EP0004737A2 - Procédé et dispositif pour communiquer électrostatiquement un mouvement de va-et-vient à un jet d'encre - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour communiquer électrostatiquement un mouvement de va-et-vient à un jet d'encre Download PDF

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EP0004737A2
EP0004737A2 EP79300481A EP79300481A EP0004737A2 EP 0004737 A2 EP0004737 A2 EP 0004737A2 EP 79300481 A EP79300481 A EP 79300481A EP 79300481 A EP79300481 A EP 79300481A EP 0004737 A2 EP0004737 A2 EP 0004737A2
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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
    • B41J2/07—Ink jet characterised by jet control
    • B41J2/075—Ink jet characterised by jet control for many-valued deflection
    • B41J2/08—Ink jet characterised by jet control for many-valued deflection charge-control type
    • B41J2/09—Deflection means
    • 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
    • B41J2/07—Ink jet characterised by jet control
    • B41J2/075—Ink jet characterised by jet control for many-valued deflection
    • 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
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2/14201—Structure of print heads with piezoelectric elements
    • B41J2/14298—Structure of print heads with piezoelectric elements of disc type

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  • This invention relates to ink jets; and, more particularly, to ink jet recording systems utilizing a continuous stream of ink emitted from an orifice prior to droplet production.
  • ink jet printing and several forms of ink jet printing are known.
  • One such form produces drops of ink upon demand and operates such that an ink filled cavity is deformed to squirt ink from the cavity, through the orifice and upon a receiving medium.
  • a meniscus of ink is maintained at the orifice and is drawn therefrom by electrostatic charge attraction upon a receiving medium.
  • magnetic ink is operated upon with magnetic field forces in addition to electrostatic field forces to cause deflection of the ink selectively into desired positions upon the receiving medium.
  • conductive fluid is delivered under pressure through a cavity from which it exits through an orifice in the form of a continuous stream.
  • Perturbation is applied to the ink in the cavity, such as for example, by periodic excitation of piezoelectric crystals mounted within the cavity, causing the continuous stream to'break up into substantially uniform drops which are substantially uniformly spaced from one another.
  • the point at which the continuous streams break up into droplets is herein referred to as the point of drop formation.
  • drop charge electrodes having a potential applied thereto induce a charge upon the drops.
  • Selective deflection of the drops is then achieved by passing the drops through an electric field created by deflection electrodes having a voltage impressed thereon. The electric field created by the deflection electrodes operates upon the charged drop so as to selectively deflect the charged drop to a predetermined position on the receiving medium or to a gutter.
  • the number of elements involved in selective deflection by deflection plates to either a gutter or to one of several locations on a print plane creates design problems.
  • the requirement that these elements be located adjacent the path of flight of the ink between the orifice and the receiving medium; the burden of data processing required to be handled by the electronics in cases where the selective deflection by the deflection plates can be to either the gutter or the receiving member, and if to the receiving member then to any of a predetermined number of positions upon the receiving member; and the space required to be occupied by the number of elements along the ink flow path, provides design constraints which can affect the quality of printing, system cost, ease of fabrication, and packing density of nozzles within the drop generator.
  • U.S. Patent No. 3,877,036 to Loeffler et al is directed to the form of ink jet printing wherein a continuous stream of ink breaks up into droplets, is charged at the point of drop formation and is selectively deflected by an electrical field force to either a gutter or the printing medium, and if to the printing medium then to one of a predetermined number of positions on the printing medium.
  • This patent is deemed relevant because it shows vernier jet alignment electrodes adjacent the continuous stream and at a location prior to the point of drop formation.
  • the potential applied to the vernier jet electrodes is varied only to cause the continuous stream to be aligned properly with respect to the droplet charge electrodes; and, once proper alignment of the continuous stream is achieved, the voltage applied to the jet vernier electrodes is maintained constant. Thus, there is no scanning or sweeping back and forth of the solid continuous streams in this patent.
  • U.S. Patent No. 1,941,001 to Hansell, and U .S. Patent No. 3,689,936 to Dunlavey appear to be relevant to the extent that they disclose an electrode adjacent an apparently continuous stream of ink. While the Dunlavey patent utilizes an AC electrical field applied to two electrodes between which the continuous ink stream passes, the purpose and means utilized is such that the alternating field does not cause scanning of ink droplets subsequent to the point of drop formation but rather causes a vibration or oscillation of the continuous stream to facilitate drop formation. In the Hansell patent, electrostatic attraction between one or more electrodes and a solid continuous stream of ink is utilized to deflect the stream by electrostatic attraction exerted in accordance with the energy of a signal to be recorded.
