EP0600648A3 - Method and apparatus for the control of thermal ink jet printers. - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for the control of thermal ink jet printers. Download PDF

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EP0600648A3
EP0600648A3 EP93309242A EP93309242A EP0600648A3 EP 0600648 A3 EP0600648 A3 EP 0600648A3 EP 93309242 A EP93309242 A EP 93309242A EP 93309242 A EP93309242 A EP 93309242A EP 0600648 A3 EP0600648 A3 EP 0600648A3
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ink jet
jet printers
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Brian Canfield
Clayton Holstun
King-Wah W Yeung
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HP Inc
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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
    • B41J2/04528—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits aiming at warming up the head
    • 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
    • B41J2/04563—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits detecting head temperature; Ink temperature
    • 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
    • B41J2/0458—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits controlling heads based on heating elements forming bubbles
    • 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
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/35—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads providing current or voltage to the thermal head
    • B41J2/355—Control circuits for heating-element selection
    • B41J2/36—Print density control
EP19930309242 1992-11-30 1993-11-19 Method and apparatus for the control of thermal ink jet printers Expired - Lifetime EP0600648B1 (en)

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US98300992A 1992-11-30 1992-11-30
US983009 1992-11-30

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EP0600648A2 EP0600648A2 (en) 1994-06-08
EP0600648A3 true EP0600648A3 (en) 1995-01-04
EP0600648B1 EP0600648B1 (en) 2001-10-24

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US5736995A (en) * 1991-05-01 1998-04-07 Hewlett-Packard Company Temperature control of thermal inkjet printheads by using synchronous non-nucleating pulses
JP3521976B2 (en) * 1993-10-27 2004-04-26 ヒューレット・パッカード・カンパニー Inkjet printing method and printer
US5714989A (en) * 1993-11-22 1998-02-03 Hewlett-Packard Company Inkdrop-volume test using heat-flow effects, for thermal-inkjet printers
JPH0839807A (en) * 1994-07-29 1996-02-13 Canon Inc Ink jet printing method and apparatus
US7782350B2 (en) * 2006-12-13 2010-08-24 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Printing apparatus, printing system, printhead temperature retaining control method
JP5072573B2 (en) * 2007-01-09 2012-11-14 キヤノン株式会社 Recording apparatus and recording head control method
CN115056578A (en) * 2022-05-20 2022-09-16 深圳市美松智能设备有限公司 Thermal transfer printer and printing method

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GB2169855A (en) * 1984-12-21 1986-07-23 Canon Kk Liquid-jet recorder
GB2169856A (en) * 1984-12-28 1986-07-23 Canon Kk Ink-jet recording
WO1990010541A1 (en) * 1989-03-14 1990-09-20 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Process for varying the droplet size in ink printers
EP0416557A1 (en) * 1989-09-05 1991-03-13 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Liquid jet recording head
US5036337A (en) * 1990-06-22 1991-07-30 Xerox Corporation Thermal ink jet printhead with droplet volume control
EP0511602A1 (en) * 1991-05-01 1992-11-04 Hewlett-Packard Company Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of thermal ink jet and thermal printheads through the use of nonprinting pulses

Patent Citations (6)

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GB2169855A (en) * 1984-12-21 1986-07-23 Canon Kk Liquid-jet recorder
GB2169856A (en) * 1984-12-28 1986-07-23 Canon Kk Ink-jet recording
WO1990010541A1 (en) * 1989-03-14 1990-09-20 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Process for varying the droplet size in ink printers
EP0416557A1 (en) * 1989-09-05 1991-03-13 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Liquid jet recording head
US5036337A (en) * 1990-06-22 1991-07-30 Xerox Corporation Thermal ink jet printhead with droplet volume control
EP0511602A1 (en) * 1991-05-01 1992-11-04 Hewlett-Packard Company Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of thermal ink jet and thermal printheads through the use of nonprinting pulses

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JP3408302B2 (en) 2003-05-19
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EP0600648B1 (en) 2001-10-24
DE69330991D1 (en) 2001-11-29
SG47457A1 (en) 1998-04-17
JPH06278291A (en) 1994-10-04

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