Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid chamber that communicates with a nozzle, a communication flow path that communicates with the liquid chamber and that has a first opening into which a liquid flows, a discharge flow path that discharges the liquid and that has a second opening into which the liquid flows, a supply flow path capable of supplying the liquid to the communication flow path and the discharge flow path, and a first slide portion disposed between the supply flow path and the communication flow path and having a first through hole that enables the supply flow path to communicate with the communication flow path. The first slide portion, by sliding along the opening surface of the first opening, changes the position of the first through hole with respect to the communication flow path and changes the flow path resistance of the communication flow path.

Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present technique provide apparatus and methods to print an image using masking techniques that control the operation of a droplet deposition head having at least one faulty nozzle. More specifically, an image is analysed to determine a pixel colour density for each pixel of the image. A masking technique is provided which may distribute the droplets (or sub-droplets) that a faulty nozzle is assigned to print among one or more neighbouring, functioning nozzles.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer includes a controller. The controller performs a first feed control process, a temperature-difference calculation process, and a first printing speed determination process. In the first feed control process, in a state where an energizing device does not perform energization to the heating element, the driving device is controlled to perform non-energization feeding while causing a thermal head to contact a print-receiving medium. In the temperature-difference calculation process, during execution of the non-energization feeding, a first deviation between two of the head temperatures which are respectively detected by the first temperature detecting device at different timings is calculated. In the first printing speed determination process, the printing speed is determined on the basis of the first deviation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a light-emitting device, a reflector, and a light-sensing device. The light-emitting device emits printing light. The reflector is at least partially located in an irradiation region of the printing light, and has a surface reflecting the printing light at different positions to generate reflected light having different exit directions. The light-sensing device includes a light-sensing surface. The light-sensing surface is at least partially located in an irradiation region of the reflected light and senses the reflected light to generate a plurality of continuously-distributed light spots on the light-sensing surface with any adjacent light spots equally spaced apart.

Abstract: A nail printing apparatus comprising: a print head configured to perform printing on a nail of one of a finger of a hand and a toe of a foot; and a processor configured to detect, from a nail image captured of the nail of one of the finger and the toe, a nail area that is a target of the printing performed by the print head; wherein the processor is further configured to: divide the nail area into a first area on a nail root side of the nail and a second area on a nail free edge side of the nail to store information of the first area in a memory; and, in accordance that the information of the first area is stored in the memory, when detecting the nail area from the nail image, forgo detecting the first area, and reads out the information of the first area stored in the memory.

Abstract: Individually controllable ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are used to cure ink and generate different effects. The UV LEDs only expose specified areas to generate the different effect and can create multiple effects on the same substrate by exposing different areas to varying amounts of time or by performing a curing stage and post-dosage curing stages. The different effects include generating a glossy surface, a matte surface, and sharper images.

Abstract: A drying apparatus includes a heating mechanism arranged so as to heat a medium supported by a support surface, an air sending path that includes an air intake port through which outside air is introduced and an air outlet port that opens to the support surface, and an air blower arranged so as to flow gas in the air sending path toward the air outlet port. The air sending path may include an inside layer that can suppress ventilation and a heat insulating layer that is arranged superimposed on an outside of the inside layer.

Abstract: A printing apparatus capable of properly drying a medium includes a printing mechanism configured to print an image on the medium with a desired number of passes, a medium transporter configured to intermittently transport the medium by a transportation amount based on the desired number of passes of the printing mechanism, and a dryer configured to heat the medium on which printing has been performed by discharging a liquid from the printing mechanism. The plurality of patches with a different amount of liquid discharged from the printing mechanism are printable on the medium. The plurality of patches include a reference patch and a pseudo patch. The reference patch includes a first amount of liquid, and the pseudo patch includes a second amount of liquid that is determined with reference to the first amount of liquid, based on numbers of passes settable in the printing mechanism.

Abstract: An adjustment method of a printing apparatus capable of properly drying a medium is provided. An adjustment method of a printing apparatus is provided and the adjustment method includes printing on a medium a plurality of patches having different amounts of liquid discharged from a printing unit, and adjusting a heating temperature of a drying unit configured to heat the medium by referring to correspondence data indicating a correspondence relationship between the heating temperature of the drying unit and an amount of evaporation of the liquid caused by the drying unit, based on a dry condition of the patch that have been subjected to drying by the drying unit.

