WO1989002827A1 - Procede et dispositif pour verifier automatiquement l'aptitude au fonctionnement de systemes d'impression a encre - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif pour verifier automatiquement l'aptitude au fonctionnement de systemes d'impression a encre Download PDF

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WO1989002827A1
WO1989002827A1 PCT/DE1988/000592 DE8800592W WO8902827A1 WO 1989002827 A1 WO1989002827 A1 WO 1989002827A1 DE 8800592 W DE8800592 W DE 8800592W WO 8902827 A1 WO8902827 A1 WO 8902827A1
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Ernst Goepel
Hans Kusmierz
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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
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16579—Detection means therefor, e.g. for nozzle clogging

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  • the invention relates to a method and an arrangement for determining the functionality of an ink printing device according to the preambles of claims 1 and 4.
  • Ink printing devices that work with multi-nozzle ink heads are sensitive to environmental and environmental influences. These influences that may cause malfunctions include:
  • DE-A-36 34 034 it is known from DE-A-36 34 034 to use an ink droplet sensor which comprises a plurality of electrodes, at least of which the first electrode can be brought into a position in which it is is opposite the outlet nozzles of the ink print head at a predetermined distance.
  • the change in the resistance between the first electrode and a further electrode is determined when conductive ink ejected from the ink print head reaches the first electrode.
  • DE-A-29 19 727 describes a device for closing the nozzle surface on an ink writing head, in which a motor-driven, elastic endless belt is provided, which rests on the surface of the nozzle.
  • a motor-driven, elastic endless belt is provided, which rests on the surface of the nozzle.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method and an arrangement for determining the operability of an ink printing device in order to thereby enable the ink printing device to be automatically operated.
  • the ink head in the region of its nozzle surface is first cleaned and flushed through. After the cleaning procedure has been completed, each nozzle of the ink print head is then subjected to a spray test, and depending on the result of the spray test either the printing operation is either released or the ink printing device is put into a fault state after one or more unsuccessful cleaning procedures. H. the further printing operation is prevented or the fault status is shown on a display.
  • This automatic operational security of the ink printing device before the start of the printing operation or automatic control procedure during the printing operation ensures optimal operational reliability and printing quality.
  • the arrangement is low in cost and effort and relieves the user of the printing device from its own possibly inaccurate checks, since the ink printing device controls itself at defined times.
  • the necessary components are inexpensive and easy to manufacture, the function test controlling the sequence procedure can be stored as part of the microprocessor-controlled central control.
  • the function test procedure can be called up when the printing device is started up or after a predefinable printing time.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an ink droplet sensor
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show an exemplary embodiment of the electrode comb provided as an ink droplet sensor
  • FJ.G 8 an embodiment for the construction and manufacture of a sensor plate
  • FIG. 12 shows a sectional illustration of the arrangement according to FIG. 11 along the section line I-XII,
  • FIG. 13 shows a sectional illustration of an arrangement according to FIG. 11 along the section line II-XIII in the rest position
  • FIG. 14 shows an arrangement corresponding to FIG 13 in the rinsing position.
  • an ink writing head 1 which is arranged on a printer carriage 100, is moved line by line along a recording medium (not shown here) with the aid of a stepping motor 101 in printing operation.
  • the printer carriage 100 is guided on guide rods 102 and is connected to the stepper motor 101 via a toothed belt 103.
  • the components required for automatically ensuring the operational reliability of the ink printer are arranged on the printer chassis 41. These are essentially a cleaning and rinsing station 105 and an ink droplet sensor 11 arranged next to them.
  • the cleaning and rinsing station shown in particular in FIGS. 11, 13 and 14 consists of a continuous endless belt 107 made of elastic material, e.g., driven by an electromotor 106 with an associated gear. Rubber or elastomer, which is guided by two rollers 108 and the width of which is somewhat larger than the width of the nozzle surface (nozzle plate) 2 of the ink writing head 1.
  • Two wedge-shaped wiper lips 109 are arranged on the endless belt 107. These wiper lips have an approximately triangular cross section, the angle at the front edge being different from the angle at the rear edge, so that they can form oblique triangular lips. It is essential here that the triangular wiper lips are fastened on the endless belt 107 in such a way or are designed as a bulge of the endless belt that they cannot flip over during the wiping process.
  • the endless belt 107 with the wiper lips 109 is arranged at such a distance close to the nozzle surface 2, so that the wiper lips 109 can surely sweep over the nozzle surface during the cleaning process.
  • the elasticity and resilience for generating the pressing force necessary for stripping is essentially achieved by the deflection of this band.
