Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a first nozzle row in which first nozzles ejecting a first liquid are arranged in a predetermined direction; a second nozzle row in which second nozzles ejecting a second liquid are arranged in the predetermined direction; a movement mechanism moving the first and second nozzle rows in a movement direction intersecting the predetermined direction relative to a medium; a transport mechanism transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows; and a control unit repeating an image forming operation of ejecting the liquids from the first and second nozzles while moving the first and second nozzle rows in the movement direction by the movement mechanism and a transport operation of transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows by the transport mechanism.

Abstract: A detergent composition excellent in an antimicrobial activity. Thus, a detergent composition of the present invention is characterized by including: an imidazolinium betaine-based amphoteric surfactant; and 0.5 to 10% by mass of PEG-1 lauryl glycol represented by the following formula (I): wherein, m and n each represent the number of moles of added ethylene oxide and the average of m+n is 1. Also, the detergent composition preferably includes an ingredient having a microstatic effect or microcidal effect selected from divalent glycols, hinokitiol, trichlorocarbanilide, and benzalkonium chloride.

Abstract: A printing device, which prints an image on a recording medium using a printing head which has a nozzle row, where a plurality of nozzles are aligned in a first direction, for each color of ink, including: a printing control section which executes a plurality of cycles of a dot forming action, where dots are formed on the recording medium along a second direction which intersects with the first direction by discharging ink from the nozzles while the printing head is moved in the second direction, and a transport action, where the recording medium is relatively transported in the first direction with regard to the printing head after completion of the dot forming action.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a first nozzle row in which first nozzles ejecting a first liquid are arranged in a predetermined direction; a second nozzle row in which second nozzles ejecting a second liquid are arranged in the predetermined direction; a movement mechanism moving the first and second nozzle rows in a movement direction intersecting the predetermined direction relative to a medium; a transport mechanism transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows; and a control unit repeating an image forming operation of ejecting the liquids from the first and second nozzles while moving the first and second nozzle rows in the movement direction by the movement mechanism and a transport operation of transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows by the transport mechanism.

Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes first and second rows of nozzles for ejecting first and second fluids respectively, a mechanism that transports the medium in the row direction, a mechanism that moves the nozzle rows in a direction intersecting the direction of the rows, and a controller that repeats an image formation operation while the medium is transported and the rows of nozzles moved. After forming a first image using the first row of nozzles, a second image is formed on the first image using the second row of nozzles in another image formation operation. For normal image formation, the second nozzles are set further downstream in the nozzle row direction than the first nozzles, and for image formation on a lower end portion of the medium, the second nozzles are set further upstream in the nozzle row direction than they are during normal image formation.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a first nozzle row in which first nozzles ejecting a first liquid are arranged in a predetermined direction; a second nozzle row in which second nozzles ejecting a second liquid are arranged in the predetermined direction; a movement mechanism moving the first and second nozzle rows in a movement direction intersecting the predetermined direction relative to a medium; a transport mechanism transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows; and a control unit repeating an image forming operation of ejecting the liquids from the first and second nozzles while moving the first and second nozzle rows in the movement direction by the movement mechanism and a transport operation of transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows by the transport mechanism.

Abstract: A detergent composition excellent in an antimicrobial activity. Thus, a detergent composition of the present invention is characterized by including: an imidazolinium betaine-based amphoteric surfactant; and 0.5 to 10% by mass of PEG-1 lauryl glycol represented by the following formula (I): wherein, m and n each represent the number of moles of added ethylene oxide and the average of m+n is 1. Also, the detergent composition preferably includes an ingredient having a microstatic effect or microcidal effect selected from divalent glycols, hinokitiol, trichlorocarbanilide, and benzalkonium chloride.

Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes first and second rows of nozzles ejecting first and second fluids respectively. A control section repeats an image formation operation ejecting fluid from the first and second nozzles while moving them perpendicularly to the row direction and controls transportation of the medium in the row direction. After formation of a first image layer by the first and second fluids, a second image layer is formed thereon by the second fluid. For normal image formation, the first and second nozzles forming the first image layer are further upstream in the row direction than the second nozzles forming the second image layer, and for image formation of an upper end of the medium, the first and second nozzles forming the first image layer are further downstream in the row direction than the first and second nozzles forming the first image layer in normal image formation.

Abstract: A printing device, which prints an image on a recording medium using a printing head which has a nozzle row, where a plurality of nozzles are aligned in a first direction, for each color of ink, comprising: a printing control section which executes a plurality of cycles of a dot forming action, where dots are formed on the recording medium along a second direction which intersects with the first direction by discharging ink from the nozzles while the printing head is moved in the second direction, and a transport action, where the recording medium is relatively transported in the first direction with regard to the printing head after completion of the dot forming action.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a first nozzle row in which first nozzles ejecting a first liquid are arranged in a predetermined direction; a second nozzle row in which second nozzles ejecting a second liquid are arranged in the predetermined direction; a movement mechanism moving the first and second nozzle rows in a movement direction intersecting the predetermined direction relative to a medium; a transport mechanism transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows; and a control unit repeating an image forming operation of ejecting the liquids from the first and second nozzles while moving the first and second nozzle rows in the movement direction by the movement mechanism and a transport operation of transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows by the transport mechanism.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a first nozzle row in which first nozzles ejecting a first liquid are arranged in a predetermined direction; a second nozzle row in which second nozzles ejecting a second liquid are arranged in the predetermined direction; a movement mechanism moving the first and second nozzle rows in a movement direction intersecting the predetermined direction relative to a medium; a transport mechanism transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows; and a control unit repeating an image forming operation of ejecting the liquids from the first and second nozzles while moving the first and second nozzle rows in the movement direction by the movement mechanism and a transport operation of transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows by the transport mechanism.

Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes first and second rows of nozzles for ejecting first and second fluids respectively, a mechanism that transports the medium in the row direction, a mechanism that moves the nozzle rows in a direction intersecting the direction of the rows, and a controller that repeats an image formation operation while the medium is transported and the rows of nozzles moved. After forming a first image using the first row of nozzles, a second image is formed on the first image using the second row of nozzles in another image formation operation. For normal image formation, the second nozzles are set further downstream in the nozzle row direction than the first nozzles, and for image formation on a lower end portion of the medium, the second nozzles are set further upstream in the nozzle row direction than they are during normal image formation.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a first nozzle row in which first nozzles ejecting a first liquid are arranged in a predetermined direction; a second nozzle row in which second nozzles ejecting a second liquid are arranged in the predetermined direction; a movement mechanism moving the first and second nozzle rows in a movement direction intersecting the predetermined direction relative to a medium; a transport mechanism transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows; and a control unit repeating an image forming operation of ejecting the liquids from the first and second nozzles while moving the first and second nozzle rows in the movement direction by the movement mechanism and a transport operation of transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows by the transport mechanism.

Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes: (1) a first nozzle row in which first nozzles that eject first fluid are arranged in a row in a given direction; (2) a second nozzle row in which second nozzles that eject second fluid are arranged in a row in the given direction; (3) a movement mechanism which moves the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row with respect to a medium in a moving direction intersecting the given direction; (4) a transport mechanism which transports the medium with respect to the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row in the given direction; and (5) a control section which repeats an image formation operation for ejecting fluid from the first nozzles and the second nozzles while moving the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row in the moving direction by the movement mechanism and a transport operation for transporting the medium with respect to the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row in the given direction by the transport mechanism, wherein in a case where after the form

Abstract: A sheet member container from which sheet members housed in a stacked state can be taken out reliably and in which occurrence of a wrinkle in a next sheet member in a returning operation of a sheet feeder is reduced. The sheet member container includes a container body having a top face opening for containing stacked sheet members; a lid member for openably/closably closing with respect to a top face opening of the container body; and a sheet feeding mechanism provided for the lid member for feeding the sheet members one by one from the top via a slot formed in either one of the container body or the lid member. The sheet member container includes a mechanism for bending the sheet members housed in the container body in a direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of the sheet members.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet member container from which sheet members housed in a stacked state can be taken out reliably and in which occurrence of a wrinkle in the next sheet member in returning operation of sheet feeding means is reduced. The sheet member container has a container body 1 having a top face opening for containing stacked sheet members 10; a lid member 15 for openably/closably closing with respect to a top face opening 6 of the container body 1; and sheet feeding means 30 provided for the lid member 15 for feeding the sheet members 10 one by one from the top via a slot 25 formed in either one of the container body 1 or the lid member 15. The sheet member container has bending means A for bending the sheet members 10 housed in the container body 1 in a direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of the sheet members.

Abstract: A CPU selects a line segment, whose both endpoints constructing a part of a quilt design are on a periphery, and then selects a line segment, which separates a piece from the quilt design on a piece-by-piece basis so that the separated piece will not have a line segment to become a separation line, from the selected line segments, after separation. When the line segment can be selected, a piece is separated from the quilt design at the selected line segment on a piece-by-piece basis. Then, the CPU determines that the quilt design, whose one piece has been separated, is the object to be determined, and separates pieces from the quilt design on a piece-by-piece basis. When all line segments are used for the separation, an applicability determination flag is set, because all pieces in the quilt design are separated into pieces on the piece-by-piece basis.

Abstract: A portrait drawing apparatus for storing for each facial part a plurality of attributes thereof (race, sex, age-group, specific shape such as snub or aquiline for nose, etc.) and for allowing the facial part candidates selected as per the designated attributes to be displayed preferentially over the candidates having other attributes so that the operator will determine the appropriate facial parts with ease and combine them into a portrait in the shortest possible time. The apparatus comprises an image display unit, an input unit and a memory unit that stores programs and data, i.e., a facial part attribute table, facial part pattern data and facial part candidate tables. The facial part attribute table includes pattern numbers, facial part patterns, attributes, and address pointers pointing to the facial part pattern data.

Abstract: A portrait drawing apparatus having a facial part data table comprising data about the correspondence of component facial parts of portraits to different facial expressions. When it is desired to modify the previously drawn portrait of the same person with a different facial expression, the facial parts corresponding to the desired facial expression are determined to replace the applicable old facial parts. Substituting the newly selected facial parts for the old allows the portrait with the designated facial expression to be drawn with ease.

Abstract: A process for production of antibody conjugates which comprises modification of a part of the amino groups in an antibody or its fragment whose antigen-binding activity is lowered by the modification of its amino groups, with a reversible modifier for protein amino groups, reaction of the antibody or its fragment with a substance bearing a group reactive with the amino group and removal of the residues of the reversible modifier from the amino groups and, when necessary, the residues of the substance bearing a group reactive with the amino group in case they are introduced onto groups other than amino groups. The process according to the present invention gives antibody conjugates with retention of antigen-binding activity and these conjugates have a possibility of being used in affinity chromatography or as a diagnostic agent or a drug for cancer therapy.