Abstract: Disclosed is a printing apparatus in which web paper is transported to a printing face contact roller in a swirling form while a direction thereof is turned by first to fourth turning rollers. Heating units are arranged so as to face a printing face of the web paper between the two first and second turning rollers, between the two third and fourth turning rollers, and between the fourth turning roller and the printing face contact roller individually. Such arrangement can achieve a compact drying mechanism. The heating units each directly heat inks on the printing face, and thus do not overheat the web paper. Moreover, the heating units are not directed upward. This avoids contact of the web paper to a front side face of each of the heating units when the web paper slackens.

Abstract: A conveyance device includes a conveyor having an outer face that contacts a sheet adhered with liquid. The conveyor conveys the sheet. A heat radiator generates air. A ventilator sends the air to the outer face of the conveyor.

Abstract: A dryer includes a first airflow generator configured to generate a first airflow to be blown to a sheet conveyed in the blower, a second airflow generator configured to generate a second airflow to exhaust air in the blower outside the blower, and circuitry configured to control the first airflow generator and the second airflow generator to control a blowing amount of the first airflow and an exhaust amount of the second airflow according to a type of the sheet.

Abstract: A digital print head, a digital printing machine having the head, and a method for digital printing on substrates using the head, the digital print head having an ejector for ejecting a product onto the substrate; a drying element for acting on the product ejected onto the substrate such that it is dried; and shielding element to prevent the ejected product from directly reaching the drying element by spray. Likewise, the drying element is located with respect to the ejector in such a way that when the product is ejected it may be subjected to the drying that may be provided by the drying element.

Abstract: A liquid discharge device determines, in a state of a liquid discharger discharging liquid onto a continuous form sheet conveyed by a conveyor at a first conveying speed, in response to a seam of the continuous form sheet detected by a seam detection sensor, whether a heater temperature detected by a temperature detection sensor is a threshold or higher; causes, in response to the heater temperature being determined to be the threshold or higher, the conveyor to stop conveying the continuous form sheet, until the heater temperature decreases to be less than the threshold; and causes, in response to the heater temperature having decreased to be less than the threshold, the conveyor to convey the continuous form sheet at a second conveying speed slower than the first conveying speed until the seam of the continuous form sheet is wound up around a winding roller.

Abstract: A printer includes a first guide disposed downstream of a platen in a sub-scanning direction to guide movement of a recording medium, a second guide disposed below the first guide and downstream of the first guide in the sub-scanning direction to guide movement of the recording medium, and a dryer facing the first guide and the second guide to send air toward the recording medium. The dryer includes a body case including an outlet port that is open toward the second guide, a fan to send air toward the recording medium through the outlet port, and a heater to heat air sent by the fan. The first guide has a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the second guide.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of printing, and provides a digital printing press. The digital printing press includes a frame, and an unwinder, a driver, an inkjet printer, a curer and a winder that are arranged on the frame, where the driver drives a substrate to move from the unwinder to the winder along a substrate path, the inkjet printer and the curer are arranged above a printing segment of the substrate path, the printing segment of the substrate path is in the shape of an arch, and the arch bends toward the inkjet printer and the curer. The UV light from the curer can be reflected by the substrate to a position other than the inkjet printer as a result of the arched printing segment. UV light is prevented from entering the inkjet printer's nozzle, extending the inkjet printer's service life.

Abstract: A contacting member contacts a region of a contacted member to which a liquid composition has been applied. The contacting member contains a substrate, a fluororesin fiber layer, an adhesive layer, and a mixed layer. The fluororesin fiber layer contains a fluororesin fiber and is configured to contact the contacted member. The adhesive layer contains an adhesive member directly or indirectly fixing the fluororesin fiber layer to the substrate. In the mixed layer, the fluororesin fiber in the fluororesin layer and the adhesive member in the adhesive layer are mixed. A thickness of the mixed layer is from 5% or more and 60% or less with respect to a thickness of the fluororesin fiber layer.

Abstract: A dryer system is described that is configured to purify, by means of a wet scrubber, the exhaust gases created in the drying of a recording medium that has been printed to. Moreover, thermal energy may be extracted from the exhaust gases in the wet scrubber, which thermal energy is used in turn to dry the recording medium. An environmentally safe and energy-efficient drying may thus be enabled.

Abstract: An electronic data storage device for use with a cartridge for storing and dispending liquid for use with an inkjet printer, the electronic data storage device storing printing data, wherein the printing data comprises at least one of: liquid density data, liquid conductivity data, recirculation data, and printer geometry data.

Abstract: A drying apparatus which dries a medium on which an image is formed with ink while conveying the medium includes a conveyance part, a heating part, a measurement part and a controller. The conveyance part conveys the medium in a predetermined conveyance direction. The heating part supplies energy to the image on the sheet conveyed in the conveyance part and dries the image. The measurement part measures a value accompanied with moisture contained in the medium. The controller estimates an amount of moisture contained in the medium based on the value measured by the measurement part, and controls at least one of the conveyance part and the heating part so as to change an amount of the energy supplied to the image based on the estimated amount of moisture.

