Ink drop measurement pad, inkjet printer device including same, and ink drop measurement method
AssigneeUnijet Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeog Soon Kim, Sung Jin Lee
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Abstract
An ink drop measurement pad is for measuring volumes and positions of inkjet drops that are sprayed and dropped in a constant volume from nozzles of a head of an inkjet device. The ink drop measurement pad includes a pattern part including a plurality of groove portions arranged at pitch intervals corresponding to those of a plurality of head nozzles and wall portions formed between the groove portions. The groove portions are uniformly formed so as to have the same cross-section throughout an entire longitudinal direction thereof.
Claims4
A method for measuring ink drops, which measures ink drops sprayed and dropped from an inkjet head of an inkjet device, the method comprising:
- supplying an ink drop measurement pad in which a plurality of groove portions are formed with an interval corresponding to a nozzle pitch of an inkjet device and have uniform cross-sections throughout an entire longitudinal direction and supporting the ink drop measurement pad by a plate;
- arranging the ink drop measurement pad below the inkjet head while aligning the groove portions to be positioned perpendicularly below a nozzle;
- spraying ink drops from the nozzle toward the ink drop measurement pad and dropping the ink drops into the groove portions;
- and
- measuring a deviation of a length and a central position of each ink drop dropped into the groove portions by using an ink drop measurement device,
- wherein, in the measuring,
- when a specific voltage waveform is applied to a specific nozzle to eject a plurality of drops, a volume of the ink drop dropped onto the ink drop measurement pad is measured to calculate a volume ejected from the specific nozzle, and
- one or a plurality of voltage waveforms are set in one nozzle for achieving a target volume of the ink drop by ejecting a plurality of ink drops at the same position of the ink drop measurement pad by using the calculated result.
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