Abstract: A layered sheet product formed by layering a plurality of cloths comprised of thermoplastic resin strands and formed by layering a coating layer comprised of a thermoplastic resin onto at least one surface of the cloths, in which the thermoplastic resin is comprised of the same component as the strands and has a thickness of 0.02 mm or more and 1.0 mm or less, and a storage modulus of the coating layer at 150° C. is 3.00×106 Pa or higher and 1.00×108 Pa or lower, and a method for press molding the layered sheet and releasing the molded product after cooling to a range of 70° C. or more and 120° C. or less; and subsequently lowering the molded product temperature to 60° C. or lower.

Abstract: The present application discloses a single sided hydrophilic nonwoven fabric with high tensile strength and a CSR wrap made therefrom, wherein the single sided hydrophilic nonwoven fabric has a spunbonded/meltblown/spunbonded (SMS) structure consisting of a top spunbonded layer, a middle meltblown layer and a bottom spunbonded layer, wherein one side of the nonwoven fabric is hydrophilic, and the other side of the nonwoven fabric is hydrophobic.

Abstract: Provided is an unconstrained vibration damping metal sheet with foam pores. The unconstrained vibration damping metal sheet of the present invention comprises: a metal sheet; an organic-inorganic pretreatment layer containing an acrylic resin formed on the metal sheet; and a foam resin layer formed on the pretreatment layer, the foam resin layer containing, based on weight % thereof, a thermoplastic polyvinyl chloride resin: 40-80%, a plasticizer: 5-40%, a foaming agent: 0.1-10%, an oxide-based crosslinker: 1-4%, and spherical silica: 1-10%.

Abstract: A joined article including: a resin (1) having a linear expansion coefficient at 30° C. to 200° C. of 17 ppm/° C. or higher and a thickness of 5 to 100 ?m; and a metal joined to a surface of the resin (1) and having a thickness of 5 to 50 ?m. The resin (1) includes a heat-affected layer that is close to the metal and that occupies 80% or less of the thickness of the resin (1), and the joined article is a dielectric material for a substrate. Also disclosed is a substrate including the joined article and a resin (2) stacked on the joined article.

Abstract: Transparent ballistic glass includes a multilayered glass formed from film, acrylic, glass, polycarbonate and/or a tempered silica able to withstand impact from standardized military rounds most proliferated across the world, such as 5.56×45 mm (0.223), 7.62×39 mm (AK-47), and 7.62×51 mm (0.308). The glass comprises a plurality of layers, including hard layers and soft layers, wherein the hardest layers may position rearwardly in the glass and the softest of the hard layers position foremostly. Various embodiments include recesses spaced between layers to absorb shockwaves, insulate and reduce noise, as well as gridlines and smart glass.

Abstract: A vehicle glazed unit includes a glass pane and a system to allow mobility of the glass pane in vertical translation relative to a door of the vehicle, the glass pane being curved and laminated and including an exterior glass sheet, an interior glass sheet and an adhesive material between the interior and exterior glass sheets. The edge of the interior glass sheet and the edge of the adhesive material sheet are both in a lateral projection of the edge of the exterior glass sheet in at least one hidden alignment zone which is located in the hidden part of the glass, and the interior offset has a width between 0.8 mm and 5.0 mm and is present in an entirety of the visible part of the glass pane.

Abstract: An electrical characteristic of a privacy glazing structure and indicative of a health of the privacy glazing structure can be measured at a first time and at a second time later than the first time. In response to detecting a change in the electrical characteristic indicating a change in the health of the privacy glazing structure, one or more parameters of an electrical drive signal can be adjusted to compensate for the change in the health of the privacy glazing structure. The electrical characteristic can be measured at a plurality of times after the second time and compared to the electrical characteristic measured at the first time. If, at any of the plurality of times, the measured electrical characteristic differs from the electrical characteristic measured at the first time by more than a threshold amount, one or more parameters of the electrical drive signal can be adjusted.

