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EP0378387A3
EP0378387A3 EP19900300277 EP90300277A EP0378387A3 EP 0378387 A3 EP0378387 A3 EP 0378387A3 EP 19900300277 EP19900300277 EP 19900300277 EP 90300277 A EP90300277 A EP 90300277A EP 0378387 A3 EP0378387 A3 EP 0378387A3
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Prior art keywords
ink jet
jet recording
recording method
ink
pitch
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP0378387A2 (en
EP0378387B1 (en
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Shinichi Hirasawa
Hiroyuki Tsunashima Higashi Manshion 202 Maeda
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Canon Inc
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Canon Inc
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Priority claimed from JP1002941A external-priority patent/JP2735852B2/en
Priority claimed from JP1002942A external-priority patent/JP2795661B2/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/485—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes
    • B41J2/505—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements
    • B41J2/5056—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements using dot arrays providing selective dot disposition modes, e.g. different dot densities for high speed and high-quality printing, array line selections for multi-pass printing, or dot shifts for character inclination
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/21—Ink jet for multi-colour printing
    • B41J2/2121—Ink jet for multi-colour printing characterised by dot size, e.g. combinations of printed dots of different diameter
    • B41J2/2125—Ink jet for multi-colour printing characterised by dot size, e.g. combinations of printed dots of different diameter by means of nozzle diameter selection

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
  • Ink Jet (AREA)

Abstract

An ink jet recording method by an ink jet recording head of an on-demand type. Ink droplets are discharged at an interval which is 1/N (N is a natural number of 2 or more) of a pitch of a recording unit.
EP19900300277 1989-01-11 1990-01-10 Ink jet recording method Expired - Lifetime EP0378387B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP1002941A JP2735852B2 (en) 1989-01-11 1989-01-11 Inkjet recording method
JP1002942A JP2795661B2 (en) 1989-01-11 1989-01-11 Inkjet recording method
JP2941/89 1989-01-11
JP2942/89 1989-01-11

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EP0378387A2 EP0378387A2 (en) 1990-07-18
EP0378387A3 true EP0378387A3 (en) 1991-01-30
EP0378387B1 EP0378387B1 (en) 1995-05-17

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EP19900300277 Expired - Lifetime EP0378387B1 (en) 1989-01-11 1990-01-10 Ink jet recording method

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EP0628415A3 (en) * 1993-03-29 1995-03-29 Hewlett Packard Co High fidelity print modes.
US5975679A (en) * 1993-10-29 1999-11-02 Hewlett-Packard Company Dot alignment in mixed resolution printer
US5844583A (en) * 1994-07-14 1998-12-01 Seiko Epson Corporation Ink jet recording method and apparatus providing a plurality of image resolutions with the same amount of ink per dot
CN1082444C (en) * 1994-12-29 2002-04-10 佳能株式会社 Ink-jet apparatus employing ink-jet head having plurality of ink ejection heaters
EP0730969B1 (en) * 1995-03-06 1999-05-12 Hewlett-Packard Company Dot alignment in mixed resolution printer
US5984450A (en) * 1995-03-06 1999-11-16 Hewlett-Packard Company Inkjet printer having multiple printheads and multiple independent printhead service stations for performing different wiping procedures
JPH1058714A (en) 1996-07-01 1998-03-03 Xerox Corp Method for printing image on recording medium

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US4050077A (en) * 1973-05-30 1977-09-20 Hitachi, Ltd. Liquid droplet supplying system
US4617580A (en) * 1983-08-26 1986-10-14 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Apparatus for recording on different types of mediums
EP0244604A2 (en) * 1986-04-15 1987-11-11 Lexmark International, Inc. Method and apparatus for quieting the operation of a dot matrix printer
US4748453A (en) * 1987-07-21 1988-05-31 Xerox Corporation Spot deposition for liquid ink printing

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JPS5789973A (en) * 1980-11-27 1982-06-04 Nec Corp Ink jet printer
JPS5839468A (en) * 1981-09-04 1983-03-08 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Gradated image recording system for ink jet recording

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4050077A (en) * 1973-05-30 1977-09-20 Hitachi, Ltd. Liquid droplet supplying system
US4617580A (en) * 1983-08-26 1986-10-14 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Apparatus for recording on different types of mediums
EP0244604A2 (en) * 1986-04-15 1987-11-11 Lexmark International, Inc. Method and apparatus for quieting the operation of a dot matrix printer
US4748453A (en) * 1987-07-21 1988-05-31 Xerox Corporation Spot deposition for liquid ink printing

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 6, no. 181 (M-156)(1059) 17 September 1982, & JP-A-57 89973 (TACHIKAWA) 4 June 1982, *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 7, no. 120 (M-217)(1265) 25 May 1983, & JP-A-58 39468 (TANAKA) 8 March 1983, *

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EP0378387A2 (en) 1990-07-18
EP0378387B1 (en) 1995-05-17
DE69019380D1 (en) 1995-06-22
DE69019380T2 (en) 1995-10-26

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