Abstract: In an example, a service station may comprise a conveyor movable along or about a conveyor path. Example service station may further comprise a first service module removably installed on the conveyor, and a second service module removably installed on the conveyor. The conveyor may move the first service module and the second service module along the conveyor path. The example service station may further comprise a lifter disposed in a lifting zone along the conveyor path to lift one of the first service module and the second service module from a stowed position to an operating position if the first service module or the second service module is disposed in the lifting zone along the conveyor path.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus is provided with pressure generating units for pressure chambers one of which is provided for each of a plurality of nozzles and drives the pressure generating units corresponding to liquid ejection requests which request liquid ejection from the nozzles while achieving supplying of a liquid to the pressure chambers and collection of the liquid which has passed through the pressure chambers. Accordingly, the liquid is ejected from the nozzles. Meanwhile, an occurrence of a fault in the liquid ejection is determined using a vibration transition of a residual vibration which occurs in the liquid of the pressure chambers according to a pressure change accompanying driving of the pressure generating units, and driving of the pressure generating unit of an ejection fault pressure chamber in which it is determined that a fault occurs in the liquid ejection is stopped spanning at least a fixed stopping period.

Abstract: A method of obtaining a calibration factor for color calibration of a printing system. The method includes printing, using the printing system, a plurality of Neugebauer primaries (NPs) each defined by a respective Neugebauer primary area coverage (NPac) vector. For each of the NPs, an area coverage change of the NP is determined from a measurement of a visual property for the NP and a measurement of the visual property for a corresponding reference NP corresponding to the respective NPac vector. The calibration N factor for the printing system is obtained based on the area coverage change for respective NPs of the plurality of NPs.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus carries out preliminary discharging in which the liquid is discharged from nozzle rows toward a cap. In preliminary discharging, the liquid ejecting apparatus intermittently carries out concurrent discharging and concurrent non-discharging from the nozzles in the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row in such a way that when concurrent discharging is performed from the nozzles in the first nozzle row, concurrent non-discharging from the nozzles in the second nozzle row is performed, and when concurrent discharging is performed from the nozzles in the second nozzle row, concurrent non-discharging from the nozzles in the first nozzle row is performed.

Abstract: A supporting section is disposed to confront an ejection surface and supports a recording medium. A first tank is mounted on a first-tank mount section. A liquid conveying section conveys liquid to a liquid ejecting head. A receiving section receives liquid ejected from the liquid ejecting head. A waste-liquid conveying section conveys liquid to the waste-liquid tank. A first casing holds the liquid ejecting head, the first-tank mount section, and the liquid conveying section. A second casing holds the supporting section, the receiving section, the waste-liquid tank, and the waste-liquid conveying section. The first casing is connected with the second casing such that the first casing is movable relative to the second casing. The first casing takes a first position at which the ejection surface confronts the supporting section and a second position at which the ejection surface is farther away from the supporting section than at the first position.

Abstract: A print module including: a cradle having a longitudinal cavity; an elongate printhead assembly positioned in the longitudinal cavity; a supply assembly slidably movable relative to the cradle along an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the printhead assembly, the supply assembly being configured for supply of ink and/or electrical signals to a printhead of the printhead assembly; and a locking mechanism having a slide plate slidably movable relative to the cradle along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the printhead assembly. The slide plate has one or more keepers and each keeper is engageable with a locking pin projecting from the supply assembly.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: individual passages; supply liquid passages; return liquid passages; a supply coupling liquid passage; and a return coupling liquid passage. The supply liquid passages and the return liquid passages extend in an extending direction and are arranged in an arrangement direction. The supply coupling liquid passage and the return coupling liquid passage extend in the arrangement direction, are located on one side of the supply liquid passages and the return liquid passages in the extending direction, and include an overlapping portion at which the supply coupling liquid passage and the return coupling liquid passage overlap each other when viewed in an orthogonal direction. A damper film is provided between the supply coupling liquid passage and the return coupling liquid passage in the orthogonal direction at at least a portion of the overlapping portion.

Abstract: A fluid ejection device may include a substrate, a first group of fluid drivers on the substrate, a second group of fluid drivers on the substrate, a memory element storing a predetermined offset value and electronics to receive an address of one of the fluid drivers of the first group for actuation control. The electronics may select one of the fluid drivers of the second group for actuation control based on the address and the stored offset value.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a tank having an ink chamber and formed with an inlet; a recording head; a display configured to display a screen; and a controller configured to control the recording head and the display. The tank has an outer wall. At least a portion of the outer wall allows the ink stored in the ink chamber to be visible from an outside. The recording head is configured to eject the ink stored in the ink chamber to record an image on a sheet. The controller is further configured to periodically execute a first notification process to control the display to display a first notification screen when the quantity of ink stored in the ink chamber is not less than a residual ink threshold. The first notification screen prompts a user to check the quantity of ink stored in the ink chamber.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and an ink jet printing system that can perform image formation capable of improving texture and preventing bleeding in a case in which printing is performed on cloth. An image processing apparatus 12 acquires base material information 42 including at least information indicating the quality of fiber in cloth which is a medium to be printed and image data 40 of a pattern to be printed on the cloth and generates a pretreatment liquid image 44 that indicates a pretreatment liquid application pattern defining a pretreatment liquid application position where a pretreatment liquid including a functional material for preventing wetting and spreading of ink in the cloth is applied and a pretreatment liquid non-application position where the application of the pretreatment liquid is limited, on the basis of the base material information 42 and the image data 40.

