Abstract: A printing device prints an object on a medium by inkjet printing. The printing device includes: a glossy ink head that discharges ink droplets of a glossy ink having a glossy color; and a main scan driver that prompts the glossy ink head to perform main scans in which the glossy ink head discharges the ink droplets while moving in a predetermined main scanning direction. The glossy ink contains a glossy pigment and a solvent. In the main scans, the glossy ink head discharges the ink droplets plural times while moving in the main scanning direction to form ink dots at positions on the medium aligned in the main scanning direction. The ink droplets discharged from the glossy ink head each have a volume constituting a size that allows for contact on the medium between any ones of dots formed in each one of the main scans.

Abstract: There is a provided a liquid droplet discharging control device which causes a liquid droplet discharging apparatus including a head, in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged in a predetermined direction, to perform printing and which is capable of executing a nearby compensation process in which, on the basis of a dot position on which a predetermined nozzle for black ink forms a dot, a nearby nozzle that forms a dot in the vicinity of the dot forms a dot and executing a composite compensation process. The liquid droplet discharging control device includes a parameter acquiring unit that acquires parameters corresponding to the degree of liquid spreading toward a periphery after adhesion of a liquid droplet to a medium, and a compensation switching unit that switches between execution of the nearby compensation process and execution of the composite compensation process on the basis of the parameters.

Abstract: Droplet ejection amounts are adjusted during a process of generating raster data, and this process is realized by a control circuit. The sum total of droplet ejection amounts exceeds 100% as for three nozzles while the sum total of droplet ejection amount is below 100% as for one nozzle, which is repeated at some nozzle numbers. The sum total of droplet ejection amounts is 100% in a normal portion. As such, in the case where this sum total is taken as a reference amount, the sum total of droplet ejection amounts for each raster in a region where overlap printing is performed is sequentially changed to be equal to or greater than the reference amount in the normal region where the overlap printing is not performed, and to be equal to or smaller than the above reference amount.

Abstract: An ink jet head includes a nozzle connected to an ink chamber, an actuator configured to change a pressure of the ink chamber, a driver circuit configured to supply a drive waveform to the actuator in response to a control signal, a non-volatile memory configured to store information for setting the drive waveform, a first signal line via which a logic power supply voltage is supplied to the driver circuit, a second signal line via which the control signal is supplied to the driver circuit, a third signal line via which the logic power supply voltage is supplied to the non-volatile memory, a fourth signal line via which the information stored in the non-volatile memory can be transferred, a first connector circuit that connects the first signal line to the third signal line, and a second connector circuit that connects the second signal line to the fourth signal line.

Abstract: A fluidic die includes a number of sensors to measure properties of a number of property control elements associated with the printhead die, a pass gate to communicate a number of signals to an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) via an analog bus using control logic associated with the pass gate, and a bi-directional configuration bus coupled to the fluidic die to transmit a number of control signals to property control elements located on the fluidic die.

Abstract: In some examples, a fluid ejection device comprises fluid nozzles arranged in a plurality of primitives, wherein a first primitive of the plurality of primitives is interdigitated with a second primitive of the plurality of primitives, the first primitive comprising a series of nozzles starting with a first nozzle of the first primitive, and the second primitive comprising a series of nozzles starting with a first nozzle of the second primitive. The fluid ejection device further comprises a plurality of addresses that designate respective nozzles of the series of nozzles of each primitive of the plurality of primitives, wherein a first address of the plurality of addresses designates the first nozzle of the first primitive and the first nozzle of the second primitive.

Abstract: A liquid jetting device includes a plurality of nozzles from which a liquid can be ejected, a plurality of pressure chambers, each being in fluid communication with an associated nozzle in the plurality of nozzles, actuators associated with each pressure chamber and configured to cause a pressure change in an associated pressure chamber in the plurality of pressure chambers, a heat-conductive chassis to which the plurality of nozzles, the plurality of pressure chambers, and the actuators are mounted, an integrated circuit held inside the chassis and configured to drive the actuators to eject liquid from the plurality of nozzles, a circuit board electrically connected to the integrated circuit and configured supply an electrical signal to integrated circuit, and a heat-conductive support to which the circuit board is mounted, the heat-conductive support held by the heat-conductive chassis to contact the integrated circuit and an inner surface of the heat-conductive chassis.

