Abstract: When a reduction recording is made by using a portion of a plurality of recording elements and a test pattern is recorded, a recording element of one end of a recording element array is positioned next to a recording element of the other end. As a result, in a recording apparatus by using a recording head provided with a plurality of the recording elements, a suitable correction of shading is made in a reduction recording mode.

Abstract: Recording means having integrally a recording head unit having discharge ports for discharging the ink and ink channels communicating to said discharge ports and leading the ink thereto, and an ink tank unit for storing the ink to be supplied to said recording head unit, wherein said recording head unit comprises a device for storing the parameter information concerning the ink discharge characteristics, and a protective member disposed on a side face area adjacent to said discharge port formation face for preventing the ink from flowing around.

Abstract: An electrical connector (10) comprises a housing (11) having a receiving aperture (16) for receiving the ground pin of a mating connector and a ground terminal (13) having a U-shaped attaching section (13A), a contact tongue (13B) extending from an end of the attaching section (13A), and a connection section (13C) extending from the other end of the attaching section (13A), with the attaching section (13A) attached to the edge of the receiving aperture (16) such that the contact section (13B) is positioned inside the receiving aperture (16) and the connection section (13C) is outside the housing (11).

Abstract: An image recording apparatus using a plurality of recording heads that can prevent black lines from occurring at boundaries of each scanning of the recording heads. The total recorded ink volume at the boundaries is positively reduced so that the black lines and the overflow of ink are prevented. The apparatus includes at least a pair of a dark head for discharging relatively dark ink and a light head for discharging relatively light ink, and separates an input image signal into image signals applied to the dark and light heads using at least two tables. The two tables, one for edge nozzles of each recording head and the other for the remaining nozzles, separate the input image signal independently so that the total ink volume discharged from the edge nozzles are limited to a relatively small amount.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a discharge portion, the discharge portion having discharge ports arranged for discharging ink to a recording medium, an absorbing member provided in the vicinity of the discharge portion, and a wiping member engageable with the discharge portion and the absorbing member, wherein a range of the discharge port array<a width of the wiping member≦a width of the absorbing member.

Abstract: A neutralized printing paper which is made of a base paper and a cationic compound applied on a printing surface of the base paper. The paper has a surface pH value ranging from 6.0 to 7.5.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus for recording an image in accordance with input image data supplied thereto using a recording head having a plurality of recording elements arranged thereon. The apparatus includes a sensor for detecting and determining non-uniformity of the densities of the records provided by the respective recording elements, at predetermined timing in image recording operations, and adjusting means for adjusting driving signals applied to the respective recording heads in response to an output of sensor.

Abstract: An operator depresses a voice registration key to set a voice registration mode, and registers the copy mode having been set at memory, and inputs the voice input for the copy mode registered through a microphone while depressing a voice input key, and registers the voice for the copy mode, so that a desired copy mode can be called at any time. When an operator inputs voice to call the registered copy mode while depressing the voice input key, the registered voice similar to the input voice is retrieved, and the copy mode corresponding to the voice is called from the memory and set.

Abstract: A cosmetic applicator and a process for producing the same are disclosed. The cosmetic applicator according to the present invention comprises a pair of components each comprising a cloth material used for coating cosmetics and a core material which is wrapped with the cloth material from the front surface side to the back surface side of the core material, and a welding sheet arranged at a joining portion of the two components which are arranged to face the respective back surfaces in order to join the back surfaces of the two components with each other, wherein the cloth material at the back surface side of the core material is folded at a predetermined size in the site excluding the central portion of the core material to form a folding face, and an excess endface inside the peripheral edge of the folding face is subjected to drawing.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus for moving, relatively to a cloth recording medium, a recording head for discharging ink so as to record an image. The image recording apparatus is arranged such that the operation conditions of the recording head can be changed at the time of the recording operation in accordance with the thickness of the cloth, or the diameter of the fiber or the pitch of weaving the fiber of the cloth, so that the quantity of ink to be supplied to the cloth to record an image is controlled so that a high quality recorded image can be obtained regardless of the type of the cloth.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus reads in advance an original with an image to be recorded and, on the basis of the read image data, executes color image recording for each band while driving ink-jet heads for scanning. The apparatus obtains the requisite ink amount of each color (the cumulative number of times that ejection is effected) for recording the image of this original, C.sub.T, M.sub.T, Y.sub.T, Bk.sub.T, on the basis of which a judgment is made as to what combination of colors minimizes the ejection amount in each scanning. In accordance with the result of this judgment, inks of the colors of each combination are ejected in first and second scanning passes, whereby it is always possible to obtain the benefits of divisional recording, such as beading prevention, regardless of the kind of image to be recorded.

