Abstract: Inkjet head comprising a substrate having pressure chambers, which contain ink, communicate with respective nozzles from which the ink is ejected in a predetermined direction. A spacer substrate is disposed on an opposite side of a diaphragm from the predetermined direction. The diaphragm forms one surface of each of the pressure chambers, which is on an opposite side of the each of the pressure chambers from the predetermined direction. A wiring substrate is disposed on an opposite side of the spacer substrate from the predetermined direction. Actuators are in contact with the diaphragm in a space formed by the spacer substrate between the wiring substrate and the diaphragm, the actuators being electrically connected to respective wires of the wiring substrate. Differences in coefficients of thermal expansion between the pressure-chamber substrate, the diaphragm, the spacer substrate, and the wiring substrate are equal to or less than a predetermined value.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus capable of suppressing ink from remaining on a nozzle surface. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit 16 capable of ejecting a liquid from a nozzle 27 provided in a nozzle surface 22a of a nozzle plate 22, an anchoring plate 17 in which the head unit 16 is anchored and that is provided with an opening region 17a that exposes the nozzle surface 22, and a wiper member 12 that wipes an anchoring plate exposed-surface 17b located on the opposite side of the head unit 16 of the anchoring plate 17 and the nozzle surface 22a. When an angle of contact between the nozzle surface 22a and the liquid is taken as ?n, an angle of contact between the anchoring plate exposed-surface 17b and the liquid is taken as ?s, and an angle of contact between the wiper member 12 and the liquid is taken as ?w, the relationship ?n>?s>?w>90° is fulfilled.

Abstract: An assembly (1) of at least one object (5) having an outer surface (12) substantially of revolution around an axis of revolution (?) and a machine (10) for printing the object, the machine including: at least four printing stations (16, 18, 20, 22) including at least two inkjet printheads, each printhead defining a median plane, the median planes intercepting the outer surface along two impact axes, respectively, seen from an opening angle from the axis of revolution; a conveying system (35) including at least one object carrier (40) and suitable for moving the object carrier relative to the printing stations sequentially in at least four printing positions, the object carrier being suitable for rotating the object around the axis of revolution; and a controller.

Abstract: A liquid droplet discharge device includes pressure chambers in communication with nozzles, wherein the pressure chambers are for storing ink; an oscillation plate that is disposed over the pressure chambers, so that an elastic wall of each of the pressure chambers is formed; pressure generating elements that are disposed to face the pressure chambers through the oscillation plate; a drive waveform generator for generating, for each of the nozzles, a drive waveform by using drive waveform data that indicates a shape of the drive waveform for driving the corresponding pressure generating element; a residual oscillation detector for detecting residual oscillation that is generated in each of the pressure chambers after driving the pressure generating elements; and a controller for correcting, during printing, the drive waveform data for each of the nozzles, based on a detection result by the residual oscillation detector.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a mount base having a mount surface on which a sheet discharged through a medium discharge outlet is mounted, the mount surface facing the recording surface of the sheet; a projection rib that is provided in the mount base, is projectable from the mount surface, and extends along a discharge direction of the sheet discharged through the medium discharge outlet, through a center of the sheet in a width direction crossing the discharge direction of the sheet; and a projection mechanism that causes the projection rib to project from the mount surface to a rib height according to a dimension of the sheet in the width direction discharged through the medium discharge outlet.

Abstract: Notification is made to a user when mechanical engagement of an ink tank has been ensured such that the user does not stop a mounting operation before completion of mounting of the ink tank. A substrate includes a light emitting unit and a control unit configured to control the light emitting unit in accordance with a conduction state between an electrode and a corresponding electrode. A liquid tank is moved by force, a second engagement unit is locked to a second lock unit, and the liquid tank is mounted into a holder at a mounting completion position. In the movement, after the liquid tank has gone past the mounting completion position and a second engagement unit has shifted to a state of being partially engaged with the second lock unit, the electrodes shift from a non-conductive state to a conductive state.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head with liquid ejecting nozzles which eject a liquid onto a recording medium provided in a nozzle surface, a wiper which wipes the nozzle surface, and a cover which is positioned between the recording medium and a rim of the nozzle surface and covers the rim of the nozzle surface.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head and a recording apparatus are each capable of reducing a malfunction possibility that occurs on a piezoelectric actuator substrate due to contact between individual electrodes and a liquid. The liquid discharge head includes a head body including a flow channel member, a piezoelectric actuator substrate having a plurality of individual electrodes, a flexible wiring substrate, and an adhesive member adhering the flexible wiring substrate and head body, and surrounds the individual electrodes. When a surface of the head body surrounded by the adhesive member is a first region, and a surface of the head body other than the first region is a second region, the head body has a first through hole connecting the first region and the second region to permit communication between a space surrounded by the flexible wiring substrate, adhesive member, first region, and an outside other than the space.

Abstract: In one example implementation, a replaceable printing component includes a fluid supply chamber, and a printhead on the fluid supply chamber. The printhead includes a memory storing a factory identification code that comprises a combination of digitized analog performance parameters. The printhead also includes electronic test components from which the analog performance parameters have been measured.

Abstract: A method, a wiping apparatus, and a wiping system to store web material in a multi-folded state in a web storage chamber.

