US 12,227,005 B2
Drive waveform determination method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a drive waveform determination program, liquid discharge apparatus, and drive waveform determination system
Toshiro Murayama, Fujimi-machi (JP); and Nobuaki Ito, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,851.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-130104 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032617 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/04588 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04541 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); B41J 2/14 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive waveform determination method for determining a drive waveform being a waveform of a drive pulse to be applied to a drive element to discharge liquid from a liquid discharge head, the method comprising:
a first step of notifying a user of first information for the user to determine whether to use a first determination method of determining the drive waveform based on a user operation or a second determination method of determining the drive waveform without any user operation; and
a second step of determining the drive waveform in accordance with the first determination method or the second determination method determined by the user based on an instruction on the first information, wherein
in the first step, when determining a previous drive waveform, second information for the user to determine necessity of giving the instruction on determining either the first determination method or the second determination method at a time of determining a next drive waveform is further notified,
when the instruction on the second information in the first step, when determining the previous drive waveform, is unnecessary, a third step for determining the drive waveform in accordance with the determination method when the previous drive waveform was determined is further included at a time of determining the next drive waveform,
when the instruction on the first information is the first determination method in the second step, third information for determining the drive waveform by the user operation is notified, and
the third information includes a discharge result area indicating an area, in which the discharge liquid is impacted.