Abstract: A hot foil stamping press (10) comprises a platen press (16), with a supporting plate (22) comprising a base plate (26) and a compensating plate (28) being rotatably attached to the base plate (26) for switching between an operating position and a makeready position and a hook element (38) comprising a base part and a top part being arranged at an angle relative to the base part. The hook element (38) is rotatably attached to a door (30) of the platen press (16) by a fixation axle for switching between a releasing position and a securing position of the hook element, wherein the top part retains the compensating plate (28) in its makeready position when the hook element (38) is in its securing position.

Abstract: A medium drying device includes a transport roller pair as a transport unit that transports a medium and a heat roller pair as one heating unit that heats the medium transported by the transport roller pair and is provided in a transport direction of the medium, in which the medium is configured to be transported to a heating area by the heat roller pair a plurality of times.

Abstract: A single pass inkjet printer that utilizes a modular printing system with one or more self-contained printing modules, where each printing module is easy to remove and replace from a large printing machine, thus resulting in an overall system that is easy to service and maintain Each module is a self-contained printer including an ink supply, printhead drive electronics, and printhead assembly in order to provide one color or fluid of inkjet printing capability. Each module includes a precise three-point compliant self-aligning mount system to obtain accurate printhead positioning, and a unique integrated printhead tending system that includes a compact movable vacuum knife for cleaning the printheads, and a printhead capping station for sealing and protecting the printheads from the ambient environment when not in use.

Abstract: A recording apparatus including a recording unit that performs recording by discharging a liquid on a medium transported in a transport direction, a liquid storage portion that is disposed on an apparatus front side in an apparatus depth direction and that includes a liquid container that contains the liquid discharged from the recording unit, and a maintenance unit that performs maintenance on the recording unit. In the recording apparatus, the maintenance unit is provided in an end portion area on a first direction side in a width direction, the width direction being a direction intersecting the depth direction, and the liquid storage portion is provided in an end portion area on a second direction side, the second direction side being a side opposite the first direction side in the width direction, the liquid storage portion extending in the depth direction to an occupying area of the maintenance unit.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a motor driving device includes a first substrate, a motor drive circuit, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a controller. The first substrate is connected to a motor via a first wiring. The motor drive circuit is provided on the first substrate. The first temperature sensor is provided on the first substrate and detects a first temperature of the motor drive circuit. The second temperature sensor detects a second temperature of an ambient environment where the motor is being used. The controller controls the motor drive circuit based on the first temperature from the first temperature sensor and the second temperature from the second temperature sensor.

Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a housing including an accommodation portion provided with a guide portion at an end portion in a width direction, a tray accommodated in the accommodation portion so as to be pulled out, and including a placing surface for placing an ejected medium, and an engaging portion provided on a side surface of the tray, to engage the guide portion. The guide portion includes a pair of rails inclined upward and having a predetermined width. The engaging portion includes two protrusions provided so as to slide between the pair of rails and located apart from each other by a predetermined distance. By locating the two protrusions between the pair of rails, the tray is positioned at a predetermined position with respect to the housing with a front end portion of a downstream side in the medium ejecting direction located upward.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a casing and a medium detecting mechanism. A medium entrance is formed on the casing. The medium detecting mechanism includes a detector, a first pivoting component, a second pivoting component and a resilient component. When at least one medium enters into the medium entrance and abuts against the first pivoting component, the at least one medium drives the first pivoting component to pivot in a first pivoting direction, so that the second pivoting component is driven by the resilient component to pivot in the first pivoting direction to actuate the detector for generating a signal. When the second pivoting component is stopped from pivoting in the first pivoting direction, deformation of the resilient component allows the first pivoting component to be driven by the at least one medium to pivot relative to the second pivoting component in the first pivoting direction continuously.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave generator including: an electromagnetic wave generation section that generates an electromagnetic wave; a high-frequency voltage generation section that generates a voltage applied to the electromagnetic wave generation section; and a transmission line that electrically couples the electromagnetic wave generation section and the high-frequency voltage generation section to each other, in which the electromagnetic wave generation section includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first conductor that electrically couples the first electrode and the transmission line to each other, and a second conductor that electrically couples the second electrode and the transmission line to each other, one of the first electrode or the second electrode is a reference potential electrode to which a reference potential is applied and the other is a high-frequency electrode to which a high-frequency voltage is applied, a minimum separation distance between the first electrode and the

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printhead configured to add energy to an image material; and a control unit configured to output, based on image data, a signal pattern for controlling energy to be added by the printhead to the image material including a plurality of color development layers that have different color development characteristic and develop colors in accordance with the added energy. When causing at least two of the plurality of color development layers to develop colors, the control unit generates, based on at least two signal patterns generated to cause the at least two color development layers to develop colors, a signal pattern of an OR of the at least two signal patterns and outputs the signal pattern.

Abstract: An inkjet printer is described. The inkjet printer has a gas cushion substrate support having a metal support surface; a print assembly with a dispenser having ejection nozzles facing the support surface; a gas source fluidly coupled to the gas cushion substrate support by a gas conduit; and a thermal control system coupled to the gas conduit.

