Operating Principles

2.3.2.5 Printhead Driver Circuit

This printer has 2 separate printhead driver circuits for the black and color printheads. Each circuit has the common voltage driver circuit attached to the circuit control board, and the nozzle selector circuit attached to the printhead. The each of the black and color common driver circuits is composed of the hybrid IC H8D2813E (IC22) and the terminal transistor. The black head nozzle selector circuit is composed of the 128-bit transfer gate array IC IR2C72C, and the color head nozzle selector circuit consists of the 128-bit transfer gate array IC IR2C72C (for cyan and yellow) and 64-bit transfer gate array IC IR2C73C (for magenta). Printing data is separated into the common voltage signal and the nozzle selection signal at the gate array E05B33 (IC6) and is then transferred to the corresponding circuit. Figure 2-20 shows the printhead driver circuit block diagram.

E05B33 (IC6)

BCHG,BKC

BND0/1,BMD0/1 Common Driver

SBDATA

IR2C72C

COM

BHCLK

BHLAT BA/BBHDATA

CLK

LAT

SI

Black Head

BHNCHG

VHPR

SCLK,SSTB,SCLR

CCHG,CKC

Common Driver

CND1/2,CMD1/2

 

SCDATA

 

CHCLK

CHLAT

YHDATA

CHDATA

MHDATA

CHNCHG

CN13

CN12

NCHG

VHV

IR2C72C

COM

CLK

 

Cyan

LAT

 

 

Yellow

S3

 

S1

 

 

NCHG

 

 

VHV

 

 

IR2C73C

 

COM

 

 

 

CLK

 

Magenta

 

LAT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S2

 

 

 

VHV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Figure 2-20. Prinrhead Driver Circuit Block Diagram

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Rev. A