Abstract:
A printing head has a plurality of heater boards, each of which includes a shift register to which printing data and selection data for selecting preheating pulse signals are applied as inputs, a latch circuit for latching the printing data, a selection-data latch circuit for latching the selection data, a selection circuit for selecting any one of a plurality of preheating pulse signals inputted in accordance with the latched selection data, and a plurality of heating resistors driven by the printing data or preheating pulse signals. Correction data, obtained by a head correcting apparatus, for performing printing at an average density by correcting the characteristics of each heater board is stored in a memory of the printing head. A printing apparatus decides the selection data in accordance with the correction data and sets the selection data in the selection-data latch circuit.
Abstract:
An ink jet head includes a plurality of liquid flow paths (31) for ejecting the ink; and a plurality of heat generating resistors (2a,2b) for the respective liquid flow paths, the heat generating resistor being independently drivable; wherein adjacent ones of the heat generating resistors are spaced by not more than 8 microns.
Abstract:
A downsized, low-cost, high-density printhead, a printing apparatus and a printing method using the printhead. Let the number of electrothermal transducers 101 be N, shift register 110 is capable of storing print information corresponding to N/8 electrothermal transducers. First, print information corresponding to the capacity of the shift register 110 is transferred to the printhead. Then, the shifting function of the shift register is stopped to hold the print information. A 3-bit selection signal (SEL) is inputted from input terminal 201 as the print information (DATA). The selection signal is sent to time-divisional logical circuit 103, then N/8 electrothermal transducers are selected, and printing operation based on the input data is performed. This operation is repeated eight times, to complete printing by all the N electrothermal transducers 101.
Abstract:
This invention has as its object to provide a substrate for an ink jet recording head, which is compact and can realize stable recording with high reliability, a recording head using the substrate, a recording apparatus mounting the recording head, and a method of driving the recording head. There are disclosed a substrate for a thermal recording head, having a plurality of heating resistor elements, a plurality of wiring electrodes for supplying driving signals to the heating resistor elements, a function element, electrically connected to the heating resistor elements, for selectively driving the plurality of heating resistor elements, and a measurement resistor element which is electrically independent from the heating resistor elements and the function element, and has a resistance value larger than that of each heating resistor element, an ink jet head, a head cartridge, and a recording apparatus utilizing the substrate, and a method of driving a recording head using a measurement resistor.
Abstract:
There is disclosed an ink-jet head for performing recording by discharging an ink, including a discharge port for discharging the ink, and an ink channel which communicates with the discharge port and is provided with a discharge energy generating element for discharging the ink. An optical element is arranged at a position, corresponding to the ink channel, of the ink-jet head. There are also disclosed an ink-jet apparatus using the ink-jet head and a substrate for the ink-jet head.
Abstract:
An ink jet recording method using a number of ejection outlets for ejecting ink includes grouping a number of ejection outlets into a plurality of groups such that ejection regions are partly overlapped; and supplying driving signals in such an order that ejection regions of groups of ejection outlets are partly overlapped.
Abstract:
There is disclosed an ink-jet head for performing recording by discharging an ink, including a discharge port for discharging the ink, and an ink channel which communicates with the discharge port and is provided with a discharge energy generating element for discharging the ink. An optical element is arranged at a position, corresponding to the ink channel, of the ink-jet head. There are also disclosed an ink-jet apparatus using the ink-jet head and a substrate for the ink-jet head.