  • the endless belt has further lips 110 parallel to the belt between the wiping lips 109, so that a corresponding protective hood-like depression results in the endless belt 107. This recess is brought in front of the nozzle surface 2 during pauses and rests elastically on the latter.
  • the lips 109 and 110 are arranged so that they cover the area of the writing nozzles in the sealed state.
  • the side lips 110 are arranged with respect to the wiper lips 109 so that they leave openings in order to ensure pressure and temperature compensation to the environment. It is essential, however, that after this protective hood has been positioned in front of the nozzle openings in the area of the protective hood, a type of small climate is established which prevents the nozzle surface from drying out and becoming dirty during pauses in writing.
  • an area 111 is provided on the endless belt 107 in the device shown, which serves for free spraying as a collecting surface for the ink droplets during free spraying. 14, this area 111 is brought in front of the nozzle surface 2 during free spraying, the impinging ink then dripping off the endless belt 107 and being collected by a collecting container 112.
  • This hose pump can be designed in accordance with EP-A-0 212 503.
  • a single motor 106 drives both the cleaning and rinsing station 105 and the hose pump 113, depending on its direction of rotation.
  • a respective first 116 and second locking mechanism 117 which is dependent on the direction of rotation, is arranged on the drive shaft 115 of the motor 106.
  • These locking mechanisms which are dependent on the direction of rotation are designed as freewheels, the first freewheel 116 being connected to the rollers 108 of the endless belt 107 via a belt 118.
  • the freewheel 116 is designed in such a way that it freewheels counterclockwise when the drive shaft 115 is driven and is coupled to the endless belt 107 via the belt 118 when the drive shaft is driven clockwise.
  • Freewheel 117 is designed as a freewheel freewheeling clockwise of the drive shaft 115 and has on its outer side toothings 119 which interact with a corresponding toothing 120 of the hose pump 113.
  • the hose pump 113 is coupled to the motor 106 by moving the printer carriage 100, the coupling being carried out in the position shown on the left in FIG.
  • the ink droplet sensor 11 arranged next to the cleaning and rinsing device 105 will now be described in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10.
  • the ink writing head 1 is shown on the right. It has, for example, a nozzle plate 2 with nine outlet nozzles 3, a head part 4 with nine ink channels 5 and drive elements 6 assigned to them, and an ink supply part 7. This is connected via an ink feed 8 to an ink reservoir (not shown).
  • a single ink droplet 9 is ejected from the associated nozzle 3.
  • the nozzles 3 in the sectional view according to FIG. 1 can also be arranged several times, namely in several rows perpendicular to the plane of the drawing. Four such rows would then form a write head with 32 nozzles, the nozzles of the individual rows being offset from one another.
  • the ink droplet sensor 11 is arranged at a distance 10 from the write head 1. It essentially consists of a sensor plate 12, designed as an electrode comb, with two connecting electrodes 13 and 14 leading to the outside, and of a layer located behind or below it, which is referred to below as suction block 17 and which serves to absorb and discharge liquid.
  • the electrode comb has at least in the area of the point of impact of the ink droplets a multiplicity of conductor tracks 18 and 19 running parallel in the outlet area of the ink droplets.
  • the device for removing the liquid supplied by the impact of ink droplets consists of non-conductive porous material; it can be constructed in one layer or preferably from several sub-layers.
  • the connection electrodes 13 and 14 are connected to an evaluation circuit 20 which, as will be discussed in more detail later, depending on the impact of one or more ink droplets on the electrode comb 12, emits a corresponding signal, the sensor signal SM.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show an exemplary embodiment of the electrode comb 12 of the ink droplet sensor in a top view (FIG. 2) and in a sectional illustration (FIG. 3).
  • the electrode comb is formed by two comb parts 121 and 122, the tongue-shaped conductor webs 18, 19 lie next to one another in the area of the impact points for the ink droplets and form the comb structure.
  • the comb parts 121 and 122 with the conductor tracks 18 and 19 are applied here to the suction block 17 consisting of the porous, non-conductive layer.
  • Each of these comb parts 121 and 122 is electrically accessible from the outside via the connection electrodes 13 and 14.
  • the suction block 17 consists of two partial layers 15 and 16 of absorbent material with the thicknesses S1 and S2.
  • An insulating layer in the form of a gold-coated insulating film 21 is laminated onto the uppermost partial layer 15, which is then structured according to the division ratio T of the electrode comb and is provided with the conductor tracks 18 and 19.
  • T ⁇ D must be formed in order to form an electrical resistance bridge between adjacent conductor tracks 18 and 19 and thus between comb parts 121 and 122.
