Entries |
Document | Title | Date |
20080225098 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LANDING POSITION SHIFT CORRECTION METHOD, AND LANDING POSITION SHIFT CORRECTION SHEET MEMBER - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to jet liquid droplets; a pattern forming unit configured to form, on a water-repellent surface of a water-repellent sheet member, an adjustment pattern used for correcting shifts in landing positions of the liquid droplets, wherein the adjustment pattern includes plural liquid droplets that are separated from each other, and the water-repellent surface having a water-repellent property is formed on at least a part of a surface of the water-repellent sheet member; a reading unit including a light emitting unit configured to irradiate light onto the adjustment pattern and a light receiving unit configured to receive specular reflection light from the adjustment pattern; and a landing position correction unit configured to correct, based on a reading result obtained by the reading unit, the shifts in the landing positions of the liquid droplets that are jetted from the recording head. | 09-18-2008 |
20080231679 | Inks, printing methods and printing devices - There is provided a printing device that includes an ink applicator and a shaping fluid outlet adapted to dispense a shaping fluid onto curable ink applied by the applicator. The printing device may further include energy emitting source used to at least partially cure the applied ink. There is further provided a curable ink mixture, the mixture includes a colorant at a concentration higher than 4%. There is further provided, a method for printing that includes applying curable ink on a substrate and shaping the ink by dispensing a shaping fluid. | 09-25-2008 |
20080239042 | Process And Apparatus For The Printing Of Panel-Shaped Workpieces - The invention discloses a process for printing of panel-shaped workpieces, in particular in the region of an edge, in which a section of a panel-shaped workpiece to be printed is subjected first of all to one or a plurality of pre-treatment stages which are selected from a) pre-cleaning, b) degreasing, c) improvement of the adhesion and wetting properties and d) reduction of the electrostatic charge, and in which the pre-treated section to be printed is subsequently printed with a desired pattern, in particular by means of inkjet printing. The invention also provides an apparatus for performing said process. | 10-02-2008 |
20090058971 | Method of Printing - A method of printing an image on a substrate in a printing machine having at least a first printing unit and an inkjet printing unit, includes moving the substrate through the printing machine. A raster image formed of image dots is printed on the substrate at a first moment using at least the first printing unit. At least one contiguous area of inkjet dots in the raster image is printed at a second moment, after the first moment, using the inkjet printing unit. Substantially all inkjet dots forming the contiguous area are printed at dot locations having similar surface wetting properties. | 03-05-2009 |
20090231403 | SIGNAL PROCESSING OF INDICIA FOR MEDIA IDENTIFICATION - A method of identifying a type of recording medium includes moving the recording medium relative to a sensor at a substantially uniform speed; processing a signal from the sensor to provide digitized data of the signal; identifying a plurality of peaks in the digitized data; determining at least one of the heights and widths of each of the plurality of peaks; determining a peak to peak distance between two adjacent peaks of the plurality of peaks; determining the position of a peak corresponding to the reference mark using a combination of parameters related to at least two of the peak heights, the peak widths, and the peak to peak distance; determining a configuration of a peak corresponding to the identification mark by locating a peak that is spaced apart from the position of the peak corresponding to the reference mark; and identifying the type of recording medium using the configuration of the peak corresponding to the identification mark. | 09-17-2009 |
20090237477 | Image recording apparatus - In an image recording apparatus, there are oppositely arranged an image recording section capable of recording an image all over the recording width of a recording medium, and a platen section which holds the recording medium and which conveys the recording medium perpendicularly to a width direction of the recording medium. A platen driving unit can vary a space between the image recording section and the platen section. Positioning pins of a carriage are engaged with slide hooks to set a space between the platen driving unit and the image recording section. | 09-24-2009 |
20090256896 | INK-JET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR DECURLING CUT SHEET MEDIA PRIOR TO INK-JET PRINTING - Ink-jet printing systems and methods are presented for decurling cut sheet print media for ink-jet printing, in which the cut sheets are transported along a path with a moisture source directing water droplets or mist toward all or a portion of a first side of the sheets in a moisturizing zone extending across the path to decurl the sheets prior to transportation past an ink-jet printing head with the first side of the cut sheets facing the printing head to receive ink droplets ejected by the printing head. | 10-15-2009 |
20090303305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING EDGES OF PAPER IN PRINTERS - System and method for encapsulating edges of a paper in digital printing systems. A spray applicator can include a set of stationary sprayers with spray nozzles, a set of transfer rollers and an inkjet print head. The stationary sprayers can be positioned at both marginal ends of the paper. The stationary sprayers apply the fluid through the spray nozzles at edges of the moving paper to encapsulate the edges of the paper such that loose paper fibers and debris are bound to the paper. The fluid can be applied when the transfer rollers can pass the moving paper through a printer or printing press. Thus, the system can protect various subsystems of the printer or printing press against contamination due to the loose paper fibers and debris. | 12-10-2009 |
20100165063 | System and method for discharging static in a printer - A method of preventing electrostatic charge build up on a print media from adversely affecting quality of inkjet printing, comprising: (a) coupling a static discharging wand to print head carriage at a set distance ahead of inkjet print heads and altitude over print media, and (b) coupling the static discharge wand to a power unit to provide a potential difference between said static discharge want and said print media. | 07-01-2010 |
