EBS EBS-6100 - Principle of Operation

 EBS-6100 Printer User's Manual
 Paragraph 1 - General Information
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Ink-Jet Systems
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1.2. Principle of Operation
Printing with continuous ink jet printers (CIJ printers).
Ink
Gun
Nozzle
Charging
electrode
Ink return
Gutter
HV deflection
electrode
INK-JET
Overprints are produced in the following
way:
• A continuous ink jet is broken into
droplets.
• Then the droplets are charged and
deflected in an electric field.
• Every label consists of drop-wide
vertical rows.
• The droplets are deflected on the
vertical plane. Every droplet within a row
is broken off the continuous jet, then
charged and deflected while passing
under a high-voltage electrode.
• Objects to be labelled move in front of
the print head and vertical rows are
printed one by one to complete the
entire label.
• Uncharged droplets fall into a gutter and
from there are pulled back and returned
to the ink system cylinders.
This method of printing is applied to all CIJ
printers.
Fig. 1.2.1. Labelling with Continuous Ink-Jet printers
The EBS-6100 printer incorporates many unique solutions, including those protected by
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