Patents Assigned to Oce' Systems GmbH
  • Patent number: 10471753
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substantially water-free pre-treatment composition having at least one of an acid or an acid anhydride in an organic matrix. Also disclosed is a kit of parts having the pre-treatment composition and an ink composition that has an intrinsic inferior water fastness when printed, where the ink contains a compound that is soluble in alkaline environment (ink as such) and insoluble in a neutral and/or acidic environment. Also disclosed is a printing method for improving the water fastness of a print made with an ink that has intrinsically low water fastness, by using a pre-treatment composition as disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Guido G. Willems, Peter R. Markies
  • Patent number: 10471730
    Abstract: A printing method for printing a digital image on a substantially flat substrate includes providing the digital image including a raster of a plurality of pixels; providing a height channel to the digital image defining a height for each pixel; discriminating in the digital image for each pixel a relief part, a white part and a skin part; providing an inking mask including a binary image of areas of the substrate to be finished and areas of the substrate not to be finished; image processing of the digital image by applying the inking mask to the image, wherein the height of a pixel within an area of the substrate to be finished is reduced by substantially reducing a height of the relief part of said pixel; and printing the processed image obtained in the image processing step on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Clemens T. Weijkamp, Antonius M. Gerrits
  • Publication number: 20190337301
    Abstract: A closed supply container that is filled with air and ink is associated with a print head in a one-to-one association. During a printing process, ink is drawn from the supply container into the print head via a connecting line, such that a negative pressure in the supply container is increased. A sensor in the supply container measures the negative pressure and transmits a measurement value to a controller that switches a valve associated with the supply container so that ink is conveyed from an ink storage container into the supply container of the measurement value falls below a predetermined first lower limit value of the pressure such that the fluid pressure in the supply container increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Florian Hitzlsperger
  • Patent number: 10464352
    Abstract: A method of duplex printing on a cut sheet printer having a sheet supply system for feeding sheets to a print station in a first orientation for printing a first image on the first side of the sheet and then in a second orientation for printing a second image on a second side of the sheet includes, for each sheet: (a) estimating a likelihood P1 that, in a print process for printing the first image, the sheet will become damaged to such an extent that the damage will compromise a later print process for printing the second image; (b) comparing the likelihood P1 to a threshold T; and (c) if the likelihood P1 exceeds the threshold T, reversing the print order so that the second image is printed before the first image. The method ensures that the riskier image is printed on the duplex pass. The chances of the sheet with the simplex image then successfully passing through the duplex pass are then increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Ernest J. J. Clevers
  • Patent number: 10467512
    Abstract: A method of using an interface device to interface to a processing unit is disclosed. The interface device and the processing unit are part of a station of a plurality of stations in a sheet processing line. The method involves using the interface device to receive a control signal from an upstream station, and comparing a selection part of the control signal with a reference, the selection part being part of an addressing part of the control signal. If the comparison result is negative, a further control signal is determined from the control signal, which is derived from and differing from the addressing part of the control signal and the interface device outputs the further control signal to a different interface device corresponding to a processing unit of a downstream station. If the comparison result is positive, an instruction signal is sent from the interface device to the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Erik J. W. Schoenmakers, Rob J. E. Looijmans
  • Patent number: 10457040
    Abstract: An electronic circuit for driving an inkjet print element in an array of print elements with an electric waveform is provided. The print element includes a piezo transducer for converting the electric waveform in a mechanical displacement. The electric waveform is tunable for an individual print element. The circuit includes a common waveform generator that is connected to the piezo transducer through a first print data dependent switch for providing an electric waveform independent of the print element. The circuit further includes a waveform tuning part, dependent on the print element and the print data, for controlling a second switch that adds electric energy from a voltage source to the electric waveform. The switches are operable in either a saturation state or a blocking state to limit an amount of dissipation in the switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: OCÉ-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Ralph Van Der Heyden, Cor Venner, Hylke Veenstra