20100188468 | APPARATUS FOR IMPRINTING A SHEET WEB - An apparatus for imprinting a sheet web includes two cylinders that rotate with a circumferential speed that corresponds to the speed of the web and which support the web over a specified angle region. Contactless printing heads are arranged side by side and at a distance to the circumferential surface of the associated cylinder and positioned transverse to the rotational direction of the associated cylinder. The printing heads each have a face oriented tangential to the associated cylinder and a center line that is essentially radial to the circumferential surface of the associated cylinder. A guiding device includes first and second guide devices associated with the respective cylinders to guide the web. Each guide device includes at least one pressure roller that fits against the surface of the associated cylinder and an element arranged to pull the web tangentially from the circumferential surface of the associated cylinder along a tangential path section. The guiding device further guides the web so that when the web rests on one cylinder, one side of the web may be imprinted and when the web rests on the other cylinder, the other side of the web may be imprinted. A tension device generates a desired web tension in the web. At least two quality measuring devices each associated with a respective one of the cylinders determine a quality of the web after the web leaves the associated cylinder at a location along the tangential web section. | 07-29-2010 |
20100208019 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A CLADDING PANEL - The invention relates to a method for the contactless printing of a visible surface ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100231671 | PRETREATMENT FOR LOW AND NON-POROUS MEDIA FOR INKJET PRINTING - This invention pertains to inkjet printing on non-porous or low porous media and to a pretreatment solution for the non-porous or low porous media that allows high quality printing thereon. The preferred digitally printed inks are disperse dye or pigmented inks. | 09-16-2010 |
20110012969 | DUAL MODE PRINTER - A dual mode imaging device includes an input for supplying a medium to the imaging device, the medium comprising at least one of an erasable paper, and a non-erasable paper. The erasable paper can be one of an imaged or a non-imaged erasable paper. A conventional imaging subsystem is provided for imaging the non-erasable paper. A heating subsystem is provided for heating an input medium to one of an erasing temperature, an imaging temperature, or a fusing temperature according to a type of job requirement. A cooling station selectively cools an erased medium to an imaging temperature. A write subsystem is provided for UV imaging an erased medium. | 01-20-2011 |
20110012970 | COMPOSITION, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING HIGH WHITENESS INKJET MEDIA - The present application relates to a surface treatment composition for inkjet media, including: starch; fluorescence whitening agent selected from the group consisting of nonionic, cationic, and anionic fluorescence whitening agents, and combinations thereof; metallic salt including cation and anion, the cations being selected from monovalent metal ions, multiple valent metal ions, and combinations and derivatives thereof, and the anions being selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, iodide, bromide, nitrate, phosphate, chlorate, acetate, and combinations and derivatives thereof; and chemical chelant. The application also relates to a method of making surface-treated inkjet media, including providing a base stock including cellulose paper and applying a surface treatment composition to the base stock. The application also relates to a paper coated with the surface treatment composition and a system of inkjet printing with surface treated inkjet media. | 01-20-2011 |
20110032319 | DIGITAL PRINTING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED PRE-PRINTING TEXTILE SURFACE TREATMENT - A digital printing machine prints textiles. The machine comprises a wetting unit for wetting fabric to be printed prior to printing, a printing head for printing on said fabric and a flattening unit located between the wetting unit and the printing head for exerting pressure on the fabric to flatten outwardly extending fibers of the fabric after wetting and before printing. The flattening provides a smoothed surface for digital printing. | 02-10-2011 |
20110037817 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus which mounts a printing medium on a conveyor belt, conveys it to a printing area, and carries out printing by ejecting a liquid onto the printing medium from nozzles of a liquid ejection head, includes: a tension imparter which imparts tension to the conveyor belt, a tension remover which removes the tension imparted to the conveyor belt by the tension imparter, a conveyance failure detector which detects a printing medium conveyance failure, and a conveyance failure controller which, when the printing medium conveyance failure is detected by the conveyance failure detector, causes the tension remover to remove the tension imparted to the conveyor belt by the tension imparter. | 02-17-2011 |
20110122210 | Image Conditioning Coating - A contact leveling surface for an ink jet imaging member comprising a low adhesion coating, wherein when the low adhesion coating is disposed on a contact leveling surface, jetted drops of ultra-violet gel ink exhibit a low sliding angle with the contact leveling surface, wherein the low sliding angle is less than about 1° to less than about 30°. | 05-26-2011 |
20110169901 | Sublimation Printing Processes and Fabric Pretreatment Compositions for Ink Jet Printing onto Arbitrary Fabrics - An ink jet printing process for sublimation printing of arbitrary textile fiber substrates, wherein the fiber materials are pretreated with an aqueous coating composition, enabling ink jet printing of natural and regenerated cellulosic fibers and blends thereof with synthetic fibers, by direct sublimation or sublimation transfer printing, applying to said fibers a novel textile coating or fabric pretreatment composition, wherein said textile coating or fabric pretreatment comprises: an aqueous dispersion of fluoropolymer particles and a non-fluoropolymer binder. | 07-14-2011 |
20110199446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PRINTED IMAGE DENSITY - A method of increasing the optical density of a printed image includes treating a first layer of deposited ink with a corona discharge. An apparatus for increasing the optical density of a printed image includes a print head for depositing a first layer of ink; and at least one electrode in proximity to the print head for treating the first layer of ink with a corona discharge. | 08-18-2011 |