  • the continuous stream is not scanned in a raster mode but rather is deflected in.accordance with the signal to be reproduced so as to constitute a reproduction of that signal; and, the data representing the signal to be reproduced is placed on the deflection electrodes.
  • an apparatus of the type wherein conductive fluid drops are formed from a continuous stream of a fluid that, promoted by excitations, breaks up intp drops near a charging electrode that charges at least selected drops, characterised by the addition of scanning electrode means adjacent the continuous fluid stream for periodically deflecting it.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a single, scanning ink jet provided by the practice of the present invention.
  • the nozzle 1 of drop generator 10 (of Figure 2) has emanating therefrom a continuous electrically grounded stream 2 of ink which passes through a split ring electrode 3 comprising electrode elements 4 and 5.
  • a time varying voltage constituting the scan signal can be applied to either electrode 4 via lead 52 or electrode 5 via lead 54, or to each sequentially, or a different signal can be applied to each of electrodes 4 and 5 simultaneously, thereby inducing a charge upon continuous stream 2 of opposite polarity to the voltage appearing at split ring electrode 3.
  • the attraction between the induced charge in continuous stream 2 and the voltage of opposite polarity at split ring electrode 3 causes the stream to be pulled toward either.
  • continuous stream 2 is caused to scan between positions 2A and 2B.
  • the scanning of continuous stream 2 between positions 2A and 2B results in a lateral distribution of drops intermediate the point of drop formation at drop charge electrode 7 and the printing plane 11.- Drops shown as solid, drops 9, are uncharged while the other drops, drops 8, are charged.
  • Drop deflection electrode 12 is electrically connected to a suitable voltage source, V s , and can be located either above or below the lateral distribution of drops 8 and 9. As depicted in Figure 1, drop deflection electrode 12 is located beneath the lateral distribution of drops 8 and 9 and, since the drop deflection electrode can act only on charged drops 9, the polarity of voltage source V s must be of opposite polarity to the charge on charged drop 9 thereby attracting charged drop 9 into a downward trajectory resulting in charged drop 9 landing in gutter 11.
  • drop deflection electrode 12 can be located above the lateral distribution of drops 8 and 9 and, in that case, the polarity of voltage source V s is of the same polarity as that of charged drops 9 in order to allow repulsion therebetween to achieve the downward deflection of charged drop 9 into a trajectory resulting in charged drops 9 landing in gutter 11.
  • gutter 11 can be located either above or below the lateral distribution of drops 8 and 9. Accordingly, the voltage polarity of voltage source V s applied to drop deflection electrode 12 must be chosen with the location of drop deflection electrode 12 and :gutter 11 kept in mind. As depicted in Figure 1, the uncharged drops 8 are allowed to strike the paper while the charged drops 9 are deflected into the gutter.
  • gutter 13 preferably with vacuum applied at port 53
  • drop deflection electrode 12 and print plane 11 can be arranged so that uncharged drops normally impact into gutter 13 and charged drops 9 are deflected into impact with print plane 11 of a receiving medium.
  • the shape of the signal is chosen to provide the lateral distribution of drops-8 and 9 desired by the ink jet system designer.
  • a ramp voltage which attains a maximum level as a function of the square root of time and then drops back to its initial level is generally sufficient.
  • the ramp voltage will be discussed in more detail in relation to Figure 7, below.
  • the appropriate portion of the scan signal voltage wave shape can be altered to correct for lateral drop distribution irregularities.
  • the shape of the scan signal voltage wave form is chosen to provide a substantially even distribution of drops 8 and 9
  • the scan flyback of continuous stream 2 is shown to take three drop periods, and all of the flyback drops are guttered into gutter 13.
  • the scan of drops lateral distribution of drops between one set of maximum and mimimum deflection points
  • the first three drops were guttered and have already disappeared from view.
  • the next three drops are still on a trajectory to the paper.
  • the last three drops are seen to. be deflecting downward on their way to the gutter.
