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20080204508 | System and Method for Assuring Proper Pen Loading - An inkjet pen includes an internal ink supply; and at least one datum feature configured to engage and slide over a guide track in a pen carriage during installation of the pen in the carriage. The at least one datum feature is configured to interact with corresponding datum features of the guide track to prevent improper installation of the pen in the carriage. | 08-28-2008 |
20080218555 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD, LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording head is detachably attached to an ink jet recording apparatus including a carriage operable to reciprocally move and an optical encoder scale. An ink jet recording head, a liquid storage container, or an ink jet recording apparatus includes at least one of a light emitting element configured to emit light to an encoder scale and a light receiving element configured to receive light through the encoder scale. | 09-11-2008 |
20080238995 | Hybrid printing device - A hybrid printer adapted to print onto roll-based print media and rigid print media is presented. The printer comprises a print head that is movable along at least one substantially horizontal scan axis; and drive means adapted to drive lifting means. The lifting means are arranged to cause the scan axis to undergo movement in a substantially vertical direction when driven by the drive means, thereby enabling a distance between the print head and the print media to be adjusted. | 10-02-2008 |
20080238996 | PRINTER-PLOTTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING AND CUTTING - A printer-plotter includes first and second heads which are supported by a guide rail and are movable along a longitudinal direction of the guide rail, independently. A driving member is supported by the guide rail and configured to move along the longitudinal direction between the first head and the second head. A first connecting mechanism is configured to connect the first head to the driving member detachably. A second connecting mechanism is configured to connect the second head to the driving member detachably. The first head is connected to the driving member by the first connecting mechanism and the second head is separated from the driving member in order to make the first head operate. The second head is connected to the driving member by the second connecting mechanism and the first head is separated from the driving member in order to make the second head operate. | 10-02-2008 |
20080252686 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - This invention reduces an unprinted stripe occurred by edge deviation of a printhead. An inkjet printing apparatus according to this invention can execute a first printing mode in which an image is printed by scanning the printhead in a first region on the printing medium N times and scanning the printhead in a second region adjacent to the first region (N+1) times, and a second mode in which an image is printed by scanning the printhead in the first region M times and scanning the printhead in the second region (M+1) times. The width, in the conveyance direction of the printing medium, of the second region printed in the second printing mode is narrower than the width, in the conveyance direction of the printing medium, of the second region printed in the first printing mode. | 10-16-2008 |
20080297559 | High Precision Feed Particularly Useful for UV Ink Jet Printing on Vinyl - An apparatus ( | 12-04-2008 |
20080297560 | PRINTER - A printer includes: a recording head which records an image on a recording medium; a carriage which carries the recording head and is movable in a scanning direction; a guide member which extends in the scanning direction and guides a movement of the carriage in the scanning direction; an angle-controlling member which is supported by the carriage to be pivotable relative thereto and controls an angular position of the carriage relative to the guide member in a state in which at least one contact surface of the angle-controlling member is in contact with a surface of the guide member that extends in the scanning direction; and a pivotal-position adjusting device which adjusts a pivotal position of the angle-controlling member relative to the carriage. | 12-04-2008 |
20090040269 | Droplet Applicator - A droplet applicator ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090058928 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a casing including an image forming section, an ejecting section provided above the image forming section and an image scanning section provided above the ejecting section, formed with an ejecting port communicating with the ejecting section; and an operating section. A side surface of the casing closer to the ejecting port includes a generally vertical surface and an upper surface of the casing includes a generally horizontal surface. The casing is provided with an inclined surface inclined along a direction intersecting with the generally vertical surface and the generally horizontal surface for connecting the generally vertical surface and the generally horizontal surface with each other, and the ejecting port is formed on the inclined surface, while the operating section is arranged above the ejecting port on the inclined surface. | 03-05-2009 |
20090066750 | Forceless support frame for printhead shuttle in digital printers - In a digital printer the elements involved directly in the print process, which are located on a shuttle assembly are mounted upon a metrological frame which is isolated from the base frame by vibration dampers. Because the elements of the shuttle drive systems, such as a belt drive system having a motor and pulleys, are mounted upon the base frame, the drive and reaction forces from the motor drive systems are led to the base frame while the shuttles assembly is guided by the force-free, vibration free metrological frame. This allows for higher accuracy during printing as the metrological frame serves as a vibration free reference element. | 03-12-2009 |
20090073224 | PRINT CRADLE ASSEMBLY FOR A PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE - Provided is a print cradle assembly for a printhead cartridge. The cradle assembly includes a docking bay molding, a media feed drive assembly positioned on the docking bay molding and configured to feed media through the assembly, and a printed circuit board (PCB) with a printer controller for controlling the media feed drive assembly and operation of the cartridge. The cradle assembly also includes a maintenance drive assembly for driving a capping mechanism of a printhead of the cartridge. | 03-19-2009 |
20090085970 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of printing elements each of which offsets at least in a auxiliary-scanning direction one another and ejects droplets toward a recording medium. The image forming apparatus further includes a main scanning unit configured to scan the recording head, relative to the recording medium, in a main scanning direction perpendicular to the auxiliary-scanning direction. The image forming apparatus still further includes a auxiliary-scanning unit configured to scan the recording head, relative to the recording medium, in a main scanning direction perpendicular to the auxiliary-scanning direction. The image forming apparatus still yet further includes a controller configured to control the printing head, the main scanning unit and the auxiliary-scanning unit to form dots in rows arranged in the auxiliary-scanning direction at a first predetermined interval, and columns arranged in the main scanning direction at a second predetermined interval while performing main scans and sub-scans repeatedly. The controller controls the printing head, the main scanning unit and the auxiliary-scanning unit to form first dots in an area of the printing medium at first alternate columns by a first main scan, and to form second dots in the area by a second main scan at second alternate columns different from the first alternate columns. The second dots are shifted, relative to the first dots, a first predetermined distance smaller the first predetermined interval. | 04-02-2009 |
20090085971 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a conveyance mechanism which conveys a recording medium in the conveyance direction; an inkjet head; a first movement mechanism; a first movement printing controller; a fixed printing controller; and a mode instructor which instructs which one of the first movement printing controller and the fixed printing controller is to be active. The first movement mechanism causes the inkjet head to make a first movement parallel to the conveyance direction. The first movement printing controller controls the conveyance mechanism so that the recording medium stops at a predetermined position. The first movement printing controller also controls the inkjet head and the first movement mechanism so that the inkjet head ejects ink to a stopped recording medium during the first movement. The fixed printing controller controls the conveyance mechanism so that the recording medium passes through an area where the recording medium faces the ejection surface. The fixed printing controller also controls the inkjet head so that the stopped inkjet head ejects ink to the moving recording medium. | 04-02-2009 |
20090096831 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a first support member fixed to a chassis and configured to guide the motion of a carriage, and a second support member provided farther from a platen than the first support member. The gap between a recording head and the platen is changed by moving the second support member. | 04-16-2009 |
20090102885 | INK-JET PRINTER - In order to simplify a constitution of a locking member capable of locking engageably and detachably an ink head with a stationary region, an ink-jet printer comprises a first carriage supported relatively transferable in a predetermined direction with respect to the medium; a second carriage supported relatively transferable in the predetermined direction with respect to the medium and juxtaposed so as to position on a side in the predetermined direction of the first carriage; a slide means disposed on the first carriage to be transferable in a direction intersecting with the predetermined direction; an ink head disposed fixedly on the slide means and capable of discharging an ink on the medium; a cutting head disposed fixedly on the second carriage and capable of cutting out the medium; a locking member transferred with transfer of the first carriage towards the predetermined direction and transfer of the slide means towards direction intersecting with the predetermined direction to lock engageably and detachably with a stationary region; and a coupling means for coupling separably the first carriage to the second carriage. | 04-23-2009 |
20090122107 | Print Head Service Shuttle - A printer includes a first print head support carrying a plurality of print heads. The first print head support is movable towards and away from the media support and includes one or more guides movably supporting a first print head service shuttle along the media support. | 05-14-2009 |
