WO2005023547A1 - 液体吐出装置及び液体吐出方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a liquid ejection device and a liquid ejection method for ejecting liquid droplets from ejection ports.
- an apparatus for ejecting liquid there is an ink jet type liquid ejecting apparatus which ejects liquid ink from a liquid ejection section to a recording paper as an object to record images and characters. .
- the liquid ejecting apparatus using the ink jet system has advantages of low running cost, small size of the apparatus, and easy colorization of a printed image.
- ink is supplied from an ink cartridge such as yellow, magenta, cyan, or black to an ink liquid chamber of a liquid ejection section.
- the ink supplied to the ink liquid chamber or the like is pressed by pressure generated by a pressure generating element such as a heating resistor disposed in the ink liquid chamber.
- a pressure generating element such as a heating resistor disposed in the ink liquid chamber.
- the ink in the ink liquid chamber is ejected from a minute ink ejection port provided in the liquid ejection section, that is, a so-called nozzle.
- the ink in the ink chamber is heated by the heating resistor arranged in the ink liquid chamber, and bubbles are generated in the ink on the heating resistor.
- the pressure generated by the bubbles ink is ejected from the nozzle, and the ejected ink lands on a recording paper or the like as an object to print an image or a character.
- an ink cartridge is mounted on a liquid ejection head, and the liquid ejection head moves in a width direction of the recording paper, that is, in a direction substantially orthogonal to a recording paper conveyance direction.
- a serial-type printer device in which ink of a predetermined color lands on recording paper. Further, the range substantially equal to the width of the recording paper is defined as the ink discharge range, that is, the ink is discharged from the nozzles of the liquid discharge section arranged in the width direction of the recording paper.
- line head type liquid discharge device for discharging liquid.
- the serial type liquid discharge device stops the running of the recording paper when the liquid discharge head moves in a direction substantially perpendicular to the recording paper conveyance direction, and moves the liquid discharge head with respect to the stopped recording paper.
- the ink is ejected while the printing is being performed, and printing is performed by repeating this process.
- a liquid discharge head is generally fixed, and printing is performed by discharging ink from the liquid discharge head and landing it on continuously running recording paper.
- the line head type liquid ejecting apparatus does not move the liquid ejecting head, so that high-speed printing can be performed as compared with the serial type printer apparatus.
- each ink cartridge can be made large, and the ink capacity of the ink cartridge can be increased.
- the configuration can be simplified, and each ink cartridge and the liquid ejecting head can be provided integrally. Become.
- the printing accuracy of images, characters, and the like is affected by the accuracy of the timing at which the ink lands on the running recording paper. More specifically, for example, when the traveling speed of the recording paper is high, the recorded image, characters, and the like are stretched and printed in the transport direction of the recording paper, and when the traveling speed of the recording paper is low, the recording is performed. There is a problem that the printed image, characters, etc., are shrunk in the recording paper conveyance direction and printed.
- a servo motor or the like is used for controlling a motor or the like for running a recording sheet.
- the running speed constant so that the running speed of the recording paper does not become uneven, the timing at which ink lands on the recording paper is controlled.
- the ejection angle of the ink droplet i from the nozzle 205 becomes too small.
- the ejection angle ⁇ of the ink droplet i is too small, so that when the ink droplet i is ejected from the nozzle 205, the edge 205a of the nozzle 205 is touched. Further, the ejection direction varies.
- the ink droplet i lands on the main surface of the recording paper P.
- the impact point shifts, causing uneven color tone and white streaks, which degrades image quality.
- the heat value of each heating resistor 202 for ejecting the ink droplet i from the nozzle 205 that is, the heat is supplied to each heating resistor 202 in order to cause each heating resistor 202 to generate heat. It is important to properly control the amount of energy, such as the current that flows.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a novel liquid ejection device and a new liquid ejection method that can solve the problems of the conventional technology as described above.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid discharge apparatus and a liquid discharge apparatus capable of preventing a deterioration in image quality by preventing a pressure balance for pressing a liquid, which is generated by each pressure generating element, from becoming uncontrollable. It is to provide a method.
- a liquid ejection device includes a liquid chamber that stores a liquid, two or more liquid chambers, a pressure generating element that presses the liquid stored in the liquid chamber, and a liquid that is pressed by each pressure generating element. And a discharge port for discharging the liquid from the liquid chamber in the form of droplets, controlling the timing and time of supply of energy to each pressure generating element, and controlling the discharge angle when discharging the droplet from the discharge port.
- Discharge control means uses the energy supplied to one of the pressure generating elements as a reference, and supplies the other pressure generating element to the reference energy supply timing with respect to the reference energy supply timing. The energy is supplied with the timing shifted within a time period within 20% of the supply time.
- the liquid ejection device supplies the other pressure generating element with energy at substantially the same timing as the reference energy, or within a range of 20% of the time during which the reference energy is supplied to the reference energy. By supplying the energy at a different time, the energy is supplied to each pressure generating element at an appropriate timing, and the liquid can be discharged from the discharge port in a desired direction.
- the liquid discharging method includes a liquid chamber for storing a liquid, two or more liquid chambers, a pressure generating element for pressing the liquid stored in the liquid chamber, and a pressure chamber for pressing the liquid. And a discharge port for discharging the discharged liquid from the liquid chamber in the form of liquid droplets, wherein the pressure supplied to one of the pressure generating elements is set as a reference, and The energy is supplied to the generator with the timing shifted from the reference energy supply timing within 20% of the reference energy supply time, and the droplets are discharged from the discharge port. Control of the discharge angle at the time of discharge.
- the other pressure-generating element is supplied with energy at substantially the same timing as the reference energy, or a range within 20% of the time during which the reference energy is supplied to the reference energy.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a liquid ejection device according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an ink jet print head cartridge used in the liquid ejection device.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an ink jet print head cartridge.
- FIG. 4A and 4B show the ink supply unit when the ink cartridge is mounted on the ink jet print head cartridge, and FIG. 4A is a schematic view showing a state where the supply port is closed. FIG. 4B is a schematic view showing a state where the supply port is opened.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a relationship between an ink cartridge and an ink ejection head constituting an ink jet print head cartridge.
- FIG. 6A and 6B show a valve mechanism at a connection portion of the ink cartridge.
- FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the valve is closed
- FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the valve is open.
- FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing an ink ejection head of the ink jet print head cartridge.
- FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an ink ejection head.
- FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the ink discharge head discharges ink droplets, and a state in which ink bubbles having substantially the same size are formed in the ink liquid chamber.
- FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which an ink discharge head discharges ink droplets, and shows a state in which ink droplets are discharged from a nozzle substantially directly below by two ink bubbles. .
- FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the ink discharge head discharges ink droplets, and a state where ink bubbles of different sizes are formed in the ink liquid chamber.
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the ink discharge head discharges ink droplets, and a state in which the ink droplets are discharged in a substantially oblique direction by two ink bubbles.
- FIG. 13 is a side view showing a part of the liquid ejection device in a see-through manner.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the liquid ejection device.
- FIG. 15 is a circuit diagram showing a discharge control unit of the control circuit.
- FIG. 16A to FIG. 16C show that an ejection control unit controls the ejection direction of ink droplets.
- FIG. 16A is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which ink droplets are ejected almost directly below;
- FIG. 16B is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which ink droplets are ejected substantially obliquely in one of the width directions of the recording paper centering on the nozzles, and
- FIG. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state where the ink is discharged in a substantially oblique direction.
- FIG. 17 is a characteristic diagram showing a relationship between a shift amount of a current supply timing of a pair of heating resistors constituting an ink ejection head and an ejection angle.
