CN100400289C - Ink box, ink-jet printing device, and ink refilling device - Google Patents
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An ink cartridge for an ink jet type printing apparatus having a print head, the ink cartridge including: a container having an ink chamber for containing ink therein; an ink supply port for ejecting the ink from the ink chamber to the print head; a memory device for storing data related to the ink or the ink cartridge, the memory device has an area in which the data is stored in a rewritable manner; and a contact device enabling the transmission of data between the memory device and an external device.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of inkjet-printing device, this printing equipment provides printing ink by a removable ink cartridge, and prints to record carrier injection ink droplet by nozzle opening.The invention still further relates to a kind of ink cartridge and printing ink that is used for this printing equipment and refill device.
Background technology
A common inkjet-printing device comprises, for example, and a printhead and a ink cartridge to the printhead ink supply.In printhead, one drives signal and offers a piezoelectric oscillator or heater according to print data, like this printing ink in the pressure generation cavity be subjected to the energy that piezoelectric oscillator or heater produce excitation and from nozzle opening ejection ink droplet.
The height of print quality depends on the resolution ratio of printhead, and is subjected to the influence of the viscosity and diffusion (flow) degree of printing ink on record carrier of printing ink.Therefore, in order to improve print quality, ink quality and the signal quality that offers printhead have all had very big improvement, in addition in order to prevent that nozzle opening from stopping up, the maintenance condition is for example sprayed (blank ejection) cycle at interval and in the injection situation that covers under the cover condition very big improvement has been arranged all also.
Like this, when the driving method of printing ink quality and printhead is all suitably determined, will be improved by the print quality that printing equipment determined.Such technological progress can and be made new inkjet-printing device by design and be obtained, but, manufacturer has now no longer carried out such improvement to printing equipment, and such printing equipment must offer manufacturer, and the storage device of record controls parameter then also will be improved.In fact, owing to relate to cost and complicated production technology, such improvement is impossible basically.
Therefore, openly specially permit at Japan Patent and to disclose a kind of method among the communique 5-193127, wherein ink cartridge has a storage device, the printing ink quality, quantity of ink, drive condition or the like parameter all is stored in wherein, in printing equipment, drive condition is adjusted according to these information like this.
Incidentally, consider the needs of environmental protection, manufacturer has required ink cartridge of abandoning as running stores in the past and the ink cartridge that has printhead are reused as much as possible now, and, the research of printing ink filling aspect of regeneration print cartridge carried out the purpose that recycles to make it to reach.
But print cartridge is after the user buys, and the occupation mode of print cartridge is different, and the quality of the print cartridge of therefore regenerating has very big difference, and the process that the regeneration of reconstituted product is handled just can not be unified as original product is accomplished like this.
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The improvement that The present invention be directed to existing in prior technology problem and difficulty and do, one of the object of the invention provides a kind of ink cartridge, and this ink cartridge can keep higher quality when regeneration is used.Another goal of the invention of the present invention provides a kind of printing equipment that is applicable to above-mentioned ink cartridge.Another goal of the invention of the present invention provides a kind of ink cartridge regenerating unit that is applicable to above-mentioned ink cartridge.
For this reason, the invention provides a kind of ink cartridge that is used to have the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises: the container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink; One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink; A storage device, the data, ink cartridge that this storage device is arranged to store the history of described ink cartridge are the data of the past cleaning of the data of environment for use and described printhead in the past, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode.
In above-mentioned ink cartridge, described data can comprise the data of the regeneration times of relevant described ink cartridge.
The present invention also provides a kind of ink cartridge that is used to have the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, and this ink cartridge comprises: the container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink; One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink; A storage device, this storage device are arranged to store the data of the history of described ink cartridge, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode; Wherein, the needed data of handling of safeguarding in the past of the regeneration of described packet oil scraper print cartridge.
The present invention provides a kind of ink cartridge that is used to have the inkjet-printing device of a printhead again, and this ink cartridge comprises: the container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink; One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink; A storage device, this storage device are arranged to store the data of the history of described ink cartridge, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode; Wherein, the needed data of handling of safeguarding in the past of described packet oil scraper print cartridge regeneration, described data comprise the data of clean conditions in the past.
