18806269. INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS (KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.)
INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS
Organization Name
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
Inventor(s)
INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18806269 titled 'INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a conveyance belt; a recording head that includes a pressurized chamber which stores an ink, a nozzle which communicates with the pressurized chamber and a displacement element which applies a pressure to the pressurized chamber to discharge the ink; and a control unit, the conveyance belt includes a flushing region, the control unit causes the recording head to perform flushing processing that discharges the ink to an opening in the flushing region and the control unit controls the application of a voltage to the displacement element such that the flying speed of the ink discharged during the flushing processing is faster than the flying speed of the ink discharged during image formation processing.