  • the scan signal voltage can be applied to either electrode 4 or electrode 5, or to both electrodes 4 and 5 to provide a net attraction. between continuous stream 2 and split ring electrode 3.
  • the scan signal signal voltage is applied to electrode 4
  • continuous stream 2 is pulled from its normal axis towards electrode 4
  • the scan signal voltage is applied to electrode 5
  • continuous stream 2 is pulled away from its normal axis towards electrode 5
  • the scan signal voltage is applied alternatingly to both electrode 4 and electrode 5
  • continuous stream 2 is pulled away from its normal axis toward electrode 4 for a maximum distance determined by the maximum voltage level on the scan signal, passing back through its normal axis position toward electrode 5 when the scan signal is applied to electrode 5 and continues oscillating between the maximum points of deflection between electrodes 4 and 5 during application of the scan signal voltage in alternation between electrodes 4 and 5.
  • continuous stream 2 is attracted to the electrode having the greatest voltage level applied thereto in an amount determined in part by the difference between the voltage levels and determined in part by the amount of charge induced in. continuous stream 2.
  • the geometry of drop charge electrode 7, ground shield 6 and split ring electrode 3 need not be limited to a circular geometry but may be provided in any shape suitable with system parameters.
  • the deflection of continuous stream 2 may be employed to such an extent that the openings in those elements are more suitably formed in the shape of ovals or even slots.
  • an array of scanning jets similar to that depicted in Figure 1 such arrays being shown in Figures 2 and 3 it is desirable to form the scan electrodes, ground shields and charge electrodes in as compact a configuration as is consistent with the jet placement density within the array.
  • scan electrode 14 is planar in shape and can be made from shimstock, for example.
  • scan electrode 15 is cylindrical in shape and can comprise, for example, a rod or wire.
  • FIG 2 there is seen an array comprising a single row of jets similar to that depicted in Figure 1 having the same elements as that depicted in Figure 1.
  • Like numerals in Figures 1 and 2 refer to like elements.
  • Each jet is assigned a portion of the raster at print plane 11. It will be appreciated that the assigned portion at print plane 11 for each jet can be such that the assigned portions are contiguous at print plane 11 or can be such that the assigned portions are separated from one another by any desired amount.
  • a two dimensional array of jets similar to that depicted in Figure 1 is schematically illustrated in Figure 3. In the embodiment of Figure 3, the second row of jets is staggered or interdigitated with respect to the first row of jets.
  • Such interdigitation could be employed to achieve several results; inter alia (1) to decrease the density in each row to provide more space between jets; (2) to reduce the number of drop placement positions in the print plane covered by. each jet to make aerodynamic interactions less important a consideration; and (3) to create a highly interlaced image scan thereby giving more freedom to stitch interjet boundaries.
  • a drop deflection electrode and gutter can be employed for each row. of arrays or, as is preferred for design simplicity, a single deflection electrode and.single gutter is used for every two rows of jets. The deflection electrode is biased to deflect charged drops from both rows.
  • the amount of deflection of continuous stream 2 varies as the square of the applied voltage. That is, if the scan signal voltage is doubled, the deflection of continuous stream 2 is quadrupled. It has also been found that at a scan signal frequency of about 32 KHz electrohydrodynamic break up of the continuous stream 2 occurs causing drop.formation frequency to be an undesirable combination of scan frequency and desired drop formation frequency. Accordingly, the scan signal frequency is to be kept at a frequency of about . 32 KHz or less.
  • a combination of parameters illustrative as being suitable for use in the practice of the present invention is as follows: a drop generator perturbation of about 120KHz; a scan signal ramping to a voltage of about 400 volts and then dropping to about 0 volts; a spacing of about 3 mils between continuous stream 2 and the scan electrode; a scan electrode parameter 10 mils along the stream; a charging voltage level of about 20 volts on charge electrode 7; and, a voltage level of about 3000 volts on drop deflection electrode 12.
  • the motion of the receiving member along theprint plane can be either continuous or discontinuous.
  • Discontinuous motion can be provided by a stepping motor so that the paper remains stationary during one scan period and is moved during flyback of the continuous stream.
  • skewing of lines printed on the stepped receiving medium does not occur.
  • skewing will occur in the printed line due to the different times of impact of drops generated during a scan period.
  • One method for compensating for this is by skewing the array of jets and the drop generator in a direction opposite to the direction of skew in the printed line.
