Abstract: A carbon nanotube sheet structure includes: a carbon nanotube sheet; a first base material including a first base material surface facing the carbon nanotube sheet; and a first spacer providing a gap between the carbon nanotube sheet and the first base material. A first base material surface of the first base material includes a first region on which the first spacer is provided and a second region on which the first spacer is not provided. The first base material is spaced apart from the carbon nanotube sheet at the second region on the first base material surface.

Abstract: A packaging laminate including a support layer made of aluminum and a polyolefin layer bonded thereto via an adhesive layer or adhesion promoter layer and having high bond strength. It is provided that the surface of the support layer facing the adhesive layer or adhesion promoter layer includes a modified surface layer produced by silicatization or titanization.

Abstract: A laminate and an article of manufacture include a first layer including a polymeric material and a second layer including a glass sheet thermoformed to the first layer. The laminate may include at least one third layer including a polymeric material, the at least one third layer thermoformed to the second layer. The polymeric material in the first layer or the at least one third layer may include a polycarbonate. The laminate and/or article of manufacture may further include at least one functional layer. The at least one functional layer may include an image forming layer, a conductive layer or a touch sensing layer. An electronic device, a sound or moisture barrier, or a medical tray may incorporate the laminate/article of manufacture. Methods for forming the laminate and article of manufacture are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for articles including a structure having one or more channels that allow water to contact a water-swellable material. Absorption of water by the water-swellable material causes the topography of the outward-facing surface of the structure to be altered, which can improve traction.

Abstract: The present invention provides multilayer films and packages formed from such films. In one aspect, a multilayer film comprises an outer layer, the outer layer comprising a polyethylene having a density of 0.930 g/cm3 or greater and 0.01 to 1 weight percent of an additive, based on the total weight of the polyethylene composition, the additive comprising either a sorbitol acetal derivative or a bisamide as specified, wherein the outer layer has a 50% seal strength temperature at least 10° C. greater than an outer layer in a comparative film that differs only in the absence of the additive in the outer layer, when sealed to itself at a pressure of 5 bar with a dwell time of 0.5 seconds.

Abstract: A multilayer film structure comprising a top encapsulation layer A, a tie Layer B between top Layer A and bottom Layer C and a bottom layer C, the multilayer film structure characterized in that tie Layer B comprises a crystalline block composite resin or a block composite resin and bottom Layer C comprises a polyolefin having at least one melting point greater than 125° C.

Abstract: A multi-layer stretch wrap film has three or more layers, including at least one outer non-cling layer, at least one inner core layer, and at least one outer cling layer, where the film displays enhanced non-cling properties after being stretched.

Abstract: The invention relates to elastomer sandwich systems containing at least two components, wherein one component is (i) a thermoplastic polyurethane functioning as a cover layer and, adhering thereto over its area, the second component is (ii) a noncellular cast polyurethane having a density of from 800 to 1800 kg/m3 functioning as a carrier layer, wherein at least one component of the elastomer sandwich system has a tear propagation resistance in accordance with ISO 34-1 of from 30 kN/m to 85 kN/m and an abrasion loss in accordance with ISO 4649 of from 50 mm3 to 5 mm3 and in addition at least the two components have a rebound resilience in accordance with DIN 53512 of 35%-70%, and a process for the production thereof. The invention further relates to metal composite elements containing elastomer sandwich systems, a process for the production thereof and the use thereof as lining elements in the transport sector and mining and mine sector, in particular in hoppers and conveyor belts.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer substrate includes preparing a plurality of substrates, stacking the substrates with bonding sheets interposed, and a first bonding process of bonding the substrates to each other by partially heating the stacked substrates by a heater and partially melting the bonding sheet. Each of the substrates is provided with a through-hole and a metal film covering an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole. In the first bonding process, the metal film is heated by the heater and heat is transferred from the heater to the bonding sheet via the metal film.

