Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080273066 | Ink jet recording apparatus - An ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V211-06-2008 | |
20080282932 | Aqueous ink for inkjet recording - An aqueous ink for inkjet recording is provided, which includes water, pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent incorporated at a content of not less than 30% by weight, a surfactant, and 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol. The surfactant is formed of at least one selected from the group consisting of acetylene glycol-based surfactant and a fluorinated surfactant. | 11-20-2008 |
20090085947 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND RECORDING DEVICE - An inkjet recording device has a conveying path, a feed mechanism configured to feed the paper sheet on the conveying path in the feed direction, an inkjet head configured to make droplets land on the paper sheet, a suction mechanism configured to suction the paper sheet towards the conveying path, and the control mechanism configured to predict the extent of the cockling caused in the paper sheet on which the droplets land based on either one of paper sheet information of the paper sheet and information of the image to be formed on the paper sheet to control suction force of the suction mechanism in accordance with the degree of the cockling. | 04-02-2009 |
20090085954 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a conveying path that continues to a paper feeding unit and a paper discharge unit, a conveying mechanism that conveys a sheet along the conveying path, plural liquid ejecting heads that eject liquid onto the sheet conveyed on the conveying path, a sensor that is provided in a position between the plural liquid ejecting heads and the paper discharge unit and measures the glossiness of the sheet on which the liquid is ejected, and a control mechanism that compares the glossiness of the sheet immediately after the liquid is ejected and the glossiness measured by the sensor to calculate drying time of the liquid and controls conveying speed of the conveying mechanism to equalize conveying time for the sheet from the plural liquid ejecting heads to the paper discharge unit with the drying time. | 04-02-2009 |
20090085998 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - The inkjet recording device has the feed mechanism for feeding the paper sheet in the feed direction, the inkjet head for ejecting the droplets towards the paper sheet conveyed by the feed mechanism, the dry section for drying the droplets attached on the paper sheet by landing, and the control mechanism for predicting the amount of heat necessary for drying the droplets based on either one of the paper sheet information of the paper sheet and the recording information to be recorded on the paper sheet to control the temperature of the dry section. | 04-02-2009 |
20090102877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a conveying mechanism that is provided in this apparatus body and conveys a sheet, a recording head that moves along a moving path orthogonal to a conveying direction of the sheet, ejects an ink to the sheet to print an image on the sheet, and, after the printing is finished, stands by in a first standby position on one end side of the moving path, and a CPU that moves the recording head that is on standby in the first standby position to an arbitrary position of the moving path. | 04-23-2009 |
20090219369 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink jet head in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged, a sub-scan driving unit which carries a recording medium to be formed with an image, a first carrying unit which is disposed on a downstream side of a carrying direction of the recording medium by the sub-scan driving unit and carries the recording medium on which an image is formed by the ink jet head, and a second carrying unit which is disposed so as to face the first carrying unit and heats the recording medium interposed between the first carrying unit and the second carrying unit. | 09-03-2009 |
20090219370 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus including an ink jet head in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged, a sub-scan driving unit which carries a recording medium to be formed with an image, a suction unit which sucks the recording medium on the sub-scan driving unit, and a heating unit which is disposed with respect to at least one place of the sub-scan driving unit in a direction perpendicular to a carrying direction of the recording medium with a gap therebetween. | 09-03-2009 |
20090244147 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink jet head in which nozzles ejecting aqueous pigment ink in accordance with gradation are arrayed, a sub scanning driving unit which carries a recording medium having an image formed thereon with the ink, a heating unit which selectively heats an area divided into an integral multiple of a minimum recording pixel in the recording medium, and a heating control unit which determines presence and absence of an image based on image information recorded to the recording medium, and controls the heating unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244233 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink jet head on which a plurality of nozzles are arranged, a sub-scan driving unit which carries a recording medium on which an image is formed, a first carrying unit which is disposed on a downstream side of a carrying direction of the recording medium by the sub-scan driving unit and carries the recording medium on which an image is formed by the ink jet head, a second carrying unit which is disposed on a downstream side of the first carrying unit along a carrying direction of the recording medium, and a heating unit which is disposed between the first carrying unit and the second carrying unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20100141727 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a transport mechanism that is provided in the apparatus main body and transports a sheet, a recording head to record an image by discharging ink to the sheet transported by the transport mechanism, a sheet guide that is provided to be opposite to the recording head and guides the sheet, a transport roller provided at an upstream side of the sheet guide in a sheet transport direction, an ejection roller provided at a downstream side thereof, and a transport unit that integrates the medium guide, the transport roller and the ejection roller and is provided to freely come in and out of the apparatus main body. | 06-10-2010 |