20110234720 | Multi-Part Form Made Using Single Pass/Single Web Manufacturing Process - A method is disclosed for manufacturing a multi-part form (MPF) in a single pass process wherein at least some of plurality of parts of the MPF may include variable data such as a serial number, tracking number or barcode. One disclosed method may include passing a single web through a plurality of print-heads wherein each of the plurality of print-heads prints a top or bottom side of a different part of the MPF on a different portion of the web. The copy printed on the parts by the plurality of print-heads may include indicia for the sequence of parts of the MPF. The web may then be passed through a digital printer for the printing of variable data on at least some of the parts. The method may further include passing the web through at least one additional print-head for printing a CF coating on the top surface of one or more parts. The printing of the CF coating on the top surface of the one or more parts preferably does not overlap any variable data. | 09-29-2011 |
20110234721 | ERASING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IDENTIFYING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a recording medium identifying device includes: a sensor set downstream in a recording medium conveying direction of a heating device and configured to detect reflected light of a recording medium; and a control section configured to calculate a printing ratio of the recording medium and determine, if the printing ratio of the recording medium is equal to or larger than a threshold, that the recording medium is un-reusable. An erasing apparatus includes: the recording medium identifying device; a heating device configured to heat the recording medium to temperature equal to or higher than erasing temperature; a switching mechanism configured to switch a recording medium conveying path; and a disposal box in which unusable recording media are stored. If the control section determines that the recording medium is un-reusable, the control section controls the switching mechanism and stores the recording medium in the disposal box. | 09-29-2011 |
20110234722 | PIGMENTED INK-JET INKS WITH GLOSS-ENHANCING POLYMERS - An ink-jet ink is disclosed which comprises polymer-dispersed pigment particles in a liquid vehicle, wherein the polymer has an acid number of at least about 175 and comprises polymer molecules having anionic groups and hydrogen bond-forming groups. The anionic groups and the hydrogen bond-forming groups are configured on each of the polymer molecules to permit association of the anionic groups with cationic groups on a print medium, and to also permit the hydrogen bond-forming groups on neighboring polymer molecules to interact pair wise with each other, as the liquid vehicle dries and/or is absorbed into the medium. | 09-29-2011 |
20110292142 | Peak Position Drum Maintenance Unit for A Printing Device - An imaging device includes a substantially continuous web of media, and a web transport system configured to transport the continuous web along a web path. A print station is positioned along the web path and is configured to apply ink to the continuous web. A temperature leveling ink spreader is disposed along the web path downstream from the print station. The temperature leveling ink spreader includes a leveler roller including a heater configured to generate thermal energy to heat the leveler roller to a spreading temperature. The leveler roller is positioned to be partially wrapped by the continuous web to generate a predetermined dwell time between the continuous web and the leveler roller as the continuous web is being transported to equalize the temperatures of the web and ink on the web to within a predetermined range about the spreading temperature. The temperature leveling ink spreader includes a pressure roller positioned adjacent the leveler roller to form a spreading nip therebetween through which the continuous web is fed after the predetermined dwell time. The spreading nip is configured to apply a predetermined pressure to the continuous web and the ink thereon. | 12-01-2011 |
20110292143 | TRANSPORTATION ROLLER CLEANING MECHANISM AND PRINTER - Ink on a transportation roller that touches the printing surface of a recording medium can be regularly removed without affecting media transportation performance. The cleaning mechanism has a cleaning lever that is pivotably supported with one end extending to above the discharge follower roller downstream from the printing position and the other end urged upward. When a cover attached to the roll paper loading opening is closed, the cleaning lever is held in resistance to this urging force at a position not touching the discharge follower roller by the fixed knife and movable knife of a cutter disposed downstream from the discharge follower roller. When the cover starts to open, the movable knife on the platen unit moves and the fixed knife separates from the cleaning lever, and the cleaning lever contacts the discharge follower roller. | 12-01-2011 |
20120007930 | DIGITAL INK-JET GLASS PRINTER - A method and system for printing on glass boards is provided. The method may include jetting, from an inkjet printing system onto a glass board, a glass-based ink having solid glass particles to form a printed glass board; heating the glass board prior to jetting the glass-based ink; heating the glass board after jetting to fix the ink onto the glass board; conveying the printed glass board to a furnace; and firing the printed glass board in the furnace at temperature of no less than 550° C. to melt the solid glass particles onto the glass board and complete fixation of the glass-based ink. | 01-12-2012 |
20120013691 | MATERIALS AND METHODS TO PRODUCE DESIRED IMAGE DRUM SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY FOR SOLID INK JET - Exemplary embodiments provide an aluminum image drum and method of its formation such that the aluminum image drum can have a surface texture to provide desirable surface oil consumption and high print quality for solid ink jet marking systems. | 01-19-2012 |
20120026263 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided which can effectively adapt stacked sheets of paper to the surrounding environment. A controller controls a moving member to move a position at which air is blown to an end portion of a sheet bundle in up and down direction of sheets of paper being stacked. The driving of an air blower is controlled so that the air volume when air is blown toward the lower-side end portion of the sheet bundle by the air blower is larger than the air volume when air is blown toward the upper-side end portion of the sheet bundle. By moving the position at which air is blown by the air blower in the up and down direction, it is possible to effectively adapt the stacked sheet bundle to the surrounding environment, compared with a case where air is simultaneously blown to the entire sheet bundle. | 02-02-2012 |
