Filling, identifying, validating, and servicing tip for fluid-ejection device
First Claim
1. A method for initially filling with fluid a tip to be placed on a fluid-ejection device, comprising one or more of:
- introducing the fluid into a substantially hollow body of the tip at a first end of the body, the body of the tip having a second end at which a fluid-ejection mechanism is disposed to eject the fluid as controlled by the fluid-ejection device; and
/or,introducing the fluid into the substantially hollow body of the tip through of the fluid-ejection mechanism disposed at the second end of the body of the tip.
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Abstract
A tip to be placed on a fluid-ejection device is filled with fluid. The fluid may be introduced into a substantially hollow body of the tip at a first end of the body. The body of the tip has a second end at which a fluid-ejection mechanism is disposed to eject the fluid as controlled by the fluid-ejection device. The fluid may be introduced into the substantially hollow body of the tip through of the fluid-ejection mechanism disposed at the second end of the body of the tip. The tip may further be identified and/or serviced, and the tip and/or the fluid-ejection device my further be validated.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for initially filling with fluid a tip to be placed on a fluid-ejection device, comprising one or more of:
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introducing the fluid into a substantially hollow body of the tip at a first end of the body, the body of the tip having a second end at which a fluid-ejection mechanism is disposed to eject the fluid as controlled by the fluid-ejection device; and
/or,introducing the fluid into the substantially hollow body of the tip through of the fluid-ejection mechanism disposed at the second end of the body of the tip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for at least identifying a tip capable of being placed on a fluid-ejection device comprising the fluid-ejection device:
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detecting whether the tip has been placed on the fluid-ejection device, such that an electrical connector of the fluid-ejection device has electrically coupled with an electrical connector of the tip; repeating repeatedly reading a first instance of an identification string of the tip via electrical coupling of the electrical connectors of the fluid-ejection device and of the tip until the first instance of the identification string contains at least one binary zero and at least one binary one; waiting a predetermined length of time; reading a second instance of the identification string of the tip via the electrical coupling of the electrical connectors of the fluid-ejection device and of the tip; and
,until one or more conditions have been satisfied, the conditions including the first instance of the identification string of the tip matching the second instance of the identification string of the tip. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for servicing a tip containing a supply of fluid and placed on a fluid-ejection device comprising repeating one or more times:
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expelling one or more drops of the fluid from the tip onto a fluid-ejection mechanism of the tip disposed at an end of the tip and from which fluid is ejected as controlled by the fluid-ejection device; and
,drawing the drops of the fluid expelled from the tip onto the fluid-ejection mechanism of the tip back into the tip. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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