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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Paul A. Hoisington, Norwich, VT (US);
Deane A. Gardner, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul A. Hoisington, Norwich, VT (US);
Deane A. Gardner, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc., Lebanon, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the invention features a method of driving an inkjet module having a plurality of ink jets. The method includes applying a voltage waveform to the inkjet module, the voltage waveform including a first pulse and a second pulse, activating one or more of the ink jets contemporaneously to applying the first pulse, wherein each activated ink jet ejects a fluid droplet in response to the first pulse, and activating all of the ink jets contemporaneously to applying the second pulse without ejecting a droplet.