Printer using ink balls
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Yano, Kazuaki Utsumi
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Abstract
A printer using ink balls includes ink balls, an injection pipe, an ink ball driving mechanism, a force applying mechanism, and a heating unit. The ink balls are made of an ink material and having a spherical shape at room temperature. The injection pipe injects said ink balls. The ball driving mechanism supplies each ink ball to a predetermined injection position in the injection pipe. The flying force applying mechanism applies a force to cause said ink ball located at the predetermined injection position to fly in response to a drive signal representing a printing timing. The heating unit heats and melts said flying ink ball.
Claims14
A printer using ink balls comprising ink balls made of an ink material and having a spherical shape at room temperature, an injection pipe for injecting each ink ball, means for supplying said each ink ball to a predetermined injection position in said injection pipe, means for applying a force to cause said each ink ball located at the predetermined injection position to fly in response to a drive signal representing a printing timing, and heating means for heating and melting said each flying ink ball.
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