20090122108 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and transport method - A liquid ejecting apparatus has a head, a transport mechanism, a memory, and a controller. The head ejects a liquid. The transport mechanism transports a medium in a transport direction with respect to the head in accordance with a target transport amount that is targeted. The memory stores a plurality of correction values, each of the correction values being associated with a relative position between the head and the medium, a range of the relative position to which that correction value is to be applied being associated with that correction value. In the case where a transport using the target transport amount is performed beyond the range of the relative position associated with the correction value that is associated with the relative position before the transport, the controller corrects the target transport amount based on the correction value associated with the relative position before the transport and the correction value associated with the relative position after the transport. | 05-14-2009 |
20090128599 | METHOD AND PRINTER FOR MULTI-PASS PAGE-WIDE ARRAY PRINTING - A method of printing an image on a substrate using a page-wide-array printer and a page wide array printer is provided. The method comprises printing a first portion of the image as relative movement occurs between the substrate and the print heads, and printing a second portion of the image as relative movement occurs between the substrate and the print heads, such that there exists an area of overlap between the first portion of the image and the second portion of the image. The substrate may be moved in a first direction relative to the print heads whilst the first portion of the image is printed, moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and moved in the first direction again whilst the second portion of the image is printed. The substrate may be printed whilst the substrate is moved in the second direction. | 05-21-2009 |
20090141077 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - The recording apparatus includes a conveyor and a recording head which records an image to a recording medium being conveyed by the conveyor. The conveyor includes a circumferential wall, and conveys a recording medium placed on an outer circumferential surface of the circumferential wall, by rotation of the circumferential wall. The recording head includes an ejection surface where a plurality of nozzles are open, which nozzles eject at least one liquid droplet. The circumferential wall includes a tube-shaped base, and one or more detachable plates detachably attached to an external surface of the base. | 06-04-2009 |
20090147048 | TUNING APPARATUS FOR A PRINTHEAD - A tuning element having a second inclined plane interacts with a pushing element having a first inclined plane to accomplish adjusting the position of a printhead. The tuning element rotates relative to a printhead carrier and produces displacement in a second direction and the second inclined plane of the tuning element then pushes the first inclined plane of the pushing element and produces displacement in a first direction in a linear way corresponding to the rotation of the tuning element. Meanwhile, the printhead closely in contact with the pushing element also produces displacement in the first direction so that the tuning apparatus is endowed with highly accurate and linear adjustability. | 06-11-2009 |
20090160904 | POSITIONING APPARATUS AND PRINTER USING THE SAME - A positioning apparatus and a printer using the same are provided. The positioning apparatus includes a slide rod, a carrying base, and a light detecting module. The slide rod has a plurality of positioning grooves on one side surface thereof, and the carrying base is slidingly disposed on the slide rod. The light detecting module is integrated with the carrying base and corresponds to the side surface of the slide rod having the positioning grooves. The light detecting module determines a relative position of the light detecting module with respect to the slide rod according to the intensity change of a reflection light reflected by the slide rod. | 06-25-2009 |
20090167817 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTING THREE DIMENSIONAL ARTICLES - An apparatus for printing an image onto a curved surface of a three dimensional article. The apparatus principally includes a support fixture adapted to support the article, an ink jet print head having a plurality of nozzles, and an articulatable robotic arm. One of the support fixture supporting the article and the print head is mounted to and carried by the robotic arm. The robotic arm has more than three degrees of freedom of movement and is moveable so as to cause relative movement of the print head along a series of scanning paths that follow the surface contour of the curved surface of the article. A controller is coupled to the robotic arm and is configured to cause articulation of the robotic arm so as to move the print head along the series of scanning paths. The controller causes the robotic arm to continuously locate the print head relative to the curved surface of the article in a position suitable for printing as the print head is moved along the series of scanning paths. The controller is further configured to cause the plurality of nozzles to eject printing medium at predetermined locations along the scanning paths so as to form the image on the curved surface of the substrate. | 07-02-2009 |
20090174749 | Image forming apparatus including carriage with recording head - An image forming apparatus includes a first carriage, a second carriage, an endless belt member, and a driving source. The first carriage further includes a recording head. The second carriage further includes one or more electrical components. The endless belt member is extended between a driving pulley and a driven pulley. The first carriage and the second carriage are connected to the endless belt member at diagonally opposed positions. The driving source rotates the driving pulley, moving the belt member to move the first carriage and the second carriages in opposite directions. | 07-09-2009 |
20090189948 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging apparatus according to a first aspect of the invention includes a liquid discharging head configured to discharge liquid from nozzles in a discharged material transported in a first direction; a carriage configured to mount the liquid discharging head and reciprocate in a second direction which intersects the first direction; and a carriage moving unit configured to reciprocate the carriage, and the carriage moving unit includes a first drive unit and a second drive unit operating independently from each other, and a first supporting portion of the first drive unit with respect to the carriage and a second supporting portion of the second driving unit with respect to the carriage are located at positions displaced in the first direction. | 07-30-2009 |
20090195596 | Printing device - A printing device includes a print head configured to discharge ink onto a recording medium while moving in a main scanning direction. The print head includes: a support face; a shock absorber; and a weight supported by the support face through the shock absorber. | 08-06-2009 |
20090195597 | Drive Mechanism Of Printhead Cradle - A drive mechanism of a printhead cradle is provided which has a motor, a rotor element drive assembly coupled with the motor for operating a rotor element of a printhead received by the printhead cradle, a print media transport assembly coupled with the motor for transporting print media past the received printhead, a controller for controlling the motor, and a rotor element angle sensor in signal communication with the controller for sensing an orientation of the rotor element. | 08-06-2009 |
20090207207 | Method And A Device For Moving A Jet Member - A device for moving a jet member ( | 08-20-2009 |
20090244177 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device comprises: a transport unit for transporting a recording medium in an auxiliary scan direction; a recording head for drawing an image on the recording medium; a scanning unit for causing the recording head to scan the recording medium in a main scan direction that is normal to the auxiliary scan direction; and a control unit for controlling the transport unit, the recording head and the scanning unit to form an image in a same area of the recording medium extending in the main scan direction by shingling. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244178 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus for forming an appropriate test pattern is provided. A control section | 10-01-2009 |
20090284565 | POWER TRANSMISSION SWITCHING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A power transmission switching device includes a power shaft that is rotationally driven, a power transmission unit that is displaced between first and second positions positioned in an axial direction of the power shaft, a first positioning member that positions the power transmission unit in the first position, and a second positioning member that positions the power transmission unit in the second position. Any one or both of the switching of the connection and non-connection between the power shaft and the power transmission unit and the switching of the connection and non-connection between the power transmission unit and a driven part using the power shaft as a power source are performed by the switching of the position of the power transmission unit. The power transmission unit has at least one middle position between the first and second positions, and is held in the middle position by a holding unit. | 11-19-2009 |
20090295865 | HEAD MOVING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A head moving mechanism includes a printhead configured to form an image and movable between a printing position where an image is formed, a standby position away from the printing position, and a retracted position across from the printing position relative to the standby position; a cam mechanism configured to move the printhead between the printing position and the standby position; and a rack-and-pinion mechanism configured to move the printhead between the standby position and the retracted position. | 12-03-2009 |
20090303285 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a supporting member that supports a target; a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid to a liquid ejecting surface of the target supported by the supporting member; an air blowing device that blows air to the liquid ejecting surface of the target supported by the supporting member; and a guide member that has an opposed surface which is closely opposed to the liquid ejecting surface of the target supported by the supporting member and forms a gap for passing the air, which is blown by the air blowing device as laminar flow along the liquid ejecting surface, between the opposed surface and the liquid ejecting surface. | 12-10-2009 |
20090309921 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a carriage on which a recording head is mounted, the recording head ejecting liquid onto a recording medium, and a guiding member that guides the movement of the carriage, a sliding member that moves together with the carriage and slides on the guide member, and a distance control member for controlling the distance between the recording head and the recording medium. The distance control member is nipped between the carriage and the sliding member in the direction substantially perpendicular to the recording surface of the recording medium. The carriage, the sliding member, and the distance control member can be put in a combined state where they are combined with each other. The recording apparatus further includes a preventing portion for preventing the carriage, the sliding member, and the distance control member in the combined state from moving in the direction substantially perpendicular to the recording surface. | 12-17-2009 |
