| 摘要 |
A cleaner or replenishing cartridge (15; 300; 400; 500; 600; 700) and a method of cleaning an inkjet printing mechanism or printer (20; 220, 720) using such a cartridge to replace an inkjet pen (40, 42, 44; 240; 740, 742) is disclosed. The cartridge, powered by an on-board battery (318; 514, 515) or by pulses applied through the pen carriage interconnect, is positioned by the pen carriage (46; 246; 775) at a location to be cleaned. The carriage may be fashioned for dispensing a fluid (105), such as an ink solvent, a lubricant, or a staticide to various printer components. The fluid may also be supplied to replenish a printer reservoir (262). The cartridge may be used for extracting ink sludge from the printer's ink lines (774), or for applying a vacuum suction force to draw particles into the cartridge (400). The cartridge may propel a cleaning media (304; 506) across an area to be cleaned, or refurbish (500; 600) worn printhead wipers (54; 254). By removing dirt, grit and solidified ink from the printer, operation may be restored to a near-new condition. <IMAGE> |
