Patent ID: 8950841
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus that discharges liquid droplets onto a recording medium, comprising: a movable carriage; discharging units, which are installed on the carriage and include nozzles that discharge a liquid, pressure chambers that communicate with the nozzles, and piezoelectric elements provided for each of the pressure chambers; a first circuit substrate, which is installed outside of the carriage, and on which is installed a control signal supply unit that generates control signals; a second circuit substrate, which is installed on the carriage, and on which are installed a booster circuit that generates a plurality of voltages, and connection path selecting units that selectively supply the plurality of voltages generated by the booster circuit to the piezoelectric elements according to the control signals; and a flexible flat cable, on which is formed a control wiring, which transmits the control signals from the first circuit substrate to the second circuit substrate, wherein a path length of the control wiring between the first circuit substrate and the second circuit substrate is longer than the path length of the wiring between the second circuit substrate and the piezoelectric elements.