- FIG. 18A to FIG. 18F are schematic diagrams showing landing points of ink droplets ejected from nozzles when a pulse current is supplied to a pair of heating resistors in an ink ejection head at a shifted timing.
- Fig. 18A shows the impact point when the shift amount of the current supply timing is 0%
- Fig. 18B shows the impact point when the shift amount of the current supply timing is 7.5%
- Fig. 18C shows the impact point.
- 18D is the impact point when the shift amount of the current supply timing is 13%
- FIG. 18D is the impact point when the shift amount of the current supply timing is 20%.
- 18F is the impact point when the shift amount of the power supply is 21%
- FIG. 18F is the impact point when the shift amount of the current supply timing is 3 ⁇ 43%.
- FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a printing operation of the liquid ejection device according to the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a side view showing, in a partially transparent manner, a state in which the head cap opening / closing mechanism is open in the liquid ejection apparatus according to the present invention.
- FIGS. 21A to 21C are other examples of the ink discharge head.
- FIG. 21A is a plan view showing a state in which heating resistors are arranged side by side in the recording paper conveyance direction
- FIG. 21C is a plan view showing a state where three heating resistors are provided in the chamber
- FIG. 21C is a plan view showing a state where heating resistors are provided in the ink chamber.
- FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a conventional liquid ejection unit.
- a printer device 1 which is an ink jet type liquid discharge device to which the present invention is applied prints images and characters on a recording paper P traveling in a predetermined direction by discharging ink or the like. Is what you do.
- This printer device 1 has ink ejection ports (nozzles) arranged in a line in the width direction of the recording paper P, that is, in the direction of the arrow W in FIG. This is a loose line head type printer device.
- a printer device 1 includes an ink jet print head cartridge (hereinafter, referred to as a unit head cartridge) 2 for discharging ink 4 and a printer body 3 to which the head cartridge 2 is mounted.
- the head cartridge 2 can be attached to and detached from the printer body 3, and the ink cartridges lly, 11m, 11c, and 1 lk serving as ink supply sources can be attached to and detached from the head cartridge 2.
- an ink cartridge lly filled with yellow ink, an ink cartridge llm filled with magenta ink, an ink cartridge llc filled with cyan ink, and an ink cartridge Ilk filled with black ink are used.
- the head cartridge 2 is detachable from the printer body 3, and the ink cartridge is detachable from the head cartridge 2.
- the cartridges lly, 11m, 11c, and Ilk can be replaced as consumables.
- the recording paper P stored in the tray 55a is mounted by mounting the tray 55a for stacking and storing the recording paper P in the tray mounting portion 5 provided on the front bottom surface side of the printer body 3. Paper P can be fed into the printer body 3.
- the recording paper P is fed from the paper feed port 55 to the rear side of the printer body 3 by the paper supply / discharge mechanism 54 (see FIG. 13). Paper.
- the recording paper P sent to the rear side of the printer body 3 is reversed in the transport direction by the reversing roller 83 (see FIG. 13), and is sent from the back side of the printer body 3 to the front side on the upper side of the outward path.
- the recording paper P sent from the back side to the front side of the printer body 3 is processed by an information processing device 69 such as a personal computer (see FIG. 14) until it is discharged from the paper discharge port 56 provided in the front side of the printer body 3.
- Print data corresponding to the input character data or image data is printed as characters or images.
- the head cartridge 2 which prints on the recording paper P, is attached from the top side of the printer body 3, that is, from the direction of arrow A in FIG. To perform printing.
- a head cartridge 2 that can be attached to and detached from the printer main body 1 that constitutes the printer device 1 described above, and ink cartridges lly, 11m, 11c, and Ilk that can be attached to and detached from the head cartridge 2 This will be described with reference to the drawings.
- the head cartridge 2 discharges the ink 4, which is a conductive liquid, into fine particles by the pressure generated by pressure generating means using, for example, an electrothermal conversion type or an electromechanical conversion type, and the like. A droplet is sprayed onto the main surface of an object such as recording paper P.
- the head cartridge 2 has a cartridge main body 21 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and the cartridge main body 21 has an ink cartridge lly, 11 m, which is a container filled with the ink 4. , 11c, 1 lk is attached.
- the ink cartridges 1 ly, 11 m, 11 c, and I lk are simply referred to as the ink cartridge 11.
- the ink cartridge 11 that can be attached to and detached from the head cartridge 2 has a cartridge container 12 formed by injection molding a resin material such as polypropylene having strength and ink resistance. .
- This cartridge container 12 uses the longitudinal direction.
- the recording paper P is formed in a substantially rectangular shape having substantially the same dimension as the width in the width direction of the recording paper P, and is configured to maximize the amount of ink stored inside.
- a cartridge container 12 that forms the ink cartridge 11 includes an ink storage unit 13 that stores the ink 4, and an ink supply unit 14 that supplies the ink 4 from the ink storage unit 13 to the cartridge body 21 of the head cartridge 2.
- a storage section 17 for temporarily storing the ink 4, a locking projection 18 for locking the ink cartridge 11 to the cartridge body 21, and an engagement step 19 are provided between the air introduction path 16 and the air introduction path 16. Have been.
- the ink storage section 13 forms a space for storing the ink 4 with a highly airtight material.
- the ink storage section 13 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and the dimension in the longitudinal direction is substantially the same as the dimension in the width direction of the recording paper P used, that is, the dimension in the width direction W of the recording paper P shown in FIG. Is formed.
- the ink supply unit 14 is provided at a substantially central portion below the ink storage unit 13.
- the ink supply unit 14 is a substantially protruding nozzle communicating with the ink storage unit 13.
- the tip of the nozzle is fitted into a connection portion 26 of the head cartridge 2 described below, so that the cartridge container of the ink cartridge 2 is formed. 12 and the cartridge body 21 of the head cartridge 2 are connected.
- the ink supply section 14 is provided with a supply port 14b for supplying the ink 4 to the bottom surface 14a of the ink cartridge 11.
- the bottom surface 14a includes a valve 14c for opening and closing the supply port 14b, a coil spring 14d for urging the valve 14c in a direction to close the supply port 14b, and an opening / closing pin 14e for opening and closing the valve 14c.
- the supply port 14b for supplying the ink 4 connected to the connection portion 26 of the head cartridge 2 is provided at a stage before the ink cartridge 11 is attached to the cartridge body 21 of the head cartridge 2, as shown in FIG.
- the valve 14c is urged in the direction to close the supply port 14b by the urging force of the coil panel 14d, which is an urging member, and is closed. Then, when the ink cartridge 11 is mounted on the cartridge body 21, as shown in FIG. 4B, the opening / closing pin 14e pushes the coil spring 14d by the upper portion of the connection portion 26 of the cartridge body 21 constituting the head cartridge 2. Pushed up in the opposite direction. As a result, the pushed-up opening / closing pin 14e pushes the urging force of the coil spring 14d. The valve 14c is pushed up to open the supply port 14b.
- the ink supply section 14 of the ink cartridge 11 is connected to the connection section 26 of the head cartridge 2, communicates the ink storage section 13 and the ink storage section 31, and supplies the ink 4 to the ink storage section 31. It is in a state where it is possible to supply.
- the external communication hole 15 is a vent for taking in air from outside the ink cartridge 11 into the ink container 13.
- the external communication hole 15 is provided on the top surface of the cartridge container 12 at a position facing the outside when the cartridge is mounted on the mounting portion 22 so that the external communication hole 15 can be exposed to the outside when the head cartridge 2 is mounted on the mounting portion 22.
- it is provided substantially at the center of the upper surface.
