公开(公告)号：US07252356B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-07

申请号：US11210493

申请日：2005-08-24

申请人： Daisaku Ide ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Satoshi Seki ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya ,  Kosuke Yamamoto ,  Hiroshi Tajika

发明人： Daisaku Ide ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Satoshi Seki ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya ,  Kosuke Yamamoto ,  Hiroshi Tajika

IPC分类号： B41J2/15

CPC分类号： G06K15/107

摘要： A recording apparatus is configured to record an image on a recording medium by repeating a recording operation and a conveying operation. The recording operation is operative to apply a recording agent to the recording medium using a recording head while moving the recording head for scanning in a direction different from a predetermined direction. The recording head includes a plurality of recording elements arranged in the predetermined direction and adapted to apply the recording agent. The conveying operation is operative to convey the recording medium in a direction transverse to the scanning direction. The recording apparatus includes a recording control unit configured to perform the recording operation such that a number of the recording elements which are used to record an image on at least one of a front end portion and a rear end portion of the recording medium is reduced at a rate as compared to that of the recording elements which are used to record an image on a central portion of the recording medium, and a recording mode selecting unit configured to select a recording mode from a plurality of recording modes differing from one another in at least one of recording quality and recording time. The recording control unit changes the rate of reduction according to the recording mode selected by the recording mode selecting unit.

摘要翻译： 记录装置被配置为通过重复记录操作和传送操作将图像记录在记录介质上。 记录操作可操作以使用记录头将记录剂施加到记录介质，同时沿与预定方向不同的方向移动记录头进行扫描。 记录头包括沿预定方向布置并适于施加记录剂的多个记录元件。 传送操作可操作以沿横向于扫描方向的方向传送记录介质。 记录装置包括：记录控制单元，被配置为执行记录操作，使得用于在记录介质的前端部分和后端部分中的至少一个上记录图像的记录元件的数量减少为 与用于在记录介质的中心部分记录图像的记录元件的速率相比的速率;以及记录模式选择单元，被配置为从在多个不同的记录模式中选择记录模式 至少一个录音质量和录音时间。 记录控制单元根据由记录模式选择单元选择的记录模式改变缩小速率。

公开(公告)号：US20060044342A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-02

申请号：US11209848

申请日：2005-08-24

申请人： Hiroshi Tajika ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Satoshi Seki ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya

发明人： Hiroshi Tajika ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Satoshi Seki ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya

IPC分类号： B41J29/393

CPC分类号： B41J29/393

摘要： The present invention allows for creating high quality images by coping with a variety of kinds of print mediums without having to prepare large-sized, large-capacity power supply and ink supply source. For this purpose, this invention detects the number of printing elements to be driven in a predetermined check area set in one scan area of the print head. If the detected value is greater than a predetermined threshold, either the number of printing elements to be driven in one scan period of the print head or one scan period from when the print head starts the printing scan until the next printing scan is started is selected and changed according to the set printing condition and the printing operation is performed accordingly.

摘要翻译： 本发明允许通过应对各种打印介质来创建高质量的图像，而不必准备大型，大容量的电源和供墨源。 为此，本发明在设置在打印头的一个扫描区域中的预定检查区域中检测要驱动的打印元件的数量。 如果检测值大于预定阈值，则选择要在打印头的一个扫描周期中驱动的打印元件的数量或从打印头开始打印扫描直至下一次打印扫描开始的一个扫描周期的数量 并根据设定的打印条件改变，并且相应地执行打印操作。

公开(公告)号：US20050174380A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-11

申请号：US11045108

申请日：2005-01-31

申请人： Daisaku Ide ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya

发明人： Daisaku Ide ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya

IPC分类号： B41J2/18 ,  B41J2/165 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/185 ,  B41J29/393

CPC分类号： B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/1652 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17596 ,  B41J29/393

摘要： The invention provides a configuration capable of judging whether an ink jet head is exchanged or whether it is replaced, and changing an amount of recovery operation when the ink jet head is exchanged or replaced. Thus a recording apparatus capable of avoiding a defective ink supply in case the ink jet head is exchanged or replaced, and not wasting the ink by unnecessarily excessive recovery operation, can be provided.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种能够判断喷墨头是否被更换或是否被更换的配置以及当更换或更换喷墨头时改变恢复操作量的配置。 因此，可以提供一种记录装置，其能够在喷墨头更换或更换的情况下避免墨水供应不良，并且不会因不必要地过度的恢复操作而浪费墨水。