20090309922 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to carry a recording head and to move in a main scanning direction, and a guide plate rail configured to guide the carriage when it moves. The carriage is provided with a sliding member movable relative to the carriage in a height direction of the carriage. The carriage and the sliding member have a switch member provided therebetween. The switch member moves in the main scanning direction relative to the carriage and the sliding member to cause the carriage and the sliding member to be relatively displaced in the height direction of the carriage. | 12-17-2009 |
20090322825 | Printhead carrier with height-adjustable bearing mechanism for continuous adjustment of the printhead carrier position - A printhead carrier includes a body having spaced apart bearings by means of which the body is supported at a predetermined position in the printer adapted to position a printhead on the printhead carrier at a placement relative to a path of a sheet of print media through a print zone in the printer, and a height-adjustable mechanism associated with one of the bearings that is continuously adjustable to effect a continuous increase or decrease of the height of the one bearing relative to the body to thereby set the printhead at a proper angle relative to the sheet of print media. | 12-31-2009 |
20100002049 | Image forming apparatus - At a predetermined position during the lateral movement of a carriage | 01-07-2010 |
20100020129 | PRINTER WITH A FIRST DRIVE SUB-ASSEMBLY AND A DETACHABLE SECOND DRIVE SUB-ASSEMBLY AND PRINTER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE FIRST AND SECOND SUB-ASSEMBLIES - A printer includes a first drive sub-assembly and a second drive sub-assembly detachably provided on the first drive sub-assembly. The first drive sub-assembly includes a bed configured to support a material to be printed, a first engaging member, and a front-rear direction moving mechanism provided on one side of the bed and configured to move the first engaging member along a front-rear direction. The second drive sub-assembly includes a guide bar having a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the front-rear direction, a right-left direction moving mechanism configured to move a printer head along the longitudinal direction of the guide bar, and a second engaging member engaging with the first engaging member to move the guide bar along the front-rear direction. | 01-28-2010 |
20100026758 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING CARRIAGE WITH IMAGE FORMING UNIT MOUNTED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes a carriage, an image forming unit, a storage unit, a vibration absorber, and a controller. The carriage reciprocally moves in a main scan direction. The image forming unit is mounted on the carriage. The storage unit stores a speed profile of the carriage. The vibration absorber has controllable vibration reduction characteristics to reduce vibration. The controller controls the vibration reduction characteristics of the vibration absorber in accordance with the speed profile. | 02-04-2010 |
20100033533 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - In an ink jet printing apparatus using many types of inks to execute bidirectional printing, if ejection opening rows for yellow, magenta, and cyan inks are symmetrically arranged, ejection opening rows for a black ink are arranged adjacent to the most inside ejection opening rows for the yellow ink. Thus, a difference in color between forward scanning and backward scanning is determined by a difference in coloring between the black ink and the yellow ink. In this case, a possible color drift attributed to bidirectional printing can be suppressed by selecting the inks so that the difference in coloring between the black ink and the yellow ink is smaller than that between the black ink and the other color inks. | 02-11-2010 |
20100045735 | Liquid Droplet Jetting Apparatus - A printer includes a first ink-jet head which is fixed, and a second ink-jet head which is movable selectively to a first position which is opposite to an upper surface of a recording paper by an reversing-mechanism, and a second position which is opposite to a lower surface of the recording paper by the reversing-mechanism. Accordingly, it is possible to carry out printing on both surfaces of the recording paper, and it is possible to realize a high-speed printing and a high quality printing at the time of single-face printing. | 02-25-2010 |
20100053262 | INK-DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A discharging head turns from a main scanning direction into the opposite main scanning direction in a short period of time in moving from one target of ink discharge to another. An ink-discharging apparatus of the present invention is arranged such that: ink-discharging means takes longer to move from one target of positive-direction discharge ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100073424 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FULL-WIDTH WIDE FORMAT INKJET PRINTING - Apparatus and methods are provided for wide format inkjet printing using conventional piezoelectric inkjet print heads that each print at a native resolution. A plurality of inkjet print heads are disposed in a print head array to print an image on the substrate at the native resolution across an entire width of the substrate without scanning across the width of the substrate. The print head array may be shifted in a direction parallel to the width of the substrate, and the print head array may be used to print images on the substrate in multiple passes to form a composite image having a resolution equal to a multiple of the native resolution. Alternatively, a plurality of print head arrays may be provided, with adjacent print head arrays spaced apart to provide a composite print resolution equal to a multiple of the native resolution. | 03-25-2010 |
20100085401 | ADJUSTABLE PRINT HEAD - An adjustable print head assembly for an ink jet printer includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes an outer wall and an inner passage. The second member includes an outer wall and an inner passage, the outer wall including an angled surface complementary to the angled surface of the first member. A print head is connected to the second member. At least one ink line runs from the umbilical to the print head, and is disposed through the inner passages of the first and second members. The print head assembly is adjustable from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration, the print head axis is oriented generally parallel to the umbilical axis, and in the second configuration, the print head axis is oriented at a predetermined angle with respect to the umbilical axis. | 04-08-2010 |
20100103220 | Print Engine For Inkjet Printer - A print engine for an inkjet printer includes an inkjet cartridge having a cartridge body, a pagewidth printhead, a capper unit extending a length of the pagewidth printhead and housing a capping element which is movable between a capped position in engagement with the pagewidth printhead and a retracted position spaced from the pagewidth printhead, and an ink supply. The cartridge body supports the pagewidth printhead, the capper unit and the ink supply for simultaneous removal and replacement as a unitary component. The print engine further includes a cradle having a body for receiving the removable inkjet cartridge and to control the operation of the printhead for printing, the cradle having a capper drive for engaging the capper unit and drawing the capping element to the uncapped position; and a print controller board received in the cradle, the print controller board including one or more electrical terminals for engaging with corresponding electrical terminals on the inkjet cartridge. The cradle is secured to the inkjet printer to receive print media from a media input tray and to deliver printed media to a media output tray via a media feed path extending between the pagewidth printhead and the capping element. The print controller board is pivotally received in the cradle to pivot into and out of contact with the corresponding electrical contacts of the inkjet cartridge in response to the actuation of a cover assembly for covering the cradle unit. | 04-29-2010 |
20100110140 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head mounted on a carriage movable along a recording material, a guide member for guiding the carriage, a bearing member which is mounted to the carriage so as to be movable relative to the carriage in a vertical direction, and a slidable member mounted slidably in a carriage movement direction between the carriage and the bearing member. The slidable member is slid in the carriage movement direction to switch a height position of the carriage with respect to the guide member, whereby a gap between the recording head and the recording material is switched. | 05-06-2010 |
20100134558 | CARRIAGE AND RECORDING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A carriage mounting a head unit having a recording head thereon and reciprocatably supported on a recording apparatus, the carriage includes: a displacement mechanism displacing the head unit in the direction intersecting with a head surface of the recording head; and a tilt angle adjusting mechanism to adjust a tilt angle of the head unit in a rotation direction along the head surface. The tilt angle adjusting mechanism has a slidably contacting member slidably contacting with the head unit in the case of the displacement of the head unit to define the tilt angle of the head unit, and has an adjusting eccentric cam engaging with the slidably contacting member to adjust the position of the slidably contacting member. | 06-03-2010 |
20100165042 | LIQUID JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid jet recording apparatus including a recording head configured to record with droplets, a carriage supporting the recording head and configured to scan a recording medium with the recording head in a direction crossing a direction of conveyance of the recording medium, the carriage being movable to a maintenance position, a holder provided in one of the recording head and the carriage, a recording liquid cartridge adapted to contain liquid for recording, the recording liquid cartridge being attachable to and detachable from the holder, and a guiding unit adapted to guide at least two different sides of the recording liquid cartridge, with respect to the carriage that moves to the maintenance position, to the inner wall surface in a vertical direction when the carriage moves and stops the recording liquid cartridge at the maintenance position where the recording liquid cartridge can be attached to or detached from the holder. | 07-01-2010 |
