DE69330991D1 - Method and device for monitoring thermal inkjet printers - Google Patents

Method and device for monitoring thermal inkjet printers

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Publication number
DE69330991D1
DE69330991D1 DE69330991T DE69330991T DE69330991D1 DE 69330991 D1 DE69330991 D1 DE 69330991D1 DE 69330991 T DE69330991 T DE 69330991T DE 69330991 T DE69330991 T DE 69330991T DE 69330991 D1 DE69330991 D1 DE 69330991D1
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Prior art keywords
inkjet printers
thermal inkjet
monitoring thermal
monitoring
printers
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Expired - Lifetime
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DE69330991T
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German (de)
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DE69330991T2 (en
Inventor
Brian Canfield
Clayton Holstun
King-Wah W Yeung
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HP Inc
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Hewlett Packard Co
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
    • B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
    • B41J2/04528—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits aiming at warming up the head
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
    • B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
    • B41J2/04563—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits detecting head temperature; Ink temperature
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
    • B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
    • B41J2/0458—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits controlling heads based on heating elements forming bubbles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/21—Ink jet for multi-colour printing
    • B41J2/2121—Ink jet for multi-colour printing characterised by dot size, e.g. combinations of printed dots of different diameter
    • B41J2/2128—Ink jet for multi-colour printing characterised by dot size, e.g. combinations of printed dots of different diameter by means of energy modulation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/35—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads providing current or voltage to the thermal head
    • B41J2/355—Control circuits for heating-element selection
    • B41J2/36—Print density control
DE1993630991 1992-11-30 1993-11-19 Method and device for monitoring thermal inkjet printers Expired - Lifetime DE69330991T2 (en)

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US98300992A 1992-11-30 1992-11-30

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JP (1) JP3408302B2 (en)
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US5736995A (en) * 1991-05-01 1998-04-07 Hewlett-Packard Company Temperature control of thermal inkjet printheads by using synchronous non-nucleating pulses
JP3521976B2 (en) * 1993-10-27 2004-04-26 ヒューレット・パッカード・カンパニー Inkjet printing method and printer
US5714989A (en) * 1993-11-22 1998-02-03 Hewlett-Packard Company Inkdrop-volume test using heat-flow effects, for thermal-inkjet printers
JPH0839807A (en) * 1994-07-29 1996-02-13 Canon Inc Ink jet printing method and apparatus
US7782350B2 (en) * 2006-12-13 2010-08-24 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Printing apparatus, printing system, printhead temperature retaining control method
JP5072573B2 (en) * 2007-01-09 2012-11-14 キヤノン株式会社 Recording apparatus and recording head control method
CN115056578A (en) * 2022-05-20 2022-09-16 深圳市美松智能设备有限公司 Thermal transfer printer and printing method

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WO1990010541A1 (en) * 1989-03-14 1990-09-20 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Process for varying the droplet size in ink printers
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US5036337A (en) * 1990-06-22 1991-07-30 Xerox Corporation Thermal ink jet printhead with droplet volume control
US5168284A (en) * 1991-05-01 1992-12-01 Hewlett-Packard Company Printhead temperature controller that uses nonprinting pulses

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JP3408302B2 (en) 2003-05-19
EP0600648A3 (en) 1995-01-04
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EP0600648B1 (en) 2001-10-24
SG47457A1 (en) 1998-04-17
JPH06278291A (en) 1994-10-04

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