Abstract: an adhesive having a first amount exists on a side of the first piezoelectric element line, of a joint of the wiring substrate and the pressure chamber substrate or the vibration plate, an adhesive having a second amount that is larger than the first amount exists on a side of the second piezoelectric element line of the wiring substrate, of the joint, and a first discharging element related to the first piezoelectric element line is different from a second discharging element related to the second piezoelectric element line.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle; a flow path member in which a flow path communicating with the nozzle is formed and which has an inner wall surface defining the flow path and an outer wall surface that faces away from the flow path with respect to the inner wall surface; and a temperature sensor disposed on a part of the outer wall surface and configured to detect a temperature of the liquid in the flow path. The flow path includes a narrowed region having a narrow width in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in a direction in which the flow path extends, and the temperature sensor is disposed on a portion of the outer wall surface that forms the narrowed region.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes an ejection surface including head chips, and a first-positioning-portion and a second-positioning-portion disposed in a second-direction orthogonal to a first-direction with respect to the ejection surface and positioning a holding member, the liquid ejecting head has a first-edge and a second-edge separated from each other in the first-direction and extending along a third-direction parallel to the ejection surface and inclined with respect to the first-direction and the second-direction, and one end portion and the other end portion forming both end portions in the second-direction, and the first-positioning-portion does not overlap a virtual parallelogram having a first-virtual side contacting the first-edge and extending along the third-direction, a second-virtual side contacting the second-edge and extending along the third-direction, a third-virtual side contacting the one end portion and extending along the first-direction, and a fourth-virtual side contacting the other

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes piezoelectric elements for ejecting liquid from nozzles, pressure chambers in communication with the nozzles, individual supply flow passages for supplying the liquid to the nozzles, individual collection flow passages for collecting the liquid not ejected from the nozzles, a diaphragm that defines a wall surface of the pressure chambers and deforms by driving the piezoelectric element, a flexible substrate having a drive circuit electrically coupled to the piezoelectric elements, and a heat release member that is either in contact with an surface of the flexible substrate that faces away from the drive circuit, or in contact with the drive circuit, and conducts heat of the drive circuit to the diaphragm. The heat release member is disposed closer to the individual supply flow passage than to the individual collection flow passage.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a plurality of individual flow channels provided with nozzles; a common supply flow channel through which a liquid is supplied to the plurality of individual flow channels; a common discharge flow channel through which the liquid is discharged from the plurality of individual flow channels; and a bypass flow channel that bypasses the plurality of individual flow channels and causes the common supply flow channel and the common discharge flow channel to communicate with each other. A combined flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel and the plurality of individual flow channels is greater than a flow channel resistance of the common supply flow channel and is greater than a flow channel resistance of the common discharge flow channel.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a supply tank, a recovery tank, a supply flow path, a recovery flow path, a pressurizing mechanism pressurizing the inside of the supply tank, and a depressurizing mechanism depressurizing the inside of the recovery tank. A filling period, in which a filling process is performed to fill, with the liquid, a nozzle, the supply flow path, and the recovery flow path, includes a period that is after a meniscus is formed in the nozzle and before the liquid reaches the recovery flow path. In the period, the pressurizing and the depressurizing mechanisms are driven; and in the period, Pt_out>?|Pm| is satisfied, where Pm indicates a pressure at which the meniscus is broken and Pt_out indicates a pressure in the recovery tank.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: nozzles; individual flow paths communicating with each of the nozzles; a liquid storage portion storing liquid; a supply flow path for supplying the liquid from the liquid storage portion to the individual flow paths; a recovery flow path for recovering the liquid from the individual flow paths to the liquid storage portion; a bypass flow path that couples the supply flow path and the recovery flow path; and an on-off valve configured to close and open the recovery flow path, in which the on-off valve is disposed between the bypass flow path and the liquid storage portion in the recovery flow path, and a pressurization discharge operation of discharging the liquid from each of the nozzles by pressurizing the liquid in the supply flow path in a state in which the recovery flow path is closed by the on-off valve is executed.

Abstract: The control section sets, as a first flow rate, a flow rate of the liquid, which is circulated by the circulating mechanism, per unit time, during an ejection operation of ejecting the liquid from the liquid ejecting head. The control section sets, as a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate, a flow rate of the liquid, which is circulated by the circulating mechanism, per unit time, during a recovery operation of recovering a state of the liquid ejecting head.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes an introduction portion for introducing a gas supplied, a discharge portion for discharging the gas, and drive circuits provided in each of head chips, in which the drive circuits include a first drive circuit for driving the first head chip and a second drive circuit for driving the second head chip, a gas path through which the gas flows from the introduction portion to the discharge portion includes a first path coupled to the introduction portion, a second path coupled to the discharge portion, a first branch path coupling the first path and the second path, and a second branch path coupling the first path and the second path so as not to pass through the first branch path, the first drive circuit is disposed in the first branch path, and the second drive circuit is disposed in the second branch path.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a circulation control section that controls a circulation operation of circulating the liquid in the first individual flow path, and a minute vibration control section that supplies a drive signal having a first waveform to the first piezoelectric element so as to control a minute vibration operation of causing the liquid in the first nozzle to vibrate to such a degree that the liquid is not ejected from the first nozzle. The circulation control section starts the circulation operation at a first time, and the minute vibration control section starts the minute vibration operation at a second time later than the first time.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a circulation control section that controls a circulation operation of circulating the liquid in the first individual flow path, and a minute vibration control section that supplies a drive signal having a first waveform to the first piezoelectric element so as to control a minute vibration operation of causing the liquid in the first nozzle to vibrate to such a degree that the liquid is not ejected from the first nozzle. The circulation control section starts the circulation operation at a first time, and the minute vibration control section starts the minute vibration operation at a second time earlier than the first time.