The present invention provides a kind of ink cartridge that is used to have the inkjet-printing device of a printhead again, and this ink cartridge comprises: the container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink; One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink; A storage device, this storage device are arranged to store the data of the history of described ink cartridge, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode; Wherein, the described packet oil scraper print cartridge data that needed maintenance is handled of regenerating, described data comprise the data of the state of changing a certain parts of ink cartridge.
Here, described data preferably include the data of the last service time of relevant described ink cartridge.
In addition, the invention provides a kind of ink cartridge that is used to have the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises: the container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink; One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink; A storage device, this storage device are arranged to store the data of the history of described ink cartridge, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode; Wherein, described data comprise the data of the time that the printing ink in the described ink cartridge uses up at last, and described data comprise the needed data of handling of safeguarding in the past of relevant ink cartridge regeneration.
In addition, the invention provides a kind of ink cartridge that is used to have the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises: the container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink; One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink; A storage device, this storage device are arranged to store the data of the history of described ink cartridge, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode; Wherein, described data comprise the data of the past environment for use of described ink cartridge.
In above-mentioned ink cartridge, the data of the build date that described storage device can the described ink cartridge of storage representation.Described storage device can the described ink cartridge of storage representation the data in service life.Perhaps, described memory device stores is represented the data of the last service time of described ink cartridge.Described storage device also can storage representation described ink cartridge can regeneration times data.
The invention provides a kind of ink cartridge that is used to have the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises: the container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink; One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink; A storage device that is used to store the data of relevant printing ink or ink cartridge, the relevant data that are stored in the minimum quantity of ink in the described ink cartridge of described memory device stores, and described storage device has one can repeat the zone of writing mode storage representation residual ink amount data; Wherein, according to the storage data relevant with the residual ink amount with minimum quantity of ink, described ink cartridge changes printing ink through operation in can be during the cleaning of described printhead and discharges operation.
The present invention also provides a kind of inkjet-printing device, comprising: a printhead that is used to spray ink droplet; One stores printing ink therein so that to the ink cartridge of described printhead ink supply; A storage device, this memory device stores is about the data of this ink cartridge, about the data of the past cleaning of the data of the past environment for use of this ink cartridge and this printhead; The control device of the described printhead of a Data Control addressable described storage device, that provide according to the outside, when this ink cartridge was installed on this printing equipment, described control device was according to being stored in Data Control printing ink in the described storage device to the filling of described printhead; Described control device determines whether this printhead needs cleaning and control clean operation.
In above-mentioned inkjet-printing device, described control device judges according to the data in the described storage device whether the ink cartridge of being installed is what to reuse.Here, the control to printing ink filling operation is the quantity of ink that control is drawn.Perhaps, described control device described ink cartridge will be when this printing equipment be pulled down the data of user mode of relevant described ink cartridge be stored in the described storage device.At this moment, the data of described relevant user mode are meant the time that described ink cartridge uses up.Perhaps, the data of described relevant user mode are meant the maintenance state parameter of described printhead when described ink cartridge is installed on this printing equipment.The data of described relevant user mode also can be meant the data of the relevant environment when described ink cartridge is installed on this printing equipment.In addition, described control device judges whether to carry out regenerative process next time according to the data that are stored in the described storage device.Described control device preferably judges whether to carry out regenerative process next time according to the data that are stored in the described storage device, and this ink cartridge is abandoned in demonstration when this control device judgement can not be regenerated use.Here, described judgement is number of times, life-span of using according to regeneration, time and environment for use after detecting printing ink and using up make.
In addition, the invention provides a kind of inkjet-printing device, comprising: a printhead that is used to spray ink droplet; One stores printing ink therein so that to the ink cartridge of described printhead ink supply; A storage representation ink cartridge is preset the storage device of the data of minimum quantity of ink and residual ink amount; The control device of the described printhead of a Data Control addressable described storage device, that provide according to the outside, described control device judges whether that according to the data that are stored in the described storage device needs carry out clean operation.
In above-mentioned inkjet-printing device, during the summation of the quantity of ink that will consume more than default minimum quantity of ink and clean operation when the residual ink amount, described control device execution clean operation.Perhaps, when the residual ink amount was less than the summation of the quantity of ink that default minimum quantity of ink and clean operation will consume more than default minimum quantity of ink, described control device was carried out an easy clean and is operated.