Abstract: An inkjet recording method includes a step of applying a reaction liquid onto an ejection receiving medium, a step of applying an ink onto the ejection receiving medium to form an ink image, a step of causing a first porous body to contact with the ink image to remove a liquid component contained therein, a first collecting step of absorbing the liquid component in the first porous body by means of a second porous body and a second collecting step of sucking and collecting the liquid component in the second porous body. The pore diameter of the second porous body is controlled in the first collecting step and in the second collecting step.

Abstract: In an example, a load stop may comprise a stop paddle, a paddle link, a swingarm engaged with a motive element, and a cam gear to engage the swingarm with the paddle link. The paddle link may move the stop paddle from a locked position, to a gathering position, and to a stowed position. The swingarm may transfer the motion of the motive element to the cam gear such that the cam gear is to move in a first direction, the cam gear to drive the paddle link to move the stop paddle from the locked position, to the gathering position, and to the stowed position when the motive element moves in a first drive direction, and the swingarm moves the cam gear in the first direction.

Abstract: A printer has a roll of a paper and a cutter. The cutter includes a stationary blade provided and a movable blade. The movable blade is movable in an up-down direction with respect to the stationary blade between a first position and a second position. The stationary-side cutting tooth is located at a position higher than a guide surface. The movable-side cutting tooth is located, with respect to the guide surface, at a lower position when the movable blade is located at the first position, at a higher position when located at the second position, and at a third position, which is between the first and second positions, when the roll is attached to an accommodating part of the printer. When located at the third position, at least a part of the movable-side cutting tooth is located at a higher position than the lower end of the guide surface.

Abstract: A label of a label medium includes: first and second indicator portions each having an information-printable region; first and second wrapping portions to be wrapped on a wrapped member; and first and second through portions through which the first and second indicator portions are passed. The first and second indicator portions are arranged in this order in a first direction and connected to each other via a first line. The second indicator portion, the second wrapping portion, and the second through portion are connected to each other and arranged in this order in the first direction, The first wrapping portion and the first through portion are arranged in this order in the first direction or a second direction. The first wrapping portion and the second wrapping portion, and/or the first through portion and the second through portion are connected to each other via a second line.

Abstract: A label of a label medium includes: first and second indicator portions; first and second wrapping portions, one of which has an adhesive-layer-exposed portion; and first and second through portions each having at least a portion of a hole or a slit through which the adhesive-layer-exposed portion is passed. The first indicator portion, the first through portion, and the first wrapping portion are connected to each other in this order in a first direction. The second indicator portion, the second through portion, and the second wrapping portion are connected to each other in this order in the first direction or a second direction. The first indicator portion and the second indicator portion, the first through portion and the second through portion, and/or the first wrapping portion and the second wrapping portion are connected to each other via a first line.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a holding unit that holds a plurality of roll bodies, a transport device (100) which has a transport unit (110) that imparts a transport force by coming into contact with a medium (M), a pressing unit (120) which presses the medium (M) toward the transport unit (110), and an adjustment unit (140) which is able to adjust a pressing force on the medium (M) in each of a plurality of regions in a width direction, the transport device (100) is able to transport the plurality of mediums (M) in the transport direction (F) in a state of being lined up in the width direction, a printing unit which performs printing on the medium (M), and a control unit which controls the adjustment unit (140) such that pressing force on the medium (M) in the non-printing state is smaller than in the printing state.

Abstract: A printer includes a carriage, a carriage moving mechanism including a motor, a motor driver that controls the motor, a stop instruction device, and an interlock device. The stop instruction device transmits a stop signal for the carriage or stops a driving permission signal for the carriage when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied. The interlock device is interposed between the motor and the motor driver and shuts off the motor from the motor driver after a lapse of a predetermined delay time of transmitting the stop signal or stopping the driving permission signal. The motor driver controls the motor to decelerate the carriage in at least a portion of a period before the delay time has elapsed.