- the external communication hole 15 is provided when the ink 4 in the ink container 13 is reduced when the ink cartridge 11 is mounted on the cartridge body 21 and the ink 4 flows down from the ink container 13 to the cartridge body 21. A corresponding amount of air is taken into the ink cartridge 11 from outside.
- the air introduction path 16 communicates the ink storage portion 13 with the external communication hole 15 and introduces air taken in from the external communication hole 15 into the ink storage portion 13.
- the storage section 17 is provided between the external communication hole 15 and the air introduction path 16, and when the ink 4 leaks out from the air introduction path 16 communicating with the ink storage section 13, the ink 4 is slightly and externally bent. Temporarily store ink 4 so that it does not flow out.
- the storage section 17 is formed in a substantially rhombic shape with the longer diagonal line as the longitudinal direction of the ink storage section 13, and at the top located at the lowest position of the ink storage section 13, that is, the shorter diagonal line.
- An air introduction path 16 is provided on the lower side of the upper part, and the ink 4 entering from the ink storage part 13 can be returned to the ink storage part 13 again.
- the locking projection 18 is a projection provided on one side surface of the short side of the ink cartridge 11, and is engaged with an engagement hole 24a formed in the latch lever 24 of the cartridge body 21 of the head cartridge 2. .
- the locking projection 18 is formed as a flat surface whose upper surface is substantially perpendicular to the side surface of the ink storage portion 13, and the lower surface is formed so as to be inclined from the side surface to the upper surface.
- the engagement step 19 is provided on the upper side of the side opposite to the side on which the locking projection 18 of the ink cartridge 11 is provided.
- the engagement step 19 includes an inclined surface 19a which is in contact with one end of the upper surface of the cartridge container 12, and a plane 19b which is continuous with the other end and the other side surface of the inclined surface 19a and is substantially parallel to the upper surface.
- the ink cartridge 11 is formed so that the engagement step 19 is provided, so that the height of the side surface on which the flat surface 19b is provided is one step lower than the upper surface of the cartridge container 12, and the step of the cartridge body 21 engages with the engagement piece 23.
- the engaging step portion 19 is provided on the side surface on the insertion end side when inserted into the mounting portion 22 of the head cartridge 2, and is engaged with the engaging piece 23 on the mounting portion 22 side of the head cartridge 2. It serves as a pivot point when the ink cartridge 11 is mounted on the mounting section 22.
- the ink cartridge 11 configured as described above includes, for example, a remaining amount detection unit for detecting the remaining amount of the ink 4 in the ink storage unit 13 and ink cartridges ly, 11m, and 11c. , Ilk, and the like.
- the head cartridge 2 is
- the cartridge body 21 includes mounting portions 22y, 22m, 22c, and 22k (hereinafter, simply referred to as the mounting portion 22 when the whole is shown), and the ink cartridge 11.
- the mounting portion 22 in which the ink cartridge 11 is mounted has an upper surface formed in a substantially concave shape so that the ink cartridge 11 is mounted.
- the recording paper P is stored in a direction substantially orthogonal to the width direction of the recording paper P, that is, in the transport direction of the recording paper P.
- the mounting section 22 is long in the printing width direction, like the ink cartridge 11, because the ink cartridge 11 is housed therein.
- the ink cartridge 11 is housed and mounted in the cartridge body 21.
- the mounting portion 22 is a portion where the ink cartridge 11 is mounted, a portion where the yellow ink cartridge ly is mounted is a mounting portion 22y, and a magenta ink cartridge 11m is mounted.
- the mounting part is 22m
- the part where the cyan ink cartridge 11c is mounted is the mounting part 22c
- the part where the black ink cartridge Ilk is mounted is the mounting part 22k.
- 22y, 22m, 22c and 22k are respectively partitioned by partition walls 22a.
- the black ink cartridge Ilk is generally used in a large amount, the black ink cartridge Ilk is formed to be thick so that the internal capacity of the ink 4 is large. , 11m, 11c.
- the mounting portion 22k is wider than the other mounting portions 22y, 22m, and 22c in accordance with the thickness of the ink cartridge Ilk.
- an engagement piece 23 is provided at an open end of the mounting portion 22 to which the ink cartridge 11 is mounted, as shown in FIG.
- the engagement piece 23 is provided at one longitudinal edge of the mounting portion 22 and engages with the engagement step 19 of the ink cartridge 11.
- the ink cartridge 11 is inserted obliquely into the mounting portion 22 with the engagement step 19 side of the ink cartridge 11 as an insertion end, and rotates the engagement position between the engagement step 19 and the engagement piece 23.
- the side of the ink cartridge 11 where the engagement step 19 is not provided is rotated toward the mounting section 22 so that the mounting section 22 can be installed.
- the ink cartridge 11 can be easily mounted on the mounting section 22.
- the latch lever 24 is formed by bending a panel panel, and is provided on a side surface of the mounting portion 22 opposite to the engagement piece 23, that is, on the other side surface in the longitudinal direction.
- the latch lever 24 has a base end integrally provided on the bottom surface of the side surface of the other end in the longitudinal direction of the mounting portion 22, and has a distal end side elastically displaced in a direction approaching or separating from the side surface.
- an engagement hole 24a is formed on the distal end side.
- the latch lever 24 is elastically displaced at the same time that the ink cartridge 11 is mounted on the mounting portion 22, and the engaging hole 24 a engages with the locking projection 18 of the ink cartridge 11, and is mounted on the mounting portion 22. Make sure that the ink cartridge 11 does not fall out of the mounting section 22.
- the urging member 25 is provided on the bottom surface on the side surface corresponding to the engagement step 19 of the ink cartridge 11 by bending a panel panel that urges the ink cartridge 11 in a detaching direction.
- the biasing member 25 has a top portion formed by bending, elastically displaces in a direction approaching and separating from the bottom surface, presses the bottom surface of the ink cartridge 11 at the top portion, and is mounted on the mounting portion 22. This is an iriet member that urges the ink cartridge 11 in a direction in which the ink cartridge 11 is removed from the mounting portion 22.
- the urging member 25 ejects the ink cartridge 11 from the mounting portion 23 when the engagement between the engagement hole 24a of the latch lever 24 and the locking projection 18 is released.
- connection section 26 serves as an ink supply path for supplying the ink 4 from the ink supply section 14 to the ink ejection head 27.
- the connecting portion 26 includes an ink reservoir 31 for storing the ink 4 supplied from the ink cartridge 11 and a seal member for sealing the ink supply portion 14 connected to the connecting portion 26. 32, a filter 33 for removing impurities in the ink 4, and a valve mechanism 34 for opening and closing a supply path to the ink ejection head 27 side.
- the ink reservoir 31 is a space that is connected to the ink supply unit 14 and stores the ink 4 supplied from the ink cartridge 11.
- the seal member 32 is provided at the upper end of the ink reservoir 31.
- the valve mechanism 34 includes an ink inflow path 34a to which the ink 4 is supplied from the ink reservoir 31, an ink chamber 34b into which the ink 4 flows from the ink inflow path 34a, and an ink chamber.
- the ink inflow path 34 a is a supply path that connects the ink 4 in the ink storage section 13 of the ink cartridge 11 to the ink storage section 13 via the ink storage section 31 so that the ink 4 can be supplied to the ink ejection head 27.
- the ink inflow path 34a is provided up to the ink chamber 34b on the bottom surface side of the ink reservoir 31.
- the ink chamber 34b is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped space formed integrally with the ink inflow path 34a, the ink outflow path 34c, and the opening 34d, and the ink 4 flows into the opening 34d from the ink inflow path 34a.
