Abstract: A transfer medium manufacturing method which manufactures a transfer medium in which a color material capable of being transferred to a target is attached to a base material, includes attaching first liquid containing the color material to the base material to form a colored layer, and attaching second liquid containing resin on the first liquid attached to the base material during the step of attaching the first liquid before the first liquid is dried, thereby forming a resin layer and forming a colored resin layer where the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed with each other.

Abstract: A transferring medium manufacturing method uses a base material, a recording material, and a non-recording material and causes the recording material to adhere to the base material. The transferring medium manufacturing method includes a recording material applying operation in which the recording material is applied to the base material. In a first non-recording material applying operation, the non-recording material is applied to a peripheral part of a recording material applied area. The peripheral part is located along an edge of the recording material applied area. The recording material applied area is an area of the base material where the recording material is applied. In a second non-recording material applying operation, the non-recording material is applied to an inner area, which is surrounded by, and/or located at a relatively inner area position in comparison with an area position of, the peripheral part of the recording material applied area.

Abstract: A maintenance sheet with a facing surface facing a nozzle formation surface of a liquid ejection head provided in a liquid ejecting apparatus is provided. The maintenance sheet includes a cap section that is brought into abutment with the nozzle formation surface to form a sealed space in cooperation with the nozzle formation surface when the facing surface and the nozzle formation surface have been made to approach each other relatively in a facing position where the facing surface faces the nozzle formation surface, and that is made variable in internal volume in the abutment state, a communication hole that is penetratingly formed so as to allow the inside and outside of the cap section to communicate with each other, and a valve that opens and closes the communication hole. The valve activates to open with a reduction in the internal volume of the cap section, while the valve activates to close with an increase in the internal volume of the cap section.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a first printing unit group, a second printing unit group, a turnover unit and a control unit controlling the path change unit. The control unit controls the path change unit so that a difference is as small as possible between the length of the path along which the printing medium is transported from at least one printing unit of the first printing unit group to several printing units of the second printing unit group via the turnover unit and the length of the path along which the printing medium is transported from another printing unit of the first printing unit group to several printing units of the second printing unit group via the turnover unit.

Abstract: A recording head is operable to eject ink toward a recording medium. A carriage mounting the recording head is operable to carry the recording head in a first direction. At least one infrared ray heater is provided on the carriage so as to oppose the recording medium. An input energy of the infrared ray heater is 60 W or less.

Abstract: A capping sheet that seals a nozzle surface of a liquid jet head having a liquid jet nozzle that ejects liquid onto a target, the capping sheet includes: a sheet body including an opposite surface facing the nozzle surface of the liquid jet head, the sheet body being provided separately from a capping-sheet carrying mechanism that carries the sheet body from a non-capping position where the opposite surface does not face the nozzle surface to a capping position where the opposite surface faces the nozzle surface; and on the opposite surface, a sealing part that seals the nozzle surface with a sealed space therebetween if the capping sheet is carried to the capping position by the capping-sheet carrying mechanism and relatively moved in a way that the opposite surface comes close to the nozzle surface at the capping position.

Abstract: A printer functioning as a liquid ejection apparatus includes a recording head having nozzles, a flushing sheet feeding mechanism, and a cleaning mechanism. The flushing sheet feeding mechanism feeds a flushing sheet for absorbing ink, which is ejected from the nozzles, from a non-flushing position separated from the recording head to a flushing position facing the recording head and from the flushing position to the non-flushing position during flushing. The cleaning mechanism removes the ink absorbed in the flushing sheet after flushing.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a supporting member that supports a target; a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid to a liquid ejecting surface of the target supported by the supporting member; an air blowing device that blows air to the liquid ejecting surface of the target supported by the supporting member; and a guide member that has an opposed surface which is closely opposed to the liquid ejecting surface of the target supported by the supporting member and forms a gap for passing the air, which is blown by the air blowing device as laminar flow along the liquid ejecting surface, between the opposed surface and the liquid ejecting surface.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a supporting member that has a supporting surface for supporting a target to which a liquid is ejected; a heating apparatus that heats the supporting member; a transport unit that transports the target from an upstream side of the supporting member to a downstream side while sliding the target on the supporting surface; and a recording unit that, when a direction in which the target supported on the supporting surface is transported is a main scanning direction, repeatedly performs a moving operation in the main scanning direction in which the liquid is ejected to a recording area of the target to perform recording and a moving operation in a sub-scanning direction in which no liquid is ejected, thereby performing recording on the recording area of the target.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a moving unit that can be moved in predetermined directions including a transport direction of a recording medium, a first recording processing unit that is mounted on the moving unit and performs a first recording process in which a first process solution is used for the recording medium, a second recording processing unit that is mounted on the moving unit together with the first recording processing unit and performs a second recording process, in which a second process solution that is different from the first process solution is used, for a recording processing area of the recording medium for which the first recording process is performed by the first recording processing unit, and a control unit that controls the moving unit, the first recording processing unit, and the second recording processing unit.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a liquid receiving member, a liquid receiving member moving mechanism, and a liquid ejection head moving mechanism. The liquid ejection head ejects liquid from liquid ejection nozzles in a nozzle surface to a target transported along a target transport surface opposed to the nozzle surface. A portion of the liquid receiving member receives the liquid ejected from the liquid ejection nozzles in flushing. The liquid receiving member moving mechanism moves the liquid receiving member until an opening faces the nozzle surface in printing, and until the liquid receiving portion faces the nozzle surface in the flushing. The liquid ejection head moving mechanism moves the liquid ejection head until the nozzle surface reaches a printing position close to the target transport surface in the printing and a flushing position spaced from the target transport surface in the flushing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for overcoating a protective layer by heating onto a printed recording medium to protect the recording medium. This method comprises providing a transferable sheet comprising a heat resistant substrate and a transferable layer, which serves as the protective layer, and a recording medium, putting the transferable sheet on the recording medium and, in this state, heating and pressing the transferable sheet and/or the recording medium to contact-bond the transferable layer onto the recording medium, and then heating and pressing the transferred layer contact-bonded to the recording medium. According to this method, a good protective layer can be overcoated onto the recording medium independently of the shape of concaves and convexes formed on the surface of the recording medium.