In addition, the invention provides a kind of print cartridge regenerating unit that is used for the ink cartridge of inkjet-printing device, this print cartridge regenerating unit comprises: the device that reads the use historical data of the relevant ink cartridge that will regenerate the storage device on being installed in ink cartridge; Control device according to described Data Control regenerating treater, expression regeneration times and the data of recovery time were stored in the described storage device after this installed and finishes to major general's regenerative operation; Described control device determines the time that printhead need clean and whether needs cleaning, and described control device control cleaning procedure.
In above-mentioned print cartridge regenerating unit, the data of relevant ink cartridge maintenance state were stored in the described storage device after described control device was finished regenerative operation.Described regenerating treater preferably comprises print cartridge cleaning device and printing ink injection device at least.Described control device can judge whether according to the data in the storage device to carry out regenerative operation.Described control device preferably can be according to the degree of the Data Control cleaning device clean operation in the storage device.Described control device preferably can clean print cartridge with the printing ink that will regenerate according to the data in the storage device.
The present invention provides a kind of inkjet-printing device again, comprising: a printhead that is used to spray ink droplet; One stores printing ink therein so that to the ink cartridge of described printhead ink supply; The storage device of the data of relevant this ink cartridge of storage; The control device of the described printhead of a Data Control addressable described storage device, that provide according to the outside, described control device judges whether to carry out regenerative process next time according to the data that are stored in the described storage device.
In above-mentioned inkjet-printing device, described control device described ink cartridge will be when printing equipment be pulled down the data of relevant described ink cartridge user mode be stored in the described storage device.In addition, described control device judges whether to carry out regenerative process next time according to the data that are stored in the described storage device, and this print cartridge is abandoned in demonstration when this control device judgement can not be regenerated use.
In above-mentioned inkjet-printing device, described storage device is placed on the described ink cartridge.In above-mentioned print cartridge regenerating unit, described storage device is arranged on the circuit board, described circuit board comprises and is used for the electrical interconnecting means that contacts with described inkjet-printing device, and described storage device is arranged on described circuit board and the surface surface opposite that comprises described electrical interconnecting means.In the method for operating of above-mentioned ink cartridge regenerating unit, read described ink cartridge data described regenerating control device this printing ink memory circuit on being arranged on a circuit board, described circuit board has and is used for the electrical interconnecting means that contacts with printing equipment, and described printing ink memory circuit is arranged on described circuit board and the surface surface opposite that comprises described electrical interconnecting means.
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Figure 1A and 1B are the views that corresponds respectively to the preferred version of ink cartridge of the present invention;
Fig. 2 A and 2B are mounted in the front view and the rearview of the circuit substrate on the ink cartridge shown in Figure 1A and the 1B.
Fig. 3 is to use the print structure view partly of the printing equipment of this ink cartridge;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view under the rack-mount state of ink cartridge;
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of an example of control device of control said apparatus operation;
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of said apparatus operation;
Fig. 7 is the main operational flowchart that an ink cartridge of printing equipment of the present invention is in cleaning process;
Fig. 8 is the flow chart that other ink cartridge of printing equipment of the present invention is in cleaning process;
Fig. 9 is the view of an embodiment of printing ink device for filling;
Figure 10 is whole operational flowcharts of printing ink device for filling;
What Figure 11 represented is the flow chart that fills black process of device for filling.
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What Fig. 1 represented is the ink cartridge 10 and 20 that is applicable to inkjet-printing device in the preferred version of the present invention.A container 11,21 is deposited printing ink, and its top is sealed with lid 12,22.In the container 11,21 porous member is arranged, the inside is full of printing ink.
Ink- feed channel 13,23 is arranged at container 11,21 bottoms, and after container was installed in a support 42, what ink- feed channel 13,23 sealed was connected on the ink supply pin 44,45.One circuit board 30 is fixedly coupled the one side at container 11,21.
The connector 31 that is used to electrically connect printing equipment is installed in the one side of circuit board 30, shown in Fig. 2 (a) and 2 (b), when circuit board 30 is installed on the print cartridge, as outer surface.Semiconductor memory mechanism 32 is installed in the outer surface part of circuit board 30 in easy approaching mode, and this mode can not hinder the connection of connector 31.
