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:
Provided is a method of manufacturing a substrate for a liquid discharge head including a first face, energy generating elements which generate the energy to be used to discharge a liquid to a second face opposite to the first face, and liquid supply ports for supplying the liquid to the energy generating elements. The method includes preparing a silicon substrate having, at the first face, an etching mask layer having an opening corresponding to a portion where the liquid supply ports are to be formed, and having first recesses provided within the opening, and second recesses provided in the region of the second face where the liquid supply ports are to be formed, the first recesses and the second recesses being separated from each other by a portion of the substrate; and etching the silicon substrate by crystal anisotropic etching from the opening of the first face to form the liquid supply ports.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an ink jet head substrate comprising a heat generating resistance member forming a heat generating portion, an electrode wiring electrically connected to the heat generating resistance member, and an anti-cavitation film provided on the heat generating resistance member and the electrode wiring via an insulation protection layer, and wherein the anti-cavitation film is formed from different materials with more than two layers.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an orifice plate used for a liquid discharge provided with discharge port for discharging liquid comprises the steps of preparing a non-conductive plate having recessed portion formed on the circumference of the flat portion corresponding to the discharge port, forming a first conductive material peelable from the non-conductive plate only in the recessed portion of the non-conductive plate, forming a plate member by plating the first conductive material with a second conductive material by electroforming method after the formation of the first conductive material, and obtaining the orifice plate having the discharge port by peeling off the plate member from the non-conductive plate. With the method thus arranged, it is possible to materialize the same precision as in the glass mask used for photolithography, and make the variation of orifice areas smaller for the formation of highly densified orifices.
Abstract:
An ink jet recording head is provided with a heat-generating resistance layer for generating thermal energy used for ink discharge, and a wiring electrode layer electrically connected to the heat-generating resistance layer, also provided on a substrate with an electro-thermal converting element, an insulating protective layer covering the electro-thermal converting element, and an external electrical connection portion electrically connected to the electro-thermal converting element and to be adhered to an external wiring for applying a voltage to the electro-thermal converting element. Further, the external electrical connection portion is formed by a film grown by electroless plating from the wiring electrode layer through a through hole formed in the insulating protective layer.
Abstract:
an ink jet recording head includes a plurality of ink ejection outlets, a first member having a plurality of grooves in fluid communication with the ejection outlets, respectively, a second member having a plurality of energy generating elements for producing energy for ejecting ink in the grooves through the ejection outlets, and a clamping unit for clamping the first member with the second member to constitute ink passages with the grooves, wherein the clamping unit has a plurality of pressure regulating mechanism pressure regulating mechanisms, which are independently operable.
Abstract:
A liquid ejecting head for ejecting a liquid by generation of a bubble, comprises a first liquid flow path in fluid communication with an ejection outlet, a second liquid flow path having a heat generating element for applying heat to the liquid to generate a bubble in said liquid, and a supply path for supplying the liquid to above said heat generating element from an upstream side of said heat generating element in a direction along said heat generating element, a movable member disposed as facing the heat generating element, displaced to a side of said first liquid flow path, based on a pressure generated when said heat generating element is driven, and having a free end, and a guide path for flowing the liquid above said heat generating element in said second liquid flow path.
Abstract:
An Al layer of wiring material is etched using an alkaline aqueous solution. There are provided a method for producing a thin film resistor, in which only the Al layer can be selectively etched independent of a resistor layer using the alkaline aqueous solution, an anti-sticking means for film-forming apparatus having the structure which can prevent a drop in yield due to particles, even with less frequency of cleaning for a film-forming chamber, and a film-forming apparatus provided with the anti-sticking means. When the wiring electrode layer mainly containing Al is etched by the alkaline aqueous solution, only the Al layer can be selectively etched without etching the resistor layer, which can reduce a change in resistance of resistor, improve the yield and the productivity, and raise the reliability of the thin film resistor. Also, when the anti-sticking means having a tongued-and-grooved surface is set in the film-forming chamber of the film-forming apparatus, the film-forming material is deposited in a discontinuous manner on the anti-sticking means, which can delay the time of film exfoliation, in turn extend the cycle of cleaning for the anti-sticking plate, and prevent the drop in yield due to the film exfoliation.
Abstract:
an ink jet recording head includes a plurality of ink ejection outlets, a first member having a plurality of grooves in fluid communication with the ejection outlets, respectively, a second member having a plurality of energy generating elements for producing energy for ejecting ink in the grooves through the ejection outlets, and a clamping unit for clamping the first member with the second member to constitute ink passages with the grooves, wherein the clamping unit has a plurality of pressure regulating mechanism pressure regulating mechanisms, which are independently operable.