Abstract: An apparatus (100) for applying a liquid to a printing surface (150). The apparatus comprise: a housing (110) arranged to receive the liquid, the housing comprising an aperture and the aperture comprising at least a first side defined by the housing and a second side defined by the housing which is opposite to the first side, such that the liquid can flow out of the housing by passing through the aperture between the first side and the second side; and a liquid guide member (120) which is inserted into the aperture so that the liquid guide member extends from the first side to the second side.

Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus capable of wiping off contamination on a platen efficiently. To that end, a cleaning sheet in which a first crease and a second crease are formed is conveyed to clean the platen in the printing apparatus. In this operation, the conveyance of the cleaning sheet is controlled so that the cleaning sheet moves back and forth with the first crease of the cleaning sheet being in contact with a first region of the platen. Further, the conveyance of the cleaning sheet is controlled so that the cleaning sheet moves back and forth with the second crease of the cleaning sheet being in contact with a second region of the platen, the second region being at a position different from the first region in the conveyance direction.

Abstract: An ink maintenance system for a printer comprising a first tray having a base and a plurality of side walls, the first tray having a first length and an open top along the length and a second tray having a base and a plurality of side walls, the second tray having a second length and an open top along its length. The system also includes a fan and a filter. To use the system, a print head is positioned in a standby or cleaning position within the printer and ink is ejected from one or more print nozzles into an ink maintenance system within the printer such that the ejected ink is collected in at least one of a catch tray or a filter of the ink maintenance system. The system is then removable from the printer for cleaning.

Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus that can reduce smears on a back surface of a print result medium by reducing accumulation of ink in a platen while reducing generation of mist. To achieve this, an ink receiving portion of a platen is provided away from a support surface by a predetermined distance, is formed in a mesh shape by laying multiple linear members, and is formed as a guide member that guides the ink received in the ink receiving portion to an ink guide holes.

Abstract: A printing unit includes a plurality of ink jet parts and an X-axis linear motion mechanism that moves each of the plurality of ink jet parts in the same main scanning direction. The X-axis linear motion mechanism moves the ink jet part involved in printing the workpiece among the plurality of ink jet parts so as to face the surface of the workpiece and moves the remaining ink jet part on the one X-axis linear motion mechanism so as to retreat from the surface of the workpiece. As a result, a printing apparatus that is capable of printing accurately onto the workpiece having a three-dimensional curved surface is provided.

Abstract: A method of marking on sheet metal includes the following steps: preparing marking information in digital format; transmitting the marking information to a marking system's control unit also having a system for driving the sheet metal; a system for braking the sheet; and a marking head; and inserting the sheet metal into the braking system and into the drive system. The method further includes the steps of exerting a drive force on the sheet metal in a drive direction; exerting a braking force on the sheet metal opposing the driving force, so as to tension and flatten the sheet metal; and marking the marking information on the tensioned sheet metal using the marking head, set in a marking plane.

Abstract: A printer includes a head configured to discharge a liquid onto a print target, and a platen configured to hold the print target. The platen includes multiple supports arrayed in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and each of the multiple supports is configured to movable between a first position and a second position different from the first position.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a recording element substrate including an ejection port member including a liquid ejection port, an electrical wiring layer including a pressure generating element that pressurizes the liquid to eject the liquid and an electrically connecting part connected to the pressure generating element to supply power for driving the pressure generating element to the pressure generating element, and a silicon substrate having the ejection port member and the electrical wiring layer. The silicon substrate includes a through-hole passing through the silicon substrate to expose the electrically connecting part. An outer shape of an opening of the through-hole on the back side of the silicon substrate has no side parallel to direction [110] of the silicon substrate or has a side parallel to the direction [110]. The side has a length equal to or less than half an entire length of the through-hole in the direction [110].

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first pressure chamber communicating with a first nozzle configured to eject a liquid, a second pressure chamber adjacent to the first pressure chamber and communicating with a second nozzle configured to eject the liquid, and a first driving element corresponding to the first pressure chamber. The liquid ejecting apparatus executes a detection operation of detecting a fluctuation in the pressure of the liquid within the second pressure chamber that occurred when the first driving element was driven to cause the pressure of the liquid within the first pressure chamber to fluctuate.

Abstract: A printing template for use during an aqueous inkjet printing process in which ink is transferred onto a printable layer. The printing template includes a printable layer having two sides, and a shaped perimeter, the first side defining a printable surface. The printing template further includes a carrier layer sized and configured to entirely encompass the shaped perimeter of the printable layer. The carrier layer includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side includes an adhesive coating causing the first side of the carrier layer securely associated with the second side of the printable layer during the printing process, and is thereafter allowing removal of the carrier layer from the printable layer after completion of the printing process. Further, a predefined number of parts in a desired shape are die cut through the printable layer up until the carrier layer.