Preset parameter, for example the date of manufacture, in service life, the filling number of times of permission is stored in the semiconductor storage 32, and following in addition series of features parameter is stored in the specific region of storage device 32 in the mode that can repeat to write:
(1) the filling number of times of print cartridge.
(2) state and during print cartridge filling state during part replacement of maintenance state when for example print cartridge cleans.
(3) for example last service time of print cartridge, the final time that printing ink uses up and the environment for use of print cartridge of user mode.
Under the situation that different parameters stores with the series of features parameter, printing equipment is designed to and stores the pattern that is used to explain the series of features parameter.Thereby the capacity of storage device 32 can reduce significantly.
That Fig. 3 represents is an embodiment of the printing mechanism part of printing equipment.Support 42 is with 40 to be connected on the CD-ROM drive motor 41 by one synchronously, retainer 43 is used to support the ink cartridge 10 of depositing tusche, with the print cartridge 20 of depositing colored ink, be installed in the top of support 42, the printhead 46 that is installed in support 42 lower surfaces by ink supply pin 44 and 45 from print cartridge 10 and 20 ink supply.
Fig. 4 is to be cross section structure figure when print cartridge is rack-mount under the situation of example with tusche box 10.When print cartridge 10 correctly is connected on the ink supply pin 44, connector 31 on the circuit board 30 contacts with the connector 47 on support 42, thereby print cartridge 10 is connected on the control device 49 by a movable cable 48, and print cartridge 10 just can be controlled by control device 49 like this.
Fig. 5 represents an example of control device 49.According to the signal from main frame, driving device of printer head 50 is along with the instruction control printhead 46 that print control unit 51 and cleaning control device 52 (be used for getting rid of and block) send sprays ink droplet.
After information storage such as driving condition were in storage device 32, print control unit 51 read the optimum driving condition parameter of control print cartridge 10,20 by access means 53, and implemented to print control.In this way, even to the regeneration print cartridge, the acquiescence driving condition is determined, thereby the signal of control printhead also is adjustable to optimum state, is used for controlling the emitted dose of ink droplet for best, as hereinafter described.
Read-write control device 54 writes data, is stored in data on the data storage element 55 and is written on the storage device 32 in print cartridge 10 and 20.Storage element 55 storages are washed the data of control device 52 flushing operations and the data of cleaning control device 57 cleaning operations by the data of the environment for use of the relevant printing equipment of environmental sensor 56 detections.
Below, the print cartridge 10 of said structure and 20 occupation mode describe with reference to the flow chart among Fig. 6.
When print cartridge 10,20 be installed on the support 42 after, print control unit 51 reads and is stored in print cartridge 10, print cartridge data in the semiconductor storage 32 of 20 (step B), the parameter of representing the set-up time simultaneously also is stored in print cartridge 10, in the semiconductor storage 32 of 20 (step C), judge from reusable number of times whether print cartridge need change (step D) subsequently.
If print cartridge is new, the printing ink in the print cartridge 10,20 offers printhead 46 (step F) with default conditions, thereby print procedure begins to start (step G).On the other hand, if print cartridge is reusable, the parameter in the storage element 55 can be adjusted and be upgraded according to the print cartridge parameter, thereby the process of filling printing ink is carried out (step F).Through above work and since the printing ink in the regeneration print cartridge to a certain extent reliability to be lower than original-pack print cartridge, printing ink will not reduce print quality in some way, for example, the quantity of ink (step F) that increases absorption offers printhead 46.
Print cartridge 10, printing ink in 20 is owing to printing and removing blocking operation consume, when detecting printing ink and used up (step H), semiconductor storage 32 in the print cartridge 10,20 will represent that under the control of print control unit 51 parameter that printing ink uses up the time stores with the form of print cartridge parameter.After print cartridge is set up, number of times by relatively this print cartridge regeneration use judges whether to change print cartridge (step K) once more, the depositing ink container and whether reach service life (step L) of print cartridge, judge after detecting printing ink and having used up whether the default time limit crossed (step M), and judge whether the environment for use of being monitored by environment monitoring device 56 has adverse influence (step N) to print cartridge.
If above Rule of judgment all satisfies, expression can be changed print cartridge (step O) on the display of printing equipment or main frame, and simultaneously the parameter in the storage device 55 is written in the semiconductor storage 32 in the print cartridge 10,20 (step P).In contrast, if above Rule of judgment has any not satisfy, print cartridge just can not refill and use, and this print cartridge of demonstration should be abandoned (step Q) on the display of printing equipment or main frame.