Abstract: A panel assembly that includes a core having first and second opposing major surfaces, a first laminate skin secured to the first major surface of the core, a second laminate skin secured to the second major surface of the core, and at least a first layer of polyimide aerogel incorporated into one of the first laminate skin or the second laminate skin.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a debonding apparatus. In some embodiments, the debonding apparatus comprises a wafer chuck configured to hold a pair of bonded substrates on a chuck top surface. The debonding apparatus further comprises a pair of separating blades including a first separating blade and a second separating blade placed at edges of the pair of bonded substrates diametrically opposite to each other. The first separating blade has a first thickness that is smaller than a second thickness of the second separating blade. The debonding apparatus further comprises a flex wafer assembly placed above the pair of bonded substrates and configured to pull the pair of bonded substrates upwardly to separate a second substrate from a first substrate of the pair of bonded substrate. By providing unbalanced initial torques on opposite sides of the bonded substrate pair, edge defects and wafer breakage are reduced.

Abstract: An intentionally activated frangible bonding system comprises a frangible adhesive, adhesive primer, composite material matrix, and/or the like, having a polydispersion of at least one additive spread throughout the frangible bonding material. The additive degrades a bond provided by the frangible bonding material, upon application of a specific energy to the frangible bonding material. An energy emitter is configured to selectively direct the specific energy toward a structure or assembly comprising components bonded by the frangible bonding material to degrade the frangible bonding material bonding the components for disassembly.

Abstract: A three-dimensional inkjet printer and method for printing an aperture mask on a multi-spectral filter array. A custom tray is used by the printer allowing for printing on a prefabricated filter array. Photopolymer resin is deposited on the prefabricated filter array to form the aperture mask of dark mirror coating. An ultraviolet lamp illuminates the deposited photopolymer resin on the surface of the prefabricated multi-spectral optical filter array to cure the resin, thereby forming the mask. The prefabricated multi-spectral optical filter array includes an optical coating on at least one side, the aperture mask being formed on the optical coating, without the use of heat, chemical etching, or deformation of the optical coating.

Abstract: There is provided a screen printing apparatus including: a mask plate on which a plurality of pattern holes are formed; a carrier supporter which supports a carrier which has a plurality of first openings and in which a plurality of workpieces are disposed on the plurality of first openings; a backup unit which has a plurality of workpiece supporters; a raising and lowering unit which lifts up the plurality of workpieces from the carrier and returns the plurality of lifted-up workpieces to the carrier; an aligner which aligns the plurality of workpieces in accordance with arrangement of the plurality of pattern holes; an overlapper which relatively moves the backup unit and the mask plate; and a print head which prints a paste on the plurality of workpieces on the plurality of workpiece supporters through the plurality of pattern holes.

Abstract: The present application discloses a screen printing device, comprising: a transport mechanism, which is used to carry and transport a plate to be printed disposed on the transport mechanism; a rotating frame located above the transport mechanism, which is used for winding a screen and driving the screen rotation; and a glue container located in the rotating frame and disposed to be independent of the rotating frame, wherein a lower portion of the glue container is provided with a glue outlet and a scraper, and the scraper is located beside the glue outlet. Since the screen printing device adopts a rolling printing mode, the tension generated by each position of the screen at the scraper is the same, thereby avoiding the poor printing uniformity due to the tension difference during the printing process.

Abstract: A method of detecting a level of printable fluid in a container includes, with at least one sensing location on a die in thermal contact with the printable fluid in the container, sensing a voltage of a capacitor over time as current from the capacitor leaks through a field effect transistor (FET). The FET and capacitor are associated with the sensing location. The method may further include, based on the voltage of the capacitor over time and a threshold voltage, determining whether the printable fluid is present at the at least one sensing location.

Abstract: The present invention embraces a method and apparatus for providing feedback to a user on the status of media or ribbon of a printer. The feedback may be provided by incorporating a feedback mechanism in a hanger of a printer. The printer may be a thermal printer, but may be another type of printer. The feedback mechanism of the printer may be designed to work with one or more sensors to provide a feedback loop so that without an input from a user, the printer is able to detect the presence/absence of media or ribbon, as well as determine the width of the loaded media or ribbon. In another embodiment, the feedback mechanism is able to determine the weight of the roll of media or ribbon and hence determine the quantity of media or ribbon available on the hanger.

