公开(公告)号：US20220363060A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17647780

申请日：2022-01-12

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Daihua ZHANG ,  Kang LUO ,  Kazuya DAITO ,  Kenneth S. LEDFORD ,  Elsa MASSONNEAU ,  Alexey STEPANOV ,  Ludovic GODET ,  Mahendran CHIDAMBARAM ,  Visweswaren SIVARAMAKRISHNAN ,  Bahubali S. UPADHYE ,  Hemantha RAJU

IPC: B41J2/165

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an inkjet service station and methods of servicing an inkjet printer with the inkjet service station. The inkjet service station is disposed in an inkjet printer of an inkjet chamber. The inkjet service station is operable to perform servicing operations on a processing apparatus of the inkjet printer. The servicing operations include at least one of printhead spitting, printhead purging, printhead flushing, printhead cleaning, printhead drying, or vacuum suction.