Abstract: A printing device includes a head and a carriage. The head has a nozzle. The head is configured to eject liquid from the nozzle toward a printing medium. The carriage is configured to move the head in a first direction. The carriage includes a first distance sensor. The first distance sensor is configured to measure a distance between the head and the printing medium. The first distance sensor is a specular reflection type distance sensor. The first distance sensor includes a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. The light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are aligned in the first direction.

Abstract: A method for producing a rare earth aluminate sintered body includes: preparing a molded body by mixing a fluorescent material having a composition of a rare earth aluminate and a raw material mixture comprising an oxide containing at least one rare earth element Ln selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Lu, Gd, and Tb, an oxide containing Ce, an oxide containing Al, and optionally an oxide containing at least one element M1 selected from the group consisting of Ga and Sc; and calcining the molded body to obtain a sintered body.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus, includes: an ejecting head having an ejecting surface, the ejecting head being configured to eject liquid droplets onto a print target based on image data, the print target including a parallel surface and an inclined surface; a distance detector which detects a distance between the ejecting surface and the parallel surface and a distance between the ejecting surface and the inclined surface; and a controller. If the controller determines that the liquid droplets are to be ejected onto the inclined surface based on a detection result of the distance detector, the controller obtains information about a print mode selected by a user from a plurality of print modes related to ejection control of the liquid droplets for the inclined surface; and executes an ejection control of the liquid droplets to the inclined surface based on the print mode selected by the user.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a line head including a plurality of nozzles and a discharging surface in which the plurality of nozzles is opened, the line head being configured to discharge a photo-curing ink from the plurality of nozzles to a printing medium; a light irradiator configured to irradiate the photo-curing ink on the printing medium with a light; an optical sensor configured to measure a distance between the printing medium and the discharging surface, and a controller configured to cause the light irradiator to execute an irradiating operation of irradiating the photo-curing ink on the printing medium with the light at a first timing, and cause the optical sensor to execute a distance measuring operation of measuring the distance between the printing medium and the discharging surface at a second timing different from the first timing.

Abstract: There is provided a printer including: a carriage; a head; a position sensitive detector having a light-emitter and a light-receiver; and a controller. The head has: a first nozzle from which a printing ink is discharged, and a second nozzle from which a liquid scattering a light emitted from the light-emitter is discharged. The controller is configured to execute: formation of a scattering film on the object by discharging the liquid from the second nozzle onto the object; measurement of a distance between the head and the object, with the light emitted from the light-emitter and irradiated onto the scattering film; and adjustment, based on the measured distance, of a discharging condition of discharging the ink from the first nozzle, and performing printing on the object.

Abstract: A printing device includes a head and a carriage. The head has a nozzle. The head is configured to eject liquid from the nozzle toward a printing medium. The carriage is configured to move the head in a first direction. The carriage includes a first distance sensor. The first distance sensor is configured to measure a distance between the head and the printing medium. The first distance sensor is a specular reflection type distance sensor. The first distance sensor includes a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. The light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are aligned in the first direction.

Abstract: There is provided a printer including: a carriage; a head; a position sensitive detector having a light-emitter and a light-receiver; and a controller. The head has: a first nozzle from which a printing ink is discharged, and a second nozzle from which a liquid scattering a light emitted from the light-emitter is discharged. The controller is configured to execute: formation of a scattering film on the object by discharging the liquid from the second nozzle onto the object; measurement of a distance between the head and the object, with the light emitted from the light-emitter and irradiated onto the scattering film; and adjustment, based on the measured distance, of a discharging condition of discharging the ink from the first nozzle, and performing printing on the object.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.

Abstract: A lubricating agent including an ionic liquid formed from a Bronsted acid (HX) and a Bronsted base (B), wherein the Bronsted base has a linear hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms and the difference between the pKa value of the Bronsted acid in water and the pKa value of the Bronsted base in water is 12 or more.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.

Abstract: A conductor composition ink of the invention includes: (A) a fluorine-containing compound to form a self-assembled monomolecular film; (B) metal particles; and (C) a solvent.

Abstract: A lubricant, which includes an ionic liquid including a conjugate base and a conjugate acid including 2 or more cations in a molecule of the conjugate acid, wherein the conjugate acid includes a monovalent group including a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 6 or more carbon atoms, and an acid that is a source of the conjugate base has a pKa in acetonitrile of 10 or less.

Abstract: A pattern formed body, including a cured resin layer 12 having a low surface free energy region a and a high surface free energy region b on a base 11, in which a difference in surface free energy between the low surface free energy region a and the high surface free energy region b is greater than 6 mJ/m2, and the low surface free energy region a and the high surface free energy region b are optically leveled surfaces. Accordingly, an ink is applied on the pattern formed body to easily color code.

Abstract: To provide a production method of a pattern-formed body, which can simply provide a pattern with surface free energy differences. A cured resin layer, to which a pattern of a master (20) has been transferred, is formed on a base (11), by applying a resin composition (12) containing a first compound exhibiting low surface free energy, and a second compound exhibiting surface free energy higher than the surface free energy of the first compound, on the base (11), and curing the resin composition (12) with bringing the resin composition into contact with a master (20), to which a pattern has been formed with surface free energy differences.

Abstract: A coating composition including the following five components 1) to 5): 1) a fluorine-containing multifunctional (meth)acrylate; 2) a binder component that is free of fluorine and reacts with the 1) component; 3) metal oxide nanoparticles each including an organic group on a surface thereof; 4) a solvent having a total (?P+?H) of 8 MPa1/2 or more, the total (?P+?H) being a total of a polar term ?P and a hydrogen bond term ?H in Hansen solubility parameters; and 5) a reaction initiator.

Abstract: The present application provides a photocurable resin composition for transferring surface free energy, the photocurable resin composition including a first compound exhibiting low surface free energy, a second compound exhibiting surface free energy higher than the surface free energy of the first compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a difference in transmittance of the photocurable resin composition to a wavelength of 450 nm between before and after addition of the first compound is less than 79.3%, and a method for producing a substrate using the photocurable resin composition.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, including an image processing unit, a controller, a power source, and a USB interface with a connector and a current detector, is provided. The controller starts delivering power to an external device through the USB interface by controlling the power source in a case where connection with the external device is detected, and, in a case where a job requiring the image processing unit to process an images is received, and in a case where a difference between a smallest value and a largest value among current values detected by the current detector within a predetermined length of time while the power is delivered to the external device exceeds a threshold value, the controller commands the USB interface to restrict power delivery to the external device.

Abstract: A lubricant including an ionic liquid including a conjugate base and a conjugate acid, wherein the conjugate acid includes a group including a hydroxyl group and a group including a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 6 or greater carbon atoms, and a pKa of an acid that is a source of the conjugate base in acetonitrile is 10 or less.

Abstract: A lubricant including: an ionic liquid, which includes a conjugate acid (B+) and a conjugate base (X?), and is protic, wherein the ionic liquid is represented by the following general formula (1), and wherein the conjugate base is a conjugate base of sulfonic acid, a conjugate base of sulfonimide, or a conjugate base of trisulfonylmethide: where R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or R1 and R2 form a benzene ring together with carbon atoms to which R1 and R2 are bonded, R3 represents a to straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group in the general formula (1).