Abstract: An ink-jet head driving circuit includes: PMOS transistors each of which has an Nwell area, a drain terminal and a source terminal, the PMOS transistors connected to a piezoelectric element for jetting ink from a nozzle; and an NMOS transistor connected to the drain terminals of the PMOS transistors. The source terminals and Nwell areas of the PMOS transistors are connected respectively to power sources, and voltage of one of the power sources connected to the Nwell area of each of the PMOS transistors is equal to or higher than the highest voltage of the power sources connected to the source terminals of the PMOS transistors.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes a housing, an ejecting unit located in the housing that ejects liquid onto a medium, and a display unit that displays a recommended condition of an installation environment where a device is installed. The display unit displays, as the recommended condition, any of (a) a recommended temperature condition indicating a recommended temperature range, (b) a recommended relative humidity condition indicating a recommended relative humidity range, (c) a recommended absolute humidity condition indicating a recommended absolute humidity range, and (d) a recommended temperature condition and a recommended absolute humidity condition.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes: an ejecting section group that includes a plurality of ejecting sections that can eject a liquid droplet having different sizes upon application of a drive signal, the plurality of ejecting sections including a first ejecting section and a second ejecting section; and an ejection selection section that selects an ejecting section to which the drive signal is applied from the ejecting section group in response to an ejection selection signal, the ejection selection signal including: a first ejecting section bit data group consisting of a plurality of pieces of first ejecting section control bit data including first ejecting section first control bit data and first ejecting section second control bit data that control the size of the liquid droplet to be ejected from the first ejecting section; and a second ejecting section bit data group consisting of a plurality of pieces of second ejecting section control bit data including second ejecting section first control bit data and

Abstract: A conductive wire disposed in a layer is described. An example apparatus includes a die including a silicon layer and a first layer coupled to the silicon layer. The example apparatus a conductive wire disposed in the first layer adjacent a perimeter of a location at which a fluid feed slot is to be formed in the silicon layer. The conductive wire has an electrical characteristic that corresponds to whether the fluid feed slot is defective.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head substrate including: a substrate; a liquid ejection element that generates liquid ejection energy on the substrate; and an electrode pad that is electrically connected to the liquid ejection element, in which the electrode pad includes a barrier metal layer and a bonding layer on the barrier metal layer, and an end side surface of the barrier metal layer is covered with a silicon-based film containing carbon.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a material ejector (e.g., print head) geometry having alignment of material inlet channels in-line with microchannels, symmetrically disposed in a propellant flow, to obtain smooth, well-controlled, trajectories in a ballistic aerosol ejection implementation. Propellant (e.g., pressurized air) is supplied from above and below (or side-by-side) a microchannel array plane. Obviating sharp (e.g., 90 degree) corners permits propellant to flow smoothly from macroscopic source into the microchannels.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid jet head and a liquid jet recording device capable of increasing available ink types. The liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves, a nozzle plate having nozzle holes communicated with the ejection grooves, and a nozzle guard having a rib adapted to support the nozzle plate, and a communication hole adapted to communicate each of the first nozzle holes and an outside with each other. The rib has contact with the nozzle plate at a position which fails to be opposed to an opening on the nozzle plate side of each of the ejection grooves.

Abstract: An inkjet head includes: an ink ejector in which an opening of a nozzle is provided in an ink ejection surface, and which includes an actuating element that performs an operation for ejecting ink; a wiring board that is provided with a circuit wiring electrically connected to the actuating element, and is disposed in a direction crossing the ink election surface on a side opposite to the ink ejection surface of the ink ejector; an exterior member that covers the ink ejector and the wiring board while exposing the ink ejection surface of the ink ejector and a part of the wiring board; and a wiring cable that is attached to a connection terminal disposed in an area exposed front the exterior member on one surface of the wiring board so as to be electrically connected to the circuit wiring.