公开(公告)号：US20050073543A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-07

申请号：US10952791

申请日：2004-09-30

申请人： Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya

发明人： Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J2/205

CPC分类号： B41J2/2054

摘要： An ink jet printing method is provided which, although it uses an ink jet print head with a fixed small ink ejection volume, can form an image with a desired density by performing data processing and printing at a lower pixel density. The dot arrangement pattern that determines the presence or absence of a printed dot in each of a plurality of element areas making up each pixel is allocated to the individual pixels according to their grayscale level. Then the printing dots are divided into a plurality of scans of the print head. At this time, for those pixels having a predetermined grayscale level, a plurality of dots are printed overlappingly in each of predetermined element areas of these pixels. This arrangement allows a greater number of dots than is determined by the allocated dot arrangement pattern to be printed in these pixels according to the grayscale level.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种喷墨打印方法，尽管它使用具有固定的小喷墨量的喷墨打印头，但是可以通过以较低的像素密度执行数据处理和打印来形成具有所需密度的图像。 根据其灰度等级，将构成每个像素的多个元素区域中的每一个中确定存在或不存在打印点的点布置图案分配给各个像素。 然后将打印点分成打印头的多个扫描。 此时，对于具有预定灰度级的那些像素，在这些像素的每个预定元素区域中重叠地印刷多个点。 这种布置允许比根据灰度级别在这些像素中打印的分配的点布置图案确定的点数更多。

公开(公告)号：US07997681B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-16

申请号：US12848382

申请日：2010-08-02

申请人： Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hideaki Takamiya

发明人： Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hideaki Takamiya

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16532

摘要： A plurality of ejection portions are divided into groups, each containing at least one ejection portion, so that the suction-based recovery operation can be performed for each group independently. Since the number of ejection portions contained in each group differs, if an ink flow resistance varies among the different groups, simultaneous suction-based recovery operations can be done by using a common suction pump, without having to sequentially perform the suction-based recovery operations under an optimum pump driving condition. For this purpose, inner diameters of a plurality of ink discharge tubes running from a plurality of cap units, which cap a plurality of print head units having different numbers of ejection portions, to the common pump are differentiated. This allows different flows to be produced in different ink discharge systems, thus generating desirable ink flows for individual ink supply systems.

摘要翻译： 多个喷射部分分成多个，每个喷射部分包含至少一个喷射部分，从而可以独立地对每组进行基于吸力的恢复操作。 由于每个组中包含的喷射部分的数量不同，如果不同组之间的油墨流动阻力变化，则可以通过使用公共抽吸泵来同时进行基于吸入的回收操作，而不必依次执行基于抽吸的回收操作 在最佳泵驱动条件下。 为此目的，区分了从多个帽单元行进的多个排墨管的内径，该多个盖单元将具有不同数量的喷射部分的多个打印头单元盖住到共用泵。 这允许在不同的油墨排放系统中产生不同的流动，从而为单独的供墨系统产生期望的油墨流。

公开(公告)号：US07261387B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-28

申请号：US10952791

申请日：2004-09-30

申请人： Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya

发明人： Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya

IPC分类号： B41J2/205 ,  G06K15/02

CPC分类号： B41J2/2054

摘要： An ink jet printing method is provided which, although it uses an ink jet print head with a fixed small ink ejection volume, can form an image with a desired density by performing data processing and printing at a lower pixel density. The dot arrangement pattern that determines the presence or absence of a printed dot in each of a plurality of element areas making up each pixel is allocated to the individual pixels according to their grayscale level. Then the printing dots are divided into a plurality of scans of the print head. At this time, for those pixels having a predetermined grayscale level, a plurality of dots are printed overlappingly in each of predetermined element areas of these pixels. This arrangement allows a greater number of dots than is determined by the allocated dot arrangement pattern to be printed in these pixels according to the grayscale level.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种喷墨打印方法，尽管它使用具有固定的小喷墨量的喷墨打印头，但是可以通过以较低的像素密度执行数据处理和打印来形成具有所需密度的图像。 根据其灰度等级，将构成每个像素的多个元素区域中的每一个中确定存在或不存在打印点的点布置图案分配给各个像素。 然后将打印点分成打印头的多个扫描。 此时，对于具有预定灰度级的那些像素，在这些像素的每个预定元素区域中重叠地印刷多个点。 这种布置允许比根据灰度级别在这些像素中打印的分配的点布置图案确定的点数更多。

公开(公告)号：US20060221121A1

公开(公告)日：2006-10-05

申请号：US11396457

申请日：2006-04-04

申请人： Daisaku Ide ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hideaki Takamiya ,  Hiroshi Tajika

发明人： Daisaku Ide ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hideaki Takamiya ,  Hiroshi Tajika

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16508 ,  B41J2/16532

摘要： An object of this invention is to prevent prolongation of the time taken for a suction recovery operation while suppressing wasteful consumption of ink in the suction recovery operation. An ink-jet printing apparatus includes a plurality of caps which, when a plurality of nozzles of an ink-jet head are divided into a plurality of nozzle groups, are arranged one by one for the respective nozzle groups, and cap the respective nozzle groups, a suction pump which generates a negative pressure in the plurality of caps to suck ink from the plurality of nozzles, and is arranged commonly for the plurality of caps, and a control unit which controls the suction pump so as to make the negative pressure by the suction pump act on all the caps when a common negative pressure is generated in the plurality of caps, and make different negative pressures by the suction pump act sequentially on the plurality of caps when different negative pressures are generated in the respective caps.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一个目的是防止抽吸恢复操作所花费的时间的延长同时抑制抽吸恢复操作中的墨水的浪费。 一种喷墨打印设备包括多个盖子，当将喷墨头的多个喷嘴分成多个喷嘴组时，将各个喷嘴组逐个布置，并且将各个喷嘴组盖住 抽吸泵，其在多个盖中产生负压以从多个喷嘴吸取墨，并且被共同设置用于所述多个盖;以及控制单元，其控制所述抽吸泵以使所述负压由 当在多个盖中产生常见的负压时，抽吸泵作用在所有的盖上，并且当在相应的盖中产生不同的负压时，抽吸泵使不同的负压顺序地作用在多个盖上。

