Title:
A printer and a printing method
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6167611
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A printing apparatus includes a head having a nozzle through which ink that contains thermoplastic resin particles and whose viscosity at 50° C. is equal to or greater than 2.1 mPa·s is discharged, a pressure chamber, and a driving element; an ink non-absorptive medium; a heating unit; and a control unit that applies driving signals to the driving element. In the printing apparatus, a discharge waveform generated by the driving signal includes a first expansion-element that expands the pressure chamber, a contraction-element that contracts the pressure chamber having been expanded by the first expansion-element, a second expansion-element that expands the pressure chamber having been contracted by the contraction-element, a third expansion-element that further expands the pressure chamber having been expanded by the second-expansion element, and a connection-element that connects an end terminal of the second expansion-element with a start terminal of the third expansion-element at the same potential.
Inventors:
Mako Fukuda
Tomohiro Sayama
Hironori Sato
Kasahara Longevity
Kei Mukai
Toshihiro Niihara
Tomohiro Sayama
Hironori Sato
Kasahara Longevity
Kei Mukai
Toshihiro Niihara
Application Number:
JP2013070351A
Publication Date:
July 26, 2017
Filing Date:
March 28, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation
International Classes:
B41J2/045; B41J2/01
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2004142448A | ||||
| JP2007154087A | ||||
| JP8207262A |
Foreign References:
| US20040212646 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Teruho Tsukui
Kazuaki Watanabe
Keisuke Nishida
Satoshi Nakai
Kazuaki Watanabe
Keisuke Nishida
Satoshi Nakai
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