Abstract: The present invention embraces a method and apparatus for providing feedback to a user on the status of media or ribbon of a printer. The feedback may be provided by incorporating a feedback mechanism in a hanger of a printer. The printer may be a thermal printer, but may be another type of printer. The feedback mechanism of the printer may be designed to work with one or more sensors to provide a feedback loop so that without an input from a user, the printer is able to detect the presence/absence of media or ribbon, as well as determine the width of the loaded media or ribbon. In another embodiment, the feedback mechanism is able to determine the weight of the roll of media or ribbon and hence determine the quantity of media or ribbon available on the hanger.

Abstract: A printing system and method are provided. The printing system includes an image forming station for temporarily deposit an image on an intermediate transfer member when the intermediate transfer member in the image forming station is in a first temperature range. The system further includes a drying station configured to increase a temperature of the intermediate transfer member from a first temperature in the first temperature range to a second temperature in a second temperature range, the second temperature being substantially higher than the first temperature. The system further includes an impression station configured to transfer the temporarily deposited image from the intermediate transfer member onto a substrate when the intermediate transfer member in the impression station is in the second temperature range. The system further includes a cooling station for retaining a coolant configured to revert the intermediate transfer member to a temperature in the first temperature.

Abstract: In a processing apparatus, with an inkjet print head, that processes individual items, a drive motor that operates a transport mechanism to transport the individual items in the x-direction of a Cartesian coordinate system past the inkjet print head in a printing position so as to execute a printing operation with the inkjet print head on each individual item. The drive motor arrangement also moves the inkjet print head in the y-direction into a first position that is any of an exchange position, the printing position, a cleaning position or a sealing position. The drive motor arrangement also moves the inkjet print head vertically, in the z-direction of the exchange position or the sealing position, into at least one other position that is either the printing position or the cleaning position.

Abstract: An inkjet head includes a nozzle plate substrate having a nozzle for ejecting ink toward a recording medium, and an oil repellent layer on a surface of the nozzle plate substrate, the surface facing the recording medium. The oil repellent layer comprises a fluorine-based compound in which neighboring molecules are cross-linked in a direction parallel to the surface, and cross-links of the neighboring molecules are resistant to structural change when subjected to rubbing by an ink wiping blade.

Abstract: A fluid ejection head comprises a pressure chamber and a nozzle plate including a nozzle group. The nozzle plate has a discharge face with an upstream side and a downstream side. The nozzle group is in fluid communication with the pressure chamber. The nozzle group includes at least a first nozzle on the upstream side of the discharge face, a second nozzle on the downstream side of the discharge face, and a third nozzle between the first and second nozzles. A flow channel dimension of the third nozzle is different from flow channel dimensions of the first and second nozzles.

Abstract: A fluid ejection head includes a pressure chamber and a nozzle plate including a nozzle group. The nozzle plate has a discharge face with an upstream side and a downstream side. The nozzle group is in fluid communication with the pressure chamber and includes a first nozzle on the upstream side of the discharge face, a second nozzle on the downstream side of the discharge face, and a third nozzle between the first and second nozzles. Central axes of the first and second nozzles are inclined with respect to a central axis of the third nozzle such that the central axes of the first and second nozzles intersect the central axis of the third nozzle. A flow channel dimension of the third nozzle is different from flow channel dimensions of the first and second nozzles.

Abstract: A printhead assembly may include a first set of distinct parallel printhead dies in a second set of distinct parallel printhead dies. The first set of distinct parallel printhead dies may have respective major dimensions extending in a longitudinal direction and respective ends that are aligned in a transverse direction. The second set of distinct parallel printhead dies may have respective major dimensions extending in the longitudinal direction and respective ends aligned in the transverse direction. The second set of distinct parallel printhead dies may partially overlap the first set of distinct parallel printhead dies in the transverse direction.

Abstract: An ink-jet printing apparatus includes a print head having a first discharge port and a second discharge port, a cap, a suction unit connected to the cap for sucking ink from the print head, and a determining unit which determines one to be performed by the print head between a first printing operation using the first and second discharge ports and a second printing operation using the first discharge port only, wherein before the first printing operation, the suction unit is controlled to perform first and second suction operations sucking at different strengths. A storing unit further provided therein stores history information indicating the past performance of that the first printing operation. Before the second printing operation, the suction unit is controlled to perform the first suction operation only and, based on the history information after the printing operation, perform the second suction operation.

