An image formation device includes a support, a fluid ejection device, and a first porous element. The support is to support movement of a substrate along a travel path, while the fluid ejection device is located along the travel path to deposit droplets of colorants within a liquid carrier onto the substrate to at least partially form an image on the substrate. A first porous element is located downstream from the fluid ejection device to be in contact against the substrate to remove, via capillary flow, at least a portion of the liquid carrier from the substrate. An ultrasonic element is in contact against the first porous element, at a location separated from a location at which the first porous element engages the substrate, to drive the removed liquid carrier out of the first porous element.

An industrial printhead (100) comprising a flow channel enclosed in a chamber, wherein the flow channel (102) has at least one fluid inlet (102a) and at least one fluid outlet (102b), wherein the flow channel is resonated, in use, by a vibration distributor (104) comprising a mass resonator (103), piezoelectric exciter (108) and wave concentrator (110) arranged in an axial configuration.

A cleaning device includes a protection cover in a viewing field of a camera, a piezoelectric material to vibrate the protection cover, a driver to drive the piezoelectric material, a vibrator to detect a signal related to a vibration level of the protection cover vibrated with the piezoelectric material, and a controller to control the driver based on a signal detected by the vibration sensor so that the signal detected by the vibrator matches a predetermined target value of the vibration level of the protection cover.

A controller of a liquid ejection device obtains a temperature of a head after recording and before a pre-cap flushing and determines a pre-cap flushing voltage based on the temperature. Then, the controller outputs the pre-cap flushing voltage to the head in the pre-cap flushing process.

A liquid ejecting device includes a head, a cap, a moving mechanism and a controller. The moving mechanism is configured to move the head and the cap relative to each other to switch the cap between a capping state in which the cap is in contact with the head and covers the plurality of nozzles and a non-capping state in which the cap is separated from the head and uncovers the same. The controller is configured to perform setting a non-ejection drive time based on an uncapped time duration which is a length of time from a timing at which the cap is switched to the non-capping state until a timing at which the cap is switched back to the capping state. The controller is configured to perform vibrating meniscus of liquid in the plurality of nozzles during the non-ejection drive time.

A liquid ejecting device includes a head, a cap, a moving mechanism and a controller. The moving mechanism is configured to move the head and the cap relative to each other to switch the cap between a capping state in which the cap is in contact with the head and covers the plurality of nozzles and a non-capping state in which the cap is separated from the head and uncovers the same. The controller is configured to perform setting a non-ejection drive time based on an uncapped time duration which is a length of time from a timing at which the cap is switched to the non-capping state until a timing at which the cap is switched back to the capping state. The controller is configured to perform vibrating meniscus of liquid in the plurality of nozzles during the non-ejection drive time.

An industrial printhead (100) comprising a flow channel enclosed in a chamber, wherein the flow channel (102) has at least one fluid inlet (102a) and at least one fluid outlet (102b), wherein the flow channel is resonated, in use, by a vibration distributor (104) comprising a mass resonator (103), piezoelectric exciter (108) and wave concentrator (110) arranged in an axial configuration.

A liquid ejection device, a cleaning apparatus and a cleaning method for a module substrate, which can remove foreign matter on an ejection opening face and in a flow path connected with an ejection opening is provided. For that purpose, an ejection opening face is covered with liquid, cleaning is performed by driving a device configured to vibrate liquid, and after that the liquid is collected.

Ahead maintenance device includes a cap and circuitry. The cap is detachably attachable to a nozzle surface of a head to cover the nozzle surface having a nozzle. The circuitry causes the cap to contact the nozzle surface of the head to form a space between the nozzle surface and the cap filled with a cleaning liquid, and applies a drive waveform to a piezoelectric element of the head to apply vibration to the cleaning liquid in the space. The drive waveform causes the head to draw the cleaning liquid into an interior of the head through the nozzle.

A filling apparatus that fills a container provided with an interior space, an opening through which the interior space and the outside communicate with each other, and a bottom surface, with a liquid absorber having a water absorbent resin absorbing a liquid, the apparatus includes a stage on which the container is placed, and a vibration applying portion that applies a vibration to the container placed on the stage, in which the vibration is applied as a vibration plane formed in an angle range in which an angle to a horizontal plane is within 030.