Abstract: Bulk materials having a kinetically limited nano-scale diffusion bond is provided. The bulk materials having a kinetically limited nano-scale diffusion bond includes transparent material, absorbent opaque material and a diffusion bond. The transparent material has properties that allow an electromagnetic beam of a select wavelength to pass there through without more than minimal energy absorption. The absorbent opaque material has properties that significantly absorb energy from the electromagnetic beam. The diffusion bond is formed by the electromagnetic beam bonding the transparent material to the absorbent opaque material. Moreover, the diffusion bond has a thickness that is less than 1000 nm.

Abstract: A layered composite component includes a plate-shaped base member formed from a plastic material, a cover member layered on the base member, and a stitching. The cover member includes a plate-shaped main body extending along the base member such that the main body is spaced apart by a gap from the base member and projections projecting from an opposing surface of the main body opposed to the base member. The cover member is formed from a plastic material and is elastically deformable. The cover member includes a stitched portion linearly extending and including a portion on which the stitching is formed. The projections are not formed on the stitched portion, and the stitched portion includes a ridge extending along the stitching.

Abstract: Methods for forming a laminate structure comprising a two-component solventless polyurethane adhesive compositions are disclosed. The adhesive composition is formulated such that each component is applied independently to corresponding substrates prior to the substrates being brought together to form the laminate structure. The adhesive compositions are highly-reactive and can comprise amine-initiated polyols or catalysts providing for fast curing. The amine-initiated polyols comprise a functionality of from 2 to 12, a hydroxyl number of from 5 to 1,830, and a viscosity at 40° C. of from 500 to 20,000 mPa-s. The catalyst can be bismuth catalysts, zinc catalysts, zirconium catalysts, tin catalysts, and aluminum catalysts. Still further, a laminate formed according to the methods is disclosed.

Abstract: An iron-based alloy composition including: boron (B): 1. 6-2.4 wt. %; carbon (C): 2.2-3.0 wt. %; chromium (Cr): 3.5-5.0 wt. %; manganese (Mn): below 0.8 wt. %; molybdenum (Mo): 16.0-19.5 wt. %; nickel (Ni): 1.0-2.0 wt. %; silicon (Si): 0.2-2.0 wt. %; vanadium (V): 10.8-13.2 wt. %; and balanced with iron (Fe). Further, an item including a substrate portion and a hardfacing coating bonded to the substrate portion, wherein the hardfacing coating is made by an overlay welding process using the iron-based alloy composition.

Abstract: To solve the problem about the difference in temperature increasing rate between an overlapped part and a one-sheet part so as to further improve the corrosion resistance of plating after hot stamping.

Abstract: An air-floating thin film bonding apparatus and its air-floating roller is provided. The apparatus is composed of an air-floating rollers, which can blow out airflow at a specific angle to be applied to the base film with three-dimensional obstacles. The positive pressure provided by the airflow can be utilized to fill the gap space caused by the three-dimensional obstacles. Therefore, the base film can bond to the bonding film tightly to overcome the wrinkles and defects caused by the three-dimensional obstacle and the problem of unflatness of the film-bonding can be solved.

Abstract: A thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer (TLCP) molded body including a thermoplastic polymer capable of forming an optically anisotropic melt phase. The TLCP molded body includes an adherend portion in at least a part of the TLCP molded body. The adherend portion has a surface satisfying: a ratio <C—O>/<COO> of 1.5 or greater in which the <C—O> represents a proportion of a peak area of [C—O bond] to a C(1s) peak area, and the <COO> represents a proportion of a peak area of [COO bond] based on the C(1s) peak area; and a ratio <C?O>/<COO> of 0.10 or higher in which the <C?O> represents a proportion of a peak area of [C?O bond] based on the C(1s) peak area, and the <COO> represents the proportion of the peak area of the [COO bond] based on the C(1s) peak area in a result of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal filmic laminate web comprising a web of self-supporting metal substrate; a printed filmic web comprising machine and transverse directions and being adhered to the metal substrate by means of an adhesive layer between the printed filmic web and the web of self-supporting metal substrate, the printed filmic web comprising a filmic substrate and digitally printed matter provided as a sequential array comprising at least a pair of non-repetitive images on the web; a first image being digitally printed on a machine direction defined first portion of the web and a second image being separately digitally printed on a machine direction defined second portion of the web, the first and second portions being adjacent or neighbouring each other in a machine direction on the web and the first image being different from the second image.