Abstract: A printer ink mist collection system for a printer and a method of collecting and removing ink mist from the printer, the system having a channel extending from a print area to a filtration system wherein the filtration system comprises one or more filters and wherein the channel is configured to direct airborne ink and mist generated during printing to the filtration system and wherein the channel and filtration system are removable from a printer for purposes of cleaning the ink collection system.

Abstract: A method includes irradiating printed matter, on which an ink containing a solvent is adhered, with light including a near infrared of a predetermined wavelength range, and measuring a spectrum, and determining a quantity of solvent content contained in the printed matter using a pre-created calibration curve model and the spectrum.

Abstract: A fluidic die including fluid chambers, each including an electrode exposed to an interior of the fluid chamber and each having a corresponding fluid actuator operating at a first voltage level. Monitoring circuitry, operating at a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level, includes a select transistor and a pulldown transistor for each fluid chamber to selectively couple to the electrode, at least the select transistor being a high voltage tolerant transistor to operate at the second voltage in a normal operating condition and having a breakdown voltage level greater than the first voltage level to prevent a fault current from flowing into the select transistor from the electrode in a fault condition if the fluid actuator short-circuits to the electrode.

Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which are stored machine readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the processor to access a property value respectively corresponding to each of a plurality of firing actuators in a printing system and determine a count of the firing actuators having property values that are outside of a predefined threshold value range. Based on the count exceeding a predefined maximum threshold value, the instructions may cause the processor to determine locations of the plurality of the firing actuators having property values that are outside of the predefined threshold value range, determine a standard deviation of the determined locations, and based on the determined standard deviation being below a predetermined threshold, output an indication concerning a potential printhead strike.

Abstract: A system and method for positioning a food product with respect to a print head for printing on a surface thereof. The system is incorporated into a printer. The system has a movable support surface for supporting the food product thereon, the support surface being vertically and horizontally moveable with respect to the print head. A sensor is provided for detecting a position of a surface of the food product positioned on the moveable support surface with respect to the print head. The sensor provides a signal to the printer indicative of a position of the surface of the food product and wherein the moveable support surface is adjustable in response thereto. The sensor is a position sensor configured to detect the position of a top surface of the food product.

Abstract: A printer includes: a transport belt that transports a print medium; a print head that discharges ink to form an image on the print medium placed on the transport belt; a carriage that mounts the print head thereon and scans in an intersecting direction that intersects a transport direction of the print medium; a sensor unit that detects a non-printable area of the print medium capable of coming into contact with the print medium placed on the transport belt and the print head; and a control section that retracts the carriage from a position where the image is formed by the print head when the sensor unit detected the non-printable area during the printing, causes the transport belt to transport the print medium until the non-printable area is positioned downstream of the print head in the transport direction, and continues printing from a printable area adjacent to the non-printable area.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: liquid discharging modules which are arranged in a first direction along a predetermined plane; and a wiring member commonly joined to the liquid discharging modules. The wiring member includes: first parts joined to the liquid discharging modules, respectively, in a state that the first parts are arranged side by side in the first direction along the predetermined plane; second parts; and a sixth part. The second parts include: third parts extending from the first parts, respectively, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and along the predetermined plane, fourth parts extending in a third direction away from the predetermined plane, and fifth parts connected to the third parts and the fourth parts, respectively. Width in the first direction of each of the second parts is smaller than width in the first direction of the sixth part.

Abstract: A modular inkjet printhead includes a plurality of printhead modules arranged end on end in a row. Each printhead module includes: a substrate having a plurality of longitudinal ink supply channels; a plurality of print chips mounted on a first face of the substrate, each print chip receiving ink from a respective ink supply channel; and a plurality of fingers extending longitudinally from opposite ends of each printhead module, each finger having an ink port extending away from a second face of the substrate opposite the first face, each ink port being in fluid communication with a respective ink supply channel Each ink supply channel is connected to a respective pair of ink ports at opposite ends of each printhead module and the fingers of neighboring printhead modules are interdigitated such that the ink ports of neighboring printhead modules overlap.

Abstract: A method of printing on a plurality objects comprises arranging a first plurality of objects on a board having a flat upper surface, the first plurality of objects arranged on the board in a first configuration, and adhering a plurality of rail members to the flat upper surface of the board, the plurality of rail members arranged around a perimeter of each of the first plurality of objects to define borders for each of the first plurality of objects in the first configuration. The method further comprises positioning the board on a printer, printing on the first plurality of objects with the printer, and removing each of the first plurality of objects from the board. The method further comprises subsequently printing a second plurality of objects on the board.

Abstract: A cleaning device cleans a surface of a sheet conveyance member that conveys a sheet in an image forming apparatus which executes image forming processing, using a liquid recording material. The cleaning device includes a cleaning member having a contact surface configured to be brought into contact with the surface of the sheet conveyance member. A contact angle of the contact surface with the recording material is smaller than a contact angle of the surface of the sheet conveyance member with the recording material.