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RECORDING SECTION
• BJ print head unit
The ink that is supplied from the ink sponge is sent to the BJ nozzles
according to print signals that arrive from the signal contact pad.
Fig. 4-66 BJ Print Head
The ink in the ink sponge is filtered by the ink filter to remove any dust,
and is sent to the BJ nozzles via the joint pipe. When head drive current
flows to the heater plate inside the nozzles, the ink boils to be formed into
numerous bubbles. Eventually, these bubbles become a single boiling bub-
ble. Though the head drive current is stopped before the ink droplets leave
the nozzles, bubbling by remaining heat from the heater continues to dis-
charge ink droplets from the nozzle tips. After ink droplets are ejected
from the nozzles, the nozzles are charged with ink again from the ink
sponge.
Joint pipe
Ink filter
Flow of ink
from ink sponge
Signal circuit
Printed circuit board
Silicon plate
Aluminum plate
Heater plate
Ink ejection hole
Ink chamber
Plastic cover
Face plate
(part of plastic cover)
Filament contacts
Protective bond for
filament contacts
(1) Heater energized.
(minute bubbles
heat up)
(2) Heater on.
(individual bubbles
merge to become
one large bubble)
(3) Heater off.
(bubble continue
s
to expand, using
residual heat)
(4) Bubble decrease
in size,ink droplet
formed.
(5) Ink droplet ejected ink
refilled from ink chamber.