CHAPTER 2. BASIC OPERATION
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3. BJ print head
Ink from the ink sponge is filtered through the mesh-like ink filter and fed to the head unit
through the ink pipe of the cartridge body.
The ink is then sent to the nozzle through the joint pipe.
When head drive current flows to the heater plate in the nozzle, the ink boils in multiple
bubbles, which soon become one bubble.
The head drive current is stopped before the ink drop leaves the nozzle, but bubbling contin-
ues from residual heat in the heater, and ink drops are ejected from the nozzle hole.
After the ink drops are ejected from the nozzle, the nozzle is filled with ink again from the ink
sponge due to capillary action.
REFERENCE
The print head uses semiconductor technology, with the heaters and their circuits on a
silicon plate.
The silicon plate, with these electrical circuits, is bonded to an aluminum plate, which is
attached to the plastic cover housing the nozzles.
Figure 2-302
The bubble shrinks
and an ink drop is
formed
Bubble jet nozzle
Large heater
Small heater
Aluminum base plate
Silicone plate
Protective bond for
wire connecting section
Ultra thin wire
connecting section
Print board
Signal circuit
The heater power
is applied
The heater
power is shut off
The heater power
continues
Face plate (Part of plastic cover)
Ink drops are ejected
Common ink chamber
Plastic cover
Joint pipe
Ink filter
Ink flow from the ink sponge
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