According to above embodiment, in semiconductor storage 32, store preset parameter date of manufacture for example, service life, renewable number of times also stores for example actual reproduction access times of target print cartridge of some other parameter, the cleaning state when changing print cartridge, its maintenance situation such as the replacing of parts, the nearest service time of print cartridge, the time that printing ink uses up, the behaviour in service of print cartridge or environment for use parameter.Storage device can also be stored the minimum China ink amount of depositing of default print cartridge in addition.That is to say that when print cartridge minimum China ink amount parameter of depositing when factory transports has stored, residual ink amount parameter has just gone on record after print cartridge is installed on the printing equipment.The purpose that reads these parameters is in order to prevent the damage of printhead.
What Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 represented is to have two different print cartridges when printing equipment, just the workflow diagram of above-mentioned print cartridge when a black print cartridge and a colour ink box.
When two print cartridges 10,20 are installed in back (steps A) on the carriage 42, the semiconductor storage 32 of a read-write control device 54 from each print cartridge 10,20 reads the surplus and the default minimum quantity of ink (step B) of present printing ink, and control device 54 compares (step C) mutually to them afterwards.
Result relatively when the residual ink amount is less than default minimum quantity of ink, does not carry out subsequent operation (step D) at printing equipment or host display with regard to showing printing ink to use up.
In contrast, when residual ink amount during more than default minimum quantity of ink, print control unit 51 just begins to carry out printing (step e) after the print signal input.Calculate the quantity of ink that printing consumes according to print command from the ink droplet quantity process that printhead ejects.Cleaning control device 52 is carried out so-called cleaning operation and is stopped up to prevent spout.In cleaning operation process, whenever predefined printing amount executes or the expiration beginning ink-jet of predefined time.When carrying out cleaning operation, be not print operation.And the ink droplet quantity that ejects when carrying out cleaning operation is also through calculating the consumption (step F) of the printing ink in the print cartridge 10,20.Such result is that when printing paused temporarily, for example, after one page paper had been printed, the residual ink amount had just been calculated, and parameter has also been stored (step G) by the semiconductor storage 32 in each print cartridge 10,20.
When printing had continued the long period and failure has taken place to print, actuating unit can carry out cleaning operation or control device can produce a clear instruction (step H) automatically.When cleaning operation is carried out in instruction, be stored in a print cartridge in the semiconductor storage 32, for example, the residual ink amount of first print cartridge 10 is read out (step I).The quantity of ink that the residual ink amount of reading like this, is required with being stored in default minimum quantity of ink in the first ink cartridge semiconductor storage 32 and cleaning operation with compare (step J).
When the printing ink in first ink cartridge was sufficient, the residual ink amount that is stored in second ink cartridge in the semiconductor storage 32 was read out (step K).The quantity of ink that the residual ink amount of reading subsequently, is required with being stored in default minimum quantity of ink in the second ink cartridge semiconductor storage 32 and cleaning operation with compare (step L).
In the aforesaid operations process, when the printing ink in two print cartridges was all sufficient, cleaning control device 57 was carried out the bigger routine of ink consumption and is cleaned (step M).After conventional cleaning operation was finished, program was returned steps A.
In contrast, quantity of ink in any print cartridge is less than and is stored in each ink cartridge 10, default minimum quantity of ink in 20 the semiconductor storage 32 and conventional clean required quantity of ink and the time, cleaning control device 57 is carried out once the conventional relatively less simple cleaning (step O, step R) of ink consumption of cleaning.In this operation, show that at the situation of ink cartridge printing ink deficiency printing ink uses up, need the user to change a new print cartridge (step O, step R).Changed (step Q, step T) behind the new print cartridge that is full of printing ink the step I when step is returned cleaning operation and restarted when showing the oil starvation China ink.
In addition, in step T, after a new print cartridge was installed on the printhead, beginning provided new China ink to printhead from new print cartridge.Because carried out simple cleaning before changing old print cartridge, the stopping state of spray-hole may have been alleviated certain degree.Therefore, the situation of simply cleaning when changing old print cartridge to the situation of printhead ink supply from new print cartridge will be sure about and smoothly.
