EP 1717035 A1 20061102 - Printing method and printer suitable for applying said method
Title (en)
Printing method and printer suitable for applying said method
Title (de)
Druckverfahren und Drucker geeignet zur Durchführung des Verfahrens
Title (fr)
Procédé d'impression et imprimante adaptée à la réalisation de ce procédé
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 05103516 A 20050428
- EP 06112807 A 20060420
Abstract (en)
The invention pertains to a method for transferring ink to a receiving material using an inkjet printer having an ink chamber (10) with a nozzle (8) and an electromechanical transducer (16) in cooperative connection with the ink chamber, comprising actuating the transducer to generate a pressure wave in the ink chamber to expel a volume of ink from the nozzle, the pressure wave being such that it induces splitting of the said volume in a first and second ink droplet (36,37), wherein the transducer is actuated such that the volume of ink that is forced to be expelled from the ink chamber experiences a supercritical acceleration in the direction of the receiving material, whereafter the transducer is actuated to retract the second droplet (36) into the ink chamber. The invention also pertains to a print head adjusted for applying the said method and a printer incorporating such a print head.
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); B41J 2/04588 (2013.01); B41J 2/14233 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
US 6513894 B1 20030204 - CHEN ALVIN U [US], et al
Citation (search report)
- [A] US 6513894 B1 20030204 - CHEN ALVIN U [US], et al
- [A] US 6629741 B1 20031007 - OKUDA MASAKAZU [JP], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA HR MK YU
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 06112807 A 20060420