EP0774356A3 - Ink jet print head, ink jet printer and method for maintaining ink jet print head - Google Patents

Ink jet print head, ink jet printer and method for maintaining ink jet print head Download PDF

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EP0774356A3
EP0774356A3 EP96118185A EP96118185A EP0774356A3 EP 0774356 A3 EP0774356 A3 EP 0774356A3 EP 96118185 A EP96118185 A EP 96118185A EP 96118185 A EP96118185 A EP 96118185A EP 0774356 A3 EP0774356 A3 EP 0774356A3
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Prior art keywords
ink jet
print head
jet print
maintaining
printer
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EP96118185A
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP0774356A2 (en
EP0774356B1 (en
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Jun Isozaki
Yoshihiko Fujimura
Fumihiko Ogasawara
Ichiro Tomikawa
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Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp
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Fuji Xerox Co Ltd
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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
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/1707—Conditioning of the inside of ink supply circuits, e.g. flushing during start-up or shut-down
    • 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
    • B41J2/14145—Structure of the manifold
    • 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
    • B41J2002/14379—Edge shooter
EP19960118185 1995-11-14 1996-11-13 Ink jet print head, ink jet printer and method for maintaining ink jet print head Expired - Lifetime EP0774356B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP29546795A JP3102324B2 (en) 1995-11-14 1995-11-14 INK JET PRINT HEAD, INK JET PRINTER, AND INK JET PRINT HEAD MAINTENANCE METHOD
JP295467/95 1995-11-14
JP29546795 1995-11-14

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EP0774356A2 EP0774356A2 (en) 1997-05-21
EP0774356A3 true EP0774356A3 (en) 1997-10-01
EP0774356B1 EP0774356B1 (en) 2002-05-02

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JP (1) JP3102324B2 (en)
DE (1) DE69620979T2 (en)

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US6557989B1 (en) * 1999-08-24 2003-05-06 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Print head and ink jet printing apparatus
JP2002036557A (en) 2000-07-24 2002-02-05 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Ink jet recording head cartridge and ink jet recorder
ATE309909T1 (en) 2002-05-07 2005-12-15 Brother Ind Ltd INKJET HEAD
JP3768973B2 (en) 2002-05-17 2006-04-19 キヤノン株式会社 Ink jet recording head and method of manufacturing ink jet recording head
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JP2009202499A (en) * 2008-02-28 2009-09-10 Seiko Epson Corp Liquid jet head and liquid jet apparatus
EP2332728B1 (en) 2008-10-08 2014-06-04 Konica Minolta IJ Technologies, Inc. Inkjet recording device
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EP0591989A2 (en) * 1992-10-09 1994-04-13 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet printing head and printing apparatus using same
JPH06344558A (en) * 1992-10-20 1994-12-20 Canon Inc Ink jet head, production thereof and ink jet device using ink jet head
EP0684134A2 (en) * 1994-05-27 1995-11-29 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet head, ink jet apparatus and method of filling buffer chamber with bubbles

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JP2681350B2 (en) 1986-11-19 1997-11-26 キヤノン株式会社 Ink jet device
JPH01308644A (en) 1988-06-07 1989-12-13 Canon Inc Ink-jet recording head

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0591989A2 (en) * 1992-10-09 1994-04-13 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet printing head and printing apparatus using same
JPH06344558A (en) * 1992-10-20 1994-12-20 Canon Inc Ink jet head, production thereof and ink jet device using ink jet head
EP0684134A2 (en) * 1994-05-27 1995-11-29 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet head, ink jet apparatus and method of filling buffer chamber with bubbles

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 095, no. 003 28 April 1995 (1995-04-28) *

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JPH09136415A (en) 1997-05-27
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EP0774356A2 (en) 1997-05-21
EP0774356B1 (en) 2002-05-02
JP3102324B2 (en) 2000-10-23

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