Abstract: In one example, a liquid ejection device. The device includes a first metal layer over a substrate, a dielectric layer over the first metal layer, and an orifice through the dielectric layer to the first metal layer. The device also includes a second metal layer over the dielectric layer and partially filling the orifice to form a via to electrical connect the two metal layers. The via has a depth-to-width ratio of at least 0.4. The device further includes a passivation stack covering the second metal layer including all interior surfaces of the via. The stack includes an ALD-deposited layer formed by atomic layer deposition.

Abstract: An inkjet head including a flow path unit and a plurality of actuator units, each of the plurality of actuator units has a parallelogram shape defined by two sets of opposing sides, which is substantially parallel to a first direction and a second direction intersecting with each other along a plane, the side of the actuator unit parallel to the second direction is substantially parallel to that of an adjacent actuator unit and is shifted from that of the adjacent actuator unit in the second direction, the plurality of actuator units are inclined with respect to two contour lines of a flow path unit, the two contour lines being parallel with each other and extending in a longitudinal direction of the flow path unit, and centers of gravity of contours of the plurality of actuator units are arranged on substantially one straight line which is parallel to the contour lines.

Abstract: A microfluidic device, having a containment body accommodating a plurality of ejecting elements arranged adjacent to each other. Each ejecting element has a liquid inlet, a containment chamber, a piezoelectric actuator and an ejection nozzle. The piezoelectric actuators of each ejecting element are connected to a control unit configured to generate actuation signals and to be integrated in the containment body.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate, a piezoelectric element above the substrate, an orifice forming member above the substrate on the piezoelectric-element-provided-side, in which the orifice forming member has an ejection orifice for ejecting liquid and defines a pressure chamber between the orifice forming member and the substrate, and the pressure chamber communicates with the ejection orifice and includes the piezoelectric element therein, a first thin film provided between the substrate and piezoelectric element and defining a space between the first film and the substrate, and a second thin film on the piezoelectric element on the side opposite to the first film side and differing from the first film in rigidity. A communicating port is formed in the substrate in a region facing the space, communicates with the space through an opening having a smaller area than the area of the region, and is closed at an end.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method is provided for recording an image by ejecting an ink from a recording head including a member defining an ejection orifice through which the ink is ejected, an ejection element configured to generate an energy used for ejecting the ink, and a first flow path communicating with a portion between the ejection orifice and the ejection element. The method includes ejecting an ink through the ejection orifice, and moving the ink from the first flow path to the portion between the ejection orifice and the ejection element separately from the ejecting of the ink. In this method, the ink is an aqueous ink containing a coloring material and a compound containing a chain hydrocarbon having a carbon number of 8 or more to 18 or less substituted by a hydroxy group or an anionic group.

Abstract: In one example, a fluid flow structure includes a fluid dispensing micro device embedded in a molding having a channel therein through which fluid may flow directly to the device. The device contains multiple fluid ejectors and multiple fluid chambers each near an ejector. Each chamber has an inlet through which fluid from the channel may enter the chamber and an outlet through which fluid may be ejected from the chamber. A perimeter of the channel surrounds the inlets but is otherwise unconstrained in size by the size of the device.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a printhead includes a fluidic die molded into a moldable material. The die has a front surface exposed outside the moldable material to dispense fluid and an opposing back surface covered by the moldable material except at a channel in the moldable material through which fluid may pass directly to the back surface. The die has a first bond pad on the front surface surrounded by a first dam to prevent the moldable material from contacting the first bond pad.

Abstract: A printhead may include a number of s-shaped dies embedded in a moldable substrate. An medium-wide array may include a number of printheads with each printhead including a number of s-shaped dies and an ejection fluid feed slot to provide a single type of ejection fluid to the s-shaped dies. An s-shaped die of a printhead may include a number of columns of nozzles and an electrical interconnect coupled to a number of firing chambers associated with each of the nozzles, the electrical interconnect positioned adjacent to the number of columns.

