The present ink-jet printer is of the type in which ink droplets are charged under control and deflected by passing through an electric field, and it has two modes of operation: deflection error compensation mode and printing mode. In accordance with the present invention, deflection error is first compensated to determine an optimum amplification gain, which is then used in the printing operation, in which interactive effects with other ink droplets are compensated as well.

Ink jet printing apparatus

There is provided a liquid jet recording apparatus using recording liquids having viscosities depending upon an ambient temperature This apparatus comprises: at least one liquid droplet jet head for emitting at least one recording liquid droplet each time the head is driven; drive means for repeatedly driving this head; and control means for controlling the frequency of the repetitive driving of the head by the driving means in accordance with the ambient temperature

Liquid jet recording apparatus

An ink jet printer provided with an ink jet print head having a nozzle, an ink channel that is connected to the nozzle, and an electrostatic actuator that is composed of a diaphragm that is provided in a part of the ink channel and an electrode placed outside of the ink channel opposite to the diaphragm. The diaphragm is distorted by means of an electrostatic force generated by applying voltage to the electrostatic actuator thereby performing printing with ink droplets ejected from the nozzle. The electrostatic actuator driver comprises a timing pulse generator, charge circuit and discharge circuit. The driver controls an amount of charge to be charged to the electrostatic actuator as well as charge rate thereof corresponding to the environmental operating condition of the ink jet printer.

Apparatus for and a method of driving an ink jet head having an electrostatic actuator

In order to prevent change in the properties of recording liquid such as surface tension, viscosity, etc. a recording head is provided with an integral temperature sensor. The temperature controlling operation is performed in response to an output of the temperature sensor to maintain the recording liquid within a predetermined temperature range. In order to correct the variation in the properties of the individual temperature sensors, the main apparatus contains a reference temperature sensor. The temperature sensor of the recording head is corrected in its output on the basis of comparison between the temperature sensors. The recording head is provided with information representative of a property of the temperature sensor of the recording head. By the mounting of the recording head into the apparatus, the information is read, and the output of the temperature sensor is corrected on the basis of the read information.

A color image recording apparatus which can form by color correction, a high-quality image on a recording material, with which an image is printed on a back surface of a transparent layer thereof and the printed image is observed from the transparent layer side and can protect an image surface or improve image quality The apparatus comprises input means for inputting color image information; color correcting means for performing color correction of the color image information; converting means for performing mirror image conversion of the color image information; image forming means for performing image formation based on image signals from the color correcting means; and means for changing correcting parameters of the color correcting means and instructing a converting operation by the converting means in correspondence with types of recording materials of the image forming means

Color image recording apparatus

A circuit arrangement for piezo-electric recording nozzles, in ink mosaic recording devices, to effect a temperature regulation of the control voltages therefor in which the respective recording nozzles are each provided with a control circuit for individually controlling the respective nozzles and which may be individually adjusted, in combination with a regulating circuit which is common to all of the control circuits, and includes temperature-dependent means for controlling the regulating means, whereby the latter supplies at its output a voltage which varies in accordance with the environmental temperature at such temperature-dependent means.

Circuit arrangement for temperature-dependent voltage regulation of piezo-electric recording nozzles in ink mosaic recording devices

The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for temperature-dependent voltage regulation for piezoelectric write nozzles in ink mosaic recording directions. For temperature-dependent voltage supply of the above control circuits can be operated with an adjustable voltage peizoelektrischen write nozzles in ink mosaic writing devices a common control circuit for all of the control circuits (16) is provided for generating a temperature dependent output voltage, at whose output the individual control circuits (2) are connected in parallel; the individual adjustment of the operating voltage takes place via the control circuits upstream adjustable resistors (12). The invention is used in ink mosaic recording directions.

Kern Hans

Papers

Circuit arrangement for temperature-dependent voltage regulation of piezo-electric recording nozzles in ink mosaic recording devices

Switching circuit for the temperature-dependent voltage regulation of piezoelectric printing nozzles in mosaic ink jet printers

Schaltungsanordnung zur temperaturabhaengigen spannungsregelung fuer piezoelektrische schreibduesen in tintenmosaikschreibeinrichtungen