Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a transmission-side control device and a reception-side control device. The transmission-side control device is configure to: divide image data into a plurality of division data; add check data for error detection to each of the plurality of division data; and transmit, to a reception-side control device, each of the plurality of division data to which respective check data are added. The reception-side control device is configured to: receive each of the plurality of division data to which the respective check data are added; perform error detection on each of the plurality of division data, using check data added to the division data; and transmit, to a drive device configured to control a drive element, division data on which a process of error detection is performed, in parallel with a process of transmitting division data by the transmission-side control device.

Abstract: A printer includes a vertical type main body accommodating a printing portion that prints an image onto a print medium transported along a vertically oriented printing path, including an outlet through which the print medium is discharged. A depth of the main body may be less than a width and a height of the main body. The printer may further include a stand supporting the main body such that the main body is rotatable forward and backward, a discharge guide mounted to the main body to be rotatable in a vertical direction and guiding the print medium discharged from the outlet forward, and an elastic member applying an elastic force to the discharge guide in a direction in which the discharge guide is rotated upward.

Abstract: A printing mechanism for a sample container is provided with a receiving end provided with a receiving rack, the receiving rack being connected with a fixed receiving plate and a movable receiving plate, wherein corresponding receiving trough and falling channel are formed by splicing and separating the fixed receiving plate and the movable receiving plate; and a discharging end provided with a rotating assembly that receives a sample container falling in the falling channel and drives the sample container to rotate to align an unprinted blank region on the sample container with a printing assembly.

Abstract: Examples include a fluidic die. The fluidic die comprises an array of field effect transistors. Connecting members electrically connect at least some of the field effect transistors of the array of field effect transistors, and the field effect transistors of the array are arranged into respective sets of field effect transistors. The fluidic die further comprises a first fluid actuator connected to a first set of field effect transistors having a first number of field effect transistors. The die includes a second fluid actuator connected to a second respective set of field effect transistors having a second number of field effect transistors that is different than the first number of field effect transistors.

Abstract: A direct-to-garment personalization system for personalizing an article includes a direct-to-garment printer configured to print a graphic onto the article, wherein the article is assembled with a packaging to form a packaged article. The packaging has a left joint having a body portion and a neck portion; a right joint having a body portion and a neck portion; and a plurality of expansion joints pivotally connecting the body portion of the left joint to the body portion of the right joint. The plurality of expansion joints are configured to move the left and right joints between a retracted position and an expansion position. When in the expanded position, the frame is configured to keep the article taut for printing. The system also includes a storage area housing the packaged article; and a transfer system configured to retrieve the packaged article from the storage area and move the article to the direct-to-garment printer.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a medium receiving tray that is switchable between a housed state of being retracted inside apparatus body that includes a recording unit and a protruding state of protruding from the apparatus body relative to the housed state; a power source that switches the medium receiving tray between the housed state and the protruding state; and a medium detection unit that detects whether there is the medium on the medium receiving tray or not. When an error is detected during execution of a recording job, a control unit, which controls the power source based on detection information of the medium detection unit, determines whether there is the medium on the medium receiving tray or not. When the control unit determines that there is no medium on the medium receiving tray, the control unit switches the medium receiving tray into the housed state.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium, a sheet ejection unit configured to eject the medium after the recording, a loading unit configured to load the ejected medium, a first contact member configured to make contact with a position of an upstream end of the medium in an ejection direction and operate in conjunction with a displacement of a load amount of the medium, a second contact member configured to make contact with a downstream position of the medium in the ejection direction with respect to the first contact member and operate in conjunction with the displacement of the load amount of the medium, one detection auxiliary member configured to make a displacement in conjunction with a displacement of the first contact member and the second contact member, and a detection unit configured to detect the displacement of the detection auxiliary member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet print heads protecting system in a digital printing machine, wherein the module comprises a chassis (1), rollers (2), and a plurality of digital printing units (10), each with a bridge (11) with guides (12) and a sliding carriage (13) with ink-jet print heads (14), one part of each guide overlapping the band and another part projecting beyond the band path, the carriage being movable between the printing and maintenance positions; and in that each bridge is attached to the chassis by of a position adjustment device (20) and an articulation (25) that are spaced apart or by two position adjustment devices (20) that are spaced apart.

Abstract: A printing system comprises a print fluid deposition assembly, a media transport device, and an air flow control system. The print fluid deposition assembly comprises a carrier plate and a printhead to eject a print fluid through an opening of the carrier plate to a deposition region. The media transport device holds a print medium against the movable support surface by vacuum suction and transports the print medium through the deposition region. The air flow control system comprises an air supply unit comprising an airflow guide structure extending into the opening of the carrier plate, the airflow guide structure configured to flow air at a direction aimed under the printhead and at an oblique angle relative to the movable support surface. The air flow control system controls the air supply unit to selectively flow the air based on a location of a print medium relative to the printhead.