Abstract: An electronic device may have optical components that each have first and second transparent layers such as first and second glass layers. The glass layers may have outer surfaces that face away from each other and inner surfaces that face towards each other. A polymer layer is formed between the inner surfaces of the glass layers. Along the periphery of each optical component, a hermetic seal is formed to protect the polymer material of the polymer layer. The seal may include one or more metal layers that are coupled to the first and second glass layers. For example, glass prism rings may be coupled to the first and second glass layers and metal may be coupled to the prism rings. The one or more metal layers may then be bonded to the metal on the prism rings, such as through soldering.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a machine direction oriented polyethylene (MDO-PE) film, a laminate comprising the MDO-PE film and a method of forming the MDO-PE film. The MDO-PE film includes a core layer comprising a first ethylene-based polymer a skin layer comprising a second ethylene-based polymer and a sub-skin layer in-between and in contact with the core layer and the skin layer. Each value for the density, peak melting point and percent crystallinity by weight increases from the core layer to the sub-skin layer and from the sub-skin layer to the skin layer. The MDO-PE film further includes predetermined values for a ratio of the percent crystallinity by weight of the core layer to the skin layer and a ratio of the peak melting point of the core layer to the skin layer. The MDO-PE film can be useful in food package, among other areas.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to flexible product packaging and, in particular, to flexible packaging structures for products such as food products stored and transported for later reheating or cooking. In one aspect, an ovenable flexible packaging structure includes a paper layer having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, the paper layer having a cutout defining a window. A printed ink layer is disposed on the first major surface of the paper layer and a varnish layer is disposed over the printed ink layer. A heat sealable polyester layer is disposed on the second major surface of the paper layer, the heat sealable polyester layer having a strip of perforations formed therein. The strip of perforations and the cutout are at least partially overlapping with each other. An adhesive layer intermediate the paper layer and the heat sealable polymer layer includes an adhesive for adhesively bonding the paper layer to the heat sealable polymer layer.

Abstract: Provided are inflatable-body pull belt structure and inflatable product. The inflatable-body pull belt structure includes annular belt body having hollow region, plural meshes all in communication with the hollow region are provided on the annular belt body, the annular belt body has first connecting end and second connecting end arranged in lengthwise direction of the hollow region, the plural meshes are located between the first connecting end and the second connecting end, which are both connected to the inflatable body. By providing the meshes on the annular belt body, the consumables are reduced, and the costs are reduced. Moreover, by providing the pull belt as combined structure constituted by the pvc membranes and the mesh sheets, the mesh sheets can increase the tensile strength, and the mesh sheets can reduce the consumables, thereby reducing the costs.

Abstract: A polyester film includes a laminate including a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers alternately stacked on the plurality of first layers. Each of the first layers includes lactic acid residues, and each of the second layers includes terephthalate residues and adipic acid residues. The polyester film has an average equivalent noise level of 78 dB or less from a noise level test for film spinning the polyester film 180 degrees at 800 rpm for 30 seconds or more, and has Young's modulus of 280 kgf/mm2 or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a molding film having excellent moldability during molding processing, in which the molding film includes a resin layer (X layer) on at least one surface of a polyester film, and the polyester film has a composition in which a layer (A layer) containing a thermoplastic resin A as a main component and a layer (B layer) containing a thermoplastic resin B different from the thermoplastic resin A as a main component are alternately laminated in a thickness direction in a total of 51 or more layers.

Abstract: Object To provide a non-fluorine-based release liner having excellent heat-resistant stability of releasability and release strength that may be applied to a silicone adhesive layer, and a laminate and a roll body including the release liner. Resolution Means A release liner for a silicone adhesive layer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate and a release layer on at least one surface of the substrate, and the release layer contains poly(meth)acrylic acid ester, the poly(meth)acrylic acid ester is a polymer of a polymerizable component containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer having a branched alkyl group having 8 or more carbon atoms.

Abstract: A lamination device includes: a stage including a fixing part; a pressing part disposed on the stage; a light source disposed between the stage and the pressing part, and configured to emit light in a direction of the pressing part; and a window fixing chuck overlapping the pressing part, wherein the pressing part includes: a light refraction part disposed adjacent to the light source and refracting, toward the window fixing chuck, the light that was emitted in the direction of the pressing part; and a head part disposed to at least partially surround the light refraction part, and configured to transmit the light that was refracted toward the window fixing chuck, wherein the head part includes a material different from that of the light refraction part.

Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional object includes: forming an adhesive part on a portion of a sheet-shaped print medium by an electrophotographic system using a pressure-induced phase transition resin toner that exhibits adhesion when undergoing phase transition under pressure; and forming a three-dimensional part by folding part of the print medium so that the portion of the print medium that has the adhesive part formed thereon is bonded to a different portion of the print medium.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a position-controlled lamination tool or press that includes an array or plurality of pressure sensors and an array or plurality of heating/cooling elements or components, which may be coupled together, for preventing or reducing laminating film or material bleed out and improving thickness variation performance. The pressure sensors may provide a controller, which is coupled to the lamination tool, with real-time feedback on any thickness variations across a substrate panel and the controller may adjust the temperature output of the heating and cooling elements to locally modify the viscosity of the laminating material in one or more regions of the substrate panel to either decrease or increase the flowability of the laminating material.

Abstract: A printing device includes a printing section configured to execute a printing process of a viscous fluid on a printing target using a screen mask, and a receiving section configured to receive an accommodation rack having multiple shelf sections for accommodating frames configured to support exchangeable members for a printing process that is executed at the printing section.

Abstract: A mug wrapping machine for sublimation transfer printing includes a base plate, above which a clamping frame mounting plate, a pressing plate, an auxiliary plate and a lifting plate are sequentially arranged. A placing plate is arranged above the lifting plate, so that the lower surface of the placement plate is provided with guide posts passing through the lifting plate, the auxiliary plate, the holding plate and the mounting plate of the clamping frame, and the lower end of the guide column is fixed on the upper surface of the base plate. The mounting plate of the clamping frame is installed between the clamping plate and the front and rear ends of the upper surface of the pressing plate, respectively, with ear seats, and a circular center column is arranged between the two ear seats, and the two ends of the circular center column are respectively equipped with rotating plates.

Abstract: A controller design for a dual input single output (DISO) system is applied to a robot for printing layouts at construction sites. The differential drive robot has a separately controlled linear actuator that moves the print head perpendicularly to the fore-aft axis of the robot. The output is the lateral position of the print head; the sum of the position of the linear actuator (faster stage) relative to a reference point on the front of the robot, which is determined by the steering of the robot (slower stage). Both are measurable. The controller coordinates the action of the separately controlled linear actuator and the differential steering to achieve fast convergence and sub-millimeter tracking. Simulations and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.

Abstract: First, a correction area, which is a part of area where a second ink (typically, white ink) is to be ejected among the area on base material, is determined. Next, density data is corrected so that the second ink is ejected onto the correction area. Thereafter, actual printing on the base material is started. Then, the second ink is ejected onto the correction area, and a first ink (typically, color ink) is ejected onto the second ink that has been ejected onto the base material in the correction area.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for aligning a plurality of nozzle tips, the method comprising: a first nozzle aligning step of setting a reference position of a first nozzle tip for discharging ink within a working area through an image of a first camera observing the working area above a substrate and a second camera observing the working area in an inclined direction; a second nozzle aligning step of setting a reference position of a second nozzle tip for discharging ink within the working area through the image of the first camera and the second camera; a step of detecting a position of a substrate based on the image of the second camera; and a printing preparation step of positioning the first nozzle tip and the second nozzle tip to a printing position on the substrate.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a base plate and at least two device chips in which ejection ports for ejecting a liquid are formed and which are disposed on the base plate. At least one first reference mark is provided on the base plate. A second reference mark is provided on each of the device chips. At least one space is formed between adjacent device chips. The second reference marks and the first reference mark present in the space are disposed on an array axis along which the device chips are arrayed.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle plate having multiple nozzles; a diaphragm facing an inner face of the nozzle plate; multiple individual chambers between the nozzle plate and the diaphragm, the multiple individual chambers respectively communicating with the multiple nozzles; multiple actuators on a first face of the diaphragm opposite to a second face of the diaphragm facing the multiple individual chambers, the multiple actuators to deform the diaphragm to discharges a liquid in the multiple individual chambers from the multiple nozzles, respectively; a holder facing the multiple actuators and the diaphragm and joined to a peripheral portion of the diaphragm; a first joint at a first position around a periphery of the holder and joining the diaphragm and the holder; and multiple second joints joining the diaphragm and the holder at multiple second positions inside the first position, respectively.

