摘要 |
A flash-over detector (10) for a continuous ink jet printer, the printer including a positive deflector plate having a positive supply conductor; a negative deflector plate having a negative supply conductor (11), the positive and negative conductors being capacitively coupled with each other; and a ground; the flash-over detector comprising: a sensing element, coupled to one of the conductors, for detecting a flash-over between either of the conductors and either the ground or the other conductor. <IMAGE> |