Abstract: A heating unit includes a board including metal, an insulating layer including insulating material and formed on a surface of the board, a heating element disposed on the insulating layer to generate heat by passing an electric current through the heating element, and a conductive portion electrically connecting the heating element and the board to each other. The heating unit further includes a first power supplying electrode electrically connected to the heating element and a second power supplying electrode electrically connected to the board. The heating element, the conductive portion and the board constitute an electric circuit between the first power supplying electrode and the second power supplying electrode. The heating element generates the heat in a case where the first power supplying electrode and the second power supplying electrode are electrically connected to a power source and the electric current is passed through the electric circuit.

Abstract: In example implementations, a printing device is provided. The printing device includes a printer module, a plurality of dryer modules, and a side exit unit. The printer module is to print on a continuous web of print media. The plurality of dryer modules is located downstream from the printer module. The continuous web of print media is fed in a wrap-around direction from an outermost dryer module to a center dryer module. The side exit unit is coupled to the center dryer module to redirect the continuous web of print media along an outer side of the plurality of dryer modules.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a body and a carriage disposed inside the body. A head is mounted on the carriage. The head discharges ink onto a recording medium and generates ink mist. An ink mist collector includes a fan that generates an air current that circulates in an air flow direction inside the body. A filter collects the ink mist generated by the head. At least one duct adjusts the air flow direction. An encoder is mounted on the carriage. The encoder is disposed downstream from the fan and disposed upstream from the head in the air flow direction.

Abstract: A droplet discharging device includes a head including a nozzle configured to discharge a droplet onto a medium, a heater configured to heat, the medium onto which the droplet is discharged from the head, at a position opposing to the head, an air blowing fan configured to blow outside air from an outside toward an inside of a housing that accommodates the head and the heater, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the outside air blown by the air blowing fan, and a control unit, and when the temperature of the outside air detected by the temperature sensor is lower than a preset temperature, the control unit changes a set temperature of the heater to a temperature lower than a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a rendering apparatus, method and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium for determining a speed of a carriage during rendering of an image. A plurality of swaths of rendering fluid are deposited on a print target using a set of printheads moving across the print target. A temperature of a curing module is measured at a respective time of depositing each respective swath. An arrival time for each deposited swath to respectively arrive at the curing module is predicted. The speed of the carriage during depositing the plurality of swaths is determined based on the measured temperature of the curing module and predicted arrival time for each respective swath.

Abstract: A printing system comprises a print fluid deposition assembly, a media transport device, and an air flow control system. The print fluid deposition assembly comprises a carrier plate and a printhead to eject a print fluid through an opening of the carrier plate to a deposition region. The media transport device holds a print medium against the movable support surface by vacuum suction and transports the print medium through the deposition region. The air flow control system comprises an air supply unit comprising an airflow guide structure extending into the opening of the carrier plate, the airflow guide structure configured to flow air at a direction aimed under the printhead and at an oblique angle relative to the movable support surface. The air flow control system controls the air supply unit to selectively flow the air based on a location of a print medium relative to the printhead.

Abstract: A bonding tool for bonding a first workpiece to a second workpiece on a bonding machine is provided. The bonding tool includes a body portion for bonding the first workpiece to the second workpiece on the bonding machine. The bonding tool also includes a curing system for curing an adhesive provided between the first workpiece and the second workpiece.

Abstract: A heating device heats a sheet to which a liquid discharge unit discharges a liquid. The heating device includes a first heater to heat the sheet that has passed through the liquid discharge unit, a vacuum conveyor to convey the sheet that has passed through the first heater while sucking the sheet, a second heater to heat the sheet being conveyed by the vacuum conveyor, and circuitry that cause the first heater to heat the sheet when sheet data regarding the sheet satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: The drying apparatus includes a conveying belt and a heating unit. The heating unit includes a blower fan, a rectifying member, a heater, and a reflecting plate. The rectifying member is arranged on the downstream side of the blower fan in the blowing direction of the blower fan and includes one or more first through holes. The heater is arranged on the downstream side of the rectifying member in the blowing direction to radiate infrared rays in all directions. The reflecting plate is arranged between the rectifying member and the heater, includes one or more second through holes, and reflects the infrared rays radiated from the heater to the side of the conveying belt. The one or more first through holes are formed in a portion other than a portion where the infrared rays passing through the one or more second through holes of the reflecting plate are radiated.

