Abstract: This disclosure is directed to producing an improved coloring effect, while suppressing smearing of a colorant in the inkjet textile printing. A fabric is printed by inkjet printing with a first liquid containing a dyeing assistant. Then, the fabric is further printed by inkjet printing with a second liquid containing a colorant and a water-soluble photo-curable resin. The second liquid applied on the fabric is then irradiated with light.

Abstract: The effect of air resistance acting on ink drops discharged from nozzles of an ink-jet head is appropriately controlled, for example, by means of a method suitable for a breathable medium, such as a cloth and the like. In this way, for example, high-resolution printing, printing with a great gap distance, and the like is properly implemented.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides ways to more appropriately perform high-quality printing with gradation inks. The disclosure provides a printing apparatus for printing using an inkjet scheme. The apparatus includes a plurality of inkjet heads that eject ink droplets of a first-color ink of at least one color selected from a plurality of colors. The plurality of inkjet heads respectively eject ink droplets of different concentrations of the first-color ink (magenta or cyan). At least one of the plurality of inkjet heads ejects ink droplets of a resin dispersed ink, and the resin dispersed ink is a ink in which dispersing particles of a colored binder resin as a dispersoid is dispersed in a dispersion medium.

Abstract: An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head in which a nozzle for discharging an ink droplet toward a print medium is formed, a light emitting section that emits light for detecting the flying ink droplet that was discharged from the nozzle, and a light receiving section that receives the light emitted by the light emitting section are provided; detects the ink droplet in a case where an amount of the light received by the light receiving section among the light emitted by the light emitting section is equal to or less than a predetermined amount; and determines that a nozzle is defective (S167) in a case where the ink droplet discharged from the nozzle based on print data in the printing by the ink jet head is not detected at a scheduled timing of passing through a detection region (YES in S163 and YES in S164).

Abstract: The disclosure appropriately performs high-quality printing in a case of using ultraviolet curing ink in a serial type inkjet printer. As a solution, a printing apparatus for performing printing in an inkjet mode by a multi-pass scheme includes: inkjet heads, a temporarily hardening light source, a fully hardening light source, and a controller configured to serve as a pixel selector, wherein the temporarily hardening light source radiates ultraviolet light whenever a predetermined number of main scan operations are performed, and the fully hardening light source radiates ultraviolet light after main scan operations of all printing passes finish.

Abstract: A printing method is provided that enables a high-quality transfer image to be obtained with simple steps. As a solution, a printing method according to the present invention includes an applying step of applying a latex ink onto a transfer medium 10 to form an ink applied surface, a heating step of heating the transfer medium 10 to increase the viscosity of the latex ink, a transfer step of contacting and transferring the latex ink on the transfer medium 10 to a printing target 15, and a drying step of drying the latex ink on the printing target 15.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a way to appropriately decorate a heat-resistant member. This is achieved by a method for producing a painted heat-resistant member which is a heat-resistant member having an image drawn thereon. The method includes a drawing step of ejecting an ink onto a heat-resistant member medium in droplets with an inkjet head, and irradiating the ink landed on the medium with UV light to draw an image on the medium, the ink containing at least a pasty liquid containing an organic substance, an UV-polymerizable organic substance which is an organic substance that polymerizes upon being irradiated with UV light, and an inorganic pigment dispersed in the pasty liquid; and an organic substance removal step of heating the medium having the image drawn thereon to remove the organic substance component contained in the ink on the medium.

Abstract: A printing apparatus which performs printing in an inkjet mode is provided and includes a head unit including nozzle rows in which a plurality of nozzles configured to eject ink drops is aligned, and a main scan driver drives the head unit to perform main scan operations of ejecting ink drops while moving in a predetermined main scan direction, wherein the head unit includes three or more nozzle rows in which the plurality of nozzles aligned in the main scan direction is arranged side by side in a sub scan direction perpendicular to the main scan direction, and the three or more nozzle rows are installed side by side in the main scan direction, and each of the nozzle rows is installed such that the positions of its ends in the sub scan direction are deviated from those of each adjacent nozzle row in the main scan direction.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a printing device capable of sequentially perform printing on recording medium and the like. As a solution thereto, a printing device 100 according to the present invention includes an ink jet head 1, a ring-shaped transfer belt 2 that transfers ink onto a medium 12, an ultraviolet irradiator 4 that cures the ink at a degree that is not completely cured, a driving roller 8 that rotationally drives the transfer belt 2, a transparent roller 9 and a transfer roller 10 that transfer the ink onto the medium 12, and an ultraviolet irradiator 5 that cures the ink.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a three-dimensional object that enables to manufacture the three-dimensional object accurately even in the case of manufacturing a relatively large three-dimensional object. The manufacturing method of a three-dimensional object includes a 3D object forming step of forming the three-dimensional object or a base model of the three-dimensional object by laminating cured ink layers, by repeating an uncured ink layer forming step of forming an uncured ink layer, which is an uncured photo-curing ink layer, by screen printing and a cured ink layer forming step of forming a cured ink layer by curing a predetermined portion of the uncured ink layer by irradiating light to the predetermined portion of the uncured ink layer; and an uncured ink removing step of removing uncured photo-curing ink, which did not cure in the cured ink layer forming step, after the 3D object forming step.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a shaped object is provided, in which a surface of the shaped object can be decorated, while the shaped object being in a forming process. In the manufacturing method of a shaped object, according to the present invention; by way of laminating ink discharged from different ink-jet nozzles, forming operation and decorating operation on a surface of a formed structure can also be put into practice at the same time.

