JP3990640B2 - 流体噴出装置の性能の測定方法 - Google Patents
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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| US10/060448 | 2002-01-30 | ||
| US10/060,448 US6575550B1 (en) | 2002-01-30 | 2002-01-30 | Determining performance of a fluid ejection device |
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| JP2003266677A JP2003266677A (ja) | 2003-09-24 |
| JP2003266677A5 JP2003266677A5 (https=) | 2005-04-21 |
| JP3990640B2 true JP3990640B2 (ja) | 2007-10-17 |
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| JP4079127B2 (ja) | 2004-07-01 | 2008-04-23 | セイコーエプソン株式会社 | 検査装置及び液滴吐出検査方法 |
| JP5455370B2 (ja) * | 2005-10-07 | 2014-03-26 | コーニンクレッカ フィリップス エヌ ヴェ | 基板上への物質の液滴の制御された位置決めのためのインクジェット装置、物質の液滴の制御された位置決めのための方法、印刷プロセス中の物質の変質を決定するための方法、及び、インクジェット装置の使用 |
| US8882213B2 (en) * | 2011-10-24 | 2014-11-11 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Fluid ejection systems and methods thereof |
| EP3063013B1 (en) * | 2013-10-30 | 2020-01-01 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Drop image sensing |
| KR102281475B1 (ko) * | 2019-07-05 | 2021-07-23 | 세메스 주식회사 | 실시간 탄착정보계측장치 및 그것을 이용한 실시간 토출액적보정장치 및 방법 |
| US12135174B2 (en) | 2020-02-12 | 2024-11-05 | Medical Instrument Development Laboratories, Inc. | Heat exchange system for surgical instrument |
| JP7823476B2 (ja) * | 2022-04-01 | 2026-03-04 | ブラザー工業株式会社 | 液滴吐出装置 |
| JP2024003938A (ja) * | 2022-06-28 | 2024-01-16 | セイコーエプソン株式会社 | 吐出状態判定方法、吐出状態判定装置および吐出状態判定プログラム |
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