Abstract: A printer includes a printer body, a hopper, an open-and-close cover, a paper support, and a support holder. The hopper pushes paper up while supporting the paper. The open-and-close cover is able to be opened from and closed toward the printer body. The paper support is provided in such a way as to be able to be housed inside and drawn away from the open-and-close cover, and is configured to support the paper by being drawn out. The support holder supports the paper, together with the hopper and the paper support. The support holder switches between an upright orientation for being housed into the printer body and a tilted orientation for supporting the paper together with the hopper and the paper support by the opening and closing of the open-and-close cover.

Abstract: A bicycle rim printing apparatus comprises a non-contact printer to print a non-contact printed deposit to an annular rim body, a rim holder to hold the annular rim body, and a rotational actuator to rotate the rim holder relative to the non-contact printer about a rotational axis.

Abstract: A printer includes a feeding roller, a cleaning member, a holder, a main stacker, and a motor unit. The cleaning member cleans the feeding roller. The holder supports the feeding roller and is provided so as to be movable between a cleaning position and a retreat position. The main stacker moves the holder from the retreat position to the cleaning position. The motor unit is provided so as to be able to perform switching between driving of the feeding roller and driving of the main stacker. The motor unit rotates the feeding roller when the holder is positioned at the cleaning position.

Abstract: A cleaning roller to be brought into contact with a medium includes a rotary shaft having a first end portion and a second end portion, and a sticky roller attached to the rotary shaft. A cleaning roller holder includes a first bearing portion configured to restrict a movement range of the first end portion and a second bearing portion configured to restrict a movement range of the second end portion. In a state where the first end portion is disposed at the first bearing portion and the second end portion is disposed at the second bearing portion, the cleaning roller holder positions the cleaning roller in a detachable manner. The center of gravity of the cleaning roller is shifted from the center of the cleaning roller in the longitudinal direction toward the first end portion, and is in a range where the sticky roller exists in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge unit and a contact detection unit. The liquid discharge unit has a liquid discharge port from which a liquid is discharged toward an object. The liquid discharge unit is movable along at least one of a first axis and a second axis intersecting the first axis and movable along a third axis intersecting the first axis and the second axis. The third axis is parallel to a direction in which the liquid is discharged from the liquid discharge port toward the object. The contact detection unit detects contact of the liquid discharge unit with the object. The contact detection unit is detachably attached to the liquid discharge unit.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head, a holder, a remover, a charger, a static eliminator, and a cleaner. The head discharges a liquid onto a medium to perform printing on the medium. The holder holds the head. The remover is disposed on the holder to remove a foreign substance on the medium. The charger charges the remover before the printing. The static eliminator eliminates static electricity from the remover after the printing. The cleaner cleans the remover after the static electricity has been eliminated therefrom.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a print head configured to eject ink based on print data; a conveyance unit configured to convey printing medium in a conveyance direction; a receiving portion configured to receive ink ejected beyond a first end of the printing medium in an intersecting direction, which intersects the conveyance direction; and a slitter configured to cut the printing medium in the conveyance direction at a predetermined position, wherein printing on one side of the printing medium in the intersecting direction is performed from the first end through the receiving portion, and wherein printing on the other side of the printing medium in the intersecting direction is performed beyond the predetermined position toward a second end side, which is on an opposite side of the first end.

Abstract: A battery mount portion includes a recessed portion into which a portion of a battery enters, a coupling terminal provided inside the recessed portion and configured to be electrically coupled to the battery, and a covering portion that covers the coupling terminal and that constitutes a portion of the housing. In a state in which the battery is unmounted, a cover that covers an area in the battery mount portion other than the covering portion is detachably attachable, and a portion where the cover and the housing overlap each other in a depth direction of the recessed portion is located outside a path of a liquid heading towards the coupling terminal after entering the recessed portion through a portion where the cover and the covering portion oppose each other.

Abstract: A recording device includes a transport unit configured to alternately repeat transport and stop of a recording medium, a recording head configured to discharge ink onto the recording medium to form an image while the recording medium is stopped in an image forming region, a drying unit including a plate in which a plurality of openings for blowing an air flow are formed in a position facing the recording medium transported by the transport unit, and being configured to dry the recording medium on which an image is formed by the recording head, and a relative movement unit configured to move the recording medium and the plate relatively in an intersecting direction that intersects a facing direction in which the recording medium and the plate face each other, while the recording medium is stopped in the image forming region.

Abstract: A deposition module within a web press for inhibiting media deformation may include a fluid deposition device located on a side of a media, and a processing device to control the fluid deposition device to selectively apply a wetting agent to the media. The deposition of the wetting agent may be based on the location of content printed on the media as defined by print data.

Abstract: A control board connectable to a liquid ejection head includes a power supply circuit outputting a first voltage, a connector connectable to a cable through which the first voltage is input and a second voltage is output, and a processor detecting a connection error of the cable using a difference between the first and second voltages, and control the circuit to turn off upon detection of the error. The connector includes first, second, and third terminals adjacent to each other and arranged along a direction in this order and fourth, fifth, and sixth terminals adjacent to each other and arranged along the first direction in this order. The first voltage is input to the second terminal, the second voltage is output from the fifth terminal, and the first, third, fourth, and sixth terminals are ground terminals. The second and fifth terminals are short-circuited in the liquid ejection head.