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7404615 Maintenance and recovery device of a liquid discharge apparatus and an image forming apparatus  
A maintenance and recovery device of a liquid droplet discharge apparatus improves a performance of discharging droplets of a liquid having a high-viscosity. A liquid droplet discharge head ( 34 )...
7404614 Droplet discharge device, method of discharging droplet, method of manufacturing electro-optical device, electro-optical device and electro equipment  
Aspects of the invention provide a droplet discharge device, a method of discharging a droplet, a method of manufacturing an electro-optical device, and electronic equipment that can grossly reduce...
7401889 Liquid ejector cleaning method and liquid ejector  
Recording head of a printer is sealed by a cap connected with a gear pump. Fluid is discharged from a nozzle through the cap by a negative pressure being generated by the gear pump. The gear pump...
7401888 Method of maintaining a printhead using maintenance station configured for air blast cleaning  
A method of maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a printhead maintenance station comprising a capper having a constriction...
7401887 Method of maintaining a printhead using air blast cleaning  
A method of maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) flooding an ink ejection face of the printhead with ink; and (b) removing the ink by...
7399046 Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing apparatus control method  
An inkjet printing apparatus and method can efficiently feed printing media stored in a media storage unit, while at the same time minimizing the reduction in a printing speed during the ejection...
7396105 Ink jet recording apparatus  
Even in the case where preliminary ejection is performed by a recording head having an array of pigment ink ejection outlets and an array of dye ink ejection outlets in which a length of the...
7396095 Ink jet printing apparatus and preliminary ink ejection method  
In a print head having arrays of large nozzles and small nozzles with different ink ejection volumes that are connected to a common ink chamber, the preliminary ejection operation is performed...
7387358 Printhead maintenance assembly configured for air blast cleaning  
A printhead maintenance assembly is provided, comprising a printhead and a maintenance station. The maintenance station comprises a capper sealingly engageable around the printhead. The capper...
7384118 Ink-jet recording apparatus and method for driving the same  
An ink-jet recording apparatus has a pick-up roller for supplying to a conveyor mechanism an uppermost one of record media on a supporter, an elevator for moving up and down the supporter, a pump...
7384119 Printhead maintenance station configured for air blast cleaning of printhead  
A printhead maintenance station for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The maintenance station comprises a capper sealingly engageable around the printhead. The capper...
7384120 Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus  
The inkjet recording apparatus has a recording head including: large nozzles which eject ink containing pigment particles serving as a coloring material; small nozzles which eject the ink; and a...
7381444 Color filter manufacturing method and apparatus, ink-jet device, color filter, display device, and apparatus having display device  
A color filter manufacturing apparatus of this invention includes a plurality of ink-jet heads ( 120 a, 120 b, 120 c ) each having a first ink discharging nozzle group ( 108 ) in which the pitch...
7380903 Inkjet recording apparatus, and ink discharge surface cleaning method and device  
The inkjet recording apparatus comprises: a printing device including a print head which discharges ink droplets onto a recording medium to perform printing, the print head having discharge ports...
7377616 Inkjet printer including discharger with cap  
An inkjet printer includes: (a) a head unit having ejecting portions and operable to eject a plurality of kinds of inks through the ejecting portions; (b) a discharger for discharging the inks...
7374272 Liquid ejecting apparatus  
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head member having a nozzle and a liquid-ejecting unit; a main controlling part that drives the liquid-ejecting unit based on ejecting data; a capping member...
7370935 Droplet discharge device, device for maintaining discharge performance of head, method for maintaining discharge performance of head, method for manufacturing electro-optical device, electro-optical device and electronic apparatus  
A droplet discharge device is provided in which for a head having a plurality of nozzles, nozzle rows having clogged nozzles are detected in advance and suction is performed on the nozzle rows...
7364256 Inkjet printer with capping mechanism  
A printer is provided which has a pagewidth printhead assembly and a capping mechanism. The printhead assembly has a pagewidth printhead and a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead for...
7364259 Inkjet recording apparatus  
An inkjet recording apparatus can reduce operations or time for preliminary discharge and reduce the influence of mist. A recovery mechanism portion is provided in which a slide member on which a...
7364254 Inkjet printer and inkjet printer controlling method  
An inkjet printer includes: a recording head which includes jet openings for jetting ink; a sensor for detecting a jet opening causing jetting failure among the jet openings; a sucking mechanism...
7360862 Inkjet apparatus and a method of controlling an inkjet mechanism  
A method of controlling an inkjet mechanism having an inkjet head movable between a capped position and a print position comprises the steps of receiving a first switch signal indicative of the...
7360859 Unclogging printer nozzles  
In one embodiment, a method for printing includes selecting a nozzle for printing a pixel, determining a time since the nozzle was last actuated, and, if the time since the nozzle was last actuated...
7360863 Printing apparatus with a priming device  
The printing apparatus comprises at least one printhead provided with nozzles for ejecting droplets of ink in a firing direction towards a printing media, and at least one priming device for...
7357479 Aerosol extraction during printing by and servicing of fluid ejection-device  
An aerosol extraction system for a fluid-ejection device is disclosed that includes a print zone, a servicing zone, a vacuum, and a switching mechanism. The print zone is that in which a print head...