Abstract: The lock member 6 is provided with a resilient arm 7 flexible in a plane parallel to the side faces of a housing body 2. A hook portion 8 is provided on the free end of the resilient arm 7. A cam follower 10 is provided on the resilient arm 7 for receiving a force from the release knob. The resilient arm 7 is guided by a guide face 5A so that it is flexible only in a plane parallel to the side face of the housing body. A cam section 13 with a tapered edge 10A is provided on the resilient arm 7 so that when the release knob 11 is squeezed, the cam section 13 presses the cam follower 10 downwardly.

Abstract: A color image forming apparatus includes an image signal input portion which supplies three image signals C, M and Y associated with cyan, magenta and yellow; an image signal conversion processing portion which converts the image signals C, M and Y into six image signals associated with thick C and thin C, thick M and thin M, and thick Y and thin Y, respectively, by using a thick/thin sorting table; and a color masking processing portion which performs color masking process, and outputs converted six image signals associated with thick C to thin Y. The converted six image signals undergo a black generation process, a UCR process and a black printing process, and a binarization processing thereafter. This makes it possible to produce color images of high quality with high reproducibility even if the hues of N color materials, which belong to the same color family and have different densities, such as thin cyan and thick cyan, differ from each other to some extent.

Abstract: A color image recording apparatus that detects a non-uniformity in recorded pixels of a recorded color image. In the apparatus, a recording device has a plurality of recording units, each of the recording units having a plurality of nozzles which record different pixels, respectively. The plural recording units corresponding to a plurality of different color materials, respectively. The apparatus causes the nozzles of the recording device to form a color image including a plurality of recorded pixels, using a mixture of the plural colors, each of which has a constant density. A detector detects a density non-uniformity in the recorded pixels of the thus recorded color image including a plurality of recorded pixels and has an associated output. A controller controls of the nozzles in accordance with the density non-uniformity detected by the detector.

Abstract: An ink jet textile printing apparatus for performing printing by reading an original image created by a designer, converting the original image into original data represented by an electric signal, retrieving the original data for processing to be output as image data, and recording data on cloth based on the image data. The ink jet textile printing apparatus has a first ink jet recording head provided upstream of a recording position, and a second ink jet recording head provided downstream thereof, and is provided with a drying unit located between the recording heads, whereby high-quality recorded images with less bleeding can be obtained by recording on a recording area again with the second ink jet recording head after drying the recording area on the cloth recorded by the first ink jet recording head with the drying unit.

Abstract: A switching power supply for outputting an isolated DC voltage includes a transformer TR1 having a secondary winding N21 and a tertiary winding N3; a semiconductor switch Q1; a DC voltage source (capacitor) C1 connected to the transformer TR1 and the semiconductor switch Q1; a rectifier D1 connected to the secondary winding N21; a power IC, the power supply voltage for which is obtained by rectifying the output of the tertiary winding N3 of the transformer TR1; and a comparator IC5 for detecting the voltage of the control power supply that is lower than a predetermined value, by which to shift to the power saving mode of operation. The above configuration eliminates the photo-coupler for transmitting the power saving signal and reduces the number of terminals of the power IC.

Abstract: A driving force transmission system comprising: a coupling case and a shaft arranged rotatably relative to each other; a pilot clutch and a main clutch for controlling a torque transmission between the coupling case and the shaft; an electromagnet for controlling the actions of the pilot clutch and the main clutch; and oil for retaining the functions of the pilot clutch and the main clutch. This system further comprises a coupling case, a shaft, a rotor, an X-ring and an O-ring for isolating a coupling oil chamber, in which the pilot clutch and the main clutch are arranged, liquid-tight from the surrounding space.