Abstract: A printing system comprises a print fluid deposition assembly, a media transport device, and an air flow control system. The print fluid deposition assembly comprises a carrier plate and a printhead arranged to eject a print fluid through an opening of the carrier plate to a deposition region. The media transport device holds a print medium against the movable support surface by vacuum suction and transports the print medium through the deposition region. The air flow control system comprises an air supply unit comprising air flow guide structure extending into the opening of the carrier plate between the carrier plate and the printhead to flow air through the opening. The air flow control system controls the air supply unit to selectively flow the air based on a location of a print medium relative to the printhead.

Abstract: A sun exposure sensor for disposable or single use including a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; a sun exposure sensing portion disposed on the upper surface of the substrate, the sun exposure sensing portion comprising a fluorescent toner image, wherein the fluorescent toner image increasingly fades upon exposure to sunlight; a sun exposure scale disposed on the upper surface of the substrate, the sun exposure scale comprising an evaluation image for evaluating an amount of fading of the fluorescent toner image; an optional coating layer disposed over all or a portion of the upper surface of the substrate; an optional backing layer disposed over all or a portion of the lower surface of the substrate. A process for preparing the sensor using xerographic toner printing.

Abstract: A method includes printing, by one or more printer heads of the printing system, a reactive layer onto print media. The method also includes printing, by the one or more printer heads, a determined number of transmission layers and a determined number of barrier layers in alternation with one another. At least a portion of the reactive layer is configured to migrate through the transmission layers. The method further includes printing, by the one or more printer heads, a reactant layer that is configured to change color responsive to a reaction that occurs between the reactant layer and the reactive layer upon migration of the reactive layer through the determined number of transmission layers. The reaction is configured to occur on a received expiration date.

Abstract: Methods and systems to commission building environmental sensors are disclosed. The system include a device that will move about the environment of a building (inside and/or outside) and detect building environmental sensor devices that are installed in the environment. For each of the sensor devices, in response to detecting the sensor device, the system will retrieve an identifier for the sensor device, and it will determine whether the sensor device is registered with a control system. If the sensor device is registered with the control system, the system will not automatically implement a commissioning process with the sensor device. If the sensor device is not registered with the control system, the system will automatically implement the commissioning process with the sensor device.

Abstract: A computing system framework and method for configuration thereof are provided. A plurality of processing modules are accessed. Each processing module includes a plurality of processing nodes and each processing node is associated with an intra-module port and an inter-module port. A plurality of intra-module networks are formed. Each intra-module network includes connections between at least a portion of the processing nodes in one of the processing modules via the associated intra-module ports. An enclosed shape of the processing modules is formed by connecting at one inter-module port on each processing module to one inter-module port on an adjacent processing modules. A cable is linked between one of the inter-module ports of one processing module of the enclosed shape to an inter-module port of another processing module of a different group of interconnected processing modules.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for managing different versions of a document in a document management system. The method includes receiving a request at the document management system from a user to access a document, wherein the document management system stores multiple versions of the document along with respective location information. Further, the method includes checking whether a location option is enabled at the document management system. Furthermore, based on the check, a version of the document matching the location of the user from where the user is accessing it, is presented to the user, via a user interface, for further action. The methods and systems further allow the user to upload one or more documents versions, where the document versions are stored along with location information for easy access, later retrieval and/or use.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of forming an overhang for a three-dimensional printed part. The method includes ejecting one or more drops of a print material to create a preform onto a top layer of a three-dimensional printed part where the preform is oriented at an angle of 60 degrees or greater relative to a print bed in a first dimension, and bending the preform to form the overhang having an angle of less than 90 degrees relative to the print bed, and where no portion of the preform contacts the print bed. A printing system for executing a method of forming an overhang for a three-dimensional printed part is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for producing highly spherical polymer particles comprising a polyamide having an optical absorber pendent from a backbone of the polyamide (OAMB-polyamide) may comprise: mixing a mixture comprising the OAMB-polyamide, a carrier fluid that is immiscible with the OAMB-polyamide, and optionally an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the OAMB-polyamide and at a shear rate sufficiently high to disperse the OAMB-polyamide in the carrier fluid; and cooling the mixture to below the melting point or softening temperature of the OAMB-polyamide to form particles comprising the OAMB-polyamide and the emulsion stabilizer, when present, associated with an outer surface of the particles.

Abstract: A transistor includes a first layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor. A second layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor is disposed over the first layer. A third layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor is disposed over the second layer. An interface between the second layer and the third layer form a polarization heterojunction. A fourth layer comprising a group III-nitride semiconductor is disposed over the third layer. An interface between the third layer and the fourth layer forms a pn junction. A first electrical contact pad is disposed on the fourth layer. A second electrical contact pad is disposed on the third layer. A third electrical contact pad is electronically coupled to bias the polarization heterojunction.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses methods and systems for reserving a tray for a user for special media printing. The method includes receiving one or more special media sheets as loaded by the user in the tray. Based on the loaded special media sheets, a tray ID of the tray is automatically identified. A user interface is provided to the user to input loaded media details such as media size, type, and color. Then, it is checked with the user whether to reserve the identified tray for the user for special media printing. Based on the check, a user interface is further provided to the user to input a user ID. Finally, the identified tray is automatically reserved for the user using the user ID and the tray ID, for printing a document later received from the user on the one or more special media sheets as loaded in the identified/reserved tray.

