Abstract: Provided is a recording head including: a recording element; a delay circuit including a delay element and configured to supply a clock signal from a main body unit of a recording apparatus to the delay element; and a logical sum (OR) element configured to generate a clock state signal based on a logical sum of the clock signal and output from each delay element. The recording head detects a defect in the clock signal transmitted from the main body unit to the recording head based on the clock state signal, and sets the recording element to a disable state when a defect is detected in the clock signal.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: an installation case receiving a cartridge including a first liquid chamber; a tank including a second liquid chamber; and a controller configured to: when the cartridge is installed in the installation case, determine a liquid amount Vs of liquid stored in the second liquid chamber based on an outflow amount of liquid flowed out from the cartridge toward the tank and a discharge liquid amount for performing image recording of unit recording area; when the liquid amount Vs reaches a first threshold, determine a first recording speed as a recording speed; when the liquid amount Vs does not reach the first threshold, determine a second recording speed slower than the first recording speed as the recording speed; and perform the image recording of unit recording area at the determined recording speed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for controlling aerosol streams being deposited onto a substrate via pneumatic shuttering. The aerosol stream is surrounded and focused by an annular co-flowing sheath gas in the print head of the apparatus. A boost gas flows to a vacuum pump during printing of the aerosol. A valve adds the boost gas to the sheath gas at the appropriate time, and a portion of the two gases is deflected in a direction opposite to the aerosol flow direction to at least partially prevent the aerosol from passing through the deposition nozzle. Some or all of the aerosol is combined with that portion of the boost gas and sheath gas and is exhausted from the print head. By precisely balancing the flows into and out of the print head, maintaining the flow rates of the aerosol and sheath gas approximately constant, and keeping the boost gas flowing during both printing and shuttering, the transition time between printing and partial or full shuttering of the aerosol stream is minimized.

Abstract: There is disclosed a non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor and comprising instructions to: control print apparatus to print a test pattern 11 on a test region of a print medium 4; receive test data relating to the test pattern 11 printed on the print medium 4 from a sensor 8; analyse the test data with reference to baseline data to determine if the test pattern 11 satisfies a print quality criterion; output an instruction to operate the print apparatus in a first mode, in which a pre-printing treatment is not applied to the print medium, in response to determining that the test pattern 11 satisfies the print quality criterion, the pre-printing treatment comprising wiping a printing surface of the print medium with a wiper element 10, 20; and output an instruction to operate the print apparatus in a second mode, in which the pre-printing treatment is applied to the print medium 4, in response to determining that the test pattern 11 satisfies the print qualit

Abstract: There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device capable of improving the ejection stability. The head chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves each filled with liquid, a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes individually communicated with the plurality of ejection grooves, and a cover plate having a through hole through which the liquid flows into and/or from the ejection groove, and a wall part adapted to cover the ejection groove. A flow channel of the liquid in a part adapted to communicate the through hole and the ejection groove with each other includes a principal flow channel section, and an expanded flow channel section provided to the wall part, and adapted to increase a cross-sectional area of the flow channel.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid jet head capable of enhancing the operation reliability. The liquid jet head is provided with an actuator plate having conductivity and a plurality of channels filled with liquid, a nozzle plate having conductivity which is electrically insulated from the actuator plate, and has a plurality of nozzle holes from which the liquid filled in the plurality of channels is jetted, a base having conductivity adapted to support each of the actuator plate and the nozzle plate, and a protective member having conductivity, adapted to cover at least a part of a surface of the nozzle plate in an area where the plurality of nozzle holes is not disposed on a side from which the liquid is jetted, and electrically connected to each of the nozzle plate and the base.

Abstract: There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device capable of enhancing the reliability. The head chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure is a head chip adapted to jet liquid including an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves arranged side by side along a first direction, and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of common electrodes formed on respective inner surfaces of the plurality of ejection grooves, and a commonalization interconnection adapted to electrically connect the plurality of common electrodes to each other, and a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes individually communicated with the plurality of ejection grooves.