20100165064 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a recording head of an ink-jet system, a carriage driving mechanism, and a sheet conveying mechanism that conveys a sheet in a predetermined direction. The carriage is moved in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the sheet by the carriage driving mechanism. A sheet guide member is arranged in a position below the recording head and opposed to the recording head. A sheet passes over a guide section of this sheet guide member. A heater is provided in the sheet guide member. This heater heats the guide section. | 07-01-2010 |
20100207988 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus includes plural cartridge loading units respectively corresponding to plural ink cartridges and configured in such a manner that the respective ink cartridges are loaded therein in a reloadable manner, ink inflow ports provided to the respective plural cartridge loading units to introduce the inks accommodated in the ink cartridges to be supplied to the plural heads when connected to ink outflow ports provided to the ink cartridges, a detection unit configured to detect whether the ink cartridges are loaded in the cartridge loading units as predetermined before the ink outflow ports come into contact with the ink inflow ports when the ink cartridges are loaded in the cartridge loading units, and a notifying unit configured to notify a detection result of the detection unit in a form of a display or a sound. | 08-19-2010 |
20100260509 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a photoreceptor cleanerless image forming apparatus capable of decreasing color mixture or an exposure error due to reverse transfer toner or untransferred toner. | 10-14-2010 |
20110058003 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a conveying mechanism that is provided in this apparatus body and conveys a sheet, a recording head that ejects an ink to the medium conveyed by this conveying mechanism and records an image on the medium, and a sheet guide that is spaced apart from and opposed to this recording head, guides the sheet, and is provided to be freely inserted into and taken out from the apparatus body. | 03-10-2011 |
20110090295 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a transport mechanism that is provided in the apparatus main body and transports a sheet, a recording head to record an image by discharging ink to the sheet transported by the transport mechanism, a sheet guide that is provided to be opposite to the recording head and guides the sheet, a transport roller provided at an upstream side of the sheet guide in a sheet transport direction, an ejection roller provided at a downstream side thereof, and a transport unit that integrates the medium guide, the transport roller and the ejection roller and is provided to freely come in and out of the apparatus main body. | 04-21-2011 |
20110164102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a supporting mechanism that supports this image forming unit. A feed tray for placing sheets thereon is provided in a rear part of the image forming unit. The supporting mechanism includes a base member and a turntable. The turntable can move along a guide section to a first position on a rear side and a second position on a front side with respect to the base member. The supporting mechanism includes a rotation stopping mechanism that prevents the turntable from rotating when the turntable is in the first position and a rotating mechanism that rotates the turntable in a horizontal plane in a state in which the turntable has moved to the second position. | 07-07-2011 |
20110261132 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes a carriage on which a recording head is mounted, a carriage drive mechanism including a motor to reciprocate the carriage, a sheet transport mechanism to transport the sheet in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the carriage, a sheet guide member arranged below the recording head and having a guide unit which is opposite to the recording head and on which the sheet passes, a paper loading unit arranged below the recording head and containing the stacked sheet before printing, a first transport path to transport the sheet from the paper loading unit to between the recording head and the sheet guide member while inverting the sheet, a second transport path to transport the sheet from the paper loading unit to a temporal containing unit in a state where a front-back direction of the sheet is kept, and a third transport path to transport the sheet from the temporal containing unit to between the recording head and the sheet guide member in a state where the front-back direction of the sheet is kept. | 10-27-2011 |
20110279512 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - The inkjet recording device has the feed mechanism for feeding the paper sheet in the feed direction, the inkjet head for ejecting the droplets towards the paper sheet conveyed by the feed mechanism, the dry section for drying the droplets attached on the paper sheet by landing, and the control mechanism for predicting the amount of heat necessary for drying the droplets based on either one of the paper sheet information of the paper sheet and the recording information to be recorded on the paper sheet to control the temperature of the dry section. | 11-17-2011 |