LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PRINTING HEAD BEING REPLACEABLE

• Main Author: SHIMONO HIROAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 20.12.2018
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide a liquid discharge device equipped with a replaceable printing head, which allows work for replacing the printing head to be more surely performed and further allows the work for replacing the printing head to be easily performed.SOLUTION: A liquid discharge device, which can perform printing on a medium with a width greater than a width of a short side of A3 size paper, is equipped with: a head unit which includes a replaceable printing head including a discharge part that discharges liquid by driving a driving element, a detecting circuit that detects the printing head being replaceable, and a wiring substrate that comprises a connector and is electrically connected to the printing head through the connector; a driving circuit that outputs a driving signal for driving the driving element; and a cable that is connected to the wiring substrate to transfer the driving signal to the printing head.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11 【課題】交換可能な印刷ヘッドを備えた液体吐出装置において、印刷ヘッドの交換作業をより確実に行うことを可能とし、さらに印刷ヘッドの交換作業を容易に行うことが可能な液体吐出装置を提供すること。【解決手段】Ａ３短辺幅以上の媒体に対して印刷を行うことが可能な液体吐出装置であって、駆動素子の駆動により液体を吐出する吐出部を含み交換可能な印刷ヘッドと、前記印刷ヘッドの交換が可能であることを検出する検出回路と、コネクターが備えられ前記コネクターを介して前記印刷ヘッドと電気的に接続される配線基板と、を含むヘッドユニットと、前記駆動素子を駆動させる駆動信号を出力する駆動回路と、前記配線基板と接続されて前記駆動信号を前記印刷ヘッドに転送するケーブルと、を備えることを特徴とする液体吐出装置。【選択図】図１１