Abstract: A printer includes a conveyor that feeds objects from a stack of nested objects to the printer. The conveyor includes a member having protuberances that extend from the member to hold the lips of objects in the stack except for the object closest to the printheads in the printer. A spindle mounted to a member is moved to be within an orifice of the object closest to the printheads to engage that object and pull it from the stack. The spindle rotates to facilitate the printing of the object. After the object is printed, it is released from the spindle and gravity directs the printed object along a ramp to an opening in the printer for collection.

Abstract: This invention relates to a component to modify a door of a printing system including an extension that increases a size of the door and a paper guide attached to the extension; a media handling system including a printing system, a secondary operation device adjacent to the printing system, and a door having an extension; and a door for a media handling system, where the door includes a first media travel path exiting a first exit of the door, a second media travel path exiting a second exit of the door, and a diverter diverting media from the first media travel path to the second media travel path.

Abstract: A printing pattern creation device includes an input to which information regarding a type of ink to be used to perform printing on a printing target, and information regarding the surface on which the printing is to be performed, are to be provided; a storage having stored thereon a plurality of predefined printing modes each to be executed as one printing process; a main creator to select one or at least two printing modes among the plurality of printing modes based on the information supplied to the input, and to arrange the selected printing modes in the order of execution, to create a printing pattern; and an output to output the created printing pattern to a recording device.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method and a compensator via which the input edges of the encoder signal of an encoder may be transformed into a compensated encoder signal such that requirements with regard to a dot resolution of a printing device and with regard to a maximum activation frequency of the dot generators of the printing device are satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention is a point giving system including an image forming apparatus and a management server apparatus connected to each other via a network, and the image forming apparatus includes: a generation unit configured to generate job log information including printing information or ink tank information on the image forming apparatus in accordance with execution of a job; and a transmission unit configured to transmit job log information generated by the generation unit and an identifier identifying the image forming apparatus to the management server apparatus, and the management server apparatus includes: a registration unit configured to register an identifier of the image forming apparatus and user information in association with each other; a reception unit configured to receive an identifier and job log information transmitted by the transmission unit; and a point giving unit configured to give a point to a user of user information registered by the registration unit in association with an ide

Abstract: A tape support arrangement comprises a tape take up core (220) suitable for supporting a tape; and a tape supply core (210) suitable for supporting a tape (230). The supply core (210) comprises an inner surface (212), the inner surface defining an internal volume (240) of the supply core and being configured for engagement with a tape drive support. The take up core (220) is sized and shaped such that it can be located in the internal volume (240) of the supply core (210). Refer to FIG.

Abstract: A method for matching and tracking workpieces in laser etching operation includes generating by the computer a label image that uniquely identifies the workpiece, moving a laser head to the workpiece, setting the laser head to a first power level by a power controller, etching the product image on the workpiece using a laser beam emitted from the laser head, wherein the laser beam is modulated at the first power level in accordance with a product image in a pixel wise fashion across the workpiece, moving the laser head to the label by the transport mechanism, setting the laser head to a second power level by the power controller, etching the label image on the workpiece using a laser beam emitted from the laser head, wherein the laser beam is modulated at the second power level in accordance with the label image in a pixel wise fashion across the label.