Abstract: In one example, a process for making a micro device assembly includes placing a micro device on a front part of a printed circuit board, molding a molding on the printed circuit board surrounding the micro device, and then forming a channel to the micro device in a back part of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: Disclosed is a water-repellent film 102 including a substrate 100, and a water-repellent organic material provided on the substrate 100, in which a plurality of regions having different concentrations of the water-repellent organic material are formed, and each of the regions having different concentrations continuously exists in a film thickness direction from a boundary surface with respect to the substrate to a surface of the water-repellent film. Preferably, in the regions having different concentrations, a region having a relatively higher concentration 102a is formed into the shape of a column, and a region having a relatively lower concentration 102b than that of the columnar region exists around the columnar region.

Abstract: A cartridge may include a fluid reservoir, a print head to eject fluid from the reservoir through nozzles and bubblers. The print head may include a fluid feed slot to supply fluid from the reservoir to the nozzles. The bubblers are opposite the fluid feed slot.

Abstract: An ink-jet printer includes a conveyor, a recording head, a power supply, an ink receiver, a command receiver, and a controller. The controller executes: determining an ink amount to be discharged; determining a voltage value of a drive voltage and the number of ink droplets; raising the drive voltage; executing a flushing process, executing a printing process. The controller determines the voltage value such that the drive voltage becomes higher when the determined ink amount is not less than a first threshold value than when the determined ink amount is less than the first threshold value, and determines the number of ink droplets such that the number of ink droplets becomes larger when the determined ink amount is not less than a second threshold value than when the determined ink amount is less than the second threshold value.

Abstract: An ink-jet printer includes a conveyor, a carriage, a recording head, an ink receiver, a command receiver, and a controller. The controller executes: determining an ink amount that the recording head should discharge to the ink receiver; executing a flushing process that moves the carriage to an area facing the ink receiver and causes each of a plurality of nozzles to discharge ink of the determined ink amount; and based on the flushing process having finished, executing a recording process. The controller, based on the determined ink amount being less than a first threshold value, causes the recording head to discharge ink of the determined ink amount in ? times of the flushing processes, and based on the determined ink amount being the first threshold value or more, causes the recording head to discharge ink of the determined ink amount dispersed in ?(?>?) times of the flushing processes.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes an ejection head that ejects an ink onto a recording medium, a passage in which an ink mist generated by the ejection head flows, a gas-liquid separator that is located in a portion of the passage and separates ink and air from the ink mist, and a blower that is located in the passage and causes the ink mist to be moved away from the ejection head to the gas-liquid separator. A downstream side of the gas-liquid separator is above an upstream side of the gas-liquid separator in a gravitational direction.

Abstract: A container on which a liquid container provided with a handle is removably placed, in which the container includes a plurality of guide portions configured to guide guided portions provided in the liquid container in a guiding direction, and the plurality of guide portions are provided so that at least a part of the handle is disposed on a line which connects the at least two guide portions in a state where the liquid container is placed on the container.

Abstract: A system for removably retaining a print head assembly includes a bracket holding a print head assembly and a shaft for receiving the bracket on the shaft. The shaft includes a retaining assembly, a first shaft section having a profile geometry to allow the bracket to be received onto the shaft, a second shaft section having a profile geometry preventing removal of the bracket from the shaft, and a positioning assembly configured to resiliently engage the bracket. When the bracket is received on the shaft at the first shaft section, the positioning assembly can engage and releasably reposition the bracket onto the second shaft section and against the retaining assembly.

Abstract: In some examples, a container assembly includes a first body to supply a printing composition, the first body comprising a first port, and the container assembly includes a second body to store a reserve printing composition, the second body comprising a second port. An interconnect has a storage position to fluidically isolate the first body from the second body, and a use position to fluidically connect the first body to the second body to allow the reserve printing composition to flow from the second body to the first body to replenish the printing composition in the first body and to allow air in the first body displaced by the reserve printing composition to flow from the first body to the second body. The interconnect in the storage position has a first orientation to fluidically isolate the first port from the second port, and the interconnect in the use position has a second orientation rotated with respect to the first orientation to fluidically connect the first port to the second port.