Abstract: A heating device includes a conveyor configured to convey a sheet, the sheet having a first surface on which a liquid is applied and a second surface contacting the conveyor, a first heater facing the first surface opposite to the second surface of the sheet, the first heater configured to heat the sheet, and a second heater configured to heat the conveyor.

Abstract: The heating apparatus including a plurality of heat generation members including first, second and third generation members, the second heat generation member and the third heat generation member having lengths in a longitudinal direction shorter than a length of the first heat generation member, the heating apparatus including first, second, third, and fourth contacts, and a first switching unit configured to bring an electric path between the second contact and the fourth contact into one of a connecting state and an open state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of calibrating a humidity sensor device, comprising the steps determining a first dew point and a first relative humidity at a first temperature in an environment by the humidity sensor device using a first calibration offset; subsequently heating the humidity sensor device, in particular, by self-heating, thereby heating the environment to a second temperature higher than the first temperature; subsequently determining a second dew point at the second temperature by the humidity sensor device; subsequently determining whether the determined second dew point differs from the determined first dew point by more than a predetermined difference; and subsequently changing the first calibration offset of the humidity sensor device by a predetermined value to obtain a second calibration offset, if it is determined that the determined second dew point differs from the determined first dew point by more than the predetermined difference.

Abstract: The present application relates to a porous body quality inspection apparatus and a method for inspecting quality of a porous body, and according to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a porous body quality inspection apparatus comprising a contact resistance measuring part of a porous body with a gas diffusion layer, a pressurizing part for pressurizing a pressure-sensitive discoloration base material on the porous body, an image mapping part for calculating a contact area between the pressure-sensitive discoloration base material and the porous body, a transporting part for transporting the porous body and the pressure-sensitive discoloration base material, and an operation part for performing an operation of an interfacial contact resistance between the porous body and the gas diffusion layer.

Abstract: A print system and a method for confirming complete curing of a marking material are disclosed. For example, the print system includes a plurality of printheads arranged in a two-dimensional array, a curing light source, a curing confirmation system, a movable member to hold an object and a controller to control movement of the movable member to move the object past the array of printheads, to operate the plurality of printheads to eject the marking material onto the object as the object passes the two-dimensional array of printheads, to operate the curing light source to cure the marking material and to operate the curing confirmation system to confirm that the curing of the marking material is complete.

Abstract: An active energy ray curable composition contains an acrylamide compound A1 represented by the following Chemical formula 1 or the following Chemical formula 2; a multi-functional polymerizable compound B1 having an SI value of 3 or less in a skin sensitivity test; a polymerization initiator C1 having no maximum absorption peak in a wavelength range of from 365 to 405 nm; and a hydrogen donor D,

Abstract: A system and method for ejecting one or more fluids from a digital dispense device. The method includes a) inputting to a memory a volume per unit area for each of the one or more fluids to be ejected from the digital dispense device; b) matching the volume per unit area to a device resolution for the digital dispense device; c) formatting fluid ejectors for the digital dispense device for the device resolution; and d) ejecting fluid from the digital dispense device to provide the volume per area for each of the one or more fluids.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, a printing unit configured to print an image by discharging ink to the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, a heating unit configured to heat the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit and to which the image has been printed by the printing unit, and a control unit configured to, in a case of double-side printing in which after printing an image on a first side of the sheet, an image is printed on a second side of the sheet, based on an amount of ink discharged for the first side and an amount of ink discharged for the second side, control heating by the heating unit with respect to the second side.

