摘要:
A fixater has a fixing unit for expediting the fixation of an image recorded on a recording medium, a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium and a coupling unit detachably mountable in the mounting section of a cassette for stacking the recording medium for the recording apparatus. The fixater is mountable in place of the cassette for stacking the recording medium.
摘要:
An ink jet recording device includes scanning means for scanning ink jet recording heads in a scanning direction, each of the recording heads having plural ink discharge generating elements and plural discharge ports associated therewith, the discharge ports being adapted to perform a recording operation within a recording area which is a total area covered by the discharge ports during one scanning operation, supplying means for supplying recording signals corresponding to the recording area to a group of the ink discharge energy generating elements, and conveying means for conveying a recording medium relative to the recording heads. A control means controls the ink jet recording heads, supplying means and conveying means so that when the control means operates in a first recording mode, a recording within the recording area is completed in a single scanning operation, and when the control means operates in a second recording mode, the recording within the recording area is completed by plural scanning operations such that the recording area is subjected to the overlapped recordings by different discharge ports. The control means selects the recording mode according to a condition relating at least to a material quality of the recording medium.
摘要:
An ink jet recording apparatus includes a plurality of ink jet recording heads for executing color recording, a recovery structure for maintaining and recovering a discharge state with respect to the plurality of recording heads, and a waste ink collecting container for collecting waste ink discharged from the recovery structure. The recovery structure has a plurality of waste ink collecting routes to the collecting container in accordance with each of the plurality of recording heads, and the plurality of waste ink collecting routes are disposed so as to discharge a predetermined kind of waste ink and other plural kinds of waste ink to different portions of the collecting container, respectively.
摘要:
This invention is a recording head cartridge which includes a plurality of inks having a density difference for an ink of one color, includes recording heads on a single substrate or in an adjacent aligned state, and integrates ink tanks for the plurality of inks, so as to reliably perform gradation recording while achieving a simple control circuit, and improvement in operability upon replacement. This invention also provides a structure in which ink tanks in the cartridge are integrated to determine a light/depth printing order, and have different volumes so as to improve advantages of replacement.
摘要:
The present invention involves an ink jet recording method involving providing a movable carriage and a plurality of ink jet recording heads disposed on the carriage, each ink jet recording head having a number of ink discharge energy generating elements and a corresponding number of discharge ports for recording a recording region, and applying driving signals to at least a fraction of the ink discharge energy generating elements corresponding to a fraction of the plural number of the discharge ports. Additionally, at the start of recording the number of the recording heads which are used during recording of a particular region is increased, and then at the conclusion of recording the quantity of recording heads which are used during recording of the particular region are decreased. This particular region has a length relating to the feeding pitch of the recording medium.
摘要:
A recording apparatus having a recording head provided with plural ink discharging outlets for discharging ink includes a detector for detecting temperature distribution in the recording head relating to recording operation of the recording head; a calculator for processing temperature data; and a controller responsive to an output of the calculator. The controller provides a uniform temperature distribution in the recording head by controlling a recording speed of the recording head.
摘要:
An ink jet recording apparatus provided with an ink jet recording head connected to an ink tank and having ink discharge ports and energy generating members for generating ink discharge energy, in which the head pressure of ink at the discharge ports is detected and the driving condition of the energy generating members is regulated according to the detected head pressure, thus achieving stable ink discharge regardless of the change in a head pressure and improving the efficiency of utilization of ink in the ink tank.
摘要:
An ink jet recording apparatus has a recording head provided with at least one discharge opening from which ink is discharged, a recovery execution device for clearing a predetermined amount of ink from the discharge opening to prevent any discharge failure of the recording head, and a waste ink receiving device for receiving the waste ink cleared from the discharge opening. The apparatus further has a recovery control section which includes a counter for counting the cumulative number of times that ink has been cleared by the recovery execution device, a memory for storing the cumulative number of times that the recovery operation has been counted by the counter, a comparator for comparing, before execution of the next ink clearing recovery operation, the stored cumulative number of times the recovery operation has been performed with a predetermined upper limit data indicative of the upper limit on the number of times the ink clearing operation can be performed chosen with respect to the capacity of the waste ink receiving device, and a controller for producing, when the comparison shows that the cumulative number of times the ink clearing operation has been performed exceeds the upper limit data, a changing signal for informing a user that the waste ink receiving device needs to be changed.
摘要:
A recording method in which ink is ejected by thermal energy produced by a heat generating element of a recording head in response to application of a driving signal thereto including the steps of changing a waveform of the driving signal in accordance with a temperature of the recording head; and selecting a fixed waveform of the drive signal when the temperature of the recording head exceeds a predetermined level.
摘要:
A method of recovering is described for a recording apparatus having a recording head, an ink container supplying ink to the recording head, and a pump which applies pressure to the recording head. The method includes the steps of detecting the remaining amount of ink in the ink container, and changing the pressure produced by the pump in accordance with the amount of remaining ink.