Abstract: A head includes an upper surface opposite from an ejection surface; and an electrical coupling portion disposed at a first-end portion of the upper surface in a Y-direction, an outer shape of the upper surface has first and second edges separated from each other in an X-direction, a third-edge disposed at the first-end portion, and a fourth-edge disposed at a second-end portion opposite from the first-end portion in the Y-direction, along a V-direction, and when viewed in a normal direction, the upper surface is not overlapped with an acute-angled portion of a virtual parallelogram having a first-virtual side contacting the first-edge, a second-virtual side contacting the second-edge, a third-virtual side contacting the third-edge, and a fourth-virtual side contacting the fourth-edge, and projects beyond an obtuse-angled portion of the virtual parallelogram in the X-direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes head chips configured to eject a liquid toward a medium in a first-direction, in which, when a width direction of the medium is a second-direction, a direction orthogonal to the first-direction and the second-direction is a third-direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first-direction and intersecting the second-direction and the third-direction is a fourth-direction, the head chips include a first-chip group in which first head-chips are arranged side by side in the second-direction, the first-head chip having a first-nozzle row formed by arranging first-nozzles side by side in the fourth-direction, and a second-chip group in which second-head chips are arranged side by side in the second-direction, the second-head chip having a second-nozzle row formed by arranging second-nozzles side by side in the fourth-direction, and the first-chip group is arranged side by side in the third-direction with respect to the second-chip group.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a first head disposed such that an arrangement angle is a first angle; a second head disposed such that an arrangement angle is a second angle, which is greater than the first angle; a first circulation mechanism circulating liquid between a first reservoir and the first head; a second circulation mechanism circulating liquid between a second reservoir and the second head; and a control unit controlling the first and the second circulation mechanisms. The control unit performs circulation cleaning, in which the liquid is circulated, on multiple heads including the first head and the second head. The amount of the liquid circulating through the first head during the circulation cleaning is a first amount, and the amount of the liquid circulating through the second head during the circulation cleaning is a second amount that is greater than the first amount.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, a holding member holding the liquid ejecting head, a fixing member including a head portion, an engaging portion, and a shaft portion that couples the head portion to the engaging portion, and an elastic member including a first opening into which the shaft portion is inserted. One of the liquid ejecting head and the holding member includes a second opening into which the shaft portion is inserted, and the other one of the liquid ejecting head and the holding member includes a first engaged portion to be engaged with the engaging portion. The liquid ejecting head is fixed to the holding member by the engaging portion being brought into engagement with the first engaged portion such that the first opening and the second opening are disposed between the head portion and the engaging portion.

Abstract: There is provided a head chip including: a first-nozzle; a second-nozzle; a first-pressure-chamber communicating with the first-nozzle; a second-pressure-chamber communicating with the first-nozzle; a third-pressure-chamber communicating with the second-nozzle; a fourth-pressure-chamber communicating with the second-nozzle; a first-piezoelectric-body generating a pressure in the first-pressure-chamber; a second-piezoelectric-body generating a pressure in the second-pressure-chamber; a third-piezoelectric-body generating a pressure in the third-pressure-chamber; a fourth-piezoelectric-body generating a pressure in the fourth-pressure-chamber; a first0individual-electrode coupled to the first-piezoelectric-body; a second-individual-electrode coupled to the second-piezoelectric-body; a third-individual electrode coupled to the third-piezoelectric-body; a fourth-individual-electrode coupled to the fourth-piezoelectric-body; a first-common-electrode commonly coupled to the first-piezoelectric-body and the third-pi

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes head chips configured to eject a liquid toward a medium in a first-direction, in which, when a width direction of the medium is a second-direction, a direction orthogonal to the first-direction and the second-direction is a third-direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first-direction and intersecting the second-direction and the third-direction is a fourth-direction, the head chips include a first-chip group in which first head-chips are arranged side by side in the second-direction, the first-head chip having a first-nozzle row formed by arranging first-nozzles side by side in the fourth-direction, and a second-chip group in which second-head chips are arranged side by side in the second-direction, the second-head chip having a second-nozzle row formed by arranging second-nozzles side by side in the fourth-direction, and the first-chip group is arranged side by side in the third-direction with respect to the second-chip group.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head that has an ejection surface configured to eject a liquid includes a plurality of head chips that are long in a first direction. The plurality of head chips are arranged inside a virtual parallelogram including a first virtual side and a second virtual side that are in contact with at least one of the plurality of head chips and that extend in the first direction, and a third virtual side and a fourth virtual side that are in contact with at least one of the plurality of head chips and that extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and the ejection surface is not overlapped with an acute-angled portion of the virtual parallelogram when the ejection surface is viewed in a normal direction of the ejection surface.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes wiring members including a first-wiring member having a first-output terminal portion extending in a first-direction and a first-input terminal portion extending in the first-direction, and a second-wiring member having a second-output terminal portion extending in the first-direction and a second-input terminal portion extending in the first-direction; and a first-wiring substrate coupled to the first and second input terminal portions, in which a center of the first-output terminal portion is located in the first-direction with respect to a center of the second-output terminal portion in plan view, a center of the first-input terminal portion is disposed in a second-direction opposite to the first-direction with respect to the center of the first-output terminal portion in the plan view, and a center of the second-input terminal portion is disposed in the first-direction with respect to the center of the second-output terminal portion in the plan view.

Abstract: an adhesive having a first amount exists on a side of the first piezoelectric element line, of a joint of the wiring substrate and the pressure chamber substrate or the vibration plate, an adhesive having a second amount that is larger than the first amount exists on a side of the second piezoelectric element line of the wiring substrate, of the joint, and a first discharging element related to the first piezoelectric element line is different from a second discharging element related to the second piezoelectric element line.