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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1998
Hitoshi Minemoto, Niigata, JP;
Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Niigata, JP;
Tadashi Mizocuchi, Niigata, JP;
Junichi Suetsugu, Niigata, JP;
Hitoshi Takemoto, Niigata, JP;
Kazuo Shima, Niigata, JP;
Toru Yakushiji, Niigata, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of ejection electrodes and a counter electrode which are controlled at predetermined intervals such that a first voltage pulse is applied to a selected ejection electrode depending on input data and a second voltage pulse is applied to the counter electrode in synchronization with the first voltage pulse. The first and second voltage pulses produce a voltage difference between the selected ejection electrode and the second electrode, wherein the voltage difference is not smaller than a predetermined threshold voltage which is a minimum value which causes ejection of particulate matter from the selected ejection electrode.