Abstract: An integrated inkjet module includes: first and second opposite end brackets; a single print module asymmetrically positioned between the end brackets, the print module having an elongate printhead; a wiper carriage positioned between a first end of the print module and the first end bracket, the wiper carriage being configured for longitudinally wiping the printhead; and a print module carrier mounted between the first and second end brackets. The print module includes a mounting arm bridging over the wiper carriage and the print module carrier is slidably liftable relative to the first and second end brackets.

Abstract: An integrated inkjet module for a scalable inkjet printer includes: first and second opposite end brackets; a print module asymmetrically positioned between the end brackets; and a maintenance module for maintaining an inkjet printhead of the print module. The maintenance module includes a frame fixedly mounted between the end brackets having a longer leg extending along one side of the print module and a shorter leg positioned between a first end of the print module and the first end bracket. The print module is slidably liftable relative to the end brackets, the longer leg includes a laterally extendible capper for capping the printhead and the shorter leg includes a longitudinally movable wiper carriage for wiping the printhead.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head and a mounting unit. The liquid ejecting head is able to eject liquid. A plurality of liquid containers containing the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head mounted so as to overlap in an up-down direction. The mounting unit includes a separator and an electrical member. The separator separates, in the up-down direction, a space where the plurality of liquid containers are mounted. The electrical member allows electricity to flow therethrough. The separator has a through portion that penetrates through the separator in the up-down direction. The through portion is positioned such that, when seen in the up-down direction, an edge portion of the through portion does not overlap with the electrical member positioned below the through portion.

Abstract: A fluid level sensing device includes a substrate (210) and a sensing die (216) cantilevered at one end from the substrate. A number of sensing components (218), preferably thermal or impedance sensing components, are disposed on the sensing die and detect a fluid level in a fluid reservoir. A protective member (208) is also cantilevered at one end from the substrate alongside the sensing die. Electrical interconnects (212) output data collected from the number of sensing components. A number of sensing dies may be provided to lengthen the sensing device, in which case the protective cover extends alongside and parallel to the number of sensing dies.

Abstract: Provided is a flow path structure body including: a distribution flow path that is for distributing a liquid from a liquid supply source to a nozzle; an air bubble chamber that is connected to the distribution flow path and that is for storing air bubbles; and an air bubble chamber filter that is arranged to divide a space in the air bubble chamber into a first space that is connected to the distribution flow path and a second space that is connected to the distribution flow path via the first space, the air bubble chamber filter being for collecting foreign matters that have been formed at a gas-liquid interface in the air bubble chamber.

Abstract: In a printer, an upstream side transport path for transporting a paper sheet to a recording region in which recording is performed by a recording head from a tube for supplying ink to a recording head from a liquid accommodation body stored in the liquid storage unit and a medium accommodation unit in a state where a recording unit, the liquid storage unit, and a medium accommodation unit are stacked, is configured, and the liquid storage unit includes a liquid storage unit inner transport path including a supply connection section which connects the liquid accommodation body and the tube to each other, and a first transport section which forms a part of the upstream side transport path.

Abstract: A cartridge for storing and dispensing liquid for use with an inkjet printer includes a reservoir for storage of the liquid and an outlet for dispensing the liquid. The reservoir has a reinforcing structure and maintains a predetermined separation. The reinforcing structure separates an internal space of the reservoir into a first and second chamber. The reinforcing structure provides a fluid communication path between the chambers. The reinforcing structure has first and second portions of wall that partially defining the first and second chambers. The reinforcing structure has a wall partially defining the fluid communication path. The first and second portions of the wall have an arcuate profile. The first and second chambers have respective first and second widths. The fluid communication path has a third width which is less than the first or second widths.

Abstract: A read amplifier of a memory device has two current generators, an inverter, and five transistors. The inverter is connected to the second current generator. The first transistor has a gate connected to the read amplifier, a drain connected to the first current generator, and a source connected to a reference ground. The second transistor has a gate connected to the first current generator, a drain connected to a reference voltage, and a source connected to the gate of the first transistor. The third transistor has a drain connected to the first current generator and a source connected to the reference ground. The fourth transistor has a gate connected to the first current generator, a drain connected to the second current generator, and a source connected to the reference ground. The fifth transistor has a drain connected to the second current generator and a source connected to the reference voltage.