Abstract: A chemical liquid removing unit may remove a remaining chemical liquid from an ink jet head. The chemical liquid removing unit may include a surface tension providing part configured to remove the remaining chemical liquid from a nozzle face of the ink jet head using a surface tension, a driving part configured to move the surface tension providing part relative to the nozzle face the ink jet head, and a control part configured to control the driving part such that the surface tension providing part contacts the remaining chemical liquid whereas the surface tension providing part does not contact the nozzle face of the ink jet head.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that discharges droplets, while moving a recording head relative to a recording medium in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, to form an image, includes: a carriage; a first recording head that has a first discharge face having a hole, is disposed on the carriage, and discharges a first droplet containing resin through the hole; a second recording head that has a second discharge face having a hole, is disposed on the carriage, and discharges, through the hole, a second droplet containing resin less than the resin contained in the first droplet; a first cleaning device that wipes the first discharge face to clean the first recording head; and a second cleaning device that is different from the first cleaning device and that wipes the second discharge face to clean the second recording head.

Abstract: A technique capable of certainly suppressing adhesion of waste ink to hands, clothes, and the like during replacement of a waste ink tank is provided. There are included a container portion provided with an insertion port which a discharge member discharging waste ink can be inserted into and pulled out from and a shielding portion movable between a shielding position where the insertion port is shielded and an open position where the insertion port is opened.

Abstract: An estimation system provides consumable use estimations, such as for ink or toner, in printing operations. The estimation system uses a classification-based consumable use process to estimate the consumable use. A print job is assigned a classification category according to an arbitrary job category selected for the print job and a job property defined for the print job using job settings. An estimate is provided using the classification category and the distribution of the consumable use for print jobs in the category. The estimate is adjusted by a consumable use adjustment factor that reflects the amount of ink or toner disposed of during container replacement or wasted during printing operations.

Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus includes: a liquid container; branch paths branching from a path connected to the liquid container, the branch paths being connected to tanks arranged at height positions different from one another and lower than the liquid container; supply valves arranged in the branch paths respectively; and a controller configured to control the supply valves to supply a liquid from the liquid container to each of the tanks. The controller is configured to control the supply valves to temporally separately perform supply of the liquid to tanks of the tanks having a height difference equal to or more than a prescribed value therebetween.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a first nozzle configured to discharge an ink of a basic color; a second nozzle configured to discharge an ink of a special color; and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a processing of causing a display to display a first preview image together with a second preview image, the first preview image corresponding to a first image to be formed by the ink of the basic color, the second preview image corresponding to a second image to be formed by the ink of the basic color and the ink of the special color; and a processing of printing the first image by the first nozzle, or a processing of printing the second image by the first and second nozzles, based on a selected preview image selected, by a user, from the first and second preview images.

Abstract: A printer including a conveyance unit to convey long label paper in which a plurality of label areas each of which corresponds to one label and are disposed in one direction and a wireless tag is attached to each of the label areas, a printing unit to perform printing on the label paper, a cutting unit disposed at a rear stage of the printing unit to cut the label paper, a writing unit disposed at a rear stage of the cutting unit to perform writing of data on the wireless tag, and a processor, in which the processor allows printing by the printing unit to be performed and writing of data by the writing unit to be performed on the label area positioned at a front end of the label paper while controlling the conveyance unit to convey the label paper between the printing unit and the writing unit and allows the label area to be cut by the cutting unit, thereby issuing a label.

Abstract: A printer including a conveyance unit to convey long label paper in which a plurality of label areas each of which corresponds to one label and are disposed in one direction and a wireless tag is attached to each of the label areas, a printing unit to perform printing on the label paper, a cutting unit disposed at a rear stage of the printing unit to cut the label paper, a writing unit disposed at a rear stage of the cutting unit to perform writing of data on the wireless tag, and a processor, in which the processor allows printing by the printing unit to be performed and writing of data by the writing unit to be performed on the label area positioned at a front end of the label paper while controlling the conveyance unit to convey the label paper between the printing unit and the writing unit and allows the label area to be cut by the cutting unit, thereby issuing a label.