Abstract: A cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) tubing having an aluminum welded tube as reinforcement and method of making PEX tubing disclose tubing having an inner PEX layer and an outer polyethylene layer with an intermediate aluminum tube enveloped by adhesive layers for joining the inner and outer polyethylene layers with the aluminum tube. Carbon black particles are included in the polyethylene material for increasing absorption and dispersion of UV and thermal energy.

Abstract: A composite film may include a discontinuous silver-based functional film, and a TPU over-layer overlying the discontinuous silver-based functional film. The composite film may have an R/sq value of at least about 30 Ohm/sq.

Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass which is high in heat shielding properties. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes an infrared ray reflection layer which reflects infrared rays, a first resin layer which is arranged on a first surface side of the infrared ray reflection layer and contains a thermoplastic resin and a second resin layer which is arranged on a second surface side of the infrared ray reflection layer and contains a thermoplastic resin, and the infrared ray transmittance in the wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm of the first resin layer is higher by 10% or more than the infrared ray transmittance in the wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm of the second resin layer.

Abstract: An improved functional element having electrically controllable optical properties includes a stack sequence formed of a first carrier film, a first surface electrode, an active layer, a second surface electrode, and a second carrier film, wherein the second carrier film is folded around the edge of the first carrier film at least at one side edge and seals an exit surface of the active layer at the side edge.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing a laminated vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (1), wherein the method comprises: providing a lamination assembly (10) comprising a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) comprising at least two glass sheets (11a, 11b) separated by a plurality of support structures (12) distributed in a gap (13) between the glass sheets (11a, 11b), and a lamination layer (2) arranged between one of the glass sheets (11a, 11b) of the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) and a further sheet (3). The further sheet (3) may be subjected to a first heating temperature (T1) by means of a first heating arrangement (9a), and the glass sheet (11a) of the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) facing away from the further sheet (3) may be subjected to a second heating temperature (T2) by means of a second heating arrangement (9b), wherein the first heating temperature (T1) is higher than the second heating temperature (T2).

Abstract: A method to produce a veneered element, the method including applying a first layer on a substrate, applying a second layer on a veneer layer, applying the veneer layer with the second layer applied thereto on the first layer, such that the second layer is facing the first layer, pressing the first layer, the second layer and the veneer layer together to form a veneered element, thereby material originating from the second layer permeates into the veneer layer, and wherein, after pressing, the first layer is visible through a crack, cavity, hole and/or knot of the veneer layer. Also, a veneered element.

Abstract: A laminated film exhibits a certain adhesive property to various adherends having shapes or different irregularity shapes. The laminated film includes a resin layer A on one surface of a substrate and a resin layer B on the other surface. The resin layer A has a ten-point average surface roughness Rz(a) of 1.5 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less and a storage elastic modulus G? at 25° C. and 1 Hz of 3.0×105 Pa or more.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer protective film that may include a multilayer component and a release liner component underlying the multilayer component. The multilayer component may have a first PET layer overlying a second PET layer. The multilayer protective film may further have a thickness ratio MPFT:RLT of not greater than about 14:1, where MPFT is equal to the thickness of the multilayer component and RLT is equal to the thickness of the release liner component.

Abstract: A protective sheet application method for applying a protective sheet on a front surface of a substrate includes mounting the substrate on a support table in a vacuum chamber, mounting the protective sheet on the substrate to separate a space in the vacuum chamber into a first compartment and a second compartment, depressurizing the first compartment to a predetermined air pressure and also depressurizing the second compartment, opening the depressurized second compartment to the atmosphere to bring the protective sheet into close contact with the substrate by a predetermined force, and opening the depressurized first compartment to the atmosphere to separate the lower housing and the upper housing from each other. A protective sheet application apparatus for applying the protective sheet on the front surface of the substrate includes the vacuum chamber.

