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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2004
Takashi Hasebe, Hachioji, JP;
Saburo Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsu Sekine, Hachioji, JP;
Shuta Hamada, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Hasebe, Hachioji, JP;
Saburo Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsu Sekine, Hachioji, JP;
Shuta Hamada, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet printer has an ink jet section for jetting ink from nozzles, a vibration detection section for detecting a jet failure of the nozzles, which is provided ahead in an ink droplet jetting direction from the nozzles, an ink droplet receiving section for receiving an ink droplet jetted from the nozzles, which is interposed between the nozzles and the vibration detection section, and a control section for controlling a maximum diameter of an ink droplet jetted from the nozzles when detecting a jet failure of the nozzles to be larger than that when recording an image.