Abstract: Devices and methods for refurbishing a used print cartridge for further use in a printing device are provided. An electronic patch is attached to a circuit on the used print cartridge. The electronic patch includes contact pads that are positioned to correspond to the location of contact pads on the circuit of the used print cartridge. The electronic patch also includes a control chip and an embedded memory array that replaces one or more functions of the memory on the used print cartridge, allowing the used print cartridge to be refilled with printing ink and reused in a printer.

Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a first surface and a second surface facing a particular direction, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the second surface, and a liquid detection mechanism including a light access portion extends above the second surface further than the circuit board in the particular direction.

Abstract: An object is to provide a liquid ejection apparatus that allows suppression of a fluctuation in a pressure of a liquid in a flow path caused by a liquid delivery unit, enabling the liquid to be stably ejected through an ejection port. The liquid ejection apparatus including a liquid ejection head having an ejection port through which a liquid is ejected, a flow path configured to communicate with the ejection port, and a liquid delivery unit configured to feed the liquid to the flow path. A relation between an angular frequency ? of the liquid delivered from the liquid delivery unit, a coefficient of kinematic viscosity ? of the liquid, and an equal diameter a of at least a part of a section of an extra-head flow path in a direction normal to a direction in which ink flows satisfies ?(?/2?)×a>1.

Abstract: A liquid accommodation body that is removably installed in a liquid ejecting apparatus provided with a supply flow channel that supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting portion, and a feedback flow channel that is connected to the supply flow channel so as to form a circulation flow channel, and is provided with a liquid accommodation portion that accommodates the liquid, a lead-out flow channel that connects a lead-out port, which is connected to the supply flow channel, and the feedback flow channel, an introduction flow channel that connects an introduction port, which is connected to the feedback flow channel, and the lead-out flow channel, and a filter portion that is provided in a partial circulation flow channel, which, among portions of the lead-out flow channel and the introduction flow channel, configures the circulation flow channel, and filters the liquid.

Abstract: In an inkjet recording apparatus, a control section forms a test chart in which a plurality of lines, each extending along the recording-medium width direction, are drawn arranged along the recording-medium conveyance direction by making the ink ejection nozzles eject ink, while gradually changing either ink ejection timing with respect to each of the ink ejection nozzles or a recording-medium conveyance speed. Furthermore, the control section checks for, and corrects, pixel deviation in the recording-medium conveyance direction based on the test chart.

Abstract: In an optical scanning device including a vibration mirror part, elastically deformable resin portions are respectively provided at both end portions in a main scanning direction on a surface of the vibration mirror part, which is an opposite surface of a reflective surface, a collision member, which has a collision surface and can collide with each of the resin portion, is provided at a side opposite to a side of the reflective surface of the vibration mirror part, and a control unit allows the vibration mirror part to swing such that each of the resin portion collides with the collision surface at least once before light beam for image data writing is deflected and scanned by the vibration mirror part, and then allows the vibration mirror part to swing in a range in which each of the resin portion does not collide with the collision surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a painting process whose purpose is to carry out the printing of a digital image provided by a user to a vehicle body through a production line. Printing is achieved through a print head, which injects automotive ink (solvent base/water base) as well as eco-solvent printer ink and UV ink. The print head is instructed to perform a variety of automated operations to develop body painting, through continuous path control. The print head is characterized by having an arm-like structure through which different tools or embossers can be used to make the impression, the head being able to make decisions based on the information coming from the image provided by the user.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for printing textile surfaces, comprising a first printing device (10) which is movable in a longitudinal direction along a longitudinal axis of the apparatus, wherein the printing device has a print head (51, 52) by means of which at least one textile can be printed with at least one printing ink, at least two pallets (21, 24) for receiving and holding the textile to be printed, a first set-up station (20) which is arranged on a first long side for feeding the textile and attaching the textile to the pallet (21, 24), at least one second set-up station (30) which is arranged on a second long side opposite the first long side, a first moving device (23) by which the at least one of the pallets is movable on a first track (41) transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis between a first lateral set-up position (20) on the first set-up station and a first printing position on the printing device, and at least one second moving device (26) by which at least one more of