Abstract: A thermal transfer ink composition, a domestic thermal transfer kit, and a thermal transfer method is provided. The thermal transfer ink composition comprises a disperse dye, a resin, an additive, an auxiliary solvent and a main solvent. The domestic thermal transfer kit comprises an ink cartridge, a writing instrument, high temperature resistant tapes and writing media. The writing instrument comprises a cotton core type, a capillary liquid type and a valve type; The method comprises the following steps: using a writing instrument to form writing marks on the surface of a writing medium; pasting the writing medium onto the surface of a thermal transfer medium by the use of high temperature resistant tapes; applying a heat source to the writing medium and then removing the heat source to obtain the well-transferred thermal transfer medium.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet, which includes a transfer layer, is superposed on a transfer receiving article, and while the transfer layer is continuously transferred onto the article by a printer comprising a sheet supplying device, heating device, sheet winding device, measuring device located between the heating and sheet winding devices to measure the tensile strength of the thermal transfer sheet conveyed along a conveyance path, and release device located between the heating and the measuring devices, under conditions including an applied power for printing: 0.15 W/dot and a conveying speed for the thermal transfer sheet: 84.6 mm/sec., the transfer layer transferred on the article is released from a constituent member in contact with the transfer layer of the thermal transfer sheet, has a tensile strength measured by the measuring device of 0.1 N/cm or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sheetlike composite (100) comprising a first composite region (101) and a second composite region (102); wherein the first composite region (101) comprises, as mutually superposed layers from an outer surface (104) of the first composite region (101) to an inner surface (103) of the first composite region (101): •a) a thermoplastic layer A (110), •b) a carrier layer (108), •c) a barrier layer (106), and •d) an inner polymer layer (105); wherein the outer surface (104) of the first composite region (101) is a surface of the thermoplastic layer A (110); wherein the second composite region (102) comprises, as mutually superposed layers from an outer surface (104) of the second composite region (102) to an inner surface (103) of the second composite region (102): •A) a first thermoplastic layer B (109), •B) the carrier layer (108); •C) the barrier layer (106); and •D) the inner polymer layer (105); wherein the outer (104) surface of the second composite region (102) is a surface of the

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermal recording materials comprising (in order): a support (base) layer; one or more “undercoat” layers; a thermal layer (thermosensitive coloring layer); and one or more “protective” layers, wherein the thermal recording material contains an aminocarboxylic and/or phosphorus-based chelating agent. The thermal (thermosensitive) recording materials of the invention show enhanced plasticizer resistance and/or preprint uniformity.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a transfer paper suitable for high speed inkjet printing comprising a base layer and a film layer suitable for receiving viscous ink and releasing disperse dye from said viscous ink by having a porosity of 100 to 500 ml/min, wherein the film comprises film forming material.

Abstract: A decoloring apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit, a scanner, a decoloring unit, and a controller. The decoloring unit decolors the image on the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveying unit. The decoloring unit is positioned downstream of the scanner in a sheet conveying direction. A distance along the sheet conveying direction between the scanner and the decoloring unit is shorter than a length of a first predetermined sheet size and longer than a length of a second predetermined sheet size. A controller determines whether the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit is the first predetermined sheet size or the second predetermined sheet size. The controller performs a mode limiting process if the sheet size is determined to be the first predetermined sheet size.

Abstract: A system including a panel having a panel opening and a coupling device coupled to the panel. The coupling device includes a coupling device opening and a flange positioned adjacent to the coupling device opening. The coupling device opening at least partially overlaps with the panel opening, and the flange is elastically deflectable to allow a binding mechanism to pass the flange and into or out of the coupling device opening.

Abstract: A greeting card having an audio message recording and playback device permits recording of personalized audio messages to be played upon opening of the greeting card. The recording device is operable in either a trial mode or a use mode. In the trial mode, which would be applicable when the card is displayed in a store, a potential purchaser may experience the functionality of the card by recording their own test message. The test message is played back initially for the potential purchaser but is not subsequently played back to be later heard by other potential purchasers. In the use mode, which the card may be switched to after purchase by removal of a trial mode panel from the greeting card, a user recorded message is played repeatedly upon subsequent openings of the card. The user recorded message may be followed by a prerecorded recording, such as a song. Additional prerecorded messages, such as voice prompts with instructions for recording a message, may also be included.

Abstract: The reusable printed card is a physical card such as a greeting card, postcard or business card, with an embedded RFID chip, specifically NFC (Near Field Communication), and a QR (Quick Response) Code, wherein the contents, such as text messages, photos, and audio-visual contents composed or arranged by the sender can be read and then be modified, to reuse it, eventually by the recipient using one's personal NFC-enabled device such as smartphone, or tablet. The computer application residing on the central server identifies the content and card information via the NFC or QR Code that is transmitted via the recipient's personal device through the internet, then simulating the printed card and displaying the actual contents on the personal device upon scanning the card.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer data carrier (40) having an areal see-through window (42), having an opaque core layer (20) that is provided in a sub-region with an areal gap (22) to form the see-through window (42), and two cover foils (24, 26) that are transparent at least in the region of the see-through window (42) and that are laminated onto opposing sides of the opaque core layer (20). Here, according to the present invention, it is provided that the two cover foils (24, 26) are joined with each other across the entire area of the see-through window (42) and that the cover foils (24, 26) that are joined with each other are provided in the see-through window (42) with an embossed relief pattern (44), the embossed relief pattern (44) producing in the see-through window (42) a latent image that, due to light diffraction, comes into view when looked through.

