Patent ID: 11919299
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. An adjustment method, comprising:
discharging droplets from a plurality of dischargers of a droplet discharge apparatus, wherein the plurality of dischargers are arranged in a substantially linear direction, wherein each discharger of the plurality of dischargers comprises a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge the droplets, wherein each discharger of the plurality of dischargers is configured to controllably discharge a volume of droplets at a right end portion of said each discharger and at a left end portion of said each discharger;
acquiring characteristic values of adjacent left and right end portions of areas on which the droplets discharged by adjacent pairs of dischargers of the plurality of dischargers land, from measurements of the end portions; and
adjusting the plurality of dischargers such that a difference between the characteristic values at adjacent left and right end portions is within a range.