摘要:
A thermal recording medium has two or more kinds of thermo sensitive ink on a base member thereof, and each of the inks has a different melting point and a different color. At least one of the inks also contains an achromatizing agent for concealing a color of at least one of the inks. The thermal transfer recording medium thus constructed is capable of producing multiple colors on a recording sheet by utilizing a device having only one heating head.
摘要:
A plurality of thermal head assemblies can be arranged around a single backing roller to minimize the distance between recording stations. Synchronization marks recorded on the paper at a first station can be detected between recording stations to control the timing of image recording at the later stations.
摘要:
A drive device for a heat sensitive recording head in which the heat generating elements in an entire array generate heat uniformly. The heat generating elements within an array-type heat sensitive recording head are separated into groups. Voltage dropping elements connect the various heat generating elements to common terminals, one of which is provided for each group. The voltage drops provided by the various voltage dropping elements are adjusted such that the heat generating elements produce heat uniformly so that the image recorded is uniform over the entire recording surface.
摘要:
An ink jet recording apparatus performing recording by discharging ink from a recording head onto a recording medium. A conveying belt for conveys the recording medium by the attraction of static electricity, an electrode contacts the recording medium conveyed by the conveying belt, and a power source charges the electrode with a charge having a polarity opposite to a charge carried by the conveying belt. The recording head includes a discharge port and a control electrode formed around the discharge port. A voltage identical to the polarity of the surface potential of the recording medium is generated by a power source and applied to the control electrode to cause the control electrode to repel any satellite droplet of the polarity identical to the voltage that splits from a discharged ink droplet during the flight thereof.
摘要:
A recording apparatus includes an ink jet recording head having plural ejection outlets and thermal energy generating elements provided for the respective ejection outlets; a limiter for defining a using range of the heat generating elements in accordance with image forming conditions, a recording head driver for supplying to the heat generating elements outside the using range defined by the limiter driving signals insufficient to eject the ink and for supplying to the heat generating elements in the using range defined by the limiter a driving signal sufficient to eject the ink in accordance with an image signal.
摘要:
An ink jet apparatus has an ink jet head with a heat generating resistance element, which head discharges ink droplets by causing a state change in ink using heat generated by the resistance element, conveying means for conveying a recording medium to be recorded upon in a conveyance direction so that a predetermined recording image is formed on the recording medium by ink droplets from the head, heat exchanging means for exchanging heat with the head, this exchanging means being attached to the side of the head where the element is provided, and heating means for heating the exchanging means, the heating means being part of the heat exchanging means. It also includes a cooling means for cooling the heat exchanging means, temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the heat exchanging means, and control means for controlling driving of the heating means and cooling means according to the temperature detected by the temperature detecting means. The head to which the heat exchanging means is attached is joined to the apparatus so that the heat exchanging means is positioned at a downstream side in the conveyance direction of the recording medium.
摘要:
A temperature control device comprises a first heat exchange unit, for exchanging heat, which is thermally joined with a recording head for recording onto a recording medium by the use of heat energy, a second heat exchange unit for exchanging heat with the atmosphere, which is connected to the first heat exchange unit, working fluid contained within the first heat exchange unit and the second heat exchange unit, and a partition plate for almost separating the interior of the first heat exchange unit and the second heat exchange unit into a working fluid existing region and a vapor existing region where the working fluid and its vapor component exist together.
摘要:
According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus comprises an image forming unit for producing an image on paper, a detector for detecting a plurality of parameters indicating a state of the image forming unit, a corrector for correcting the state of the image forming unit, a rule memory for storing rules for determining the relation between the parameters and the timing of operation of the corrector, and a control for controlling the corrector according to the parameters the detector detects and the rules stored in the memory. Therefore, even a simple configuration permits high-precision control. This reduces a time loss due to the correcting operation, minimizes consumption of development agent, and thus ensures constant gradation all the time.
摘要:
Disclosed in an ink jet recording apparatus capable of providing high quality images in a stable manner for image signals of different transfer rates. A detector detects the receiving rate of an image signal supplied to the ink jet recording apparatus, and at least one of driving voltage, driving current, pulse duration, driving frequency and driving signal wave form is modified according to the detected receiving rate of the image signal.
摘要:
A driving method for a thermal head having plural heat generating elements for image recording on a recording medium comprises a step of detecting the presence of past, present and future heating signals in an area, in at least four directions around the heat generating element when the power is supplied to a heat generating element according to a heating signal and a step of controlling the supply energy to the heat generating element in response to the result of the detection, if the heating signals are present in all of the detecting area, for minimizing the supply energy to the heat generating element in comparison with a case in which the heating signals are not present in all of the detecting area.