  • Patent number: 10449760
    Abstract: A method is provided for cancelling an electric crosstalk contribution in a monitoring signal from a monitored electro-mechanical transducer in a device including at least three electro-mechanical transducers. The crosstalk contribution results from an actuation of other transducers than the monitored transducer. The method includes selecting a second transducer, associated with the first, monitored transducer, wherein the electric crosstalk caused by an actuation of a third transducer is equal in the first and second transducer; actuating the first transducer and not acutating the second transducer; simultaneously measuring a monitoring signal from the first transducer and the second transducer; and subtracting the two monitoring signals to obtain a clean monitoring signal from the first transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: OCE HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes M. M. Simons
  • Publication number: 20190315126
    Abstract: A method of capping a nozzle face of an ink jet print head comprises the step of ejecting an amount of ink from a nozzle opening within the nozzle face, so as to form an ink body covering the nozzle opening, adheringly suspended from a surrounding portion of the nozzle face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Ronald J.H.M.C. PELZERS
  • Patent number: 10430058
    Abstract: A user interface for at least one media processing apparatus includes a display device connected to an apparatus control system and arranged to visualize timings of events occurring or expected to occur in a processing sequence of the apparatus, the timings being visualized by showing an indication of each event on a timeline that has a certain time scale and a certain zero point, wherein the timeline has at least two sections which differ in the time scale and/or the zero point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Nanne Krikke, Josephus A. M. Van Dun, Bastiaan J. Hermus
  • Patent number: 10430126
    Abstract: In a method for printing a plurality of print jobs on a flat bed printer, each print job specifies an image receiving area with a given shape and given dimensions where an image is to be printed on a recording medium. Each of the print jobs includes a number of sub-jobs specifying image layers to be printed in a predetermined print order, with print settings being individually assigned to each sub-job. The method includes grouping the sub-jobs by their print settings; nesting the image receiving areas of the print jobs on a flat bed of the printer; and printing the sub jobs group by group, with sub-jobs of the same group and from different print jobs being printed in common steps of scanning the flat bed. The scanning steps are performed in a scan order which preserves the print order in each print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Violeta Iacob, Radu Vulpe, Daniel Chelaru
  • Publication number: 20190291450
    Abstract: A system including an ink bottle closure including a first closure member configured to be fixed to an ink bottle, the first closure member including a seal, arranged to be located over an outlet opening in a neck of the bottle and a second closure member attached to the first closure member and movable relative to the first closure member between a closed position, in which the second closure member covers the seal, and an open position in which the seal is exposed to be pierced or ruptured for dispensing ink from the bottle through the outlet opening, wherein the second closure member is movable in translation, relative to the first closure member between the closed position and the open position in a direction substantially perpendicular to a central or longitudinal axis of the bottle and a dispensing device for opening an ink bottle closure, including an adapter having a receiving area for receiving the ink bottle closure of an ink re-fill bottle with the bottle in an inverted orientation, a mechanism for
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Mark RIETBERGEN, Joseph A. SCHULKES, Bas SMEETS
  • Patent number: 10406832
    Abstract: A method to increase the print quality of a printer can include determining sensor data corresponding to a print image printed by a print head of the at least one print head of the printer onto the recording medium; determining, based on the sensor data, undulation information corresponding to unevenness of the recording medium, a distance between the one or more nozzles of the print head of the printer and the recording medium varying due to the unevenness; and printing, based on the undulation information, a subsequent print image with the print head of the printer. The printer can include at least one print head including one or more nozzles that are configured to fire ink droplets onto a recording medium to generate a print image on the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Ulrich Stoeckle
  • Patent number: 10406840
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method and a compensator via which the input edges of the encoder signal of an encoder may be transformed into a compensated encoder signal such that requirements with regard to a dot resolution of a printing device and with regard to a maximum activation frequency of the dot generators of the printing device are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Werner Zollner, Michael Mayr, Guenter Gassner
  • Patent number: 10409537
