Abstract: A color inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads ejecting inks of respective colors, supplied from an ink container provided below the multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads, a separation part separating the color inkjet recording apparatus into a first region in which the ink container is provided and a second region in which the rest or the color inkjet recording apparats is provided, and a holding part configured to hold the ink container, the holding part including a plurality of separation parts.

Abstract: An apparatus for ejecting ink which can smoothly guide flow of ink, a method of fabricating the same, and an ink cartridge having the apparatus for ejecting ink are disclosed. The apparatus includes a channel unit having at least one supplying channel, and a print head having at least one nozzle and at least one supplying passage. The print head is adhered to the channel unit so that the supplying passage communicates with the supplying channel. At least one glue receiving groove is formed at a location in which the print head and the channel unit are adhered to each other.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a fluid ejection device comprises providing a barrier layer which defines fluidic spaces. The fluidic spaces defined by the barrier layer are filled with filler. A throughway is etched through the substrate. The filler is removed from the fluidic spaces after etching the throughway.

Abstract: A printhead for inkjet printing includes a substrate. A plurality of nozzles is arranged on the substrate in groups. The substrate defines groups of ink supply passages to supply an ink of a particular color to respective nozzles of each group. A nozzle guard is arranged with respect to the nozzles to define a space between the nozzle guard and the nozzles. The nozzle guard defines a plurality of passages with each passage being in register with a respective nozzle so that each nozzle can eject the ink across the space and through a respective passage.

Abstract: A color inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads ejecting inks of respective colors, an electrical system unit controlling the operation of the color inkjet recording apparatus, an ink container connected to the multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads, and a holding part. The ink container includes a plurality of independent ink containers containing the respective color inks, and is provided below the multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads and the electrical system unit. The holding part holds the independent ink containers, and includes a plurality of separation parts. The separation parts prevent ink from contaminating one of the independent ink containers which is caused by ink spilling or overflowing from one of the adjacent independent ink containers.

Abstract: A filter for a printhead assembly includes a frame having an opening and a fluid passage communicated with the opening formed therein, filter material enclosing the opening and the fluid passage of the frame, a first fluid port communicated with the fluid passage of the frame, a permeable material communicated with the first fluid port, and a second fluid port spaced from the first fluid port and communicated with the fluid passage of the frame.

Abstract: A pagewidth printhead assembly that includes a support beam assembly having a composite shell of metals selected so that the shell has a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially the same as that of silicon and a core located within the shell and defining a number of longitudinally extending ink reservoirs for containing respective inks. At least one printhead is mounted on the support beam assembly to receive inks from the ink reservoirs the, or each, printhead including a silicon-based printhead integrated circuit.

Abstract: A pagewidth printhead assembly (1) includes at least one pagewidth printhead received in a printhead supporting shell (4). The shell comprises a longitudinal laminated structure defining an interior space and formed from continuous layers of at least two materials (10,11). The layers are odd in number and disposed symmetrically about a central layer (10).

Abstract: In order to that stress generated within a resin can be suppressed and cracking in the resin can be prevented, an ink jet recording head comprising a substrate; a resin body, which defines an ink discharge section, formed on the substrate; and a heating resistor provided on the substrate, an ink chamber being formed between the heating resistor and the ink discharge section, the resin body being dug down along the ink chamber, is provided.

Abstract: A system for producing electrospray ions includes a thermal inkjet material dispenser configured to selectively emit a plurality of sample material particles, and an electrically conducting grid disposed in proximity with the thermal inkjet material dispenser, the grid being configured to permit a selective passage of the emitted sample material particles.

Abstract: A printhead assembly includes a carrier having a fluid manifold defined therein, a plurality of printhead dies each mounted on the carrier and communicating with the fluid manifold, and a fluid delivery assembly coupled with the carrier and communicating with the fluid manifold.

