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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Yoshiyuki Imanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Okazaki, Sagamihara, JP;
Teruo Ozaki, Yokohama, JP;
Muga Mochizuki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording head includes a plurality of recording elements arranged in an array on a substrate, the recording elements having electric resistances with a variance not less than 4% from a resistance value of at least one of the recording elements, wherein the recording elements generate ink ejection energy to effect printing; a plurality of measuring elements, disposed adjacent at least each of the opposite ends of the array of the recording elements, for detesting characteristic values of the recording elements; and a storing section for storing an average, a median or a reference value corresponding thereto.