In this case, because before changing print cartridge, carried out a part of cleaning, so when carrying out conventional the cleaning again, preferably deduct the quantity of ink that exhausts when the old print cartridge in front carries out cleaning operation.
According to the foregoing description, the default minimum quantity of ink that the possibility of carrying out cleaning operation is stored in print cartridge 10,20 semiconductor storages 32 when being dispatched from the factory by print cartridge determines.Therefore suitable minimum quantity of ink will be decided by the rate of drying of printing ink and the evaporation rate variation or the similar factor of printing ink solvent for use.So, equipment just can be avoided producing such as printhead and produce white point, not ink-jet of spray orifice just and the problem that the demonstration printing ink of mistake has used up when still having a large amount of printing ink in the print cartridge printed.
In addition, in the above-described embodiments, if residual ink seldom, printing ink is consumed fully by simple cleaning.Yet simply cleaning operation does not carry out yet, such as step O and step R are skipped, and stop step subsequently and show that printing ink has used up and etc. print cartridge to be replaced.
Fig. 9 is a print cartridge regenerating unit shown in the preferred embodiment.Regenerating control device 60 reads data by access means 61 from recycle print cartridge 10 ', 20 ' semiconductor storage 32, and according to the reduced parameter control ink discharging device 63 that is stored in the data memory device 62, part replacement device 64, cleaning device 65 and fill device for ink 66, and, fill ink control device 60 duty in the printing equipment is stored in the semiconductor memory mechanism 32 according to these reduced parameters.
The operating process of the print cartridge regenerating unit of this structure now describes with reference to flow process shown in Figure 10.
After print cartridge 10 is installed on the trays 67 (steps A), regenerating control device 60 reads data (step B) by access means 61 from semiconductor memory mechanism 32, thereby whether the replacing number of times of judging print cartridge is less than predetermined times (for example 10 times) (step C), whether elapsed time is less than preset time (for example 10 years) (step D) after the print cartridge production, last time whether print cartridge used up back institute elapsed time less than preset time (for example 200 days) (step e), and whether print cartridge uses (step F) under predetermined environment.If all these judgements are all satisfied, just represent the print cartridge use (step G) of can regenerating, and regenerative process begins to start (step H).In contrast, if there is a judgement not satisfy, the use of can not regenerating of expression print cartridge, thus provide the instruction of abandoning this print cartridge.
The print cartridge that satisfied regeneration requires is sent to ink discharging device 63 by pallet 67, and printing ink remaining in the print cartridge is discharged (steps A among Figure 11) by absorption or similar mode.Whether the data decision means that 60 pairs of regenerating control devices read from print cartridge (for example being installed in the packing material of ink supply port) is to life span (step B among Figure 11), and part replacement device 64 is changed the parts (step C among Figure 11) that need afterwards.
Use up back institute elapsed time for the last printing ink, can judge whether to carry out cleaning operation (Figure 11 step D), decide the length of the time that cleaning device 65 cleans, the intensity that decision is just cleaned (Figure 11 step e is to G) according to during this period of time length.
After the preorder work of reproducer is finished, regenerating control device 60 judges whether to clean print cartridge with the China ink that will charge into that (this is very necessary, because the trickle variation for the colored ink composition all can influence print quality) (step H among Figure 11), if it is essential judging this, a large amount of China inks can offer and fill device for ink 66, the China ink of scheduled volume can be emitted in print cartridge, so just can clean print cartridge with the China ink that will charge into, the China ink of scheduled volume has just charged into print cartridge (Figure 11 step I) subsequently.If needn't clean print cartridge with China ink, the China ink of scheduled volume will charge into print cartridge (Figure 11 step J).
After the printing ink filling finishes, the print cartridge data, for example ((1) fills inking data to Bi Yao information again, (2) fill black number of times again, (3) parts of Geng Huaning and title thereof, and selectable data (4) are by filling black number of times again and drawing the mode to the printhead ink supply of how many decisions of China ink amount), under the control of regenerating control device 60, be stored in (step I among Figure 10) in the semiconductor memory mechanism 32 that fills print cartridge again.
Like this, the historical data that refills the regeneration print cartridge of printing ink is eliminated, and the operation of printing equipment is guaranteed by the required data of method of operating, because the data of print cartridge have been different from original-pack print cartridge data now.
