Abstract: A printing apparatus for printing on a printing medium. The apparatus includes the following elements: a transport mechanism for transporting the printing medium in a transport direction; a first print head for printing an image on the printing medium, and printing a lead line used as a reference for determining a printing position in a width direction; a second print head for performing printing based on a position of the lead line; a printing position sensor for detecting the position of the lead line in the width direction; and a moving mechanism for moving the printing position sensor in the width direction of the printing medium according to a width dimension of the printing medium.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes: supplying a processing solution onto the upper surface of the substrate; executing, under atmospheric pressure, plasma processing on a liquid film of the processing solution that is formed at least in part of the upper surface of the substrate, with a thickness of the liquid film being a first thickness; and executing, under atmospheric pressure, plasma processing on the liquid film of the processing solution that is formed at least in part of the upper surface of the substrate, with the thickness of the liquid film being a second thickness, in which the first thickness is smaller than the second thickness. Thus, resists on the upper surface of the substrate can be efficiently removed.

Abstract: The buffer tank 98 whose atmosphere communicates with an atmosphere in the recovery tank 92 is provided. When an atmosphere in the supply tank 91 and an atmosphere in the recovery tank 92 communicate with each other, the difference between the positive pressure P1 inside the supply tank 91 and the negative pressure P2 inside the recovery tank 92 is cancelled. The negative pressure P3 occurs in the recovery tank 92 and the supply tank 91, and leakage of the ink from the nozzle N can be prevented.

Abstract: A RIP simulation device that enables a rapid grasp of a part having a problem in RIP speed and a specific detail of the problem is achieved. While the RIP prediction screen is displayed on a display unit, the result display control unit causes the display unit to display a sheet number corresponding to a position that is on a line graph representing a predicted RIP time for each sheet and is being designated by an input operation unit. When a sheet number displayed on the display unit is selected by the input operation unit, the result display control unit causes the display unit to display an analysis result screen indicating an analysis result related to the page corresponding to the sheet number on the basis of the correspondence relationship between sheets and pages when print output is actually executed.

Abstract: An organ container includes a bottomed tubular outer container and a bottomed tubular inner container that is fitted into the outer container. A fluid flow path is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the inner container and an inner peripheral surface of the outer container. The outer container has an inlet that communicates between the fluid flow path and the outside, and an outlet that communicates between the fluid flow path and the outside.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing bath, a first lid member, an outer bath, a processing liquid introduction unit, a first gas supply unit, and a second gas supply unit. The processing bath stores a processing liquid in which a substrate is immersed. The first lid member covers an upper opening of the processing bath. The outer bath is provided outside of the processing bath and a processing liquid overflowing out of the processing liquid from the processing bath flows into the outer bath. The processing liquid introduction unit is able to introduce the processing liquid stored in the outer bath into the processing bath. The first gas supply unit supplies a first inert gas to the processing liquid stored in the processing bath. The second gas supply unit supplies a second inert gas into the outer bath.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus for printing on a printing medium by dispensing inks thereto. The apparatus includes a transport device; print heads for performing printing by dispensing the inks to the printing medium; and a drying section including a heat source for generating heat for drying the inks dispensed to the printing medium, and a shutter switchable between an open state and a closed state. In the open state, a drying amount of heat is applied for drying the inks dispensed to the printing medium, and in the closed state, the heat from the heat source is applied in a minute amount of heat smaller than the drying amount of heat. A controller switches the shutter to the open state when a transporting speed of the printing medium is faster than a predetermined threshold, and switches the shutter to the closed state when the transporting speed of the printing medium becomes equal to or less than the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holder, and a discharge head for peripheral area from which a fluid is discharge toward a surface peripheral area of the substrate held on the substrate holder. The discharge head for peripheral area includes multiple nozzles, and a support part that supports the nozzles integrally. The nozzles include a processing liquid nozzle from which a processing liquid is discharged toward the surface peripheral area, and a gas nozzle from which gas is discharged toward the surface peripheral area. The gas nozzle is placed upstream of a rotative direction of the substrate relative to the processing liquid nozzle.

Abstract: In a focusing position detection method, a plurality of object images are acquired by imaging an imaging object by an imager while changing a focal position in M stages along an optical axis. A saturation consecutive region is acquired. The saturation consecutive region is included in all N (where N is a natural number equal to or more than three and equal to and less M) object images acquired while successively changing the focal position in N stages along the optical axis. A focusing degree decrease as the focal position approaches focusing position in the saturation consecutive region. Based on this property, the focusing position is detected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a printing apparatus in which web paper is transported to a printing face contact roller in a swirling form while a direction thereof is turned by first to fourth turning rollers. Heating units are arranged so as to face a printing face of the web paper between the two first and second turning rollers, between the two third and fourth turning rollers, and between the fourth turning roller and the printing face contact roller individually. Such arrangement can achieve a compact drying mechanism. The heating units each directly heat inks on the printing face, and thus do not overheat the web paper. Moreover, the heating units are not directed upward. This avoids contact of the web paper to a front side face of each of the heating units when the web paper slackens.

