Patent ID: 7549741

Claim:
A recording head that records an image on a medium, comprising: a plurality of recording agent bearing portions each operable for bearing a recording agent to be transferred onto the medium for the image to be recorded thereon, the plurality of recording agent bearing portions arranged in a grid having a plurality of rows extending in a first direction and a plurality of columns extending in a second direction; a plurality of active elements, each operatively coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of recording agent bearing portions to deposit the recording agent on the corresponding recording agent bearing portion according to image information of the image, wherein each of the active elements is operatively connected to a gate line common to each of the active elements in the respective row, and wherein each of the active elements is operatively connected to a source line common to each of the active elements in the respective column; and a source driver operatively connected to each of the plurality of active elements via the source lines and a gate driver operatively connected to each of the plurality of active elements via the gate lines to individually control voltages for each of the active elements, wherein the active elements are controlled by applying at least two voltages that are higher than a reference potential and at least one voltage that is less than the reference potential.