JP-7855926-B2 - Liquid dispensing system

Inventors

• 村山 寿郎
• 山本 崇雄

Assignees

• セイコーエプソン株式会社

Dates

Publication Date

20260511

Application Date

20220531

Claims (7)

1. A head unit that dispenses liquid, A first output unit that outputs unique information specific to the head unit to an external server, A first input unit receives update information, which is information that can be updated even if it is the same unique information, associated with the unique information and input from the external server; A display area for displaying the status of the head unit, A notification unit that notifies the user by updating the display in the display area based on the aforementioned update information, is included. A liquid dispensing system characterized by the following features.
2. The update information includes defect notification information to inform the user of defects in the head unit. The liquid dispensing system according to feature 1.
3. The head unit includes a storage unit that stores a program used for dispensing liquid, The aforementioned update information includes update information for updating the program, The liquid dispensing system according to feature 1.
4. A liquid dispensing device equipped with the aforementioned head unit, A first processing device that generates recording data used in the liquid dispensing device, The external server and, The liquid dispensing system according to feature 1.
5. Each of the first output unit, the first input unit, and the notification unit is provided in the liquid dispensing device or the first processing device. The liquid dispensing system according to feature 4.
6. The external server stores correspondence information relating to the correspondence between the unique information and the update information. The liquid dispensing system according to feature 4.
7. The system further comprises a second processing unit different from the first processing unit, The second processing apparatus is A second input unit into which the unique information is input from the external server, It has a second output unit that outputs the update information to the external server, The liquid dispensing system according to feature 4.

Description

This disclosure relates to a liquid dispensing system. In liquid ejection devices such as inkjet printers, generally, a drive pulse is supplied to a drive element such as a piezoelectric element, causing a liquid such as ink to be ejected from the liquid ejection head. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a liquid ejection device equipped with multiple heads. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2021-030689 This is a schematic diagram showing an example configuration of a liquid dispensing system according to the first embodiment.This is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a liquid dispensing device used in the liquid dispensing system according to the first embodiment.This is a cross-sectional view showing an example of the head chip configuration.This is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the first processing apparatus used in the liquid discharge system according to the first embodiment.This is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of an external server used in the liquid dispensing system according to the first embodiment.This is a flowchart showing the processing of the liquid dispensing system according to the first embodiment.This figure shows example 1 of the arrangement of multiple liquid dispensing heads.This figure shows an example of displaying a layout image, which is an example of layout example 1, in the display area.This figure shows an example of displaying the property image and input image in the display area.This figure shows example 2 of the arrangement of multiple liquid dispensing heads.This figure shows an example of displaying a layout image illustrating layout example 2 in the display area.This figure shows example 3 of the arrangement of multiple liquid dispensing heads.This figure shows an example of displaying the layout image for layout example 3 in the display area.This figure shows example 4 of the arrangement of multiple liquid dispensing heads.This figure shows an example of displaying the layout image for layout example 4 in the display area.This is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the first processing apparatus in the second embodiment.This is a schematic diagram showing an example configuration of a liquid dispensing system according to the third embodiment.This is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a liquid dispensing device used in a liquid dispensing system according to the third embodiment.This is a flowchart showing the processing of the liquid dispensing system according to the third embodiment.This is a schematic diagram showing an example configuration of a liquid dispensing system according to the fourth embodiment.This is a flowchart showing the processing of the liquid dispensing system according to the fourth embodiment. The following describes preferred embodiments of this disclosure with reference to the attached drawings. Note that the dimensions and scale of parts in the drawings differ from actual dimensions as appropriate, and some parts are shown schematically for ease of understanding. Furthermore, the scope of this disclosure is not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise stated in the following description. 1. First Embodiment 1-1. Schematic of the Liquid Dispensing System Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a liquid dispensing system 10 according to the first embodiment. The liquid dispensing system 10 is a system that performs printing using an inkjet method. In the example shown in Figure 1, the liquid dispensing system 10 includes liquid dispensing devices 100_1 to 100_3, first processing devices 200_1 to 200_3, an external server 300, and a second processing device 400. Here, each of the liquid ejection units 100_1 to 100_3 is provided by the printer manufacturer that manufactures the printer body described later. The liquid ejection units 100_1 to 100_3 may be provided by the same manufacturer or by different manufacturers. Each of the first processing units 200_1 to 200_3 may be owned by the user or provided by the printer manufacturer. On the other hand, the head unit 110 incorporated into each of the liquid ejection units 100_1 to 100_3 is provided by the head manufacturer that manufactures the head described later. The external server 300 may be owned by the head manufacturer or by a third party other than the head manufacturer, as long as it enables the head manufacturer to provide the necessary services to the user. The second processing unit 400 is owned by the head manufacturer. The second processing unit 400 is maintained and managed by the head manufacturer. For example, a user of liquid dispensing device 100_1 owns the liquid dispensing device 100_1, the first processing unit 200_1, and the head unit 110. On the other hand, this user does not own the external server 300, but the first processing unit 200_1 owned by this user is connected to the external ser