Patent ID: 7182429
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid discharger comprising: nozzles; cavities communicating with the nozzles; a plurality of discharge heads to pressurize functional liquid contained in the cavities communicating with the nozzles and discharging the functional liquid from the nozzles; a mounting plate having openings to mount the plurality of discharge heads; a tank containing the functional liquid; a liquid supply channel to supply the functional liquid from the tank to the discharge heads, a detecting device to detect positions of nozzles of the plurality of discharge heads; a measuring device to measure a distance between at least two of the nozzles; a driving device to move one of the discharge heads and the mounting plate relative to each other based on a measurement result by the measuring device; and an engaging device to engage one of the discharge heads with one of the openings.