Abstract: A printer including a conveyance unit to convey long label paper in which a plurality of label areas each of which corresponds to one label and are disposed in one direction and a wireless tag is attached to each of the label areas, a printing unit to perform printing on the label paper, a cutting unit disposed at a rear stage of the printing unit to cut the label paper, a writing unit disposed at a rear stage of the cutting unit to perform writing of data on the wireless tag, and a processor, in which the processor allows printing by the printing unit to be performed and writing of data by the writing unit to be performed on the label area positioned at a front end of the label paper while controlling the conveyance unit to convey the label paper between the printing unit and the writing unit and allows the label area to be cut by the cutting unit, thereby issuing a label.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a holder configured such that a print medium wound in a roll shape is to be attached to the holder; a printer configured to perform printing on the print medium; a memory configured to store print condition information indicating a print condition regarding the print medium attached to the holder; and a controller configured to execute a processing of printing the print condition information on a condition print area of a single line or a plurality of lines on the print medium by using the printer.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a holder, a pre-treatment head, a smoother, and a print head. The holder reciprocally moves while holding a recording medium. The pre-treatment head discharges a pre-treatment liquid onto a surface of the recording medium held by the holder. The smoother smooths the pre-treatment liquid, which is discharged onto the surface of the recording medium, along the surface of the recording medium by a movement of the holder. The print head discharges a printing liquid onto the surface of the recording medium with the pre-treatment liquid smoothed.

Abstract: A manufacturing system manufactures a predetermined product by printing and applying a coating agent to a base material made of resin. In a coating device of the manufacturing system, as a nozzle spraying the coating agent moves once in a first direction, a linear coating agent being the coating agent in a line shape with the first direction as a longitudinal direction is applied to the base material. A host control device creates application data for applying the coating agent to the base material by the coating device based on image data as data of an image to be printed on the base material by printing devices, and the application data includes, for applying the linear coating agents to the base material, spray range data of the coating agent from the nozzle in the first direction, and application interval data of the linear coating agents in a second direction.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus and method capable of preventing suction holes from being clogged due to airflow generated when a substrate is floated and printed, and the substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate stage for supporting a substrate, and a treatment liquid ejection device mounted above the substrate stage to eject a treatment liquid onto the substrate, wherein the substrate stage includes a floating plate for floating at least a portion of the substrate, and an airflow blocking member for blocking at least a portion of a gap between the substrate and the floating plate to block airflow flowing into the gap.

Abstract: In a method of controlling a digital inkjet printer, the digital printer is arranged to operate in a selected first print mode which includes a first speed in a main scanning direction. A digital image and a print setting that the digital image is planned to be printed in an enhanced adhesion print mode are received. A time period needed for a pass in the main scanning direction is extended by lowering a speed from the first speed to a second speed, and by enlarging the pass width up to a maximum medium width and/or by temporarily stopping the printer at an end of the pass. Marking material is ejected during the pass on the image receiving medium by a print head at the second speed within the extended time period, and is cured by a UV curing device at the second speed within the extended time period.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for printing a decorative pattern onto a surface of a paper that includes: applying a primer to a surface of an unprinted base paper, printing a grid marking and a decorative pattern onto a primer-coated base paper, thereby obtaining a printed base paper, detecting a grid spacing between at least two points of the grid marking to determine an actual state of the printed base paper, comparing the detected grid spacing according to the actual state with a grid spacing digitally stored as a target state for the printed decorative pattern, amending the stored target grid spacing based on the comparison by creating an amended target grid spacing and a decorative pattern amended therewith and/or amending at least one process parameter for controlling the application of the primer and/or the printing of the grid marking and/or the drying until a predetermined criterion is met.

Abstract: A recording method includes: conveying a recording medium; and performing recording by ejecting droplets of an inkjet ink onto the recording medium while conveying the recording medium, wherein, a conveyance speed of the recording medium is 500 mm/s or more, the inkjet ink contains at least water and a pigment, the content of the pigment is 5% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the inkjet ink, and one droplet of the inkjet ink has a volume of 3 pL or less.