20120038722 | SEASONING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Sheets of paper discharged from an apparatus main body are stacked in a stack unit and humidified air is blown to the stacked sheets of paper by a spray device (humidifying seasoning). The humidified air blown by the spray device is blown between the sheets of paper to supply moisture to a non-image-formed portion. After blowing the humidified air for 5 minutes, nozzles of a water pipe is closed under the control of a controller and non-humidified air of the atmosphere is blown to the sheets of paper for 10 minutes (blowing seasoning). Accordingly, since the amount of moisture in the non-image-formed portion is returned to the amount of moisture originally contained in the sheets of paper, the difference in the amounts of moisture between an image-formed portion and a non-image-formed portion is reduced, thereby suppressing the cockling generated in the sheets of paper. | 02-16-2012 |
20120092427 | INK-JET OVERCOATS INCLUDING LATEX POLYMERS AND INORGANIC NANO PARTICLES - The present disclosure is drawn to a nanoparticle containing overcoat composition for use in ink jet printing. The composition can include a liquid vehicle and a composite latex particulate. The composite latex particulate can include inorganic nanoparticles at least partially encapsulated by a polymer. The inorganic nanoparticles can be silica, titania, alumina, zinc oxide, silicates, oxides of indium and tin, and combinations thereof. The inorganic nanoparticles can comprise from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of the composite latex particulate. The overcoat composition can be used to improve the properties of ink-jetted images. | 04-19-2012 |
20120105559 | Metallic Dispersions for Inkjet Printing - A dispersion of silver particles and a method of making the dispersion and ink are described. The dispersion or ink may be an aqueous dispersion or ink and may produce silver images having improved properties such as an improvement in gloss. | 05-03-2012 |
20120120167 | Temperature Monitoring System for a Media Preheater - A temperature monitoring system for a media heater of an imaging device comprises a temperature indicator overlying a surface of a media heater of an imaging device. The temperature indicator is configured to vary an optical property in response to changes in temperature at the surface of the media heater. The system includes an optical scanner for scanning the temperature indicator to detect the optical quality. The optical scanner is configured to generate a signal corresponding to the detected optical property. | 05-17-2012 |
20120147107 | NAIL PRINT APPARATUS - Disclosed is a nail print apparatus including: a nail print apparatus including: a print finger inserting section to insert a finger with a nail to be printed as a print finger; a non-print finger inserting section to insert a finger on which printing is not performed as a non-print finger; a grabbing section which is provided between the print finger inserting section and the non-print finger inserting section and which can be pinched with the print finger and the non-print finger; and a printing section which performs printing on a nail of the print finger, wherein the grabbing section includes a first finger positioning section to position the four fingers when printing is performed by the printing section; and a second finger positioning section to position the thumb of the second hand when printing is performed by the printing section. | 06-14-2012 |
20120206549 | WASTEWATER PURIFYING SYSTEM, WASHING DEVICE, AND INKJET PRINTER SYSTEM - A wastewater purifying system includes: a wastewater tank which stores wastewater discharged from a washing device which washes a textile subjected to printing by using an inkjet printer; an enzyme/microorganism feeding device which feeds an enzyme and a microorganism which degrade a dye into the wastewater tank; a pH adjusting agent feeding device which feeds a pH adjusting agent into the wastewater tank; a stirring device which stirs the wastewater in the wastewater tank; a heat insulating device which keeps the wastewater tank warm; a filtering device which filters the wastewater by cross-flow filtering using an RO membrane; a pump which pumps the wastewater to the filtering device from the wastewater tank; an ion removing device which removes ions by bringing the filtered water into contact with an ion exchange resin; and a decoloring device which decolors the filtered water by bringing the filtered water into contact with activated carbon. | 08-16-2012 |
20120212551 | MATTING AGENT COATING DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - In a matting agent coating device, a matting agent within a supplying section is supplied to a metering section. A supplied amount of matting agent at a surface of a metering roller is metered by a metering blade, and an excess amount is filtered at a slit portion. Matting agent is supplied to an application roller that is provided directly beneath. For example, a closed-cell sponge rubber is used as a material of the metering roller, and a size of closed cells is around 5 to 100 times an average particle diameter of the matting agent. The matting agent that has been supplied to a surface of the application roller is transferred and applied onto a recording medium. The matting agent is transferred from the application roller onto image portions of the recording medium due to tackiness of an ink film forming an image. | 08-23-2012 |
20120212552 | MATTING AGENT APPLYING DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - A matting liquid coating section supplies a matting liquid to an outer peripheral surface of a pressing roller. At the matting liquid coating section, a web, that is a non-woven fabric or the like and in which is seeped a matting liquid formed from a liquid (silicon oil or the like) in which matting agent particles are dispersed at a predetermined concentration, is trained around a first rod and a second rod, and is made to abut an outer peripheral surface of the pressing roller while running along the outer peripheral surface. The matting liquid is transferred once to the outer peripheral surface of the pressing roller, and the matting agent particles that adhere to the roller surface are again transferred onto a surface of a recording medium. | 08-23-2012 |
20120224008 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a holding tray on which a first recording material is set and which is configured to be advanced and retracted in a linear path between a first position wherein it opposes the recording head and a second position wherein it is retracted from the first position, a reverse transporting portion for transporting a second recording material which is set under the second position while reversing the second recording material in a U shape, and a path forming member for guiding the reversed, another recording material to the linear path after the recording material is bypassed above the second position. | 09-06-2012 |
