Nonreproducible phenomena in thermal ink jets with real high-speed cine photomicrography

Christian Rembe; Stefan aus der Wiesche; Michael Beuten; Eberhard P. Hofer

doi:10.1117/12.324123

7 September 1998 Nonreproducible phenomena in thermal ink jets with real high-speed cine photomicrography

Christian Rembe, Stefan aus der Wiesche, Michael Beuten, Eberhard P. Hofer

Proceedings Volume 3409, Electronic Imaging: Processing, Printing, and Publishing in Color; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324123
Event: SYBEN-Broadband European Networks and Electronic Image Capture and Publishing, 1998, Zurich, Switzerland

Abstract

In the ink jet printer industry the stroboscopic visualization method is a standard tool for the characterization of printheads. However, this method fails for thermal ink jets in case of the existence of satellite droplets which are very critical considering print quality. This is also true for the bubble formation inside the ink chamber of the printhead. Detailed studies have shown that the phenomenon of satellite droplets is a nonreproducible dynamic process. Real high speed cine photomicrography forms the basis of a new test setup which allows the visualization of such highly dynamic nonreproducible phenomena. This new setup has been used to study the ejection, the free flight, and the impact of droplets of an ink jet on print media under real printing conditions.

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Christian Rembe, Stefan aus der Wiesche, Michael Beuten, and Eberhard P. Hofer "Nonreproducible phenomena in thermal ink jets with real high-speed cine photomicrography", Proc. SPIE 3409, Electronic Imaging: Processing, Printing, and Publishing in Color, (7 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324123

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