There is provided a liquid ejecting head including: first and second nozzle rows extending in a first direction; a first supply flow path; a first filter chamber having a first inlet; and a second filter chamber having a second inlet, in which the first and second nozzle rows are shifted from each other in both the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the first supply flow path has a branch flow path for distributing the liquid between the first filter chamber and the second filter chamber at a branch position, the branch position is disposed between the first filter chamber and the second filter chamber in a plan view, and the first and second inlets are disposed at a part where the first filter chamber and the second filter chamber overlap each other when viewed in the second direction.

An object is to provide a liquid ejection apparatus and a method of controlling a liquid ejection apparatus capable of preventing bubbles generated by kogation removal from interfering with the kogation removal. To this end, in a long liquid ejection head with a liquid circulated therethough, a pressure chamber is pressurized and a voltage is applied to a heat applying portion and an electrode to perform kogation removing cleaning.

An intermediate transfer body includes a surface layer, an elastic layer, and a heat-insulating layer contiguously in the mentioned order, and the surface layer, the elastic layer, and the heat-insulating layer satisfy the following Equations 1 to 4:

(C1+C2)×Δt≦Q  Equation 1:

100 MPa≦E1≦1,000 MPa  Equation 2:

0.5 MPa≦E2≦50 MPa  Equation 3:

λ3≦0.13 W/m.Math.K≦λ1≦λ2.  Equation 4:

A liquid ejection head includes: head units arranged in a first direction; first individual heat dissipators each corresponding to one of the head units and disposed on a first side of the head unit in a second direction; and a first common heat dissipator disposed on the first side of the head units in the second direction. The first common heat dissipator extends in the first direction and shared among the head units. Each head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. Each of the first individual heat dissipators is disposed between the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator of the head unit so as to be in thermal contact with the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator.

A liquid ejection head includes a pressure chamber, an upstream channel, a downstream channel, a pump, an inflow channel, and a bypass channel. The upstream channel communicates with the pressure chamber to supply the liquid to the pressure chamber. The downstream channel communicates with the pressure chamber. The pump communicates with the upstream channel and the downstream channel to cause the liquid in the downstream channel to flow into the upstream channel. The inflow channel communicates with the upstream channel to cause the liquid to be supplied to the pressure chamber to flow into the upstream channel. The upstream channel and the downstream channel communicate with each other through the bypass channel without the pressure chamber being between the upstream channel and the downstream channel. Part of the liquid flowing from the upstream channel into the bypass channel flows into the pressure chamber through the downstream channel.

A head unit includes: heads including a first-head and a second-head including respective flow channels, and a common flow channel member being stacked on the heads and including common flow channels communicating with the heads in common; flexible members including a first-flexible-member disposed between the first-head and the common flow channel member, and a second-flexible-member disposed between the second-head and the common flow channel member; and fixation members for fixing the common flow channel member, the first and second-heads, and the first and second-flexible-members together. The first-flexible-member establishes liquid-tight communication between a first-flow-channel and a first-common-flow-channel by being compressed in a stacking direction. The second-flexible-member establishes liquid-tight communication between a second-flow-channel and the first-common-flow channel by being compressed in the stacking direction. The fixation members include a first-fixation-member disposed between the first-flexible-member and the second-flexible-member in plan view.

A method for manufacturing a printing bar unit for a printing system includes the steps of providing a support bar having a plurality of primary mounting positions, providing a plurality of exchangeable printheads having a plurality of inkjet nozzles, and releasably mounting the printheads to the support bar. Preceding the step of releasably mounting the printheads to the support bar, a plurality of reference organs are connected at the primary mounting positions to the support bar and undergo an alignment finishing process for forming a plurality of accurate secondary mounting positions, and then in a subsequent step the printheads are releasably mounted to the secondary mounting positions on the reference organs. A dimensional tolerance of the secondary mounting positions on the reference organs relative to each other is more accurate than a dimensional tolerance of the primary mounting positions on the support bar relative to each other.

A print element substrate and a liquid ejection head capable of suppressing degradation of a print quality caused by a white stripe/black stripe etc., is actualized without using a high degree of microfabrication technology. As a result of asymmetric deformation by swelling in a direction of relative movement to a print medium, print elements having different liquid droplet ejection directions are made to coexist and arrayed for that purpose.

A plurality of element arrays are formed between a first terminal array and a second terminal array by a plurality of elements. An element array positioned closer to the second terminal array than to the first terminal array is connected to the second terminal array. An element array positioned closer to the first terminal array than to the second terminal array is connected to the first terminal array.

A liquid discharge head includes a recording element board including a discharge port for discharging liquid, a channel member including a channel for supplying the liquid to the recording element board, and supporting the recording element board, a first supporting portion fixed to the channel member on one end side of the channel member in a longitudinal direction, and a second supporting portion fixed to the channel member on another end side of the channel member in the longitudinal direction, and a first member supported by the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion. The first supporting portion supports the first member in such a manner that the first member is movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the first supporting portion.