  • the example according to FIG. 3 shows that an ink drop 9 when it hits the
  • the electrically non-conductive porous sub-layers 15 and 16 act as a type of suction pump with a capillary effect.
  • the efficiency of this suction pump can be adjusted to certain applications by the choice of the porosity (or pore size) and / or the number or the thickness S1, S2 of the partial layers. For the I have shown the following dimensions to be particularly advantageous:
  • the porosity P1 and P2 of the two layers 15 and 16 are different. It is advantageous if the porosity of the individual layers increases with increasing distance from the electrode comb (P2> Pl). Increasing porosity means decreasing pore size and thus increasing capillarity of the layers. This ensures that liquid transport takes place preferably from the upper sub-layer 15 to the lower sub-layer 16. This has the advantage that the space in the vicinity of the electrode comb is emptied of ink relatively quickly, and that a sequence of individual droplets arriving at short intervals can thus be reliably detected.
  • Duran filter glass for the upper partial layer 15 and so-called Millipore filter paper for the lower partial layer 16 are preferably suitable as materials for the individual partial layers 15 and 16 with different porosities.
  • the pore sizes of the upper porous partial layer 15 can be between 0 , 01 and 0.02, the pore sizes of the lower porous sublayer 16 are between 0.005 and 0.01 mm.
  • the comb structures described can advantageously be based on the known thin-film or Thick film technology can be produced.
  • the impact of an individual droplet can already be measured reliably. It is within the scope of the invention to provide a division ratio T which is larger than the diameter D of a single droplet (T D). It is thus possible to reliably detect the arrival of a plurality of individual droplets ejected from one another of the writing head in quick succession. If the individual ink droplets hit the electrode comb within a period of time before the liquid applied with a previously arrived ink droplet has been sucked off, the amount of liquid between two adjacent conductor tracks increases with each newly arriving ink droplet until the amount of liquid establishes an electrical connection between them manufactures these two conductor tracks.
  • the structures of the electrode comb arrangement are bifi- Lar arranged conductor tracks designed, which results in the advantage that the conductor tracks of the comb structure are electrically controllable and can be connected to each other, for example, during individual pauses in measurement.
  • FIG. 4 shows an example of this.
  • the conductor tracks 181 and 191 of the two comb parts 123 and 124 are meandered here on the suction block 17. Its construction and the formation of the conductor tracks 181 and 191 can take place in the manner described with reference to FIG. 3. As before, the conductor tracks run parallel next to each other in the area where the ink droplets meet. In contrast to the previously described embodiment, the embodiment specified here makes it possible to provide a second pair of connection electrodes 23 and 24 in addition to the outward connection electrodes 13 and 14, via which the conductor tracks 181 and 191 can be galvanically connected to one another. The connection electrodes 23 and 24 are not connected to one another for the duration of a measurement process, that is to say for the duration during which the impact of ink droplets is detected.
  • the mode of operation of the detection for the impingement of ink droplets then takes place as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the connections 23 and 24 can now be connected to one another via a switch, not shown here, which is actuated during the measurement pauses, that is, when no ink droplets are detected.
  • a current source (not shown here) which can be connected to the connections 13 and 14, to use the conductor tracks 181 and 191 during the measuring breaks for heating up and thus for evaporating the ink droplets.
  • This has the advantage that, in addition to the capillary action of the suction block, there is also liquid removal by evaporation.
  • FIG. 5 An exemplary embodiment of this is shown in FIG. 5.
  • the circuit shown there essentially consists of a voltage divider, which consists of a fixed resistor 30 and the variable measuring resistor 31. This represents the current resistance value between the conductor tracks 18 and 19 (FIG. 2) and 181, 191 (FIG. 4) of the electrode comb, ie the circuit shown is connected at this point to the connection electrodes 13 and 14 of the electrode comb.
  • the tap between the resistors 30, 31 of the voltage divider is connected to the inputs of a comparator 32.
  • This connection takes place in such a way that the voltage value Um which occurs at the tap point of the voltage divider circuit 30.31 as the respective instantaneous value via a resistor 39 directly to one input and via an integrating element 35.36 as the mean value Umm to the other input of the comparator 32 is supplied.
  • Another resistor 34 is used to generate a bias voltage at one of the two comparator inputs, which produces the interference voltage spacing necessary for the function of the comparator 32.
  • a bistable circuit 37 connected downstream of the comparator 32 forms the sensor signal SM from the output signal of the comparator 32 for a subsequent printer control, which is no longer shown here. The circuit works as follows.
  • the printer controller By monitoring the time period between the excitation for droplet ejection by the printer controller and the occurrence of the sensor signal, it is possible to check the functionality of the individual nozzles. If there is no sudden change in resistance after a certain period of time, which can be set as a function of predetermined parameters, such as printer structure, flight time of the droplets, ink composition, etc., the printer controller recognizes that the excited nozzle is not working .