公开(公告)号：US20060044338A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-02

申请号：US11209629

申请日：2005-08-24

申请人： Akiko Maru ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya

发明人： Akiko Maru ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya

IPC分类号： B41J29/38 ,  B41J2/205

CPC分类号： G06K15/107

摘要： A mask pattern is employed for multi-pass printing. The mask pattern is the sum of a first mask pattern, relative to a first location that includes areas wherein dots are to be printed when a density value is smaller than a predetermined value, and a second mask pattern, relative to a second location that includes areas wherein dots are to be printed only when the density value is equal to or greater than the predetermined value. Using multiple scans, up to one dot is printed in the first region, while two dots or more are printed in the second region. With this arrangement, since the first mask pattern, which greatly affects a low-duty image, and the second mask pattern, which greatly affects a high-duty image, can be independently designed, problems that occur with images prepared at individual duties can be coped with by the separate mask patterns.

摘要翻译： 采用掩模图案进行多遍打印。 掩模图案是第一掩模图案相对于第一位置的和，其包括当密度值小于预定值时要打印点的区域，以及第二掩模图案，相对于包括 仅当密度值等于或大于预定值时才打印点的区域。 使用多个扫描，在第一个区域中打印多达一个点，而在第二个区域打印两个点以上。 通过这种布置，由于可以独立地设计极大地影响低功率图像的第一掩模图案和极大地影响高占空比图像的第二掩模图案，因此可以独立地设计在各个任务中准备的图像所产生的问题 由单独的掩模图案处理。

公开(公告)号：US20050190226A1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-01

申请号：US11065215

申请日：2005-02-24

申请人： Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hideaki Takamiya

发明人： Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Daisaku Ide ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hideaki Takamiya

IPC分类号： B41J2/18 ,  B41J2/165 ,  B41J2/185

CPC分类号： B41J2/1652

摘要： For a recording apparatus capable of supplying a plurality of different color inks to a plurality of recording element substrates, when a condition for performing maintenance on a first recording element substrate is met, it is determined whether or not to perform maintenance on a second recording element substrate according to how close the second recording element substrate is to meeting the condition. Since maintenance is performed on the first and second recording element substrates in such a manner, unnecessary maintenance operations will be prevented from being carried out multiple times within a short period of time. Accordingly, the total amount of time required for maintenance is reduced.

摘要翻译： 对于能够向多个记录元件基板供给多种不同颜色的墨的记录装置，当满足对第一记录元件基板进行维护的条件时，确定是否对第二记录元件进行维护 基于第二记录元件基板接近于该条件的基板。 由于以这种方式在第一和第二记录元件基板上执行维护，所以不会在短时间内防止不必要的维护操作多次进行。 因此，维护所需的总时间减少。

公开(公告)号：US20050168507A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-04

申请号：US11042103

申请日：2005-01-26

申请人： Daisaku Ide ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya ,  Akihiko Nakatani

发明人： Daisaku Ide ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Takeshi Yazawa ,  Atsuhiko Masuyama ,  Akiko Maru ,  Hirokazu Yoshikawa ,  Hideaki Takamiya ,  Akihiko Nakatani

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/21 ,  B41J19/14 ,  B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/21 ,  B41J19/147

摘要： The ink jet printing apparatus forms an image on a print medium with the following two operations. The printing operation makes a print head perform scan motions in a predetermined direction on the print medium, the print head having an array of nozzle rows corresponding to the required number of ink colors, each scan motion involving the ink being ejected from nozzles onto the print medium. The print medium feeding operation moves the print medium and the print head relative to each other a predetermined amount in a direction different from a direction of the scan motion between the scan motions. In a print mode using a small number of ink colors employed for printing, unidirectional printing is performed such that the nozzle row of a black ink to be ejected reaches a print start position when amplitude of vibration of the print head is a predetermined amount or less.

摘要翻译： 喷墨打印设备通过以下两种操作在打印介质上形成图像。 打印操作使得打印头在打印介质上沿预定方向执行扫描运动，打印头具有与所需数量的墨颜色相对应的喷嘴列阵列，每个扫描运动涉及墨从喷嘴喷射到打印件上 中。 打印介质进给操作在与扫描运动之间的扫描运动的方向不同的方向上将打印介质和打印头相对于彼此移动预定量。 在使用用于打印的少量油墨颜色的打印模式下，执行单向打印，使得当打印头的振动幅度为预定量或更少时，要喷射的黑色墨水的喷嘴排达到打印开始位置 。