An integrated circuit to drive a plurality of fluid actuation devices includes a plurality of contact pads, a plurality of pulldown devices, and control logic. The plurality of contact pads include a first contact pad and a second contact pad. Each of the pulldown devices is electrically coupled to a corresponding contact pad. The control logic enables at least a portion of the pulldown devices in response to both a logic low signal on the first contact pad and a logic low signal on the second contact pad.

A method of distinguishing between fluids may include providing a current to an electrode disposed within a fluidic passageway of a fluidic die, the current to be forced into a fluid within the fluidic die, sensing an impedance at the electrode, and determining a particle vehicle separation level of the fluid based on the sensed impedance between a first instance and a second instance.

In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluidic system is described. The fluidic system includes a fluidic die. The fluidic die includes a substrate in which a number of fluid chambers are formed. Each fluid chamber includes a fluid actuator disposed within the fluid chamber. A number of actuator sensors are disposed on the substrate to output at least one value indicative of a sensed characteristic of fluid actuators. A number of substrate temperature sensors are also disposed on the substrate to sense a temperature for the substrate. An actuator evaluation device of the fluidic system determines a state of the fluid actuator based at least in part on the at least one value and at least one correction value associated with the temperature sensed by the number of substrate temperature sensors.

Provided is an inkjet recording device, including a print head that includes a head base including: a nozzle from which ink is ejected; charging electrodes that charge the ink ejected from the nozzle; deflection electrodes that deflect the ink charged by the charging electrodes; and a gutter that collects ink not used in printing, and a head cover included in the head base, wherein the head base has a first horizontal uneven side portion, an oblique uneven side portion, and a second horizontal uneven side portion.

In some examples, a fluid ejection system can include one or more drive bubble devices and a sensor for each drive bubble device of the one or more drive bubble devices to detect a characteristic of each drive bubble device. The fluid ejection system can also include a controller. The controller can be configured to evaluate a first drive bubble device of the one or more drive bubble devices, and during the evaluation of the first drive bubble device, utilize one or more other drive bubble devices of the one or more drive bubble devices.

A fluid ejection device includes a number of primitives, each receiving a same set of addresses and including a number of ejection chambers, each corresponding to a different address of the set of addresses and including a drive bubble formation mechanism and a drive bubble detect (DBD) mechanism. Input logic receives nozzle column data groups (NCG), each NCG including fire pulse groups (FPG), each FPG including DBD data having an enable value or disable value, and ejection data bits, each ejection data bit corresponding to a different one of the primitives. For each FPG of each NCG, activation logic identifies the FPG as a DBD FPG when the DBD data has the enable value and activates in each primitive the drive bubble formation mechanism and the DBD mechanism identified by the DBD FPG to perform a DBD measurement.

A drive circuit that drives a piezoelectric device including a drive signal selection control circuit which controls supply of the drive signal to the piezoelectric element, the drive circuit including a drive signal output circuit that outputs the drive signal, a power supply voltage signal output circuit that outputs a power supply voltage signal, and a power supply voltage control circuit that controls supply of the power supply voltage signal to the drive signal selection control circuit, in which the drive signal output circuit includes a modulation circuit, an amplification circuit, a demodulation circuit, a feedback circuit, and a discharge circuit, a first wiring electrically couples the drive signal selection control circuit and the power supply voltage control circuit to each other, and the discharge circuit is electrically coupled to a second wiring through which the drive signal output from the demodulation circuit propagates, through the feedback circuit.

In some examples, a fluid dispensing device includes storage elements, and a switch assembly comprising switches controllable by control signals responsive to a given fire event that activates a nozzle of the fluid dispensing device to provide a first sense measurement of a first condition of the nozzle to a first storage element of the storage elements, and provide a second sense measurement of a different second condition of the nozzle to a second storage element of the storage elements.

A fluid ejection device including a plurality of primitives each having a same set of addresses and including a plurality of fluid chambers, each fluid chamber corresponding to a different address of the set of addresses and including a firing mechanism. Input logic receives a series of fire pulse groups, each fire pulse group corresponding to an address of the set of addresses and including warming data having an enable value or a disable value and a series of firing bits, each firing bit corresponding to a different primitive and having a firing value or a non-firing value. For each firing bit of each fire pulse group, when the warming data has the enable value, activation logic provides a warming pulse to the firing mechanism of the fluid chamber corresponding to the firing bit when the firing bit has the non-firing value.

In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluid ejection die is described. The die includes a number of actuator sensors disposed on the fluid ejection die to sense a characteristic of a corresponding actuator. Each actuator sensor is coupled to a respective actuator and multiple coupled actuator sensors and actuators are grouped as primitives on the fluid ejection die. The die also includes an actuator evaluation die per primitive to evaluate an actuator characteristic of any actuator within the primitive. The die also includes a number of disable devices. Each disable device 1) is coupled to a respective actuator of the number of actuators and 2) disables a corresponding actuator when the corresponding actuator is determined to be malfunctioning.