Abstract: Printheads and printers are described herein. In one example, a printhead includes a plurality of nozzles configured to eject ink drops of different sizes wherein a low drop weight (LDW) drop is ejected through a nozzle with a circular bore (CB), and a high drop weight (HDW) drop is ejected through a nozzle with a non-circular bore (NCB).

Abstract: According to examples, a heated system may include a heat generating device, a temperature sensor to detect temperature in the heated system, and a controller. The controller may store temperatures detected by the temperature sensor over time and based on a determination that the temperature in the heated system has reached a predefined temperature value, stop application of power to the heat generating device. The controller may also calculate a rate of change of the stored temperatures corresponding to a predefined period of time prior to the application of power to the heat generating device being stopped, may determine a seeding value for a control mechanism of the heat generating device based on the calculated rate of change, and based on aa determination that a predefined condition has occurred, control the control mechanism to apply power to the heat generating device beginning with the determined seeding value.

Abstract: A laser device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a light source and a reflection-type polarizer. The light source causes laser light to oscillate. The reflection-type polarizer is disposed on an optical path of the laser light and has a transmission axis coinciding with a polarization direction of the laser light.

Abstract: Method and devices for dynamically preventing printing errors caused by a media deformation are disclosed. In one example, a pen to print media space (PPS) distance is measured. A media deformation is identified in response to measuring the PPS distance. A corrective function is identified in response to identifying the media deformation. The corrective function identified is then performed. The proposed method provides for consistent quality across a print.

Abstract: A label modification unit may receive a label modification input associated with an image. The label modification unit may process, using an image filtering, the label modification input to convert the image to a bitmap for raster printing the image via a laser printhead. The label modification unit may determine, based on the bitmap, an array of power factors for a light beam that is configured to be emitted by a laser of the laser printhead and raster print the image. The label modification unit may control the laser of the laser printhead in association with raster printing the image on a rewriteable label according to the array of power factors.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting system includes an environmental information acquiring unit that acquires, as environmental information at least one of a temperature and a humidity, an ejecting unit that ejects a liquid onto a medium, a drying unit that dries the medium onto which the liquid is ejected by the ejecting unit, a control unit that controls the ejecting unit and the drying unit, and a storage unit that stores setting information. The control unit acquires drying information corresponding to medium type information and ejection amount information acquired as a liquid ejection condition and the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquiring unit, based on the setting information stored in the storage unit, and performs drying control that controls the drying unit, based on the acquired drying information.

Abstract: In an example, a print system is described and includes a supply interface to form electrical communication with a container of print fluid and a controller to retrieve data from a machine-readable medium coupled to the container, identify a container group identifier based on the retrieved data, and set a group flag based on a comparison of the container group identifier with data representing a group reference.

Abstract: A medium heating device includes a support portion configured to support a medium being transported, a heating unit configured to heat a medium supported by the support portion, and a detector configured to detect a temperature of the support portion. The support portion includes a metal plate including a first surface as the support face, an end portion of the metal plate is bent toward an opposite side to the first surface, the metal plate is fixed by a fixing portion and a fixing portion next to the fixing portion in a width direction, and a detection position of the detector is set to a position between the mutually adjacent fixing portions in the width direction.

Abstract: There is provided a print control device that causes a printing device to perform printing, the print control device including: a specifying section that specifies, as a print target, an area which is continuous in a predetermined range of colors based on a captured image captured by an image capturing sensor and an object distance of each pixel of the captured image; and a control section that generates print data corresponding to the specified print target and causes the printing device to perform printing on the print target based on the print data.

Abstract: An inkjet device includes a stage, a first suction member, a second suction member, a spray member, and a substrate. The first suction member is at a first side surface of the stage. The second suction member is at a second side surface of the stage. The spray member is configured to store ink and to move above top surfaces of the stage, the first suction member, and the second suction member, the spray member including a body and a nozzle at a side of the body to discharge the ink. The substrate is on the stage in which the ink discharged from the spray member is printed on the substrate.