Abstract: A light-irradiating device of the disclosure comprises: a light-irradiating unit comprising a housing in which a light-emitting element is disposed, the housing comprising a light irradiation surface through which light from the light-emitting element can be transmitted; and a gas supply unit comprising a flow channel connected to a part of the light irradiation surface of the housing. A printing device of the disclosure comprises: the light-irradiating device mentioned above; a conveying unit which conveys a medium to be printed while causing the medium to face the light irradiation surface of the light-irradiating device; and a printing unit which is disposed adjacent to and upstream from the light-irradiating device in a conveyance direction of the medium to be printed.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a printing unit configured to print an image by discharging ink to the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, a heating unit configured to, in a heating section on the conveyance path, heat the sheet on which the image has been printed by the printing unit, and a control unit configured to control the heating unit so that the heating section is changed in accordance with a print condition.

Abstract: A dryer comprises at least one dryer that is configured to supply thermal energy to a substrate in order to dry said substrate via evaporation of fluid. Information with regard to the degree of drying of the substrate may be precisely determined via comparison of a measurement value of the temperature of the substrate with the equilibrium temperature that results given an equilibrium of latent heat and supplied thermal energy. Alternatively or additionally, the degree of drying of the substrate may be precisely set.

Abstract: A recording control device that controls a recording device that discharges a dot to perform recording includes an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge of an image represented by image data, and a recording control unit configured to generate dot data specifying the dot based on the image data and to cause the recording device to perform recording based on the dot data. The recording control unit causes an internal region, located on an inner side of an edge region including the edge of the image, to be recorded using a dot having a smaller size than that of a dot used for recording of the edge region, or to be dot-off.

Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a first resin-dispersed pigment, a second resin-dispersed pigment, and water, wherein the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied, Q1?1.2??Condition (1): Q2<1.2??Condition (2): in the conditions (1) and (2), Q1 and Q2 are represented by the following formulae (i) and (ii), respectively. Q1=D1a/D1p??(i) Q2=D2a/D2p??(ii) D1a: an average particle size (nm) of the first resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with an aqueous solution of calcium ions; D1p: an average particle size (nm) of the first resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with pure water; D2a: an average particle size (nm) of the second resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with an aqueous solution of calcium ions; D2p: an average particle size (nm) of the second resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with pure water.

Abstract: In a three-dimensional object manufacturing method using a three-dimensional object manufacturing device for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by layering and stacking an ink layer in which a surface is flattened by a flattening roller for removing one part of the surface of the ink layer to adjust a thickness of the ink layer to a thickness t, where when forming ink layers with an inkjet head, an ink ejection amount reduction region in which an ejection amount of ink ejected by the inkjet head is reduced from an amount corresponding to the thickness t in a part corresponding to an interior of the three-dimensional object, and when forming the ink layers on an upper side of the specific ink layers with the inkjet head, an ejection amount of ink ejected by the inkjet head is increased from an amount corresponding to the thickness t.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to coated print media, methods of making coated print media, and methods of printing. In one example, a coated print medium can include a substrate, a base coating layer on the substrate, and a top coating layer on the base coating layer. The base coating layer can include an inorganic pigment, a binder, and a fixing agent. The top coating layer can include polyvinyl alcohol and polymer nanobeads having a gloss transition temperature from 70° C. to 350° C. The polyvinyl alcohol and polymer nanobeads can be included at from 50 wt % to 100 wt % by dry weight of the top coating layer.

Abstract: A recording liquid contains a luster pigment having a mean number diameter of less than 200 nm and a modified ethylene vinyl acetate polymer or the combination of a polyamide amine salt and an aliphatic acid amide, wherein the recording liquid has a viscosity of 40 mPa·s or less at 20 degrees C.

Abstract: A nail printer is a nail printer for printing on a nail of a finger. The nail printer includes a housing and a printer component. The housing includes a front face and a back face. The housing has an opening on the front face for inserting the finger in a specific direction and a pair of slanted wall portions that are disposed on both sides of the opening. The slanted wall portions are inclined downward with respect to the specific direction from the front face to the back face. The printer component is disposed inside the housing. The printer component performs printing on the nail of the finger disposed inside the housing through the opening.

