摘要 |
A melting device for melting an ink unit used in an inkjet printer, including a melting chamber provided with a wide end for dispensing the ink unit to the melting chamber and a narrow end, the melting chamber having a form such that the ink unit moves, as a result of melting, in a direction from the wide end to the narrow end, the ink unit being laterally enclosed with respect to said direction by one or more walls of a melting chamber, wherein the walls which form a lateral enclosure for the ink unit are heated, during the melting, to above a temperature at which the ink is liquid.
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