EP1073967B1 - Procede d'exploitation de tetes d'imprimante informatisees - Google Patents

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EP1073967B1
EP1073967B1 EP99914741A EP99914741A EP1073967B1 EP 1073967 B1 EP1073967 B1 EP 1073967B1 EP 99914741 A EP99914741 A EP 99914741A EP 99914741 A EP99914741 A EP 99914741A EP 1073967 B1 EP1073967 B1 EP 1073967B1
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Yoram Duchovne
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Scitex Vision 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
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    • 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
    • B41J2/145—Arrangement thereof
    • B41J2/15—Arrangement thereof for serial printing
    • 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
    • B41J19/00—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/14—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms with means for effecting line or character spacing in either direction
    • B41J19/142—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms with means for effecting line or character spacing in either direction with a reciprocating print head printing in both directions across the paper width
    • 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
    • B41J2/2132—Print quality control characterised by dot disposition, e.g. for reducing white stripes or banding

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  • the present invention relates to computerized printing, and particularly to the operation of ink-jets printing heads.
  • a printing head as denoted H in Fig. 1a comprises a series of tiny ink- emitting nozzles N, and a computer programmed mechanism for controlling the timing of each and every one of the nozzles according to the pattern to be printed.
  • the printed pattern for example the letter a as shown in Fig. 1 b , is printed by the head H while traveling over a substrate, usually a paper sheet P, by a series of dots each formed by one of the vertically arranged nozzles. The accumulation of the dots completes the requested pattern.
  • the head completes a line or row over the paper sheet, the latter is pulled upwards and the head commences its travel in the opposite direction ( Fig. 1c ) to print the requested patterns such as s at the beginning (end) of the next raw and the letter o at the end of this reverse travel.
  • US-A 4 528 576 discloses a method according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • FIGs. 2a and 2b there is shown that more than one head --4 in the present example, denoted A, B, C and D -- have been combined and mounted onto the same carriage (not shown).
  • the heads are so programmed that ink-ejection cycles A-B-C-D-A and so forth are maintained, namely in exact succession (hereinafter "Mode 1").
  • Mode 1 printing speed is multiplied by four (or other number equal to the number of heads) without diluting the (longitudinal) density of dots.
  • the vertical density remains the same.
  • Fig. 3 there are shown the letters a , b and c . It is assumed, for the sake of explanation only, that the letters are composed of singular, discrete dots only - which of course is not the case in reality.
  • Mode 1 is such that the first column is produced by head A , the second by head B , the third by C and the fourth by D , and so forth in the same sequence.
  • the main advantage derived is, as above said, the multiplication of the carriage speed, and hence the reduction of overall printing duration.
  • the dots In printing processes, it sometimes occurs that the dots must be applied more than once on the same spot. This is required if the substrate is of an absorbent, fibrous or porous material such as cardboard or even cloth; or if certain parts of a text, or portions of colored prints are to be emphasized. Conventionally, in such cases, double or triple printing is applied, causing waste of time.
  • Mode 2 of the present invention method presents an effective solution, as exemplified in Fig. 5 .
  • Fig. 6 illustrates yet another mode of operation -- Mode 3 .
  • This mode contributes to the art of printing in the following manner. It may occur, during the printing process, that one or more of the nozzles become clogged or otherwise cease to function properly. In conventional systems, the complete head has to be replaced, should the quality (density) of the print be retained.
  • pairs (or more) of the series of heads are linked in such a fashion that one can replace the other regarding any given point.
  • a dot can be applied by either one of the pair of associated heads, in a selective, i.e. programmed, manner.
  • Mode 3 therefore allows for real time surveillance of the printing process, e.g. by using suitable scanners; once a local quality deterioration is observed, say because one of head A nozzle stopped working, a command will be transmitted to head C to "take over” and apply the ink to the same spot, previously fed by head A ; and the same with regard to the pair of B and D heads.
  • a matrix of 4x3 heads is assembled, driven by a common carriage (not shown).
  • the heads A to D are not alligned one with respect to the other, resulting in a rhombus or rhomboid patterned matrixes.
  • a part of head A is sidewise overlapped by head B ;
  • C overlaps A and B ; and
  • D overlaps A , B and C .
  • This arrangement attains most of the benefits of the Fig. 7 arrangement, but with a considerably smaller number of heads.
  • the four heads group is the most efficient, each head containing ink of one of the four basic colors (cyano, magenta, yellow and black) used in the colors separation technique.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Ink Jet (AREA)
  • Printers Characterized By Their Purpose (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
  • Accessory Devices And Overall Control Thereof (AREA)
  • Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)

Claims (7)

  1. Procédé de fonctionnement de têtes d'impression à jet d'encre, comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    (i) fournir au moins deux têtes d'impression (A, B, C, D) afin d'imprimer une seule couleur, chacune des têtes d'impression (A, B, C, D) possédant une pluralité de buses configurées pour appliquer des gouttes d'encre sur un support ;
    (ii) monter les têtes sur un chariot commun configuré pour se déplacer au travers du support, les têtes (A, B, C, D) étant montées de sorte que chaque buse appartenant à un premier groupe de buses d'une première des têtes d'impression (A, B, C, D) se déplace le long d'un passage colinéaire à celui d'une buse d'un deuxième groupe de buses d'une deuxième des têtes d'impression (A, B, C, D) ; et caractérisé par une étape supplémentaire consistant à :
    (iii) activer les têtes afin d'appliquer de l'encre sur un support en utilisant les buses desdits premier et deuxième groupes de buses.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les têtes (A, B, C, D) sont actionnées de sorte que les buses dudit premier groupe de buses sont actionnées de manière sélective afin d'appliquer des gouttes d'encre sur un support afin d'imprimer une première colonne, et les buses dudit deuxième groupe de buses sont actionnées de manière sélective afin d'appliquer des gouttes d'encre afin d'imprimer une seconde colonne, et ainsi de suite.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les têtes (A, B, C, D) sont actionnées de sorte que les buses dudit deuxième groupe de buses sont actionnées de manière sélective afin d'appliquer des gouttes d'encre sur le support au niveau des mêmes positions que les gouttes d'encre appliquées par les buses correspondantes appartenant audit premier groupe de buses.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre l'étape consistant à identifier au moins une buse appartenant audit premier groupe de buses en tant que buse ne fonctionnant pas correctement, dans lequel les têtes (A, B, C, D) sont actionnées de sorte que, afin d'imprimer un motif déterminé, une buse correspondante appartenant à un autre groupe de buses se charge de la tâche.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les au moins deux têtes d'impression (A, B, C, D) sont montées sur le chariot commun de manière décalée et se chevauchant partiellement.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les au moins deux têtes d'impression (A, B) comprennent une troisième tête d'impression (C) et une quatrième tête d'impression (D), la troisième et la quatrième têtes d'impression (C, D) étant montées de sorte que chaque buse appartenant à un premier groupe de buses d'une première (A) des têtes d'impression (A, B, C, D) se déplace le long d'un passage colinéaire à celui d'une buse appartenant à chacune desdites troisième et quatrième têtes d'impression (C, D).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel les au moins quatre têtes (A, B, C, D) sont montées sur le chariot commun de manière décalée et se chevauchant partiellement.
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