20120229580 | PRE-APPLYING LIQUID APPLYING APPARATUS FOR INKJET PRINTER AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A pre-applying liquid applying apparatus for an inkjet printer is disclosed. The apparatus includes an applying roller which applies a treatment agent onto a recording medium before an image is formed; a squeeze roller which abuts against the applying roller; and a treatment agent supplying unit which supplies the treatment agent to a nip portion of the applying roller and the squeeze roller. A squeeze pressure adjusting mechanism is provided which adjusts an abutting force of the squeeze roller against the applying roller. | 09-13-2012 |
20120281048 | PATTERN FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a pattern forming apparatus whose operation is restrained in minimum and whose space saving and energy saving can be attained. The printer | 11-08-2012 |
20130127959 | Method and Apparatus for Fractal Identification - A method and system for applying a fractal image to a plurality of objects to act as an identification label is provided. The system includes a conveyance mechanism for positioning the plurality of objects in a predetermined position, and a printer for printing a fractal pattern to the plurality of objects. Such a fractal image is robust to printing and imaging difficulties and inconsistencies, and is difficult to copy, thus defending against counterfeiting. | 05-23-2013 |
20130135406 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting head is accommodated in a first casing. A supporting section is accommodated in a second casing. The first casing is pivotally movable relative to the second casing about a predetermined axis. Pivotal movement allows the first casing to take a first position at which an ejection surface confronts the supporting section and a second position at which the ejection surface is farther away from the supporting section than at the first position. The predetermined axis is closer to a first side surface than to a second side surface, and extends in parallel with the first side surface. The second side surface is formed with: a first opening through which a first medium tray is inserted or removed; a second opening through which a first tank is inserted or removed; and a third opening through which a waste-liquid tank is inserted or removed. | 05-30-2013 |
20130250017 | RECORDING MEDIUM SURFACE PROPERTY MODIFYING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INKJET PRINTER SYSTEM - A recording medium surface property modifying apparatus is disclosed. The recording medium surface property modifying apparatus includes a conveying unit which conveys a recording medium in a predetermined direction; a discharging electrode which rotates and comes into contact with a face to be treated of the recording medium which is conveyed by the conveying unit to cause the face to be treated to be in contact with plasma to modify a surface property of the recording medium; and a hollow-shaped cover member which covers a plasma treatment unit which includes the discharging electrode, the recording medium surface property modifying apparatus further including a humidity control unit which controls, in advance, humidity of the plasma treatment unit in alignment with acidity of the recording medium which undergoes the surface property modifying treatment. | 09-26-2013 |
20130293645 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING A PRE-PROCESSING LIQUID AND A POST-PROCESSING LIQUID, AND AN IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING A PRE-PROCESSING LIQUID AND A POST-PROCESSING LIQUID - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that ejects droplets from an image forming apparatus, and forms an image on a surface of a printing medium, a pre-processing unit that applies a pre-processing liquid to the surface of the printing medium before the image is formed by the image forming unit, and a post-processing unit that applies a post-processing liquid different from the pre-processing liquid to the surface of the printing medium after the image is formed by the image forming unit. The pre-processing unit applies an amount of the pre-processing liquid which is determined based on a type of the printing medium and the post-processing unit applies an amount of the post-processing liquid which is determined based on the type of the printing medium. | 11-07-2013 |
20130314482 | PSEUDO-PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - A pseudo-pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is provided, wherein the pseudo-pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an adhesive base, a filler and a polymer, wherein the polymer is a polyallylamine and/or a polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride with a weight-average molecular weight of less than 100,000. | 11-28-2013 |
20140055540 | SYSTEMS FOR ERASING AN INK FROM A MEDIUM - A system for erasing an ink from a medium includes the medium having the ink printed on a surface thereof, and an erasure fluid directly or indirectly applied to the surface. The system further includes an inert base upon which the medium is placed, and an electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell includes a cathode and an anode, both positioned adjacent the surface of the medium having the ink printed thereon, and a power source to apply a voltage across the medium. | 02-27-2014 |
20140118449 | WHITE PRE-TREATMENT COMPOSITION - A white pre-treatment composition and printing method using such pre-treatment composition are disclosed. Said white pre-treatment composition encompasses a liquid vehicle, a polyvalent metal salt, a latex resin and, at least, 8 wt % of a titanium dioxide particles dispersion. Also disclosed is an ink-set containing said white pre-treatment composition and, at least, an ink composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a colorant. | 05-01-2014 |
20140146117 | LIQUID TREATMENT AGENT COATING DEVICE FOR INKJET PRINTER, METHOD OF OPERATING LIQUID TREATMENT AGENT COATING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a liquid treatment agent coating device including a coating roller that coats a recording medium with a liquid treatment agent; a pressing roller that cooperates with the coating roller to nip and convey the recording medium; a first container that holds the coating roller and the liquid treatment agent, wherein the first container has an opening portion in the vicinity of a nip portion between the coating roller and the pressing roller; a second container that accommodates an amount of the liquid treatment agent held in the first container, wherein the second container has second airtightness that is greater than first airtightness of the first container; a removal channel extending from the first container to the second container; a first on-off valve disposed in the removal channel; and a return channel extending from the second container to the first container. | 05-29-2014 |