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are related to a coating system and a method for coating a surface of a product. The system may include a coating unit, comprising; a droplet deposition assembly configured to deposit droplets of a coating material from a plurality of nozzles according to a predetermined deposition pattern, to form a coating on the surface. The system may further include a curing unit for curing at least one polymeric component included in the coating material and a control unit configured to receive the predetermined deposition pattern and control the coating unit to deposit the predetermined deposition pattern on the surface, such that the coating has a thickness deviation of less than 1 micron per 1 meter.

Abstract: Certain examples of apparatus for applying fluid in a printing system are described. The apparatus comprise a first chamber having a first aperture extending along a first axis, and a second chamber having a second aperture extending along a second axis, wherein the first axis is substantially parallel to the second axis. The second chamber is movable with respect to the first chamber. Also, methods for supplying a fluid, and printing systems are described.

Abstract: Method for protecting printed data on a varnish area of a transfer film of a heat-transfer machine, including: a varnishing step during which the varnish area and a plastic card advance simultaneously under the thermal head and during which the thermal head heats in order to deposit the varnish on the plastic card, generating a deformation of the transfer film at a text printed on the plastic card; a rewinding step during which the transfer film is rewound in order to position the varnish area upstream of the thermal head, and the plastic card is repositioned upstream of the thermal head; and a defacing step during which the varnish area and the plastic card advance simultaneously under the thermal head and during which the thermal head heats at the level of the text and at the deformation in accordance with a sign scheme making the deformation illegible.

Abstract: A drying device includes: a dielectric heating unit configured to apply an alternating electrical field to a medium onto which a liquid containing a conductive material, water, and a solvent has been discharged, and perform dielectric heating of the liquid; and a conductive member disposed either to make contact with or to be close to the medium to which the alternating electrical field is being applied.

Abstract: A first pattern P1 is formed with a first material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a first surface BS of a print medium M including an expansion layer M2 that expands by heating. A second pattern P2 for expanding the expansion layer M2 to complement expansion of the expansion layer M2 by the first pattern P1 is formed with a second material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a second surface FS which is an opposite surface of the print medium M to the first surface BS and is closer to the expansion layer M2 than the first surface BS. The first material forming the first pattern P1 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the first surface BS. The second material forming the second pattern P2 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the second surface FS.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print head configured to perform printing on a print medium line by line based on print data, a drive motor configured to convey the print medium in accordance with printing of the print data on the print medium, a processor, and a width detecting unit configured to detect a width information of the print medium. In a case where printing is restarted after printing on the print medium by the print head is paused, the processor controls a rotation direction of the drive motor to be a reverse direction opposite to a direction before the pause of the printing and determines a rotation amount of the reverse rotation according to the width information of the print medium detected by the width detecting unit.

Abstract: A recessed ink receiving portion is provided outside of a sheet supported by a supporting portion of a platen, for receiving ink ejected from a print head, and furthermore, a blowing-out hole is provided for supplying air toward an end of the sheet positioned above the ink receiving portion.

Abstract: A medium transportation device 2 includes a transportation unit 7 that transports a medium P in a transportation direction A, an edge guide 10 that guides positions of edges Pend of the medium P in a width direction perpendicular to the transportation direction A, and a foreign matter collecting section 13 that collects foreign matters at the edges Pend of the medium P. With this configuration, the medium transportation device 2 can reduce a decrease in transport accuracy of media due to a foreign matter at the edge Pend of the medium in a simple manner.

Abstract: A printer including: a platen roller; a housing that holds the platen roller; and a print head that is mounted on the housing and performs printing on a sheet; wherein the platen roller includes a columnar straight part, and a first taper part that is formed on both ends of the straight part and has a diameter which changes towards an outside from the straight part along an axial direction.

