EP0748691A3 - Ink-jet system - Google Patents

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EP0748691A3
EP0748691A3 EP96201578A EP96201578A EP0748691A3 EP 0748691 A3 EP0748691 A3 EP 0748691A3 EP 96201578 A EP96201578 A EP 96201578A EP 96201578 A EP96201578 A EP 96201578A EP 0748691 A3 EP0748691 A3 EP 0748691A3
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ink
jet system
jet
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EP96201578A
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP0748691B1 (en
EP0748691A2 (en
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Hans Reinten
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Canon Production Printing Netherlands BV
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Oce Nederland BV
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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
    • B41J2/04521—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits reducing number of signal lines needed
    • 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
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2/14201—Structure of print heads with piezoelectric elements
    • B41J2/14274—Structure of print heads with piezoelectric elements of stacked structure type, deformed by compression/extension and disposed on a diaphragm
    • 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
    • B41J2202/11—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet heads characterised by specific geometrical characteristics
EP19960201578 1995-06-12 1996-06-05 Ink-jet system Expired - Lifetime EP0748691B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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EP19960201578 EP0748691B1 (en) 1995-06-12 1996-06-05 Ink-jet system

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EP95201536 1995-06-12
EP95201536 1995-06-12
EP19960201578 EP0748691B1 (en) 1995-06-12 1996-06-05 Ink-jet system

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EP0748691A2 EP0748691A2 (en) 1996-12-18
EP0748691A3 true EP0748691A3 (en) 1997-07-30
EP0748691B1 EP0748691B1 (en) 2002-10-02

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Families Citing this family (4)

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DE69605641T2 (en) 1996-02-14 2000-06-08 Oce Tech Bv Printhead for an inkjet printer
US6020905A (en) * 1997-01-24 2000-02-01 Lexmark International, Inc. Ink jet printhead for drop size modulation
US6186610B1 (en) * 1998-09-21 2001-02-13 Eastman Kodak Company Imaging apparatus capable of suppressing inadvertent ejection of a satellite ink droplet therefrom and method of assembling same
GB0204010D0 (en) * 2002-02-20 2002-04-03 Xaar Technology Ltd Droplet deposition apparatus

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4364069A (en) * 1980-05-08 1982-12-14 Ricoh Co., Ltd. Multi-ink jet head
EP0072685A1 (en) * 1981-08-14 1983-02-23 William Anthony Denne Droplets-generating device for an ink jet printer
GB2104006A (en) * 1981-07-02 1983-03-02 Shinshu Seiki Kk Ink-jet printer head
JPS6011369A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-01-21 Fujitsu Ltd Ink jet apparatus
US4525728A (en) * 1982-04-27 1985-06-25 Epson Corporation Ink jet recording head
EP0214855A2 (en) * 1985-09-05 1987-03-18 Nec Corporation Drop-on-demand ink-jet printing apparatus
US4672398A (en) * 1984-10-31 1987-06-09 Hitachi Ltd. Ink droplet expelling apparatus
EP0608135A2 (en) * 1993-01-22 1994-07-27 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet head
DE4328433A1 (en) * 1993-08-24 1995-03-02 Heidelberger Druckmasch Ag Ink jet spray method, and ink jet spray device

Patent Citations (9)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4364069A (en) * 1980-05-08 1982-12-14 Ricoh Co., Ltd. Multi-ink jet head
GB2104006A (en) * 1981-07-02 1983-03-02 Shinshu Seiki Kk Ink-jet printer head
EP0072685A1 (en) * 1981-08-14 1983-02-23 William Anthony Denne Droplets-generating device for an ink jet printer
US4525728A (en) * 1982-04-27 1985-06-25 Epson Corporation Ink jet recording head
JPS6011369A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-01-21 Fujitsu Ltd Ink jet apparatus
US4672398A (en) * 1984-10-31 1987-06-09 Hitachi Ltd. Ink droplet expelling apparatus
EP0214855A2 (en) * 1985-09-05 1987-03-18 Nec Corporation Drop-on-demand ink-jet printing apparatus
EP0608135A2 (en) * 1993-01-22 1994-07-27 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet head
DE4328433A1 (en) * 1993-08-24 1995-03-02 Heidelberger Druckmasch Ag Ink jet spray method, and ink jet spray device

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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"1985 Sid International Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers", PALISADES INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH SERVICES, INC., NEW YORK, XP002031532 *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 009, no. 128 (M - 384) 4 June 1985 (1985-06-04) *

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