Abstract: A printer control unit controls a fan, based on an acquired reference temperature and an output of a sensor, to cause a temperature of a platen drum or a temperature of a sheet supported by the platen drum to be the reference temperature. Specifically, at step S100, the printer control unit acquires a type of the printing medium to be used for printing, acquires the reference temperature at step S110, and at step S150, controls an operating state of the fan, based on the temperature of the platen drum output by the sensor, such that the temperature of the platen drum becomes the reference temperature acquired at step S110. As a result, a temperature increase of the platen drum becomes substantially saturated at the targeted reference temperature.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes: a sheet feeder that conveys a paper fed from a sheet feed tray; a conveyance cylinder that includes a gripper that grips the paper, and receives the paper conveyed on the sheet feeder and conveys the paper to a position of a printing part in a state where the paper is gripped by the gripper; and a heater that is provided on an upstream side of the conveyance cylinder in a conveyance direction and heats the paper so as to satisfy a temperature condition of following Expression (1): |T1?T2|/T1<0.15 ??Expression (1) where T1 is a temperature [° C.] of a paper end of the paper at the position of the printing part, and T2 is a temperature [° C.] of the paper end of the paper when the paper is transferred from the sheet feeder to the conveyance cylinder.

Abstract: In example implementations, a printing device is provided. The printing device includes a printer module, a plurality of dryer modules, and a side exit unit. The printer module is to print on a continuous web of print media. The plurality of dryer modules is located downstream from the printer module. The continuous web of print media is fed in a wrap-around direction from an outermost dryer module to a center dryer module. The side exit unit is coupled to the center dryer module to redirect the continuous web of print media along an outer side of the plurality of dryer modules.

Abstract: An image forming method includes discharging ink containing water, a coloring material, a polymerization initiator, and a polymerizable compound to a recording medium by a line head to obtain an image, exposing the image to active energy radiation, applying a processing fluid to the image, and drying the image with heat, wherein the time interval between when the ink is discharged in the discharging from the line head to the recording medium passing under a bottom portion of the line head and when the recording medium is exposed to the active energy radiation in the exposing is from 0.5 to 15 seconds.

Abstract: A fixation unit for use in a printing apparatus includes a substantially closed box for enclosing a heated space, the substantially closed box including an entry opening and an exit opening for enabling transport of a print substrate through the substantially closed box, a heating element arranged for heating the heated space enclosed by the substantially closed box, and a transport mechanism for engaging a sheet of the print substrate from the entry opening to the exit opening of the substantially closed box. The transport mechanism includes a nip of two belts that are pressed together and run concurrently and in the same direction, the belts being impermeable to any ink component. A printer includes such a fixation unit and a printing method uses such a fixation unit.

Abstract: A light irradiator includes a light source, a heat-dissipating member thermally connected to the light source, a drive including a drive circuit for the light source, a housing having vents and an irradiation opening for light from the light source to pass, and a blower. The rectangular housing has a first surface having a first side with a first dimension and a second side with a second dimension, a second surface having the second side and a third side with a third dimension, and a third surface having the first and third sides. The opening is in the first surface. A first vent and a second vent are in the second surface, with the first vent nearer the opening, and the second vent opposite to the opening. The heat-dissipating member faces the first vent. The drive is between the first and second vents. The blower faces the second vent.

Abstract: A system for printing upon an artificial fishing lure body is provided. The system includes a printing device. The printing device includes a printing head operable to spray at least one liquid substance onto the artificial fishing lure body and an ultraviolet light emitting device operable to apply an ultraviolet light beam upon the fishing lure body and dry the at least one liquid substance. The system further includes a fixturing tray including a fixturing detail operable to hold the artificial fishing lure body while the artificial fishing lure body is sprayed.

Abstract: Systems and techniques for improving ink jet ink durability and adhesion to a substrate. The techniques may include applying a varnish to the surface of the substrate, curing, in an initial curing step, the varnish with an ultraviolet (UV) lamp, and applying a pigmented ink to at least a portion of the substrate. The initial curing step may comprise pinning the varnish with the UV lamp in a low-power state. The techniques may additionally or alternatively include applying a layer of pigmented ink and varnish at substantially the same time, allowing the pigmented ink and varnish to at least partially mix, then pinning or curing the ink/varnish combination.

Abstract: A recording device includes a transport unit configured to transport a recording medium in a transport direction along a transport path, a recording unit configured to discharge ink onto the recording medium that is transported while making a scanning movement in a width direction that intersects with the transport direction, to perform recording, a standby unit at which the recording unit stands by in a non-recording state, and a drying mechanism including a heat source and an air blowing unit, and configured to blow hot air to a recording surface of the recording medium on which the recording was performed and transported downstream of the recording unit in the transport path, and the heat source is arranged at one end side in the width direction, and the standby unit is arranged at the other end side in the width direction.