3-15 Confidential
Back end
Damper ASSY (Color)
Shutoff valve
Air vent unit
(A part of head/carriage unit)
Damper ASSY (Black)
Air vent rods
Air vent cap
(A part of maintenance unit)
Back end components and their main roles
- Damper assembly
This has two roles: dampening the ink pressure fluctuations** in the tubes as the carriage moves
and collecting air bubbles that result from pressure changes on the ink.
** Ink pressure fluctuations: As the head/carriage unit travels, inertia means that the ink remains in the same
place, temporarily raising the pressure in the tubes.
- Air vent unit
At regular scheduled intervals, this vents any air bubbles that have accumulated in the damper
assembly.
- Air vent cap
This fits tightly over the air vent unit to allow the negative pressure from the pump to suck air
bubbles out of the unit.
- Air vent rods
These open air vent flow paths by pushing up the normally closed shut-off valves inside the air
vent unit.
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