20140160213 | MOVEABLE PLATEN CART FOR HANDLING SHEETS OF SUBSTRATE MEDIA IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a moveable platen cart for handling sheets of substrate media in a printing system. The platen cart includes a cart frame, a media platen, a vacuum port and a valve. The cart frame is configured to translate along a process track. The media platen is secured to the cart frame. The media platen has a foraminous upper surface for receiving a substrate media sheet thereon. The media platen has a subsurface cavity in fluid communication with the foraminous upper surface. The vacuum port is for evacuating air from the cavity. The valve is for selectively closing and opening the vacuum port. | 06-12-2014 |
20140160214 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing method and system include a printhead configured to eject a fixer fluid. A controller is operatively connected to the printhead and configured to control the printhead so as to apply the fixer fluid to a print area in a pattern to form cells having a predetermined area without the fixer fluid. | 06-12-2014 |
20140192121 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An inkjet recording method includes forming an image on a coated layer provided at least one side of the substrate of a recording medium with ink containing a colorant; and then applying a post-processing fluid comprising a resin to the image; wherein the application amount per unit area of the post-processing fluid to the image is controlled to be less than the application amount per unit area of the ink to form the image. | 07-10-2014 |
20140198161 | BELT CLEANING APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A belt cleaning apparatus that is a cleaning apparatus that cleans a surface of a transporting belt with a cleaning solution, the belt cleaning apparatus including a cleaning member that is in contact with the surface in a rotatable manner, the cleaning member cleaning the surface with the cleaning solution; a cleaning solution reservoir that retains the cleaning solution; and a partition portion that protrudes from a bottom portion of the cleaning solution reservoir, the partition portion partitioning the cleaning solution reservoir into a cleaning area where the cleaning member is partially dipped in the cleaning solution and a discharging area from where the cleaning solution is discharged. In the belt cleaning apparatus, a distance between the cleaning member and the partition portion becomes gradually smaller towards an upper end of the partition portion. | 07-17-2014 |
20140204157 | Pressure Roller Containing A Volume Of Fluid - A pressure roller for a media processing device has enhanced temperature uniformity and resists temperature increases when subjected to elevated temperatures, enabling greater dimensional stability of the pressure roller in fluctuating temperatures. The pressure roller includes a hollow cylindrical member, an elastomeric layer, and an endbell on each end of the hollow cylindrical member. A chamber is defined by an inner wall of the hollow cylindrical member and the endbells in which a volume of fluid is contained to absorb heat from the hollow cylindrical member. | 07-24-2014 |
20140253651 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PRINTING METHOD OF PRINTED MATTER - An image forming apparatus discharges ink onto a recording medium to form an image on a surface of the recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes a preprocessing unit that applies preprocess liquid on the surface of the recording medium before the image is formed; and a postprocessing unit that applies postprocess liquid, which is different from the preprocess liquid, onto the recording medium after the image is formed. An application quantity of the preprocess liquid is determined based at least on a kind of the ink, and an application quantity of the postprocess liquid is determined based at least on the kind of the ink. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253652 | TREATMENT LIQUID APPLICATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A treatment liquid application device for use in an inkjet printer includes an application roller to apply a treatment liquid to a recording medium before an image is formed on the recording medium, a squeeze roller disposed below the application roller and to make a pressure-contact with the application roller, a treatment liquid supply unit to supply the treatment liquid to a nip part between the application roller and the squeeze roller, and a pressure roller disposed above the application roller and to cause the recording medium to make a pressure-contact with the application roller. When the application roller applies the treatment liquid to the recording medium, a position of the application roller is not restricted in approximate load directions of the squeeze roller and the pressure roller but is restricted in directions other than the approximate load directions. | 09-11-2014 |
20140267517 | NAIL PRINT APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A nail print apparatus, including: a nail placement unit on which a central area in a protruding portion of a nail of a finger or a nail of a toe is placed, the protruding portion of the nail is an area that protrudes from a distal portion of the finger or the toe and the central area includes a center of the protruding portion in a width direction of the nail; and a print head which performs printing on the nail that the central area is placed on the nail placement unit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140285598 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transport mechanism and a plurality of cleaning sections. The transport mechanism has an adhesive belt configured and arranged to support a target recording medium thereon to intermittently transport the target recording medium. The cleaning sections are arranged from an upstream side to a downstream side along the adhesive belt in a moving direction to clean the adhesive belt. A distance between the cleaning sections is different to a transport distance which results from one cycle of intermittent transporting of the target recording medium and is also different to a cumulative transport distance which results from a plurality of times of intermittent transporting of the target recording medium. | 09-25-2014 |
20140292967 | BELT CLEANER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning roller is in press contact with a conveyance belt on the downstream side of a drive roller in a first direction. A controller controls a motor so that the conveyance belt is driven in a second direction opposite to the first direction when the cleaning roller cleans the conveyance belt. | 10-02-2014 |
