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Ink-jet recording apparatus with mechanism for automatically regulating a recording head

US4977459A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 21, 1990
Grant dateDec 11, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 21, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2202/12
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink-jet apparatus in which a recorded image is read to provide a image reference signal for comparison with an image recording signal, the resulting comparison being used as a basis for diagnosing an ink injection state of a recording head nozzles in order to determine and implement an ink injection recovery process.

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