20100177143 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ENDLESS PRINTING SUBSTRATES DIGITALLY - A method for printing endless printing substrates digitally on an inkjet printing press ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100201743 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a printhead, a carriage, one or more guide members, and a positioning mechanism. The printhead is mounted on the carriage. The one or more guide members support the carriage. The positioning mechanism includes an eccentric bearing and a rotation restrictor. The eccentric bearing is connected to each guide member and rotatable around a rotational axis offset from a guide member longitudinal axis to move the guide member relative to a substantially horizontal plane. The rotation restrictor defines a first point of contact with the eccentric bearing when the carriage is in a first operational position, and a second point of contact with the eccentric bearing when the carriage is in a second operational position. At least one of the first and second points of contact is displaceable with respect to the bearing rotational axis to modify the corresponding operational position of the carriage. | 08-12-2010 |
20100231643 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a base member where a plurality of recording heads is provided, the recording heads being configured to jet liquid drops onto a recording medium; a carriage configured to elevatably support the base member; and an elevating part configured to elevate the base member relative to the carriage, wherein the elevating part is a plurality of slide cam members provided movably in a horizontal direction. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231644 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head having a nozzle row for ejecting liquid provided therein. A primary scanning unit performs a primary scanning by moving the liquid ejection head and an ejection target relative to each other in the direction intersecting a row direction of the nozzle row. A secondary scanning unit performs a secondary scanning by moving the ejection target and the liquid ejection head relative to each other so that positions of liquid to be ejected from the liquid ejection head on the ejection target are shifted at every pass of the primary scanning. The nozzle row includes large nozzles arranged at a center of the nozzle row for ejecting a relatively large quantity of liquid and small nozzles arranged at least one end side of the nozzle row for ejecting a relatively small quantity of liquid. | 09-16-2010 |
20100238235 | Printhead Restraint System - A system for restraining printhead movement in an imaging device includes an imaging device frame; a carriage operably coupled to the imaging device frame for movement between a print position and a retracted position; and a printhead array movably supported by the carriage for translation with respect to the carriage. The system includes a restraint system supported by the carriage. The restraint system has at least one carriage restraint pin and a printhead restraint pin. The at least one carriage restraint pin is configured for movement into and out of engagement with the imaging device frame and the printhead restraint pin being configured for movement into and out of engagement with the printhead array when the carriage is at the retracted position. | 09-23-2010 |
20100245469 | Method and Latching Assembly for Securing Replaceable Unit - The invention describes a method and latching assembly for securing a replaceable unit in a carriage assembly of an image forming device. The latching assembly receives the replaceable unit in the carriage assembly. As the replaceable unit gets loaded in the carriage assembly, the latching assembly may automatically apply, using a power source in the image forming device, a force on the replaceable unit in a direction towards the carriage assembly until the replaceable unit is latched therein. | 09-30-2010 |
20100245470 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - To provide a printing apparatus and a printing method capable of not permitting a printable ratio of each printing scan to have a deviation and, even if a sudden conveyance shift occurs, outputting a uniform and smooth image in the whole area of the print medium. In order to achieve this, when performing multipass printing of 2M passes, a mask such that a printable area overlapping ratio that relates to straddling between Pass M and Pass M+1 is set higher than the printable area overlapping ratio that relates to straddling between other two consecutive passes is used. By this configuration, even if a complementary relationship of dots collapses due to a sudden conveyance shift etc. and thereby a density reduction is anticipated, by an overlapped dot being separated, increase of the density is accelerated, and it becomes possible to mitigate the above-mentioned density reduction. | 09-30-2010 |
20100259581 | METHOD FOR ARRANGING LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEADS, HEAD UNIT, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for arranging liquid droplet ejection heads includes: arranging and fixing a plurality of inkjet liquid droplet ejection heads, ejecting a common functional liquid, on a common carriage plate, based on the amount of liquid droplets ejected from a number of ejecting nozzles in a nozzle row that each of the liquid droplet ejection heads has, with the heads shifted in a direction of the nozzle row, the heads being so arranged and fixed that in the heads closely aligned in the direction of the nozzle row, a difference between the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at each innermost end of the heads is within a predetermined range of tolerance, and the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at the outermost ends in the direction of the nozzle row are within a predetermined range of a reference amount. | 10-14-2010 |
20100289852 | LARGE-SCALE INKJET PRINTER - A multipass large format flat bed inkjet printer ( | 11-18-2010 |
20100295896 | PRINTABLE SUBSTRATE AND NOZZLE ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - According to the present disclosure, a printer apparatus may include a chuck configured to support a substrate thereon, a rail spaced apart from the chuck, a printhead carriage frame coupled to the rail and containing a printhead carriage housing at least one printhead therein, a first camera assembly configured to capture image data of the printhead and provide the image data to a computer, and a computer receiving the image data from the first camera assembly and configured to determine a deviation between a desired position of the printhead and an actual position of the printhead. | 11-25-2010 |
20100295897 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus including a main carriage to move and scan in a main scanning direction, a sub-carriage connectable to the main carriage to move and scan in the main scanning direction together with the main carriage, a positioning guide provided on one of the main carriage and the sub-carriage, and a position detector provided on the other one of the main carriage and the sub-carriage. The position detector reads the positioning guide as the main carriage and the sub-carriage connect to each other to detect relative positions of the main carriage and the sub-carriage. | 11-25-2010 |
20100315465 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - An inkjet recording apparatus for recording an image by jetting inks in a plurality of colors includes a plurality of recording-head modules for jetting inks in the plurality of colors, and a carriage for mounting the plurality of recording-head modules, wherein each recording-head module includes a plurality of recording heads for jetting ink in the same color and constructs a unit capable of integrally attaching and detaching the plurality of recording heads to and from the carriage. | 12-16-2010 |
20100328395 | SELECTABLE PRINTHEAD-TO-PAPER SPACING ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS - A printing system with adjustable spacing between a portion of a printhead and a portion of a media support. The spacing is easily adjustable at the time of manufacture for locking a printhead into a selected distance from the media support. A rotatable variable spacer is abutted against an anti-rotation rail to lock the selected distance. | 12-30-2010 |
20110001778 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND PATTERN RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus or a method for recording a pattern according to the present invention can record patterns for adjusting a recording position deviation between a forward direction and a backward direction of a scanning direction at a position in the scanning direction through which both of a first recording medium and a second recording medium smaller than the first recording medium in the scanning direction pass. | 01-06-2011 |
20110007112 | Recording apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a recording program - A recording apparatus includes a carriage; a first head group including a recording head and disposed on the carriage; and a second head group including a recording head and disposed on the carriage adjacent the first head group in a staggered manner with respect to a sub-scan direction. The carriage is configured to move in a main scan direction in order to record an image on a recording medium. The recording apparatus further includes a forming unit configured to form plural test patterns including a first pattern formed by the recording head of the first head group and a second pattern formed by the recording head of the second head group. The test patterns are spaced apart from one another in the sub-scan direction. The position of the second pattern relative to the first pattern in the sub-scan direction is varied successively from one test pattern to another. | 01-13-2011 |
20110037806 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - Quality degradation of a print image due to a deviation amount in a landing position of ink is prevented while suppressing degradation of through-put. In a method of completing a print to a unit region by at least one reciprocal scan to the unit region of a print medium by a printing head in which plural ink ejection ports are arrayed for ejecting ink, a printing rate in a scan direction where a deviation amount in a landing position of ink in an array direction of the ink ejection ports is relatively large is set relatively low and the printing rate in the scan direction where the deviation amount in the landing position of ink in the array direction of the ink ejection ports is relatively small is set relatively high. | 02-17-2011 |
20110037807 | INK JET PRINTER - An ink jet printer for printing on a substrate comprising a first print head outputting ink and defining an ink meniscus; a platen operable to carry the substrate; a support structure; and a print head mechanism coupled to the support structure and carrying the first print head. The print head mechanism moving the first print head relative to the platen. A controller controls the print head mechanism such that at least one of a predetermined acceleration and predetermined deceleration of the print head mechanism is achieved such that the ink meniscus is operably maintained. | 02-17-2011 |