Abstract: In an ink jet recording head including an electric wiring substrate having an electric contact terminal for receiving an electric signal from an ink jet apparatus, an electric wiring tape which electrically connects the electric wiring substrate and a recording element substrate to each other, and an adhesive sheet which fixes the electric wiring substrate and the electric wiring tape to each other, the electric wiring tape and the electric wiring substrate are fixed to each other with the adhesive sheet containing a polyester resin and an epoxy resin.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser may include fluid dispensing dies in an end-to-end staggered arrangement, a non-fluid dispensing die electronic device and a molding covering the fluid dispensing dies and the electronic device.

Abstract: An inkjet printer is configured with capping stations for storing printheads in the printer during periods of printer inactivity so the viscosity of the ink in the nozzles of the inkjets of the printheads does not increase significantly. Each capping station has a printhead receptacle that encloses a volume, a planar member configured to move between a first position at which the planar member is located within the printhead receptacle and a second position at which the planar member is external of the printhead receptacle, a first actuator operatively connected to the planar member, the first actuator being configured to move the planar member from the first position to the second position, and a controller configured to operate the first actuator to move the planar member from the first position to the second position to mate the planar member with a face of a printhead.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink container in which ink to be used to perform printing on a print target is stored, a nozzle which is connected to the ink container and from which pressurized and supplied ink is jetted, charging electrodes that charge ink particles jetted from the nozzle with electricity, deflecting electrodes that polarize the ink particles charged with electricity by the charging electrodes, a gutter that recovers ink not used for printing, a solvent container in which a solvent is stored, and a liquid nozzle which is connected to the solvent container and from which a pressurized and supplied solvent is jetted. The liquid nozzle includes a liquid flow passage portion that extends from the nozzle in a direction of the gutter, and a liquid jet hole that is formed at an angle allowing the pressurized and supplied solvent to hit the nozzle through the liquid flow passage portion.

Abstract: A print module including: a cradle having a longitudinal cavity; an elongate printhead assembly positioned in the longitudinal cavity; and a supply assembly slidably movable relative to the cradle along an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the printhead assembly, the supply assembly having one or more ink couplings for fluidic connection to a printhead of the printhead assembly. The cradle includes a fixed limiter configured for abutment with a reaction plate of the printhead assembly so as to limit movement of the printhead assembly during movement of the supply assembly away from the printhead assembly.

Abstract: An example print cartridge (10) is described including a body component (15), a hollow tube (30) extending through the body component and visible on a portion of a surface (20, 25) of the body component, and a touch sensor (45) exposed on the surface (20) of the body component (15).

Abstract: A printer includes a cartridge is mounted in a cartridge holder, an needle-tube having an ink flow path, an protrusion disposed around the needle-tube as viewed from an axial direction of the needle-tube, and an elastic-member configured to be deformed in a direction from a tip end to a base end of the needle-tube, in which the elastic-member changes a relative positional relationship between a tip end position of the needle-tube and a tip end position of the protrusion from a first state in which the tip end position of the protrusion is located further away from the base end of the needle-tube than is the tip end position of the needle-tube, to a second state in which the tip end position of the protrusion is closer to the base end of the needle-tube than is the tip end position of the needle-tube upon being deformed by an external force.

Abstract: A method of authenticating a consumable or detachable element of a continuous inkjet printer comprising: the controller of the printer generating a 1st item of random information that is dispatched to an authentication circuit of the element; encrypting the 1st item of information by the authentication circuit using a 1st encryption algorithm and a 1st secret key to form a 1st item of encrypted random information; dispatching the 1st item of information to the controller; encrypting the 1st item of information by the controller using a 2nd encryption algorithm and a 2nd secret key to form a 2nd item of encrypted random information; comparing the 1st item of encrypted random information with the 2nd encrypted item of random information to authenticate the consumable element; and if the consumable element is authenticated, dispatching at least one part of a 3rd key, termed the shared key, by the element to the printer.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a tank having an ink chamber and formed with an inlet; a recording head; a display configured to display a screen; and a controller configured to control the recording head and the display. The tank has an outer wall. At least a portion of the outer wall allows the ink stored in the ink chamber to be visible from an outside. The recording head is configured to eject the ink stored in the ink chamber to record an image on a sheet. The controller is further configured to periodically execute a first notification process to control the display to display a first notification screen when the quantity of ink stored in the ink chamber is not less than a residual ink threshold. The first notification screen prompts a user to check the quantity of ink stored in the ink chamber.

