Abstract: A device for holding a printing plate comprises guide frames having a storing space for storing a discharged printing plate discharged from an upper plate cylinder a guide member an actuator for moving the discharged printing plate discharged from the upper plate cylinder between an operation position for storing the discharged printing plate in the storing space and a shelter position released from the upper plate cylinder and a hook element for holding the discharged printing plate in the storing space, a downstream side of the storing space located at the shelter position along a discharged printing plate storing direction is lower than an upstream side thereof and the downstream side of the storing space located at the operation position along a discharged printing plate storing direction is higher than the upstream thereof in order to pick-up/insert a discharged/new printing plate easily.

Abstract: A roller for a roller frame fitted with rollers and being in a rotary printing machine, the roller comprising a roller shaft and a first rotational body freely rotatably mounted on the roller shaft and forming a roller body rotating during operation, the roller shaft constituting a second rotational body freely rotatably mounted in the roller frame and, when there is a difference between the rotational speeds of the first and the second rotational bodies, a torque can be transmitted from one to the other of the first and the second rotational bodies for exerting a dragging action on the respective one of the first and the second rotational bodies rotating at the lower speed; and a rotary printing machine including the roller.

Abstract: A device for internal mass balancing in self-reciprocating rolls, in which a balancing weight is arranged so as to permit a force (Fa) in the direction opposite to a reciprocating movement (A,B).

Abstract: A printing labeler having a label restraining and guiding system with a deflection member for turning back only the backing sheet of a continuous label strip composed of a backing sheet having a label peel-off layer and a plurality of labels provisionally attached to the backing sheet to thereby peel the labels from the backing sheet, a platen that supports lateral end portions of the deflection member, a pair of left and right side plates that support the platen and a label guide piece that faces the platen and guides the continuous label strip toward the deflection member and the label guide piece integrally has a pair of left and right engagement flange portions engageable with a pair of left and right engagement grooves formed in the pair of left and right side plates, a stop portion that connects upstream ends of the engagement flange portions and a deflection guide portion that connects downstream ends of the engagement flange portions and that a surface of the platen faces a vacant space enclosed by th

Abstract: The invention concerns a pad-printing ink cup fitted with at least one magnet (10). The minimum of one magnet (10) may be positioned at different heights relative to the plane of the doctor edge (22), the magnetic force effective in the said plane depending on said heights.

Abstract: A printer having a media transport mechanism defining a media path. The path extends from a media supply past a print engine. A media alignment element moves between an extended position intersecting the path between the supply and the engine, and a retracted position away from the path. The printer may include a pair of rollers between the supply and the alignment element and encompassing the path, so that the sheet may be gripped by the rollers at a position adjacent the alignment to preserve the alignment by the element. The rollers may retract the sheet from the alignment element, which may move aside from the media path, so that the media may be fed toward a print engine.

Abstract: A work surface is subjected to a corona discharge treatment and then to printing or coating. A container surface is subjected to a corona discharge treatment and preheating and then to printing or coating. The printed or coated container is heated to dry the ink or coating material and the filled materials in the container are also heat-treated. The printing or coating used is of the non-spray type. The preheating device and heating device used are of the high frequency heating type. A direction change mechanism is provided to make it possible to apply printing or coating to one container at two or more places therein and to subject containers in general to preheating and a corona discharge treatment.

Abstract: In the ticket printer, a ticket tray is mounted next to the infeed adapter of the printer mechanism for feeding blank tickets into the printer mechanism. The ticket tray is releasably mounted in a pullout module by means of a three point attachment comprising a button clip and a button pin. In another aspect of the invention, a ticket presenter has overlapping upper and lower plates defining a ticket delivery gap there between. The delivery gap has a photo sensor mounted therein, a mating bulge and cavity pair, and spikes cooperating with the bulge and cavity pair for effectively separating tickets from a strip of fan-fold tickets. In yet another feature of the present invention there is provided a communication link between the MCU and the PLD of the ticket printer for programming the PLD through the MCU using a personal computer.

Abstract: A tape printer comprising a tape receiving portion for receiving a supply of tape on which an image is to be printed; printing means for printing an image on said tape; cutting means for cutting at least partially said tape; and a cutter operation arrangement for manually operating said cutting means, said cutter operation arrangement comprising a first operating portion and a second operating portion, at least one of said first and second operating portions being movable toward the other, said operating portions being such that in use a user contacts both of said portions in order to move the at least one moveable portion towards the other.

Abstract: In order to provide a stand of a printing unit of a rotary printing machine, said stand being capable of being produced cost-effectively and having high inherent rigidity, a left-hand and a right-hand side wall are placed onto a bottom plate and screwed to the latter and are also provided with a cover plate, the cover plate resting with first locating faces on the side walls and with second locating faces against the side walls, the cover plate being screwed to the side walls at all the locating faces.