20110050802 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING PRINTING HEADS - The invention relates to a device for mounting printing heads for depositing fluids on a printing surface. The invention more particularly relates to a printing head mounting for improving the deposition precision and properties for a plurality of fluids. In order to do so, the present invention provides a printing head mounting having a geometric revolution axis about which are provided at least two means for maintaining printing heads. To this end, the invention provides a printing head holder that comprises at least two means ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110063367 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method of drawing on a workpiece by ejecting functional liquid thereon while relatively scanning the workpiece and an ejection head is provided. The method comprises the steps of: a first scanning for drawing in a plurality of first areas along a scanning direction; and a second scanning for drawing in a second area between the plurality of first areas drawn in by the first scanning. | 03-17-2011 |
20110074877 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD OF RECORDING HEAD - A recording apparatus may include a recording head including a discharge surface in which liquid discharge openings are arranged in a particular direction. The recording apparatus may include a supplying member which is positioned at a first end portion in the particular direction, and supplies the liquid to the recording head. The recording apparatus may include a liquid supplying device which is connected to the supplying member, and supplies the liquid to the recording head. The recording apparatus may include a position adjusting device including a contact member which contacts the recording head, and adjusts a position of the recording head by moving the contact member. The position adjusting device may be positioned at a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in the particular direction. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074878 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus in which air or dust does not enter a recording liquid tube when an ink cartridge is changed is disclosed. An engine unit, in which an image forming section and a sub scanning direction paper carrying section are integrated as one unit, is removably attached to an apparatus main body of the image forming apparatus. Further, an ink cartridge storing section, in which an ink cartridge is removably stored, is integrated into the engine unit, and is changed together with the engine unit. In addition, a carriage, the recording liquid tube, and the ink cartridge storing section are removed as one unit from the engine unit. | 03-31-2011 |
20110102504 | CARRIAGE DEVICE AND INKJET DEVICE - A carriage device includes a head unit, a printing head and a carriage. The head unit has a sub-plate attached to a head plate via an adjustment mechanism. The printing head is attached to the head plate via the sub-plate. The carriage retains the head unit. The adjustment mechanism includes a first-direction adjustment plate, a rotation position adjustment plate, and a pitch angle adjustment plate. The first-direction adjustment plate adjusts a position of the sub-plate with respect to the head plate in a first direction. The rotation position adjustment plate adjusts, in a predetermined plane, a rotation position of the sub-plate with respect to the head plate about a rotational axis that is normal to the predetermined plane. The pitch angle adjustment plate adjusts a pitch angle of the sub-plate with respect to the head plate, the pitch angle being in relation to the predetermined plane. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102505 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING PRINTING APPARATUS - A carriage apparatus of an ink jet recording apparatus, which discharges a photocurable ink and photocures the discharged ink, thereby forming a desired image on the recording medium, includes a plurality of recording heads for discharging the ink with respect to the recording medium; a recording carriage on which the plurality of recording heads is mounted so as to be divided into a plurality of recording portions; a plurality of photocuring units which is disposed to photocure the ink on the recording medium; and a photocuring carriage on which a plurality of photocuring units is mounted and which is disposed in a plane with a gap between the photocuring carriage and the recording carriage, wherein, in the photocurable carriage, a plurality of holding portions for holding the respective photocuring units forms a narrow part, respectively and is connected with each other. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102506 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus including: an ejection target medium supporting section that is disposed to face the liquid ejecting section, and supports the ejection target medium and wherein in at least one of plural types of ejection target mediums having different thicknesses, a gap between the first surface of the ejection target medium supporting section and a rear surface facing the first surface in the ejection target medium is set to be smaller than a gap between a second surface facing the ejection target medium in the liquid ejecting section and a front surface facing the second surface in the ejection target medium. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102507 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A region of the predetermined portion of the medium-to-be-ejected supporting unit in the second direction has a position corresponding to at least one lateral end of the medium to be ejected in the second direction, and extends towards the inside and outside of the medium to be ejected from the position. The at least one lateral end of the medium to be ejected in the second direction is configured such that a line connecting a terminal end position of the predetermined portion of the medium-to-be-ejected supporting unit which is further inside than an end portion of the medium to be ejected, and a terminal end position of the predetermined portion of the liquid ejecting unit which is further outside than the end portion of the medium to be ejected, intersects with the medium to be ejected. | 05-05-2011 |
20110115849 | 3D INKJET PRINTER - A 3D inkjet printer includes an inkjet head and a medium holder configured to hold a medium having a three-dimensional shape. A Y-axial driving mechanism is capable of moving the inkjet head along a Y-axial. A Z-axial supporting mechanism supports the medium holder so as to be movable along a Z-axial direction. An X-axial driving mechanism is capable of moving the Z-axial supporting mechanism along an X-axial direction. A Z-axial driving mechanism is capable of moving the medium holder along the Z-axial direction. The medium holder includes an A-axial driving mechanism capable of swinging the medium along an A-axial direction. The A-axial direction is a rotational direction about a shaft disposed along the Y-axial direction. A B-axial driving mechanism is capable of rotating the medium along a B-axial direction. The B-axial direction is a rotational direction about a shaft disposed perpendicular to the Y-axial direction. | 05-19-2011 |
20110134187 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a first carriage having a recording head that ejects black liquid droplets and is movable in a main scanning direction and a second carriage having a recording head that ejects color liquid droplets and is detachably attachable to the first carriage within a scanning range of the first carriage in the main scanning direction. The second carriage when attached to the first carriage is movable in the main scanning direction together with the first carriage. Attachment and detachment of the second carriage to and from the first carriage are performed based on a predetermined reference position of the first carriage in the main scanning direction. | 06-09-2011 |
20110141192 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a first carriage having a first recording head and a first lifting/lowering unit, a second carriage having a second recording head and a second lifting/lowering unit, a drive source, a drive coupling unit provided to the drive source, a first coupling unit, a second coupling unit, a docking/separation unit that docks and separates the first and second carriages, and an accommodation/coupling unit. A first end of the second coupling unit is coupled to the drive coupling unit, and the accommodation/coupling unit couples the first coupling unit to a second end of the second coupling unit and accommodates the first coupling unit within the first carriage to uncouple the first coupling unit from the second end of the second coupling unit. Accommodation and coupling of the first coupling unit are performed in conjunction with docking and separation of the first and second carriages. | 06-16-2011 |
20110148983 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a joint portion movable to a first position at which communication is established between a flexible tube connected to an ink tank and a recording head and a second position at which such communication is interrupted, a manipulating member rotatably provided on a carriage to take a first posture and a second posture with respect to the carriage, and a link mechanism that causes the manipulating member and the joint portion to operate in conjunction with each other such that the joint portion moves to either of the first position and the second position along with rotation of the manipulating member. The manipulating member is urged to be maintained in either of the first posture and the second posture by a restoration force of the tube. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148984 | Direct Remote Analog/Digital Printing Devices, Processes and Mediums - Direct remote digital/analog printing devices and mediums have been developed, which are capable of directly digitally printing on non-uniform or uniform substrate/mediums. Examples of devices are also capable of recognizing wireless digital or analog signals for processing and printing or directly scanning substrates using information (analog or digitally) encoded. The read/write devices can be remote and operate separately or can be attached to existing communications devices and products. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148985 | PARALLEL MOTION SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL PRINTING - A microdeposition system includes a printhead carriage that moves along a first axis; a stage that holds a substrate; a rail located above the printhead carriage and extending along a third axis parallel to the first axis; and an accessory carriage that travels along the rail to remain above the printhead carriage. The printhead carriage includes a plurality of nozzles that deposit droplets of fluid material onto the substrate. | 06-23-2011 |
20110157275 | Liquid jet head and liquid jet apparatus - To reduce a thickness of a liquid jet head ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110169891 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid to a printing object, a plate-shaped member having an open portion corresponding to a printing region of the printing object with the plate-shaped member being disposed between the printing object and the liquid ejection head, and a printing object retaining unit that maintains a constant distance between the liquid ejection head and the printing region by pushing the printing object toward the plate-shaped member. The liquid ejection head ejects the liquid to the printing region of the printing object pushed toward the plate-shaped member by the printing object retaining unit. | 07-14-2011 |