20150022600 | TREATMENT AGENT LIQUID APPLICATION DEVICE FOR INK JET PRINTER - A treatment agent liquid application device for an ink jet printer includes a supply pan including a liquid chamber that stores treatment agent liquid; an application roller that applies the treatment agent liquid on a record surface of a recording medium; a squeeze roller that rotates to draw up a part of the treatment agent liquid in which a part of the squeeze roller is immersed in the supply pan and to supply the treatment agent liquid to a pressure contact part between the application roller and the squeeze roller; and a partition member arranged outside the squeeze roller and along a circumferential direction of the squeeze roller in the supply pan, the partition member dividing the liquid chamber in the supply pan into a liquid chamber on a squeeze roller side and an external liquid chamber outside the liquid chamber on the squeeze roller side. | 01-22-2015 |
20150035918 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTED-MATTER PRODUCTION METHOD - According to an aspect of the present invention, a printing apparatus includes a plasma treatment unit configured to acidify at least a surface of a print medium by applying plasma treatment to the surface of the print medium, a first primer applying unit configured to apply primer treatment by applying treatment liquid to the surface of the print medium having undergone the plasma treatment, and a first recording unit configured to perform recording by inkjet recording on the print medium having undergone the primer treatment. | 02-05-2015 |
20150085036 | Coating for Aqueous Inkjet Transfer - A coating composition for an image transfer member in an aqueous ink imaging system is disclosed that comprises a hydrophilic composition and a surfactant. The hydrophilic composition can be a starch-based composition. | 03-26-2015 |
20150138286 | Solvent Resistant Printable Substrates and Their Methods of Manufacture and Use - Printable substrates including a base sheet, a tie coating on a first surface of the base sheet, and a printable coating on the tie coating are generally provided. The tie coating can generally include a first crosslinked material formed from a film-forming binder, a first crosslinkable polymeric binder, a first crosslinking agent, and a first crosslinking catalyst. The printable coating can generally include a plurality of inorganic microparticles and a second crosslinked material formed from a second crosslinkable polymeric binder, a second crosslinking agent, and a second crosslinking catalyst. Methods of forming an image on such printable substrates are also generally provided, along with methods for forming such printable substrates. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138287 | TREATMENT-OBJECT MODIFYING DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINT - A treatment-object modifying device lowers a pH value of a surface of a treatment object by using dielectric-barrier discharge. The treatment-object modifying device includes discharge electrodes disposed over a conveying route of the treatment object; and a counter electrode disposed to face the discharge electrodes across the conveying route so as to correspond to the respective discharge electrodes. Each discharge electrode has a columnar shape or a cylindrical shape. Curved surfaces of the discharge electrodes faces the counter electrode. Curved surfaces of the discharge electrodes face one another. A distance between the adjacent discharge electrodes is equal to or less than 2 millimeters. | 05-21-2015 |
20150336403 | PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A plasma processing device in an image forming apparatus includes: a first electrode; a second electrode which is disposed opposing to the first electrode to form a discharge space, has a hollow inside, and has both ends open; and a partition wall disposed at the side opposite to the first electrode with respect to the second electrode for forming a first wind tunnel in combination with a subject to be processed, when the subject to be processed is present in the discharge space, the first wind tunnel restricting a flow of a first cooling medium. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336404 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTION MATERIAL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: an elimination unit that includes a contact portion in contact with a medium containing a plasticizer and that eliminates at least a part of the plasticizer; and a liquid ejecting unit that ejects liquid onto the medium from which at least a part of the plasticizer is eliminated by the elimination unit. Here, the contact portion is adapted to contact the entire medium in the intersection direction intersecting the transportation direction of the medium and is formed such that the contact distance with respect to the medium in the transportation direction of the medium is different in the intersection direction and an SP value as a soluble parameter is 8.0 or more and 10.0 or less. | 11-26-2015 |
20150360254 | LIQUID COATING DEVICE, LIQUID COATING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING LIQUID COATING DEVICE - A liquid coating device includes a container to store a liquid; a liquid reservoir having a greater air-tightness than that of the container; a liquid coating applicator to apply a liquid stored in the container to a target object; a liquid conveyer to convey the liquid stored in the container to the liquid reservoir; and a controller to control operation of the liquid coating device. When the liquid coating applicator is disabled, the controller conveys the liquid stored in the container to the liquid reservoir. | 12-17-2015 |
20160001580 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SURFACE PRE-TREATMENT OF INK-RECEIVING SUBSTRATES, PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTER - A method of surface pre-treatment of a variety of ink-receiving substrates of different types includes applying treatment energy to the surface of the substrates in a controlled atmosphere that contains nitrogen and oxygen. The amount of energy per surface area is adjusted dependent upon the type of substrate. The ratio of oxygen to nitrogen in the controlled atmosphere is adjusted dependent upon the type of substrate. | 01-07-2016 |
20160024709 | METHOD FACILITATING TEXTILE PREPARATION FOR DIRECT-TO-GARMENT PRINTING - A method facilitating preparation of textiles and/or garments to facilitate use of a direct-to-garment (DTG) printing process to apply graphics to the garments is provided. The method includes the application of a pretreatment during a textile and/or garment-making process to obviate the need to apply pretreatment to a finished garment immediately before DTG printing. | 01-28-2016 |