Abstract: An ink-jet head includes a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink, a first flat plate layer formed by aligning a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the nozzles respectively and including at least one sheet of flat plates, a second flat plate layer formed with a common ink chamber having a shape elongated in a direction of aligning the pressure chambers and comprising at least one sheet of the flat plates, an ink supply passage connecting the common ink chamber and an ink supply source, a flat plate member in a shape of a thin film disposed between the first flat plate layer and the second flat plate layer, a restriction flow passage formed at the flat plate member for communicating one end thereof to the pressure chamber, communicating the other end thereof to the common ink chamber and controlling a flow of ink between the pressure chamber and the common ink chamber, and a damper chamber formed at the flat plate layer facing the flat plate member on a side thereof opposed to the common ink cham

Abstract: An ink jet recording head unit includes: at least one nozzle array in which a plurality of nozzle openings are arrayed; a plurality of common ink chambers, each adapted to store ink to be ejected; compliance parts provided to wall surfaces defining the common ink chambers, respectively; and a plurality of ink flow passages which supply ink from ink supplying sources through the common ink chambers to the nozzle openings. Of the plurality of the ink flow passages, an ink flow passage shorter than another ink flow passage has the compliance part of the common ink chamber, which is located at a middle of the ink flow passage and which is set smaller in comparison to the other ink flow passage.

Abstract: A recording apparatus having recording head units constituted by such that recording materials are heated and are selectively transported to a printing medium in recording material transporting units, and a recording head formed by arraying the recording head units positioned opposite to each other. In each of the recording head units, the recording material transporting units include heating portions for heating the recording materials. A first electrode and a second electrode which are used to energize the heating portion are provided with respect to each of the heating portions in such a manner that the first electrode is located opposite to the second electrode. The first electrode is located between the heating portions. The second electrode is present at edge portions of the recording head units that are positioned opposite to each other.

Abstract: In an ink jet recording head having a structure wherein grooves are formed on a piezo-electric ceramic substrate by a cutting work and the resulting side walls of the grooves are driven to thereby jet each ink in the grooves, fine cracks appears in the surface layer portion of the side wall during the time of the cutting work, accordingly the strength of the side walls is reduced, a long time driving of the side walls develops the cracks to end in the destruction and so on, which causes a problem of the reliability to be overcome. The cracks occurred in the surface layer portion of the side walls 4 are penetrated by an oxide 5 for being mended. The piezo-electric ceramic substrate with the grooves is coated with a solution obtained by solving the constituent elements of the oxide into a solvent and is fired so that the side walls are reinforced.

Abstract: An image forming method and an image forming apparatus which are capable of jetting ink having high viscosity stably without incremental energy consumption, at a small quantity, and at high speed, and capable of forming high quality and highly precise images without feathering and bleeding on various recording media at high speed are provided. Color ink is held on a flat surface of an ink carrier in the form of a uniform pattern, and the ink carrier is partially heated correspondingly to image information. Then, an air layer is formed on the interface or near the interface between the ink carrier and the color ink. The color ink is jetted by the pressure generated when the air layer is formed to adhere on a recording medium, and thus an image is formed.

Abstract: An additive is dispersed in a matrix having a larger thermal expansion coefficient, which forms a film that prevents the permeation of the ink at the room temperature while allowing the permeation of the ink at high temperature. An ink roller is formed by covering a roller-like sponge body containing ink (an ink holder) with the film. Along the outer circumference of the ink roller, a thermal head that heats the surface of the ink roller according to a print pattern and a platen roller that sandwiches recording sheet between itself and the ink roller are disposed. Then, by rotating the ink roller and heating the thermal head, the ink permeates through the heated part of the film and is transferred to the recording sheet to form an ink image on the recording sheet.

Abstract: A piezoelectric ink jet printing system including a primary ink supply and a plurality of piezoelectric ink jet printhead assemblies. Each assembly comprises a housing, a piezoelectric ink jet printhead in the housing, a secondary ink supply attached to the housing close to the printhead, and a short ink supply line for delivery of ink from the secondary ink supply to the printhead. The system further includes a pump for pumping ink from the primary ink supply to the secondary ink supply of each printhead assembly. Each printhead assembly is operable independently of the other printhead assemblies and are selectively movable with respect to the other printhead assemblies and with respect to the primary ink supply so that each printhead assembly can be positioned at a desired location without regard to where the other printhead assemblies are to be positioned and without regard to where the primary ink supply is positioned.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an ink-jet type recorder that forms an ink image on a recording medium comprising a porous ink carrier withholding ink in the pores, an ink tank at a soaking position a transferring device for transferring ink carrier from the soaking position to a recording position where the ink carrier and the recording medium face each other, a heating device for heating the ink withheld in pores of the ink carrier to a certain temperature, the heating device including a contact heater which is in contact with the ink carrier at the recording position so as to conduct heat from the contact heater to the withheld ink, and the certain temperature being sufficiently high to lower the viscosity of the ink but insufficiently high to boil the ink, and an electric field generating device for generating an electric field in order to activate an electrostatic force in such a way that the ink is attracted onto the recording medium from the ink carrier.