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Apparatus and method for driving an ink-jet printhead

US7216959B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 27, 2004
Grant dateMay 15, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/0458
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for driving an ink-jet printhead in which current is applied to a heater to heat ink to be supplied in an ink chamber to generate a bubble to eject ink from the ink chamber, the apparatus including a circuit that alternately applies current to the heater to alternate a direction of current flowing through the heater.

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