Abstract: In one example a fluid level sensing device is described. The device includes a sensing die having a number of fluid level sensors disposed thereon and a number of control devices, each control device corresponding to one of the number of fluid level sensors. A control device includes a comparing device to determine a state of a corresponding fluid level sensor. A state of the fluid level sensor is selected from the group consisting of a fluid state and a no fluid state. Each control device also includes a non-volatile memory device corresponding to the comparing device to indicate whether the corresponding fluid level sensor is at the fluid state or the no fluid state. A control device also includes a locking device to receive a write command and to irreversibly set the non-volatile memory device to the no fluid state based on the write command.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a liquid circulation apparatus comprises a liquid chamber configured to hold liquid which is to be supplied to a liquid ejection section ejecting liquid, a circulation section configured to circulate the liquid between the liquid chamber and the liquid ejection section, a liquid replenishment section configured to replenish liquid to the liquid chamber, a gas replenishment section configured to replenish gas to the liquid chamber, a pressure detection section configured to detect pressure of the liquid chamber, and a control section configured to adjust pressure of the liquid ejection section by replenishing the liquid to the liquid chamber with the liquid replenishment section and replenishing the gas to the liquid chamber with the gas replenishment section.

Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a fluid storage device is described. The device includes a fluid reservoir to store fluid. The fluid reservoir includes a free fluid chamber and an overflow chamber in fluid communication with the free fluid chamber. The reservoir also includes a seal assembly to, when in a first position, seal a refill port of the free fluid chamber and open an air vent of the overflow chamber. When in a second position, the seal assembly opens the refill port and seals the air vent.

Abstract: A halftone processing of an image processing apparatus includes: performing a drop-less halftone processing on image data of each color corresponding to one or more ink colors including at least one selected from all ink colors of an inkjet printer in descending order of lightness of the all ink colors, the drop-less halftone processing having a minimum drop number per pixel greater than a minimum drop number per pixel in a normal halftone processing of generating drop data having a number of levels corresponding to a maximum drop number per pixel; and performing the normal halftone processing on image data of each color corresponding to the other ink colors other than the one or more ink colors.

Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises: a transport mechanism that transports a recording medium; a first line head group including a first line head in number of N that ejects first ink; a second line head group including a second line head in number of M that ejects second ink; and a controller, where M is a natural number larger than N. The line heads form images along lines extending in a width direction along a surface of the recording medium by ejecting ink droplets from a plurality of nozzles aligned in the width direction. In a first printing step, the controller makes each of the first line head in number of N perform printing process on every N-th line, while making each of the second line heads in number of M perform the printing process on every M-th line.

Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus configured to execute printing by a print head including an overlapping portion where a formation range of a first nozzle group and a formation range of a second nozzle group configured to eject ink of a same color as the first nozzle group at least partially overlap, wherein the printing apparatus includes an HT processing unit configured to generate HT data specifying a presence or absence of dots for each pixel based on image data, and a distribution processing unit configured to distribute the HT data into first HT data for driving the first nozzle group, and second HT data for driving the second nozzle group.

Abstract: There is provided a printing system that performs printing on a printing medium conveyed in a conveyance direction, the system including: a printing apparatus that includes an installation portion in which an ink ribbon is removably installed, and a thermal head that heats the ink ribbon installed in the installation portion; a motor; an actuator coupled to the motor and moving the printing apparatus, depending on drive of the motor, in an intersecting direction intersecting with the conveyance direction; and a braking apparatus that brakes rotation of the motor, wherein the brake on the motor is active in a non-electrical-conduction state of the braking apparatus and the brake on the motor is inactive in an electrical conduction state of the braking apparatus.

Abstract: A thermal-transfer printer including a movable member and a head holder, is provided. A first axis of the movable member is located to be closer to a second side of the thermal-transfer printer in an orthogonal direction than a first center being a position of a center of a first spool, and higher than a lower-end position, which is lower than the first center and a second center being a position of a center of the second spool, and is apart from the first center and the second center for a half distance being a predetermined distance divided equally by two. A second axis being a pivot axis of the head holder is located to be closer to the first side in the orthogonal direction than the first center, closer to the second side in the orthogonal direction than the second center, and higher than the lower-end position.

