Abstract: A printer has a print head arranged to jet molten ink onto a surface, a transfix surface arranged to provide the surface for the print head, the transfix surface having a core and an outer shell of a predetermined grade of aluminum arranged on the core, the outer shell forming the surface for the print head. The printer also has a transport subsystem to transport a print substrate past the transfix surface such that the molten ink transfers from the transfix surface to the print substrate.

Abstract: A printer has a print head arranged to jet molten ink onto a surface, a transfix surface arranged to provide the surface for the print head, the transfix surface having a core and an outer shell of a predetermined grade of aluminum arranged on the core, the outer shell forming the surface for the print head. The printer also has a transport subsystem to transport a print substrate past the transfix surface such that the molten ink transfers from the transfix surface to the print substrate.

Abstract: Various fluidic techniques can employ ducting structures, such as microstructures, that extend between other components, such as plate-like structures. A ducting structure can, for example, include an inlet opening toward or near one plate-like structure, an outlet opening toward or near another plate-like structure, and a duct in which fluid flows after being received through the inlet opening and before being provided through the outlet opening. In some implementations, a ducting structure is photo-defined, such as by exposing a photoimageable structure and then removing either exposed or unexposed regions. In some implementations, a ducting structure is a freestanding polymer microstructure. In some implementations, ducting structures are microstructures that extend approximately the same length between first and second plate-like structures, and have a ratio of length to maximum cavity diameter of approximately two or more.

Abstract: An acoustic lens array fabrication process includes the formation of a microlens array mold stamper through the melting of a photoresist resin deposited on formed pedestals of a substrate. Heating of the resin causes formation of semi-spherical photoresist mounds. A further processing step, such as reactive ion etching, is used to transfer the geometry of the photoresist mounds to the substrate material, thereby forming a microlens mold stamper with convex mounds. The microlens mold stamper is then pressed into an upper surface of a acoustic ink print head substrate heated to a predetermined temperature, allowing the convex mounds to form concave impressions in the acoustic ink print head substrate, thereby forming the microlens array.

Abstract: An acousto-optic modulation device is provided which is comprised of an interaction material of an injection moulded plastic integrally combined with a transducer which is bonded automatically to the interaction material during the injection process. A beam of light is projected through the interaction material, the light being diffracted by an acoustic field established by the transducer.