Abstract: A multilayer container including: an outermost layer (1) containing a propylene-based polymer A containing homopolypropylene as a main component having a melt flow rate in a range of 2.0 to 10.0 g/10 min; an inner layer (2) containing 50 to 99% by weight of a propylene-based polymer B containing homopolypropylene as a main component having a melt flow rate of not more than 5.0 g/10 min and an isotactic index of not less than 93%, and 1 to 50% by weight of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer C; and a barrier layer (4) occupying 5 to 20% by weight of the whole container. The ratio (L/D) of container height (L) to diameter (D) is not less than 0.5, and a volume shrinkage based on volume measured before and after heat sterilization at 121° C. for 30 minutes is not more than 5%.

Abstract: The invention relates to an opaque multilayer biaxially oriented polypropylene film comprising at least one vacuole-containing base layer and a printable outer cover layer and an inner matte cover layer, the inner cover layer containing at least two incompatible polymers and having a surface roughness Rz of at least 2.0 ?m at a cut-off of 25 ?m. The inner matte cover layer contains a polydialkylsiloxane having a viscosity of 100,000 to 500,000 mm2/s and the surface of this inner cover layer is surface treated by means of corona or the inner cover layer contains a siloxane-modified polyolefin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilaminar paper containing cellulosic fibers and to a process for making the same, comprising bonding different layers of such paper with the addition of 0.5 to 1.5 g/m2 of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) with a preferred mean diameter of less than 250 nanometers, generating a paper where starch has been completely replaced and with a final grammage ranging from 60 to 440 g/m2 and with improved mechanical strength properties using smaller amounts of raw material.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thermal transfer from a high-loft substrate such as velvet. The method begins with a high-loft material sheet. The sheet is registered in a vacuum press, and a vacuum is applied to one side. A sublimation graphic is printed onto an opposing side of the high-loft material sheet. Next, an adhesive layer is laminated onto the opposing side of the printed sheet. The sheet is optionally laser-etched on the printed side, and is laser-cut into a desired shape. A protective release sheet is applied over the printed graphic. The method makes it possible to sublimation-print the transfer onto high-loft fabric such as velvet and yet still retain fine graphical registration and detail.

Abstract: A fabric (30) includes a first flexible fabric layer (32), having fabric emissivity properties in a visible radiation range that are selected so as to mimic ambient emissivity properties of a deployment environment of the fabric, and at least one second flexible fabric layer (34), which is joined to the first flexible fabric layer, and which is configured to scatter long-wave radiation that is incident on the fabric. The first and second flexible fabric layers are perforated by a non-uniform pattern of perforations (44) extending over at least a part of the fabric.

Abstract: This detachment device is provided with: a collet including a contact surface that comes into surface contact with a surface of a protective film adhering to an adhesion member attached on a workpiece, and including a suction hole that is provided in the contact surface and that sucks the protective film; and a movement mechanism that moves the collet relative to the workpiece, wherein while the protective film is being sucked by the suction hole, the collet is separated from the workpiece so that the protective film is detached from the adhesion member. Accordingly, the detachment device capable of more assuredly detaching the protective film from the workpiece is provided.

Abstract: A flexographic printing unit is provided for a sheet along a printing line, including a plurality of printing assemblies, each including a printing roller apt to include a printing block, automatic and programmable movement apparatus for the printing rollers, apt to distance at least one of the printing rollers from the printing line during the printing procedure, so that the printing roller does not print the sheet, wherein each of the printing assemblies includes a structure fixed to the floor, at least one frame, which is movable with respect to the structure fixed to the floor, including at least one printing roller and apt to be moved by the displacement apparatus and damping apparatus arranged between the frame and a fixed point so as to damp the movement of the frame.

Abstract: A storage device is used in a printing device includes a storage section having a transfer stage for loading and unloading the exchange target object to and from the printing section, the storage section being configured to accommodate multiple placement sections, each for placing the exchange target object, and to store the exchange target object, a placement section moving section configured to move any one of the placement sections to the transfer stage, and a target object moving section disposed on the transfer stage, the target object moving section being configured to move between a retracted position allowing the placement section to pass and an abutting position abutting against the exchange target object on the placement section and to move the exchange target object in a loading/unloading direction while abutting against the exchange target object at the abutting position.

