GB2157623B - Method of operating an ink jet apparatus to control dot size - Google Patents

Method of operating an ink jet apparatus to control dot size

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Publication number
GB2157623B
GB2157623B GB8509702A GB8509702A GB2157623B GB 2157623 B GB2157623 B GB 2157623B GB 8509702 A GB8509702 A GB 8509702A GB 8509702 A GB8509702 A GB 8509702A GB 2157623 B GB2157623 B GB 2157623B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
operating
ink jet
dot size
jet apparatus
control dot
Prior art date
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Expired
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GB8509702A
Other versions
GB8509702D0 (en
GB2157623A (en
Inventor
Debonte William John
Liker Stephen Jay
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IMAGING SOLUTIONS Inc
Ricoh Printing Systems America Inc
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co
Original Assignee
IMAGING SOLUTIONS Inc
Exxon Research and Engineering Co
Ricoh Printing Systems America Inc
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Publication of GB8509702D0 publication Critical patent/GB8509702D0/en
Publication of GB2157623A publication Critical patent/GB2157623A/en
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Expired legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • B41J2/04595—Dot-size modulation by changing the number of drops per dot
    • 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
    • B41J2/04581—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits controlling heads based on 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
    • B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
    • B41J2/04588—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits using a specific waveform
    • 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
    • B41J2202/00—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet or thermal heads
    • B41J2202/01—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet heads
    • B41J2202/06—Heads merging droplets coming from the same nozzle
GB8509702A 1984-04-16 1985-04-16 Method of operating an ink jet apparatus to control dot size Expired GB2157623B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US60078584A 1984-04-16 1984-04-16

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GB8509702D0 GB8509702D0 (en) 1985-05-22
GB2157623A GB2157623A (en) 1985-10-30
GB2157623B true GB2157623B (en) 1989-05-04

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CA (1) CA1244714A (en)
CH (1) CH667044A5 (en)
DE (1) DE3513442C2 (en)
FR (1) FR2562838B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2157623B (en)
IT (1) IT1184441B (en)
NL (1) NL8501112A (en)

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GB8509702D0 (en) 1985-05-22
DE3513442C2 (en) 1998-06-04
JPS6122959A (en) 1986-01-31
CH667044A5 (en) 1988-09-15
DE3513442A1 (en) 1985-10-17
FR2562838A1 (en) 1985-10-18
IT8520331A0 (en) 1985-04-15
IT1184441B (en) 1987-10-28
CA1244714A (en) 1988-11-15
FR2562838B1 (en) 1988-01-15
GB2157623A (en) 1985-10-30
NL8501112A (en) 1985-11-18
JPH0655513B2 (en) 1994-07-27

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732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Effective date: 20050415