Abstract: A printer that is able to accommodate rolled papers of different widths. The printer includes a rolled-paper holder and a partitioning member. The rolled-paper holder includes a bottom wall having a first contact bottom portion and a second contact bottom portion, a first contact side wall, and a second contact side wall, wherein the sidewalls are substantially parallel to each other. The partitioning member includes a third contact side portion arrangeable in parallel to the first contact side wall and the second contact side wall, a third contact bottom portion that is brought into elastic contact with the bottom wall at a predetermined elasticity and may be stopped there by engagement, and a coupling portion that may be coupled to the second contact side wall.

Abstract: A foldable keyboard includes a clamping stage, and a retaining stage. The foldable keyboard has an accommodation region on rear edge thereof. A strip-shaped rail is formed in front of the accommodation region and a guiding groove is formed on an opposite side of the accommodation region. The clamping stage is laterally movable on the accommodation region. The clamping stage has a pair of bumps on a rear side thereof and each bump has a pivotal hole on an inner side thereof such that the clamping stage can be pivotally connected to the retaining stage. The retaining stage has a socket electrically connected to an internal circuit of the foldable keyboard and a portable electronic device can be inserted into the socket.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a printer having a ribbon guide capable of reflecting light emitted from a paper detection sensor away from the paper detection sensor in the absence of a printing paper. As a result, the possibility of erroneous recognition of paper detection is eliminated. There are provided a print head 1, a ribbon guide 3 attached to the print head, and a reflection-type paper detection sensor 4 arranged on a side of the platen in a manner opposed to a printing paper P passing between the platen and the ribbon guide 3 to emit light for detecting the printing paper. The ribbon guide 3 is formed with sloped surfaces 3b and 3d that are inclined relative to a surface of a printing paper P to reflect the light emitted from the paper detection sensor 4 toward a position away from the paper detection sensor.

Abstract: A coating tool has a printer head capable of securing a smooth traveling of a transfer tape having a correcting paint or a paste applied thereto by preventing adhesion of the transfer tape to the printer head thereby securely transferring and coating the correcting paint or paste to the surface of a target object.

Abstract: In a folder, a folding cylinder having folding components accommodated on the periphery thereof and being phase-dependently operatable, and cylinder segments for carrying the folding components, the cylinder segments being adjustable in relation to one another and being mounted coaxially in side walls, includes separate drives, respectively, for driving each of the folding components, a rotary leadthrough via which energy is supplied to the separate drives, and a speed controller for speed-dependently controlling the separate drives; a method of operating the folding cylinder; a folder including the folding cylinder; and a rotary printing machine in combination with the folder including the folding cylinder.

Abstract: A printing method for printing an ink layer on a can barrel. The method includes picking-up a bright ink containing at least one bright pigment having an average particle size of from 5 to 25 &mgr;m selected from the group consisting of aluminum flake and fine particulate coated pearl pigment from an engraving roller, feeding the picked-up ink to a printing plate directly or via a rubber roller, and applying the ink on the printing plate to a can barrel via a blanket wheel.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing slip sheets from printing plates has two concentric cylinders that are mutually rotatable about a common axis. Suction exerted via two elongated slots separates a deformable sheet from a relatively rigid object to which it is adhered. The deformable sheet is drawn into a recess presented by the two aligned slots. The concentric cylinders are then rotated to grip the deformable sheet between opposing edges of the slots.

Abstract: A combination printer is described. The combination printer includes a thermal head and an ink printing head, such as a thermal transfer printing head. The thermal head thermally prints on thermal paper by heating. The thermal transfer printing head prints ink on the thermal paper by thermally transferring ink from an ink film to the thermal paper. The thermal transfer head is preferably positioned downstream relative to the first head along a paper flow path of the thermal paper. The printer further includes a first platen that serves as a back support for the thermal head, and a second platen that serves as a back support for the thermal transfer printing head.

Abstract: A transport roller 32 has high rigidity and the surface supported at its center portion thereof is formed as a low-friction surface 32a by the polish finishing process and the surface thereof except for the low-friction surface is formed as a high-friction surface 32b by the ceramic coating process. The driven roller 33 is disposed so as to oppose to the low-friction surface in a manner that the surface thereof extends over the boundary of the low-friction surface 32a and the high-friction surface 32b. The driven roller 33 may be disposed in a manner that the surface thereof extends over the entire width of the low-friction surface 32a.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for printing an image on an edible substrate is described. The apparatus comprises a printer head assemble having a container or containers for liquid food colorant. A support for holding an edible substrate adjacent a print head assembly is provided, which support is adjustable such that the surface thereof upon which an edible substrate is placed may be moved in a direction vertically towards and away from the print head assembly. The support and print head assembly are movable laterally relative to one another. A controller is provided for controlling the print head assembly with printing instructions and for controlling relative movement of the support and print head assembly such that an image to be printed on the edible substrate may be printed. The support comprises upper and lower plates, the upper plate being supported in the lower by a scissors mechanism enabling the height of the upper plate relative to the lower to be adjusted.