Performance improvement of a drop-on-demand inkjet printhead using an optimization-based feedforward control method

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 771-781

  Khalate, Amol A ^a   Bombois, Xavier ^a   Babuška, Robert ^a   Wijshoff, Herman ^b   Waarsing, René ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b OCÉ TECHNOLOGIES B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feedforward control; Inkjet printhead; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION WAVEFORM; DISCRETE-TIME; DROP-ON-DEMAND; INK DROPS; JETTING FREQUENCIES; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PIEZO ACTUATOR; PRINT HEAD; PRINTING QUALITY; RESIDUAL OSCILLATIONS;

DAMPING; DROPS; FEEDFORWARD CONTROL; INK; OPTIMIZATION;

THERMAL PRINTING;

EID: 79959766003     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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