Abstract: A cutting device includes: a cutter blade movable between a retracted position and a cutting position; a cutter cradle facing the cutter blade; and a first lever and a second lever those operated by a user. The cutter blade performs one of a half-cutting operation and a full-cutting operation with respect to a cut target when positioned at the cutting position. The cutter cradle is movable between: a full-cutting position where the full-cutting operation is performed by the cutter blade; and a half-cutting position where the half-cutting operation is performed by the cutter blade. When the first lever is operated, the cutter blade is moved to the cutting position while the cutter cradle remains at the half-cutting position. When the second lever is operated, the cutter blade is moved to the cutting position and the cutter cradle is moved between the full-cutting position and the half-cutting position.

Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording method by which even when a multicolor image is recorded with an ink jet recording apparatus including an ink storage portion having an ink inlet port arranged in its upper portion by applying a plurality of aqueous inks each comprising a pigment to a recording medium, an image excellent in abrasion resistance can be stably recorded over along time period. The method is an ink jet recording method for recording an image on a recording medium with an ink jet recording apparatus including: a plurality of aqueous inks each comprising a pigment; an ink storage portion; a recording head; and an ink supply path. The aqueous inks include a first ink to be applied earlier to the recording medium and a second ink to be applied later to the recording medium, and the first ink has a redispersibility index of 0.90 or more.

Abstract: A document conveyance device includes a sheet feeding tray, a conveyance mechanism, a discharge tray, a document pressing member and a supporting mechanism. The document pressing member comes into contact with an upper face of the document discharged from a conveyance path and presses the document downward. The supporting mechanism is configured to be provided in the sheet feeding tray, to support the document pressing member, to allow a shifting of the document pressing member according to an operation for shifting the document pressing member in a discharge direction of the document or an opposite direction to the discharge direction and to inhibit the shifting of the document pressing member against a force applied to the document pressing member by the discharged document.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a head configured to discharge liquid to a printing medium, a carriage configured to move the head back and forth to one side and another side in a scanning direction with respect to the printing medium, and a control unit configured to perform printing of a printing image with the liquid by controlling driving of the head and the carriage. When performing printing of an end portion of the printing image on the one side, the control unit performs the printing by a first scan in which the head is moved from the one side to the other side, and when performing printing of an end portion of the printing image on the other side, the control unit performs the printing by a second scan in which the head is moved from the other side to the one side.

Abstract: A control unit configured to perform multi-pass printing provided that a region of a printing medium including a first region, a region downstream of the first region is a second region, and a region downstream of the second region is a third region, in a first period in which the first region is a target of printing, causes a velocity of paper feed to be slower than in a third period in which the third region is a target of printing; in the first period, causes a standby time of the printing head to be longer than in the third period; and in a second period in which the second region is a target of printing, changes the standby time so that the standby time approaches the standby time in the first period from the standby time in the third period as the first region approaches the printing head.

Abstract: In some examples, a circuit includes a data line, an input line, a first memory element, and a decoder to receive an address and to enable the first memory element for access in response to the address. The selector is responsive to the data line to select the first memory element, where the selector is to select the first memory element responsive to the data line having a first value, and where the data line is to communicate data of a second memory element in response to the second memory element being enabled for access. The input line is to communicate data of the first memory element in response to the first memory element being selected by the selector.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a thermal print head. The method includes: forming an electrode layer on a substrate; and forming a resistor layer including a plurality of heat generating portions connected to the electrode layer. The electrode layer includes a plurality of individual electrodes including a plurality of first striped portions extending in a secondary scan direction and spaced apart in a main scan direction, and a common electrode including a plurality of second striped portions extending in the secondary scan direction. The forming of the resistor layer includes: a coating process of applying a resistor paste in a stripe that overlaps the first striped portions and the second striped portions; a firing process of firing the resistor paste to form a resistor film; and a removal process of removing a removal region in the resistor paste or the resistor film.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thermal print head for achieving fine printing. A thermal print head of the disclosure includes: a substrate, having a substrate main surface and a substrate back surface facing opposite sides in a z direction; a resistor layer, disposed on a side of the substrate main surface and including a plurality of heat generating portions arranged in a main scan direction to generate heat by energization; a wiring layer, disposed on the side of the substrate main surface and including a conduction path for electrically conducting the plurality of heat generating portions; a metal layer, interposed between the substrate and the wiring layer with the resistor layer; and an insulating layer, interposed between the metal layer and the wiring layer with the resistor layer. The conduction path includes the metal layer. The metal layer includes tantalum (Ta).

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a conveying unit, a winding unit, a printing unit, and a rotation control unit. The conveying unit is configured to intermittently convey a printing medium by a predetermined feed amount. The winding unit is configured to wind the printing medium conveyed by the conveying unit. The printing unit is configured to perform printing on the conveyed printing medium. The rotation control unit is configured to control the winding unit to rotate in a winding direction at a predetermined timing after the conveying unit has started to convey the printing medium intermittently, and then cause the winding unit to rotate in a reverse direction opposite to the winding direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including a plurality of nozzles, a row of individual flow paths that includes a plurality of individual flow paths arranged in parallel along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis when viewed in a direction of the first axis, and a common liquid chamber that is commonly in communication with the plurality of individual flow paths. In the liquid ejecting head, the plurality of individual flow paths include a first individual flow path and a second individual flow path that are adjacent to each other in the row of individual flow paths, and the level of a first opening that is a connection port between the common liquid chamber and the first individual flow path and the level of a second opening that is a connection port between the common liquid chamber and the second individual flow path are different.