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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1986
Tatsuya Furukawa, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi-nozzle ink-jet printer includes a printhead for ejecting a plurality of ink droplets substantially at the same time in parallel, a charging electrode for charging ink droplets selectively, a pair of deflector electrodes for forming a deflecting electric field therebetween and a gutter for collecting those ink droplets which have not been sufficiently deflected to be used for printing. The gutter may be used as a detector electrode, in which case the gutter is connected to a velocity measuring circuit for measuring an average velocity of ink droplets. One or more separate detector electrodes may be provided for detecting charge carried by the ink droplets for measuring an average velocity of the ink droplets.