Abstract: An example printing cartridge includes a fluid container, a plurality of sensing locations in thermal contact with the fluid container, a voltage comparator to output time-based information based on a comparison of a sensed voltage generated at a selected sensing location of the plurality of sensing locations to a threshold voltage, the time-based information representative of whether a fluid is present at a fluid level associated with the selected sensing location, and a counter to convert the time-based information to a digital code based on a number of clock cycles.

Abstract: The liquid discharge device starts executing an initial process of discharging the liquid, based on determining that a low level signal is received after receiving a high level signal from an installation sensor and that a low level signal is received after receiving a high level signal from a liquid level sensor.

Abstract: A liquid supplying apparatus includes a support table on which a container for storing liquid can be placed, a liquid flow path detachably connected to the container, a movable section configured to push up the container placed on the support table. A force of the movable section pushing up the container is smaller than a weight of the container at full capacity. As the residual amount of liquid decreases, the container placed on the support table is pushed up by the movable section and displaced while remaining connected to the liquid flow path.

Abstract: Inkjet recording is performed by using an inkjet recording apparatus including an ink circulation channel for circulating a first ink, an ink supply channel for supplying a second ink into the ink circulation channel, and a recording head communicating with the ink circulation channel. The apparatus is configured to eject an aqueous ink including the first ink and the second ink from the recording head, thereby recording an image on a recording medium. The content (% by mass) of water in the first ink and the content (% by mass) of water in the second ink differ from each other by 2.00% by mass or more. The first ink contains a pigment, and the second ink contains a first water-soluble organic solvent having a log P value of ?1.10 or more and a surfactant.

Abstract: A liquid circulation device includes a housing having an outlet and an inlet, a circulation unit configured to convey liquid out of the housing through the outlet and recover liquid into the housing through the inlet, a liquid supplying unit configured to supply liquid into the housing, an air conveying unit configured to convey air into and out of the housing, a level detecting unit configured to detect a level of the liquid in the housing, a pressure sensing unit configured to detect a pressure of the air in the housing, and a control unit configured to control a pressure of the liquid in the housing by controlling the liquid supplying unit or the air conveying unit, based on the level and the pressure of the air.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and an image recording apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of banding and color unevenness without productivity decrease. Different types of nozzle jetting rates are reflected in image data of each of a first color and a second color that are two different plural colors to perform conversion of a gradation value of each pixel, and halftone processing is performed with respect to the converted image data. A first nozzle jetting rate to be reflected in a gradation value of the first color is set so that a nozzle jetting rate of an end part nozzle at each of both end parts of a nozzle row is suppressed to be smaller than a nozzle jetting rate of a central nozzle. A second nozzle jetting rate to be reflected in a gradation value of the second color has a smaller difference between the nozzle jetting rate of the end part nozzle and the nozzle jetting rate of the central nozzle compared with the first nozzle jetting rate.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an isotropic structural colour printing process is provided. The process comprising (a) providing an ink composition comprising ink particles (such as polymeric particles (e.g. polystyrene), metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) (e.g. ZIF-8)) in a liquid reagent; and (b) depositing the ink composition onto a surface of a substrate (e.g. anodic aluminium oxide membrane, photo papers). Due to capillary action and/or absorption of the liquid reagent, the ink particles form an amorphous arrangement of structures that lead to isotropic structural colour. In the preferred embodiment, the ink particles may further be coated with a catechol group (such as polydopamine). An apparatus for detecting a target substance in the gaseous phase, wherein the apparatus comprises a nanostructure capable of exhibiting a change in isotropic structural colour when one or more molecules of the target substance are entrapped as an indication that the target substance is present, is also provided.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a rotary member that rotates in a rotational direction; a first head unit that is disposed along a circumferential surface of the rotary member and ejects a first liquid; and a second head unit that ejects a second liquid whose property of attacking an organic material is stronger than the first liquid, in which an angle which an ejection surface of the second head unit forms with a horizontal plane is smaller than an angle which an ejection surface of the first head unit forms with the horizontal plane.