As mentioned above, according to the present invention, provide storage device, the historical data that relevant ink cartridge is used is stored in the specific region of this storage device in the mode that can repeat to write, therefore can start according to the state that uses ink cartridge by the user and fill black program, so just can realize recycling ink cartridge in the mode of higher reliability.
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1. be used to have the ink cartridge of the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises:
Container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink;
One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink;
A storage device, this storage device is arranged to store the data of the past cleaning of the data of past environment for use of the data of the history of described ink cartridge, described ink cartridge and described printhead, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode.
2. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described data comprise the data of the regeneration times of relevant described ink cartridge.
3. be used to have the ink cartridge of the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises:
Container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink;
One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink;
A storage device, this storage device are arranged to store the data of the history of described ink cartridge, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode;
Wherein, the needed data of handling of safeguarding in the past of the regeneration of described packet oil scraper print cartridge.
4. be used to have the ink cartridge of the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises:
Container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink;
One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink;
A storage device, this storage device are arranged to store the data of the history of described ink cartridge, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode;
Wherein, the needed data of handling of safeguarding in the past of described packet oil scraper print cartridge regeneration, described data comprise the data of clean conditions in the past.
5. be used to have the ink cartridge of the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises:
Container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink;
One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink;
A storage device, this storage device are arranged to store the data of the history of described ink cartridge, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode;
Wherein, the described packet oil scraper print cartridge data that needed maintenance is handled of regenerating, described data comprise the data of the state of changing a certain parts of ink cartridge.
6. ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described data comprise the data of the last service time of relevant described ink cartridge.
7. be used to have the ink cartridge of the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises:
Container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink;
One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink;
A storage device, this storage device are arranged to store the data of the history of described ink cartridge, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode;
Wherein, described data comprise the data of the time that the printing ink in the described ink cartridge uses up at last, and described data comprise the needed data of handling of safeguarding in the past of relevant ink cartridge regeneration.
8. be used to have the ink cartridge of the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises:
Container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink;
One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink;
A storage device, this storage device are arranged to store the data of the history of described ink cartridge, and this storage device has one and stores the zone of above-mentioned data can repeat writing mode;
Wherein, described data comprise the data of the past environment for use of described ink cartridge.
9. ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein, described memory device stores is represented the data of the build date of described ink cartridge.
10. ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein, described memory device stores is represented the data in the service life of described ink cartridge.
11. ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein, described memory device stores is represented the data of the last service time of described ink cartridge.
12. ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein, described memory device stores is represented the data of described ink cartridge energy regeneration times.
13. be used to have the ink cartridge of the inkjet-printing device of a printhead, this ink cartridge comprises:
Container with the ink storage chamber that is used to store printing ink;
One is used for from the ink supply port of described ink storage chamber to described printhead supply printing ink;
A storage device that is used to store the data of relevant printing ink or ink cartridge, the relevant data that are stored in the minimum quantity of ink in the described ink cartridge of described memory device stores, and described storage device has one can repeat the zone of writing mode storage representation residual ink amount data;
Wherein, according to the storage data relevant with the residual ink amount with minimum quantity of ink, described ink cartridge changes printing ink through operation in can be during the cleaning of described printhead and discharges operation.
14. inkjet-printing device comprises:
A printhead that is used to spray ink droplet;
One stores printing ink therein so that to the ink cartridge of described printhead ink supply;
A storage device, this memory device stores is about the data of this ink cartridge, about the data of the past cleaning of the data of the past environment for use of this ink cartridge and this printhead;
The control device of the described printhead of a Data Control addressable described storage device, that provide according to the outside, when this ink cartridge was installed on this printing equipment, described control device was according to being stored in Data Control printing ink in the described storage device to the filling of described printhead;
Described control device determines whether this printhead needs cleaning and control clean operation.
15. inkjet-printing device according to claim 14, wherein, described control device judges according to the data in the described storage device whether the ink cartridge of being installed is what to reuse.
16. inkjet-printing device according to claim 14, wherein, the control that the printing ink filling is operated is the quantity of ink that control is drawn.
17. inkjet-printing device according to claim 14, wherein, described control device described ink cartridge will be when this printing equipment be pulled down the data of user mode of relevant described ink cartridge be stored in the described storage device.
