Abstract: A recording apparatus includes an apparatus main body including: a transport unit that transports a medium; a liquid ejecting head that is provided above a transport path for the medium and performs recording by ejecting liquid onto the medium; and an accommodating unit that accommodates a waste liquid container configured to store waste liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head, wherein a front surface of the apparatus main body is provided with a front wall and an operable operation unit, which are adjacent to each other in a width direction, and the accommodating unit is located between the front wall and the liquid ejecting head in a depth direction at a position that does not overlap the operation unit in the width direction.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject liquid to a medium, a medium supporting unit configured to support the medium on a support face, a medium width detector configured to detect a width of the medium supported at the supporting face. Further, the printing apparatus includes a plurality of air blowing ports provided along a width direction (X-axis direction) of the medium for blowing air toward the medium supporting unit, an air blowing unit from which the air is blown, a heating unit configured to heat the medium supporting unit. Further, the printing apparatus includes a controlling unit configured to control a blowing amount from each of the plurality of air blowing ports according to the width of the medium detected by the medium width detector.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a first storage which stores liquid; a first detector which detects an amount of the liquid in the first storage; a communication hole communicating the first storage and outside; a semipermeable membrane arranged to cover the communication hole; a head unit having at least one nozzle which discharges the liquid supplied from the first storage; a liquid flow channel which communicates the first storage and the head unit; a cap which seals the nozzle of the head unit; a cap movement mechanism which moves the cap; an electrode arranged in the cap and on which the liquid discharged from the nozzle is landed; a second detector connected electrically to the electrode; a suction mechanism which sucks the liquid and gas inside the cap; a waste liquid storage which stores the liquid sucked from inside of the cap by the suction mechanism; and a controller.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzle arrays arranged in a first direction. The plurality of nozzle arrays each includes nozzles from which a liquid is discharged, the nozzles arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and one of two nozzle arrays of the plurality of nozzle arrays adjacent to each other in the first direction include at least two nozzles arranged at different nozzle intervals from corresponding nozzles of another of the two nozzle arrays in the first direction.

Abstract: A printer includes an ink tank, a print head performing printing by using ink in the ink tank; a light source irradiating an inside of the ink tank with light; a sensor detecting light incident from the ink tank during a period in which the light source emits light; and a processing section detecting an amount of ink in the ink tank based on an output of the sensor. The light source is turned on by an amount of light based on a result of the sensor detecting light reflected from an area where the ink does not exist.

Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.

Abstract: Provided is an inkjet recording method comprising the step of forming an image by applying an ink containing at least a coloring material and a processing liquid containing at least a flocculant to a surface of a recording medium by a droplet discharge device, respectively, to coalescence the ink and the processing liquid, wherein the processing liquid is applied to an image forming region on which the image is formed and a peripheral region of the image forming region, and an application amount of the processing liquid to be applied to the peripheral region of the image forming region is controlled to be the same as an application amount of the processing liquid to be applied at an end portion of the image forming region.

Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to discharge a plurality of colors of ink, and a control unit configured to control the recording unit to perform recording of an image on a recording medium, wherein the control unit is configured to perform color expansion processing to copy, to a target pixel, a recording amount of first ink included in another pixel, the target pixel and the other pixel configuring image data representing the image, the target pixel being adjacent to the other pixel, the other pixel including the recording amount of the first ink of the plurality of colors of ink, the target pixel including a recording amount of second ink of the plurality of colors of ink, and cause the recording unit to perform recording based on the image data after the color expansion processing. The target pixel does not include the recording amount of the first ink, and the second ink has a different color than the first ink.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a casing having: a first surface and a second surface positioned apart in a first direction; a third surface and a fourth surface positioned apart in a second direction; and a fifth surface and a sixth surface positioned apart in a third direction; a head; a tank storing a liquid to be supplied to the head; and a sheet accommodating portion accommodating a sheet. The tank is positioned between the first surface and the sheet accommodating portion in the first direction. A range occupied by the tank at least partially overlaps with a range occupied by the sheet accommodating portion in the second direction. A range occupied by the tank at least partially overlaps with a range occupied by the sheet accommodating portion in the third direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for applying an image onto a recording medium. Using the method according to the present invention, images may be printed having a predetermined gloss. The method further enables to make prints having local differences in gloss level. The present invention further relates to an ink-jet printing apparatus.