20110181659 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus has a carriage, a carriage rail, a guide rail, an adjusting member and a support base. A first adjusting mechanism that displaces the guide rail in a direction crossing to the main-scanning direction relatively with respect to the adjusting member and adjusts the position of the guide rail is provided. Further a second adjusting mechanism that displaces the adjusting member in a direction crossing to the main-scanning direction relatively with respect to the support base and adjusts the positions of the guide rail and the adjusting member are provided. The first adjusting mechanism has a plurality of guide rail adjusted portions that displaces the guide rail with respect to the adjusting member and the second adjusting mechanism has a plurality of adjusting member adjusted portions that displaces the adjusting member with respect to the support base. | 07-28-2011 |
20110181660 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A carriage with a recording head mounted therein is movably supported by a first guide member extending in a direction intersecting with a recording medium transport direction “a”. The first guide member that elastically deforms accompanying movements of the carriage is arranged deviated from a gravity center of the carriage in the transport direction “a”. An area of the second guide member that is in contact with the carriage curves in a direction containing a component of a direction parallel to the recording medium transport direction “a” in order to guide rotation of the carriage owing to the carriage own weight when the carriage moves along the first guide member. | 07-28-2011 |
20110181661 | CARRIAGE GUIDE MECHANISM AND A PRINTER - A carriage guide mechanism for a printer enables using plural rolling bearings to move a carriage along a guide shaft with no play or vibration. The carriage bearing units of the printer carriage guide mechanism have three rolling bearings each that hold the guide shaft from three directions. The outer ring of each rolling bearing makes line contact with the outer ring roller surfaces, which each face a different direction and are formed on the guide plate of the guide shaft, and contact therebetween is maintained by the urging force of a flat spring. Because chatter and vibration, particularly play and vibration around the center axis of the guide shaft, can be prevented when the carriage moves, a drop in print quality due to vibration of the printhead caused by carriage chatter or vibration can be reliably prevented. | 07-28-2011 |
20110187792 | PRINTER-PLOTTER APPARATUS - To improve printing speed and cutting speed. | 08-04-2011 |
20110199430 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - The liquid ejection device of the present invention includes a guide shaft; a first guide shaft supporting member and second guide shaft supporting member supporting the guide shaft; a carriage configured to move in reciprocal manner along the guide shaft; and a liquid ejection head mounted to the carriage. The end parts of the first guide shaft supporting member and second guide shaft supporting member on the side of the guide shaft are connected to the guide shaft in the horizontal direction or downward from the horizontal direction orthogonal to the up-down direction with respect to the guide shaft. | 08-18-2011 |
20110199431 | Apparatus for Application and Accurate Positioning of Graphics on a Surface - In an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an apparatus for application and accurate positioning of at least one graphic image on a large contoured surface, comprising a flexible-rail positioning system mounted on a portion of the surface on which the graphic image is to be applied, a graphic image application system, software to operate the positioning system, and software to operate the graphic image application system. In another embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of applying and accurately positioning at least one graphic image on a large contoured surface. | 08-18-2011 |
20110205297 | CONTAINER INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR A FLUID EJECTOR ASSEMBLY - In one embodiment, a fluid ejector assembly includes: a bay for holding a detachable fluid container that includes a fluid outlet at a forward part of the container; a fluid ejector; a fluid inlet at a forward part of the bay through which fluid from the outlet of a fluid container installed in the bay may pass to the fluid ejector; and a stationary guide configured to block an improper installation of a fluid container into the bay without also blocking a proper installation of the fluid container into the bay. | 08-25-2011 |
20110205298 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes: a recording head which records an image to a recording surface of a recording medium; a scanning mechanism which reciprocates the recording head along a scanning direction; a recording direction deciding unit which decides a recording direction along which the recording head scans with respect to the recording surface of the recording medium to record the image, from a first direction along the recording surface and a second direction intersecting with the first direction and along the recording surface; and a changing unit which changes one of the scanning direction of the recording head and a direction of the recording medium to bring the recording direction with respect to the recording surface decided by the recording direction deciding unit and the scanning direction of the recording head in line. | 08-25-2011 |
20110205299 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARRIAGE DOCKING MECHANISM - An image forming apparatus including a first carriage movable in a main scanning direction, a second carriage separatably dockable with the first carriage, a first positioning unit to position the second carriage relative to the first carriage in a sub-scanning direction, a second positioning unit to position the second carriage relative to the first carriage in a rotary direction, and a third positioning unit to position the second carriage relative to the first carriage in the main scanning direction. The first positioning unit includes a reference shaft and notched positioning members to engage the reference shaft. The second positioning unit contacts one of the first and second carriages in the rotary direction upon docking of the first and second carriages. The third positioning unit includes a positioning member, parallel grooved members in the sub-scanning direction, and parallel shafts extending in the sub-scanning direction to engage the grooved members. | 08-25-2011 |
20110234697 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DESIGNING SAME AND METHOD OF IMPROVING IMAGE FORMATION QUALITY - An inkjet image forming apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head having an ejection surface in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged two-dimensionally; a scanning device which conveys at least one of the liquid ejection head and an image formation receiving medium on which liquid ejected from the plurality of nozzles is deposited, to cause relative movement between the image formation receiving medium and the liquid ejection head in a first direction; a motor which is a driving source for driving the scanning device; and a drive force transmission mechanism which transmits drive force generated by the motor to the scanning device, wherein: in a case where rotational non-uniformity can occur Nm times for each revolution of the motor (where Nm is a natural number), and when Pv represents a spatial period representing an amount of the relative movement in the first direction on the image formation receiving medium corresponding to 1/Nm revolution of the motor, and when OSy represents an offset distance in the first direction of a pair of nozzles which form dots that are mutually adjacent in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the image formation receiving medium, of the plurality of nozzles arranged two-dimensionally, then relationship of OSy≈k×Pv (where k is a natural number) is satisfied. | 09-29-2011 |
20110242209 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided an image recording apparatus including: a casing; a carriage unit which is movable in the casing in a scanning direction intersecting with a transporting direction of a medium; a liquid jetting head mounted on the carriage unit; and a controller which controls the carriage unit and the liquid jetting head so that the carriage unit reciprocates within a predetermined range in the scanning direction under a condition that the liquid jetting head jets the liquid to the medium, and that the carriage unit moves to a cartridge exchange position under a condition that the mounted liquid cartridge is to be changed, the cartridge exchange position being adjacent to the exchange port and being located outside the predetermined range in the scanning direction. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242210 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided, the ink-jet recording apparatus including an ink-jet head, a first carriage on which the ink-jet head is carried, a guide member, a moving mechanism which moves the first carriage along the guide member, a transport mechanism which transports a medium along a transport surface, and a second carriage which is reciprocatively movable while following movement of the first carriage and which is constructed relatively movably in a direction perpendicular to the transport surface with respect to the first carriage. The second carriage has a protective member which protects a jetting surface from the medium and a regulating member which regulates movement of the second carriage in relation to a third direction. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242211 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes a primary guide shaft extending along a primary scanning direction, a carriage supported on the primary guide shaft so as to be movable in the primary scanning direction, a liquid ejection head mounted on the carriage, a liquid supply tube connected at one end to a liquid storage member and connected at the other end to the liquid ejection head, and a contact member contacting a curved portion of the liquid supply tube extending from the carriage to form a curved shape. The contact member bears reactive force directed at the primary guide shaft in the conveying direction of the recording medium throughout the scanning range of the carriage from the liquid supply tube. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242212 | SELECTABLE PRINTHEAD-TO-PAPER SPACING ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS - A printing system with adjustable spacing between a portion of a printhead and a portion of a media support. The spacing is easily adjustable at the time of manufacture for locking a printhead into a selected distance from the media support. A rotatable variable spacer is abutted against an anti-rotation rail to lock the selected distance. | 10-06-2011 |
20110249060 | INKJET PRINT HEAD AND INKJET PRINT APPARATUS - There is provided an inkjet print apparatus which can prevent floating mists from being attached on a head face to realize a print with high quality. Therefore a wing-shaped print head is provided to increase an air flow flowing into a region between a print head positioned backward thereof and a print medium. | 10-13-2011 |
20110249061 | Printer for groups of products supported on a table structure - A printer ( | 10-13-2011 |
