Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a transport path that is configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a liquid discharge head that discharges a liquid to the medium transported in the transport direction, a carriage that is configured to move the liquid discharge head in a width direction intersecting with the transport direction, a cover member that is located above the carriage and covers a movement range of the carriage, and an air flow adjustment cover that is located between the cover member and the carriage and covers the movement range of the carriage.

Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus performing printing on a sheet drawn out from a roll, comprising: a roll holding unit; a support unit rotatably supporting the roll holding unit; a core portion provided to the roll holding unit and inserted into a hollow portion of the core pipe from an end portion of the core pipe to extend along an axis of the core pipe; a first contact member provided to the core portion and elastically deformed to a position where the first contact member presses a first portion of an inner wall surrounding the hollow portion of the core pipe; and a second contact member provided to the core portion at a position that is different from the position where the first contact member is provided and elastically deformed to a position where the second contact member presses a second portion of the inner wall.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including a casing; a conveyor; a head; a tank; a passing port; and a cutter. The cutter includes a blade, and a moving mechanism configured to move the blade. In an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction and a cutting direction, at least a part of the passing port is located at a same position as the tank. In the orthogonal direction, at least a part of the cutter is located at a same position as the tank. The tank is positioned to be away from the passing port to one side in the cutting direction. A part of the cutter is positioned to be away from the passing port to the other side in the cutting direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle, first and second pressure chambers communicating with the nozzle, a first driving element configured to change a pressure in the first pressure chamber, and a second driving element configured to change a pressure in the second pressure chamber. A first flow path length of a flow path from the first pressure chamber to the nozzle is shorter than a second flow path length of a flow path from the second pressure chamber to the nozzle. In a driving method of a liquid ejecting head, at least the first and second driving elements are driven to eject a liquid from the nozzle, and a driving timing of the second driving element is earlier than a driving timing of the first driving element.

Abstract: [Object] To reduce the time required to transport a cut sheet and perform printing at a high speed. [Solution] A duplex printer 10 includes a printing unit 12A, a cut sheet feeder 25, and a guide transport path 24. A reversing mechanism 20 that reverses a cut sheet 1 returned from the printing unit 12A is connected to the guide transport path 24 via a switcher 61. A stopper 62 that stops the cut sheet 1 is provided in a part of the guide transport path 24 on the upstream side of the switcher 61. A discharge path 65 branches off from the stopper 62 of the guide transport path 24.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a cassette or a feeding tray that is configured to mount a medium thereon, a transport unit that transports the medium mounted on the cassette or the feeding tray, and a recording head that performs recording on the medium. Furthermore, the recording apparatus includes a medium detection device and a deviation amount acquisition section. The medium detection device detects at least one of both side edges in a width direction intersecting a transport direction of the medium that is transported from the cassette or the feeding tray (step S12). The deviation amount acquisition section acquires a deviation amount of the recording head in the width direction of the medium based on at least one side edge detection position detected by the medium detection device (step S13).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of ink-jet printing technology. The present invention provides an ink-jet printer (1) for printing on cards comprising: a printer frame comprising a base frame (2); a support carriage (5) mounted on the base frame (2) for supporting a card (19) to be printed; a printing station (9) mounted to the printer frame for ink-jet printing on the top surface of the card (19), the printing station (9) comprising at least one print head (11); and an ion generator (30) mounted to the printer frame for emitting charged ions which can be sent to the top surface of the card (19).

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes: a stage on which a substrate is disposed; an inkjet head disposed above the stage and spraying ink on the substrate; an ink storage that stores the ink; a first link pipe connecting the ink storage and the inkjet head and supplying the ink from the ink storage to the inkjet head; a second link pipe connecting the ink storage and the inkjet head and collecting a portion of the ink from the inkjet head to the ink storage; and a temperature controller including a cooler and a heater disposed respectively in opposite sides thereof. The portion of the ink remains in the inkjet head after the ink is ejected from the inkjet head on the substrate, the first link pipe is disposed on the heater of the temperature controller, and the second link pipe is disposed on the cooler of the temperature controller.

Abstract: A jetted material printing system includes a carrier substrate configured to travel along a longitudinal direction thereof, one or more printheads, each of the one or more printheads being configured to deposit an amount of material onto the carrier substrate to form a printed layer, a liquid removal device located at a first position from the one or more printheads in the longitudinal direction, and a binder conditioning device located downstream from the liquid removal device in the longitudinal direction and over the carrier substrate. A method of jetted material printing includes depositing material from one or more printheads onto a carrier substrate, the material including at least a powder, a binder and a solvent, removing the solvent from the jetted material, and conditioning the jetted material.

Abstract: A plurality of support rollers rotatably support a belt member. A first motor and a second motor each rotate one of the plurality of support rollers. A first control portion acquires a speed detection value, which is a detection value of a rotational speed of one of the plurality of support rollers, and controls a first supply power supplied to the first motor in accordance with a difference between the speed detection value and a target speed. A second control portion controls a second supply power supplied to the second motor in accordance with one or both of conveyance information on a conveyance state of an object in a specific area and suction force information on a suction force of a suction fan.

Abstract: A recording apparatus to record an image on a sheet includes a roller pair and a switching unit. The roller pair sandwiches the sheet between the roller pair to convey the sheet. The switching unit switches between a first state in which the roller pair sandwiches the sheet and a second state in which rollers of the roller pair are separated from each other. The switching unit includes a first movable member that is moved in a first direction so that the first state is switched to the second state, and includes a second movable member that is moved in a second direction different from the first direction so that the first state is switched to the second state.