Abstract: Improving the adhesion of a laminate on a plastic card where the laminate overlays a print receptor layer. The size of the laminate is made larger than the print receptor layer so that at least a portion of the perimeter edge of the laminate extends beyond the perimeter edge of the print receptor layer so that the portion of the perimeter edge is adhered or otherwise bonded directly to the surface of the plastic identification document substrate or to other material of or on the plastic identification document substrate other than the print receptor layer. This increases the difficulty in picking the edges of the laminate loose and peeling the laminate from the print receptor layer and from the plastic identification document substrate.

Abstract: A method for producing a security element, wherein a base film is provided, which has a first carrier film and a single- or multilayered decorative ply, wherein a first adhesive layer is applied to a second carrier film and a second adhesive layer is applied to the surface of the first carrier film facing away from the decorative ply or wherein the second adhesive layer is applied to the surface of the first carrier film facing away from the decorative ply and the first adhesive layer is applied to the second adhesive layer, and wherein the second carrier film is applied to the first carrier film such that the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are arranged between the first carrier film and the second carrier film.

Abstract: The method of present disclosure relates to a writing apparatus for dispensing writing fluid on a writing surface. The writing apparatus comprises a sensor, containers for storing one or more mixing elements, a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The writing apparatus compares the characteristics with predefined characteristics to determine quality of the writing surface. Further, the writing apparatus also determines a quality of the writing fluid suited for the writing surface. Based on the quality of the writing surface and the writing fluid, the writing apparatus modifies at least one property of the writing fluid before dispensing the writing fluid on the writing surface. For modifying the property, the one or more mixing elements are added into the writing fluid. Once the writing fluid is modified, the writing apparatus dispense the writing fluid on the writing surface.

Abstract: A writing instrument holder includes a base with a connector configured to connect the base to a hat. A first magnetic material is coupled to the base. A writing instrument sleeve is configured to wrap around a writing instrument and includes a second magnetic material. The first magnetic material is attracted to the second magnetic material. When the writing instrument sleeve is wrapped around the writing instrument, the writing instrument releasably secures to the base.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electric pencil sharpener, and pertains to the field of mechanical technology. It resolves the issue that existing electric pencil sharpeners are unable to be switched off automatically when emptying the shavings debris. The present electric pencil sharpener comprises a housing, and a power receptacle is fixed to the housing. The electric pencil sharpener also comprises a base. The housing is placed on the base, while a power connector is fixed to the base. The power connector is electrically connected to the power receptacle, and a locating structure is arranged between the housing and the base to circumferentially secure the housing and the base. It has the advantages that the power is cut off automatically while the normal service performance is ensured.

Abstract: A thermal transfer light pen and a thermal transfer apparatus favorably perform thermal transfer even using light as a heat source to a thermal transfer sheet and performing thermal transfer to a transfer object with an uneven surface. A thermal transfer light pen includes a hollow pen body including a front end portion, a pressing body in the front end portion of the pen body and including a curved surface projecting toward a front end, a light guide including a first end and a second end, at least a portion of the light guide inside the pen body, and a light source connected to the first end of the light guide. The second end of the light guide is disposed in the front end portion of the pen body and faces the pressing body in the pen body. The pressing body is made of a material transparent to light emitted from the light source.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for separating first and second abutting frame sections of an assembled canvas frame. The device comprises first (1) and second (2) plate members, wherein the first plate member (1) is adapted for insertion into a groove in the first frame section of the assembled frame, and the second plate member (2) is adapted for insertion into a groove in the second frame section of the assembled frame. The first and second plate members (1, 2) are interconnected and the first plate member (1) is moveable in relation to the second plate member (2). Movement of the first plate member (1) results in separation of the frame sections. The present invention further comprises a method for separating first and second abutting frame sections.

