Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having discharging ports which discharge a recording liquid, a capping device capable of being mounted on the recording head, a pressure device which enables the recording liquid to flow under pressure in the ink supply passages to the recording head, and pressurizes the interior of the recording head when the capping device is mounted. A first ink supply tube to conductively connect the pressure device and the recording head, a second ink supply tube conductively connects the recording head and a recording liquid reservoir container; a conductive tube conductively connects the first ink supply tube and the second ink supply tube, and a controller controls the flow in the conductive tube, hence making it possible to remove air bubbles in the ink supply systems and ink passages easily and effectively by providing a conductive tube for a conventional ink supply systems.

Abstract: In a recording apparatus provided with a plurality of discharging ports for discharging ink, and discharging elements for discharging ink upon application of electrical pulses, the volume of ink droplets discharged from each of the discharging ports is caused to vary due to the properties of each discharging port. This variation results in a conspicuous unevenness in recording. The present invention provides a method for making such recording unevenness due to the properties of each discharging port inconspicuous by varying the volume of ink droplets discharged from each of the plural discharging ports at random. Also, the present invention provides a technique in which the volume of discharging ink droplets is varied at random by use of a specific ink in order to make the recording unevenness inconspicuous.

Abstract: A process for producing an ink jet head having ink discharging outlets, a substrate with energy generating elements that discharge ink, ink pathways aligned with the energy generating elements and communicated with the ink discharging outlets, and a liquid chamber for storing and supplying ink into the ink pathways.

Abstract: An ink jet head has plural liquid ink paths, each having a discharge opening for discharging ink when energy is applied to ink in a corresponding ink path, and a common ink chamber communicating with an end of each ink path for supplying ink to the discharge openings. The discharge openings are disposed in plural groups, which are consecutively driven by simultaneously applying energy to ink paths corresponding to selected discharge openings in a given group. The ends of the ink paths are disposed in the common ink chamber in groups consecutively arranged in accordance with the driving order of the discharge opening groups, and each ink path includes a portion proximate to that end which is directed away from the next consecutively arranged ink path group. This arrangement suppresses pressure interference between the consecutively driven discharge opening groups and enables high-quality, high-speed recording in a compact recording head.

Abstract: An ink jet head comprises a plurality of ink liquid paths in which energy generating elements are formed, a common liquid chamber communicated with the plurality of ink liquid paths, and an air chamber which is communicated with the common liquid chamber via a communication section formed at substantially a central portion of the air chamber and which ls formed along the longitudinal direction of the common liquid chamber. This arrangement of the ink jet head enables air in the air chamber to act on refilling behavior of ink in each of the ink liquid paths so that refilling in each of the ink liquid paths is not delayed.

Abstract: A method for preserving an ink jet head and an ink jet head unit which can prevent worsening of the ink discharging features when the ink jet head is preserved or stored before it is assembled to an ink jet recording apparatus. The preserving method and the ink jet head unit are characterized in that terminals connected respectively to a plurality of energy generating means for generating energy for discharging ink are all also connected to each other by conductive means such as a clip or conductive tape.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus of the present invention has an ink jet recording head having an orifice from which an ink drop is ejected and an energy generation means for ejecting an ink fluid in the orifice. A first electrode is formed in the orifice and is connected electrically to the ink fluid. A second electrode is formed in an opposite position to the orifice with a designated distance from the orifice. A voltage controller applies a first voltage during a time period from a time when an ink fluid is ejected from the orifice to a time when the ink fluid is separated in 2 or more ink drops during traveling, and immediately after applying the first voltage, applies a second voltage which has an identical polarity to a polarity of the first voltage and has an absolute value less than an absolute value of the first voltage.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus which records by discharging ink onto a recording medium comprises recording head for recording on the recording medium by discharging ink through discharge ports; an ink tank for storing the ink; a first ink flow channel for passing the ink from the ink tank to the recording head; a second ink flow channel for passing the ink from the recording head into the ink tank; a third ink flow channel communicating the ink tank with the first ink channel; a filter provided in the first ink flow channel; and a back flow prevention valve provided in the first, the second and the third ink flow channels.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a detachable ink cartridge for storage of the ink to be supplied to a recording head. A joint of an ink supply line in the ink jet recording apparatus to be coupled with an ink outlet portion of the ink cartridge for delivering the ink is loosely fitted to be slidable in a direction crosswise to an axis of the supply line toward a coupling position with the ink outlet portion.

