Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Haruyuki Hatano

Hideaki Horio

Koji Matsuo

Yutaka Miyazono

An inkjet recording apparatus includes a moving device which moves an inkjet head relative to a recording medium. When the head is moved relative to the recording medium by the moving device, a nozzle of the head ejects ink onto the recording medium, so that recording is carried out. The inkjet head includes (a) pressure chambers containing ink, (b) nozzles communicating through the pressure chambers, (c) piezoelectric elements, (d) piezoelectric actuators that deform to increase or decrease the capacities of the pressure chambers due to piezoelectric effect of the piezoelectric elements, and (e) a controller for driving the actuators at a frequency not less than 20 kHz. This structure allows the actuators to operate substantially noiseless, and an image can be recorded at higher speed.

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Kumamoto, Japan

Haruyuki Hatano