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Method of driving liquid-drop-ejecting recording head, and liquid-drop-ejecting recording device

US7334856B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 2005
Grant dateFeb 26, 2008
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/04595
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid-drop-ejecting recording head carries out image recording by applying a jetting pulse having a binary digital driving waveform to a piezoelectric element, providing a vibration wave to liquid accommodated in an accommodating chamber, and ejecting a liquid drop from a eject opening. The liquid-drop-ejecting recording head classifies each pixel in accordance with density data thereof. When recording a pixel belonging to a high density range, plural jetting pulses, whose pulse width is ½ times a natural vibration period of a liquid flow at a flow path of the liquid, are applied within a single printing cycle at an interval which is set in advance in accordance with density data of the pixel.

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