Abstract: An ink jet recording head having a nozzle shape capable of promptly curbing meniscus vibrations occurring on refilling and stably performing discharge is provided. In the ink jet recording head, a second discharge port portion has a form in which, with a lower side of a square on a bubbling chamber side, angles on an upper side of the square are curved respectively on any cross section perpendicular to a principal surface of an element substrate on which heaters are formed and going through the center of a discharge port, and these curves are shaped as arcs of circles of a radius R inscribed in the angles on the upper side of the square respectively.

Abstract: A device and a method for generating an electric-field-induced spin current are disclosed. A highly spin-polarized electric current is generated using a semiconductor structure and an applied electric field across the semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure can be a hole-doped semiconductor having finite or zero bandgap or an undoped semiconductor of zero bandgap. In one embodiment, a device for injecting spin-polarized current into a current output terminal includes a semiconductor structure including first and second electrodes, along a first axis, receiving an applied electric field and a third electrode, along a direction perpendicular to the first axis, providing the spin-polarized current. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor material whose spin orbit coupling energy is greater than room temperature (300 Kelvin) times the Boltzmann constant. In one embodiment, the semiconductor structure is a hole-doped semiconductor structure, such as a p-type GaAs semiconductor layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink-jet printing head, and an ink-jet printing apparatus and method which enable high-gradation and high-quality images to be printed using dots of different sizes. In an ink-jet printing head according to the present invention, at least one second nozzle has its center arranged on an imaginary line extending in a main-scanning direction of the printing head through the center of a first nozzle. The volume of an ink droplet ejected through the second nozzle is smaller than that of an ink droplet ejected through the first nozzle. Further, the number of second nozzles is larger than that of first nozzles.

Abstract: By using an ink jet head, which has for each color two parallel columns of nozzles arranged side by side in the main scan direction and shifted from each other by one-half the pitch at which the nozzles are arranged in each column, odd-numbered rasters and even-numbered rasters making up an image are printed by the two nozzle columns. The registration between the odd- and even-numbered rasters is secured during the printing to produce an image with high print quality. For that purpose, the ink ejection timing between the two raster groups is shifted by a predetermined interval to form a plurality of adjustment patterns; the adjustment patterns printed are checked and, according to the check result, an adjustment value for the ink ejection timing between the two ink nozzle columns is entered, and the entered adjustment value is stored to be reflected on the actual printing operation.

Abstract: To provide an ink jet record head having a nozzle shape capable of promptly curbing meniscus vibrations occurring on refilling and stably performing discharge. A second discharge port portion 10 has a form in which, with a lower side of a square on a bubbling chamber 8 side, angles on an upper side of the square are curved respectively on any cross section vertical to a principal surface of an element substrate on which heaters 1 are formed and going through the center of a discharge port 4, and these curves are shaped as arcs of circles of a radius R inscribed in the angles on the upper side of the square respectively.

Abstract: To provide an ink jet record head having a nozzle shape capable of, when further rendering liquid droplets smaller, reducing flow resistance in a discharge direction and preventing reduction in discharge speed of ink droplets. An opening face on a bubbling chamber 11 side of a second discharge port portion 10 is shaped so that a length in a direction parallel with an arrangement direction of discharge ports 4 is longer than the length in the direction vertical thereto, and the opening face on the discharge port portion side is also a sectional shape congruent with the opening face on the bubbling chamber 11 side. In the drawing, a cross section cut in a direction approximately parallel with the surface on which heaters 1 are formed of the second discharge port portion 10 is an approximately rectangular shape.

Abstract: By using an ink jet head, which has for each color two parallel columns of nozzles arranged side by side in the main scan direction and shifted from each other by one-half the pitch at which the nozzles are arranged in each column, odd-numbered rasters and even-numbered rasters making up an image are printed by the two nozzle columns. The registration between the odd- and even-numbered rasters is secured during the printing to produce an image with high print quality. For that purpose, the ink ejection timing between the two raster groups is shifted by a predetermined interval to form a plurality of adjustment patterns; the adjustment patterns printed are checked and, according to the check result, an adjustment value for the ink ejection timing between the two ink nozzle columns is entered; and the entered adjustment value is stored to be reflected on the actual printing operation.

Abstract: To provide an ink jet record head having a nozzle shape capable of promptly curbing meniscus vibrations occurring on refilling and stably performing discharge. A second discharge port portion 10 has a form in which, with a lower side of a square on a bubbling chamber 8 side, angles on an upper side of the square are curved respectively on any cross section vertical to a principal surface of an element substrate on which heaters 1 are formed and going through the center of a discharge port 4, and these curves are shaped as arcs of circles of a radius R inscribed in the angles on the upper side of the square respectively.

Abstract: This invention relates to fabricated articles, including films or sheets prepared from blends of substantially random ethylene/propylene/vinyl aromatic monomer interpolymers with propylene homopolymers or copolymers. The fabricated articles exhibit high toughness, tensile properties and heat resistance and low stress whitening, and further can exhibit desirable optical properties, especially when in the form of a film or sheet.