Abstract: A printing system includes: a movable printing device; a control unit; and a device moving unit that is configured to move the movable printing device, the movable printing device includes a thermal head and a ribbon transport unit, the control unit is configured to: execute print operation control including: device position control; ribbon transport control; and head print control; execute, when a print stop command is received, print stop control; execute, when a print resume command is received after a start of execution of the print stop control, the print resume control, and execute, when predetermined information is received after the start of execution of the print stop control, reset control of causing the device moving unit to move the movable printing device to a reference position, causing the ribbon transport unit to transport the ink ribbon by a predetermined amount and then restarting the print operation control.

Abstract: A level change point detection section detects a level change point, at which an output level switches, in a first position detection signal Ens1 generated by an encoder or a second position detection signal obtained by increasing the resolution of the Ens1. Each time a predetermined number of level change points is detected, an energization timing determination section determines the timing, at which the predetermined number of level change points have been detected, to be an energization timing for the thermal head.

Abstract: An example system includes a stacking portion having a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion, the stacking portion being to receive print media transported into the stacking portion in a direction from the trailing edge portion to the leading edge portion; a bar clamp extending longitudinally in the direction of transport of the print media; and a driver arrangement to selectively extend the bar clamp onto the stacking portion and to retract the bar clamp away from the stacking portion.

Abstract: An inkjet printing system may include an inkjet printing device, a print media finishing device, and a conditioner selectively coupled within a housing of the print media finishing device and in alignment with a print media exit of the inkjet printing device where the conditioner includes a number of heated pressure rollers to condition the print media prior to introduction into the print media finishing device.

Abstract: In one example, an output tension zone can include a first tension roller assembly to receive partially dried inkjet media at an output of a heated pressure roller, wherein the first tension roller assembly includes a first continuous roller to receive a first side of the partially dried inkjet media and a second continuous roller to receive a second side of the partially dried inkjet media and a second tension roller assembly to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the first tension roller assembly, wherein the second tension roller assembly includes a third continuous roller to receive the first side of the partially dried inkjet media and a fourth continuous roller to receive the second side of the partially dried inkjet media.

Abstract: An aqueous treatment composition for ITM (Intermediate transfer member) of a printing system and a method of printing comprising the step of applying said treatment composition to the surface of an ITM, wherein said treatment composition comprising: at least 3% wt quaternary ammonium salt, at least 1% wt water soluble polymer, and at least 65% wt water. Also disclosed, a printing system comprising a an ITM and treatment station for forming a thin layer of liquid treatment formulation on the ITM surface.

Abstract: An image forming method is provided. The image forming method includes the process of discharging an ink onto a recording medium. The ink comprises a cross-linking agent reactive with an acidic group and a resin having the acidic group reactive with the cross-linking agent. The recording medium has the acidic group reactive with the cross-linking agent on a surface thereof.

Abstract: A method of operating a printer repetitively merges a purge sheet into a media stream of a job stream in the printer so the controller of the printer can operate inactive inkjets and eject ink onto the purge sheet to maintain the operational status of the inactive inkjets. The purge sheet has a width that is at least the maximum width of a print zone in the printer in the cross-process direction and a length that is less than a length of any media sheet in the job stream in the process direction. The purge sheet is diverted through a duplex path in the printer to repetitively merge the purge sheet into the media stream of the job stream to maintain the operational status of the inactive inkjets.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a first transport path through which a medium is transported in a first direction during recording, a second transport path through which the medium after the recording is transported along a path that is different from the first transport path in a second direction, a discharge roller pair that is disposed at a downstream position of the recording unit and that is configured to be displaced between a nipping position and a separation position, and a flap that is disposed downstream of the recording unit. When the following medium is transported on the first transport path, the preceding medium is transported on the second transport path, and the respective media are disposed at a position of the discharge roller pair at the same time, the discharge roller pair is disposed at the separation position, and the flap is disposed at an advanced position.

Abstract: A module, the module including: a first side, a second side, a top, and a bottom; an output port on the first side to feed medium to a side port of an imaging device; a communication port to communicate with the imaging device; and an intake port on the bottom of the module to receive medium from a first medium storage tray.

