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Method for driving ink jet recording head and ink jet recorder

US6962398B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 2001
Grant dateNov 8, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/055
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of driving an ink jet recording head, and an ink jet recording apparatus. A driving wave form for driving a piezoelectric actuator includes a first voltage changing process to compress a pressure generating chamber with a rise time of t1, and a second voltage changing process to expand the pressure generating chamber with a fall time of t3 after the voltage is maintained during a time of t2. The start time, the voltage changing time, and the voltage variation of the second voltage changing process are set so that, in a room temperature environment, a first peak value v1 and a second peak value v1 of particle velocity generated at the nozzle section satisfy the condition: 0.3≦v2/v1≦0.6.

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