Abstract: An image forming method is provided that includes discharging, from a liquid discharged head, a white ink onto a recording medium to form a first layer having a first width, and a color ink onto the first layer to form a second layer having a second width. When the second width is equal to or smaller than a threshold, the first width is equal to the second width, and when the second width is larger than the threshold, the first width is smaller than the second width.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a digital signal output circuit and a liquid accommodating container, in which the print head includes a supply port, a nozzle plate, a substrate having first and second sides positioned opposite to each other, third and fourth sides positioned opposite to each other, a first surface, and a second surface, a connector to which the digital signal is input, and an integrated circuit to which the digital signal is input via the connector and that outputs an abnormality detection signal, the connector is provided on the first surface, the integrated circuit is provided on the second surface, the substrate includes an annular wiring electrically coupled to the integrated circuit, and the annular wiring is disposed in an annular shape along an outer periphery of the substrate including the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side.

Abstract: A recording device includes: a recording unit configured to perform recording by liquid to a recording medium; a support unit configured to support the recording medium subjected to printing and transported in a transport direction; a drying mechanism including a heated air blower including a heat source and a blowing unit; a number of rotations detecting unit configured to detect a number of rotations of the blowing unit; and a control unit configured to control the drying mechanism. The support unit and the heated air blower are disposed sandwiching a transport path of the recording medium at a position downstream of the recording unit in the transport direction. The control unit controls the number of rotations of the blowing unit based on an output of the number of rotations detecting unit in a state in which a constant power is applied to the heat source.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a plurality of conveyors configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction; an image recording device configured to record an image on the recording medium; a divider disposed downstream of the conveyors and the image recording device in the conveyance direction, the divider being configured to perform a dividing process including dividing the recording medium into a plurality of pieces; and a controller configured to bring the divider into contact with the recording medium to perform the dividing process on the recording medium with holding an upstream side relative to a central position of the recording medium in the conveyance direction by at least two or more of the plurality of conveyors.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a supply valve consistent with the disclosure. For instance, a supply valve to supply print particles to a receptacle, the supply valve may comprise a print particle exit, a print particle entrance perpendicular to the print particle exit, and a liner adjacent to the print particle exit, where the liner is to wipe print particles, when present, from the supply valve responsive to the transition of the supply valve between a closed position and an open position.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head, processing circuitry, and a memory. The head includes a plurality of nozzle rows in each of which a plurality of nozzles are arranged. The processing circuitry detects landing positions of the liquid discharged from the plurality of nozzle rows and corrects the landing positions of the liquid based on a result of detecting the landing positions of the liquid. The memory stores data related to a relation among the landing positions of the liquid. The processing circuitry detects landing positions of the liquid discharged from one representative nozzle row. The processing circuitry corrects landing positions of the liquid discharged from all of the plurality of nozzle rows based on a result of detecting the landing positions of the liquid discharged from the one representative nozzle row and the data related to the relation among the landing positions stored in the memory.

Abstract: A printing device includes: a substrate feed-out section; a substrate transport section; a storage which stores the width size of the substrate; a skew correction section including a skew sensor which detects the skew of the substrate, and adapted to correct the skew of the substrate with reference to an output of the skew sensor and the substrate width size stored in the storage; an image recording section which performs an image recording operation on the substrate; a first sensor which detects a width size-changed portion of the substrate upstream of the skew correction section with respect to the transport direction; and a controller. Upon the detection of the width size-changed portion, the controller stops the substrate skew correction while continuously transporting the substrate. After the width size-changed portion of the substrate reaches a reference position downstream of the skew correction section, the controller restarts the skew correction.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus including a drive signal output circuit that displaces between a first potential and a second potential, and a discharging portion discharging liquid, in which the drive signal output circuit includes a modulation circuit, an amplification circuit, and a demodulation circuit that includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor and outputs a drive signal, the first potential is 25 V or higher, the first capacitor and the second capacitor are coupled to each other in parallel, a change rate of an electrostatic capacitance of the first capacitor when a direct-current voltage is supplied to the first capacitor is smaller than a change rate of an electrostatic capacitance of the second capacitor when the direct-current voltage is supplied to the second capacitor, and an equivalent series resistance component of the second capacitor is smaller than an equivalent series resistance component of the first capacitor.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus includes a first transistor in which a second terminal and a third terminal are electrically coupled to according to a first terminal, and a second transistor in which a fifth terminal and a sixth terminal are electrically coupled to according to a fourth terminal, a first contact portion where the first terminal is in contact is smaller than a second contact portion where the second terminal is in contact, the second contact portion is smaller than a third contact portion where the third terminal is in contact, a fourth contact portion where the fourth terminal is in contact is smaller than a fifth contact portion where the fifth terminal is in contact, and the fifth contact portion is smaller than a sixth contact portion where the sixth terminal is in contact.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus including a drive signal output circuit outputting a drive signal that displaces between a first potential and a second potential, and a discharging portion including a piezoelectric element that is driven based on the drive signal and discharging liquid, in which the drive signal output circuit includes a modulation circuit that outputs a modulation signal obtained by modulating a base drive signal that is a base of the drive signal, an amplification circuit that outputs an amplified modulation signal obtained by amplifying the modulation signal, and a demodulation circuit that includes a capacitor and outputs the drive signal obtained by demodulating the amplified modulation signal, the first potential is 25 V or higher, and the capacitor is a surface mounting component including a laminated portion in which a resin thin film layer and a metal thin film layer are laminated.