20160052302 | METHOD OF PRINTING - The present invention relates to a method of printing an aqueous ink on a recording substrate. The aqueous ink composition comprises particles of a water dispersible colorant and has a pH of between 8 and 12. The method comprising the steps of: a) pretreating the recording substrate by at least partial acidification of the recording substrate by subjecting the recording substrate to a gaseous acid or by subjecting the recording substrate to a plasma treatment; and b) imagewise printing the ink composition on the pretreated recording substrate. | 02-25-2016 |
20160129704 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING PRINTED PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus includes: a driving unit that feeds a treatment object; a pretreatment unit that performs pretreatment on a surface of the treatment object fed by the driving unit; a retaining unit that retains the treatment object on which the pretreatment has been performed in the pretreatment unit; an image forming unit that performs image formation on the treatment object after being retained in the retaining unit; and a drive control unit that controls the driving unit so as to return the treatment object from the retaining unit at least to the pretreatment unit if the treatment object has been retained in the retaining unit for a time longer than a predetermined time after being subjected to the pretreatment in the pretreatment unit, and to feed the treatment object on which the pretreatment has been performed again in the pretreatment unit to the retaining unit. | 05-12-2016 |
20160129712 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance section, a plate member, and a negative pressure applying section. The recording head ejects ink onto a recording medium. The conveyance section conveys the recording medium to a position of image forming by the recording head and has a conveying surface on which the recording medium is to be placed. The plate member is located upstream of the recording head in a conveyance direction of the recording medium to form a narrow gap with the conveying surface of the conveyance section. The negative pressure applying section applies negative pressure to the narrow gap. A distance across the narrow gap in a direction perpendicular to the conveying surface is set so as to allow air flowing into the narrow gap from surrounding space to have a higher flow velocity in the narrow gap than before flowing into the narrow gap. | 05-12-2016 |
20160136975 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING A PRE-PROCESSING LIQUID AND A POST-PROCESSING LIQUID, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING A PRE-PROCESSING LIQUID AND A POST-PROCESSING LIQUID - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that ejects droplets from an image forming apparatus, and forms an image on a surface of a printing medium, a pre-processing unit that applies a pre-processing liquid to the surface of the printing medium before the image is formed by the image forming unit, and a post-processing unit that applies a post-processing liquid different from the pre-processing liquid to the surface of the printing medium after the image is formed by the image forming unit. The pre-processing unit applies an amount of the pre-processing liquid which is determined based on a type of the printing medium and the post-processing unit applies an amount of the post-processing liquid which is determined based on the type of the printing medium. | 05-19-2016 |
20160159112 | SURFACE MODIFIER FOR POLYIMIDE RESIN AND SURFACE-MODIFYING METHOD FOR POLYIMIDE RESIN - The present invention relates to a polyimide resin surface modifier which modifies the surface of a polyimide resin to permit easy absorption of metal ions, and a surface-modifying method for polyimide resins using the same. The surface modifier contains an alkali component, an organic solvent having hydroxy groups and a boiling point of 120° C. or higher, and a water content of 0-10% by weight. The surface-modifying method includes a printing process wherein a predetermined pattern is printed on the surface of a polyimide resin substrate using the polyimide resin surface modifier, an organic solvent-removing process wherein an organic solvent in the polyimide resin surface modifier pattern-printed on the surface of said polyimide resin substrate is removed and a water-treatment process wherein said polyimide resin surface modifier after removing the organic solvent is brought into contact with water. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159122 | SHEET MATERIAL COOLING DEVICE AND PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A sheet material cooling device includes a cylindrical body having an outer circumferential surface to be in contact with a sheet material, a cooling unit having a cooling surface in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical body, and, a first fastening member inserted from an outside of the cylindrical body toward an inside to attach the cooling unit to the cylindrical body in a state that the cooling surface is in contact with the inner circumferential surface. | 06-09-2016 |
20160176203 | ASSEMBLY FOR PRETREATING AN OBJECT INTENDED TO BE PRINTED WITH AT LEAST ONE INK | 06-23-2016 |
20160250866 | IMAGE RECORDING PAPER MEDIUM AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD | 09-01-2016 |
20160375708 | AN INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ABSORBENT SUBSTRATE - An inkjet printing apparatus for printing an image on an absorbent substrate includes a print head unit and a dust removal device. The absorbent substrate includes a print side and an opposite side and is conveyed between the print-head unit and the dust removal device. The print head unit defines a print zone on the print side. The dust removal device includes a pumping chamber formed of a pre-pumping sub-chamber, a print zone sub-chamber, and a post-pumping sub-chamber, said chambers being positioned at the opposite side. The pre-pumping sub-chamber is positioned substantially upstream from the print zone. The print zone sub-chamber is positioned substantially at the print zone. The post-pumping sub-chamber is positioned downstream from the print zone. A second pressure in the print zone sub-chamber is higher than a first pressure in the pre-pumping sub-chamber and a third pressure in the post-pumping sub-chamber so as to create a suction impact to dust particles generated by the conveyed absorbent substrate. | 12-29-2016 |
20170232762 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS | 08-17-2017 |
20180021181 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A MULTI-LAYERED PRINTED ABSORBENT ARTICLE | 01-25-2018 |
20180022100 | PRINTER WITH PARTICLE DIVERTING | 01-25-2018 |
20180022135 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD | 01-25-2018 |
20190143717 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PANELS HAVING A DECORATIVE SURFACE | 05-16-2019 |