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Head drive apparatus of inkjet printer and inkjet printer

US8240798B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 2007
Grant dateAug 14, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

A head drive device of an inkjet printer having a nozzles and corresponding actuators that jet liquid drops. A drive section that generates a drive signal to the actuators. The head drive device includes a drive waveform signal which is used as a reference of a signal to control drive of the actuators. A modulating section modulates a pulse of a drive waveform signal generated by the drive waveform generating system. A low pass filter smoothes a power-amplified modulated signal subjected to the power amplification by the digital power amplifier and supplies the signal as a drive signal to the actuators. A frequency characteristics adjusting section adjusts frequency characteristics of the low pass filter as a function of the number of the actuators.

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