Abstract: A method of forming a digital print on a surface by applying powder of dry ink including colourants on the surface, bonding a part of the dry ink powder to the surface by a digital heating print head such that the digital print is formed by the bonded dry ink colourants and removing non-bonded dry ink from the surface.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus including a modulation circuit, an amplification circuit, and a demodulation circuit that includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and an inductor and outputs the drive signal, one end of the first capacitor and one end of the second capacitor are coupled to one end of the inductor, the first capacitor and the second capacitor are coupled to each other in parallel, the first capacitor includes a first laminated portion in which a resin thin film layer and a first metal thin film layer are laminated, the second capacitor includes a second laminated portion in which a ceramic thin film layer and a second metal thin film layer are laminated, and the electrostatic capacitance of the first capacitor is larger than the electrostatic capacitance of the second capacitor.

Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes: a stage on which an object is positioned; a printing unit provided above the stage and performing printing on the object; and a control part configured to perform a correction for printing on at least one of the object, the stage, and the printing unit based on preset printing conditions, in which the printing unit includes a head frame provided above the stage, a detection sensor configured to detect a distance between the head frame and a part positioned thereunder, and a heat part provided on the head frame to perform printing on the object.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a base frame being bridged between a pair of legs and being configured to support a printing unit, and a board box being arranged under the base frame and being configured to accommodate a control board. A hook is provided to any one surface of a lower surface of the base frame and an upper surface of the board box, and a hole engageable with the hook is provided in the other surface. A female screw is formed in any one side surface of a side surface of the base frame and a side surface of the board box, and a fixing member configured to abut against the one side surface is provided to the other side surface. The board box is fixed to the base frame by a male screw screwed into the female screw through intermediation of the fixing member.

Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording by discharging a droplet to a medium a conveyance belt disposed facing the recording unit and convey the medium, and a cleaning unit including a scrape unit configured to make contact with the conveyance belt and scrape off a residual at the conveyance belt. The cleaning unit includes a pressing part configured to push the scrape unit against the conveyance belt, and the scrape unit includes a sponge member configured to be pressed against the conveyance belt to scrape off the residual and a contact part of the sponge member that is brought into contact with the conveyance belt is worn.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a head that ejects ink toward a recording medium transported by a transport unit, and an ejection controller that causes the head to eject ink. The ejection controller is configured to perform process including: process of calculating a transport speed of the recording medium; process of generating reference timing of ejection of ink by the head; process of determining a target delay amount by which timing of ejection of ink by the head is delayed from the reference timing on the basis of a transport speed coinciding with the reference timing; process of updating a target delay amount, on the occurrence of change in the transport speed before the recording medium is transported by a distance corresponding to the target delay amount, the target delay amount being updated in response to the transport speed as changed; and process of delaying timing of ejection of ink by the head on the basis of the target delay amount as updated.

Abstract: A production process comprises a formation process that includes: contacting a first liquid material and a second liquid material with each other at a contact point in a gas atmosphere, wherein at the contact point at least one of the first liquid material and the second liquid material is provided as a liquid jet propagating in a direction, to provide at the contact point a third jet of a coalesced third material propagating in a third direction. A production process device can perform the formation process.

Abstract: A production process and a related device comprises a formation process comprising: contacting a first liquid material and a second liquid material with each other at a contact point in a gas atmosphere, wherein at the contact point at least one of the first liquid material and the second liquid material is provided as a liquid jet propagating in a direction, to provide at the contact point a third jet of a coalesced third material propagating in a third direction.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus, having a discharging head, a fan, and a controller, is provided. The discharging head includes a discharging surface and a plurality of nozzles arranged along a sub-scanning direction, which intersects orthogonally with a main scanning direction. The discharging head is configured to move in the main scanning direction. The fan is configured to generate an airflow for collecting mist of ink discharged through the nozzles. The controller is configured to obtain a droplet size of the ink to be discharged through the nozzles from one of a print job and a printing mode set in advance, obtain a distance between the discharging surface and a printable medium, and control a rotation speed of the fan based on the droplet size and the distance.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a mobile printer includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge, and a print head. The first housing has a first surface on which a printing medium can be disposed. The second housing faces the first surface. The hinge connects the first housing and the second housing and permits the first and second housings to rotate relative to each other. The print head is provided in the second housing and is configured to print an image by discharging on to the print medium when the print medium is on the first surface between the first and second housings.