Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a print medium and a method of preparing the same. The print medium can include a media substrate and a porous ink-receiving layer coated on the media substrate. The porous ink-receiving layer can include metal oxide or semi-metal oxide including a first portion of amine-functionalized particulates and a second portion of epoxy functionalized particulates, wherein at least a portion of the amine functionalized particulates are covalently coupled to at least a portion of the epoxy-functionalized particulates. A binder can optionally be present in the porous ink-receiving layer as well.

Abstract: An ink set includes at least a magenta ink composition and a cyan ink composition, wherein the magenta ink composition comprises: at least one colorant selected from the group consisting of specific heterylazo dyes; and at least one colorant selected from the group consisting of specific anthrapyridone dyes, and the cyan ink composition comprises at least one colorant selected from the group consisting of phthalocyanine compounds meeting requirements 1 and 2: Requirement 1: The ratio of the maximum absorbance within the absorption band of from 660 nm to 680 nm to the maximum absorbance within the absorption band of from 600 nm to 640 nm on the spectral absorption curve of aqueous solution is less than 1; and Requirement 2: The oxidation potential is more positive than 1.0 eV (vsSCE).

Abstract: An ejection inspection device includes: an inspection stage on which an inspection sheet is sucked and mounted; a sheet feeding mechanism which feeds the inspection sheet wound in a roll form onto the inspection stage; a sheet taking-up mechanism which takes up the fed inspection sheet from the inspection stage; a suction air valve unit which controls the suction air of the inspection stage; a floating air valve unit which controls the floating air of the inspection stage; and a control unit which controls the suction air valve unit, the floating air valve unit, the sheet feeding mechanism, and the sheet taking-up mechanism. The control unit floats the inspection sheet for performing the feeding operation of the inspection sheet and the taking-up operation thereof.

Abstract: An image is recorded by ejecting two or more ink compositions on a porous layer that contains inorganic microparticles and a water-soluble resin and has a porosity [%] of 50% or more with a maximum total ejection amount (mL/m2) set at less than 90% of an absorption capacity (mL/m2) of diethylene glycol in the porous layer. The porosity=(absorption capacity of diethylene glycol (mL/m2))/(thickness of porous layer (?m))×100. The maximum total ejection amount=(maximum ejection amount of one dot (mL/m2))×(total amount of ink (%)). An inkjet recording method capable of inhibiting color change from occurring to cause color irregularities when papers are stacked on an image portion within a relatively short time after recording in high-speed processing or processing of a large number of sheets, and capable of stably obtaining images recorded with desired color tone.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport belt rotating around rollers that transports a sheet by attaching the sheet thereto by an electrostatic force, an image forming unit which forms an image on the sheet transported by the transport belt by ejecting ink droplets from a recording head onto the sheet, and an duplex print unit which reverses the sheet, the first side of which has been printed, so as to form an image on the second side of the sheet. The apparatus stops the transportation of the sheet to the image forming unit after the image is formed on the first side of the sheet and before the image is formed on the second side of the sheet until at least the tip of the second side of the sheet is not apart from the transport belt.

Abstract: Provided is a printing system for producing wallpaper. The printing system includes a frame, a cabinet on the frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper, and a pagewidth printhead arranged on the frame for printing images on the blank wallpaper. Also included are pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper fed from the cartridges via a media path defined in the cabinet past the pagewidth printhead to facilitate printing, and a dryer module configured to dry the printed wallpaper. The system further has a cutter module for cutting the printed wallpaper before the printed wallpaper is fed into a container which stores the wallpaper in a roll, and a data capture device configured to capture the identity of an identifier carried by a print sample. The printhead is configured, subsequent to the capture of the identity of the print sample, to print the pattern which corresponds to the print sample.

Abstract: A mobile telecommunications device comprising: a printhead for printing a sheet of media substrate, the sheet of media substrate having coded data on at least part of its surface; a media feed assembly for feeding the sheet of media substrate along a feed path past the printhead; a print engine controller for operatively controlling the printhead; and, a sensor for reading the coded data and generating a signal indicative of at least one dimension of the sheet, and transmitting the signal to the print engine controller; such that, the print engine controller uses the signal to initiate the printing when the sheet is at a predetermined position relative to the printhead.