Abstract: There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device capable of enhancing the reliability. The head chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure is a head chip adapted to jet liquid including an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves and a plurality of non-ejection grooves alternately arranged in parallel to each other along a first direction and each extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes individually communicated with the plurality of ejection grooves, and to be bonded to the actuator plate. The non-ejection grooves each partially open in a bonding surface of the actuator plate with the nozzle plate.

Abstract: There are provided a liquid jet head and a liquid jet recording device capable of enhancing the reliability. A liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the disclosure is a liquid jet head adapted to jet a liquid including an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves each filled with the liquid, and a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes individually communicated with the respective ejection grooves, formed so as to have a profile smaller than a profile of the actuator plate, and bonded to the actuator plate so as to cover the plurality of ejection grooves, wherein a predetermined mark with which a position of the nozzle plate with respect to the actuator plate is checked is formed in an area outside a part corresponding to an outer periphery of the nozzle plate on a bonding surface of the actuator plate with the nozzle plate.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid jet head capable of obtaining an excellent jet characteristic.

Abstract: Provided herein are a jet hole plate, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording apparatus that can achieve a long life. A jet hole plate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a jet hole plate for use in a liquid jet head. The jet hole plate includes a metal substrate provided with a plurality of jet holes. In the metal substrate, an average crystal grain size in outlet edges of the jet holes is smaller than that in surrounding regions around the outlet edges.

Abstract: A channel structure includes a channel is formed in a channel member and a plurality of openings that allow the channel to communicate with an outside. The plurality of openings are closed by respective lid members. At least one of the lid members that closes at least one of the plurality of openings has air permeability.

Abstract: In example implementations, an apparatus with an interposer is provided. The apparatus may include an epoxy molded compound (EMC). A print head die and a drive integrated circuit (IC) may be embedded in the EMC. An interposer may also be embedded in the EMC. The print head die, the drive IC and the interposer may be wire bonded within the EMC.

Abstract: A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device capable of achieving the miniaturization while enhancing the reliability are provided. The head chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves arranged side by side in a first direction, a plurality of non-ejection grooves arranged side by side along the first direction, and individual electrodes respectively formed in the plurality of non-ejection grooves, a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes individually communicated with the plurality of ejection grooves, and a cover plate adapted to cover the actuator plate. The cover plate has interconnection connecting sections respectively disposed in end part areas along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and adapted to electrically connect a plurality of individual interconnections electrically connected to the individual electrodes to an interconnection board outside the head chip.

Abstract: In an MEMS device, in a Z direction that is a direction in which a first core portion, a plurality of first bump wiring, and a plurality of first individual wiring are laminated, a width between the first core portion and a wiring substrate is wider than a maximum particle diameter of solid particles contained in an adhesive, and a width between a first wiring and a second wiring and a width between a third wiring and a fourth wiring are wider than the maximum particle diameter of the solid particles.

Abstract: A MEMS device which includes an adhesive which adheres a first substrate and a second substrate to each other, in which a first space which includes an electrode, an individual electrode, a common electrode, a bump electrode, and a piezoelectric element and which is configured as a closed space which is isolated from an atmosphere by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the adhesive is disposed in a space between the first substrate and the second substrate, and in which a second space which does not include any of the electrode, the individual electrode, the common electrode, the bump electrode, or the piezoelectric element and which communicates with the atmosphere due to a through-hole which penetrates at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate is disposed in the space between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: Provided herein are a jet hole plate, a liquid jet head, a liquid jet recording apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a jet hole plate that can achieve a long life. A jet hole plate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a jet hole plate for use in a liquid jet head. The jet hole plate includes a metal substrate having provided therein a plurality of jet holes. The metal substrate has a principal surface having outlets for the jet holes. The principal surface has a surface roughness (arithmetic mean roughness Ra) that is smaller in outlet edge regions of the jet holes than in surrounding regions around the outlet edge regions.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method for manufacturing a jet hole plate that can improve ejection stability and head durability. A method for manufacturing a jet hole plate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a punching step of pressing a first principal surface of a metal substrate with a punch to form an indentation in the first principal surface, and to form a raised portion in a second principal surface of the metal substrate at a position opposite to the indentation; a first polishing step of removing the raised portion by mechanical polishing to penetrate the metal substrate at the indentation to thereby form a jet hole; and a second polishing step of polishing at least one of the first principal surface and the second principal surface of the metal substrate by chemical polishing, electrolytic polishing, or chemical-mechanical polishing.