    Abstract: A reprographic controller for providing reprographic commands to a reprographic engine has a reprographic setting. The reprographic controller includes a communication device for communicating with a computing device running a device driver; and user interface screen generator connected to the communication device. The user interface screen generator is arranged to generate and return a user interface screen including a user interface widget for setting the reprographic setting upon receiving a user interface screen request through the communication device from the device driver. The reprographic controller is further arranged to: receive from the device driver through the communication device: a value for the reprographic setting; and a reprographic job. The reprographic controller further includes a job processing device for processing the reprographic job taking into account the received value for the reprographic setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jozef T. J. M. Jans, Nithin R. A. Shenoy
  • Patent number: 10402129
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a computer for digital high-capacity printing systems to relay print data. The computer can include an operating system. Print data can be written to a memory and read from the memory to relay the read print data to be printed onto a recording medium at a printer. Operating system commands can be used for writing and reading. At least the operating system command for writing data can be supplemented by a delay function. The delay function can delay the operating system command for writing based on process identifier information. The process identifier information can describe a read process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Herman Lankreijer
  • Patent number: 10391761
    Abstract: An inkjet printing assembly is configured for direct inkjet printing on a recording medium and for indirect inkjet printing via an intermediate medium. The inkjet printing assembly comprises a transport path for transporting a print medium. Further, a control unit is provided for selecting the print medium, wherein the print medium is may at least be a recording medium or an intermediate medium. An inkjet print station is provided and arranged along the transport path for providing droplets of a liquid on the print medium. A transfer station is provided and configured for transferring the droplets of the liquid from an intermediate medium to a recording medium. A recording medium output station is provided for receiving the printed recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Pim Du Buf, Ke Peng, Roy W. N. Evers, Daniël H. A. Driessen
  • Patent number: 10391766
    Abstract: In a method to active print nozzles of an inkjet printer including a print head having print nozzles and respective actuators associated with each of the print nozzles, one or more conveying pulses are generated to eject respective droplets of ink from the respective print nozzle; and the actuator is activated with one or more intermediate pulses having an amplitude and/or a duration that is less than an amplitude and/or a duration of the one or more conveying pulses. The one or more intermediate pulses can be configured such that no ink is ejected from the respective print nozzle with the one or more intermediate pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Ulrich Stoeckle, Philippe Koerner
  • Patent number: 10391768
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing droplet jetting devices includes bonding together a nozzle wafer defining nozzles of the jetting devices, a membrane wafer carrying, on a membrane, actuators for generating pressure waves in a liquid in pressure chambers that are connected to the nozzles, and a distribution wafer forming a distribution layer that defines supply lines for supplying the liquid to the pressure chambers from a liquid reservoir formed on a side of the distribution layer opposite to the membrane wafer; and dicing the bonded wafers. The distribution layer has a thickness larger than the thickness of each of the other two wafers. A restrictor for controlling the inertance of the liquid supply line is formed through the distribution layer in a direction normal to the plane of that layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Océ-Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Hans Reinten, René J. Van der Meer, Maikel A. J. Huygens, Klaas Verzijl
  • Patent number: 10394502
    Abstract: A roll-fed printing apparatus and a method for controlling a roll-fed printing apparatus for printing images on at least one recording medium are disclosed. The roll-fed apparatus includes a print engine, a controller including a roll managing system for managing the printing of ripped images on the at least one recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Eduardus J. W. Van Vliembergen, Elsemieke P. A. Van Rossum
  • Patent number: 10391794
    Abstract: A duplex sheet printer comprising a first and second sheet quality detection device for determining a suitability of a sheet for printing. The first sheet quality detection device applies a first sheet rejection threshold to which sensed sheets are compared, while the second sheet quality detection device applies a second sheet rejection threshold different from the first. The controller designates sheets in the printing system to be sensed by one of the sheet quality detection devices in accordance with the sheet's media type or the sheet being on a simplex or duplex pass. Different rejection criteria are thus applied to the sheets without adjustment of a sheet quality detection device, resulting in high speed printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelius Janssen, Leon C. Van Breugel, Ken A. G. Boonen