摘要:
A piezoelectric vibration element is abutted against a vibration plate such that a central point C1 of the piezoelectric vibration element by is displaced by a distance .DELTA.d toward a nozzle opening from a central point C2 of a length L of an effective displacement region on vibration plate, whereby the displacement of the piezoelectric vibration during operation of the element is particularly efficiently transmitted to ink in the vicinity of the nozzle opening.
摘要翻译:压电振动元件与振动板抵接,使得压电振动元件的中心点C1从振动板上的有效位移区域的长度L的中心点C2向喷嘴开口偏移距离DELTA d 由此在元件的操作期间的压电振动的位移特别有效地传递到喷嘴开口附近的墨水。
摘要:
A bonding width L between a head frame 5 and a flow path unit 12 in a direction orthogonal to an array of pressure producing chambers 7 is set to 0.5b.ltoreq.L.ltoreq.5a if it is assumed that a distance from the bonding end to the piezoelectric vibration element 2 closest to the head frame 5 is a and that the bonding ends of the head frame 5 interposing the piezoelectric vibration element 2 is b. Cracking of a spacer 6 or separation of the spacer 6 from a resilient plate 4 is prevented by ensuring a rigidity of the head frame 5 necessary for suppressing deformation of the flow path unit 12 and by causing the head frame 5 to absorb internal stresses of the flow path unit 12 caused by ambient temperature change.
摘要:
Segment terminal electrodes for connecting to the segment terminals of TCP and common terminal electrodes at both ends in a direction in which these segment terminal electrodes are arranged are formed on the surface of an actuator unit and the common terminal electrodes at both ends of each row are connected via conductive members. Each grounding conductor on TCP is mutually connected via each common terminal electrode component on the actuator unit. Therefore, the common terminal electrodes on plural actuator units can conduct to grounding conductors.
摘要:
The liquid jetting apparatus includes a head member having a nozzle, a supporting member that that can support a medium, a scanning mechanism that can cause the head member to relatively move with respect to the medium, and a liquid jetting unit that can jet liquid from the nozzle. An area storing unit stores a relative area to which liquid can be jetted from the nozzle while the head member is caused to relatively move by the scanning mechanism. An out-of-jetting micro-vibrating-area setting unit can set out-of-jetting micro-vibrating areas before and after the relative area. A micro-vibrating unit causes liquid in the nozzle to minutely vibrate. An out-of-jetting micro-vibrating controlling unit causes the micro-vibrating unit to operate when the head member is located in the out-of-jetting micro-vibrating areas, while the head member is caused to relatively move by the scanning mechanism, based on the out-of-jetting micro-vibrating areas and head-position information.
摘要:
The technique of the present invention improves the accuracy of calculating an amount of ink consumption in an ink reservoir used in a printer, which ejects ink stored in the ink reservoir and prints an image. In the printer of the present invention, a weight of a single ink droplet is measured in advance under a preset reference condition. In the course of printing an image, the printer detects an ink supply condition, which affects the weight of a single ink droplet, and counts a number of ink droplets ejected. The amount of ink consumption is determined by correcting a product of the measured weight of a single ink droplet and the counted number of ink droplets based on a difference between the detected ink supply condition and the preset reference condition. This arrangement calculates the amount of ink consumption by taking into account the ink supply condition, thereby improving the accuracy of calculation for the amount of ink consumption.
摘要:
The present invention prevents deterioration of the quality in interlace printing. The printing system of the present invention uses a head that regulates the amount of ink spouting from nozzles and forms dots of different diameters. While the diameter of dots formed in one primary scan is restricted to a fixed value, the system of the present invention enables dots of different diameters to coexist at an appropriate ratio, thereby improving the printing quality. The printing system of the present invention shifts a nozzle array, in which nozzles are arranged at intervals of a predetermined dot pitch, by a predetermined amount in the secondary scanning direction and varies the dot diameter on every primary scan, while controlling the nozzles in an overlapping state. This enables the dots of different diameters to coexist in a specified area. One preferable application carries out halftone processing under the conditions for dots of a certain diameter at the position where a dot of the certain diameter is formed. This application controls the ratio of dot formation to a desired level. For example, the probability of formation of small-diametral dots is increased in a low-density area. Another preferable application divides the nozzle array on a print head into two groups of nozzles, wherein each group of nozzles forms dots of a specified size. Appropriate selection of the nozzle pitch and the quantity of secondary scanning feed enables printing in which large-diametral dots and small-diametral dots coexist according to a predetermined rule.
摘要:
A method of driving an ink jet recording head comprising the steps of: retreating a vibrating plate to a predetermined position from a nozzle opening at such a speed as to allow a meniscus at the nozzle opening to be jetted from the nozzle opening while applying a drive voltage to a piezoelectric vibrating element; holding the vibrating plate at the position; and advancing the vibrating plate toward the nozzle opening when the meniscus has returned to a position 1/3 or more of the farthest retreat position thereof. As a result, a pressure chamber contracted to thereby apply pressure to ink when inertial stream of the ink become stable and heads toward the nozzle opening, producing an ink droplet to be jetted at a predetermined speed irrespective of the position of the meniscus.
摘要:
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle; a pressure-changing unit for changing pressure of liquid in the nozzle in such a manner that the liquid is ejected from the nozzle; a first level-data setting unit for setting a selected first level data from a plurality of first level data, based on an ejecting data for a first kind of liquid; a second level-data setting unit for setting a selected second level data from a plurality of second level data, based on an ejecting data for a second kind of liquid; a driving-signal generator for generating a driving signal; and a driving-pulse generator for generating a driving pulse based on the selected first or second level data and the driving signal. The plurality of first level data and the plurality of second level data are different from each other.
摘要:
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle; a pressure-changing unit for changing pressure of liquid in the nozzle in such a manner that the liquid is ejected from the nozzle; a first level-data setting unit for setting a selected first level data from a plurality of first level data, based on an ejecting data for a first kind of liquid; a second level-data setting unit for setting a selected second level data from a plurality of second level data, based on an ejecting data for a second kind of liquid; a driving-signal generator for generating a driving signal; and a driving-pulse generator for generating a driving pulse based on the selected first or second level data and the driving signal. The plurality of first level data and the plurality of second level data are different from each other.
摘要:
In the bi-directional printing, a reference correction value is set for correcting printing positional deviation arising between forward and reverse main scanning passes with respect to specific reference dots. An adjustment value is determined, using at least the reference correction value, to reduce printing positional deviation arising between forward and reverse main scanning passes. The printing positional deviation between forward and reverse main scanning passes is adjusted using the adjustment value. In a first adjustment mode, the adjustment value is determined by correcting the reference correction value with a relative correction value prepared beforehand for correcting the reference correction value.