Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printhead for raising its product acceptance rate and improving its quality is provided. The method of manufacturing printheads includes steps of providing a base layer, forming a pattern layer on the base layer by a semi-conductor manufacturing process, forming a dry film of a channel barrier layer having an ink channel, a flow channel and plural ink cavities on the pattern layer; and adhering a nozzle plate on the dry film of the channel barrier layer by thermal compression. The pattern layer further includes a flow pattern and a base pattern surround a central location reserved for the ink channel, wherein the base pattern comprises at least a heating layer and a passivation layer, and the flow pattern is made of the same material and at the same height as the base pattern.

Abstract: A structure of a printhead for raising its product acceptance rate and improving its quality is provided. The structure of a printhead includes a base layer, a pattern layer disposed on the base layer, a channel barrier layer having a dry film, an ink channel, a flow channel and plural ink cavities on the pattern layer, and a nozzle plate adhered to the dry film of the channel barrier layer by thermal compression. The pattern layer further includes a flow pattern and a base pattern surrounding a central location for forming thereabove the ink channel.

Abstract: A structure of a printhead for raising its product acceptance rate and improving its quality is provided. The structure of a printhead includes a base layer, a pattern layer disposed on the base layer, a channel barrier layer having a dry film, an ink channel, a flow channel and plural ink cavities on the pattern layer, and a nozzle plate adhered to the dry film of the channel barrier layer by thermal compression. The pattern layer further includes a flow pattern and a base pattern surrounding a central location for forming thereabove the ink channel.

Abstract: An ink-jet cartridge adapted to be used for a thermal ink-jet printer is disclosed. The ink-jet cartridge includes a housing for storing the ink in an interior thereof, a printhead having a plurality of orifices thereon for allowing the ink to be Jetted therethrough when the thermal ink-jet printer is printing, and a pressure-adjusting device disposed in the housing for regulating a back pressure of the interior of the housing, wherein the pressure-adjusting device includes a first opening fixed on an upper portion of the housing and exposed to an ambient atmosphere, and a second opening disposed at a bottom of the interior of the housing and having at least one regulating hole thereon. Each regulating hole has a cross-sectional area being smaller than that of the first opening for maintaining the back pressure when the ink-jet cartridge is inverted.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printhead for raising its product acceptance rate and improving its quality is provided. The method of manufacturing printheads includes steps of providing a base layer, forming a pattern layer on the base layer by a semi-conductor manufacturing process, forming a dry film of a channel barrier layer having an ink channel, a flow channel and plural ink cavities on the pattern layer; and adhering a nozzle plate on the dry film of the channel barrier layer by thermal compression. The pattern layer further includes a flow pattern and a base pattern surround a central location reserved for the ink channel, wherein the base pattern comprises at least a heating layer and a passivation layer, and the flow pattern is made of the same material and at the same height as the base pattern.

Abstract: An ink-jet cartridge adapted to be used for a thermal ink-jet printer is disclosed. The ink-jet cartridge includes a housing for storing the ink in an interior thereof, a printhead having a plurality of orifices thereon for allowing the ink to be jetted therethrough when the thermal ink-jet printer is printing, and a pressure-adjusting device disposed in the housing for regulating a back pressure of the interior of the housing, wherein the pressure-adjusting device includes a first opening fixed on an upper portion of the housing and exposed to an ambient atmosphere, and a second opening disposed at a bottom of the interior of the housing and having at least one regulating hole thereon. Each regulating hole has a cross-sectional area being smaller than that of the first opening for maintaining the back pressure when the ink-jet cartridge is inverted.

Abstract: A pressure adjustment device in an ink cartridge employs an elastic air bag in communication with the atmosphere through a ventilation hole in a connection body which is installed in a top wall of the cartridge housing. Response to pressure changes is increased by a spring connected between a bottom end of the air bag and a bottom wall of the cartridge housing which applies a pulling force to the bottom end of the air bag.

Abstract: A manufacturing process and a structure for an ink jet printhead with high quality, yield rate, and performance are provided. The process includes steps of: a) providing a substrate, b) forming a dielectric layer over the substrate, c) forming a resistor over the dielectric layer, d) forming a conducting layer over a portion of the resistor, e) forming a passivation over a portion of the conducting layer and another portion of the resistor not covered by the conducting layer, f) forming a hole over the passivation for storing an ink, and g) forming a nozzle over the hole for ejecting therethrough the ink.

Abstract: A unitary wiper for a printhead on a print cartridge in an ink-jet printer is disclosed. The wiper is made of an elastomeric material and includes a base mounted in the ink-jet printer, a beam having a pair of approximately opposed substantially planar surfaces each of which terminates in a first wiping edge at a first end of the beam and at the base at a second end of the beam, and a slot formed on the beam, and extending along the second end from a third end of the beam to a fourth end of the beam. The first end is a plane surface and the beam further has at the plane surface a second wiping edge opposed to the first wiping edge.

Abstract: A method for creating via holes in a chip or a plurality of chips of a wafer is disclosed. The method is performed by using a pre-patterned transparent mask on the back of the chip or chips, and bombarding the chip(s) through the positioning holes on the transparent mask that correspond to the pre-formed pattern, with accelerated particles. According to this method, via holes can be created from the back of the chip(s) without interfering with the existing IC structure of the chip(s). The present method is highly efficient because a number of via holes can be formed simultaneously by using a large pre-pattered mask to cover the entire wafer. In addition, the present method is cost-effective because no precision apparatus is required.

Abstract: An enduring and low-shock inkjet nozzle for an ink cartridge in an inkjet printer is provided. The inkjet nozzle includes a nozzle chip retaining thereon an ink obtained from the ink cartridge, a nozzle plate having thereon a plurality of ink-jetting holes, an energy converting layer converting an external electricity into a heat for vaporizing the ink to be jetted out from the ink-jetting holes, a protecting medium for preventing the energy converting layer from direct impact by the vaporized ink unsuccessfully jetted out of the ink-jetting holes, and a shock-absorbing medium mounted between the nozzle chip and the nozzle plate for absorbing a shock caused by the vaporized ink.

Abstract: A paper guide mechanism for guiding a movement of a paper in a printer includes a frame body having a lower roller and mounted in the printer, and a paper guide having an upper roller cooperating with the lower roller for guiding therebetween the paper, in which the upper roller is parallelly displaced with respect to the lower roller for biasing the paper in order that the paper can be guided through the paper guide smoothly. The paper guide further has an elastic rod being integrally formed with the paper guide and the elastic rod includes a retaining part to rotatably retain a shaft of the upper roller. The retaining part can have a retaining channel having an opening through which the shaft of the upper roller is received in the channel.

Abstract: A method is provided for judging whether an ink-containing medium which is used for absorbing an ink is applicable to an ink cartridge. The method includes steps of (a) getting a first value A of a physical parameter of the ink-containing medium, (b) immersing the ink-containing medium into an ink container containing the ink under an immersion temperature for an immersion time, (c) washing the ink-containing medium, (d) drying the ink-containing medium under a dry temperature and a dry pressure, (e) getting a second value B of the physical parameter of the ink-containing medium, (f) calculating a relative change of the physical parameter of the ink-containing medium from the values of the physical parameters of the ink-containing medium, and (g) rejecting the ink-containing medium when the relative change of the physical parameter of the ink-containing medium is larger than a specific value.