Abstract: A printing unit includes a plurality of ink jet parts and an X-axis linear motion mechanism that moves each of the plurality of ink jet parts in the same main scanning direction. The X-axis linear motion mechanism moves the ink jet part involved in printing the workpiece among the plurality of ink jet parts so as to face the surface of the workpiece and moves the remaining ink jet part on the one X-axis linear motion mechanism so as to retreat from the surface of the workpiece. As a result, a printing apparatus that is capable of printing accurately onto the workpiece having a three-dimensional curved surface is provided.

Abstract: A printer is configured to apply marking material to print media to create a printed item, and a transport belt is positioned to receive the printed item from the printer and is configured to dry the marking material on the printed item. The transport belt has a middle layer attached between outer and inner layers, and the printed item contacts the outer layer. The outer and inner layers are non-perforated entangled fiber materials that are porous and that are more flexible than the middle layer.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes: an inkjet head configured to eject an ink of an ultraviolet-curable type to a medium; an ultraviolet irradiator arranged to adjoin the inkjet head in a main scanning direction where the inkjet head relatively moves with respect to the medium, the ultraviolet irradiator configured to irradiate the ink with an ultraviolet ray; and a controller configured to control the ultraviolet irradiator. In the inkjet printer, the ultraviolet irradiator includes an inner illumination region arranged near the inkjet head in the main scanning direction, and an outer illumination region arranged opposite the inkjet head across the inner illumination region in the main scanning direction, and the controller includes a first irradiation mode where the inner illumination region is unlit and the outer illumination region is lit, and a second irradiation mode where the inner illumination region is lit and the outer illumination region is lit.

Abstract: A device includes a temperature control member and a linearly-contact member. The temperature control member has an outer peripheral surface to contact a conveyed substrate to which liquid is applied, and heats or cools the substrate. The linearly-contact member contacts the substrate and the temperature control member on an upstream side from a contact position between the substrate and the temperature control member in a conveyance direction of the substrate.

Abstract: A curable composition contains a polymerizable compound, a polymerization initiator, and a fluorescent whitener comprising a benzoxazole derivative, wherein the proportion of the fluorescent whitener is from 0.10 to 0.3 percent by mass and the proportion of the polymerization initiator is from 5 to 15 percent by mass.

Abstract: A drying assembly comprises a plurality of electromagnetic energy sources arranged to dry printing fluid deposited onto a surface of a substrate, by evaporation of a solvent fluid therefrom. The drying assembly further comprises a conveyor system configured to move the substrate in a conveying direction, and a focusing system configured to focus electromagnetic energy from the plurality of electromagnetic energy sources to form a non-uniform heating pattern on the surface of the substrate. The non-uniform heating pattern comprises a plurality of spatially separated higher and lower intensity regions distributed along the conveying direction.

Abstract: A UV curable inkjet ink contains at least one free radical photoinitiator and at least 30 wt % of a mixture including 0 to 45 wt % of a polymerizable oligomer, at least 5 wt % of a polyfunctional propoxylated acrylate and at least 20 wt % of a monofunctional ethoxylated methacrylate according to Formula (I): with n representing an integer of 1 to 4 and R representing an alkyl group; the weight ratio of the polyfunctional propoxylated acrylate over the monofunctional ethoxylated methacrylate is less than 1.60; and all the weight percentages wt % are based on the total weight of the UV curable inkjet ink.

Abstract: Liquid ink-receiving layers or films (receiving layers) for direct ink jet printing or ink printing, into which low-viscous liquid (highly fluid) printing media (printing inks) can be introduced according to said printing methods, and which solidify or are able to be solidified at a time subsequent to the ink insertion (retarded). The invention eliminates limitations on the usability of raw materials for ink jet printing or ink printing, especially of film-forming agents but also of pigments and other ingredients. Moreover, corresponding compositions and methods for ink jet printing or ink printing are proposed.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for reducing the scatter of UV light during a final curing operation in the three-dimensional printing on the surface of transparent and semi-transparent media. The method precisely controls the movement of media during a final cure step in the printing of an expressed inkjet image on the surface of transparent media. The method also controls a number of factors during final curing operation such as the lateral movement of media under a final cure lamp, the number of rotations that media undergoes during final curing, the timely modulation of UV lamp power during final curing, and the selection of UV emitter segments positioned away from a inkjet print head to reduce the amount of potential UV radiation from impinging upon one or more of the adjacent printing heads.

