Patent ID: 6086196
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printing device comprising:an ejecting nozzle with a first discharge opening in an orifice plate, the first discharge opening having an opening area S1; anda metering nozzle with a second discharge opening in the orifice plate, said first and second discharge openings being separated from each other along an exterior surface of the orifice plate and being fed first and second fluids which are discharged through said first and second discharge openings, respectively,said first and second fluids being mixed together to form a fluid mixture on the exterior surface of the orifice plate,wherein a smallest distance d between each of said respective first and second discharge openings of said ejecting and metering nozzles as measured along the exterior surface of the orifice plate is in the range of 0<d.ltoreq.5.sqroot. (S1).