Image forming apparatus, droplet discharge control method, and storage medium

    公开(公告)号:US11633950B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17188703

    申请日:2021-03-01

    Applicant: Junichi Iwata

    Inventor: Junichi Iwata

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a piezoelectric element with a common electrode on one side and an individual electrode on another side; a nozzle; and circuitry. The circuitry selects one from drive signals and supplies the one drive signal to the piezoelectric element via the individual electrode, to discharge a droplet through the nozzle to form an image. Each drive signal includes waveform pulses including a main pulse that rises in a slope shape during a rising time and finishes rising at an end time. The circuitry generates the drive signals so that the end time of a less influential drive signal other than a most influential drive signal falls within a range of the rising time of the main pulse of the most influential drive signal; selects the one drive signal based on an image to be formed; and supplies the one drive signal to the piezoelectric element.

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