Abstract: A method of printing radiopaque indicia on a medical device. The method includes applying radiopaque marking fluid to a surface of a plate comprising one or more etchings having a depth of at least 0.0001 inches, exposing the radiopaque marking fluid on the surface of the plate to air to allow the radiopaque marking fluid to achieve a sufficient level of tackiness, and transferring the radiopaque marking fluid to a medical device. The radiopaque marking fluid comprises a clear ink and tungsten particulates having a particulate size of more than one micron.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for printing images on generally cylindrical objects. The apparatus comprises an impression station that includes a movable imaging surface for bearing an ink image; and a transport mechanism for advancing the objects through the impression station, comprising a drive member rotatably connected to a plurality of rotatable mandrels, each for mounting a respective one of the objects, the transport mechanism being configured to cause each object to rotate during passage through the impression station such that, within a nip region of the impression station, the surface of the object makes rolling contact with the imaging surface, thereby causing the ink image to be impressed on the object. An impression platen is provided opposite the imaging surface within the nip region, the impression platen being configured to apply a force, directly or indirectly, to the objects to ensure rolling contact between the objects and the imaging surface.

Abstract: In a liquid discharge apparatus, a head unit includes a plurality of print heads, and a housing that houses the print heads, in which a first print head in the plurality of print heads includes a substrate that includes a first side, a second side, a first surface, and a second surface, a first nozzle plate, a first integrated circuit that is provided on the first surface, that outputs an abnormality signal indicating presence or absence of abnormality of the first print head, a first flexible wiring substrate that is electrically coupled to the substrate, and a second integrated circuit that is provided on the first flexible wiring substrate, the second integrated circuit is located between the first nozzle plate and the substrate, and the substrate is provided so that the first surface faces downward and the second surface faces upward in a direction along a vertical direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a linehead and a control unit. The linehead of an image forming apparatus includes a common ink chamber, a plurality of nozzles, an individual ink flow path, an ink supply path, a first piezoelectric actuator, and a second piezoelectric actuator. One end of the individual ink flow path is connected to the nozzle. The ink supply path is connected to the individual ink flow path and the common ink chamber. When putting the nozzle into a drying prevention state, the control unit deforms the first piezoelectric actuator in a direction in which a capacity of the individual ink flow path increases, to thereby draw an interface of ink to inside the nozzle. Further, the control unit deforms the second piezoelectric actuator, to thereby close the ink supply path.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal, wherein the drive circuit includes a modulation circuit that modulates a base drive signal to output a modulation signal, an amplifier circuit that amplifies the modulation signal to output an amplified modulation signal, a demodulation circuit that demodulates the amplified modulation signal to output the drive signal, and a substrate on which the modulation circuit, the amplifier circuit, and the demodulation circuit are provided, wherein the substrate includes a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, wherein the demodulation circuit includes a first coil and a second coil electrically coupled in parallel with the first coil, and wherein the first coil is positioned so as to overlap at least part of the second coil in a direction normal to the first face.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a drive element, and a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal that drives the drive element, wherein the drive circuit includes a modulation circuit that modulates a base drive signal to output a modulation signal, an amplifier circuit that amplifies the modulation signal to output an amplified modulation signal, a demodulation circuit that demodulates the amplified modulation signal to output the drive signal, and a substrate on which the modulation circuit, the amplifier circuit, and the demodulation circuit are provided, wherein the substrate includes a base material includes a metal and a first layer laminated on the base material, wherein the first layer includes a first propagation wire through which at least one of the amplified modulation signal and the drive signal propagates, and wherein the base material has a thickness greater than a thickness of the first layer.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a drive element, and a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal that drives the drive element. The drive circuit includes an integrated circuit that outputs an amplification control signal, an amplifier circuit that output an amplified modulation signal, and a demodulation circuit that output the drive signal. The integrated circuit includes a modulation circuit that modulates the base drive signal to output a modulation signal, a discharge circuit that discharges a charge based on the drive signal, a constant voltage output circuit that outputs a DC voltage signal, and an output terminal from which the DC voltage signal is output. The constant voltage output circuit and the discharge circuit are electrically coupled to the output terminal, and a shortest distance between the output terminal and the constant voltage output circuit is shorter than a shortest distance between the output terminal and the discharge circuit.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head ejecting a liquid by supplying a drive signal to a drive element, and a drive circuit that outputs the drive signal. The drive circuit includes an integrated circuit that outputs an amplification control signal, an amplifier circuit that output an amplified modulation signal, and a demodulation circuit that output the drive signal. The integrated circuit includes a modulation circuit that modulates the base drive signal to output a modulation signal, a switching circuit that outputs the amplification control signal according to the modulation signal, and a constant voltage output circuit that outputs a DC voltage signal based on the output of the modulation circuit. The constant voltage output circuit and the modulation circuit are electrically coupled to each other, and at least a part of the constant voltage output circuit is located between the modulation circuit and the switching circuit.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an integrated circuit, and a feedback circuit that feeds back a feedback signal. The integrated circuit includes a modulation circuit that output a modulation signal, a constant voltage output circuit that outputs a DC voltage signal, and an input terminal to which the feedback signal is input. The modulation circuit and the constant voltage output circuit are electrically coupled to the input terminal, a first line segment located between the input terminal and the constant voltage output circuit in a first straight line connecting the input terminal and the constant voltage output circuit at a shortest distance does not intersect the modulation circuit, and a second line segment located between the input terminal and the modulation circuit in a second straight line connecting the input terminal and the modulation circuit at a shortest distance does not intersect the constant voltage output circuit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print head provided with a discharge port that discharges liquid and a pressure chamber filled with the liquid to be discharged from the discharge port, and configured to perform a printing operation by discharging the liquid from the discharge port based on print data, includes a circulation unit that performs circulation of the liquid in a circulation passage including the pressure chamber in a state where the printing operation is performed, and includes a control unit that controls the circulation unit to continue the circulation for a predetermined time after the printing operation is completed.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method of printing low volumes of paper bags on a digital printing press are provided. In the method, a plurality of orders are received. Each order includes a particular format relating to a bag size selected from a predetermined number of bag sizes and a graphic to be printed. In the method, the plurality of orders are organized into a plurality of batches. Each batch includes orders of the plurality of orders having a same bag size. A first batch is selected, and the graphic of the orders contained in the first batch is digitally printed on a first roll of paper having dimensions associated with the bag size of the first batch. The first roll of paper is fed through the digital printing press, and the digital printing press prints the graphic of each order contained in the first batch without stopping when transitioning between orders.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a plurality of ejection heads, each including a nozzle array in which a plurality of nozzles, each configured to eject a droplet, are arranged in an array; and an ejection receiver configured to receive the droplet from the plurality of ejection heads. A conveying direction in which an ejection target medium is conveyed and an arrangement direction in which the nozzle array is arranged are parallel to each other, and at a predetermined timing, at least one ejection head among the plurality of ejection heads moves to a position facing the ejection target medium and ejects the droplet toward the ejection target medium, and, simultaneously, a remaining ejection head among the plurality of ejection heads other than the at least one ejection head moves to be withdrawn from the position facing the ejection target medium and ejects the droplet toward the ejection receiver.

Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a first head unit that includes a plurality of first ejection portions, a second head unit that includes a plurality of second ejection portions, a head controller that controls the first head unit and the second head unit, and a signal path via which determination information indicating whether or not a liquid ejection state of one first ejection portion among the plurality of first ejection portions is abnormal is transmitted from the first head unit to the second head unit without passing through the head controller.

Abstract: A head unit includes a plurality of ejection portions that include a first ejection portion and a second ejection portion, a determination portion that determines a liquid ejection state of the first ejection portion and determines a liquid ejection state of the second ejection portion, and a storage portion that includes a first storage region storing first determination information indicating a determination result for the first ejection portion from the determination portion, and a second storage region storing second determination information indicating a determination result for the second ejection portion from the determination portion.

Abstract: A head unit control device that controls a head unit including a plurality of ejection portions that includes a first ejection portion and a second ejection portion and a determination portion that determines a liquid ejection state of the first and second ejection portion, and includes a reception portion that receives, as one data set, determination result information including first determination information indicating a determination result of the liquid ejection state of the first ejection portion from the determination portion and second determination information indicating a determination result of the liquid ejection state of the second ejection portion from the determination portion, and ejection portion information including information indicating the number of the plurality of ejection portions included in the head unit, from the head unit, and an ejection control portion that controls the plurality of ejection portions based on the one data set received by the reception portion.

