EP0354706A3 - Ink flow control system and method for an ink jet printer - Google Patents

Ink flow control system and method for an ink jet printer Download PDF

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EP0354706A3
EP0354706A3 EP89307791A EP89307791A EP0354706A3 EP 0354706 A3 EP0354706 A3 EP 0354706A3 EP 89307791 A EP89307791 A EP 89307791A EP 89307791 A EP89307791 A EP 89307791A EP 0354706 A3 EP0354706 A3 EP 0354706A3
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Prior art keywords
control system
flow control
ink jet
jet printer
ink
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EP0354706A2 (en
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Steven J. Bares
Marzio A. Leban
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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
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2/14201—Structure of print heads with piezoelectric elements
    • 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
    • B41J2/055—Devices for absorbing or preventing back-pressure
    • 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
    • B41J2/14016—Structure of bubble jet print heads
    • B41J2/14032—Structure of the pressure chamber
    • B41J2/1404—Geometrical characteristics
    • 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
    • B41J2002/14387—Front shooter

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  • Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)

Abstract

A piezoelectric pump 22 or equivalent transducer is mounted on or within an ink jet printhead and is used to modulate the frequency or amplitude, or both, of oscillations of a liquid meniscus at a liquid ejection orifice 17 of a nozzle plate 16. The liquid meniscus at the orifice 17 has a natural resonant frequency and amplitude with respect to its equilibrium position 19, and the above modulation is performed in a controlled timed relation with respect to the phase of the natural oscillations of the meniscus at the liquid ejection orifice 17.
EP89307791A 1988-08-10 1989-08-01 Ink flow control system and method for an ink jet printer Withdrawn EP0354706A3 (en)

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US23064488A 1988-08-10 1988-08-10
US230644 1988-08-10

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EP0354706A3 true EP0354706A3 (en) 1990-08-01

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US5587727A (en) * 1993-04-23 1996-12-24 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet apparatus using pressure wave intersection to eject ink droplets
US5828391A (en) * 1994-03-08 1998-10-27 Sony Corporation Thermal transfer recording device
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US6217159B1 (en) 1995-04-21 2001-04-17 Seiko Epson Corporation Ink jet printing device
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EP1172212B1 (en) 2000-07-11 2007-02-28 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Bubble-jet type ink-jet printhead
US6435666B1 (en) * 2001-10-12 2002-08-20 Eastman Kodak Company Thermal actuator drop-on-demand apparatus and method with reduced energy
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US7364277B2 (en) * 2004-04-14 2008-04-29 Eastman Kodak Company Apparatus and method of controlling droplet trajectory
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US4580149A (en) * 1985-02-19 1986-04-01 Xerox Corporation Cavitational liquid impact printer

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