Abstract: A printing device includes: a device case having a front aperture; a first hinge disposed in the device case; and a front cover that is disposed in the first hinge and that exposes or hides the front aperture. The first hinge includes: a joint member; a first rotation shaft that joins the front cover to the joint member; and a second rotation shaft that joins the device case to the joint member. When the front cover hides the front aperture, the joint member covers a gap between the device case and the front cover inside the device case.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a system consistent with the disclosure. For instance, the system may comprise a printing device including hardware to form an image on a print medium, a memory resource, and a controller to receive a print job to form the markings on the print medium, designate a pixel of the received print job to form a covert dot pattern on the markings, where the pixel corresponds to a first laser intensity level; and adjust a laser intensity of the printing device to a second laser intensity level based on the first laser intensity level of the designated pixel to form the covert dot pattern.

Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a print duplexing assembly is described. The assembly includes a duplexing device to facilitate printing on both sides of a print media. The assembly also includes a platen coupled to the duplexing device to guide the print media along a feed path as it is being printed on. The platen and the duplexing device are selectively removable from a printing device in which they are installed.

Abstract: A door for a printing device may include a spring having a first and a second end, the second end coupled to the door and the first end biased away from a surface of the door and a groove into which the first end of the spring may be placed into wherein when the first end of the spring is placed into the groove, the door is deflected in the direction that the spring is biased.

Abstract: An image forming method is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) applying an ink to a recording medium to form an image and (b) applying a pressure to the recording medium to which the ink has been applied. The ink comprises water, an organic solvent, and a colorant. When the ink is formed into an ink film, a maximum value of logarithmic damping ratio of the ink film is 1.50 or less and a time elapsed until the logarithmic damping ratio reaches the maximum value is 3,800 seconds or less, when measured by a rigid-body pendulum test at 60° C.

Abstract: A holder assembly includes a base, a drive assembly coupled to the base, a motive source connected to the drive assembly, a vertical force applicator connected to the drive assembly along a connection edge thereof, and a gripping member coupled to the base, the gripping member having a contact surface coupled to a vacuum source, wherein the drive assembly has a first position with the flattening member engaged with the contact surface and a second position with the flattening member positioned away from the contact surface.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes a plurality of liquid ejecting heads reciprocally movable in a main scanning direction and arrayed in the main scanning direction. Each of the plurality of liquid ejecting heads include a liquid ejecting portion configured to eject liquid. The plurality of liquid ejecting heads includes: a first endmost liquid ejecting head; and a second endmost liquid ejecting head. The first endmost liquid ejecting head constitutes one end in the main scanning direction of the plurality of liquid ejecting heads. The second endmost liquid ejecting head constitutes another end in the main scanning direction of the plurality of liquid ejecting heads. The liquid ejecting portion of at least one of the first endmost liquid ejecting head and the second endmost liquid ejecting head is disposed at a position deviated toward the remaining one of the first endmost liquid ejecting head and the second endmost liquid ejecting head.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a shaft insertable into a target area, and an electronic component configured to generate a signal. The electronic component may be on or within the shaft. The electronic device may also include at least one antenna on or within the shaft. The electronic device may also include a receiver operatively coupled to the antenna. The receiver may monitor an electrical characteristic of the antenna to identify an effect of an electromagnetic field on the electrical characteristic of the antenna. The electronic device may also include a processor communicatively coupled to the receiver. At least one of the receiver and the processor may predict an effect of the electromagnetic field on the signal generated by the electronic component, based at least in part on the effect of the electromagnetic field on the electrical characteristic of the antenna.

Abstract: Heat-seal condition indicating packages include a first sealing substrate comprising a leuco dye and a second sealing substrate comprising a leuco dye developer. The packages may optionally include a leuco dye sensitizer which dissolves both the leuco dye and the leuco dye developer when melted. The packages further include a heat-seal produced between the first sealing substrate and the second seating substrate. The heat-seal comprises a reaction product of the leuco dye and the leuco dye developer. The reaction product may be colored, which may provide the heat-seal with a detectable optical characteristic. A magnitude of the optical characteristic may be proportion to the strength of the seal between the first and second seating substrates.

Abstract: A decoloring apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit, a scanner, a decoloring unit, and a controller. The decoloring unit decolors the image on the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveying unit. The decoloring unit is positioned downstream of the scanner in a sheet conveying direction. A distance along the sheet conveying direction between the scanner and the decoloring unit is shorter than a length of a first predetermined sheet size and longer than a length of a second predetermined sheet size. A controller determines whether the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit is the first predetermined sheet size or the second predetermined sheet size. The controller performs a mode limiting process if the sheet size is determined to be the first predetermined sheet size.