Abstract: Techniques for aligning images printed with digital printer and rotary cylinders include measuring a position of a substrate on a belt, capturing by a camera a digital image of the substrate, transmitting by camera the digital image to a processing device, performing digital image processing on the digital image to identify two shapes, determining the positions of each of the two shapes using the measured position of the substrate, measuring a distance between the determined positions of each of the two shapes, calculating an error, where the error is the difference between the measured distance and a predetermined distance of the two shapes, and adjusting either a digital printer, a speed of a rotary cylinder, or a speed of the belt, based on the error.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing part having an installment part in which a cartridge usable for printing an image is installable, the printing part being configured to print the image on a print medium and configured to move to an exchange position in a scanning direction; and a processing unit having a processing part configured to move while making contact with the print medium, which has the image printed thereon by the printing part, to thereby perform a processing of the print medium, at least a part of the processing unit being positioned at a standby position which is shifted in the scanning direction with respect to the exchange position in a case that the cartridge is installed or detached with respect to the printing part.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a housing including a wall with an opening; a mounting section configured to allow a cartridge to be mounted through the opening; a head with a nozzle to eject a liquid; a processing unit including a processing section configured to process a print medium; and a head carriage holding the mounting section and the head. The processing unit is located upstream of the head carriage in a conveyance direction of the print medium, the conveyance direction being a direction in which the print medium passes through a support facing the head.

Abstract: The head replacement method includes: a pipe connection step of performing, by a user, pipe connection of a new head; an ink circulation start step of starting circulation of ink in a circulation flow path; and a connection state determination step of determined, based on an ink liquid level position representing a height of an ink liquid level in at least one of a collection tank and a supply tank, whether a pipe connection, including a connection between an ink discharge pipe and a collection branch pipe and a connection between an ink inflow pipe and a supply branch pipe, is properly made.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a casing, an opening/closing part, a printing part, a processing unit and a shielding part. The casing has an opening. The opening/closing part is movable to a first position to a second position. The printing part has an installment part and prints an image on a print medium. The processing unit is arranged on a downstream side in a conveyance direction, of the print medium, with respect to the printing part and processes the print medium. The shielding part shields at least a part of the processing unit. When the opening/closing part is at the second position, the opening is capable of releasing a location above the installment part or a part, of the installment part. When the opening/closing part is at the second position, the shielding part shields at least the part of the processing unit.

Abstract: An image formation device includes a support to support movement of a substrate along a travel path, a fluid ejection device, and a belt. The fluid ejection device is located along the travel path to deposit droplets of ink particles within a liquid carrier onto the substrate to at least partially form an image on the substrate. The belt is a flexible belt located downstream along the travel path from the fluid ejection device and includes a contact portion to arcuately conform relative to, and be in movable contact against, a first arcuate portion of the substrate to at least partially remove the liquid carrier from the substrate.

Abstract: An image formation device includes a support, a fluid ejection device, and a first porous element. The support is to support movement of a substrate along a travel path, while the fluid ejection device is located along the travel path to deposit droplets of ink particles within a liquid carrier onto the substrate to at least partially form an image on the substrate. The first porous element is located downstream along the travel path from the fluid ejection device to be in contact against the substrate to remove, via electroosmotic flow through the first porous element, at least a portion of the liquid carrier from the substrate.

Abstract: An ink ribbon cartridge includes a first spool, a first case covering the first spool, a second spool, a second case covering the second spool, a first rib provided at the first case, a second rib provided at the second case, an ink ribbon, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion. The first spool extends in a first direction and the second spool extends in a second direction. The first protrusion protrudes in the first direction from an end of the first case in the first direction. The second protrusion protrudes in the second direction from an end of the second case in the second direction. The first protrusion and the second protrusion are respectively fitted in a first hole and a second hole of a first frame of a printing device in a state where the ink ribbon cartridge is attached the printing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for establishing the suitability for printing of a thermoplastic film for use in a packaging of absorbent hygienic articles, said thermoplastic film comprising at least 30% recycled polymer material. The method comprises scanning a sample of said film for Gel Spots, defining an Amount of Gel spots and a Relative Gel Spot Coverage area, and, determining that if the Amount of Gel Spots is less than or equal to a first threshold and the Relative Gel Spot Coverage Area is less than or equal to a second threshold, determining that said thermoplastic film is suitable for printing. The disclosure also relates to a method of forming a package from a thermoplastic film, and to a package comprising a thermoplastic film.

Abstract: A method of transferring color images to polymer clay using a combination of laser printer loaded with water-soluble material is disclosed. A color image may be printed on water-soluble material, producing a color image transfer sheet having a color image side. The color image side may be burnished against a surface of polymer clay. Subjecting the color image transfer sheet or portions thereof to water, dissolves the transfer sheet but leaves the color image on the polymer clay surface.