  • the circuit arrangement described works with direct current, ie the voltage divider circuit is connected between a positive voltage source and ground.
  • this can lead to a decomposition of the ink liquid especially when several ink droplets arriving in quick succession are necessary for the evaluation of ink droplets.
  • the ink liquid in this case is exposed to a current flow for a period of t ⁇ 100 ms, which can cause electrolytic changes.
  • the dye may precipitate from the solvent, resulting in ei ⁇ ner solidify, thus e ⁇ n kapillarisches suction is no longer possible.
  • this problem is solved by operating the ink droplet sensor with AC voltage.
  • An exemplary embodiment of this is shown in FIG. 6.
  • the evaluation circuit shown there also has the voltage divider circuit, consisting of the fixed resistor 30 and a resistor 31 representing the current resistance value between the conductor tracks.
  • the voltage divider circuit 30, 31 is here connected to an AC voltage generator 38.
  • a deodulator 33 is connected between the dividing point of the voltage divider circuit 30, 31 and the comparator 32 and operates in the circuit configuration selected in FIG. 7 as a so-called peak value rectifier. A voltage value is therefore available at its output which corresponds to the corresponds to the current peak value of the voltage at the dividing point. This is fed directly to one input of the comparator 32 via the resistor 39 and to the other input via the integrator 35, 36 as an average over time.
  • the comparison in the comparator 32, the reversal of the bistable circuit 37 and the output of the sensor signal SM in the printer control then take place, as described with reference to FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 7 shows a detailed circuit structure as an example of an embodiment for the evaluation circuit according to FIG. 6.
  • an electrically insulating carrier plate 26 is provided with a metal layer. This is preferably done by evaporating a glass plate with a thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 mm with a base metallization of Ti, Cu.
  • a photoresist layer is applied to both sides of this. Subsequently, the pattern of the electrode comb structure later desired on the sensor plate 25 with the conductor tracks 18, 19 is generated on one side and this is galvanically reinforced to 10 ... 20 ⁇ m Ni.
  • the area of a spray window 28 is exposed on both sides, and after the base metallization has been etched off, the glass is etched away in this area, so that the conductor tracks 18, 19 span the now glass-free spray window 28.
  • so-called contacting windows 27 are etched free in this glass etching process.
  • the sensor plate 25 can be produced with great utility and can be connected and contacted with the suction block in a simple manner. Details are described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
  • the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 9 (in a top view) and FIG. 10 (in a sectional view) consists of only four different parts, namely a housing 29, the suction block 17, the sensor plate 25 and contact springs 42 arranged on both sides Housing 29, designed as an electrically non-conductive plastic injection-molded part, serves to receive these parts and is in turn fastened in the printer chassis 41 with the aid of the latching tongues 40 belonging to the housing.
  • the surface quality of the suction block 17 consisting of electrically non-conductive, open-porous material, such as, for example, suction ceramic, filter glass or foam, is subject to certain requirements only with regard to the side facing the ink writing head 1.
  • the flatness of this surface should be of the order of magnitude of the pore size of the porous suction block 17 in order to ensure that the flat sensor plate 25 is supported on it.
  • the sensor plate 25 has the comb parts 121, 122, the conductor tracks 18, 19, the spray window 28 and two contacting windows 27.
  • the mechanical assignment of the sensor plate 25 to the suction block 17, the side of which provided with the conductor tracks 18, 19 faces the suction block 17, is effected by the multifunctional contact springs 42 arranged on both sides.
  • the suction block 17 is inserted in the housing 29 and subsequent placement of the sensor plate 25 on the suction block 17, these metal contact springs 42 are pressed into corresponding insertion openings 43 of the housing 29.
  • the contact springs 42 have latching lugs 44 which securely snap into a recess 45 when inserted into the housing 29. This ensures that the three spring tongues 46 formed at one end of the contact springs 42 come to rest resiliently on the sensor plate 25.
  • the two outer spring tongues 46 each press on the support of the sensor plate 25 and guarantee a gap-free support of the sensor plate 25 on the suction block 17.
  • the respective middle spring tongue 46 lies in the area of the contacting window 27, presses directly on the respective contact surface of the electrode comb structure 18, 19 and thus makes the electrical contact.
  • the respective other end of the contact springs 42 forms the connection electrode 13 or 14.
  • the electrical connection from the electrode comb structure to the electronic evaluation circuit, not shown here, is established via a connection designed as a flat plug 47 for standardized plug sleeves.