Abstract: A printer includes: a first fixed printhead; a second fixed printhead positioned downstream of the first printhead relative to a media feed direction; a fixed platen for supporting print media; an input roller assembly positioned upstream of the first printhead, the input roller assembly comprising a pair of input rollers having a first nip force N1; an output roller assembly positioned downstream of the second printhead, the output roller assembly comprising a pair of output rollers having a second nip force N2; and an intermediary roller assembly positioned between the first and second printheads, the intermediary roller assembly comprising a pair of intermediary rollers having a third nip force N3. The nip forces satisfy the relationship N1>N2>N3 for optimal printing results.

Abstract: A printer includes an encoder scale having a reading region that is read by an encoder that detects a motion of a transport driving roller, and an anti-static unit having an anti-static brush that is in contact with the encoder scale and a base that supports the anti-static brush, wherein the anti-static brush is in contact with a region of the encoder scale other than the reading region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a printer control system and a method for controlling the printing of an object on a support in a number of pass images on top of each other. The object has a surface of varying height. The printer control system comprises a user interface having a display device and arranged to visualize in a window on the display device a preview image before printing of the object. The preview image comprises a representation of the surface of the object. The printer control system further comprises an analysis section which is configured to analyze the pass images in order to predict before printing the object a location of a contouring artefact at the surface of the object, and a transformation section which is configured to transform the predicted location into a contour representation to be added to the preview image. The contour representation is visually distinguishable from the representation of the surface of the object in the preview image.

Abstract: A method of editing a print job to be printed on a flatbed printer including a flatbed surface for placing a piece of media to be printed upon, the flatbed surface having a vacuum zone connected to a vacuum source for attracting the piece of media to the flatbed surface, is performed on a job editor including a processor and a display. The processor performs the steps of: reading vacuum zone data specifying at least a size of the vacuum zone; constructing and displaying an image of the vacuum zone on the basis of the vacuum zone data; and superposing, on the display, an image to be printed and the image of the vacuum zone.

Abstract: A thermal printer according to an embodiment includes a communication interface that receives print data from an external device. A thermal print head thermally prints on a sheet, line by line according to the received print data. A motor drives a roller to transport the sheet, line by line according to the received print data. A processor determines, for a current print line, a target transport speed for transporting the sheet, and retrieves one or more intermediate speeds that are defined in advance and are between a current transport speed of transporting the sheet and the target transport speed. The processor controls the motor to transport the sheet at each determined intermediate speed and the target transport speed, sequentially. The thermal print head is heated in accordance with predetermined heating control information corresponding to the determined intermediate speed closest to the current speed.

Abstract: A method of wiping a plurality of printheads positioned in a staggered overlapping arrangement across a width of a media feed path, each printhead having a respective wiper associated therewith. The wipers for neighboring printheads are moved in opposite directions with respect to each other.

Abstract: An ink jet type printer includes a liquid discharge head that prints on a sheet, a container that houses ink, and a mounting portion which has an insertion opening and to which the container inserted through the insertion opening is detachably mounted. The mounting portion includes a mounting portion-side rib that, when the container is to be inserted through the insertion opening, guides the container to the insertion opening.

Abstract: A printing apparatus in which the movement of a moving body moving inside the housing can be known from outside the housing is provided. The printing apparatus includes a housing, a pair of rotary blades that are disposed inside the housing and move in a scanning direction, a discharge opening that is disposed at the housing so as to pass therethrough and discharges, from within the housing, a medium on which printing is performed inside the housing, and a light source that is disposed inside the housing so as to be elongated in the scanning direction. In the printing apparatus, the pair of rotary blades and the light source are disposed such that reflected light, which is the light emitted by the light source and reflected by the pair of rotary blades, exits the housing through the discharge opening.

Abstract: A printing device for dispending material on a heated substrate is provided. The device may include a printing head having one or more nozzles and a heat shield that partially masks a side of the printing head that faces the heated substrate when printing so as to reduce heat transfer from the substrate to the printing head. The shield includes a slot aligned with the one or more nozzles to enable passage of material from the one or more nozzles to the heated substrate.