Patent ID: 7771022
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: B41J,G02B

Abstract:
1. A method of supplying a liquid material for forming a color element in the form of droplets onto a base formed with a plurality of partitions using a droplet ejection device having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting the liquid material onto the partitions of the base, the liquid material being supplied onto the base while mutually moving the base with respect to the droplet ejection device, the method comprising: ejecting the liquid material in the form of a plurality of droplets onto the partitions of the base successively through the plurality of nozzles of the droplet ejection device so that the respective droplets including a first droplet and at least one other subsequent droplet land on a partition of the plurality of partitions, wherein after the liquid material in the form of the first droplet is ejected through the nozzle, the liquid material in the form of the at least one other subsequent droplet is ejected through the same nozzle, wherein an amount of the liquid material constituting the at least one other subsequent droplet ejected from the plurality of nozzles is less than an amount of the liquid material constituting the first droplet ejected from the same nozzle as the nozzle that ejected the at least one other subsequent droplet, and a flying velocity of the at least one other subsequent droplet is set to be lower than a flying velocity of the first droplet, wherein the at least one other subsequent droplet is ejected onto the partition so that the at least one other subsequent droplet lands on the partition before the first droplet in a liquid state is dried.