Abstract: A metal piece is provided with a pattern that exhibits different visual effects when it is viewed at different angles. At first, an as-cast metal piece is provided. Then, the metal piece is polished. The metal piece is cleaned. A layer is provided on the metal piece by providing colorant on the metal piece. An outline is provided on the bottom layer. A portion of the bottom layer is removed from the outline. Grooves are made in the outline before the metal piece is cleaned again. The grooves extend in a desired sense of direction and are at a desired depth. A colored pattern is provided by filling colorant in the outline. The colored pattern is dried. Grooves are made in the colored pattern before the metal piece is cleaned again. A protective layer is provided on the bottom layer and the colored pattern. The protective layer is dried.

Abstract: An art or decorative piece according to which a reflective surface reflects artistic or decorative elements.

Abstract: A glass-mounted image, proof against the effects of oxidation, which can be viewed with different effects from the front or from the rear includes a transparent base and a pattern layer. The transparent base includes a front surface and a rear surface and the pattern layer is formed on the rear surface. The pattern layer is formed by inkjet printing UV-curable ink and curing the ink and the pattern layer is a fogged surface in contrast with the opposing smooth and polished appearance seen through the glass from the other side.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic wheel having a plurality of lengthwise reinforced spokes each spoke having at least one separation extending from the radially inner end of each of the plurality of spokes to the radially outer end of each of the plurality of spokes forming at least two spoke web sections where the radially inner end of each spoke is mechanically attached to the hub and the radially outer surface of each spoke is bonded to the outer annular band.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic wheel having a plurality of spokes attached within slots in a hub, the slots having a first retaining surface and a second retaining surface, the radially outer portion of the first retaining surface possesses a flared edge such that the radially outer portion of the first retaining surface curves away from the radially outer portion of the second retaining surface.

Abstract: An aircraft wheel hub protector is adapted to engage an aircraft wheel including an aircraft tire on a rim. The aircraft wheel hub protector having two or more cover sections with a protective protrusion and coupling mechanism guide extending from the a first cover section and passing through a bearing race and internal surface within a hub of the rim of the aircraft wheel in such a fashion so as to provide a void within the protective protrusion. The second cover section is engaged with an opposed side of the aircraft wheel from the first cover section. A coupling mechanism passes through the void in the protective protrusion without having contact with the bearing race and internal surfaces within the hub of the rim and coupling the first cover section and securing the aircraft wheel hub protector to the aircraft wheel.

Abstract: A patient care bed including a caster locking mechanism having a foot movable between retracted and extended positions, a lock bar movable from an unlocked to a locked position, a release bar movable from an initial to a release position, and a lock and release assembly. The lock and release assembly includes a guide plate defining a slot, a rocker coupled to the lock bar and including a protrusion slidable within the slot, and a release member coupled to the release bar and including a protrusion slidable within the slot. Moving the lock bar to the locked position slides the protrusion of the rocker through the slot to extend the foot. Moving the release bar to the release position urges the protrusion of the release member through the and into contact with the protrusion of the rocker to urge the protrusion of the rocker back, thereby retracting the foot.

Abstract: A tire tread is based on one or more diene elastomers, on one or more reinforcing fillers, on a crosslinking system, and on at least one compound (A) selected from a metal chelate comprising at least one ligand and at least one metal, a pigment and their mixture.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic wheel having an annular reinforcement structure that includes rectangular reinforcements within a shear layer. The rectangular reinforcements replace deforming rubber or polymeric materials and can thereby reduce the volume of deforming materials to optimize energy loss therein and reduce rolling resistance of the non-pneumatic wheel.

Abstract: A tire comprising a tire frame having a circular shape and a metal-resin composite, the metal-resin composite having a structure in which a metal member, an adhesive layer and a resin layer are disposed in this order, the adhesive layer comprising a thermoplastic resin and carbon black, and a content of carbon black in the adhesive layer being greater than 0% by mass and less than 10% by mass with respect to the entire adhesive layer.