Experimental temperature compensation on drop-on-demand Inkjet printing

Ludivine Fadel (1) , Stéphanie Poirier (1, 2) , Sylvie Vinsonneau (2) , Fabien Mesnilgrente (1) , Pierre Temple-Boyer (3)

1 LAAS - Laboratoire d'analyse et d'architecture des systèmes
2 Essilor International
3 LAAS-M2D

The paper demonstrates the interest in using temperature compensation to stabilize drop-on-demand inkjet printing process. The influence of inkjet printing parameters on the droplet velocity and ejection stability is particularly discussed. Based on experimental results a relation between the printing parameters and kinetic property of drops is drawn. Adjusting the amplitude pulse applied to the dispenser head, the drop velocity is stable over a 15°C variation, where as it increases by 5 m/s without compensation and the print quality is so optimized

Mots clés: Droplets characteristics; drop-on-demand inkjet printing; temperature compensation

Domaines: Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

Ludivine Fadel, Stéphanie Poirier, Sylvie Vinsonneau, Fabien Mesnilgrente, Pierre Temple-Boyer. Experimental temperature compensation on drop-on-demand Inkjet printing. Micro and Nanosystems, 2010, 2 (2), pp.137-141. ⟨hal-00827605⟩