Abstract: Edge hold down (EHD) systems are described herein that enable high print quality to be achieved more consistently, particularly when using substrates that are rigid or include one or more defects. Each EHD system includes a tensioned band for holding down an edge of a substrate as it passes through a printer assembly without impacting the print area. The tensioned band can be affixed between an entry tension assembly and an exit tension assembly disposed downstream of the entry tension assembly in the media feed direction. The tensioned band holds the substrate substantially flat against a transfer belt during printing by applying pressure to the surface of the substrate. The tensioned band generally contacts the surface of the substrate substantially proximate to an outer edge that is parallel to the media feed direction.

Abstract: A printing method and a printing apparatus are provided. After ink droplets of a photocurable ink are landed on a print medium, a scan of applying a light to cure the ink droplets to form dots is performed alternately in a forward direction and a backward direction with respect to a predetermined unit region, and a time from landing to curing of the ink droplets onto the print medium differs between the forward direction and the backward direction. The printing method includes: providing the ink droplets that include: a large dot having a large amount of ink per droplet, and a small dot having a smaller amount of ink per droplet than that of the large dot; and controlling ejection of the ink droplets, such that number of passes when forming the large dot is greater than number of passes when forming the small dot, when forming a print image.

Abstract: A printer comprising a printhead configured to selectively cause a mark to be created on a substrate. The printer comprises in a stepper motor having an output shaft coupled to the printhead, the stepper motor being arranged to vary the position of the printhead relative to a printing surface against which printing is carried out, and to control the pressure exerted by the printhead on the printing surface. The printer further comprises a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an angular position of the output shaft of the stepper motor. The printer further comprises a controller arranged to generate control signals for the stepper motor so as to cause a predetermined torque to be generated by the stepper motor; said control signals being at least partially based upon an output of said sensor.

Abstract: A print element board includes a surface provided with a first side and a plurality of terminals arranged along the first side near the first side, in which an angle at a first peak located at a first end of the first side is smaller than an angle at a second peak located at a second end of the first side, and a printing element electrically connected with the terminals for recording. A distance between the first peak and a first terminal disposed closest to the first peak is longer than a distance between the second peak and a second terminal disposed closest to the second peak.

Abstract: The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head ejecting liquid in a first-direction and a transport unit transporting a medium in either a second-direction or a third-direction, in which the liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle plate, a case head provided in a fourth-direction with respect to the nozzle plate and having a support surface on the fourth-direction-side thereof, a circuit substrate supported on the support surface, a holder provided in the fourth-direction with respect to the circuit substrate, and a first-screw fixing the case head and the holder, the case head includes a case main body having a first-side-surface on the second-direction-side thereof and a first-fixing-portion provided in the second-direction with respect to the first-side-surface and provided with a first-screw-hole, and the first-fixing-portion includes a first-opening-surface, and a first-inclined-surface provided between the first-side-surface and the first-opening-surface and inclined with respect to a surf

Abstract: A locking mechanism in a printing apparatus includes a slide member inside an outer casing at a position corresponding to an opening in an outer casing of the printing apparatus, the slide member being configured to be moved in a slide direction to switch a state of an access cover between a locked state and an unlocked state, and a restriction portion configured to be moved in the slide direction together with the slide member, in which when the slide member is in a lock position, the restriction portion protrudes from the opening and the movement in the slide direction is regulated, when the slide member is in an unlock position, the restriction portion is retracted inside the opening and the movement in the slide direction is permitted, and the restriction portion includes an operation portion configured to move the slide member between the lock position and the unlock position.

Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor including a motor side output shaft extending in a Z direction, and a reduction drive, wherein the reduction drive includes a housing, a reduction drive side output shaft extending in the Z direction, a toothed gear group configured to transmit rotation of the motor side output shaft to the reduction drive side output shaft with the rotation being decelerated, and a deformation sensor configured to detect deformation occurring due to vibration of the motor.

