Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including a printing unit for printing visual information on a non-recording surface of a rotatably driven recording medium by discharging ink droplets; and a control unit for controlling movement of the printing unit in a radial direction of the recording medium, and controlling a discharge timing of the ink droplets discharged from the printing unit, wherein the printing unit prints the visual information by multi-path printing of completing printing on a same radius position of the non-recording surface by discharging ink from different ink discharge nozzles, and the control unit controls the printing unit so as to print with a printing pattern different from a printing pattern on other locations of the non-recording surface when printing on an innermost periphery region of the non-recording surface with the printing unit.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including a printing unit for printing visual information on a non-recording surface of a rotatably driven recording medium by discharging ink droplets; and a control unit for controlling movement of the printing unit in a radial direction of the rotatably driven recording medium, and controlling a discharge timing of the ink droplets discharged from the printing unit, wherein the printing unit includes a plurality of ink droplet discharge nozzles, arrayed in a line in the radial direction of the recording medium, for discharging ink droplets of different colors by the control of the control unit, and the control unit completes the printing of the visual information by reciprocating the ink droplet discharge nozzles for plural times in the radial direction of the rotatably driven recording medium.

Abstract: A printer-equipped disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: a disk drive; a printer; a single light-emitting indicator unit able to luminously indicate colors; an ink tank containing color inks of which the number corresponds to the number of colors the light-emitting indicator unit can indicate; an ink level detection unit that detects color ink levels in the ink tank and outputs detected signals; a printing operation detection unit that detects a printer operation and outputs a detected signal; a drive operation detection unit that detects a disk drive operation and outputs a detected signal; and a first light emission control unit that controls a luminous color and state of the light-emitting indicator unit in accordance with the printer operation, the disk drive operation and the color ink levels on the basis of the detected signals from the ink level detection unit, printing operation detection unit and drive operation detection unit.

Abstract: A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a disc mounting unit to which a disc recording medium is removably mounted, the disc mounting unit rotating the disc recording medium; a print head which discharges an ink drop towards a label surface of the disc recording medium that is rotationally driven by the disc mounting unit; and a mist attracting unit which, by applying a voltage, attracts mist of the ink drop discharged from the print head, the mist attracting unit provided near the disc recording medium mounted to the disc mounting unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid ejecting head includes a head main body having nozzles facing a spray surface of a rotating member rotationally driven, and ejecting liquid from the nozzles, and a mist capturing unit capturing mist of the liquid ejected from the nozzles. In the liquid ejecting head, the mist capturing unit is formed such that a passage, through which air flows in a predetermined direction over the spray surface while the rotating member is driven to rotate, is formed narrower than a distance between the nozzles and the spray surface.

Abstract: A print method that prints visible information by ejecting ink droplets from a print head onto a printed object rotated by a rotational driving unit is provided. The print method includes the steps of: carrying out impact position correction that corrects displacements in impact positions of the ink droplets to convert the visible information to impact position-corrected polar coordinate data when converting the visible information from biaxial perpendicular coordinate data to polar coordinate data; generating ink ejection data based on the impact position-corrected polar coordinate data; and printing the visible information by ejecting the ink droplets onto the printed object based on the ink ejection data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a disc drive apparatus. The disc drive apparatus includes a rotational driving unit rotating a disc-shaped recording medium having a plurality of addresses recorded on an information recording surface of the disc-shaped recording medium; an optical pickup recording and/or reproducing an information signal on the information recording surface of the disc-shaped recording medium rotated by the rotational driving unit; and a control unit controlling rotation of the disc-shaped recording medium via the rotational driving unit. In the disc drive apparatus, the control unit carries out a disc constant velocity rotating processing that sets a predetermined address out of the plurality of addresses as a constant velocity rotation address and continuously reproduces the constant velocity rotation address using the optical pickup.

Abstract: A disc drive apparatus includes: a rotational driving unit rotating a disc-shaped recording medium; a recording and/or reproducing unit recording and/or reproducing an information signal on the information recording surface of the disc-shaped recording medium; a print head printing visible information onto a label surface of the disc-shaped recording medium; and a pulse signal generating unit detecting rotation of the rotational driving unit and generating a pulse signal. Further, the apparatus includes a signal processing unit generating a specified address signal where a pulse is generated when a specified address on the disc-shaped recording medium is reproduced; and a control unit carrying out, based on the pulse signal and the specified address signal, disc correlating processing correlating a disc base position where the specified address is recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium and the pulse signal to obtain position information for the disc-shaped recording medium from the pulse signal.

Abstract: Bioassay equipment which prevents a variation in concentration of a medium or deposition/bonding of a substance in the medium to be caused by drying of the medium being stored or held in a reaction region providing an inter-substance interaction field. The bioassay equipment (2) comprises at least a means for supplying a medium containing a substance pertaining to the interaction to the reaction region R providing the field of inter-substance interaction such as hybridization, and a means for supplying required water automatically. The bioassay equipment (2) may comprises a means for automatically detecting the volume of the medium held in the reaction region R.

