wherein the first absorber has a first capillary head and the second absorber has a second capillary head greater than the first capillary head.