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(11) | EP 1 336 488 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Ink-jet head and ink-jet printer having ink-jet head |
| (57) An ink-jet head includes a passage unit (4) comprising a plurality of pressure chambers
(10) each connected with a nozzle (8) and arranged in a matrix in a plane to form
a plurality of pressure chamber rows in a first direction in the plane, and a plurality
of common ink passages (5a) each extending along the first direction and communicating
with the pressure chambers. The pressure chamber rows include first pressure chamber
rows (11a) each constituted by pressure chambers each connected with a nozzle deviated
on one side thereof with respect to a second direction crossing the first direction,
and second pressure chamber rows (11b) each constituted by pressure chambers each
connected with a nozzle deviated on the other side thereof with respect to the second
direction, when viewing from a third direction perpendicular to the plane. Each of
the common ink passages including at least a boundary region between one of the first
pressure chamber rows and one of the second pressure chamber rows neighboring each
other so that nozzles connected with the pressure chambers in the each pressure chamber
rows face outward each other when viewing from the third direction, and each of the
common ink passages not overlapping any of the nozzles. |