Abstract: A printer includes a storing unit configured to store liner-less roll paper formed by winding, in a roll shape, continuous paper including an adhesive surface on a rear surface of a printing surface. The printer includes a conveying unit configured to draw out one end of the continuous paper in the roll paper from the roll paper in an unwinding manner and convey a sheet portion that is the drawn-out continuous paper in a sheet form. The printer includes a vibrating unit configured to apply vibration to a contact point of the sheet portion and an external circumferential surface of the roll paper, the external circumferential surface adhering to the adhesive surface of the sheet portion.

Abstract: Method of decorating natural leather with an inkjet printer which comprises: —a first vacuum belt (150) for conveying an unwoven fabric (200) which is configured as a second vacuum belt, for conveying under an inkjet print head (505) a natural leather (300); and wherein the method comprises: —applying from an adhesive tape-roll an adhesive tape (1300) as a continuous sheet against the unwoven fabric wherein said adhesive tape (1300) has an adhesive side and opposite side and the opposite side is in contact with the unwoven fabric; —applying a natural leather (300) on the adhesive side of the adhesive tape (1300); —conveying the applied natural leather by moving the first vacuum belt (150) whereby the unwoven fabric (200) is moving by suction power through the first vacuum belt (150) and the applied adhesive tape (1300) is moving by said suction power through said unwoven fabric (200) under an inkjet print head (505); —marking the applied natural leather with jetted droplets of the inkjet print head (505) for

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes an individual electrode, a common electrode, a piezoelectric body that is provided between the individual electrode and the common electrode for applying pressure to liquid in the pressure chambers, a drive wiring that applies a voltage so as to drive the piezoelectric body, a detection resistor that is formed of the same material as any of the individual electrode, the common electrode, and the drive wiring for detecting temperature of the liquid in the pressure chambers, and a sealing substrate that has a wall portion and a ceiling portion, and protects the piezoelectric body by the wall portion and the ceiling portion. The detection resistor is provided to have a part overlapping the wall portion which is shorter than a part not overlapping the wall portion when viewed along a lamination direction of the piezoelectric body, the individual electrode, and the common electrode.

Abstract: There is provided a tape cartridge, in which the cartridge case is provided with an outer protrusion portion received by an outer recess portion, the outer protrusion portion blocks insertion of a third core projection into a core hole of a tape core B around which a tape B, which is different in type from the tape A, is wound and which has a shape different from that of the tape core A, by contact with the tape core B when the tape roll A is mistakenly replaced with a tape roll B included in a tape cartridge B, which is configured to be mounted on a tape printing apparatus, and including the tape B and the tape core B.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a diaphragm provided on a side of one surface of a substrate and a piezoelectric actuator having a first electrode, a piezoelectric body layer, and a second electrode which are stacked on a side of a surface opposite to the substrate of the diaphragm, in which the piezoelectric actuator includes an active portion in which the piezoelectric body layer is pinched between the first electrode and the second electrode, and has an uneven portion constituted with a plurality of projection portions and a recess portion formed between the projection portions on a surface of the first electrode on a side of the piezoelectric body layer at an end portion of the active portion.

Abstract: Provided is a consumable package assembly including a consumable container and an outer packaging portion. The consumable container includes a chip, and the outer packaging portion includes an accommodating portion for accommodating the consumable container. The outer packaging portion includes a first through hole configured to expose at least a part of the chip, and a second through hole configured to expose at least apart of the accommodating portion so as to position the consumable container. Operation to the chip on the consumable container can be performed without removing the outer packaging portion so as to avoid scrapping of the outer packaging portion, thereby reducing the procedures of the production or the reprocessing and resulting in lower cost and higher efficiency. The second through hole is configured to prevent the unfixed position of the consumable container in the outer packaging portion from resulting inaccurate operation to the chip.

Abstract: An ink jet system includes a head unit that includes a nozzle discharging ink, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, and a drive element applying pressure fluctuation to the ink in the pressure chamber by supplying a drive pulse, an acquisition portion that acquires output information including first output information regarding the head unit and/or second output information regarding the ink used for the head unit, a first coupling portion that is communicably network-coupled to a server, a first output portion that outputs the output information to the server via the first coupling portion, a first input portion to which input information is input from the server via the first coupling portion, and a determination portion that determines the number of times of scanning or a scanning direction of the head unit with respect to a unit region on a medium based on the input information.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a platen that supports a recording medium, a printing head that reciprocates along the platen, and discharges a droplet onto the recording medium supported by the platen at least in a forward route or a backward route of the reciprocation, to perform printing, and an air blowing unit disposed on at least one of two sides of the platen in a reciprocation direction, that is a direction in which the printing head moves along with the reciprocation, and blows an airflow to a nozzle surface of the printing head that reciprocates.

Abstract: A determination method of determining a supply signal to be supplied to a first electrode and a second electrode includes an acquisition step of acquiring, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, first information regarding a liquid ejection characteristic when a first constant potential signal of a first potential is supplied to the second electrode, and second information regarding a liquid ejection characteristic when a second constant potential signal of a second potential different from the first potential is supplied to the second electrode, and a determination step of determining, based on the first information and the second information, the supply signal to be supplied to the first electrode and the second electrode after the predetermined condition is satisfied.