Abstract: In some examples, a fluid ejection system can include one or more drive bubble devices and a sensor for each drive bubble device of the one or more drive bubble devices to detect a characteristic of each drive bubble device. The fluid ejection system can also include a controller. The controller can be configured to evaluate a first drive bubble device of the one or more drive bubble devices, and during the evaluation of the first drive bubble device, utilize one or more other drive bubble devices of the one or more drive bubble devices.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method including the steps of a first recording step for applying a first ink to a recording medium and a second recording step for applying a second ink to the recording medium so as to overlap at least a region provided with the first ink, wherein the first ink is an aqueous ink containing silver particles, the second ink is an aqueous ink containing a dye, a time difference between applications of the first ink and the second ink to the recording medium is 1 sec or more to 7,200 sec or less, and the dye is a predetermined dye.

Abstract: In a control device, a controller sets an order condition using a plurality of sets of timing information and a plurality of index values stored in a memory. The plurality of index values is acquired from a recording device under a condition where a first cartridge is mounted in the recording device. The order condition requires that one of a latest index value and a current timing have reached corresponding one of a reference index value and a reference timing, and is set so that a second cartridge is delivered to a predetermined destination at a first timing at which the first cartridge is expected to be out of a printing agent while a tank of the recording device is expected to still accommodate the printing agent. The controller transmits an order command instructing to order the second cartridge to a relevant device after the order condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A print head assembly (PHA) includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) die mounted to a substrate with an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The die includes an opening defined in the die, a plurality of nozzles adjacent to the opening in fluid communication with the opening, and a pad to receive electrical control signals. The ASIC includes a communication link and a plurality of transmission lines that transmit electrical signals to the MEMS die.

Abstract: The inkjet printer includes a head, a circulation flow path, a cap, a first pump, and a control unit. The head has a nozzle surface having nozzles to eject ink. The circulation flow path circulates ink. The cap can contact the nozzle surface. The first pump is connected to an exhaust hole formed in the cap. In a soaking processing, the processor drives the first pump and causes the nozzle surface to be soaked in liquid, in a capping state in which the cap is in contact with the nozzle surface. In a circulation processing, the processor causes the ink to circulate in the circulation flow path in a state in which the nozzle surface is soaked in the liquid, after the soaking processing.

Abstract: A medium support unit that supports a medium to be printed on by a printing apparatus includes a support section and a frame section. The support section has a first support face and a second support face that are capable of supporting the medium. The frame section retains the support section. The frame section includes a first placement portion that is placed on a base of the printing apparatus when the first support face is set as a printing face on which the medium is printed, and a second placement portion that is placed on the base when the second support face is set as the printing face.

Abstract: Disclosed is a printing apparatus. In an exemplary embodiment, the printing apparatus includes a nozzle for ejecting ink, a driving device for moving the nozzle, an imaging device for capturing an image displaying an ink printing process, and an automatic positioning controller for automatically setting a position of the nozzle based on the image captured by the imaging device while moving the nozzle by means of the driving device.

Abstract: An image processing device causing a printing execution unit to: in a first case where a specific condition indicating that ink supply from an ink supply unit to a printing head may be delayed in partial printing is not satisfied, print a partial image by single partial printing; in a second case where the specific condition is satisfied, print the partial image by partial printings including a first partial printing and a second partial printing; in the first case, form a dot having a specific size by the single partial printing, as a dot corresponding to a specific pixel in the partial image; and in the second case, form a dot having a size smaller than the specific size by the first partial printing and form a dot having a size smaller than the specific size by the second partial printing, as the dot corresponding to the specific pixel.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to low voltage bias of nozzle sensors. For example, a fluid ejection die according to the present disclosure may include a plurality of nozzles, and each nozzle may include a nozzle sensor and a fluid ejector, among other components. The fluid ejection die may also include a voltage reduction device to maintain a low voltage bias on the plurality of nozzle sensors during an operation of the plurality of nozzles. A plurality of sense circuits may be electrically coupled to a respective nozzle sensor among the plurality of nozzle sensors, and each sense circuit may evaluate a status of the respective nozzle after the operation.

Abstract: The theoretical position of a registration mark is automatically obtained by image processing on predetermined image data. A printing system including a printing apparatus capable of further performing coating printing on a substrate having undergone printing includes a generator that generates theoretical position data of a registration mark by performing image processing on registration image data assumed to contain a registration mark, an acquirer that acquires reading position data by reading the position of a registration mark printed in advance on conveyed paper, and a printing controller that compares the theoretical position data with the reading position data and corrects a position of coating printing based on the misregistration.