- the ink 4 flows out of the ink outflow path 34c via the ink.
- the ink outflow path 34c is a supply path to which the ink 4 is supplied from the ink chamber 34b through the opening 34d, and which is further connected to the ink discharge head 27.
- the ink outflow passage 34c extends from the bottom surface side of the ink chamber 34b to the ink discharge head 27.
- the valve 34e is a valve that closes the opening 34d to divide the ink inflow path 34a side and the ink outflow path 34c side, and is disposed in the ink chamber 34b.
- the valve 34e moves up and down by the urging force of the urging member 34f, the restoring force of the diaphragm 34i connected via the valve shaft 34h, and the negative pressure of the ink 4 on the ink outflow passage 34c side.
- the valve 34e closes the opening 34d so as to separate the ink chamber 34b from the ink inflow path 34a and the ink outflow path 34c, and supplies the ink 4 to the ink outflow path 34c. Cut off.
- the ink chamber 34b moves between the ink inflow path 34a side and the ink outflow.
- the ink 4 can be supplied to the ink ejection head 27 without interrupting the path 34c.
- the material of the valve 34e is not limited to a particular type, but is made of, for example, a rubber elastic body, so-called estramer, or the like, in order to ensure high obstruction.
- the urging member 34f is, for example, a compression coil spring, and connects the negative pressure adjusting screw 34g and the valve 34e between the upper surface of the valve 34e and the upper surface of the ink chamber 34b, and opens the valve 34e by the urging force. Is urged in the closing direction.
- the negative pressure adjusting screw 34g is a screw for adjusting the urging force of the urging member 34f. By adjusting the negative pressure adjusting screw 34g, the force S for adjusting the urging force of the urging member 34f can be adjusted. RU
- the negative pressure adjusting screw 34g can adjust the negative pressure of the ink 4 that operates the valve 34e that opens and closes the opening 34d, as will be described in detail later.
- the valve shaft 34h is a shaft provided to move by connecting a valve 34e connected to one end and a diaphragm 34i connected to the other end.
- the diaphragm 34i is a thin elastic plate connected to the other end of the valve shaft 34h.
- the diaphragm 34i has one main surface on the ink outflow passage 34c side of the ink chamber 34b and the other main surface in contact with the outside air, and is connected to the outside air side and the ink outflow passage 34c by the atmospheric pressure and the negative pressure of the ink 4. Elastically displaced.
- the valve 34e closes the opening 34d of the ink chamber 34b by the urging force of the urging member 34f and the urging force of the diaphragm 34i. That is, it is pressed. Then, when the ink 4 is ejected from the ink ejection head 27, the negative pressure of the ink 4 in the ink chamber 34b on the ink outflow path 34c side divided by the opening 34d increases, as shown in FIG. Thus, the diaphragm 34i is pushed up by the atmospheric pressure due to the negative pressure of the ink 4, and pushes up the valve 34e together with the valve shaft 34h against the urging force of the urging member 34f.
- the opening 34d between the ink inflow passage 34a and the ink outflow passage 34c of the ink chamber 34b is opened, and the ink 4 is supplied from the ink inflow passage 34a to the ink outflow passage 34c.
- the negative pressure of the ink 4 decreases, the diaphragm 34i returns to the original shape by the restoring force, and the urging force of the urging member 34f lowers the valve 34e together with the valve shaft 34h so that the ink chamber 34b is closed.
- the above-described operation is repeated when the negative pressure of the ink 4 increases each time the ink 4 is ejected.
- connection section 26 when the ink 4 in the ink storage section 13 is supplied to the ink chamber 34b, the force of the ink 4 in the ink storage section 13 decreases. Go into cartridge 11. The air that has entered the ink cartridge 11 is sent above the ink cartridge 11. As a result, the state returns to the state before the ink droplet i is ejected from the nozzle 44a to be described later, and the state becomes an equilibrium state. At this time, the ink 4 enters an equilibrium state with almost no ink 4 in the air introduction path 16.
- the ink ejection head 27 is disposed along the bottom surface of the cartridge body 21 and is a nozzle 44a, which will be described later, which is an ink ejection port for ejecting an ink droplet i supplied from the connection portion 26.
- a nozzle 44a which will be described later, which is an ink ejection port for ejecting an ink droplet i supplied from the connection portion 26.
- Each of the colors is substantially line-shaped in the width direction of the recording paper P, that is, in the direction of the arrow W in FIG.
- the head cap 28 is a cover provided to protect the ink ejection head 27, and is removed from the ink ejection head 27 during a printing operation.
- the head cap 28 has a groove 28a provided in the opening / closing direction, and a cleaning roller 28b provided in the longitudinal direction for absorbing excess ink 4 attached to the ejection surface 27a of the ink ejection head 27.
- the head cap 28 is configured to open and close in the short direction of the ink cartridge 11 along the groove 28a during the opening and closing operation. At this time, the cleaning roller 28b contacts the ejection surface 27a of the ink ejection head 27.
- the cleaning roller 28b for example, a member having a high water absorbing property is used.
- the head cap 28 prevents the ink 4 in the ink discharge head 27 from drying when the printing operation is not performed.
- the head cartridge 2 having the above-described configuration has, in addition to the above-described configuration, a remaining amount detection unit that detects the remaining amount of ink in the ink cartridge 11 and a case where the ink supply unit 14 is connected to the connection unit 26.
- the above-described ink ejection head 27 includes an ink presence / absence detection unit for detecting the presence / absence of the ink 4 .
- the ink ejection head 27 described above corresponds to the ink 4 of each color and a substrate 41 serving as a base, as shown in FIGS.
- the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b arranged in a direction substantially perpendicular to the transport direction of the recording paper P, that is, in the width direction of the recording paper P, a finolem 43 for preventing ink 4 from leaking, and a A nozzle sheet 44 provided with a large number of nozzles 44a ejected in the form of droplets, an ink liquid chamber 45 surrounded by these, and an ink liquid chamber 45 for supplying ink 4, and an ink for supplying ink 4 to the ink liquid chamber 45. And a flow channel 46.
- the substrate 41 is a semiconductor substrate made of silicon or the like.
- a pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b are formed on one main surface 41a of the substrate 41, and the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b Each is connected to the control unit 63.
- the ejection control unit 63 is an electric circuit including a logic IC (Integrated Circuit), a driver transistor, and the like.
- the pair of heat generating resistors 42 a and 42 b are pressure generating elements that generate heat by the pulse current supplied from the ejection control unit 63 and heat the ink 4 in the ink liquid chamber 45 to increase the internal pressure.
- the ink 4 heated by the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b is ejected in the form of droplets from a nozzle 44a provided on a nozzle sheet 44 described later.
- the finolem 43 is laminated on one main surface 41a of the substrate 41.
- the finolem 43 is made of, for example, an exposure-curable dry film resist. After being laminated on substantially the entire main surface 41a of the substrate 41, unnecessary portions are removed by a photolithographic process, and a pair of heat-generating antibodies 42a are formed. , 42b in a substantially concave shape. In the finolem 43, a portion surrounding each of the pair of heat generating resistors 42a and 42b forms a part of the ink liquid chamber 45.
- the nozzle sheet 44 is a sheet member having a thickness of about lO / im-15 / im formed with a nozzle 44a for discharging the ink droplet i, and is formed on the surface of the film 43 opposite to the circuit board 41. It is laminated.
- the nozzle 44a is a small hole having a diameter of about 15 / 1111-18 / 1111 which is opened in a circular shape in the nozzle receipt 44, and is arranged so as to face the pair of heat generating resistors 42a and 42b.