Abstract: In an example, a printhead maintenance apparatus includes a pump, a current monitor and processing circuitry. The pump may be provided to increase a pressure in a printhead, and the current monitor may monitor a current consumption of the pump. The processing circuitry may determine a rate of change of current consumption of the pump, and compare the rate of change of current consumption to a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A print head monitoring system includes a fly-by spitting station, the fly-by spitting station receiving droplet of printing agent from a print head when the print head passes over the fly-by spitting station, and a drop detector which is located at the fly-by spitting station.

Abstract: There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device capable of improving the ejection stability. The head chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves filled with liquid, and a plurality of non-ejection grooves not filled with the liquid, a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes individually communicated with the plurality of ejection grooves while not being communicated with the plurality of non-ejection grooves, a cover plate having a plurality of through holes adapted to respectively fill the plurality of ejection grooves with the liquid, and adapted to close the plurality of non-ejection grooves, and a communication mechanism adapted to communicate an outside of the head chip and the plurality of non-ejection grooves with each other via an opening part exposed to the outside of the head chip.

Abstract: There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device capable of enhancing the reliability. The head chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves arranged side by side along a first direction, and first common electrodes respectively formed in the ejection grooves, a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes individually communicated with the plurality of ejection grooves, and a cover plate adapted to cover the actuator plate. The cover plate has a wall part adapted to cover the plurality of ejection grooves.

Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a head unit including nozzles; a cap which covers the nozzles in a state of being in contact with the head unit at a capping position; and a cap movement device including a cam having a slide surface and a cam follower which is slid on the slide surface. One of the cam and the cam follower is provided integrally with the cap, and the other of the cam and the cam follower is moved in a slide direction. The slide surface includes a first inclined surface inclined by a first angle relative to the slide direction and a second inclined surface inclined by a second angle greater than the first angle relative to the slide direction.

Abstract: In an inkjet printing apparatus, a controller causes a scanner to read an image formed on an original in response to reception of a copy instruction and generates image data representing the read image. The controller determines a standby period in response to reception of the copy instruction. In response to elapse of the standby period since the reception of the copy instruction, the controller separates a cap and an inkjet head. After the cap and the inkjet head separated each other and completion of reading at least part of the image on the original, the controller causes the recording head to eject ink droplets based on the image data.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printhead having an ejection orifice surface on which ejection orifices for ejecting ink are arranged, where the printhead performs a printing operation in a printing area; a carriage including the printhead, and movable in a first direction; a cap for covering the ejection orifice surface; and a wiper that wipes the ejection orifice surface. The cap is movable, by a movement of the carriage, to a first position, and to a second position farther from the printing area along the first direction. At the second position, the cap can rise and lower to a capping position at which the cap abuts the ejection orifice surface, and to a separated position at which the cap does not abut the ejection orifice surface. The wiper wipes the ejection orifice surface when the cap is at the second position and at the separated position.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus capable of suppressing ink from remaining on a nozzle surface. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit 16 capable of ejecting a liquid from a nozzle 27 provided in a nozzle surface 22a of a nozzle plate 22, an anchoring plate 17 in which the head unit 16 is anchored and that is provided with an opening region 17a that exposes the nozzle surface 22, and a wiper member 12 that wipes an anchoring plate exposed-surface 17b located on the opposite side of the head unit 16 of the anchoring plate 17 and the nozzle surface 22a. When an angle of contact between the nozzle surface 22a and the liquid is taken as ?n, an angle of contact between the anchoring plate exposed-surface 17b and the liquid is taken as ?s, and an angle of contact between the wiper member 12 and the liquid is taken as ?w, the relationship ?n>?s>?w>90° is fulfilled.

