IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20240157697A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18487422

    申请日:2023-10-16

    申请人: Atsushi HADA

    发明人: Atsushi HADA

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045 B41J2/465

    摘要: An image forming apparatus, an image formation method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The image forming apparatus acquires print data, converts the print data into ejection data to be used by the recording head to eject ink, applies to the ejection data, a correction mask pattern to change a manner of ink ejection for each nozzle of a nozzle row, the nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a sub scanning direction of the recording head, and causes each nozzle of the recording head to eject ink onto the recording medium based on the ejection data to which the correction mask pattern is applied.

    Ejection apparatus and ejection control method

    公开(公告)号:US11745503B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US18152091

    申请日:2023-01-09

    发明人: Midori Yasuda

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045 B41J2/21

    摘要: An ejection apparatus includes an ejection head having an ejection port, a droplet detection unit, an acquisition unit, a control unit, and a decision unit. The droplet detection unit detects that a droplet ejected from the ejection port has reached a predetermined position. The acquisition unit acquires information regarding a velocity of movement of the detected droplet. The control unit controls the ejection head to eject the droplet from the ejection port. The decision unit decides a number of consecutive ejections of a plurality of droplets from the ejection head based on the acquired information regarding the velocities of each of the plurality of droplets ejected consecutively and detected by the droplet detection unit. If the acquisition unit acquires the information regarding velocities of detected droplets, the control unit controls the ejection head to consecutively eject the droplets from the ejection head based on the decided number of consecutive ejections.

    PRINTER CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190143711A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-16

    申请号:US16098118

    申请日:2016-07-12

    IPC分类号: B41J2/21 B41J2/045 B41J2/155

    摘要: A printing device comprises a droplet generator for generating a droplet of printing fluid, a droplet detector for detecting a generated droplet of printing fluid, and a controller. The droplet detector is moveable along an axis. The controller is to cause the droplet detector to be positioned at a known location along the axis, cause the droplet generator to generate a droplet, receive a measurement signal from the droplet detector, and determine a location of the droplet generator based on the received measurement signal and the known location.

    Droplet detection device and ink jet printer

    公开(公告)号:US09956770B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-01

    申请号:US15541710

    申请日:2016-01-07

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045 B41J2/21

    摘要: A droplet detection device includes a light emitting element that emits a detection light for detecting shielding of at least one part by a microdroplet discharged from a nozzle of a head of an ink jet printer in a direction intersecting an advancing direction of the microdroplet; a light receiving element; and a pair of wall portions facing each other and enabling the microdoplet to pass therebetween; where the wall portions have one part of a light path of the detection light from the light emitting element to the light receiving element and allows at least one part of the detection light to be reflected and to reach the light receiving element, and the detection light has a width in a direction equal to a spacing in the direction of the wall portions in a region sandwiched by ends on the light emitting element side of the wall portions.

    AN INK BUILDUP SENSOR ARRANGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20170182767A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-29

    申请号:US15316378

    申请日:2015-06-04

    摘要: A continuous ink jet print head (10), including: an ink droplet generator (116) configured to emit an ink droplet (158) along an undeflected droplet flight path (30); a charge electrode (118) configured to impart a charge to the ink droplet; deflector plates (120A, 120B) adjacent the undeflected droplet flight path, downstream from the charge electrode, and configured to deflect the ink droplet to a deflected droplet flight path that lies within a range of deflected flight paths bounded by at least deflected droplet flight path and a most deflected droplet flight path; a gutter (122) configured to receive an ink droplet traveling along the undeflected droplet flight path; and an ink buildup sensor (102) configured to detect an accumulation of ink (140) relative to a droplet flight path disposed within the range of deflected flight paths.