US Patent Issued to Xerox on June 16 for "System and method for preserving inkjet operational status during long periods of printer inactivity" (New York, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,452, issued on June 16, was assigned to Xerox Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"System and method for preserving inkjet operational status during long periods of printer inactivity" was invented by Temitope Orimolade (Portland, Ore.), Varun Sambhy (Pittsford, N.Y.), Seemit Praharaj (Webster, N.Y.), Jason M. LeFevre (Penfield, N.Y.) and Santokh S. Badesha (Pittsford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet printer includes a printhead maintenance station that injects a high pH fluid into the inkjet stacks of the printheads in the printer to prevent ink contamination during long periods of printer inactivity. The printhead maintenance sta...