Ink jet recording apparatus, ink jet recording head, and ink jet recording method
US6652070B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2002/14379
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An jet recording apparatus, which records on a recording medium by discharging ink form a recording head, is provided with at least two electrothermal converting elements each having different amount of heat generation, and driven each individually, which are arranged in the ink flow path communicated with the discharge port of the recording head along the ink flow path each in different distance to the discharge port, and when the pre-discharge is performed without participating in recording, driving signals needed for discharging ink are supplied to the electrothermal converting element on the side near to the discharge port subsequent to being supplied to the electrothermal converting element on the side away from the discharge port. The pre-discharge is performed immediately before recording per line, and the number of discharges is set to be larger for the electrothermal converting element on the side away from the discharge port than the number of discharges for the electrothermal converting element on the side near to the discharge port.
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