Abstract: In one example, a container includes expandable and contractible air free interior volumes joined by a passage through which liquid may pass from one volume to another volume, an inlet different from the passage through which liquid may enter into one of the volumes, and an outlet different from the passage through which liquid may leave another of the volumes.

Abstract: A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer.

Abstract: An electronic data storage device for use with a cartridge for storing and dispending liquid for use with an inkjet printer, the electronic data storage device storing printing data, wherein the printing data comprises at least one of: liquid density data, liquid conductivity data, recirculation data, and printer geometry data.

Abstract: An ink container for photo-curable ink is disclosed, comprising a plurality of walls, the walls forming a closed space to be filled with UV photo-curable ink; the walls are non-transparent filter plates, but have light transmittance property, in a color scheme of yellow or orange, i.e., hue number of 3-8 in the PCCS hue circle, able to shield off the UV, the light transmittance property of the walls allows observing liquid level inside the ink container after filling with the UV photo-curable ink.

Abstract: An image-recording apparatus includes a cartridge including a first storage chamber, a tank including a second storage chamber, a recording portion, a detected portion, a detector, and a wall portion. Liquid supplied from the first storage chamber to the second storage chamber through an inlet port is supplied from the second storage chamber to the recording portion through an outlet port. The wall portion partitions an internal space of the second storage chamber into a first region including the liquid inlet port and a second region including the detected portion. The wall portion extends upward than the liquid inlet port and the detected portion and downward than the liquid inlet port and the detected portion. Communication between the first region and the second region is allowed through upper and lower communication portions. The upper communication portion is positioned upward than the liquid inlet port and the detected portion.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid tank in which air bubbles are less likely to remain in a valve mechanism provided in an on-carriage-type liquid tank. The liquid tank has a liquid supply portion, a first liquid chamber, a second liquid chamber that can contain the liquid to be supplied to the first liquid chamber, and a valve mechanism that is arranged between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber, and the valve mechanism has, inside an exterior wall constituting the valve mechanism, a channel member, a biasing member, a valve body, and a rod from an upstream side of flow of the liquid in the stated order, the channel member is provided inside the biasing member, and includes a first channel in which the liquid can pass, and the exterior wall and the biasing member form a second channel through which the liquid can pass therebetween.

Abstract: A degassing device can include one or more passive components, such as a gas-permeable membrane. The passive components may not directly be monitored. The state (e.g. the permeability) of the passive components may be reliably determined via evaluation of pressure information with regard to the pressure (e.g. negative pressure) in the degassing device.

Abstract: There is provided an inkjet recording device including an inkjet head provided with a nozzle(s); an ink supplier which supplies ink to the inkjet head; a driver which performs a driving operation to cause pressure variation of ink; and a controller. The inkjet head includes: a common flow path in which supplied ink to the inkjet head flows; a filter provided in the common flow path; an individual flow path(s) respectively feeding ink having passed the filter to each of the nozzles; and a first discharge port from which ink in the common flow path is discharged. In a bubble discharging operation of ink, the controller causes the ink supplier to supply ink with a pressure which allows ink to leak out from the nozzles, while causing the driver to perform a predetermined driving operation, so that ink is discharged from the first discharge port.

