摘要:
An ink-jet cartridge for ink-jet printers includes a nozzle-cleaning mechanism built in the cartridge itself for removing residual ink and foreign matter, such as dust and dirt including paper powder, from nozzles. Since the built-in nozzle-cleaning mechanism is replaced automatically when the cartridge is replaced, and since the replacement of the cartridge generally takes place before the nozzle-cleaning mechanism deteriorates mainly due to contamination with ink, the nozzles are always kept clean and a reliable printing operation with high quality printing is insured throughout the service life of the cartridge.
摘要:
A thin type ink jet cartridge consists of a passageway for holding ink, a thin type ink holder made of transparent material for accommodating the passageway, a graded scale put on the thin type of ink holder to quantitatively check the volume of the ink held in the passageway, ribs for structurally reinforcing the thin type ink holder, nozzles for discharging the ink held in the passageway at a recording paper, a shutter for covering the shutter when the ink is not discharged from the nozzles, a protecting plate for protecting the recording paper from contact with the nozzles by surrounding the nozzles positioned at a concave portion surrounded by the protecting plate.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing an ink jet head which involves the steps of casting a first synthetic film on a metal film, etching the conductive metal to produce a pair of etched electrodes facing each other across an opening according to lithography and etching techniques, casting a second synthetic resin film being transparent on the etched electrodes and the first synthetic resin film, ablating both the first and second synthetic resin films with an excimer laser without damaging the electrodes to form both an expelling nozzle which penetrates the second synthetic resin film and an ink passageway which penetrates the first synthetic resin film through the opening, attaching an ink holding cap to the first synthetic resin film to hold conductive ink in a hollow portion thereof, and electrically connecting the etched electrodes with a voltage generator through electrical leads for applying a voltage generated in the voltage generator to the etched electrodes, wherein the etched electrodes project into the expelling nozzle. The conductive ink held in the ink holding cap is expelled from the nozzle through the ink passageway upon vaporization.
摘要:
An ink jet head having a plate-like actuator 14 to be deformed by field induction distortion serving as a drive source, causing ink in at least one pressure chamber 12 to be discharged, each deformable portion of the actuator 14 having a thickness of several &mgr;m and having an oval section in a plan elevation. Such pressure chambers 12 are disposed in a plurality of columns. A group of electric contacts 37 is disposed outside of the outermost pressure-chamber column. Wiring lines of individual electrodes of the actuator 14 of the pressure chambers 12 pass between adjacent pressure chambers 12.
摘要:
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a moving device which moves an inkjet head relative to a recording medium. When the head is moved relative to the recording medium by the moving device, a nozzle of the head ejects ink onto the recording medium, so that recording is carried out. The inkjet head includes (a) pressure chambers containing ink, (b) nozzles communicating through the pressure chambers, (c) piezoelectric elements, (d) piezoelectric actuators that deform to increase or decrease the capacities of the pressure chambers due to piezoelectric effect of the piezoelectric elements, and (e) a controller for driving the actuators at a frequency not less than 20 kHz. This structure allows the actuators to operate substantially noiseless, and an image can be recorded at higher speed.
摘要:
A dot matrix printer of a dispersion printing type in which a printing noise is suppressed and dots arranged in longitudinal rows are driven while shifting the timing for every print wire dot. The present dot matrix printer is characterized by a construction in which respective print wires are driven at different timings within one pitch, and a space around a print head is surrounded by a housing and a platen, and a sound generated in the space is transmitted outside through walls. Further, the present dot matrix printer is characterized in that there is provided a memory storing printing intervals among the whole dots and print head conduction time, and the print head is driven in accordance with information read out of said memory in order to correct deviation of dot rows arranged in a longitudinal direction of the print head from perpendicularity. According to the present dot matrix printer, since the print head is driven at a high frequency by an inexpensive control unit, the noise frequency at printing with the print head becomes high, and the generated noise is transmitted outside through walls. Therefore, attenuation in a high-pitched tone compass is large through walls, thus exhibiting an effect that the operation sound of the printer leaking outside is made smaller.
摘要:
A printer 1 comprises a casing 10 having an opening on the front side, and a front panel 31 covering the opening such that the opening can be opened and closed. Indication lights 61 to 66, an ink-shortage indication light 67, a sheet-kind selection button 55, and an ink-check button 56 are provided on the front panel 31. Each time a user presses the ink-check button 56, information about the kind of a recording sheet and information about ink shortage are alternately displayed on the indication lights 61 to 66.
摘要:
A dot-matrix impact printer includes a print head in a housing for printing a recording sheet fed around a platen. The recording sheet is pressed against the platen by a sheet presser roller. A roller cover or a flap is disclosed as a sound insulating wall closely to the sheet presser roller and has an edge held against the housing. The space above the print head is closed by the housing, the platen, the sheet presser roller, and the platen, so that the impact noise produced when the printer is in operation will not leak out of the housing, while at the same time the recording sheet fed around the platen is not blocked by the closure mechanism.
摘要:
A printer 1 is provided with a thin casing 10. Inside of this casing 10, a power supply substrate 500 is arranged above a disk tray 300 supporting a disk as a recording medium on which recording is performed by a recording head 101. Furthermore, a purge unit 400 purging ink of the recording head 101 is provided, and an ink container 435 of a first ink collector 430 which collects the ink after purge of this purge unit 400 is arranged on a lateral side of a conveying route of a recording paper 50 as the recording medium on which recording is performed by the recording head 101.