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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takeshi Fuse, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 35 ; 347 14 ; 347 60 ;
Abstract
A preparatory head drive method for an ink jet printer having heads each including a plural number of nozzles. In the method, a discharging, preparatory drive method for effecting the head temperature rise by driving the nozzles so as to discharge ink and a heating, preparatory drive method for effecting the same by driving the nozzles to such an extent as not to discharge ink are alternately executed.