• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 43, Issue 10, 1031002 (2023)
Jianpu Lin1, Shengjie Zhang1, Xianghong Cao2, Yun Ye2、3、*, and Tailiang Guo2、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Quanzhou 352200, Fujian, China
  • 2College of Physics and Information Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, China
  • 3Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AOS221845 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jianpu Lin, Shengjie Zhang, Xianghong Cao, Yun Ye, Tailiang Guo. Control of Multi-Nozzle Inkjet Droplet Uniformity Based on Volume Variance[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(10): 1031002 Copy Citation Text show less
    PiXDRO LP50 inkjet printing system. (a) Photograph of entire PiXDRO LP50 inkjet printing system; (b) diagram of PiXDRO LP50 printhead and module
    Fig. 1. PiXDRO LP50 inkjet printing system. (a) Photograph of entire PiXDRO LP50 inkjet printing system; (b) diagram of PiXDRO LP50 printhead and module
    Driving voltage trapezoidal pulse wave of inkjet printing printhead module
    Fig. 2. Driving voltage trapezoidal pulse wave of inkjet printing printhead module
    Variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with driving voltage. (a) Variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with driving low voltage VL; (b) variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with driving high voltage VH
    Fig. 3. Variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with driving voltage. (a) Variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with driving low voltage VL; (b) variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with driving high voltage VH
    Variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with time of driving voltage.(a)Variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with rising time TR;(b)variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with peak time TP;(c)variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with falling time TF
    Fig. 4. Variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with time of driving voltage.(a)Variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with rising time TR;(b)variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with peak time TP;(c)variation in velocity of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles with falling time TF
    Volume of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles varying with driving high voltage
    Fig. 5. Volume of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles varying with driving high voltage
    Volume of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles varying with peak time of driving voltage
    Fig. 6. Volume of ink droplets ejected by 10 randomly numbered nozzles varying with peak time of driving voltage
    Variation of droplet volume variance with driving voltage for multi-nozzle inkjet printing.(a)Variation of droplet volume variance with driving low voltage for multi-nozzle inkjet printing;(b)variation of droplet volume variance with driving high voltage for multi-nozzle inkjet printing
    Fig. 7. Variation of droplet volume variance with driving voltage for multi-nozzle inkjet printing.(a)Variation of droplet volume variance with driving low voltage for multi-nozzle inkjet printing;(b)variation of droplet volume variance with driving high voltage for multi-nozzle inkjet printing
    Variation of droplet volume variance with time of driving voltage for multi-nozzle inkjet printing and ink droplets ejected simultaneously and uniformly by multi-nozzles after optimizing inkjet printing parameters.(a)Variation of droplet volume variance with TR for multi-nozzle inkjet printing;(b)variation of droplet volume variance with TP for multi-nozzle inkjet printing;(c)variation of droplet volume variance with TF for multi-nozzle inkjet printing;(d)ink droplets ejected simultaneously and uniformly by multi-nozzles after optimizing inkjet printing parameters
    Fig. 8. Variation of droplet volume variance with time of driving voltage for multi-nozzle inkjet printing and ink droplets ejected simultaneously and uniformly by multi-nozzles after optimizing inkjet printing parameters.(a)Variation of droplet volume variance with TR for multi-nozzle inkjet printing;(b)variation of droplet volume variance with TP for multi-nozzle inkjet printing;(c)variation of droplet volume variance with TF for multi-nozzle inkjet printing;(d)ink droplets ejected simultaneously and uniformly by multi-nozzles after optimizing inkjet printing parameters
    ParameterMinimum varianceRange deviation
    VL=40 V0.00650.0137
    VH=100 V0.00610.4132
    TR=5 μs0.02801.9940
    TP=9 μs0.00560.4230
    TF=6 μs0.17010.2169
    Table 1. Minimum variance and range deviation of volume variance of droplets ejected simultaneously by multi-nozzles with different inkjet printing parameters
    Jianpu Lin, Shengjie Zhang, Xianghong Cao, Yun Ye, Tailiang Guo. Control of Multi-Nozzle Inkjet Droplet Uniformity Based on Volume Variance[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(10): 1031002
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