Claims
- 1. A rejuvenation station for a printer cartridge comprising:a housing with a first area adapted to hold a fluid supplier, and a second area adapted to hold the printer cartridge; a first fluidic interconnect in the first area, wherein the first fluidic interconnect is adapted to couple with the fluid supplier; a second fluidic interconnect in the second area, wherein the second fluidic interconnect is adapted to couple with the printer cartridge; a fluid path in the housing that couples the fluidic interconnects; and an actuator extracting fluid from the printer cartridge, and inserting fluid into the printer cartridge through the fluid path.
- 2. The rejuvenation station of claim 1 wherein the first area is formed to hold a plurality of fluid suppliers.
- 3. The rejuvenation station of claim 2 further comprising a plurality of fluid reservoirs held in the first area of the housing, wherein each fluid reservoir is capable of having a fluid with at least one of a distinctive composition and a distinctive color.
- 4. The rejuvenation station of claim 3 further comprising a plurality of printer cartridges held in the second area of the housing, wherein each printer cartridge has a certain color and a certain composition, wherein each printer cartridge has a corresponding fluid reservoir with substantially the same certain color and substantially the same certain composition, wherein the printer cartridge is fluidically coupled with the corresponding fluidic reservoir.
- 5. The rejuvenation station of claim 1 wherein the second area is formed to hold a plurality of printer cartridges.
- 6. The rejuvenation station of claim 1 further comprising an adaptor coupled with the second area and with the second fluidic interconnect, wherein the adaptor is capable of coupling with the printer cartridge.
- 7. The rejuvenation station of claim 6 wherein the adaptor has flexible connectors to fluidically couple with the printer cartridge.
- 8. The rejuvenation station of claim 1 further comprising an air purge mechanism.
- 9. The rejuvenation station of claim 1 further comprising a service station that is capable of servicing a printhead of the printer cartridge.
- 10. The rejuvenation station of claim 1 further comprising a safety mechanism that prevents fluid spillage in an event of premature removal of at least one of the printer cartridge and the fluid supplier.
- 11. The rejuvenation station of claim 1 further comprising a utility mechanism.
- 12. The rejuvenation station of claim 11 wherein the utility mechanism is at least one of a media holder, a writing utensil holder, a tape dispenser, a stapler, and a clock.
- 13. A printer cartridge and a rejuvenation station for the printer cartridge comprising:a housing of the rejuvenation station with a dock that is capable of receiving the printer cartridge; a first pair of corresponding fluidic interconnects coupling the rejuvenation station and the printer cartridge; a second pair of corresponding fluidic interconnects coupling the rejuvenation station and the printer cartridge; and a fluid path in the housing, wherein the fluidic interconnects are coupled via the fluid path, wherein the first and second pair of fluidic interconnects engage to create a fluid circuit in the fluid path.
- 14. The printer cartridge and rejuvenation station of claim 13 wherein the printer cartridge is a component of a roving printer.
- 15. A rejuvenation station for a fluid ejection device comprising:a housing with a first area adapted to hold a fluid supplier, and a second area adapted to hold the fluid ejection device; a first fluidic interconnect in the first area, wherein the first fluidic interconnect is adapted to couple with the fluid supplier; a second fluidic interconnect in the second area, wherein the second fluidic interconnect is adapted to couple with the fluid ejection device; a fluid path in the housing that couples the fluidic interconnects; and an actuator extracting fluid from the fluid ejection device, and inserting fluid into the fluid ejection device through the fluid path.
- 16. The rejuvenation station of claim 15 wherein the actuator extracts fluid from the fluid supplier.
- 17. A fluid ejection cartridge and a rejuvenation station for the fluid ejection cartridge comprising:a housing of the rejuvenation station with a dock that is capable of receiving the fluid ejection cartridge; a first pair of corresponding fluidic interconnects coupling the rejuvenation station and a fluid supplier; a second pair of corresponding fluidic interconnects coupling the rejuvenation station and the fluid ejection cartridge; and a fluid path in the housing, wherein the fluidic interconnects are coupled via the fluid path, wherein the first and second pair of fluidic interconnects engage to create a fluid circuit in the fluid path.
- 18. The fluid ejection cartridge and the rejuvenation station of claim 17 wherein the fluid ejection cartridge is a component of a roving printer.
- 19. The fluid ejection cartridge and the rejuvenation station of claim 18, wherein the rejuvenation station has a docking station that is capable of storing the roving printer.
CROSS REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATION(S)
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 9/814,329 filed on Mar. 21, 2001 now U.S. Pat No. 6,478,415 which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
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