20110249062 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus and a print position correction method are provided which, even if satellites are produced, can evaluate printed position misalignments of main droplets without being influenced by the satellites and correctly perform a print position correction. To this end, when the test patterns are printed, the carriage speed and the head-medium distance are set smaller than those used during normal printing operations so as to keep the influences of the satellites on the printed patterns minimal. From the printed test patterns an amount of print position misalignment is acquired. Before actually executing a normal printing operation, an amount of the print position misalignment corresponding to the carriage speed and the head-medium distance of the actual printing operation is determined based on the amount of misalignment obtained from the test patterns and the print position adjustment is made using the determined amount of the print position misalignment. | 10-13-2011 |
20110279541 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A holder that holds a line recording head is displaced in a sheet width direction against the urging force of an elastic portion to bring an abutment portion of the holder into contact with one of a plurality of positioning surfaces provided at a reference portion of a sheet conveying mechanism. The holder is positioned and fixed to the reference portion, with the urging force exerted thereto. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279542 | PRINTHEAD COUPLING HAVING CAM DRIVEN MECHANISM - A coupling assembly for distributing fluid to a printhead, the coupling assembly having a housing, a port plate movably mounted to a shaft which passes through the port plate and housing, a compression spring mounted on the shaft by a washer so as to be compressed between the washer and the port plate and an arm pivotally connected to the shaft at one of its longitudinal ends and pivotally connected to a coupling drive mechanism at its other longitudinal end | 11-17-2011 |
20110285787 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - In an ink jet printing apparatus using many types of inks to execute bidirectional printing, if ejection opening rows for yellow, magenta, and cyan inks are symmetrically arranged, ejection opening rows for a black ink are arranged adjacent to the most inside ejection opening rows for the yellow ink. Thus, a difference in color between forward scanning and backward scanning is determined by a difference in coloring between the black ink and the yellow ink. In this case, a possible color drift attributed to bidirectional printing can be suppressed by selecting the inks so that the difference in coloring between the black ink and the yellow ink is smaller than that between the black ink and the other color inks. | 11-24-2011 |
20110292119 | DEVICE FOR MITIGATING THE PRODUCTION/REMOVAL OF PARTICULATE MATTER FROM A SUBSTRATE/MAILPIECE ENVELOPE - A registration device for use in combination with an array of print head nozzles and operative to deposit ink on a substrate material. The registration device is operative to maintain a prescribed separation distance between an array of print head nozzles and a substrate material during print operations and includes a registration surface which opposes a face surface of the substrate material and is textured to define a plurality of contact points. The contact points are substantially evenly distributed over, and engage, the face surface of the substrate material, to reduce the total surface area in contact with the substrate material and the particulate matter which may be shed from, and/or produced by frictional engagement with, the substrate material. | 12-01-2011 |
20110310173 | PRINTER BACKBONE WITH INTEGRATED CARRIAGE ROD - A backbone for a printer is formed from a single piece of material. The single piece of material includes an integrated carriage rod. When a carriage assembly is mounted on the integrated carriage rod, the carriage assembly is enabled to slide across the integrated carriage rod into position for printing. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310174 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided an image recording apparatus including: | 12-22-2011 |
20110310175 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a jetting head having a jetting surface on which a plurality of nozzles are formed for jetting liquid droplets; a carriage carrying the jetting head and moving reciprocatingly in a first direction along a surface parallel to the jetting surface; and a guide member having a guide surface perpendicular to the jetting surface and extending in the first direction to guide the carriage along the guide surface. The carriage is provided with a fixed slide member fixed to the carriage to slide along the guide surface; a movable slide member arranged apart from the fixed slide member in the first direction to slide along the guide surface and configured to be movable with respect to the carriage in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and an angle change mechanism for changing an angle of the carriage relative to the first direction. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310176 | METHOD FOR EJECTING INK DROPLETS ONTO A SUBSTRATE - An ink mixed with spacer members is ejected onto one or both of a TFT substrate and a CF substrate while an ink jet head having a plurality of ink jet nozzles is moved. The excursions of a predetermined number of ink jet nozzles from an end of the ink jet head overlap those of a next excursion of the ink jet head without causing overlapping of ejected ink within the overlapping area. An abrupt stepwise change in the amount of ejected ink is suppressed whereby an uneven gap is suppressed. | 12-22-2011 |
20110316929 | DEVICE FOR USE WITH A CARRIAGE CARRYING A PRINTHEAD AND A SENSOR - In one embodiment, a device for use with a first carriage carrying a printhead and a sensor includes a track. The track is positioned adjacent to a path, the path being followed by the first carriage. A second carriage is movable along the track and carries a target. The second carriage is movable between a first position, in which the target is away from the sensor, and a second position, in which the target is adjacent to the sensor and a reference included in the target is a known distance away from the sensor. | 12-29-2011 |
20120007917 | INK JET PRINTER AND A METHOD OF COMPUTING CONVEYANCE AMOUNT OF A CONVEYANCE ROLLER OF THE INK JET PRINTER - A method of computing a conveyance variance from a difference of two adjustment patterns in order to measure a variance in a conveyance amount occurring while a sheet is conveyed. By using this method, the variance that occurs during one rotation of the roller occurring because of the roller accuracy, deflection of the roller, and the attachment of a roller supporting member can be alleviated. Thus, the unevenness occurring synchronously to one rotation of the roller can be alleviated, and as a result, an ink jet printer that is capable of printing with high quality can be provided. | 01-12-2012 |
20120019592 | Print head mounting and adjusting mechanism - An improved print head mounting and adjusting mechanism for inkjet printers. The mechanism include a bottom bracket and a base plate, the bottom bracket is installed on the base plate, the bottom bracket can be used for mounting print head, wherein said bottom bracket is supported by two stainless steel round shaft which is mounted on the base plate to provide accurate Y-axis movement and adjustment. Micrometer screw head is used as the adjustment mechanism for fine precision adjustment. The bottom bracket moves along a stainless steel round shaft to prevent deflection while adjusting. The print head and the adjustment mechanism are two separate parts, so exchanging or adjusting it will not damage the print heads. Remounting a print head requires a slight adjustment to reach the desired position reducing labor intensity and making for easier maintenance to the print heads. | 01-26-2012 |
20120062648 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a carriage movable in a main scanning direction and including a recording head having a nozzle surface in which nozzles to eject liquid droplets in a horizontal direction are formed, the nozzle surface being disposed in a vertical direction; a guide shaft to guide the carriage in the main scanning direction; and a bearing provided to the carriage and having two sloped sides slidably contacting an outer circumferential surface of the guide shaft. In a plane perpendicular to an axis of the guide shaft, the two sloped sides are disposed such that a line passing through both the axis of the guide shaft and an intersection of two tangent lines from contact portions in which the two sloped sides contact the outer circumferential surface of the guide shaft diagonally intersects a line extending along a plane of the nozzle surface. | 03-15-2012 |
20120069089 | PRINT BAR LIFT - In one embodiment, an assembly includes a lift and a print bar mounted to the lift. The lift includes first and second guide rods oriented parallel to one another and perpendicular to an axis of the print bar across the print zone. The first end of the print bar is slidably connected to the first guide rod, the second end of the print bar is slidably connected to the second guide rod, and the lift is configured to simultaneously move both ends of the print bar along the guide rods. In another embodiment, an assembly includes a chassis and a lift supported by the chassis. The lift is configured to loosely hold a print bar and to raise and lower the print bar over a print zone such that both ends of the print bar move simultaneously. | 03-22-2012 |
20120075382 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which includes a line head having a nozzle group in a two-dimensional matrix configuration, or a line head in which a plurality of head modules are joined together in a staggered matrix arrangement. | 03-29-2012 |
20120105542 | INCLINED MOTOR IN AN INKJET PRINTER - A printing apparatus includes a carriage for moving a printhead along a carriage scan direction; a carriage guide for guiding the carriage along the carriage scan direction; and a motor for moving the carriage, the motor including a rotatable axle, wherein the motor is mounted in the printing apparatus such that when the printing apparatus is in its nominal operating position the rotatable axle is inclined at an angle of between ten degrees and eighty degrees with respect to a horizontal plane. | 05-03-2012 |
20120120152 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINT HEAD, AND INK CARTRIDGE - There is provided a printing device for carrying out printing with ink supplied from L ink cartridges in which ink of the same hue is accommodated. The printing device includes a print head with a plurality of nozzle rows spaced apart in a main scanning direction, and includes a first nozzle group of L×a nozzle rows, in which the positions of the nozzles in the sub-scanning direction are mutually the same and which receive a supply of the ink from each of the L cartridges in sets of a rows, and a second nozzle group of L×b nozzle rows, in which the positions of the nozzles in the sub-scanning direction differ from those of the nozzles of the first nozzle row and which receive a supply of the ink from each of the L cartridges in sets of b rows. | 05-17-2012 |