Abstract: An information process device according to an embodiment includes a thermal head that prints on paper at positions along a width direction based on a reference position. The sensor is at a sensor position in the width direction and detects marks on paper being conveyed by a conveyance unit. The controller controls the conveyance unit to convey a confirmation sheet and then detects a position of a mark on the confirmation sheet with the sensor. The detected position corresponds to the sensor position. The controller next controls the conveyance unit and the thermal head to print a line on a sheet corresponding to the sensor position. The controller is configured to receive a corrected sensor position based on a measured distance of the printed line to an edge of the sheet and update the print reference position accordingly.

Abstract: In one example method, a determination is made via a processor that a document is to be printed using a printer including a printhead assembly and a printhead accessory based on a received print job. A determination is made via the processor that a first portion of the document is to be printed by the printhead assembly and a second portion is to be printed by the printhead accessory based on a characteristic of the printhead accessory. The first portion of the document is printed via the printhead assembly and the second portion of the document is printed via the printhead accessory.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes at least one ink tank which is ink-refillable from outside, a liquid ejection head that ejects an ink supplied from the ink tank, and a housing that contains the ink tank and the liquid ejection head inside. The at least one ink tank is fixed to a housing wall of at least one surface out of surfaces forming the housing. Moreover, one surface out of surfaces forming the ink tank, which is attached to the housing wall, is either a surface having the largest area of the ink tank or a surface opposed to the surface having the largest area.

Abstract: A printing system includes a printing device, a platen roller, a controller, and an interface. The printing device includes a thermal head, a ribbon drive source, and a head drive source. When receiving a print command, the controller executes head movement control for moving the thermal head and ribbon acceleration control for accelerating a transport speed of an ink ribbon to a target speed. After completion of the head movement control and the ribbon acceleration control, the controller is configured to control the thermal head to perform printing on the print medium. At least before receiving the print command, the controller is configured to determine a printable distance over which the print medium is transported from the reception of the print command till the completion of the head movement control and the ribbon acceleration control and outputs the determined printable distance through the interface.

Abstract: The image formation device includes a tank, a hollow member, and a sensor. The tank is configured to store ink. The hollow member is disposed inside the tank, and extends in an up-down direction. The sensor is disposed outside the tank and above the hollow member, and is configured to detect a pressure inside the hollow member.

Abstract: A method of ink jet printing comprising a step of printing a primer onto a media sheet is disclosed. This method comprises a step of printing with ink onto the media sheet so as to form an image superposed on the primer, the step of printing with ink being carried out with a print head having an array of nozzles staggered in several rows, while performing a relative scan movement of the print head and the media sheet in a transport direction normal to the rows. The primer is printed on the media sheet non-uniformly in a pattern that corresponds with a pattern in which the nozzles of the print head are staggered.

Abstract: A conveying device includes a plurality of conveyance passages, a plurality of conveyors, a conveyance passage guide, a conveyance sensor, a conveyance availability detector, and circuitry. The conveyance passages are disposed in parallel to each other. Each conveyors is disposed in corresponding one of the conveyance passages. The circuitry is configured to: set a set retention time for which a conveyance object is to be retained in available one of the conveyance passages; control one of the conveyors to convey and stop conveying the conveyance object guided by the conveyance passage guide; measure a retention time of the conveyance object conveyed in the available one of the conveyance passages; and cause the one of the conveyors to eject the conveyance object from the available one of the conveyance passages in a case in which the retention time of the conveyance object is longer than the set retention time.

Abstract: A printer includes a treatment liquid applier configured to apply a treatment liquid onto a sheet, a printing device configured to print on the sheet onto which the treatment liquid has been applied, a heater configured to heat the treatment liquid in the treatment liquid applier, and circuitry configured to control the heater according to a printing condition to print on the sheet.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head configured to discharge a liquid onto a print target, a carriage configured to hold the head and reciprocally movable in a main-scanning direction, a sealing configured to seal a nozzle surface of the head, and a support configured to hold the print target and movable in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main-scanning direction, the support including a space configured to accommodate the sealing in the support.

Abstract: The area of the openings Ow that discharges the white ink is larger than the area of the openings Ot that discharges the color inks. Since the openings Ow are secured to be large in this way, more white ink can be discharged to one pixel while the number of ink droplets discharged by the multi-drop method is suppressed or without depending on the multi-drop method. As a result, a generation amount of an ink mist can be suppressed while the discharge amount of the white ink is secured.