EP0273664A3 - Droplet ejectors - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0273664A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: droplet ejectors; ejectors; droplet
Prior art date: 1986-12-19
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP87311224A

Other versions

EP0273664A2 (en

EP0273664B1 (en

Inventor

Scott Alan Elrod

Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub

Calvin F. Quate

Thomas Roy Vanzandt

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Xerox Corp

Original Assignee

Xerox Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1986-12-19

Filing date

1987-12-18

Publication date

1989-05-24

1987-12-18 Application filed by Xerox Corp filed Critical Xerox Corp

1988-07-06 Publication of EP0273664A2 publication Critical patent/EP0273664A2/en

1989-05-24 Publication of EP0273664A3 publication Critical patent/EP0273664A3/en

1993-07-14 Application granted granted Critical

1993-07-14 Publication of EP0273664B1 publication Critical patent/EP0273664B1/en

2007-12-18 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime 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
- B41J2/135—Nozzles
- B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
- B41J2/14008—Structure of acoustic ink jet print heads
- 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
- 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
- B41J2002/14322—Print head without nozzle

EP19870311224 1986-12-19 1987-12-18 Droplet ejectors Expired - Lifetime EP0273664B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US94428686A	1986-12-19	1986-12-19
US944286		1986-12-19

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0273664A2 EP0273664A2 (en)	1988-07-06
EP0273664A3 true EP0273664A3 (en)	1989-05-24
EP0273664B1 EP0273664B1 (en)	1993-07-14

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19870311224 Expired - Lifetime EP0273664B1 (en)	1986-12-19	1987-12-18	Droplet ejectors

Country Status (3)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0273664B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPS63166545A (en)
DE (1)	DE3786542T2 (en)

Families Citing this family (14)

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JPH0775890B2 (en) *	1988-12-21	1995-08-16	ゼロックスコーポレーション	Acoustic ink printer
US5412413A (en) *	1989-12-22	1995-05-02	Ricoh Co., Ltd.	Method and apparatus for making liquid drop fly to form image by generating bubble in liquid
US5339101A (en) *	1991-12-30	1994-08-16	Xerox Corporation	Acoustic ink printhead
US5629724A (en) *	1992-05-29	1997-05-13	Xerox Corporation	Stabilization of the free surface of a liquid
JPH07137250A (en) *	1993-05-14	1995-05-30	Fujitsu Ltd	Ultrasonic printer
DE69610863T2 (en) *	1995-02-21	2001-06-07	Toshiba Kawasaki Kk	Inkjet printer
US5997132A (en) *	1996-10-22	1999-12-07	Hewlett-Packard Company	Method and apparatus for improving image quality
JP3296213B2 (en) *	1996-10-30	2002-06-24	三菱電機株式会社	Liquid ejector and printing apparatus using liquid ejector
EP0881082A3 (en) *	1997-05-29	2000-05-03	Xerox Corporation	Apparatus and method for forming an image with reduced printhead signature
JPH11334102A (en)	1998-05-25	1999-12-07	Mitsubishi Electric Corp	Ink jet printer and circuit and method for detecting bubble
JP2001315328A (en)	2000-05-08	2001-11-13	Fuji Xerox Co Ltd	Driver for ink jet recorder
JP2002036534A (en)	2000-05-16	2002-02-05	Fuji Xerox Co Ltd	Driving circuit for acoustic printer and acoustic printer
DE10031030B4 (en) †	2000-06-26	2005-08-04	Bauer, Jörg R.	Method and device for producing flat components with a predetermined surface appearance and planar component, in particular front panel of a kitchen element
US7637585B2 (en)	2007-06-05	2009-12-29	Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.	Halftone printing on an inkjet printer

Citations (4)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE2623768A1 (en) *	1975-06-02	1976-12-16	Teletype Corp	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPLAYING HALFTONE IMAGES
US4308547A (en) *	1978-04-13	1981-12-29	Recognition Equipment Incorporated	Liquid drop emitter
US4499479A (en) *	1982-08-30	1985-02-12	International Business Machines Corporation	Gray scale printing with ink jet drop-on demand printing head
EP0147575A2 (en) *	1983-12-16	1985-07-10	International Business Machines Corporation	Drop-on-demand ink jet printers

1987
- 1987-12-08 JP JP31080387A patent/JPS63166545A/en active Pending
- 1987-12-18 EP EP19870311224 patent/EP0273664B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-12-18 DE DE19873786542 patent/DE3786542T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE2623768A1 (en) *	1975-06-02	1976-12-16	Teletype Corp	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPLAYING HALFTONE IMAGES
US4308547A (en) *	1978-04-13	1981-12-29	Recognition Equipment Incorporated	Liquid drop emitter
US4499479A (en) *	1982-08-30	1985-02-12	International Business Machines Corporation	Gray scale printing with ink jet drop-on demand printing head
EP0147575A2 (en) *	1983-12-16	1985-07-10	International Business Machines Corporation	Drop-on-demand ink jet printers

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
DE3786542T2 (en)	1993-10-28
DE3786542D1 (en)	1993-08-19
EP0273664A2 (en)	1988-07-06
JPS63166545A (en)	1988-07-09
EP0273664B1 (en)	1993-07-14

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1988-05-21	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
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1993-08-20	ET	Fr: translation filed
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1994-05-19	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT
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