Abstract: An ink jet recording head is provided with a flow path structure capable of enhancing the discharge power, filtering performance, and discharge frequency characteristics even with liquid droplets being made small. The flow path structure thus provided in a supply path makes the flow path sectional area right angled to the liquid flow direction small, and changes the area (shape) thereof at the same time. The flow path structure is formed by a flat square column serving as a first structure for closing a part of the supply path, and plural columns serving as a second structure for closing a part of the supply path. The square column is formed on the base plate in the entire width thereof to close the supply path on the base plate side. The plural columns are arranged on the square column symmetrically with respect to the center of the supply path, and extended from the square column to the discharge port plate in the height direction of the supply path.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head according to the present invention includes a plurality of ejection openings arranged in a first direction and a plurality of electro-thermal transducers for ejecting liquid from the ejection openings, the liquid ejection head and a printing medium being subjected to the relative movement, wherein an arrangement pitch of the ejection openings forming an end group located in the respective opposite end section along the first direction is longer than an arrangement pitch of the ejection openings forming a central group located in the central section along the first direction. According to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate white streaks which may generate in a solid printing.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink-jet printing head, and an ink-jet printing apparatus and method which enable high-gradation and high-quality images to be printed using dots of different sizes. In an ink-jet printing head according to the present invention, at least one second nozzle has its center arranged on an imaginary line extending in a main-scanning direction of the printing head through the center of a first nozzle. The volume of an ink droplet ejected through the second nozzle is smaller than that of an ink droplet ejected through the first nozzle. Further, the number of second nozzles is larger than that of first nozzles.

Abstract: An increase in variation in resistance value resulting from a reduction in thickness of heaters is dealt with without increasing the manufacture costs of the print head, by allowing smaller ink droplets to be efficiently ejected. A setting for a pulse voltage is essentially varied depending on the ejection threshold energy of the head is employed so that optimum drive power conditions can be reasonably set over a range of varying resistance values resulting from differences among manufactured print heads. This provides a print head and a printing apparatus which can deal with an increase in differences among manufactured heads by allowing smaller ink droplets to be efficiently ejected without reducing the yield of manufactured print heads.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink-jet printing head, and an ink-jet printing apparatus and method which enable high-gradation and high-quality images to be printed using dots of different sizes. In an ink-jet printing head according to the present invention, at least one second nozzle has its center arranged on an imaginary line extending in a main-scanning direction of the printing head through the center of a first nozzle. The volume of an ink droplet ejected through the second nozzle is smaller than that of an ink droplet ejected through the first nozzle. Further, the number of second nozzles is larger than that of first nozzles.

Abstract: A region to be covered by a cover plate (208) on an ejection opening forming surface (205) of an ink-jet head or an ink-jet head to which the cover plate (208) is installed are determined, on a basis of content of a rebounding mist generated upon ejection of an ink and a processing liquid in overlaying fashion. By this, in the ink-jet printing apparatus performing printing by ejecting the ink and the processing liquid for making the ink insoluble, deposition of the insoluble substance contained in the rebounding mist generated upon ejection of an ink and a processing liquid in overlaying fashion can be successfully prevented.

Abstract: An increase in variation in resistance value resulting from a reduction in thickness of heaters is dealt with without increasing the manufacture costs of the print head, by allowing smaller ink droplets to be efficiently ejected. A setting for a pulse voltage essentially varied depending on the ejection threshold energy of the head is employed so that optimum drive power conditions can be reasonably set over a range of varying resistance values resulting from differences among manufactured print heads. This provides a print head and a printing apparatus which can deal with an increase in differences among manufactured heads by allowing smaller ink droplets to be efficiently ejected without reducing the yield of manufactured print heads.

Abstract: In an liquid ejection head according to the present invention having a plurality of ejection openings arranged in a predetermined direction and a plurality of electro-thermal transducers for ejecting liquid from the ejection openings and being in relative motion with a printing medium, a kinetic energy of the liquid ejected from each ejection opening constituting an end group disposed in the respective opposite end section along the predetermined direction is larger than a kinetic energy of the liquid ejected from each ejection opening constituting a central group disposed in a central section along the predetermined direction. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent an ink droplet ejected from the ejection opening in the end group from being deviated toward the central section along the predetermined direction, whereby the generation of white streaks is avoidable when a solid printing is carried out.

Abstract: A present invention provides a liquid ejection head comprising a plurality of ejection openings arranged in the feeding direction of a printing medium and a plurality of ejection energy generating elements for generating energy used for ejecting liquid from the ejection openings disposed in correspondence to the ejection openings, and subjected to the scanning movement along the printing medium transverse to the feeding direction of the printing medium, wherein the ejection openings are divided into a plurality of groups arranged parallel to the scanning movement direction while alternately offset in this direction, so that the ink droplets ejected from ejection openings located at the opposite ends of the arrangement are prevented from deflecting to the center of the arrangement and from generating white streaks when the solid printing is carried out.

Abstract: A head is provided with a driving signal line having a driving terminal for receiving a driving signal sent from an apparatus to the head, and an identification terminal. The driving signal line is electrically connected to the identification terminal. With the use of the driving signal line and the identification terminal, the head is identified.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ink jet recording head including a plurality of ink flow paths, a plurality of energy generating elements provided in the respective ink flow paths, and a plurality of discharge ports communicated with the respective ink flow paths. The discharge ports are formed by patterning. The method includes a measuring step for measuring a discharge port area (an opening area of the discharge port), a step for determining a discharge amount rank (indicating a discharge amount) on the basis of a relationship between a discharge port area and the ink discharge amount, and a step for writing at least one of the discharge port area, the ink discharge amount having the relationship to the discharge port area, and the discharge amount rank, on a memory mounted to the ink jet recording head.