Abstract: A thermal-transfer printer, including a first case, a second case, an ink ribbon supporting member, a cover, and a head holder, is provided. The first case has a first opening on an upper side thereof. The second case is located on the upper side of the first case and attached movably to the first case to open and close the first opening. The second case includes a second opening on an upper side thereof and a third opening on a lower side thereof. The ink ribbon supporting member is attached to one of the first case and the second case. The cover is attached movably to the second case to open and close the second opening. The head holder is attached to the inner face of the cover and holds a printing head.

Abstract: A thermal-transfer printer, having a case, an ink ribbon supporting member, a movable member, a head holder, and an arm, is provided. When the movable member is at a first position, a first engageable portion in the head holder and a second engageable portion in the arm are separated. When the movable member is in transition from a first position to a second position, the first engageable portion and the second engageable portion contact each other, and the arm moves in conjunction with the movable member from a third position to a fourth position. A minimum distance between the first engageable portion and the movable member when the arm is at the fourth position is shorter than a minimum distance between those when the first engageable portion and the second engageable portion contact each other while the movable member is in transition from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a speed setting portion configured to set a rotation speed of a drive motor to one of a plurality of predetermined specific speeds; a measurement processing portion configured to, in each of a plurality of detection cycles in which light is detected after scanning by a polygon mirror, measure an interval between a detection timing of the light and an output timing at which a drive signal input to the drive motor of the polygon mirror first after the detection timing, is output; and an identification processing portion configured to identify a reference reflection surface that corresponds to a reference interval, based on the measured interval and the reference interval corresponding to a specific speed at a time when the measured interval was measured, the reference interval being among reference intervals that have been set in advance for each of the specific speeds.

Abstract: A method of printing a decoration on a substrate include inkjet printing a plurality of inks to forma layer having a predetermined pattern on a surface of the substrate, wherein each of the inks includes a solvent and has a different color; heating the substrate to evaporate at least a portion of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks; and thermally curing the layer after evaporating at least the portion of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks to form the decoration. The substrate is heated to a temperature that evaporates at least the portion of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks without fully curing the plurality of inks. A boiling point of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks is within 10° C. of each other.

Abstract: A liquid discharge system includes a pretreatment execution device to perform pretreatment on a medium and a liquid discharge head to discharge liquid onto the medium based on image information on an image to be output. The liquid discharge system further includes circuitry configured to control a manner of the pretreatment based on the image information.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a recording section which is provided over a transport passage for transporting a sheet in a transport direction and which has nozzles for discharging an ink onto the sheet; a platen which is provided under the recording section with the transport passage intervening therebetween and which has a plurality of ribs provided to support the sheet while being separated from each other in a widthwise direction of the transport passage perpendicular to the transport direction, the respective ribs protruding upwardly and extending in the transport direction; and a plurality of holding members which are provided to be positioned between the plurality of ribs in the widthwise direction of the transport passage over the platen on an upstream side in the transport direction from the nozzles and which abut against an upper surface of the sheet and press the sheet toward the platen.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a sheet includes a recording section which records the image on the sheet in a transport passage for transporting the sheet in a transport direction and multiple plates which are spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction. These multiple plates include a first type of plate and a second type of plate. Plates of a first type of plate are configured to overlap a sheet when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction and the widthwise direction, while plates of the second type of plate do not.

Abstract: A heated roller, in particular for a textile printer, comprising: a pair of stationary supports, an elongated tubular element located between said stationary supports and rotatably carried by said stationary supports about a longitudinal axis, a stationary infrared lamp extending inside said tubular element and having opposite ends supported by said stationary supports, a lamp support device extending between said stationary supports inside said tubular element and supporting the infrared lamp between said stationary supports, and an elastic device which applies an elastic tension to said lamp support device between said stationary supports in the direction of said longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An example of the claim method includes, in response to detecting a rejected media unit, directing a media feed path towards a reject area. The method includes depositing the rejected media unit into the reject area. The reject area is defined by a cassette surface on a body of the ribbon cassette. The ribbon cassette is unable to be removed from the media processing device until the rejected media unit is removed from the cassette surface.