  • Another method of offsetting the printed line skew is to use a multi-segmented electrode having two or more segments, as the scan electrode.
  • Such an electrode, having four segments, is depicted in Figure 6 as viewed from the front.
  • the scan electrode in Figure 6 is similar to that of Figure 1 with the exception of having four segments rather than two segments
  • the four segments are depicted as segments A, B, C and D.
  • Each segment when biased, will attract the continuous stream towards itself along directions "a", “b", “c”, and “d”, respectively depending upon which segment is activated.
  • Direction a corresponds to segment A, and so forth.
  • the heavy dot in the center of the four directions denotes the continuous stream in its non- scanned or home position. The direction of deflection of the continuous stream is dependent upon the identity of the electrode segment addressed and the magnitudes of the voltage levels applied to the addressed segments.
  • the continuous stream can be maintained away from its home axis in a direction effective to offset printed line skew.
  • Each jet in an array of jets can be similarly cocked to a selective home position from which scanning is caused by application of a time varying or periodic scan signal to selected scan electrode segments.
  • FIG. 7 there is schematically illustrated a timing diagram'for the embodiment depicted in Figure 1 wherein a single electrode 5 is used as the scan electrode.
  • position 2A of continuous stream 2 represents the zero or "no scan signal" position of continuous stream 2 and position 2B thereof represents the maximum deflection of continuous stream 2 in the direction of electrode 5.
  • a master clock for clocking the system is selected at a sufficiently high frequency, f m to provide the desired degree of accuracy to the-system and to provide the desired ink throughput. This will be appreciated from an understanding of the following discussion.
  • the waveform from the master clock 20 is used to clock address counter 21 and address counter 30.
  • Data latches 22 and 31 are connected respectively to address counters 21 and 30.
  • Address counters 21 and 30 are connected respectively to wave form read only memories 23 and 32 which provide respectively the crystal drive signal and scan electrode signal in digital form.
  • the digital form of the signals are transformed by digital to analog converters 24 and 33 into analog signals. These analog crystal drive and scan signals are amplified respectively by amplifiers 25 and 34.
  • the frequency of the crystal drive signal, f d is equal to the master clock frequency, f m divided by the value of N 1 .
  • f m is given the value of 9.216KHz and N 1 is given the value of 128 so that the crystal drive signal has a frequency, f d , of 72KHz.
  • the frequency of the scan electrode signal,' f s is equal to the frequency of the master clock divided by N 12 where N 2 is equal to N 1 times the number of drops desired from a single jet during one complete cycle of the scan electrode signal wave form, including flyback time.
  • N 2 is equal to 12 times N 1 or is equal to 1,536. This provides a scan electrode signal frequency, f s of about 6KHz.
  • the internal reset signal generated by address counter 21 is used to clock shift register 40 and the internal reset signal generated by address counter 30 is used to reset shift register. 40, yielding one reset pulse per cycle of the scan electrode signal .
  • This reset pulse is referred to in Figure 7A as the scan signal synch pulse.
  • Shift register 40 is connected to data latch 41 which provides a blanking signal pattern for each scan of the continuous stream.
  • a blanking signal is one which causes drops to be charged and consequently guttered.
  • it is desired not to impact the paper during flyback of the continuous stream to its home position and consequently the blanking signal is applied during the flyback of the continuous stream.
  • It may also be desirable to cause blanking or guttering of drops during the active scanning of the continuous stream for purposes such as, for example, half-toning.
  • data latch 41 can represent either firmware or software.
  • the function of the blanking signal pattern is to act as a synchronization signal for the scan signal and crystal drive signal (the frequency of the crystal drive signal is equal to the frequency of drop generation.)
  • the blanking signal pattern in data latch 41 is parallel loaded in the shift register 40 upon receipt of a scan signal synch pulse at the reset of shift,register 40. Subsequently, upon receipt of an internally generated reset pulse from address counter 21 at the clock input to shift register 40, the blanking signal is outputted from register 40-in serial format.
  • the serial format of the blanking signal pattern is sent to one input of OR gate 44 and to the gate input of data latch 42.
  • Data 43 corresponding to portions of text or graphics desired to be printed by the nozzle of interest during its scan is inputted into the gate of data latch 42.