Abstract: In an ink jet recording apparatus in which a filter is placed in an ink supply route, when an ink flow is formed in the ink supply route by ink ejection during recording operations and so on, a valve does not contact firmly to the filter, but when an ejection recovery operation is performed and an ink flow velocity increases, the valve contacts firmly to the filter and covers up a part of the filter. With this structure and operation, the effective cross-section area of the filter decreases and hence, a given quantity of pressure difference is produced between the upstream side and the downstream side of the filter. As a result, bubbles unable to pass through the filter at recording operations can pass through the filter when ejection recovery operations are performed.

Abstract: A liquid jet recording apparatus comprises a line type recording head emitting toward a recording medium a recording liquid for recording and a serial type recording head movable in the arrangement direction of the line type recording head orifices. The serial type recording head compensates for any improperly recording orifices of the line type recording head.

Abstract: An ink jet recorder includes a plurality of recording elements which are arranged corresponding to each of a plurality of ejection outlets for ejecting ink in accordance with driving signals, a plurality of ejection passages corresponding to the ejection outlets and connected to a common chamber, a plurality of driving blocks formed by dividing the recording elements by predetermined number of units in the arrangement order, control elements for each of the driving blocks and for controlling the recording elements associated with each driving block in a simultaneous driving manner, a selection unit for selecting the driving block to be driven in order that at least adjacent driving blocks are not driven in sequence, and a supply unit for supplying driving signals to the driving block selected by the said selecting unit.

Abstract: A recording medium in the sheet form is supplied into a designated direction guided by a sheet supply roller. An ink jet recording head in which a plurality of ink jet discharging orifices are arranged is placed in parallel with a surface of the recording sheet and in the direction perpendicular to the designated direction of supplying the recorded sheet. An adjustment screw is placed for correcting a warped shape of the ink jet recording head by means of displacing a neighbor of a central portion of a longer side of the ink jet recording head in the designated direction of supplying the recording sheet.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method of applying, to a piezoelectric element serving as an energy generating member for ink droplet formation and emission, a first voltage pulse for retracting the meniscus in a direction opposite to the emitting direction prior to the ink droplet formation, and a second voltage pulse supplied in succession to the first voltage pulse for emitting an ink droplet. The first voltage pulse is controlled according to the circumferential temperature of the piezoelectric element in action.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus which records by discharging ink onto a recording medium comprises recording head for recording on the recording medium by discharging ink through discharge ports; an ink tank for storing the ink; a first ink flow channel for passing the ink from the ink tank to the recording head; a second ink flow channel for passing the ink from the recording head into the ink tank; a filter provided in the first ink flow channel; and a back flow prevention valve provided in the second ink flow channel.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having ink discharging portions for discharging ink and an ink chamber for supplying the ink to the discharging portions in accordance with discharging of the ink by the discharging portions, a plurality of ink supply ports for supplying ink to the ink chamber, ink supplying systems for supplying the ink through the ink supplying ports, a plurality of temperature detectors for detecting temperature of the recording head at different positions, and a controller, responsive to the temperature detectors for controlling supply of the ink through the ink supply ports and by the ink supplying systems.

Abstract: An ink jet recorder includes a plurality of recording elements which arranged corresponding to each of a plurality of ejection outlets for ejecting ink in accordance with driving signals, a plurality of ejection passages corresponding to the ejection outlets and connected to a common chamber, a plurality of driving blocks which formed by dividing the recording elements by predetermined number of units in the arrangement order, control elements for each of the driving blocks and for controlling the recording elements associated with each driving block in a simultaneous driving manner, a selection unit for selecting the driving block to be driven in order that at least adjacent driving blocks are not driven in sequence, and a supply unit for supplying driving signals to the driving block selected by the said selecting unit.