18. inkjet-printing device according to claim 17, wherein, the data of described relevant user mode are meant the time that described ink cartridge uses up.
19. inkjet-printing device according to claim 17, wherein, the data of described relevant user mode are meant the maintenance state parameter of described printhead when described ink cartridge is installed on this printing equipment.
20. inkjet-printing device according to claim 17, wherein, the data of described relevant user mode are meant the data of the relevant environment when described ink cartridge is installed on this printing equipment.
21. inkjet-printing device according to claim 14, wherein, described control device judges whether to carry out regenerative process next time according to the data that are stored in the described storage device.
22. inkjet-printing device according to claim 14, wherein, described control device judges whether to carry out regenerative process next time according to the data that are stored in the described storage device, and this ink cartridge is abandoned in demonstration when this control device judgement can not be regenerated use.
23. inkjet-printing device according to claim 21, wherein, described judgement is number of times, life-span of using according to regeneration, detect printing ink after using up time and environment for use are made.
24. inkjet-printing device comprises:
A printhead that is used to spray ink droplet;
One stores printing ink therein so that to the ink cartridge of described printhead ink supply;
A storage representation ink cartridge is preset the storage device of the data of minimum quantity of ink and residual ink amount;
The control device of the described printhead of a Data Control addressable described storage device, that provide according to the outside, described control device judges whether that according to the data that are stored in the described storage device needs carry out clean operation.
25. inkjet-printing device according to claim 24, wherein, during the summation of the quantity of ink that will consume more than default minimum quantity of ink and clean operation when the residual ink amount, described control device execution clean operation.
26. inkjet-printing device according to claim 24, wherein, when the residual ink amount was less than the summation of the quantity of ink that default minimum quantity of ink and clean operation will consume more than default minimum quantity of ink, described control device was carried out an easy clean and is operated.
27. be used for the print cartridge regenerating unit of the ink cartridge of inkjet-printing device, this print cartridge regenerating unit comprises:
Read the device of data of the use history of the relevant ink cartridge that will regenerate the storage device on being installed in ink cartridge;
Control device according to described Data Control regenerating treater, this control device represent that to the major general data of regeneration times and recovery time are stored in the described storage device after regenerative operation is finished;
Described control device determines the time that printhead need clean and whether needs cleaning, and described control device control clean operation.
28. print cartridge regenerating unit according to claim 27, wherein, described control device is stored in the data of relevant ink cartridge maintenance state in the described storage device after regenerative operation is finished.
29. print cartridge regenerating unit according to claim 27, wherein, described regenerating treater comprises print cartridge cleaning device and printing ink injection device at least.
30. print cartridge regenerating unit according to claim 27, wherein, described control device judges whether to carry out regenerative operation according to the data in this storage device.
31. print cartridge regenerating unit according to claim 27, wherein, described control device is according to the degree of the Data Control cleaning device clean operation in this storage device.
32. print cartridge regenerating unit according to claim 27, wherein, described control device cleans this ink cartridge with the printing ink that will regenerate according to the data in this storage device.
33. inkjet-printing device comprises:
A printhead that is used to spray ink droplet;
One stores printing ink therein so that to the ink cartridge of described printhead ink supply;
The storage device of the data of relevant this ink cartridge of storage;
The control device of the described printhead of a Data Control addressable described storage device, that provide according to the outside, described control device judges whether to carry out regenerative process next time according to the data that are stored in the described storage device.
34. inkjet-printing device according to claim 33, wherein, described control device described ink cartridge will be when printing equipment be pulled down the data of relevant described ink cartridge user mode be stored in the described storage device.
35. inkjet-printing device according to claim 14, wherein, described control device judges whether to carry out regenerative process next time according to the data that are stored in the described storage device, and this print cartridge is abandoned in demonstration when this control device judgement can not be regenerated use.
36. according to one of claim 14 to 26 and 33 to 35 described inkjet-printing device, wherein, described storage device is placed on the described ink cartridge.
37. print cartridge regenerating unit according to claim 27, wherein, described storage device is arranged on the circuit board, described circuit board comprises and is used for the electrical interconnecting means that contacts with described inkjet-printing device, and described storage device is arranged on described circuit board and the surface surface opposite that comprises described electrical interconnecting means.
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