  • Data latch 42 is clocked by the internally generated reset signal produced by address counter 21. Thus, data is serially shifted out-of data latch 42 at the same frequency as the frequency of drop formation.
  • uncharged drops are allowed to impact the receiving member at the printing point; accordingly, data is at a logical "zero" level for drops desired to be printed and at a logical "1" level when it is desired for drops to be guttered.
  • the data signal appears at the other input to OR gate 44 and this gate produces an output when either the data or the blanking signal is at a logic level of "1".
  • the output of gate 44 is amplified by amplifier 45 to an appropriate level (about 20 volts for the present illustrative example).
  • FIG. 7 Three complete scans are depicted in Figure 7: scan A, B and C. Twelve drops are produced during each scan and are illustratively depicted by the letters G 1 through G 4 and by the numerals 1 through 8. The first of the twelve drops, G l , can be used as a guard drop to lessen the aerodynamic drag on the succeeding drops; drops 1 through 8 can be used for printing, if desired, and the last three drops G 2 through G 4 are guttered during flyback of the continuous stream.
  • any number of drops can be generated during a scan period by adjustment of the parameters; that the number of drops available for printing is chosen as 8 in this example for facile system employment of popularly available eight bit per byte microprocessors; and, that more complex minicomputers and computers can be employed to allow for the printing of a multitude of drops per scan.
  • the blanking signal pattern depicted in Figure 7A corresponds to the aforementioned desire to not print the first and last three drops of the twelve drops generated during a signal scan period. Accordingly, the blanking signal will cause gate 44 to go to a logical high state which results in charging the drop being formed at the point of drop formation. This drop, consequently, will be.deflected by drop deflection electrode 12 of Figure 1 into gutter 13. During each and every scan, this will occur for the four drops G1 through G 4 .
  • the data signal for scan A is low only for drops 2 through 6 and consequently, only drops 2 through 6 can be printed on the receiving member, in the absence of a blanking signal.
  • drop charge electrode 7 is unbiased during scan A only during the formation of drops 2 through 6. Similarly, during scans B and C, only drops 5 can be printed.
  • the three scan periods depicted in the Figure 7A timing diagram will result in the print pattern depicted in Figure 7B.
  • the circuity depicted in Figure 8 can be used for a plurality of jets such as, for example, those depicted in Figures 2 and 3.
  • the only-addition required with a plurality of jets is that there be a separate data path for each drop charge electrode electrode 7: the data path consisting of a data latch 42, gate 44 and amplifier 45. Otherwise, the circuitry depicted in Figure 8 can remain identical to the case where the circuitry controls only a single jet.
  • the present invention allows the use of-a shorter throw distance from nozzle to print plane, for - example, about 0.5 inches is a typical suitable throw distance for the present invention, which eases the problem of placement accuracy due to nozzle firing errors.
  • the shorter throw distance allows for a relatively small excursion off-axis which eases the problem of placement accuracy due to aerodynamic interaction.
  • the present invention allows the use of common downstream parts which eases the problem of fabrication complexity and deflection plate and gutter fouling.
  • the present invention enables the reduction of jet density to within a very practical range of about 40 to about 120 jets per inch while yielding picture element (pixel) densities.of about 300 to about 500 pixels per inch.
  • pixel picture element
  • electrostatic deflection means shown in the Figures as drop deflection electrode 12, need not be limited to the form of a biased electrode. Rather, any means which will electrostatically attract or repel charged drops can be employed to deflect charged drops to either a collection means or the print plane.
  • electrostatic deflection means can comprise an electrostatically charged member charged with a polarity of charges appropriate to the desired deflection activity, or an-element which is capable of having charge induced therein by the proximity of a charged drop which causes an electrostatic interaction between that member and the charged drop.
  • electrostatic deflection means is meant any and all such suitable means.
  • periodic or the phrase “periodically” is used herein, with respect to inducing charge upon the continuous stream and with respect to periodic deflection of the continuous stream, to mean the quality, state, or fact of being regularly recurrent; i.e., having periodicity.
  • the present invention is ideally suited for raster output scanning and can be used as a single module printer having any of several inputs such as, for example, magnetically recorded tapes, cartridges, casettes, or disks; computer output;'facsimile transmission, and so forth, with appropriate interfaces.
  • the present invention can also be employed in a single unit having a raster input scanner for the convenient reproduction of original documents.

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