1. A capacitor comprising:
a laminate of a plurality of dielectric layers;
an inner electrode disposed between the dielectric layers of the laminate;
an outer electrode disposed on an end face of the laminate, the outer electrode connected to the inner electrode, the outer electrode having an extending portion extending to a first main surface of the laminate; and
an underlying layer disposed between the extending portion and the first main surface, the underlying layer comprising a base and metal particles, wherein the metal particles are directly joined to the extending portion of the outer electrode.
2. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the outer electrode is formed of a plating film.
3. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the base is formed of a ceramic sintered body.
4. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the metal particles dispersed in the underlying layer is 10 \u03bcm or less.
5. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein a content ratio of the base in the underlying layer is 70% to 95% by weight, and a content ratio of the metal particles in the underlying layer is 5% to 30% by weight.
6. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the underlying layer includes a side of the extending portion and a side of the first main surface, wherein a content ratio of the metal particles at the side of the extending portion is higher than that at the side of the first main surface.
7. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein an average particle diameter of the metal particles is 0.5 to 5 \u03bcm.
8. The capacitor according to claim 1, the underlying layer includes a side of the extending portion and a side of the first main surface, wherein a ratio of an exposed area of the metal particles to a surface area of the underlying layer on the side of the extending portion is 5% to 45%.
9. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein exposed surfaces of the metal particles are flush with a surface of the base.
10. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the metal particles are bonded to each other to form a plurality of bonded bodies, and the plurality of bonded bodies are dispersed in the base.
11. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the underlying layer comprises a ceramic sintered body as a main component.
12. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the underlying layer is scraped before the outer electrode is disposed.
13. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the metal particles at an upper surface of the underlying layer have a flat surface.
14. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the metal particles contained at an upper surface of the underlying layer are exposed to the extending portion, where the metal particles are joined to the extending portion.
15. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the metal particles at an upper surface of the underlying layer partially enter the extending portion.
16. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the metal particles are made of a material same as that of the outer electrode.
17. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the underlying layer includes a side of the extending portion and a side of the first main surface, wherein the metal particles are contained at an upper surface of the side of the extending portion, wherein the side of the first main surface consists of a ceramic sintered body.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A printing system comprising:
first printing means for printing images in the first size per one print and discharging these images;
second printing means for printing images in said first size per multiple prints and discharging these images; and
control means for determining the number of prints to allocate to each of said first and second printing means so that the printing is terminated as rapidly as possible corresponding to the total number of prints of said first size to be printed and for controlling said first and the second printing means based on said determination result.
2. A printing method according to claim 1, wherein:
said second printing means comprises:
a first print mode for printing images in the second size more than two times larger than said first size and discharging these; and
a second print mode for printing images in said first size per multiple prints and cutting off said images per said images and discharging these images; and
said control means shifts the print mode of said second printing means to said second print mode as the occasion demands based on the total number of prints of said first size to be printed.
3. A printing method, comprising:
a first step for determining the number of prints to allocate to each of the first and the second printing means so that the printing is finished as rapidly as possible corresponding to the total number of prints of said first size to be printed, and for the first printing means for printing images in the first size and discharging these per one print and the second printing means for printing images in said first size per multiple prints and discharging these; and
a second step for controlling the first and second printing means based on said determination result.
4. A printing method according to claim 3, wherein:
said second printing means comprises:
a first print mode for printing images in the second size that is more than two times larger than the first size and discharging these; and
a second print mode for printing images in said first size per multiple prints and cutting these off per said images and discharging these; and
said second step shifts the print mode of said second printing means to said second print mode as the occasion demands based on the total number of prints of said first size to be printed.
5. A recording medium storing program to execute the processing comprising:
a first step for determining the number of prints to allocate to each of said first and second printing means so that the printing is finished in a minimum amount of time corresponding to the total number of prints of said first size to be printed, regarding the first printing means for printing images per one print in the first size and discharging these and the second printing means for printing images in the first size per multiple prints and discharging these; and
a second step for controlling the first and the second printing means based on said determination.
6. A recording medium according to claim 4, wherein:
said second printing means comprises:
a first print mode for printing and discharging images in the second size more than two times larger than said first size, and
a second print mode for printing images in the first size and separating said images and discharging these, and
said second step shifts the print mode of said second printing means to said second print mode as the occasion demands based on the total number of prints of said first size to be printed.