Abstract: Ink sets comprising an ink set A which comprises a yellow ink, a magenta ink, a cyan ink, and a black ink and an ink set B which comprises at least two inks selected from among an orange ink, a green ink, a violet ink, and a blue ink. In the ink set B, the orange ink contains an orange pigment having a cyclic structure and a basic moiety in the cyclic structure, the green ink contains a green pigment having a copper phthalocyanine structure, and the violet ink contains a violet pigment having a dioxazine skeleton. The inks included in the ink set A and ink set B each contain, as a gellant, at last one compound selected from among compounds represented by R1-CO—R2 (general formula (G1)) and compounds represented by R3-COO—R4 (general formula (G2)). In the general formulae (G1) and (G2), R1 to R4 each independently represent a C9-25 chain hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A printing device comprises a droplet generator for generating a droplet of printing fluid, a droplet detector for detecting a generated droplet of printing fluid, and a controller. The droplet detector is moveable along an axis. The controller is to cause the droplet detector to be positioned at a known location along the axis, cause the droplet generator to generate a droplet, receive a measurement signal from the droplet detector, and determine a location of the droplet generator based on the received measurement signal and the known location.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to detect if an authorized thermal print head (TPH) has been installed in a specific model or manufacturer printer are provided. The method provides a system to check the resistivity or impedance value at the TPH side, either upon printer boot-up or during printing operation. During printing operation, the impedance measurement may be executed for a time period at a fixed periodicity and/or one or more events. Based on the impedance measurement, the printer may determine that the impedance value matches the authorized TPH range value. In a case of non-matching impedance values or change of impedance values, the printer may prevent printing operation until an authorized TPH is installed.

Abstract: A thermal printer has a thermal head with multiple heat elements for printing on roll paper; a measurer that measures heat element resistance; printer memory storing a resistance evaluation table relating the resistance of the heat elements to heat element defect levels defined based on a specific range of reflectivity in the symbol image; and an evaluator that references the resistance evaluation table stored in printer memory, acquires a defect level based on the resistance measured by the measurer, and evaluates the defect state of the thermal head based on the defect level of a consecutively adjacent count of heat elements.

Abstract: A method for thermosetting printed fabrics, comprising: providing a heated roller rotatable about a rotation axis and having a cylindrical outer surface, advancing a printed fabric in contact with the cylindrical outer surface of the heated roller, wherein the heated roller is rotated with a peripheral speed different from the speed of the fabric.

Abstract: The printing apparatus performs inkjet printing and includes an inkjet head that ejects ink to a medium, and an ultraviolet irradiator that irradiates the ink on the medium with ultraviolet light so as to heat the ink. The ink contains solvents. The solvents include a low-boiling solvent and a high-boiling solvent having a higher boiling point than the other, and the ink contains 20 wt. % or more of the low-boiling solvent and 20 wt. % or more of the high-boiling solvent. In at least part of a duration of time until the solvents in the ink are completely evaporated, an energy line irradiator irradiates the ink on the medium with an energy line, so that a temperature of the ink on the medium increases to a degree higher than or equal to the boiling point of the low-boiling solvent and lower than the boiling point of the high-boiling solvent.

Abstract: A solid blanket receives a flood layer of very thin (e.g., about 10 ?m or less) image receiving UV curable coating, which may be a clear, substantially clear, or tinted UV ink. A lower viscosity digital ink image may then be printed on top of the flood layer, for example by jetting UV ink on top of the flood layer. The lower viscosity UV digital ink sits on top of the thicker UV curable coating and maintains its location by surface tension interaction with the coating. The combination of ink and coating is then partially cured to a tacky state at which point it is transferred to print media via a conformable pressure nip. Since the lower viscosity jetted inks are not responsible for directly wetting the media, media latitude widens greatly. Further, no dampening fluid or fountain solution is needed to aid the transfer or the imaging.

Abstract: Panels having a decorative surface may include a substrate and a top layer, and the top layer may include a paper layer having a printed pattern. A method for manufacturing such panels may involve providing the paper layer with a treatment that includes providing the paper layer with an ink receiving substance, and providing the treated paper layer with at least a portion of the printed pattern. The printed paper layer may be provided with thermosetting resin. Providing the portion of the printed pattern may involve depositing pigment containing inks on the treated paper layer using a digital inkjet printer. The printed pattern may be provided in a single continuous relative movement of the paper layer with respect to the digital inkjet printer. The pigments may be color pigments. The digital inkjet printer may include print heads with nozzles for firing droplets of the pigment containing inks onto the treated paper layer.

