摘要:
An ink jet recording apparatus has a movement mechanism for moving a recording head mounted thereon for recording by discharging ink through discharge ports, and a recovery device for recovering or maintaining the discharge condition of the ink through the discharge ports. The recovery device includes a cap for capping the discharge ports, and a pump for causing pressure changes to expel the ink into the cap through the discharge ports, utilizing the movement of the movement mechanism.
摘要:
The present invention provides a printing apparatus and a printing method, in which a very thick and rigid printing medium such as board paper can be conveyed with stable conveyance accuracy, and in which a high-quality image can be printed thereon. In order to achieve this, paper on a front tray is conveyed onto a rear tray approximately along a plane containing a position on a platen, and then the paper is conveyed onto the front tray through the position on the platen. When the paper passes through the position on the platen, an image is printed on the paper.
摘要:
An area on the printing sheet which can be printed through a single scanning operation of a printing head is divided into a plurality of smaller areas. The printing sheet is transported a distance corresponding to each divided area to print the image using different nozzles of the printing head for each divided area. When a back end portion of the printing sheet is printed, the distance transported is reduced to set inoperative nozzles that are not used for the printing operation. Then, when the printing sheet slips out from the upstream roller pair and it is then detected that the printing sheet is to be transported a distance longer than predetermined amount of rotation of the roller, the inoperative nozzles are used to shift an operative nozzle range depending on the extra amount of rotation. Thus, the extra transportation of the printing sheet is corrected.
摘要:
The present invention provides a capping mechanism for protecting a recording head for effecting recording by discharging ink toward a recording medium, comprising a cap movable in directions along which the cap can be contacted with and separated from a discharge port face of the recording head, a cam mechanism for controlling a position of the cap, a shifting mechanism for shifting the cap in said directions, and a biasing mechanism for biasing the cap to be separated from the discharge port face, and wherein the cam mechanism includes first and second cams and the shifting mechanism includes first and second engagement portions so that the first cam is normally engaged with the first engagement portion, and, when the first cam is disengaged from the first engagement portion, the second cam is engaged with the second engagement portion.
摘要:
The present invention provides a sheet supplying apparatus comprising first and second frames shiftable relative to each other, a sheet receiving portion provided on the first frame for receiving a sheet, and a rotary member provided on the second frame for cooperating with the sheet receiving portion to thereby pinch and supply the sheet when a relative position between the first and second frames is in a first configuration and separated from the sheet receiving portion when the relative position between the first and second frames is in a second configuration.
摘要:
The present invention provides an image forming unit which can be shifted within an image forming apparatus having an original support plate to perform an image forming operation, and which can also perform the image forming operation in combination with other device even when it is removed from the image forming apparatus, and which has multi-function and is compact.
摘要:
An ink jet recording apparatus, capable of preventing defective idle suction, comprises a cap movable toward/away from an ejection port surface of a recording head for capping/uncapping the ejection port surface, an absorbing member chamber opened to the ejection port surface, a suction port formed through the bottom of the absorbing member chamber, an ink suction device connected to the suction port, and an ink absorbing member disposed in the absorbing member chamber. In the apparatus, the absorbing member comprises a first absorbing portion covering approximately the entire region in the absorbing member chamber and a second absorbing portion in intimate contact with the suction port.
摘要:
In the present invention, a U-turn path is formed by facing an outer guide surface of a guide member to an outer peripheral surface of a convey roller. A terminal edge of the outer guide surface forming a part of an outlet of the U-turn path is configured not to coincide with a straight line but is tapered to be convex at a central portion. When a thick sheet is conveyed through the U-turn path, a trail end of the thick sheet is shifted to the terminal edge while rubbing the outer guide surface. Then, the trail end of the sheet leaves the terminal edge. Since the terminal edge has the tapered configuration, the trail end of the sheet is gradually disengaged from the terminal edge, thereby preventing the snapping restoring action of the trail end to weaken the shock.
摘要:
The present invention provides a sheet supplying and conveying apparatus comprising a sheet supporting means for supporting sheets, a convey roller contacted with the sheet supported by the sheet supporting means with predetermined sheet supplying pressure and adapted to feed out the sheet and convey the sheet around the convey roller by rotation of the convey roller, a separation rotary member urged against the convey roller with predetermined separation pressure and adapted to separate the sheets fed out by the convey roller one by one, a torque limiter for permitting rotation of the separation rotary member in a sheet conveying direction when rotational torque directing toward the sheet conveying direction and having a value greater than a predetermined value acts on the separation rotary member and for preventing the rotation of the separation rotary member in the sheet conveying direction when the rotational torque having a value smaller than the predetermined value acts on the separation rotary member, and a pressure releasing means for releasing the sheet supplying pressure and the separation pressure on the way of the conveyance of the sheet by the convey roller. The present invention further provides a recording apparatus having such a sheet supplying and conveying apparatus.
摘要:
A recording apparatus comprising a platen for supporting a sheet at a recording area, feeding means for feeding the sheet to the platen, recording means for recording an image on the sheet at the recording area, and an urging member disposed at a downstream side of the recording area and adapted to urge the sheet against the platen. The urging member has an urging surface for urging the sheet against the platen when the recording means is recording the image on the sheet.