摘要:
A printhead compatible with various printers, e.g. a printer having low print density or a printer having high print density, enables printing in the best capability of the printer. The printhead comprises: a determination circuit 24 which determines a type of a printer incorporating the printhead, and switches SW1 and SW2 which select a method of driving the printhead according to in the printer, on the basis of the determination result by the determination circuit 24. When the printhead is installed in the printer capable of printing at 360 dpi, four print dots printed at 720 dpi substantially express one dot printed at 360 dpi. Meanwhile, when the printhead is installed in the printer capable of printing at 720 dpi, one print dot expresses one dot printed at 720 dpi.
摘要:
A substrate for a recording head includes a circuit through which current flows upon impression of a source voltage, irrespective of the operating state of an energy converting element, and a current cutoff means for cutting off current to the circuit in response to an entered control signal. A reset signal for achieving a standby state of the printing operation serves as the control signal. The current cutoff circuit is operated when the reset signal is active in an H state, and it cuts off the constant current. By cutting off the constant current, the leak current of a heater power source VH may be accurately measured, permitting determination of whether the source voltage wiring is properly insulated from other circuit elements of the substrate. The constant current may also be cut off in the standby state, in which printing is not performed, so as to reduce power consumption.
摘要:
A liquid discharge head includes a pair of substrates mutually fixed in lamination, a plurality of liquid flow paths arranged on the bonded faces of the substrates, the leading end of the plural liquid flow paths being communicated with a plurality of discharge ports, a plurality of heat generating members arranged on at least one of the substrates corresponding to each of the liquid flow paths and a movable member having in the liquid flow path the free end thereof on the discharge port side, and a region between the heat generating member and the movable member, where liquid exists. In the liquid discharge head, a bubble is created by enabling thermal energy generated by the heat generating members to act upon the liquid, and the bubble is controlled by the movable member to discharge liquid in the liquid flow paths from the discharge ports to the outside. Further, all of the movable members, members becoming side walls of liquid flow paths, members supporting the movable members, and members supporting the walls of liquid flow paths are formed by materials containing silicon and the side walls of liquid flow paths are formed by patterning the material containing silicon formed on the surface of one of the pair of substrates in the liquid discharge head.
摘要:
A method of producing an ink jet head valve for an ink jet head having a discharge port for discharging ink, an ink flow path communicated with said discharge port and an electrothermal converting member used as an energy generating means for discharging ink into said ink flow path, comprises the step of producing said ink jet head valve by a metal CVD process.
摘要:
A liquid discharging head has at least a discharge port for discharging liquid therefrom, a liquid flow path communicating with the discharge port to supply the liquid to the discharge port, a substrate provided with a heating member for creating a bubble in the liquid filling the liquid flow path, and a movable member having a movable portion having its free end at the discharge port side and provided at a location facing the heating member of the substrate with a gap with respect to the substrate, a supported and fixed portion supported on and fixed to the substrate, and a supporting portion provided near the supported and fixed portion of the movable portion. The free end of the movable member is displaced toward the discharge port side about the fulcrum portion of the movable member by pressure produced by the bubble being created to thereby discharge the liquid from the discharge port. The movable member is formed of a silicon material and has a bent portion forming the gap, and the fulcrum portion has a curved surface shape.
摘要:
A substrate for use in an ink jet recording head is provided with a plurality of heat generating members for generating thermal energy to be utilized for discharging ink. The heat generating members are structured by a thin film formed by material represented by Tax Siy Rz, which has a specific resistance value of 4000 &mgr;&OHgr;·cm or less, where R is one or more kinds of elements selected from/among C, O, N, and x+y+z=100. With the structure thus arranged, the heat generating members make it possible to maintain the change of resistance values within a small amount even when used continuously for a long time, and provide recorded images of high quality with long life and reliability.
摘要翻译:用于喷墨记录头的基板设置有多个用于产生用于排出墨的热能的发热元件。 发热体由以电阻值为4000μOMEGA·cm以下的Tax Siy Rz所代表的材料形成的薄膜构成,其中R为选自C,O, N和x + y + z = 100。 利用如此布置的结构,即使长时间连续使用,发热体也能够将电阻值的变化维持在少量,并且提供具有长寿命和可靠性的高质量的记录图像。
摘要:
A liquid discharge head at least comprises a discharge opening for discharging the liquid, a liquid flow channel in communication with the discharge opening and for supplying the liquid to the discharge opening, a substrate equipped with a heat generator for producing a bubble in the liquid that is filled in the liquid flow channel, and a movable plate supported and fixed onto the substrate at a position of the substrate opposed to the heat generator and with a gap from the substrate, with a free end on the discharge opening side. The liquid discharge head can discharge the liquid from the discharge openings by forcing the free end of the movable plate to be displaced toward the discharge opening around a fulcrum portion made near a support and fixing portion of the movable plate with the substrate due to pressure caused by produced bubble.
摘要:
Beneath electro-thermal conversion device layers having heaters, a common electrode layer electrically connected to heaters through branch connection parts is laminated through a protective film, and discrete electrodes are formed on an upper surface of the electro-thermal conversion device layers putting the branch connection parts between, respectively.
摘要:
A substrate, for use in a liquid discharge head for discharging liquid by applying thermal energy thereto, is provided with a heat generating member for applying the thermal energy to the liquid and a movable member so positioned as to be opposed to the heat generating member, to be fixed at the upstream side in the flowing direction of the liquid and to have a free end at the downstream end. Two wiring layers for applying a voltage to the heat generating member are provided in a superposed manner with an interlayer insulation layer therebetween and are mutually connected electrically via a through-hole. The through-hole is provided in a position different from the boundary between a fixing portion and a movable portion of the movable member.
摘要:
A substrate is formed for use of an ink jet recording head provided with a plurality in heat generating members for generating thermal energy to be utilized for discharging ink, an interlayer film arranged for the lower layer of each of said heat generating members, and a protection layer for protecting said heat generating member. Each of the heat generating members of the substrate is structured by metal and insulator, and at the same time, the rate of metal content in the vicinity of the interfaces of the heat generating member becomes smaller than that in the center of the heat generating member in the film thickness direction thereof. With the structure of such member thus arranged, it is made possible to prevent or suppress interlayer peelings and cracks from taking place in each of the heat generating resistive layers where temperature changes are made intensely due to thermal cycle.