Abstract: There is provided a printing method using a printing device having a transport mechanism that transports a continuous medium in a transport direction, a head that prints an image on the continuous medium, and a sensor. The printing method includes transporting the continuous medium with one side face of two side faces of the continuous medium guided and printing a mark on the other side face of the continuous medium at a time when an image is printed on a front surface of the continuous medium, and transporting the continuous medium with the other side face of the continuous medium guided and printing an image based on a detection position acquired from detecting the mark by using the sensor at a time when an image is printed on a rear surface of the continuous medium.

Abstract: A printing method that alternately repeats a transport operation that transports a continuous medium in a transport direction and an image forming operation that moves a head to form an image to thereby print out a first image and a second image, which has a smaller length in the transport direction than the first image, on the continuous medium.

Abstract: A printing method uses a printing apparatus that includes a transport mechanism that transports a continuous medium, which has a predetermined width in a predetermined direction, in a transport direction that intersects with the predetermined direction and a head that prints out an image on the medium. The printing method includes printing, on the continuous medium, a plurality of first images aligned in the transport direction and a plurality of second images aligned in the transport direction so that the plurality of first images and the plurality of second images are aligned in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus for ejecting a liquid onto a target is provided. The liquid ejection apparatus is provided with a liquid ejection head, a conveying mechanism, a moving device and a wiping device. The conveying mechanism conveys a target along the nozzle forming surface toward a facing location which faces the nozzle forming surface provided on the liquid ejection head from a side of the facing location. The moving device makes at least one of the liquid ejection head and the conveying mechanism approach and move away from the other in a predetermined direction while maintaining a state where the nozzle forming surface and the conveying mechanism face each other. The wiping device has wiping members for wiping the nozzle forming surface. The wiping members are arranged on a side of the conveying mechanism corresponding to the liquid ejection head in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A maintenance sheet with a facing surface facing a nozzle formation surface of a liquid ejection head provided in a liquid ejecting apparatus is provided. The maintenance sheet includes a cap section that is brought into abutment with the nozzle formation surface to form a sealed space in cooperation with the nozzle formation surface when the facing surface and the nozzle formation surface have been made to approach each other relatively in a facing position where the facing surface faces the nozzle formation surface, and that is made variable in internal volume in the abutment state, a communication hole that is penetratingly formed so as to allow the inside and outside of the cap section to communicate with each other, and a valve that opens and closes the communication hole. The valve activates to open with a reduction in the internal volume of the cap section, while the valve activates to close with an increase in the internal volume of the cap section.

Abstract: A capping sheet that seals a nozzle surface of a liquid jet head having a liquid jet nozzle that ejects liquid onto a target, the capping sheet includes: a sheet body including an opposite surface facing the nozzle surface of the liquid jet head, the sheet body being provided separately from a capping-sheet carrying mechanism that carries the sheet body from a non-capping position where the opposite surface does not face the nozzle surface to a capping position where the opposite surface faces the nozzle surface; and on the opposite surface, a sealing part that seals the nozzle surface with a sealed space therebetween if the capping sheet is carried to the capping position by the capping-sheet carrying mechanism and relatively moved in a way that the opposite surface comes close to the nozzle surface at the capping position.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a liquid receiving member, a liquid receiving member moving mechanism, and a liquid ejection head moving mechanism. The liquid ejection head has a nozzle surface in which liquid ejection nozzles are formed. The liquid ejection head ejects liquid from the liquid ejection nozzles to a target transported along a target transport surface opposed to the nozzle surface. An opening larger than the nozzle surface is formed in a portion of the liquid receiving member. A portion of the liquid receiving member other than the portion corresponding to the opening functions as a liquid receiving portion that receives the liquid ejected from the liquid ejection nozzles in flushing. The liquid receiving member moving mechanism moves the liquid receiving member along a movement plane defined between the nozzle surface and the target transport surface.

Abstract: A printer functioning as a liquid ejection apparatus includes a recording head having nozzles, a flushing sheet feeding mechanism, and a cleaning mechanism. The flushing sheet feeding mechanism feeds a flushing sheet for absorbing ink, which is ejected from the nozzles, from a non-flushing position separated from the recording head to a flushing position facing the recording head and from the flushing position to the non-flushing position during flushing. The cleaning mechanism removes the ink absorbed in the flushing sheet after flushing.