Abstract: A print medium for use in a mobile device having a printer, the print medium comprising: a laminar substrate defining first and second opposite faces; first coded data in a first data format disposed in a first data region on the laminar substrate, the first coded data encoding first information; and at least one orientation indicator indicative of an orientation of the print medium.

Abstract: A method of using a mobile device to determine a position of a print medium, the print medium configured to be printed on by the mobile device in a print direction, the mobile device including a printer, a first sensor and processing means, the print medium comprising a substrate defining first and second opposite faces, the first face bearing coded data indicative of at least one location, the method comprising the steps of: (a) using the first sensor to capture a first image of at least some of the coded data when the print medium is at a position within a media feed path within the mobile device; (b) using the processing means to decode at least some of the sensed coded data, thereby to determine at least one location; and (c) determining the position of the print medium based on the at least one location determined in step (b).

Abstract: Nanoparticles comprising tungsten, methods of manufacturing nanoparticles comprising tungsten, and applications of nanoparticles comprising tungsten, such as electronics, optical devices, photonics, reagents for fine chemical synthesis, pigments, and catalysts are provided.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a recording medium interface that sets a recording medium having a predetermined specification; a printing data interface that receives printing data; a printer that performs printing; a non-volatile storage that stores a password, and usage/non-usage designating information indicating whether or not the recording medium interface is used; a usage/non-usage information changing portion that executes a process for changing the usage/non-usage information stored in the non-volatile storage according to an instruction by an operator, only when the operator inputs the password stored in the non-volatile storage; and a controller that executes a direct printing process for reading out information from the recording medium set in the recording medium interface and allowing contents indicated by the information to be printed by the printer, and a common printing process for allowing contents indicated by the printing data received by the printing data interface to be printed by the pri

Abstract: A donor sheet for transferring an image pattern to an image receiving element by a thermal imaging process using laser beam, comprising a base having formed in order on the base a light-to-heat conversion layer, and a transfer layer containing an image component which is melted by heating due to an action of the light-to-heat conversion layer and transferred to the image receiving element in a patterned form, in which the image component of the transfer layer contains an ink-repellent or solvent-repellent compound in an optimized amount. Using the donor sheet, it becomes possible to produce an separation member such as partition pattern and black matrix of a color filter by a shortened manufacturing step with ease and accuracy at high contrast, and can impart excellent ink repellency to the separation member.

Abstract: An ink-jet printing system includes an ink set having only cyan, magenta, yellow black and gray inks, and a medium having a substantially neutral color. A ratio of printed lightness of the gray ink to a lightness of the medium ranges from 0.3 to 0.7.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making colored contact lenses and an apparatus for implementing the method of the invention. The apparatus of the invention comprises a securing means for holding a contact lens or a portion of a mold for making the contact lens, a printer head, wherein the printer head comprises one or more nozzles each of which is capable of jetting droplets of color liquid independent of each other under control of a computer system; a positioning means for precisely positioning the printer head at each of a plurality of predetermined positions, one at a time, on a surface of the contact lens or the mold portion under control of the computer system. The method and apparatus of the invention are useful for producing colored contact lenses having high quality color images thereon.

Abstract: An inkjet printing system, comprises an inkjet printer, an ink composition, and an inkjet recording media comprising a support, and coated on the support in order from the support, a porous base layer and a porous uppermost layer, each with particular limitations The inkjet recording media and printer system is manufacturable using low-cost materials in an efficient process requiring only a single coating and drying step and that gives images with excellent gloss, color density, and image quality.

Abstract: An inkjet printing system, comprises an inkjet printer, an ink composition, and an inkjet recording media comprising a support, and coated on the support in order from the support, a porous base layer, a porous intermediate layer, and a porous uppermost layer, each with particular limitations. The inkjet recording media and printer system is manufacturable using low-cost materials in an efficient process requiring only a single coating and drying step and that gives images with excellent gloss, color density and image quality.