  • the ink sprayed onto the conductor tracks 18, 19 is drawn capillary into the suction block 17.
  • the absorbency of the suction block 17 depends on its suction volume and its material, on the ink and on the frequency of the spray test.
  • an opening 48 can be provided in the housing of the device for additional ink disposal, which is filled with a suction material of higher porosity than that of the suction block 17.
  • ink droplets which is associated with a sudden reduction in resistance in the course of the conductor tracks of the electrode comb, is evaluated in a circuit arrangement (20 in FIG. 1) which emits the sensor signal SM each time one or more ink droplets strike.
  • the height of the splash window 28 is adapted to the vertical distance of the outer nozzles of the ink writing head.
  • the width of the spray window 28 depends on the horizontal extension of the nozzle exit area of the ink writing head. In the case of a single-row nozzle arrangement, only a narrow, and in the case of multi-row, a correspondingly wider spray window 28 is required. It is also possible to orient the spatially separate nozzle rows one after the other towards the spray window 28. This is more advantageous since the spray test of the individual nozzles only takes place sequentially and not next to one another and a narrow spray window 28 is a narrow design of the device and thus a smaller overall widening of the printer chassis enables.
  • the arrangement shown in FIG. 11 for automatic operational security of the ink printer is controlled via the microprocessor-controlled central control ZS of the printing device. It controls via a microprocessor-controlled drive control AS designed in the usual way, the stepper motor 101 for the printer carriage drive 100 and the motor 106 for driving the cleaning and rinsing station. Also connected to the central controller is the evaluation circuit 20 described in connection with the ink droplet sensor 11, a display DS and a time control arrangement TS.
  • This time control arrangement TS is constructed in a conventional manner and detects the printing time of the ink printing device or makes it possible to enter freely selectable time periods after which a function test procedure which is stored in the memory area of the central control system ZS is called.
  • the central control ZS of the printing device is connected to the data output via an interface IF, e.g. of a terminal in connection.
  • the ink print head 1 is in the rest position (interface II) FIG 11, FIG 13 at the left outer edge of the printing area before printing and the hose pump 113 is coupled to the motor 106 via the freewheel 117.
  • the nozzle surface 2 of the ink print head 1 is closed via the lips 109 and 110.
  • the motor shaft 115 By rotating the motor shaft 115 in a clockwise direction, the nozzle exit surface of the ink head 1 is wiped or cleaned by means of the upper lip of the wiper lips 109 and the endless belt 107 is brought into the position according to FIG.
  • the ink head nozzles can be rinsed by means of the hose pump 113, and this can also be used as a "Position designated as STANDBV 'position can be used to free-spray the nozzles.
  • the amount of ink produced drips from the ink head 1 or from the endless belt 107 onto the collecting container 112 and is disposed of in this way.
  • the Motor shaft 115 in the clockwise direction the wiping process can be repeated by means of the wiping lips 109 of the endless belt 107.
  • the inkjet print head 1 is then driven by the carriage drive over a distance 130 (FIG. 11) into a spray control position (shown in broken lines in FIG. 11), where the individual nozzles are sequentially checked for their functionality.
  • printing operation is then either started on the printing paper to the right of position II-XIII or, if the spray test is not accepted, a new rinsing or wiping procedure is carried out in the STANDBY position and then tested again in the control position. Only after a freely definable number of repeat cycles with a negative spray test result does the ink printer go into the fault state. This fault condition of the printer is shown on the display DS and the printer operation is interrupted.
  • ink print head 1 In normal operation with a positive spray test result, ink print head 1 will print.

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Pour permettre la vérification automatique de l'aptitude au fonctionnement, un système d'impression à encre possède un dispositif de nettoyage et de rinçage (105) ainsi qu'un détecteur de gouttelettes d'encre (11). Lors de l'appel d'une procédure d'essai fonctionnel entièrement automatique avant l'opération d'impression proprement dite ou après écoulement d'une durée déterminée d'impression, la tête d'impression à l'encre est nettoyée et rincée dans une position de repos et son fonctionnement est ensuite vérifié, au cours d'un essai de pulvérisation, par l'intermédiaire d'un détecteur de gouttelettes d'encre (11). Si les résultats de cet essai sont satisfaisants, l'opération d'impression peut alors reprendre. Si les résultats de deux essais de pulvérisation consécutifs sont négatifs, le dispositif d'impression est placé en état de défaillance et l'opération d'impression est arrêtée.
PCT/DE1988/000592 1987-09-25 1988-09-20 Procede et dispositif pour verifier automatiquement l'aptitude au fonctionnement de systemes d'impression a encre WO1989002827A1 (fr)

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