- the slippery sheet 44 constitutes a part of the ink liquid chamber 45.
- the ink liquid chamber 45 is a space surrounded by the substrate 41, the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b, the film 43, and the nozzle sheet 44, and is a space for storing the ink 4 supplied from the ink flow path 46. is there.
- the ink 4 in the ink liquid chamber 45 is heated by the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b, and the internal pressure is increased.
- the ink flow path 46 is connected to the ink outflow path 34 c of the connection part 26, and the ink 4 is supplied from the ink cartridge 11 connected to the connection part 26, and each of the ink liquid chambers communicating with the ink flow path 46 is provided.
- a channel for feeding ink 4 is formed in 45.
- the ink flow path 46 and the connection portion 26 are communicated.
- the ink 4 supplied from the ink cartridge 11 flows into the ink flow path 46 and fills the ink liquid chamber 45.
- the one ink ejection head 27 described above is provided with a pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b for each ink liquid chamber 45, and the ink chamber 4 provided with such a pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b. 5 are provided for each of the color ink cartridges 11 by about 100 to 5000.
- the pair of heat generating resistors 42a and 42b are appropriately selected and heated according to a command from the control unit 68 of the printer device 1, and the pair of heated heat generating resistors 42a and 42a are heated.
- the ink 4 in the ink liquid chamber 45 corresponding to 42b is ejected from the nozzle 44a corresponding to the ink liquid chamber 45 in the form of droplets.
- the ink 4 supplied from the ink flow path 46 connected to the ink discharge head 27 fills the ink liquid chamber 45.
- a pulse current is applied to the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b for a short period of time, for example, 13 ⁇ sec, the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b rapidly generate heat, respectively.
- the portion of the ink 4 in contact with the heating resistors 42a and 42b is heated to generate a gas-phase ink bubble, and a certain volume of the ink 4 is pressed by the expansion of the ink bubble (the ink 4 boils).
- the ink 4 having the same volume as the ink 4 pressed by the ink bubbles at the portion in contact with the nozzle 44a is ejected from the nozzle 44a as the ink droplet i and landed on the recording paper P.
- a pair of heat generating resistors 42a and 42b are arranged in a single ink liquid chamber 45 in a substantially parallel manner. That is, a pair of heat generating resistors 42a and 42b are provided in one ink liquid chamber 45. Then, in the ink ejection head 27, a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction of the recording paper P indicated by the arrow C in FIG. 11, that is, substantially parallel to the width direction of the recording paper P indicated by the arrow W in FIG. A plurality of heating resistors 42a and 42b arranged side by side are arranged in plurality. In FIG. 11, the position of the horn 44a is indicated by a dashed line.
- the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b have a shape as if one resistor is divided into two, and have the same length and half the width, so that the resistance value of each resistor is almost equal. Double the value.
- the resistors in the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b are connected in series, the resistors having a resistance value of about twice are connected in series, and the resistance value is reduced to about four times before the division. Become.
- a pair of heating resistors 42a In order to boil the ink 4 in the ink liquid chamber 45, a pair of heating resistors 42a, It is necessary to apply a constant pulse current to 42b to cause the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b to generate heat.
- the ink droplet i is ejected by the energy at the time of boiling. If the resistance value is low, the force required to increase the pulse current to flow is large.
- the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b which are formed by dividing one resistor into two, have a high resistance value. Therefore, it is possible to boil with a small pulse current.
- the resistance value can be further increased by forming the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b to be thinner, but the material selected for the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b and the strength (durability) etc. From a viewpoint, there is a certain limit in reducing the thickness of the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b. For this reason, the resistance value of the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b is increased by dividing the thickness of the heating resistors 42a and 42b without reducing the thickness.
- the ink droplet i is discharged substantially directly below the nozzle 44a. Further, if a time difference occurs in the bubble generation time of the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b, it becomes difficult to generate ink bubbles on the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b substantially at the same time.
- the ink droplet i is ejected in one of the directions in which the bodies 42a and 42b are arranged.
- the ink 4 is supplied from the ink flow path 46 connected to the ink discharge head 27, and the ink liquid chamber 45 is filled with the ink 4.
- a pair of heat generating resistors 42a and 42b are supplied with a noise current having the same current value at substantially the same timing, so that the pair of heat generating resistors 42a and 42b are rapidly heated to approximately the same speed, and as a result,
- ink bubbles Bl and B2 having substantially the same volume are generated in the ink 4 at the portions in contact with the pair of heat generating resistors 42a and 42b, and a predetermined volume of ink 4 is pressed by the expansion of the ink bubbles Bl and B2.
- the ink discharge head 27 As a result, in the ink discharge head 27, as shown in FIG. 10, the volume of the ink equivalent to that of the ink 4 pressed substantially perpendicularly toward the recording paper P by the ink bubbles Bl and B2 at the portion in contact with the nose 44a. 4 is ejected almost directly below the nozzle 44a as an ink droplet i, and landed on the recording paper P. Further, in the ink ejection head 27, as shown in FIG.
- the reference is made to one of the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b.
- a pulse current is supplied, and the other heating resistor is shifted from the supply timing of the reference pulse current by a time within 20% of the supply time of the reference pulse current, and is approximately the same as the reference pulse current.
- Supply pulse current of current value Accordingly, in the ink ejection head 27, the expansion process of the ink bubbles B3 and B4 formed on the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b at different timings is stabilized, and the ejection direction of the ink droplet i is suppressed from varying. it can.
- the printer main body 3 constituting the printer device 1 to which the head cartridge 2 configured as described above is mounted will be described with reference to the drawings.
- the printer body 3 has a head cartridge mounting portion 51 for mounting the head cartridge 2 and a head cartridge holding portion for holding and fixing the head cartridge 2 to the head cartridge mounting portion 51.
- the head cartridge mounting portion 51 is a concave portion in which the head cartridge 2 is mounted.
- the head cartridge 2 is mounted so that the printing surface of the running recording paper P is substantially parallel to the discharge surface 27a of the ink discharge head 27 in order to perform printing on the recording paper to be printed as data.
- the head cartridge 2 is a consumable because it may need to be replaced due to clogging of the ink in the ink ejection head 27 or the like. Therefore, the head cartridge is held by the head cartridge holding mechanism 52 so as to be detachable from the head cartridge mounting portion 51.
- the head force cartridge holding mechanism 52 is a mechanism for detachably holding the head force cartridge 2 in the head force cartridge mounting portion 51, and a knob 52a provided on the head cartridge 2 is provided with a locking hole of the printer body 3.
- the head cartridge 2 is positioned, held, and fixed by being pressed against a reference surface 3a provided on the printer body 3 by being engaged with a biasing member such as a panel (not shown) provided in the 52b. It can be so.
- the head cap opening / closing mechanism 53 has a drive unit for opening and closing the head cap 28 of the head cartridge 2.
- the head cap 28 is opened and the ink ejection head 27
- the head cap 28 is closed to protect the ink ejection head 27 when printing is completed.
- the paper supply / discharge mechanism 54 has a drive unit for transporting the recording paper P, transports the recording paper P supplied from the paper feed port 55 to the ink discharge head 27 of the head cartridge 2, and is discharged from the nozzle 44a.
- the recording paper P on which the ink droplets i landed and printed thereon is transported to the paper discharge roller 56 and discharged outside the apparatus.
- the paper feed port 55 is an opening that supplies the recording paper P to the paper supply / discharge mechanism 54, and can stack a plurality of recording papers P on a tray 55a or the like and stock them.
- the paper discharging roller 56 is an opening for discharging the printed recording paper P on which the ink droplet i has landed.