Abstract: A fluid ejection die includes a fluid slot, laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers each communicated with the fluid slot and having respective drop ejecting elements therein, and orifices each communicated with a respective one of the laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers. The laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers are spaced substantially a same distance from the fluid slot along a same side of the fluid slot, and the orifices communicated with the laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers are spaced different distances from the fluid slot.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes an element substrate including an energy generation element configured to generate energy for discharging liquid from a discharge port, and a supporting member which supports the element substrate and in which a liquid chamber configured to supply liquid to the discharge port is formed, wherein a recessed portion communicating with the liquid chamber is formed at a position above the liquid chamber in a vertical direction in an orientation of the liquid discharge head when used, and wherein at least one of surfaces forming the recessed portion is formed of a flexible member configured to absorb vibration of liquid in the liquid chamber.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle from which a liquid is discharged, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, to which the liquid is supplied, a dummy channel not communicating with the nozzle and adjacent to the pressure chamber, the dummy channel being a sealed place to which the liquid is not supplied, and a diaphragm configured to define a displaceable wall of the pressure chamber and a wall of the dummy channel. The wall of the dummy channel defined by the diaphragm includes a through hole.

Abstract: A printing method for performing printing while complementing black with composite black, the printing method including: printing a test pattern having a plurality of patch images for which composite mode varies, this test pattern being printed for each dot size of the black to be complemented; causing a user to select a desired patch image from among the plurality of the patch images included in the printed test pattern, the selection being made for each of the dot size of the black ink to be complemented; and performing printing while complementing the black to be complemented with the composite black generated on a basis of the composite mode corresponding to the desired patch image selected correspondingly to the dot size of the black ink to be complemented.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a common flow channel extending along a first direction, and individual flow channels arranged along the first direction. Each individual flow channel includes a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber arranged along the first direction, each of which communicates with the common flow channel, a nozzle located away from the first and second pressure chambers in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a connection flow channel connecting the first pressure chamber, the second pressure chamber, and the nozzle with each other. One end of the connection flow channel in the second direction communicates with the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber, and the other end thereof in the second direction communicates with the nozzle. The connection flow channel extends along the second direction from the one end to the other end thereof in the second direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes an element substrate having an energy-generating element configured to generate an energy for ejecting a liquid from an ejection orifice, a support member for supporting the element substrate, the support member including a liquid chamber formed therein to supply the liquid to the ejection orifice, and a damper portion for absorbing vibration of the liquid inside the liquid chamber, the damper portion being flexible. The support member has a through-hole for communicating with the liquid chamber at a position located above the liquid chamber in a vertical direction when the liquid ejection head is in a use orientation. The damper portion has a taper portion that tapers downwardly in the vertical direction and is positioned in such a manner that the tapering portion closes the through-hole, and the damper portion and the support member are attached to each other by a fixing member.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharger, a discharge receptacle, and circuitry. The liquid discharger includes a nozzle configured to discharge liquid. The discharge receptacle is configured to receive the liquid discharged from the liquid discharger. The circuitry is configured to control a flushing operation of the liquid discharger. The circuitry is configured to cause the liquid discharger to perform flushing to the discharge receptacle and a sheet to which the liquid is applied, with a first flushing amount and a second flushing amount different from the first flushing amount, respectively.

Abstract: A cleaning device for printing heads arranged in a group along an alignment direction (Y) with a lower surface lying on a main plane (T). The device comprises a collecting head (2), movable along the alignment direction (Y) on the main plane (Y), in contact with or near the lower surfaces of the heads. The print head (2) is movable between a first and a second position that are located at the ends of the group of heads. The collecting head (2) is provided with an inlet opening (21) for collecting material from the heads (T).

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus having a printhead assembly comprises a plurality of printing heads on each of which there is defined a nozzle orifice surface having a row of nozzle orifices through which ink is ejected. The printing apparatus includes a cleaning station comprising a cleaning head array, a plurality of cleaning heads mountable on the cleaning head array and a purge tray. Ambient air is forced under vacuum into a flow channel within each cleaning head such that highly focused fluid flow is generated at the orifice surface when the flow volume impinges the profiled exterior of a vacuum outlet port provided on each cleaning head producing sufficient shear forces to remove accumulated ink and debris from the nozzle orifice surface. The invention also relates to improved cleaning heads, an array of heads in a cleaning station assembly and a method of cleaning nozzle orifice surfaces.

Abstract: There is a print head connector assembly for a printer, the print head connector assembly providing at least one continuous fluid and/or electrical connection between a first port and a second port, the at least one continuous connection being provided by at least one conduit.