Abstract: Methods of fabricating three-dimensional rubber-like objects which utilize one or more modeling material formulations which comprise an elastomeric curable material and silica particles are provided. Objects made of the modeling material formulations and featuring improved mechanical properties are also provided.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a dryer configured to attenuate the effects of temperature differentials arising in substrates that are caused by holes in a media transport belt and a platen covering a vacuum plenum. The dryer includes a heater, a media transport belt cooler, and a media transport belt. The media transport belt is configured to move substrates past the heater after ink images have been formed on the substrates and the media transport belt cooler is positioned to remove heat energy from the media transport belt after the media transport belt has passed the heater and the substrates have separated from the media transport belt. The substrate cooler is configured to reduce a temperature of the media transport belt to a temperature that attenuates image defects arising from temperature differentials in the media transport belt when the media transport belt is opposite the heater.

Abstract: A method of forming an image on a substrate that involves applying a radiation curable white inkjet ink composition comprising a radiation curable anti-wrinkle agent onto a surface of the substrate, exposing the radiation curable white inkjet ink composition to UV light having a wavelength of less than 200 nm to pin the radiation curable white inkjet ink composition and form a coated substrate having an arithmetical mean surface roughness value Ra of less than or equal to 2.0 micrometers and an arithmetical mean surface roughness depth Rz of less than or equal to 10.0 micrometers, applying a radiation curable CMYK inkjet ink composition onto the coated substrate, and curing with electron beam radiation.

Abstract: A 3D printing system applies colored powders (e.g., primary colors, white, black, cyan, magenta, yellow, fluorescent colors, metallic) in printed polymer layers for forming a colored 3D object. The system may stabilize a powder layer or color sub-layers thereof, for example with one or more of heat, pressure, and/or high-intensity light. On each layer, powders of various colors may be sequentially deposited in a halftone pattern and stabilized, so as to create a part with a specified arrangement of colors throughout its structure. Benefits include more stable color than strategies involving jetting colored fluids. The arrangement of color on the interior of the part could provide functional or traceability benefits for specific applications. The examples allow for depositing a greater quantity of powder on each fiber base or substrate, decreasing the ratio of fiber to powder and increasing production speed.

Abstract: A medium heating device includes a support portion configured to support a medium being transported, a heating unit configured to heat a medium supported by the support portion, and a detector configured to detect a temperature of the support portion. The support portion includes a metal plate including a first surface as the support face, an end portion of the metal plate is bent toward an opposite side to the first surface, the metal plate is fixed by a fixing portion and a fixing portion next to the fixing portion in a width direction, and a detection position of the detector is set to a position between the mutually adjacent fixing portions in the width direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a benzophenone derivative and an aqueous copolymer dispersion comprising the benzophenone derivative. This invention also relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous copolymer dispersion. The benzophenone derivative provides better crosslinking efficiency and improvement to dirt pick up resistance performance.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to UV-curable ink and coating compositions comprising acylphosphine oxide photoinitiators and acids. The acids may be inorganic or organic acids, or acids generated by a photoacid generator during UV-cure. Incorporation of the acids into the UV-curable ink and coating compositions results in a reduction of migratable aldehydes that are produced by acylphosphine oxide photoinitiators during UV-cure. The ink and coating compositions are particularly useful for use in applications N that require low migration of low molecular weight materials, such as, for example, food packaging.