Abstract: According to aspects illustrated herein, methods and systems for direct and automatically transferring a scanned document from a multi-function device to a personal device of the user, are disclosed. The method includes receiving a document for scanning. The received document is scanned to generate a scanned document. Upon completion of the scanning, a pre-defined code corresponding to the scanned document is generated. The pre-defined code is displayed to a user on a user interface of the multi-function device. Then, a request to scan the displayed pre-defined code is received via the personal device of the user. Upon successful scanning, the scanned document is automatically downloaded on the personal device of the user after appropriate authorization.

Abstract: A printable antimicrobial medium is disclosed, including a substrate layer having a first surface which may include a first area, a second surface opposite the first surface which may include a second area. The printable antimicrobial medium also includes a first adhesive deposited on the first area, a liner layer releasably secured to the substrate layer by the first adhesive, and a first antimicrobial dry marking material deposited on at least a portion of the second area of the substrate layer. The printable antimicrobial medium may include a first score line arranged to separate one or more layers of the printable antimicrobial medium into a first portion and a second portion, and an antimicrobial dry marking material may include copper oxide deposited on at least a portion of the second area of the substrate layer.

Abstract: An addition to additive manufacturing sews a number of printed substrate sheets together using industrial sewing machine technology. Portions of the final 3D object that will be solid are sewn together into bundles of the object with a needle protruding through the top of the bundle via a sewing machine with a looping mechanism connecting the thread loops under each bundle of printed substrate sheet layers. This will result in many well connected stack bundles that are then stacked in alignment to form the final stack. During heat and compression, the stitch thread may bunch together and become entangled with the cooled plastic of the final solid 3D object. Removal of the excess substrate may proceed as usual, since the sewing is applied only in the solid portions of the final object. The end result will be a part with much higher strength in the Z axis.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure include an electrochemical device. The electrochemical device includes a first substrate layer. The electrochemical device also includes an anode disposed upon the first substrate layer. The electrochemical device also includes a second substrate layer. The electrochemical device also includes a cathode disposed upon the second substrate layer. The electrochemical device also includes an electrolyte composition disposed between and in contact with the anode and the cathode. The electrochemical device also includes a sintered sealing layer composition disposed between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer. A sintered sealing layer composition and methods for producing are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrochemical device including a first substrate layer is disclosed. The electrochemical device also includes an anode disposed upon the first substrate layer. The device also includes a second substrate layer. The electrochemical device also includes a cathode disposed upon the second substrate layer and an electrolyte composition disposed between and in contact with the anode and the cathode. The electrochemical device also includes an extruded sealing layer composition disposed between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer. A sealing layer composition and a method of producing a sealing layer is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrochemical device is disclosed, including a first substrate layer. The electrochemical device also includes an anode disposed upon the first substrate layer. The device also includes a second substrate layer. The electrochemical device also includes a cathode disposed upon the second substrate layer, and an electrolyte composition disposed between and in contact with the anode and the cathode. The electrochemical device also includes a sealing layer which may include a 3D-printed sealing layer composition disposed between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer. A 3D-printed sealing layer and a method of producing a sealing layer is disclosed.

Abstract: Ink compositions are provided which may comprise water; resin particles; a colorant; and optionally, a wax, wherein the resin particles comprise a polymerization product of reactants comprising a dioxane/dioxalane monomer and an additional monomer, wherein the dioxane/dioxalane monomer is an ester of (meth)acrylic acid with an alcohol comprising a dioxane moiety, an ester of (meth)acrylic acid with an alcohol comprising a dioxalane moiety, or both.

Abstract: A printing system comprises a media transport device which holds print media, such as paper, against a movable support surface, such as a belt, by vacuum suction through holes in a vacuum platen and transports the print media though a deposition region of one or more printheads, which deposit a print fluid, such as ink, on the print media. The printing system comprises an airflow control device comprising dampers that are moveable along a direction perpendicular to the vacuum platen between an undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration, each damper blocking at least one row of the holes in the deployed configuration. The airflow control device also comprises actuators to move the damper(s). The actuator(s) are controlled to selectively move the damper(s) between the undeployed and deployed configuration based on a position of an inter-media zone between adjacent print media held against the movable support surface.

Abstract: A printhead maintenance system for a printing machine having at least one printhead, the system includes a body, at least one guide track supporting the body for movement along the at least one guide track in proximity to the face of the printhead, and a drive mechanism in engagement with the body and operable to move the body along the guide track. A wiper blade is movably mounted on said body for movement between a retracted position in which the wiper blade cannot contact the face of the printhead and an operative position in which the wiper blade can contact the face of the printhead. A biasing mechanism is provided between the wiper blade and the body that is configured to bias the wiper blade to the operative position. The system includes a retraction mechanism that is operable to move the wiper blade to the retracted position upon movement of the body along the guide track.

Abstract: A deposition system has a multi-material print head, a first reservoir of a first compatible material having particles containing chemical elements similar to a first substrate, a second reservoir of a second compatible material having particles containing chemical elements similar to a second substrate, a third reservoir of an polymer precursor material, and at least one mixer. A method of bonding a joint between dissimilar substrate materials includes functionalizing a first compatible material having chemical elements similar to a first substrate, mixing the first compatible material with a polymer precursor material, functionalizing a second compatible material having chemical elements similar to a second substrate, mixing the second compatible material with a polymer precursor material, and using the deposition system to deposit the first and second compatible materials and a polymer precursor material on the joint between the first and second substrate materials.