Abstract: An ink jet recording paper capable of compatible with high speed ink jet printers is provided. By using, as a fiber material, mercerized pulp obtained by applying an alkali treatment to pulp, an ink jet recording paper of high ink absorption speed and high ink coloring density is formed. Since the paper itself has excellent ink absorption speed, there is no requirement for applying coating for improving the ink absorption and it can be used as non-coated type ink jet recording paper.

Abstract: A method of producing a print medium to reduce problems associated with the gradual dye-fade and color-shift of inks over time, and to provide improved resistance to physical handling is provided Specifically, a method can comprise steps of coating a media substrate with a porous coating composition of semi-metal oxide or metal oxide particulates to form a porous ink receiving layer, coating the porous ink-receiving layer with a latex layer configured to allow an ink-jet ink to be received at the porous ink-receiving layer, printing ink-jet ink on at least a portion of the latex layer to form ink-associated latex regions exclusive of non-printed latex regions, and heating the latex layer. The ink-jet ink can include an ink vehicle, a colorant, and a film promoting additive that lowers the film forming temperature of the latex particulates in the ink-associated latex regions. Upon heating, the ink-associated latex regions form a continuous film, and non-printed latex regions do not form a continuous film.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a color filter is provided. First, a substrate having a light shielding layer formed thereon is provided, wherein the light shielding layer is adopted for defining a plurality of sub-pixel regions on the substrate. Next, a hydrophobic layer is formed on the light shielding layer by stencil printing, or a surface silylation treatment is carried out to clean the light shielding layer by inkjet printing. Next, a color filter layer is formed in the sub-pixel regions. Thus, fabrication method of the present invention is capable of reducing the possibility of intermixing the color ink between adjacent sub-pixel regions.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a print medium identifying device that can accurately detect various print media. Thus, according to the present invention, a light emitting section (LED) irradiates a surface of a print medium P with ultraviolet light and different light of a longer wave. A light receiving section (regular-reflection photo sensor and diffusive-reflection photo sensor) receives the light reflected by the surface of the print medium P to output a signal corresponding to the quantity of light received. Identifying section (signal processing section) identifies the type of the print medium on the basis of a signal output by the light receiving section when the print medium is irradiated with the ultraviolet light and a signal output by the light receiving section when the print medium is irradiated with the different light.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a high-quality color filter wherein the shapes of colored layer, as individual pixels, are even in the whole.

Abstract: A printing device includes a cloth-holding frame unit mounted fittingly and detachably in a receiving groove in a base, and having a lock bolt for locking an outer frame on a looped inner frame disposed on and surrounded by the outer frame such that a piece of cloth is held tensionally between the inner and outer frames. A cover is connected pivotally to the base for covering the receiving groove in the base, and is configured with an inner accommodating space in spatial communication with the receiving groove in the base. A coloring unit is mounted on the cover, is disposed movably in the inner accommodating space in the cover and above the piece of cloth, and is operable so as to spray a coloring material onto the piece of cloth, thereby printing a picture onto the piece of cloth with the coloring material sprayed from said coloring unit.

Abstract: To permit the base of a hollow body such as a beverage can to be printed, the invention discloses a method for decorating an uneven surface of a dimensionally stable object. According to said method, the object to be decorated and a digital, contactless printing head are moved in relation to one another during the printing operation and the printing head is controlled by a control unit in order to dispense ink. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: a control program is created to control the printing head in accordance with the height profile of the uneven surface to be decorated of the object; the position of said surface to be decorated is detected in relation to the printing head; and the digital printing head is controlled using the program that has been created. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out said method.

Abstract: An inkjet recording material includes: a waterproof substrate; and at least two ink-receiving layers that are provided on the waterproof substrate and include a first ink-receiving layer and a second ink-receiving layer, wherein the second ink-receiving layer is located at a position nearer to the waterproof substrate than that of the first ink-receiving layer, the first ink-receiving layer comprises a pigment, a water-soluble zirconium compound, and a binder, the second ink-receiving layer comprises a pigment, a binder, and a water-soluble aluminum compound, the amount of the water-soluble aluminum compound being larger than that of a water-soluble aluminum compound included in the first ink-receiving layer, and at least 80% by mass of the binders included in the at least two ink-receiving layers comprises a polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification degree of 95% or higher. A method of manufacturing the inkjet recording material is also provided.