Abstract: A printing apparatus including a set section on which a printing medium is set, a winding unit configured to wind, the printing medium transported from the set section, a head configured to discharge an ink onto an image forming surface of the printing medium being transported, thereby forming an image, and a drying chamber formed downstream of the head in a transport direction and downward of the head, the drying chamber being configured to dry the ink discharged to the printing medium, wherein the drying chamber is provided with an endless belt made of metal and configured to transport the printing medium while being in contact with an image non-forming surface on an opposite side of the printing medium from the image forming surface, and a plurality of rollers over which the endless belt is stretched, the plurality of rollers being configured to cause the endless belt to rotate.

Abstract: In some examples, a conditioner system for a media printed by a printing system includes a media conditioning assembly comprising a heater, the media conditioning assembly to receive the media printed by the printing system after the media has been heated by a dryer in the printing system after printing has occurred on the media. Responsive to a determined moisture content of the media, the heater of the media conditioning assembly controls a temperature of the media, and the media conditioning assembly controls a speed of the media through the media conditioning assembly.

Abstract: To provide an image processing apparatus capable of associating print data with channels with a simple configuration and transferring the print data to an appropriate print head, an image processing apparatus stores print data corresponding to each ink in a data buffer in association with ink information indicating each ink. The image processing apparatus includes a table retention unit which stores an address of a channel buffer associated with each of a plurality of print heads in association with the ink information, and transfers each print data to an address associated with the ink information. The image processing apparatus can rewrite an association between the addresses and the ink information stored in the table retention unit.

Abstract: In example implementations, a printing device is provided. The printing device includes a printer module, a plurality of dryer modules, and a side exit unit. The printer module is to print on a continuous web of print media. The plurality of dryer modules is located downstream from the printer module. The continuous web of print media is fed in a wrap-around direction from an outermost dryer module to a center dryer module. The side exit unit is coupled to the center dryer module to redirect the continuous web of print media along an outer side of the plurality of dryer modules.

Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes a third support surface configured to support a medium downstream from a recording unit in a transport direction, the transport direction being a direction in which the medium to be printed by the recording unit putting a liquid on the medium is transported, a heating unit facing the third support surface and including a heating element configured to heat the medium supported by the third support surface, a first outlet opening toward the support surface, and a blower configured to blow out gas from the first outlet, wherein the first outlet is located closer to the recording unit than the heating unit is located, and is configured such that the gas blown out from the first outlet is directed along the third support surface and is directed away from the recording unit.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge device configured to discharge a liquid curable by active-energy rays onto a discharge target to form a liquid discharge surface, an irradiator configured to irradiate the liquid discharge surface with the active-energy rays, a carriage mounting the discharge device and the irradiator, the carriage configure to move in a main-scanning direction, and circuitry configured to relatively move the carriage and the discharge target in the main-scanning direction, relatively move the carriage and the discharge target in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main-scanning direction, and control illuminance of the active-energy rays emitted from the irradiator to the liquid discharge surface on the discharge target according to a length of a discharge range of the liquid discharge surface on the discharge target in the main-scanning direction.

Abstract: Power allocation in printing devices is disclosed. A first load request is received from a first heater system having a first thermal time constant and a second load request is received from a second heater system having a second thermal time constant. Power grants are allocated based on a general power arbitration of a power source in response to the independent load requests. The power grants include a first power grant based on the first load request and a second power grant based on the second load request. The power grants are adjusted to apportion a measure of the first power grant to the second power grant rather than provide the measure of the first power grant to the first heater system if a print substance density is within a selected print substance density threshold and the first load request is within a selected load threshold.

Abstract: An ink jet method includes an ejecting step of ejecting a radiation-curable ink jet composition from an ink jet head and an irradiating step of irradiating the ejected radiation-curable ink jet composition with an ultraviolet ray at an irradiation intensity of 3 to 10 W/cm2 by using a light emitting diode. The radiation-curable ink jet composition contains monofunctional monomers including a nitrogen-containing monofunctional monomer. The amount of the nitrogen-containing monofunctional monomer relative to the total amount of the radiation-curable ink jet composition is 5 to 40 mass %.