Abstract: A printing system for printing on a substrate, comprises a movable intermediate transfer member in the form of a flexible, substantially inextensible, belt guided to follow a closed path, an image forming station for depositing droplets of a liquid ink onto an outer surface of the belt to form an ink image, a drying station for drying the ink image on the belt to leave an ink residue film on the outer surface of the belt, first and second impression stations spaced from one another in the direction of movement of the belt, each impression station comprising an impression cylinder for supporting and transporting the substrate and a pressure cylinder carrying a compressible blanket for urging the belt against the substrate supported on the impression cylinder, and a transport system for transporting the substrate from the first impression station to the second impression station.

Abstract: A cartridge for holding ink pellets is provided. The cartridge comprises a first part and a second part. The first part comprises a first body, which first body comprises an exit adapted for releasing an ink pellet from the cartridge, and the first part comprising a separating unit, said separating unit being adapted for separating and releasing a single ink pellet and transporting said single ink pellet to said exit. The second part is configured for holding said ink pellets and comprises a second body being adapted for a sliding movement with respect to said first part in order to adjust a volume of the cartridge. The cartridge of the present invention improves transportation of said cartridge without reducing a capacity of the cartridge for holding a plurality of ink pellets.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate in which a pressure generating chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening is formed; and a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer on a side of the substrate so as to correspond to the pressure generating chamber, and a second electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer opposite to the side on which the first electrode is formed so as to extend over a plurality of the pressure generating chambers, wherein the second electrode is formed to extend to an outside of the pressure generating chamber in a longitudinal direction of the pressure generating chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piezoelectric material not containing lead and potassium, showing satisfactory insulation and piezoelectricity, and having a high Curie temperature. The invention relates to a piezoelectric material includes a main component containing a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by Formula (1): (NaxBa1-y)(NbyTi1-y)O3 (wherein, 0.80?x?0.94 and 0.83?y?0.94), and an additive component containing at least one element selected from Mn and Ni, wherein the content of the Ni is 0 mol or more and 0.05 mol or less based on 1 mol of the perovskite-type metal oxide, and the content of the Mn is 0 mol or more and 0.005 mol or less based on 1 mol of the perovskite-type metal oxide.

Abstract: Provided herein is a contact patterning apparatus comprising: a substrate; a fluid supply unit configured to supply fluid towards the substrate; a voltage applying unit electrically connected to the fluid supply unit, and configured to make the fluid from the fluid supply unit connected between the substrate and the fluid supply unit by applying a voltage to a surface of the fluid; and a control unit configured to adjust a level of the voltage being applied to the fluid such that the fluid is patterned on the substrate in a dots form or a continuous line form, thereby stably patterning a continuous line of a fine line width regardless of the viscosity of the fluid being used and the patterning velocity.

Abstract: A printing method is provided that enables a high-quality transfer image to be obtained with simple steps. As a solution, a printing method according to the present invention includes an applying step of applying a latex ink onto a transfer medium 10 to form an ink applied surface, a heating step of heating the transfer medium 10 to increase the viscosity of the latex ink, a transfer step of contacting and transferring the latex ink on the transfer medium 10 to a printing target 15, and a drying step of drying the latex ink on the printing target 15.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel forming substrate that is provided with a space constituting a pressure generating chamber which communicates with nozzle openings, a vibration plate that is stacked on one surface of the flow channel forming substrate and seals the space, and a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode sequentially stacked on a surface of the vibration plate opposite to the flow channel forming substrate, in which the first electrode is formed, in which at least a width of a first direction along the opposite surface is narrower than the space in a region corresponding to the space, the piezoelectric layer is stacked so as to overlap the first electrode and at least a part of the vibration plate in the region corresponding to the space, the second electrode is stacked so as to overlap the piezoelectric layer in the region corresponding to the space, and as a thickness of a stacked direction of the piezoelectric element i

Abstract: A roll paper printer has a roll paper holder that holds a paper roll of recording paper wound into a roll; a platen roller that conveys recording paper delivered from the paper roll; a printhead that prints on the recording paper conveyed by the platen roller; a delivery roller around which the recording paper travels between the paper roll and platen roller; and a paper detection lever that detects the recording paper; the paper detection lever being disposed on the inside circumference side of a first curved path through which the recording paper is conveyed in contact with the delivery roller.

Abstract: A method for operating an imaging device identifies inoperative inkjets in an imaging device and modifies non-image data values in response to the identification of the inoperative inkjets. The method halftones image data for forming an image by generating halftoned image data with reference to modified non-image data values to compensate for identified inoperative inkjets. The method operates inkjets using the generated halftoned image data to form the image. The non-image data values modified in response to identified inoperative inkjets and later referenced while halftoning may include halftone threshold array, per-output raster column “RasterType” or TRC data values.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head including a liquid ejection substrate, an electric wiring member, and a supporting member having a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface, including: positioning an outer peripheral portion of the electric wiring member disposed on the side of the second supporting surface outside of the second supporting surface; providing the supporting member with the first depression at a position facing one part of the outer peripheral portion of the electric wiring member and the second depression connected to the first depression at a position facing another part of the outer peripheral portion having a width smaller than that of the first depression, and applying an adhesive agent in the first depression to cause part of the adhesive agent to flow into the second depression, so that the outer peripheral portion of the electric wiring member is adhered to the supporting member.