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:
The present invention provides a liquid discharging head comprising a discharge port for discharging liquid, a bubble generating area (11) for generating a bubble in the liquid, a movable member (31) disposed in a confronting relation to the bubble generating area and displaceable between a first position and a second position more spaced apart from the bubble generating area than the first position, and side members integrally formed with at least parts of the movable member on its both sides and shiftable together with the movable member and adapted to cover sides of a bubble generated, and wherein the movable member is shifted from the first position to the second position by pressure due to generation of the bubble in the bubble generating area, and the bubble is more expanded downstream than upstream of a direction toward the discharge port by the displacement of the movable member. The present invention further provides a head cartridge having such a liquid discharging head and a liquid discharging apparatus having such a liquid discharging head.
Abstract:
An ink tank (10) has an ink container (11) storing the ink to be used in the printing apparatus (102), a waste ink container (13) storing the ink used in the printing apparatus, an atmosphere communication hole (36) provided in the waste ink container(13), and a coupling member (18, 19) provided on one of or both of the ink container (11) and the waste ink container (13) and provided for coupling the ink container (11) and the waste ink container (13), and forming an ink guide path (46) for guiding the ink flown from the atmosphere communication hole (36) to a predetermined position of the ink container (11) or the waste ink container (13). An elastic body (16) has a domed shape, and is used at a coupling portion (20A, 20B, 20C) in one of or both of the ink container (11) and the waste ink container (13), the coupling portion (20A, 20B, 20C) for coupling the containers (11, 13) to the printing apparatus (102).
Abstract:
An ink jet head (100) for ejecting ink, has an ink ejecting portion (101) having an ink ejecting port formed thereon so as to eject ink through the ink ejecting port, a positioning portion (104) for definitely determining the position of the ink jet head (100) relative to an apparatus using the ink jet head (100) when the ink jet head (100) is fitted to the apparatus, an ink supplying portion (102) adapted to be connected to ink supplying unit while ink is supplied to the ink jet head (100), and an electric connecting portion (103) adapted to be electrically connected to an electric connecting portion on the apparatus side so as to send and receive signals, the positioning portion (104), the ink supplying portion (102) and the electric connecting portion (103) are disposed on a different surface from a surface on which the ink ejecting portion (101) and at least one of the electric portion (103) and the ink supplying portion (102) is disposed on an opposite side surface to a surface on which the positioning portion (104) is disposed.
Abstract:
: A liquid ejection head (3) comprising: an ejection opening (13); a passage (24) in which an energy generation element is disposed; an ejection opening portion (13b) that allows communication between the ejection opening and the passage; a supply passage (18) for allowing the liquid to flow into the passage; and an outflow passage (19) for allowing the liquid to flow out to the outside, wherein an expression of H o.34 x P-o.6 x W > 1.7 is satisfied when a height of the passage is set to H, a length of the ejection opening portion is set to P, and a length of the ejection opening portion is set to W. - 127 -
Abstract:
An ink jet cartridge includes a first chamber accommodating a negative pressure producing material and provided with air communication part for communication with ambient air; and a second chamber which is substantially closed except for a fine communication part for communication with the first chamber at a position away from the air communication part, wherein the second chamber directly accommodates the ink to be supplied to the first chamber and a negative pressure producing material free zone is provided adjacent the communication part in the first chamber.
Abstract:
An ink tank (10) has an ink container (11) storing the ink to be used in the printing apparatus (102), a waste ink container (13) storing the ink used in the printing apparatus, an atmosphere communication hole (36) provided in the waste ink container(13), and a coupling member (18, 19) provided on one of or both of the ink container (11) and the waste ink container (13) and provided for coupling the ink container (11) and the waste ink container (13), and forming an ink guide path (46) for guiding the ink flown from the atmosphere communication hole (36) to a predetermined position of the ink container (11) or the waste ink container (13). An elastic body (16) has a domed shape, and is used at a coupling portion (20A, 20B, 20C) in one of or both of the ink container (11) and the waste ink container (13), the coupling portion (20A, 20B, 20C) for coupling the containers (11, 13) to the printing apparatus (102).
Abstract:
A substrate for liquid ejection includes a built-in energy generating element for generating thermal energy, a built-in electrode wiring portion for supplying an electric signal to the energy generating element, and a built-in diode or transistor for detecting a temperature of the substrate.
Abstract:
An ink jet cartridge includes a first chamber for accommodating a negative pressure producing material and provided with air communication part for communication with ambient air, wherein a part of the negative pressure producing material does not contain ink adjacent the air communication part; a second chamber which is substantially closed except for a fine communication part for communication with the first chamber at a position away from the air communication part, wherein 'the second chamber directly accommodates the ink to be supplied to the first chamber.