Abstract: A reflection type optical sensor can include a light emitting and receiving unit. The light emitting and receiving unit can include both a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit having light receiving sensitivity to light emitted from the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit can be arranged such that the optical axis of the light emitting unit intersects at a predetermined angle with the optical axis of the light receiving unit. The light emitting and receiving unit can be movably supported.

Abstract: A recording head records an image on a medium. The recording head includes a recording agent bearing portion that bears a recording agent to be transferred onto the medium for the image to be recorded thereon, and an active element that deposits the recording agent on the recording agent bearing portion according to image information of the image.

Abstract: An image forming method including forming an image using a recording medium, an ink composition and a liquid composition, wherein the recording medium includes a base paper, a first layer containing a binder, and a second layer containing a white pigment, the first and second layers being laid in this order on the base paper, and wherein the base paper on which the first layer has been formed has a Cobb-water absorption degree of 5.0 g/m2 or less as measured according to JIS P8140 with a contact time of 15 sec, the base paper on which the first and second layers have been formed has a water absorption amount of 2 mL/m2 to 8 mL/m2 as measured by the Bristow method with a contact time being 0.5 sec, the ink composition contains a pigment and water, and the liquid composition contains any one of polyvalent metal salt and cationic polymer.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a color filter that can suppress uneven color, uneven color density and color heterogeneity from being generated at various portion of a manufactured color filter. The manufacturing method includes an ink supplying step which supplies inks having different colors into cells formed on a substrate for a color filter to be manufactured based on drawing pattern data. The manufacturing method further includes a correction data producing step comprising preparing a test substrate having cells which correspond to the respective cells of the substrate; supplying the ink into predetermined cells of the test substrate based on the drawing pattern data by supplying droplets of the ink to the predetermined cells from the nozzles of the droplet ejection head using an ink jet method; and detecting an amount of the ink supplied to each of the predetermined cells of the test substrate.

Abstract: An inkjet receiver having upon a support an ink-receiving pack which comprises an image-receiving layer of a binder and 0.5 to 10 g/m2 of an inorganic particulate material, of which at least 70% by weight is alumina, and an second layer of a binder and 10 to 40 g/m2 of an inorganic particulate material, of which at least 65% is fumed silica and/or silica gel, and an optional third layer having up to 30 g/m2 of an inorganic particulate that is mostly calcium carbonate, the receiver demonstrating excellent printing properties, gloss and absorption rate, whilst being relatively economical and simple to manufacture. Optional inclusion of mordant in the image-receiving layer provides an effective universal glossy receiver.

Abstract: An inkjet recording medium including at least a first ink-receiving layer and a second ink-receiving layer on a support, the first ink-receiving layer being positioned farthest from the support and containing pseudo-boehmite alumina, and the second ink-receiving layer being positioned between the first ink receiving layer and the support and containing a water-soluble polyvalent metal salt and fumed silica that is dispersed using the water-soluble polyvalent metal salt.

Abstract: An ink jet printer 20 of the present invention can carry out a head check on whether or not ink is normally ejected from nozzles 23, by having a voltage detection circuit 54 detect electrical change resulting from ejecting of charged ink droplets onto an ink receiving area 52. When instructed to do borderfree printing, the ink jet printer 20 has a voltage application circuit 50 to charge ink in the print head 24, and ejects ink onto an area within the ink receiving area 52 where a recording sheet S is present and an area where a recording sheet is not present. The ink jet printer 20 also carries a print head 24 and determines a front edge of the recording sheet S based on a position where a voltage detection circuit no longer detects voltage. Thus, the ink jet printer 20 determines a front edge, side edges, and rear edge of the recording sheet S by directly using ink.