Abstract: A substrate processing device includes a processing tank, a substrate holding unit, a fluid supply unit, and a control unit. The processing tank stores a processing liquid for processing a substrate. The substrate holding unit holds the substrate in the processing liquid in the processing tank. The fluid supply unit supplies a fluid to the processing tank. The control unit controls the fluid supply unit. The control unit controls the fluid supply unit such that the fluid supply unit changes supply of the fluid during a period from a start of supply of the fluid to the processing tank storing the processing liquid in which the substrate is immersed to an end of supply of the fluid to the processing tank storing the processing liquid in which the substrate is immersed.

Abstract: A substrate support device relating to technology disclosed in the description of the present application includes: a holding plate for opposing a substrate bowable by being heated by irradiation with flash light; and a plurality of substrate support pins provided on the holding plate and being for supporting the substrate, wherein the plurality of substrate support pins are arranged at locations where a volume of a space between the holding plate and the substrate in an unbowed state and a volume of a space between the holding plate and the substrate in a bowed state are equal to each other. Breakage of the substrate can be suppressed in a case where the substrate is bowed by flash light.

Abstract: Both end parts of a cord are fixed to a maintenance mounting frame, and an intermediate part of the cord is laid on a first body-side rotating member, a head-side rotating member and a second body-side rotating member. Here, when a motor is driven, the movement restriction of the cord is released and a movement of a head mounting frame is restricted, whereby only the maintenance mounting frame moves together with a maintenance part while the movement of the head mounting frame is restricted. Further, when the motor is driven, a movement of the cord is restricted and the movement restriction of the head mounting frame is released, whereby only the head mounting frame moves together with a discharge head while a movement of the maintenance part is restricted.

Abstract: A marking region image is obtained by cutting out the part corresponding to a marking region from an article image obtained by imaging an article to be inspected. Then, whether or not the marking is properly provided is determined by performing a character recognition of a marking part for a marking region image. Further, an image of an article having no marking and no defect is stored as a reference image, whereas a marking periphery image obtained by removing the image of the marking part from the marking region image is compared to the reference image. By that comparison, whether or not any defect is included in the marking peripheral part of the marking region except the marking part is determined.

Abstract: An ink-jet printer includes: a base material transport mechanism for transporting a base material along a transport path in a transport direction; an ink ejection head having a lower surface opposed to the transport path, and an ink ejection port for ejecting ink toward the transport path; and a base plate having a lower surface opposed to the transport path over the transport path, and a mounting hole open in the lower surface, the ink ejection head being mounted in the mounting hole. The base plate includes an air flow hole that is a though hole penetrating through the base plate. The air flow hole has an air outlet open in a location downstream of the ink ejection port in the lower surface. Air passing through the air flow hole is ejected from the air outlet toward the transport path.

Abstract: A substrate processing device according to the present invention is a substrate processing device that performs substrate processing with a processing solution and includes inspection means for inspecting degradation of components constituting the substrate processing device. The inspection means includes: capturing means for acquiring image data of the components; color information acquisition means for acquiring color information of an inspection target component from the image data acquired by the capturing means; and degradation determination means for determining a degradation degree of the inspection target component based on the acquired color information.

Abstract: First relational equations which represent characteristics of respective sample colors are obtained, and for the respective sample colors, prediction values of spectral characteristics of characteristics-acquired gradation values for a prediction target color are obtained using the first relational equations. Difference values between the prediction values and actual measurement values are obtained, and a sample color for which a minimum difference value is obtained is selected as a reference color. A second relational equation that represents characteristics of the reference color is obtained, and a prediction value of spectral characteristics of a prediction target gradation value for the prediction target color is obtained using the second relational equation.

Abstract: A printing system including a printer that sends a printed print medium to a post-processing machine is provided with: a job sorting unit that sorts a plurality of jobs into a plurality of groups; a required printing time calculation unit that calculates a required printing time per set required for printing for each job; a short job determination unit that determines, as a short job, a job for which the required printing time is shorter than a minimum processing time that is a minimum time required for processing for one set in the post-processing machine; and a job group generation unit that generates, on the basis of a plurality of jobs sorted into the same group, a job group obtained by grouping standard jobs (jobs not determined as short jobs) and a job group obtained by grouping short jobs.

Abstract: A substrate treatment device is provided, including a substrate holding unit holding a substrate and rotating the substrate; plural nozzles each having a discharge port and discharging a treatment liquid from the discharge port at a treatment position; a camera imaging an imaging region from an imaging position to acquire captured images, the imaging region containing the treatment liquid discharged from the discharge port of each nozzle positioned at the treatment position, and the imaging position being above the substrate held on the substrate holding unit and in a plan view, the imaging position being positioned at a central side of the substrate with respect to the nozzles and at an upstream side in a rotation direction of the substrate holding unit with respect to the nozzles; and an image processing unit determining a discharge state of the treatment liquid based on the captured images.

Abstract: A base material processing apparatus includes a tension detector that detects tension on a base material that is being transported, an encoder that detects the amounts of rotational drive of rollers that transport the base material, edge position detectors that detect the position of an edge of the base material in the width direction, and a transport displacement calculation part that calculates a transport displacement of the base material in the transport direction. The transport displacement calculation part includes an operation unit that has completed learning through machine learning and outputs the transport displacement on the basis of at least one of the result of detecting the tension, the result of detecting the amounts of rotational drive of the rollers, and the result of detecting the position of the edge. Accordingly, the transport displacement can be detected with high accuracy and low cost.