Abstract: A platen protector for a printer device has a protector blanket to cover a printer platen of the printer device to prevent from causing scratches on print media by the printer platen. The platen protector has a fixing system to fixate the platen protector relative to the printer platen. The protector blanket is porous to pass through vacuum applied by the printer platen to attract print media.

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition less likely to cause offset and sticking. Provided is a printed matter and a printing method using such ink composition. The ink composition includes a (meth) acrylic resin and a drying oil, the (meth)acrylic resin: containing at least 40% by weight or more of a structural unit derived from (meth)acryl monomer having a straight-chain alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms, branched alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms, or cyclic alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms (1); having a glass transition temperature of 63° C. to 180° C. (2); and having a weight-average molecular weight of 1000 to 80,000 (3).

Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film is manufactured by sequentially executing: a step of coating a substrate by applying a coating solution containing an organic solvent and a piezoelectric thin film precursor to form a coating layer; a step of evaporating the organic solvent from the coating layer in a windless environment to obtain a dried coating layer containing the piezoelectric thin film precursor; and a step of heating the dried coating layer to form a piezoelectric thin film from the dried coating layer containing the piezoelectric thin film precursor.

Abstract: The head has a passage member having a nozzle and a pressurizing chamber which is communicated with the nozzle and is positioned on the side opposite to the side where the nozzle is opened, a piezoelectric actuator substrate which is superimposed on the passage member so as to cover the pressurizing chamber, and a flexible printed circuit which faces the piezoelectric actuator substrate from the opposite side to the passage member. The piezoelectric actuator substrate has a piezoelectric body which is exposed on the flexible printed circuit side. The piezoelectric body has a via hole opened toward the flexible printed circuit and has a projection portion at the edge part of the via hole which projects to the flexible printed circuit side.

Abstract: A tank is installed in a liquid consuming apparatus having a liquid consuming unit and is connected to the liquid consuming unit. The tank includes: a casing having a bottom wall and a side wall in a usable posture of the tank, the side wall extending in a direction intersecting the bottom wall; a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided in the casing and configured to store the liquid; an inlet provided to inject the liquid into the first storage chamber; a first communication port that communicates the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber; a second communication port provided in the second storage chamber to let the liquid flow out to an outside of the tank; and an air opening port that opens the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber to the air.

Abstract: A controller of an inkjet printing apparatus is configured to receive first data, which an information processing apparatus transmits in response to receipt of a print instruction. The first data includes an instruction to move the cap from a covering position to a spaced position. Upon receipt of the first data, the controller determines a location of the cap. Then, upon determination that the cap is located at the spaced position, the controller determines the state of the driving force transmission assembly. The controller switches the state to the first state by moving the carriage to the non-recordation area in response to determination that the state is not the first state. Then, the controller receives second data, which includes image recordation condition, from the information processing apparatus, in response to determination that the state is the first state or after switching of the state to the first state is started.

Abstract: A liquid residual amount detection device (printing apparatus) of the invention includes an irradiation unit that performs irradiation of a detection light, and a reaction detection unit that detects a reaction by the detection light irradiated by the irradiation unit. An amount of liquid is detected based on an amount of the detection light that reaches the reaction detection unit.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine home appliance cabinet temperatures using light emitting diodes (LEDs) are disclosed. An example home appliance includes a cabinet, a lighting system disposed in the cabinet having one or more LEDs to provide lighting in the interior of the cabinet, and a circuit electrically coupled to the lighting system and programmed to determine a temperature inside the cabinet based on a characteristic of the one or more LEDs of the lighting system.

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition less likely to cause offset and sticking. Provided is a printed matter and a printing method using such ink composition. The ink composition includes a (meth) acrylic resin and a drying oil, the (meth)acrylic resin: containing at least 40% by weight or more of a structural unit derived from (meth)acryl monomer having a straight-chain alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms, branched alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms, or cyclic alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms (1); having a glass transition temperature of 63° C. to 180° C. (2); and having a weight-average molecular weight of 1000 to 80,000 (3).

Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film is manufactured by sequentially executing: a step of coating a substrate by applying a coating solution containing an organic solvent and a piezoelectric thin film precursor to form a coating layer; a step of evaporating the organic solvent from the coating layer in a windless environment to obtain a dried coating layer containing the piezoelectric thin film precursor; and a step of heating the dried coating layer to form a piezoelectric thin film from the dried coating layer containing the piezoelectric thin film precursor.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes, a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid onto a medium, a plurality of liquid containers 2 that stores liquid which is supplied to the liquid ejecting head, the liquid containers 2 being provided with protrusions 24a and 24b, and a holder 50 that carries the plurality of liquid containers 2, the holder including wall sections 57 and recesses 58a and 58b disposed inside the wall sections 57 into which the protrusions 24a and 24b of each of the plurality of liquid containers 2 are inserted, wherein the wall sections 57 at least adjacent to one another have different heights corresponding to the plurality of liquid containers 2.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit which includes a transport roller pair which transports a medium in a transport direction, a printing unit which prints onto the medium, a winding unit which winds the printed medium, and a tension application unit which applies a tension to the medium at a position between the transport roller pair and the winding unit. The tension application unit includes a pair of arms which are capable of rotating. A tension bar is supported on one end of the arms and comes into contact with the medium. The bar is rotated from an upper limit position to a lower limit position by transportation of the transport unit being performed two or more times.