Abstract: The color filter of the present invention comprises ink films colored by ink drops 140 inside openings 111 enclosed by banks 112 demarcated and formed on a substrate 110. The banks 112 have a laminar structure comprising a metal film 120 and a photosensitive organic thin film 130 from the substrate 110 side. The inks should contain a solvent having a high boiling point. The bank layer may also be configured so that the peripheral edges of the bottom surface thereof are positioned inside from the peripheral edges of the light blocking layers, so that the light blocking layers have exposed surfaces on the upper surface thereof where the bank layer is not superimposed. Thus color filters can be provided which exhibit outstanding contrast without coloring irregularities.

Abstract: An inkjet recording medium comprising a resin coated sheet formed from a base paper having both sides coated with a resin, and ink receiving layers provided on both sides of the resin coated sheet as outermost layers, wherein a static friction coefficient between at least one of the ink receiving layers and a metal roller onto which wear-resistant particles are adhered is from 0.3 to 0.6.

Abstract: A method of improving the density of an inkjet image comprising the step of printing the image on an inkjet receiver having a layer of Al2O3 less than 100 nm thick deposited on the surface thereof.

Abstract: An image forming process comprises the steps of applying a first material for improving the wettability of the surface of an intermediate transfer medium to the intermediate transfer medium, applying a second material for lowering the flowability of an ink to the intermediate transfer medium to which the first material has been applied, applying the ink to the intermediate transfer medium, to which the first material and second material have been applied, from an ink-jet recording head to form an image of the ink on the intermediate transfer medium, and transferring the ink image formed to a recording medium.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus which requires the user to manually input sheet medium information, (when a bundle of sheets which include a plurality of types of print media are to be printed, the user must manually input setups of the image forming apparatus for each individual print medium. In manual setups by the user, some setups require user's knowledge about print media. When the user has made wrong setups, a print result cannot be obtained under an appropriate control condition Furthermore, when information about a print medium is sensed by the sensor without manual setups, the information cannot be often precisely detect depending on the type and thickness of the print medium, an environment, and the like, and it is consequently difficult to attain optimal image formation. It is an object of this invention to attain optimal image formation, saving user labor and shortening the print time by using a radio tag attached to the sheet medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink jet recording material and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the ink jet recording material comprises: a support having a base paper and polyolefin resin layers covering the both sides of the base paper; an ink receiving layer formed on one side of the support; and a back layer containing a polyurethane resin formed on the other side of the support opposite to the side having the ink receiving layer, wherein the back layer is formed within three hours after the polyolefin resin layer is formed on the other side of the base paper.

Abstract: The surface properties, such as surface roughness and gloss, of a printed image on an ink-jet receiver comprising a voided polymer ink-receiving layer, especially a foamed polymer ink-receiving layer, can be improved (i.e. reduce surface roughness and increase gloss) by applying heat and/or pressure to the ink-jet receiver after printing of an image such as by the passage of the printed image through a fuser. Method of printing; ink-jet print, and use of a fusing device.

