B41J2/0452

SELECTORS FOR MEMORY ELEMENTS
20220297423 · 2022-09-22 ·

In some examples, a circuit includes a data line, an input line, a first memory element, and a decoder to receive an address and to enable the first memory element for access in response to the address. The selector is responsive to the data line to select the first memory element, where the selector is to select the first memory element responsive to the data line having a first value, and where the data line is to communicate data of a second memory element in response to the second memory element being enabled for access. The input line is to communicate data of the first memory element in response to the first memory element being selected by the selector.

Fluidic die

A fluidic die includes a number of actuators to eject fluid from the fluidic die. The number of actuators form a number of primitives. The fluidic die includes a plurality of delays within a column of the primitives, and a processing device to control the delays through which a number of activation pulses pass. The activation pulses activate each of the actuators associated with the primitives. The activation pulses are delayed between the primitives via at least one of the delays to reduce peak power demands of the fluidic die.

INK MODEL GENERATION MECHANISM

A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store drop size logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the drop size logic to generate drop size data associated with a printing system based on ink deposition data for a print medium and ink drop count data.

Image recording apparatus

An image recording apparatus includes a liquid chamber, a first electrode pin and a second electrode pin which are inserted into the liquid chamber, application unit for applying a voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, and detection unit for detecting a current which flows between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, the image recording apparatus has: a first period in which the application unit applies the voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, with the first electrode pin as an anode side and the second electrode pin as a cathode side, and the detection unit detects the current; and a second period in which the application unit applies the voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, with the first electrode pin as the cathode side and the second electrode pin as the anode side.

LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
20220242108 · 2022-08-04 ·

There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus includes an integrated circuit that has a first output terminal outputting a first control signal and a second output terminal outputting a second control signal, a first transistor in which a second terminal and a third terminal are electrically coupled to each other is made according to the first control signal input to a first terminal, and a second transistor in which a fifth terminal and a sixth terminal are electrically coupled to each other is made according to the second control signal input to a fourth terminal, a shortest distance between the first output terminal and the first terminal is shorter than that between the first output terminal and the second terminal, and a shortest distance between the second output terminal and the fourth terminal is shorter than that between the second output terminal and the fifth terminal.

LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
20220242115 · 2022-08-04 ·

There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus includes a first transistor in which a second terminal and a third terminal are electrically coupled to according to a first terminal, and a second transistor in which a fifth terminal and a sixth terminal are electrically coupled to according to a fourth terminal, a first contact portion where the first terminal is in contact is smaller than a second contact portion where the second terminal is in contact, the second contact portion is smaller than a third contact portion where the third terminal is in contact, a fourth contact portion where the fourth terminal is in contact is smaller than a fifth contact portion where the fifth terminal is in contact, and the fifth contact portion is smaller than a sixth contact portion where the sixth terminal is in contact.

LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS
20220314606 · 2022-10-06 ·

Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus including a modulation circuit, an amplification circuit, and a demodulation circuit that includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and an inductor and outputs the drive signal, one end of the first capacitor and one end of the second capacitor are coupled to one end of the inductor, the first capacitor and the second capacitor are coupled to each other in parallel, the first capacitor includes a first laminated portion in which a resin thin film layer and a first metal thin film layer are laminated, the second capacitor includes a second laminated portion in which a ceramic thin film layer and a second metal thin film layer are laminated, and the electrostatic capacitance of the first capacitor is larger than the electrostatic capacitance of the second capacitor.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20220266603 · 2022-08-25 ·

In the technology of the present disclosure, multiple nozzles included in a printing head are stably driven while disparity in the usage frequency of each nozzle is suppressed. The dot counter scans the digital halftone data in the X direction and performs accumulation-counting on the pixel value Ixy (the number of printing dots) of each pixel for each address y with the accumulation counter CntCum(y). The signal value Gxy of the corresponding pixel address (x, y) is obtained from the division pattern memory unit. The nozzle selection unit selects the nozzle to be used for forming a printing dot, based on the counted values of the accumulation counter CntCum and the signal value Gxy of the division pattern. Then, the address n of the nozzle memory corresponding to the selected nozzle to form a printing dot is determined.

Liquid ejecting apparatus, drive circuit, and circuit substrate
11420438 · 2022-08-23 · ·

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a print head including a drive element; a first circuit substrate electrically coupled to the print head; a second circuit substrate electrically coupled to the first circuit substrate; and a fixing portion that fixes the second circuit substrate to the first circuit substrate, wherein the first circuit substrate includes a coupling terminal electrically coupled to the print head, and a first substrate on which the coupling terminal is provided, wherein the second circuit substrate includes a drive signal output circuit that outputs a drive signal for driving the drive element and a second substrate on which the drive signal output circuit is provided, and wherein the fixing portion also serves as a output terminal through which the drive signal is output to the first circuit substrate.

Selectors for memory elements

In some examples, a circuit includes a data line, an input line, a first memory element, and a decoder to receive an address and to enable the first memory element for access in response to the address. The selector is responsive to the data line to select the first memory element, where the selector is to select the first memory element responsive to the data line having a first value, and where the data line is to communicate data of a second memory element in response to the second memory element being enabled for access. The input line is to communicate data of the first memory element in response to the first memory element being selected by the selector.