Method of operating an ink jet to reduce print quality degradati

Details Method of operating an ink jet to reduce print quality degradati Method of operating an ink jet to reduce print quality degradati

1992-10-08

1995-01-10

Hartary, Joseph W.

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Controller

347 68, B41V 2045

Patent

active

053811623

ABSTRACT:
A drop-on-demand ink jet print head (9) has an ink pressure chamber (22) coupled to a source of ink (11) and an ink drop ejecting orifice (103) with an ink drop ejection orifice outlet (14). An acoustic driver (36), in response to a drive signal (100), produces a pressure wave in the ink and causes the ink to pass outwardly through the ink drop ejecting orifice (103) and the ink jet ejection orifice outlet (14) of the ink jet print head (9). In accordance with the present invention, controlling the operation of the ink jet print head (9) with a particular drive signal reduces print quality degradation resulting from rectified diffusion, which is the growth of .air bubbles dissolved in the ink from the repeated application of pressure pulses to the ink residing within the ink pressure chamber (22) of the ink jet print head (9), such pressure pulses causing the application of pressures below ambient pressure. This method of controlling the operation of the ink jet print head (9) applies pressure below ambient pressure to the ink residing within the ink pressure chamber (22) of the ink jet print head (9) at magnitudes less than the threshold pressure magnitude that leads to the air bubble growth.

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