- control circuit 61 shown in FIG. 14 for controlling printing by the printer device 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.
- the control circuit 61 includes a printer driving unit 62 that controls the driving of the driving mechanisms 53 and 54 of the printer body 3 and a discharge control that controls the current supplied to the ink discharge head 27 corresponding to the ink 4 of each color.
- Unit 63 a warning unit 64 for warning the remaining amount of the ink 4 of each color, an input / output terminal 65 for inputting / outputting a signal to / from an external device, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) 66 storing a control program and the like.
- a RAM (Random Access Memory) 67 that temporarily stores the read control program and the like and is read as needed, and a control unit 68 that controls each unit.
- RAM Random Access Memory
- the printer driving unit 62 controls the head cap opening / closing mechanism based on a control signal from the control unit 68 such that the driving motor constituting the head cap opening / closing mechanism 53 is driven to open and close the head cap 28.
- the printer drive unit 62 drives the drive motor that constitutes the paper feed / discharge mechanism 54 based on a control signal from the control unit 68 to feed the recording paper P from the paper feed port 55 of the printer body 3, and prints.
- the paper supply / discharge mechanism is controlled so that the recording paper P is discharged from the paper discharge roller 56 later.
- the ejection control unit 63 includes a power supply 71 for supplying a pulse current to a pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b, each of which is a resistor, a pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b, and a power supply 71. And a switching control circuit 73 that controls switching of the switching elements 72a and 72b.
- the power supply 71 is connected to the heating resistors 42a and 42b, and supplies a pulse current to each.
- the pulse current supplied to the electric circuit may be supplied from the power supply 71 as a power source, but may be supplied directly from the control unit 68 or the like, for example.
- the switching element 72a is arranged between the heating resistor 42a and the ground, and controls on / off of a pulse current flowing through the heating resistor 42a.
- the switching element 72b is disposed between the heating resistor 42b and the ground, and controls on / off of a pulse current flowing through the heating resistor 42b.
- the switching elements 72a and 72b are switched on / off, respectively, to supply a pulse current from the electric power 71 to the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b at substantially the same timing or at different timings.
- the switching control circuit 73 is, for example, an electric circuit composed of a logic IC, a driver transistor, or the like, and switches on and off the switching elements 72a, 72b to connect the power supply 71 to the pair of heating resistors 42a, 42b. It is turned on by connecting, or is turned off by grounding the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b.
- the switching control circuit 73 switches the switching elements 72a and 72b on and off, respectively, so that the pulse current is supplied to the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b, and the pulse current is supplied. Control the time and duration of the operation.
- the discharge control unit 63 having the above-described configuration, when the switching control circuit 73 turns on the switching elements 72a and 72b at substantially the same timing, the pulse current force from the power supply 71 and the pair of heating resistors are generated at substantially the same timing. Both 42a and 42b are supplied. At this time, when the resistance values of the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b are substantially the same, when the pulse current is supplied, the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b generate heat at substantially the same timing.
- the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b since the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b generate heat at substantially the same timing as shown in FIG. 16A, the expansion process of the bubbles is substantially the same, and the size of the bubble is substantially the same.
- the ink bubbles Bl, B2 force S are formed on the pair of heating resistors 42a, 42b at substantially the same timing. As a result, the ink droplet i is discharged substantially directly below the nozzle 44a.
- the discharge control unit 63 controls the switching control circuit 73 so that the switching element 72a is turned on first, and then the switching element 72b is turned on with a delay.
- the ejection direction of the ink droplet i can be changed toward the heating resistor 42b in the width direction W of the recording paper P. That is, when the switching element 72a is turned on first, the pulse current is supplied to the heating resistor 42a prior to the heating resistor 42b. As a result, bubbles are generated on the heating resistor 42a before the heating resistor 42b. Then, the expansion process of the ink bubble B3 formed on the heating resistor 42a proceeds earlier than the expansion process of the ink bubble B4 formed on the heating resistor 42b, and the ink bubble B3 having a large volume is formed first. As a result, the ink 4 is pressed toward the heating resistor 42b, and the ink droplet i is ejected from the nozzle 44a toward the heating resistor 42b in the width direction W of the recording paper P.
- the deviation of the on-timing of the switching elements 72a, 72b is reduced, the difference in the bubble generation timing on the pair of heating resistors 42a, 42b is reduced, and the discharge from the nozzle 44a based on the discharge surface 27a is performed.
- the ejection angle of the ink droplet i becomes larger.
- the difference between the ON timings of the switching elements 72a and 72b increases, the difference in the timing of bubble generation on the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b increases, and the nozzle 44a discharges from the nozzle 44a based on the discharge surface 27a.
- the ejection angle of the ink droplet i becomes smaller. That is, when the difference between the expansion processes of the ink bubbles B3 and B4 formed on the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b increases, the volume difference between the two bubbles increases, and the ink droplet i is located almost directly below the nozzle 44a.
- the ink droplet i can be discharged so as to land at a position farther on the side of the heating resistor 42b than the landing point D when the ink is discharged.
- the ejection control unit 63 uses the pulse current supplied to the heating resistor 42a as a reference, and the heating resistor 42b receives the pulse current supplied to the heating resistor 42a in response to the pulse current supplied to the heating resistor 42a.
- the switching control circuit 73 controls the switching elements 72a and 72b so that the pulse current is supplied at a timing shifted within 20% of the time during which the pulse current is supplied.
- the discharge control unit 63 controls the switching control circuit 73 so that the switching element 72b is turned on first, and then the switching element 72a is turned on with a delay.
- the ejection direction of the ink droplet i can be changed toward the heating resistor 42a in the width direction W of the recording paper P. That is, when the switching element 72b is turned on first, the pulse current is supplied to the heating resistor 42b prior to the heating resistor 42a. As a result, bubbles are generated on the heating resistor 42b before the heating resistor 42a.
- the expansion process of the ink bubble B4 formed on the heating resistor 42b proceeds earlier than the expansion process of the ink bubble B3 formed on the heating resistor 42a, and the large-volume ink bubble B4 is formed first. .
- the ink 4 is pressed against the heating resistor 42a, and the ink droplet i is ejected from the nozzle 44a toward the heating resistor 42a in the width direction W of the recording paper P.
- the smaller the shift of the on-timing of the switching elements 72a, 72b the smaller the difference in the bubble generation timing on the pair of heating resistors 42a, 42b.
- the ejection angle of the ejected ink droplet i increases. This is the same as in FIG. 16B. Therefore, in the case of FIG.
- the ink droplet i can be ejected so that the ink droplet i lands at a position closer to the landing point D when the droplet i is ejected on the side of the heating resistor 42b.
- the difference between the ON timings of the switching elements 72a, 72b increases, the difference in the bubble generation timing on the pair of heating resistors 42a, 42b increases, and the ejection surface 27a
- the ejection angle (see FIG. 22) of the ink droplet i ejected from the nozzle 44a based on the reference becomes small. That is, when the difference between the expansion processes of the ink bubbles B3 and B4 formed on the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b increases, the volume difference between the two bubbles increases, and the ink droplet i is located substantially below the nozzle 44a.
- the ink droplet i can be ejected so that the ink droplet i lands at a farther position on the side of the heating resistor 42a than the impact point D when the ink is ejected.
- the discharge control unit 63 uses the pulse current supplied to the heating resistor 42b as a reference.
- the heating resistor 42a receives the pulse current supplied to the heating resistor 42b in response to the pulse current supplied to the heating resistor 42b.
- the switching control circuit 73 controls the switching elements 72a and 72b so that the pulse current is supplied at a timing shifted within 20% of the time during which the pulse current is supplied.