Abstract: A printing device includes: a housing; a print head extending in a first direction; a cassette receiving portion; and a movable cover. The cassette receiving portion is open in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The cassette receiving portion can selectively receive a first cassette or a second cassette whose size is greater than that of the first cassette. The movable cover is movable between a closed position and an open position for covering and exposing the cassette receiving portion in the second direction. The cassette receiving portion provides: a first cassette receiving portion for receiving the first cassette with the movable cover at the closed position; and a second cassette receiving portion for receiving the second cassette with the movable cover at the open position. A portion of the second cassette receiving portion is overlapped with the movable cover at the closed position in the first direction.

Abstract: A two-sided articulating note comprises a generally flat writing portion having opposing front and back sides and a hinged edge, an anchor portion, and a joint portion between the anchor portion and the hinged edge. A method of using the note configures the note in a first configuration by securing the anchor portion to an object so that the front side of the writing portion is exposed and the back side of the writing portion faces the object while the note lies flat, writes on the front side of the writing portion while the note is in the first configuration, configures the note in a second configuration by folding over the note about the joint portion to cause the back side of the writing portion to be exposed, and writing on the back side of the writing portion while the note is in the second configuration.

Abstract: A method of producing a solderable aluminum contact comprises formulating an ink, applying the ink to an aluminum substrate to form an ink layer on a surface of the aluminum substrate, and melting the ink layer. The ink includes a solderable element that is conductive. The melting of the ink layer forms an alloy on the surface of the aluminum substrate including the solderable element.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for printing a security mark via a non-fluorescent toner is disclosed. For example, the method may be executed by a processor and includes receiving an electronic file of a security mark to be printed on a substrate, determining an amount of halftone coverage for a non-fluorescent toner based on a brightness of the substrate, converting the electronic file of the security mark into a printer description language with the amount of halftone coverage that is determined, and causing the security mark to be printed on the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a head unit, feeding rollers configured to feed a medium, a carriage configured to cause the head unit to perform scanning, and a control unit configured to control the head unit, the feeding rollers, and the carriage. The control unit performs recording with a first ink and a first reaction solution to form a first layer onto the medium by a first pass operation, performs recording with the first ink to form a second layer on the first layer by a second pass operation, performs recording with a second ink and a second reaction solution to form a third layer on the second layer by a third pass operation, and performs recording with the second ink to form a fourth layer on the third layer by a fourth pass operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: an ink-receiving layer composition for a decorative member, the composition comprising an acrylic emulsion, a metal salt, and organic particles or inorganic particles; a decorative member comprising a base layer, a printing layer formed on the base layer, and an ink-receiving layer disposed between the base layer and the printing layer and formed of a composition comprising an acrylic emulsion, a metal salt, and organic particles or inorganic particles; and a method for manufacturing a decorative member, the method comprising a step for preparing a base layer in a flat state, a step for coating a composition comprising an acrylic emulsion, a metal salt, and organic particles or inorganic particles on the base layer, a step for drying or UV curing the coated composition to form an ink-receiving layer, and a step for forming a printing layer on the ink-receiving layer.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a screen printing plate 10 includes a metal mesh part 13 and a metal mask part 14 provided on one side of the metal mesh part 13 integrally with the metal mesh part 13. In addition, the metal mask part 14 has an opening part 14a, and when the dimension from the outer edge 14a2 of the opening part 14a to the metal mesh part 13 represents a fill depth, this fill depth is the largest in the part corresponding to the center area of the opening part 14a. The screen printing plate does not cause the actual printing thickness to vary easily, even when the target printing thickness is reduced.

Abstract: A disclosed three-dimensional advent calendar defines multiple predefined advent spaces thereon demarcating an advent. The 3d calendar includes multiple decorated advent objects designed complementary to multiple predefined advent spaces. The 3d calendar also includes an adherent on a back side of the decorated advent objects, the adherent configured to temporarily keep the decorated advent objects proximal a predefined advent space. The adherent includes magnets, hook and loop material and sticky substances. For instance, the 3d calendar includes a Christmas tree, a Disney® Castle, a school graduation diploma, a bag of golf clubs and a baby crib. Exemplary decorated advent objects include Christmas tree ornaments, Mickey Mouse® head shaped objects, school objects, golf clubs, and pacifiers. Similar life milestones and business 3d calendars and matching advent objects are also included. An advent demarcating method via the 3d calendar and decorated advent objects is further included in the disclosure.