Abstract: An information recording apparatus into which an information recording medium is loaded, in which a label can be printed on a label surface of the loaded information recording medium is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an information recording means positioned on the recording surface side of the information recording medium; a print head positioned on the opposite side of the information recording means and the information recording medium and configured to print a label; and a print head moving means for moving the print head at a position shifted from the rotational center of the information recording medium in parallel with the radial direction of at least in the part of the information recording medium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a print apparatus including a rotating unit rotating a printed object, a print head printing visible information by ejecting ink droplets onto the printed object being rotated by the rotating unit, and a control unit generating ink ejection data based on the visible information and controlling the print head based on the ink ejection data. In the print apparatus, the control unit converts the visible information, which is expressed using biaxial perpendicular coordinate data, to polar coordinate data and carries out dot density correction that applies a correction weighting calculated in accordance with the number of dots per unit area for each dot in the polar coordinate data to a luminance value of each dot to generate the ink ejection data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a print apparatus that includes a disc rotating unit rotating a disc-shaped recording medium detachably mounted thereon, an optical pickup performing recording and/or reproduction of an information signal on an information recording surface of the disc-shaped recording medium, a print head printing visible information by ejecting ink droplets onto a label surface of the rotated disc-shaped recording medium, and a head control unit controlling ejection timing of the ink droplets ejected by ejection nozzles. In the print apparatus, the head control unit controls so that part of the visible information to be printed that corresponds to one revolution of the disc-shaped recording medium is printed by applying ink droplets at certain positions with certain interval apart in a circumferential direction during a first revolution of the disc-shaped recording medium and applying ink droplets to a part left by the first revolution during at least a second revolution.

Abstract: A recording medium processing apparatus is disclosed. The recording medium processing apparatus includes: a head unit which traces a track formed on a recording surface of a recording medium and reads a data signal; a signal processing unit which detects positional information of the recording medium on the basis of the data signal; and a printing unit which prints visible information on a non-recording surface of the recording medium by referring to the positional information.

Abstract: A recording medium processing device includes a printing section capable of printing visible information on a non-recording side of a recording medium, a data processing section for retrieving print data in which one recording medium and visible information printed and/or to be printed on the non-recording side of the recording medium are associated with each other, and a print configuration section for determining a printing area of the visible information to be printed on the non-recording side of the one recording medium based on the print data retrieved by the data processing section.

Abstract: A recording medium driving device includes a recording and/or playback unit for performing at least one of recording of a data signal on the recoding surface of a recording medium, and playback of a data signal from the recording surface, a printing unit for printing visible information on the main surface different from the recording surface of the recording medium using an inkjet method, a driver for performing driving as to the recording medium, and a drive control unit for switching the driving speed of the driver by a printing mode for printing visible information on the main surface or a recording/playback mode for recording or playback of the data signal on/from the recording surface.

Abstract: A substrate for bioassay comprises a substrate and a group of reaction regions serving as a field where interaction between substances proceeds and formed in the substrate, and a group of information pits used to obtain positional information of individual reaction regions and/or substance information used in the reaction regions. The group of reaction regions and the group of information pits are not formed in the same substrate surface. A bioassay apparatus using the substrate and a method for making the substrate are also provided.

Abstract: In a liquid ejection apparatus including a plurality of chips arranged in a specific direction, each chip including a plurality of liquid ejection units juxtaposed in the specific direction, the displacement of liquid landing position in the specific direction is reduced. A printer head chip includes a heating resistor, which is divided into two and arranged within one ink liquid chamber. The two-divided heating resistors within the one ink liquid chamber are juxtaposed in a direction perpendicular to the lining-up direction of nozzles.

Abstract: In a liquid ejection apparatus including a plurality of chips arranged in a specific direction, each chip including a plurality of liquid ejection units juxtaposed in the specific direction, the displacement of liquid landing position in the specific direction is reduced. A printer head chip includes a heating resistor, which is divided into two and arranged within one ink liquid chamber. The two-divided heating resistors within the one ink liquid chamber are juxtaposed in a direction perpendicular to the lining-up direction of nozzles.

Abstract: A laser plate making apparatus is disclosed for forming a press plate from a form plate sheet. The apparatus includes a laser light source for providing a laser beam, a collimator lens, an objective lens and an anamorphic prism. The laser light source serves to emit a laser beam onto the form plate sheet through the collimator lens, the objective lens and the anamorphic prism. The anamorphic prism serves to shape the laser beam such that even if a focal stripe width is made small the focal depth is not substantially shortened.

Abstract: An apparatus for making a printing plate in which a printing plate made of a thermoplastic resin sheet is wrapped around a plate cylinder and a laser beam from a laser source is irradiated on the printing plate to form holes in accordance with image information is comprised of an angle adjusting means for adjusting an irradiation angle of the laser beam from the laser source and control device for controlling the irradiation start position of the laser beam such that holes on the printing plate are made continuous at a predetermined angle. Thus, a printing plate having various dot patterns can be obtained only by adjusting the optical system of this apparatus and a printed product in which the occurrence of moire can be avoided can be obtained.