- the switching control circuit 73 controls the on / off timing of the switching elements 72a and 72b, so that the ejection direction of the ink droplet i from the nozzle 44a is controlled by a pair of heating resistors.
- the direction can be changed in the direction in which 42a and 42b are juxtaposed, that is, in the width direction W of the recording paper P.
- FIG. 17 shows the measurement results of the ejection angle of the ink droplet i.
- the horizontal axis indicates the shift amount of the supply timing of the pulse current supplied to the heating resistor 42b. More specifically, the timing at which the pulse current is supplied to the heating resistor 42b is shifted by a percentage with respect to the timing at which the pulse current is supplied to the heating resistor 42a.
- the vertical axis represents the time when the ink droplet i was ejected substantially directly below the nozzle 44a.
- the discharge angle when the discharge direction is changed is shown as a reference.
- the angle at which the ink droplet i lands almost immediately below the nozzle 44a is set to 0 °, and the ejection angle increases as the ink droplet i is ejected with a large shift toward the heating resistor 42b. Is larger.
- an ink ejection head 27 was used in which the thickness of the nose sheet was about 13 zm and the diameter of the nose piece 44a was about 17 ⁇ m.
- the ejection direction of the ink droplet i ejected from the nozzle 44a changes by shifting the supply timing of the pulse current to the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b. Specifically, it can be seen that when a pulse current is supplied to the heating resistor 42b at a timing later than the heating resistor 42a, the ink droplet i is ejected toward the heating resistor 42b.
- FIG. 17 when the shift amount of the supply timing of the noise current is 0%, 7.5%, 13%, 20%, 21%, and 23%, the ink droplet ejected from the nozzle 44a
- the landing point D where i landed on the recording paper P was designated as Sample 1 / Sample 6.
- FIGS. 18A to 18F show the state of impact point D of Sample 1-Sample 6.
- the heating resistor 42b is connected to the heating resistor 42a within the range of 20% of the supply time of the pulse current to the heating resistor 42a.
- the landing point D of the ink droplet i does not vary even after the ejection direction is changed. Therefore, the fact that the ink droplet i is ejected from the nozzle 44a at a constant ejection angle is vigorous.
- the pulse current is supplied to the heating resistor 42b within the range of 7.5% to 20% of the pulse current supply time of the heating resistor 42a with respect to the pulse current supply timing to the heating resistor 42a.
- the change amount of the ejection angle with respect to the shift amount of the supply timing of the pulse current is large. Therefore, by controlling the shift amount of the supply timing of the pulse current to be in the range of 7.5% or more and 20% or less, it is possible to stably control the ejection direction.
- the shift amount of the supply timing of the pulse current exceeds 20%, the ejection direction of the ink droplet i ejected from the nozzle 44a becomes too oblique, and the ink droplet i is ejected from the nozzle 44a. It is also considered that the ink droplet i comes into contact with the edge of the nozzle 44a, causing a variation in the ejection direction. Therefore, in the sample 5 and the sample 6, since the landing point D of the ink droplet i varies, the image quality deteriorates.
- the shift amount of the pulse current supply timing is controlled within 20%, and the pulse current is supplied to the heating resistor 42b.
- the supply timing of the pulse current to the heating resistor 42b is within 20% of the supply time of the pulse current of the heating resistor 42a from the supply timing of the pulse current to the heating resistor 42a.
- the ejection control unit 63 uses the panelless current supplied to one of the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b as a reference.
- the supply timing of the noise current to the other heating resistor is set within 20% of the reference pulse current supply time with respect to the reference pulse current supply time.
- the switching control circuit 73 controls ON / OFF of the switching elements 72a and 72b so as to shift.
- the evaluation was performed based on the timing at which the pulse current was supplied to the heating resistor 42a and the supply time of the pulse current.
- a pulse current supplied to the heating resistor 42b may be used as a reference.
- the discharge control unit 63 sets the pulse to the heating resistor 42a within the range of 20% of the supply time of the noise current of the heating resistor 42b from the supply timing of the pulse current to the heating resistor 42b.
- the switching control circuit 73 controls ON / OFF of the switching elements 72a and 72b so as to shift the current supply timing.
- the warning unit 64 shown in FIG. 14 is a display means such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and displays information such as a printing condition, a printing state, and a remaining amount of ink.
- the warning unit 64 may be, for example, an audio output unit such as a speaker, and in this case, outputs information such as a printing condition, a printing state, and a remaining amount of an ink by voice.
- the warning unit 64 may be configured to have both display means and sound output means. Further, this warning may be given by a monitor or a speaker of the information processing device 69.
- the input / output terminal 65 transmits the above-described information such as the printing conditions, the printing state, and the remaining amount of ink to an external information processing device 69 or the like via an interface. Also, the input / output terminal 65 receives a control signal for outputting information such as the above-described printing conditions, printing state, remaining ink amount, and print data from an external information processing device 69 or the like.
- the information processing device 69 described above is an electronic device such as a personal computer and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).
- a serial interface or a parallel interface can be used as an interface, and specifically, a USB (Universal Serial Bus), RS (Recommended tandard) 232C, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) It conforms to standards such as 1394.
- the input / output terminal 65 may perform data communication with the information processing device 69 by any of a wired communication and a wireless communication.
- the wireless communication standards include IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g.
- a network such as the Internet may be interposed between the input / output terminal 65 and the information processing device 69.
- the input / output terminal 65 may be, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network), an ISDJ (Integrated Services). Digital Network), xDSL (Digital subscriber Line), FTHP (Fiber To The Home), ⁇ V (Community Antenna Television), B Connected to a network such as S (Broadcasting Satellite), and data communication is performed by various protocols such as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
- TCP / IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
- the ROM 66 is, for example, a memory such as an EP-ROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), and stores a program for each process performed by the control unit 68.
- the stored program is loaded into the RAM 67 by the control unit 68.
- the RAM 67 stores a program read from the ROM 66 by the control unit 68 and various states of the printer 1.
- the control unit 68 stores print data input from the input / output terminal 65, and ink 4 input from the head cartridge 2. Each part is controlled based on the remaining amount data of.
- the control unit 68 reads a processing program for controlling each unit based on the input control signal and the like from the ROM 66 and stores it in the RAM 67, and controls and processes each unit based on the processing program.
- control unit 68 uses the pulse current supplied to one of the pair of heat generating resistors 42a and 42b as a reference, and the other uses the reference pulse current with respect to the supply timing of the reference pulse current.
- the discharge control unit 63 is controlled based on a processing program stored in the ROM 66 or the like so that the supply timing of the noise current to the other heating resistor is shifted within a time period within 20% of the current supply time. This is controlled so that the ejection direction of the ink droplet i ejected from the nozzle 44a does not vary.
- the medium for storing the power processing program in which the processing program is stored in the ROM 66 is not limited to the ROM 66.
- Various recording media such as optical disks, magnetic disks, magneto-optical disks, and IC cards can be used.
- the control circuit 61 is configured to be connected to a drive for driving various recording media directly or via the information processing device 69 to read a processing program from these recording media.
- Processing unit is executed by arithmetic processing.
- the user operates the operation panel or the like provided in the printer body 3 to instruct the printer device 1 to execute a printing operation.
- step S1 the control unit 68 determines whether or not the ink cartridge 11 of a predetermined color is mounted on each mounting unit 22. Then, when the ink cartridges 11 of the predetermined color are properly mounted on all the mounting units 22, the control unit 68 proceeds to step S2, and the ink cartridges 11 are not properly mounted on the mounting units 22. If so, the process proceeds to step S4, and the printing operation is prohibited.
