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GB2210586B - Liquid-discharge recording apparatus - Google Patents

Liquid-discharge recording apparatus

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Publication number
GB2210586B
GB2210586B GB8828313A GB8828313A GB2210586B GB 2210586 B GB2210586 B GB 2210586B GB 8828313 A GB8828313 A GB 8828313A GB 8828313 A GB8828313 A GB 8828313A GB 2210586 B GB2210586 B GB 2210586B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
liquid
recording apparatus
discharge recording
discharge
recording
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
GB8828313A
Other versions
GB2210586A (en
GB8828313D0 (en
Inventor
Akira Nagatomo
Yoshifumi Hattori
Isao Ebisawa
Tsutomu Abe
Takashi Ohba
Hiroshi Iida
Kenjiro Watanabe
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Canon Inc
Original Assignee
Canon Inc
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Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from JP26861584A external-priority patent/JPS61146559A/en
Priority claimed from JP26860484A external-priority patent/JPS61146549A/en
Priority claimed from JP26860584A external-priority patent/JPS61146550A/en
Priority claimed from JP26860684A external-priority patent/JPS61146551A/en
Priority claimed from JP26860984A external-priority patent/JPS61146554A/en
Priority claimed from JP26860884A external-priority patent/JPS61146553A/en
Priority claimed from JP26861384A external-priority patent/JPS61146558A/en
Priority claimed from JP26861284A external-priority patent/JPS61146557A/en
Priority claimed from JP26860384A external-priority patent/JPS61146548A/en
Priority claimed from JP26860184A external-priority patent/JPS61146546A/en
Priority claimed from JP26860284A external-priority patent/JPS61146547A/en
Priority claimed from JP26861084A external-priority patent/JPS61146555A/en
Priority claimed from JP26860784A external-priority patent/JPS61146552A/en
Priority claimed from GB8531413A external-priority patent/GB2169855B/en
Application filed by Canon Inc filed Critical Canon Inc
Priority to GB8828313A priority Critical patent/GB2210586B/en
Publication of GB8828313D0 publication Critical patent/GB8828313D0/en
Publication of GB2210586A publication Critical patent/GB2210586A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2210586B publication Critical patent/GB2210586B/en
Priority to SG88091A priority patent/SG88091G/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
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    • B41J2/04528—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits aiming at warming up the head
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    • B41J2/355—Control circuits for heating-element selection
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GB8828313A 1984-12-21 1988-12-05 Liquid-discharge recording apparatus Expired - Lifetime GB2210586B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8828313A GB2210586B (en) 1984-12-21 1988-12-05 Liquid-discharge recording apparatus
SG88091A SG88091G (en) 1984-12-21 1991-10-22 Liquid-discharge recording apparatus

Applications Claiming Priority (15)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP26860784A JPS61146552A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording device
JP26861084A JPS61146555A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording device
JP26860184A JPS61146546A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording apparatus
JP26860884A JPS61146553A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording device
JP26860384A JPS61146548A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording device
JP26861284A JPS61146557A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording device
JP26860284A JPS61146547A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording apparatus
JP26861384A JPS61146558A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recorder
JP26861584A JPS61146559A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recorder
JP26860484A JPS61146549A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording device
JP26860984A JPS61146554A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording device
JP26860684A JPS61146551A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording device
JP26860584A JPS61146550A (en) 1984-12-21 1984-12-21 Liquid jet recording device
GB8531413A GB2169855B (en) 1984-12-21 1985-12-20 Liquid-discharge recording apparatus and method of operation thereof
GB8828313A GB2210586B (en) 1984-12-21 1988-12-05 Liquid-discharge recording apparatus

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GB8828313D0 GB8828313D0 (en) 1989-01-05
GB2210586A GB2210586A (en) 1989-06-14
GB2210586B true GB2210586B (en) 1990-04-04

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Families Citing this family (4)

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DE69128204T2 (en) 1990-02-13 1998-03-26 Canon Kk Color beam recording device
JP2675888B2 (en) * 1990-02-13 1997-11-12 キヤノン株式会社 Information processing device
DE69131362T2 (en) * 1990-02-26 2000-03-23 Canon K.K., Tokio/Tokyo Ink jet recorder
JP2675905B2 (en) * 1990-06-12 1997-11-12 キヤノン株式会社 Ink jet recording device

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4045802A (en) * 1975-07-29 1977-08-30 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Ink ejection printing apparatus comprising automatically actuated ejection orifice cap
GB1584381A (en) * 1976-06-07 1981-02-11 Konishiroku Photo Ind Ink jet recording device
US4275402A (en) * 1979-01-29 1981-06-23 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Circuit arrangement for temperature-dependent voltage regulation of piezo-electric recording nozzles in ink mosaic recording devices
GB2159465A (en) * 1984-05-25 1985-12-04 Canon Kk Generating droplets by heating

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4045802A (en) * 1975-07-29 1977-08-30 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Ink ejection printing apparatus comprising automatically actuated ejection orifice cap
GB1584381A (en) * 1976-06-07 1981-02-11 Konishiroku Photo Ind Ink jet recording device
US4275402A (en) * 1979-01-29 1981-06-23 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Circuit arrangement for temperature-dependent voltage regulation of piezo-electric recording nozzles in ink mosaic recording devices
GB2159465A (en) * 1984-05-25 1985-12-04 Canon Kk Generating droplets by heating

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