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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2012
Bruno Barbet, Etoile-sur-Rhone, FR;
Damien Bonneton, Hostun, FR;
Bruno Barbet, Etoile-sur-Rhone, FR;
Damien Bonneton, Hostun, FR;
Markem-Imaje, Bourg-les-Valence, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a new control method for controlling the printing of a binary continuous inkjet printer provided with a printhead () with a set of deflection electrodes () shared by all of the nozzles of the head, at least one pair of electrodes () supplied in phase opposition relative to each other, and actuators () to which pulses are sent to form a distance Lbr from the plane of the nozzles (), from the break of a jet discharged by a nozzle () in communication with a stimulation chamber () to which said actuator is mechanically coupled, drops not able to be electrically charged or jet segment subjected to the electrostatic influence of the deflection electrodes. According to the invention, the pulses are controlled so as to minimize the total electrical charge taken on by the ink jet segments inside a volume of influence of the electrodes.