Abstract: A printing device and a printing method, which are by ink-jet technique an overcoat layer using an ink consisting of more suitable ingredients, are provided. The printing device is for performing printing by ink-jet technique, including: a color ink head being an inkjet head that forms a color ink layer on a medium using a color ink; an overcoat head being an inkjet head that forms an overcoat layer that covers the color ink layer; and a curing agent head being an inkjet head that discharges ink droplets of a curing agent, the curing agent being a liquid for curing an ink in the overcoat layer. The overcoat head discharges ink droplets of an ink prepared by dispersing in an organic solvent a curable material that is cured in reaction to the curing agent.

Abstract: A printing method is provided. In this printing method, a printing ink composed of pigment-based solvent UV ink or UV ink is applied onto a transfer sheet capable of transmitting an ultraviolet light, and then the printing ink is cured to form a printing ink layer. Thereafter, a bonding ink composed of solvent UV ink or UV ink for bonding the printing ink layer to a medium is applied onto the printing ink layer. Subsequently, the bonding ink is pressed against the medium. In this state, irradiation with the ultraviolet light from an opposite surface of the transfer sheet to a surface having the printing ink layer formed thereon is performed, such that the bonding ink is completely cured to form a bonding ink layer. Thereafter, the transfer sheet is peeled off from the printing ink layer, whereby the printing ink layer is transferred onto the medium.

Abstract: A printer matter and manufacturing method thereof are provided. In the printed matter in which a print surface of a medium is decorated by applying a powdery decorative body on the print surface of the medium, an application region of the powdery decorative body on the print surface of the medium is colored by a color that is the same or similar to a color of the powdery decorative body. Due to this, in the printed matter, in the case of drawing a letter or a drawing and the like on the print surface of the medium using the powdery decorative body, the entire image and the contours of the letter or the drawing and the like can be made clear by the color given to the application region for the powdery decorative body.

Abstract: Provided are a transfer printing ink and a transfer printing method which are advantageous in that an increased number of types of transfer media can be employed. The transfer printing ink of the present invention contains a solvent, a sublimation dye, and a binder resin, wherein the binder resin is dispersed, emulsified, or suspended in the solvent, and the binder resin has a melting point which is higher than the lowest temperature at which the sublimation dye sublimates.

Abstract: A damper device that supplies ink supplied from a tank to a recording head while suppressing pressure fluctuation, and has a head-side chamber communicating with the recording head; a tank-side chamber communicating with the tank; a communicating passage communicating the head-side chamber and the tank-side chamber; a valve for opening or closing the communicating passage; a spring that biases the valve in a direction along which the valve closes the communicating passage; a pressure receiving plate that receives air pressure, and changes volume of the head-side chamber according to a change in a position of itself; a rod member arranged between the valve and the pressure receiving plate, and configured to transmit force received from one of the valve and the pressure receiving plate to the other thereof; and a bellows unit that supports the pressure receiving plate so that the position of the pressure receiving plate is changeable.

Abstract: The apparatus includes: a head unit, a main scan driver, and a controller. The head unit has a plurality of nozzle arrays disposed next to one another in a main scanning direction and positions of nozzles in each of the nozzle arrays differ in an orthogonal direction from positions of the nozzles in other nozzle arrays. The controller is configured to set a two-dimensional printing mode and an object shaping mode. The main scan driver regulates a moving speed to a preset first speed and prompts the head unit to perform the main scan at the first speed when the apparatus is in the two-dimensional printing mode and regulates the moving speed at least at a certain timing to a second speed lower than the first speed and prompts the head unit to perform the main scan at the second speed when the apparatus is in the object shaping mode.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object forming device for forming a three-dimensional object that is at least in part colored by an additive manufacturing method includes a head section, a main-scan driver, and a controller. The head section at least discharges ink droplets of a plurality of colored ink for coloring and transparent ink. The controller controls operations of the head section and the main-scan driver so as to form a first color region formed by the first colored ink and the transparent ink and a second color region formed by the second colored ink and the transparent ink on a surface layer part of a lateral side surface of the three-dimensional object. The first region is formed along the lateral side surface on the surface layer part. The second region is formed along the lateral side surface at an inner side of the three-dimensional object with respect to the first region.

Abstract: A print device for performing print using an ink jet method includes an ink jet head for discharging ink droplets, and a drive signal output section for outputting a drive signal for allowing the ink jet head to discharge ink droplets. The ink jet heads includes a nozzle for discharging ink droplets, an ink chamber for storing ink to be supplied to the nozzle at a former stage of the nozzle, the ink chamber having a hole connected to the nozzle on any surface of the ink chamber and an opening on a position different from the hole, a thin film for covering the opening of the ink chamber, and a piezoelectric element that is displaced according to the drive signal so as to apply pressure to the ink chamber. The piezoelectric element is disposed on the thin film with a main surface along the thin film.

Abstract: A printing device is provided with a head section including nozzle rows; a main scan driving section, and a sub scan driving section. The multiple nozzle rows that respectively discharges ink droplets of ink of a same color, and each of the multiple nozzle rows is aligned along a main scanning direction so that at least a part of their positions is overlapped in a sub scanning direction. In each of the nozzle rows, multiple nozzles is aligned with a constant interval in the sub scanning direction. In a case where a resolution corresponding to the interval of the nozzles in the sub scanning direction in each of the nozzle rows is denoted as a nozzle resolution D1, and a resolution in the sub scanning direction upon performing printing at a maximum resolution in the printing device is denoted as a maximum resolution D2, and D2 is higher than D1.