Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Toshihiro Kishigami

Shotaro Kanzaki

Atsushi Ito

Mikio Hirano

A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a discharge head; an ultraviolet irradiator disposed at a position different from the discharge head in a first direction; a carriage configured to scan in the first direction; and a controller configured to: control the carriage and the discharge head to execute a first discharge process of discharging the ink on a predefined printing area of the recording medium in a first scan; after the first discharge process, control the carriage and the discharge head to execute a second discharge process of discharging the ink on the predefined printing area in a second scan; after the second discharge process, control the carriage and the ultraviolet irradiator to irradiate the ink discharged on the predefined printing area with the ultraviolet light in a third scan.

Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid discharge method, and storage medium

A recording apparatus includes a liquid ejection head having nozzles, a controller, and a signal input part through which a user inputs, to the controller, a setting signal indicating settings related to a grade of a barcode or two-dimensional code. The controller drives the liquid ejection head based on the setting signal input through the signal input part to cause the nozzles to eject liquid to record a barcode or two-dimensional code on a recording medium in the grade corresponding to the setting signal.

Recording apparatus

A liquid ejection head includes an individual channel, a first manifold, a filter, a second manifold, and a bypass path. The individual channel has a nozzle. The first manifold is in fluid communication with the individual channel. The filter is disposed in the first manifold. The second manifold is in fluid communication with the individual channel. The bypass path is positioned between the individual channel and the filter in a direction in which liquid flows. The bypass path extends from the first manifold. The bypass path provides fluid communication between the first manifold and the second manifold not via the individual channel.

Liquid ejection head

A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a channel member formed with an individual channel, the individual channel including a nozzle and a pressure chamber; a piezoelectric element arranged in the channel member and facing the pressure chamber, the piezoelectric element being configured to apply pressure to liquid in the individual channel; and a driver configured to apply a driving signal to the piezoelectric element, the driving signal being constructed of a plurality of pulse waveforms, wherein the piezoelectric element is driven in a pull-strike system by one piece of the pulse waveforms such that the pressure chamber is depressurized and then pressurized.

Liquid discharging apparatus

A liquid ejection head includes an individual channel, a first manifold, a filter, a second manifold, and a bypass path. The individual channel has a nozzle. The first manifold is in fluid communication with the individual channel. The filter is disposed in the first manifold. The second manifold is in fluid communication with the individual channel. The bypass path is positioned across the filter from the individual channel with respect to a direction perpendicular to a surface extending direction of the filter. The bypass path provides fluid communication between the first manifold and the second manifold not via the individual channel.

There is provided a liquid discharge head including a channel unit. The channel unit includes: first and second individual channel groups including a plurality of first and second individual channels; two supply manifolds and two return manifolds; and bypass channels communicating with the two supply manifolds or with the two return manifolds. A relationship of |P|&#x3e;|P| is satisfied, wherein Pis a first pressure of the supply manifold provided commonly for the first individual channel group, Pis a second pressure of the supply manifold provided commonly for the second individual channel group, &#x2212;Pis a third pressure of the return manifold provided commonly for the first individual channel group, and &#x2212;Pis a fourth pressure of the return manifold provided commonly for the second individual channel group.

Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus

A liquid ejection head includes a manifold configured to store liquid therein, a plurality of ejection channels, and a dummy channel. Each ejection channel communicates with the manifold and is configured to receive liquid from the manifold and eject liquid through a corresponding nozzle thereof open to a nozzle surface. The dummy channel communicates with the manifold and includes a dummy nozzle open to the nozzle surface. The dummy channel further includes a pressure chamber, an actuator configured to apply pressure to liquid in the pressure chamber, a communication passage connecting the manifold to the pressure chamber, and a circulation passage through which the pressure chamber communicates with the manifold. The circulation passage is different from the communication passage and located between the dummy nozzle and the manifold.

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Obu, Japan

Toshihiro Kishigami