Abstract: An apparatus for the production of film tube, which can be filled with liquid, viscous or granular filling material, from a film strip. The apparatus comprises: a filling pipe connectable to a filling machine for the filling material, a shaping device surrounding the filling pipe for shaping the film strip into a film tube, a sealing device arranged downstream of the shaping device in the filling ejection direction for sealing longitudinal edges of the film strip, which are adjacent after the shaping operation, to form a film tube, an advance drive for the film tube, a writing device arranged upstream of the shaping device in the filling ejection direction for applying printed markings to the film strip, a first reading device arranged downstream of the shaping device in the filling ejection direction and a second reading device) arranged upstream of the shaping device in the filling ejection direction for reading printed markings applied to the film strip.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a color filter is provided. First, a substrate is provided and then a partition, for example a black matrix, is formed on the substrate. The black matrix defines a plurality of first color filter areas and a plurality of second color filter areas corresponding to the first color filter areas on the substrate. Thereafter, a first color filter film and a second color filter film are formed in each of the first color filter areas and each of the second color filter areas corresponding thereto, respectively, such that a color filter is provided. The thickness of the first color filter film differs from the thickness of the second color filter film. Thus, images displayed by a transflective liquid crystal display with the aforementioned color filter have even colors.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a color filter is provided. First, a substrate having a light shielding layer formed thereon is provided, wherein the light shielding layer is adopted for defining a plurality of sub-pixel regions on the substrate. Next, a hydrophobic layer is formed on the light shielding layer by stencil printing, or a surface silylation treatment is carried out to clean the light shielding layer by inkjet printing. Next, a color filter layer is formed in the sub-pixel regions. Thus, fabrication method of the present invention is capable of reducing the possibility of intermixing the color ink between adjacent sub-pixel regions.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for multi-dimensional registration printing. One embodiment of the apparatus includes an image module, a print module, and an object registration module. The image module stores a digital representation of an image. The print module prints the image on a multi-dimensional surface of an object. The object registration module controls a multi-dimensional registration of the multi-dimensional surface of the object in proximity to a print head in accordance with the image. The printing system may use a print ribbon that includes an infrared absorbent, a resin, or both.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mask includes performing a lyophobic treatment on at least one surface of a translucent substrate; disposing a light-shielding material on the surface subjected to the lyophobic treatment of the translucent substrate in a desired shape by using a droplet discharge method; and firing the light-shielding material so as to form a light-shielding pattern on the translucent substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a colorant-containing curable composition comprising a colorant, wherein the colorant contains a compound represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), R1 and R2 each independently represent H, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group. R1 and R2 may be formed into a heterocycle together with a jointly bonded nitrogen atom. R3 represents a halogen atom, a trihalomethyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitro group, or an amino group. n represents an integer of 0 to 4. R4 represents a halogen atom or a —SO3M group, in which M represents H, a cation of a metallic atom, or a cation consisting of a nitrogen-containing compound. m represents an integer of 0 to 5. The present invention further provides a color filter comprising the compound represented by Formula (I) and a method for manufacturing the color filter.

Abstract: A method for validating warranty compliance for compatible fluid use of a printing system entails fluidly engaging a replaceable fluid container with a print station. The container includes a smart card adapted to track volumetric credits. Through use, the print station requests that fluid be added to a reservoir from the container. The method continues by ascertaining the presence of the smart card in the reader/writer and reading the smart card to obtain information related to the fluid. The print station operates per the information from the smart card. The method ends by ascertaining the amount of fluid amount removed from the container and writing the withdrawn amount to the smart card as a debit, thereby maintaining printhead operation under warranty.

Abstract: In the present invention, a provision of a method for manufacturing a color filter capable of forming a highly sophisticated pattern, to be formed easily at a low cost is desired.

Abstract: A printed device is provided with an image printed thereon, having a relatively high durability and/or resolution. A printer and method are also provided to produce a high durability image by treating an item to be printed with plasma. In particular, a printer is provided that is configured to convey a plurality of individuated items through a plasma treatment stage to prepare the surfaces of the item for printing. More specifically such printer may use a non-continuous ink jet printing assembly such as a drop on demand printing assembly.

Abstract: Color, pattern, design, and/or the like is applied by means of a jet dye process, or any other secondary or post pattern application process, including but not exclusively, silk screen printing, rotary printing, etc., to a bonded carpet, where the yarn in the carpet is all white (no dye applied) or light colored or where the yarn is pre-dyed with a single or multiple colors or where the yarn is treated chemically. The bonded carpet preferably has a low face weight and flat, short, dense, vertical cut pile.

Abstract: A non-stick coating includes fluoropolymer and electrically conductive mica. The coating may be used on rollers in printing machines to help dissipate static electricity.

Abstract: The use of a boric acid, borate or derivate and/or salt thereof in a subbing layer coated onto a non resin-coated support beneath an upper layer comprising a binder and an inorganic particulate material such as fumed silica and an under layer between the upper layer and the subbing layer, which under layer comprises a binder and an inorganic particulate material such as calcium carbonate, increases the gloss of an ink jet receiver formed thereby whilst maintaining good ink absorption, good image density and minimizing puddling and associated coalescence, and where the receiver otherwise suffers from surface-cracking, decreases the propensity to cracking.