7357477 Inkjet printer with laterally displaceable capping mechanism  
A printer is provided which has a pagewidth printhead assembly and a capping mechanism. The printhead assembly has a pagewidth printhead and a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead for...
7357476 Capping/purging system for inkjet printhead assembly  
A capping/purging mechanism is disclosed for a pagewidth printhead assembly having a pagewidth printhead and a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print media...
7354132 Liquid ejecting apparatus  
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, having nozzle orifices for ejecting liquid therefrom and a controller which performs a recovery operation for removing liquid having a...
7354133 Ink jet recording apparatus and maintenance method thereof  
The invention provides a configuration capable of judging whether an ink jet head is exchanged or whether it is replaced, and changing an amount of recovery operation when the ink jet head is...
7350897 Flushing system and process for flushing the same  
The present invention relates to various embodiments for a flushing system for an ink jet printer, wherein a flushing fluid source provides a flushing fluid to a manifold wherein the flushing fluid...
7347526 Capping member for inkjet printer  
A capping member for a pagewidth printhead assembly having— (i) at least one pagewidth printhead; and (ii) a plurality of nozzles located along the at least one printhead, the capping...
7341328 Inkjet printer with two-stage capping mechanism  
An inkjet printer having a two-stage capping mechanism for a pagewidth printhead is disclosed. The printhead has a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead and they are arranged to deliver...
7341327 Capping unit and control method for same, liquid droplet ejection apparatus and device manufacturing method  
A capping apparatus including: a sealing unit that seals at least nozzle apertures of a liquid droplet ejection head that ejects liquid droplets; a heating unit that heats at least a vicinity of...
7334864 Inkjet printer with arcuately moveable duplex printhead assembly and capping system  
A printer is disclosed which comprises: (a) a pagewidth printhead assembly having a pagewidth printhead and a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print media as...
7328968 Inkjet printer with simplex printhead and capping/purging mechanism  
A printer is disclosed which comprises: (a) a pagewidth printhead assembly having a single pagewidth printhead and a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print...
7328967 Nozzle guard for a printhead  
An ink jet printhead has a number of printhead chips ( 10 ). Each printhead chip ( 10 ) has a wafer substrate ( 16 ). A plurality of nozzle arrangements ( 10 ) is positioned on the wafer substrate....
7322669 Inkjet printer with protector for a printhead capping facility  
An inkjet printer is disclosed in which a protector is provided for a capping facility for a printhead within the printer. The protector comprises a covering member which is arranged to engage with...
7318638 Liquid ejecting apparatus  
The apparatus includes a tube pump for discharging a fluid in a capping means sealing a nozzle forming face of a liquid ejecting head, having a roller member rolling on an inner periphery of a...
7311375 Cap members and liquid ejecting devices comprising cap members  
A cap member for covering a plurality of nozzle arrays disposed in a nozzle plate of a liquid ejecting head includes a first lip, at least one second lip, and a main body. The first lip has an...
7311373 Droplet ejection apparatus including recovery processing with a standby power supply  
A droplet ejection apparatus includes a main power supply, power cutoff detecting means, a standby power supply, residual vibration detecting means, storage means, and ejection failure detecting...
7303250 Liquid ejection apparatus and method of controlling the same  
A liquid ejection head is caused to eject liquid droplets at a region where no target medium is placed, such that such that a first prescribed number of liquid droplets are flushed from each of the...
7300135 Ink jet recording apparatus and maintenance mechanism therefor  
A maintenance mechanism includes: a carriage 22 capable of performing reciprocating movement along a line parallel to an ink discharging surface 4 a; and a purge sheet 21 attached to the...
7300131 Droplet ejection apparatus with ejection failure detection means  
A droplet ejection apparatus includes ejection failure detecting means for detecting an ejection failure, counting means for counting the number of ejection failures, and droplet receptor...
7284818 Liquid injection apparatus  
An inkjet recording device includes a recording head and a cap placed in tight contact with a nozzle forming surface for defining a sealed space. A head moving mechanism moves the recording head...
7284819 Inkjet printer with turret mounted capping/purging mechanism  
A printer is disclosed which has: (a) a pagewidth printhead assembly having a pagewidth printhead and a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print media as it...
7261390 Ink jet printer  
An ink jet printer has a white ink recording head for jetting white ink onto a recording medium; a color ink recording head for jetting color ink onto the recording medium; a sucking device for...
7258418 Inkjet printer comprising pagewidth printhead and reciprocally movable capping member  
An inkjet printer is provided comprising a chassis, a pagewidth printhead operatively mounted on the chassis and a capping assembly. The capping assembly comprises a base structure mounted on the...
7258416 Inkjet printer with pivotal capping member  
A printer is disclosed that has: (a) a pagewidth printhead assembly having a pagewidth printhead and a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print media as it is...
7255420 Droplet jetting apparatus, method of operating droplet jetting apparatus, and device manufacturing method  
A droplet jetting apparatus having a droplet jetting head including a nozzle opening formed in a nozzle formation surface, from which droplets of a predetermined liquid are jetted, and a capping...
7246875 Protector for a printhead capping facility  
A protector is provided for a capping facility for a printhead. The protector comprises a covering member which is arranged to engage with the capping facility during intervals when the capping...
7246874 Maintenance device and recording device  
The present invention provides a maintenance device which can suction ink in a short period of time and with a small amount of consumed ink. The maintenance device has a plurality of capping...