Abstract: A unit for thermosetting printed fabrics, comprising: a heated roller rotatable about a rotation axis and having a cylindrical outer surface, at least one fabric guiding element having an inner wall facing the cylindrical outer surface of the heated roller and defining a gap with the cylindrical outer surface of the heated roller for passing the fabric, wherein said at least one fabric guiding element has a fume suction chamber connected to a suction device, and wherein said inner wall has a plurality of holes communicating with said suction chamber.

Abstract: A printer includes a recording unit which performs recording on paper, an discharge portion which discharges the paper after the recording by the recording unit, a first paper discharge tray on which the paper which is discharge from the discharge portion is placed, and a retainer which includes a plurality of retaining portions which retains the paper toward the first paper discharge tray on a downstream in a medium discharge direction of the discharge portion, in which the plurality of retaining portions includes a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion which retains closer to an upstream in the medium discharge direction than a retaining position of the first retaining portion.

Abstract: A printing suction system for a printer can include at least one print bar with at least one print head, and at least one suction device arranged in proximity to an underside of the print bar thereby forming a gap through which a recording medium that can be printed to by the print bar can be directed. The suction device can extend along at least a portion (or the entire) width of the print bar. The section device can generate a suction pressure based on a suction pressure profile to suction and smooth the recording medium.

Abstract: There is provided an inkjet recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a head unit, an attachment member, a fixing member, and a support member. The conveyance unit conveys a recording medium on an outer circumferential curved surface of a cylindrical conveyance drum rotating around a cylindrical shaft. The relative position of the attachment member to the cylindrical shaft is fixed. The head unit has a nozzle ejecting ink and is attached to the attachment member such that the outer circumferential curved surface faces an opening of the nozzle across a predetermined relative distance. The fixing member fixes a fixing portion in the head unit to the attachment member. The fixing portion is between a center of gravity of the head unit and the cylindrical shaft. The support member supports the fixed head unit by applying force which disturbs rotation of the head unit.

Abstract: A printing control device is for a printing unit that is capable of adjusting a gap g between a recording head and a platen and performs main scanning to move the recording head in the main scanning direction with respect to the print substrate and sub-scanning to move the print substrate in a sub-scanning direction relative to the recording head. The printing control device includes a sub-scanning control unit that controls sub-scanning so that a first sub-scanning distance in a case in which the gap g is a first gap is shorter than a second sub-scanning distance in a case in which the gap g is a second gap broader than the first gap, in the sub scanning which corresponds to pseudo-band printing scheme and which is sub-scanning of a longer distance than a pitch of the nozzles of the nozzle line in the sub-scanning direction.

Abstract: A printing apparatus performs printing on a sheet including adhesive label paper and includes a thermal head configured to perform printing on the sheet using heat, a platen roller which is positioned to face the thermal head, and configured to rotate to transport the sheet when the sheet is interposed between the thermal head and the platen roller, a heating unit configured to heat the thermal head, an output device, and a controller. The controller is configured to operate in a cleaning mode, in which the controller causes the thermal head to be heated to a predetermined temperature at which glue of the label paper is softened while the platen roller is in contact with the thermal head and rotating without transporting any sheet, and controls the output device to indicate that the thermal head has been heated up to the predetermined temperature and is ready for cleaning.

Abstract: A multi-layer label assembly apparatus. A label printing apparatus, a label dispensing mechanism, and a receptacle affixed to the label printing apparatus in a position adjacent the label dispensing mechanism are provided.

Abstract: Examples described herein include method for calibrating LED modules in a curing engine. The method of calibrating UV curing modules includes receiving an uncured calibration image and initiating a curing operation that includes operating the curing modules according to a plurality of corresponding initial power level settings to apply radiant energy to the uncured calibration image to generate a cured calibration image. The method further includes receiving user input or information about an image characteristic of the cured calibration image from a user. The method then includes analyzing the user input to generate adjustments to the corresponding initial power level settings, and then applying the adjustments to the corresponding initial power level settings to generate a plurality of corresponding adjusted power level settings.