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Driving method of liquid drop ejecting head and liquid drop ejecting apparatus

US7573179B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 18, 2005
Grant dateAug 11, 2009
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Expiry dateJan 26, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/04581
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a driving method of a liquid drop ejecting head in which an oscillatory wave is imparted to a liquid accommodated in a pressure chamber using an electromechanical transducer, which is driven by applying a predetermined driving waveform to the electromechanical transducer, thereby discharging a liquid drop from a nozzle to record an image. The driving method comprising: detecting an environmental temperature, and expanding and/or contracting the driving waveform to be applied to the electromechanical transducer, in a voltage axial direction and a time axial direction, in accordance with the detected environmental temperature, and applying the resulting driving waveform to the electromechanical transducer. Also disclosed is adjusting the waveform of a reverberation adjustor portion of the driving waveform, which adjusts a residual oscillation of the liquid, in accordance with the detected environmental temperature.

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