METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERLEAVING PULSES IN A LIQUID RECORDER

摘要

A liquid recording apparatus ejects droplets of liquid onto a recording medium. The apparatus has multiple liquid emitters whose emissions are activated by multiple power pulses. The power pulses are controlled to maximize the number of emitters which can be simultaneously energized while keeping the instantaneous power usage within prescribed boundaries. The multiple emitters are organized into banks of emitters whose numbers are small enough that all emitters within a bank can receive a correct level of power simultaneously without exceeding capacity of a shared power source. A circuit interleaves the power pulses to the emitters so that no bank of emitters are receiving power at the same instant of time. In this fashion, the recording apparatus can achieve maximum recording speed while employing the smallest capacity power source which is practicable.