- the control unit 68 determines in step S2 whether the amount of ink 4 in the connection unit 26 is equal to or less than a predetermined amount, that is, whether or not there is no ink, and if it is determined that there is no ink, a warning is issued. A warning is given in the section 64, and the printing operation is prohibited in step S4. On the other hand, when the ink 4 in the connection unit 26 is equal to or more than the predetermined amount, that is, when the ink 4 is filled, the control unit 68 permits the printing operation in step S3.
- the control unit 68 controls the driving of the driving mechanisms 53 and 54 by the printer control unit 62 to move the recording paper P to a printable position. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 20, the control unit 68 drives a drive motor constituting the head cap opening / closing mechanism 53 to move the head cap 28 toward the tray 55a with respect to the head cartridge 2, and the ink ejection head The 27 nozzle 44a is exposed. Then, the control section 68 drives a drive motor constituting the paper supply / discharge mechanism 54 to cause the recording paper p to travel.
- control unit 68 pulls out the recording paper P from the tray 55a by the paper feed roller 81, and reverses one sheet of the recording paper P pulled out by the pair of separation rollers 82a and 82b rotating in opposite directions. After being conveyed to the rollers 83 and reversing the conveyance direction, the recording paper P is conveyed to the conveyance belt 84, and the recording paper P conveyed to the conveyance belt 84 is held at a predetermined position by the pressing means 85. Control the paper supply / discharge mechanism 54 so that the position where the ink 4 lands is determined.
- control unit 68 When the control unit 68 confirms that the recording paper P is held at the printing position, the control unit 68 discharges the ink droplet i toward the recording paper P from the nozzle 44a of the ink discharge head 27.
- Control 63 Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16A, when the ink droplet i is ejected substantially directly below the nose 44a, a pulse current having substantially the same current value is supplied to the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b at substantially the same timing. The discharge control unit 63 is controlled so as to be supplied. Further, as shown in FIG. 16B, the control unit 68 changes the ejection direction from the nozzle 44a to the heating resistor 42b side to change the ejection direction.
- a pulse current having substantially the same current value as the pulse current supplied to the heating resistor 42a is supplied to the heating resistor 42b at a timing later than the timing at which the pulse current is supplied to the heating resistor 42a.
- the ejection control unit 63 is controlled in such a manner as to be described above. Further, as shown in FIG.16C, when the discharge direction is changed from the nozzle 44a to the heating resistor 42a side as shown in FIG. 16C, the controller 68 delays the pulse current from the timing at which the pulse current is supplied to the heating resistor 42b. The ejection control unit 63 is controlled so that a pulse current having a current value substantially equal to the pulse current supplied to the heating resistor 42b is supplied to the heating resistor 42a at the timing.
- control unit 68 When the control unit 68 changes the ejection direction to eject the ink droplet i from the nozzle 44a, the control unit 68 uses the pulse current supplied to one of the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b as a reference, The discharge control unit supplies the resistor with the pulse current supplied at a staggered timing within 20% of the reference pulse current supply time with respect to the reference pulse current supply timing. Control 63. As a result, in the ink ejection head 27, the landing positions of the ink droplets i ejected by changing the ejection direction from the nozzles 44a can be suppressed, and color tone unevenness and white stripes can be prevented.
- the ink droplet i when the ink droplet i is ejected from the nozzle 44a, the same amount of ink 4 as the amount of the ejected ink droplet i is immediately replenished from the ink flow passage 46 into the ink liquid chamber 45. Return to the original state as shown in).
- the valve 34e closing the opening 34d of the ink chamber 34b by the urging force of the urging member 34f and the urging force of the diaphragm 34i is moved to the position shown in FIG.
- the opening 34d between the ink inflow path 34a and the ink outflow path 34c of the ink chamber 34b is opened, and the ink 4 is supplied from the ink inflow path 34a to the ink outflow path 34c, and the ink discharge head The ink 4 is replenished to the 27 ink flow path 46.
- the negative pressure of the ink 4 decreases, the diaphragm 34i returns to its original shape by the restoring force, and the valve shaft 34h and the valve 34e are pulled down by the urging force of the urging member 34f so that the ink chamber 34b is closed.
- the valve mechanism 34 when the negative pressure of the ink 4 increases each time the ink droplet i is ejected, the above-described operation is performed. Repeat the work.
- the pulse current supplied to one of the pair of heating resistors is used.
- the pulse current is shifted to the other heating resistor by shifting the timing within 20% of the supply time of the reference pulse current with respect to the reference pulse current supply time. Discharge control is performed so as to be supplied.
- the ejection direction of the ink droplets varies, and the ink droplets at the edge of the nozzles. It is possible to prevent the problem that the ejection direction varies due to contact of the droplets, and it is possible to control the variation in the landing position of the ejected ink droplets by changing the ejection direction from the noise. Therefore, in the liquid discharge apparatus and the liquid discharge method according to the present invention, since the variation in the landing position is suppressed, the deterioration of the image quality due to uneven color tone and white stripes is prevented, and printing can be performed with excellent image quality.
- liquid discharge apparatus and the liquid discharge method according to the present invention unlike the related art, it is possible to prevent color density unevenness and white streaks without providing an overlap portion at the time of printing. To print high-quality images.
- the pair of heat generating resistors 42a and 42b have been described as an example of the ink discharge head 27 in which the pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b are arranged side by side in the width direction of the recording paper P. If it is possible to change the discharge direction of the ink droplet i by controlling the timing at which the pulse current is supplied to the pressure generating element, the ink discharge heads 91 and 101 shown in FIGS. 21A to 21C can be used. , 111 are also applicable.
- the ink discharge head 91 has a pair of heat generating resistors 92a, 92a arranged side by side in the conveying direction of the recording paper P.
- the ink discharge head 101 has three heat generating resistors 103a, 103b,
- the ink ejection head 111 has four heating resistors 113 a, 113 b, 113 c, and 113 d provided in an ink liquid chamber 112.
- the positions of the nozzles 93, 104, and 114 in the ink ejection heads 91, 101, and 111 are indicated by dotted lines.
- the heating resistors 103c and 113c on the ink flow path side discharge the ink droplet i when the ink bubbles generated in the ink liquid chambers 102 and 112 disappear.
- the pressure for discharging from the ink channel 114 is lower on the ink flow path side than on the side wall side, thereby preventing the ink droplet i from being discharged in a direction substantially opposite to the supply direction of the ink 4 from the ink flow path. It is provided for
- the printer device 1 in which the head cartridge 2 is detachable from the printer body 3 and the ink cartridge 11 is detachable from the head cartridge 2 is described as an example.
- the present invention is also applicable to a printer device in which the head cartridge 2 and the head cartridge 2 are integrated.
- the printer device 1 that prints characters and images on the recording paper P has been described as an example, but the present invention can be widely applied to other devices that discharge a very small amount of liquid. Wear.
- the present invention relates to an apparatus for discharging a DNA chip in a liquid (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-34560) and a liquid for discharging a liquid containing conductive particles for forming a fine wiring pattern on a printed wiring board. It can also be applied to a discharge device.
- a force that employs an electrothermal conversion element such as a pair of heating resistors 42a and 42b as the pressure generating element is not limited to such a method.
- a piezoelectric element such as a piezo element may be used. May be adopted.
- the line-type printer device 1 has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the ink head moves in a direction substantially perpendicular to the recording paper conveyance direction.
- the present invention is also applicable to a serial type liquid ejection device. In this case, at least a plurality of pressure generating elements are provided in the ink discharge head of the liquid ejection device of the serial-no-re type.
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