Abstract: An inkjet head includes a substrate, a piezoelectric unit disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of piezoelectric elements arranged along a surface of the substrate, and a plurality of pressure chambers, each of the pressure chambers being formed between two adjacent piezoelectric elements, a plurality of lid members, each of which is disposed on two adjacent piezoelectric elements and has a hole connected to one of the pressure chambers, and a nozzle plate disposed on the plurality of lid members and having a plurality of nozzles through which the liquid is discharged, each of the nozzles being connected to one of the holes of the lid members.

Abstract: An assembly of a large format media handling system, including a planar longitudinal cross structure; and a support structure, the support structure including two side supports comprising a number of fixed references and at least one adjustable reference, wherein the side supports are supported by the longitudinal cross structure at said references; wherein the at least one adjustable reference is formed by a wedge element slidably attached to the support structure; and the side supports are fixed to the planar longitudinal cross structure wherein the cross structure is in contact with all of the references.

Abstract: Microwave dryers that utilize multi-path and/or space saving configurations are disclosed. In a multi-path configuration, a print medium makes two or more passes through the passage(s) of microwave waveguide(s) in a microwave dryer, thereby increasing the exposure time of the print medium to electromagnetic energy within the waveguide(s). In a space saving configuration, the print medium takes a non-linear path through the microwave dryer, thereby reducing a footprint of the microwave dryer.

Abstract: Determining an in-plane thermal conductivity of anisotropic materials, such as display stacks, printed circuit boards (PCBs), and composite housings, includes heating a first region of an anisotropic sample, cooling a second region of the sample, and measuring temperature at a first location between the first region and the second region and a second location between the first region and the second region. The in-plane thermal conductivity of the sample is computed based at least in part on the temperature at the first location, the temperature at the second location, the distance from the first region to the second region, a thickness of the substantially planar anisotropic substrate, and an amount of heat applied to the first region.

Abstract: A packaged fluidic ejection cartridge assembly is disclosed. The cartridge assembly includes a cartridge for fluidic ejection, a cartridge storage container, and a cartridge retainer rotatably attached to the container so as to rotate about a pivot axis. The cartridge retainer receives and secures the cartridge within the storage cup. A moisture barrier film is sealed over the storage cup. The storage container may be stored with the pivot axis in either a substantially horizontal position or a substantially vertical position. The center of mass of the cartridge retainer and the cartridge within the retainer are offset from the pivot axis so that the center of mass rotates to a position below the pivot axis when the packaged cartridge assembly is stored with the pivot axis in a substantially horizontal position.

Abstract: An inkjet head includes a substrate having plural ink inlet holes arranged along a first direction and plural ink outlet holes arranged generally along the first direction such that adjacent ink outlet holes are offset along the first direction, a plurality of partitioning walls made of piezoelectric material that define pressure chambers therebetween, each of the partitioning walls disposed on the substrate and generally extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction between the ink inlet holes and the ink outlet holes, and a nozzle plate disposed on the partitioning walls and having a plurality of nozzles, each of the nozzles being arranged on one of the pressure chambers.

Abstract: The temperature sensor circuit includes a diode that is connected to a first potential at a cathode thereof. The temperature sensor circuit includes a voltage dividing circuit that is connected to an anode of the diode at a second end thereof and outputs a divided voltage. The temperature sensor circuit includes a second amplifying circuit that receives the first signal at a first input end thereof, receives the divided voltage at a second input end thereof, is connected to a first end of the voltage dividing circuit at an output end thereof and outputs a second signal so as to make the divided voltage equal to the first signal. The temperature sensor circuit includes a measuring circuit that calculates a voltage difference between the first signal and the second signal and outputs an output signal based on the result of the calculation.

Abstract: A temperature detection device (10) for a vehicle heater detects a fluid temperature. The device includes a temperature sensor (12) as well as a contact element (14) with a first side (16), around which the fluid can flow in at least some sections, and with a second side (18) facing away from the first side (16). The temperature sensor (12) is configured as a radiation sensor. The contact element (14) is arranged relative to the temperature sensor (12) such that at least a part of the radiation emitted from the second side (18) of the contact element (14) can be received by the temperature sensor (12).