20120133708 | PRINTER WITH REDUCED VORTEX OSCILLATION IN PRINT GAP - An inkjet printer that has a printhead with a nozzle array for ejecting droplets of ink onto a media substrate, a media feed assembly for feeding media passed the printhead in a media feed direction such that the nozzle array and the media substrate are separated by a print gap and, an air flow generation mechanism for generating an air flow in the print gap opposite to the media feed direction. | 05-31-2012 |
20120147092 | PRINT GROUP FOR AN INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - In a print group for an inkjet printing apparatus a printing unit is provided comprising a housing with print bars having print heads. A transport unit is provided for a printing substrate. Drive and guidance units are arranged per print bar which move the print bars independently of one another in a perpendicular direction from a printing position into a transport position and back. In a park unit racks are provided for protective cap bars. A protective cap bar is provided per print bar which when coupled to said print bar seals it. Print bars in an operating position not provided for printing are in the transport position and are coupled with associated protective cap bars. Print bars in said operating position for printing are in the printing position and their associated protective cap bars are arranged in the park unit racks. | 06-14-2012 |
20120162314 | PRINT HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING SYSTEM - A print head assembly that includes a print head carriage and multiple, replaceable print heads that are configured to be removably retained in receptacles of the print head carriage. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162315 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is disclosed, including a carriage which moves and scans, the carriage being provided with a recording head which ejects liquid droplets; and a sheet-shaped receiving face member which forms a receiving face which receives non-contributing liquid droplets which do not contribute to image forming, the non-contributing liquid droplets being ejected from the recording head. The receiving face member is movably arranged, and the image forming apparatus further includes a drive unit which moves the receiving face member in conjunction with movement of the carriage. | 06-28-2012 |
20120194612 | CARRIAGE WITH CAPPING SURFACE FOR INKJET PRINTHEAD - A carriage for conveying an inkjet printhead in a printer, the carriage including a holding receptacle for the inkjet printhead, the holding receptacle includes a first sidewall; a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall; and a bottom wall extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the bottom wall including a frame surrounding an opening, wherein the frame is configured to be sealingly engageable with a face of the printhead. | 08-02-2012 |
20120194613 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a print head for inkjet printing, and a guide disposed opposing the print head and configured to guide a back surface of a sheet being conveyed in a first direction. The back surface is a reverse surface of a surface being printed. The printing apparatus further includes a receiving unit disposed opposing the print head and configured to receive ink outside the sheet being conveyed, and a mechanism configured to change a position of the guide in a second direction relative to the receiving unit being fixed, according to a size of the sheet to be used. The second direction crosses the first direction. | 08-02-2012 |
20120194614 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - A nozzle use range and a nozzle nonuse range are set in nozzles of a print head. In a forward direction printing in the first pas, printing is performed by the use nozzles thus set. After the first pass is performed, a print medium is conveyed by a nozzle arrangement length of the nozzle nonuse range in a conveyance direction. Along with it, the nozzle use range and the nozzle nonuse range for the second pass are set by shifting the nozzle use range. The backward direction printing in the second pass is performed in the nozzle use range thus set. Printing in an area having a width equivalent to a nozzle arrangement length of the use nozzles can be completed by the two passes in the forward and backward directions. A raster in the area to be printed is printed by the two different nozzles. | 08-02-2012 |
20120212543 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a print head to form an image on a recording medium; a carriage, including the print head, which scans in a main scanning direction; a linear encoder scale with scale marks and elongated in the carriage moving direction to detect a position of the carriage; an encoder sensor disposed on a side wall of the carriage including a groove with an upper open concave-shaped cross-section if seen from the carriage moving direction and reads scale marks on the linear encoder scale by passing the linear encoder scale through the groove; and a through-hole forming member, disposed on the side wall of the carriage, configured to cover the encoder sensor, and forming a through-hole extending in the carriage moving direction which the linear encoder scale is passed through. The through-hole forming member is disposed openable with respect to the carriage. | 08-23-2012 |
20120218349 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a head unit which includes a liquid jetting head which jets liquid and a liquid storage tank in which the liquid to be supplied to the liquid jetting head is stored; a guide member which extends in a first direction; a carriage which has a connection portion, carries the head unit, and is supported by the guide member to be movable in the first direction; and a movement mechanism which is connected to the connection portion of the carriage to move the carriage in the first direction, and the liquid jetting head and the liquid storage tank are arranged to sandwich the connection portion of the carriage therebetween. | 08-30-2012 |
20120224003 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - A sheet processing device for processing a sheet-like print substrate comprising a sheet support surface for supporting at least a portion of a sheet; a fluid flow generator for inducing a fluid flow; a venturi-type underpressure source, comprising a first passage extending from an inlet to an outlet and a second passage connecting said first passage with a suction endpoint, wherein the connection between the first passage and second passage is located adjacent to a diametrical flow restriction within the first passage and wherein the sheet support surface comprises at least one aperture, which is in fluid communication with the suction endpoint of the venturi-type underpressure source such that in operation an underpressure is imposed on the sheet-like print substrate at the aperture holding at least a portion of the sheet-like print substrate down on the sheet support surface. | 09-06-2012 |
20120229566 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that discharges a recording ink and an undercoating ink on a recording medium; a driving section that drives at least one of the recording medium and the recording head so that the recording medium and the recording head are relatively scanned several times in one direction; and a control section that causes an undercoating layer with the undercoating ink on a predetermined area of the recording medium and a recording layer with the recording ink to be laminated by the recording head and the driving section, and simultaneously allows that the number of the scannings in a case where the undercoating ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area is larger than the number of the scannings in a case where the recording ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229567 | Recording Apparatus - A recording apparatus includes a carriage to which an ink jet head is equipped, a first guide unit and a second guide unit for guiding reciprocation of the carriage, a roller for transporting a recording medium to which a recording process is performed by the ink jet head, and a roller frame supporting the roller and partially configuring the first guide unit. | 09-13-2012 |
20120236075 | PAPER PRINTING METHOD FOR A LINE PRINTER, AND A LINE PRINTER - A paper printing method for a line printer that can print a next print job with a specific margin without reversing paper. To print on label paper using a head unit having a plurality of line printheads disposed at a specific interval along the conveyance direction of the label paper, a printhead moving step advances a head unit at a first position after printing ends to a second position, and a printing step prints a label while moving the head unit in the reverse of the conveyance direction. At the second position, the printing position of the last line inkjet head of the head unit is on the forward side of the start printing position of a label on the label paper. | 09-20-2012 |
20120249677 | ADJUSTING DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS WITH ADJUSTING DEVICE - A printing apparatus comprises a print head moving module comprising a mounting plate, a first wheel, a second wheel, an endless belt, a retaining member of the mounting plate to clamp with the second wheel; an adjusting device comprising a positioning member of the mounting plate, a driving member of the positioning member comprising an indicating block, a moveable member of the positioning member abutting the retaining member, the moveable member comprises a receiving portion having graduations; the indicating block is through the positioning member in the receiving portion; a resilient member in the receiving portion between the driving and the moveable members; wherein the driving member drives the moveable and the retaining members from a first to a second position, in the first position, the indicating block is away from a predetermined graduation; in the second position, resilient member deformed, the indicating block is at the predetermined graduation. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249678 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - Gradation data for each color to be input to a recording apparatus includes dot-recording-position information for every unit pixel and information for determining a nozzle position in a recording head for recording a dot. The information for determining the nozzle position makes determination in accordance with image data of an ink with resin and image data of an ink without resin. In a region where the ink with resin and the ink without resin overlap with each other, the ink without resin can land first. | 10-04-2012 |
20120281043 | Print Carriage - A system and method for depositing a substance onto a continuously moving substrate in first and second transverse swathes, is achieved by providing a print carriage having a first set of inkjet heads and a second set of inkjet heads. The carriage is traversed across the substrate in a forward pass, while depositing the first and second swathes from the respective first and second plurality of inkjet heads and subsequently traversed across the substrate in a reverse pass. The first and second sets of inkjet heads are arranged such that the first and second swathes complement one another on both forward and reverse passes to provide substantially complete coverage of the substrate. In this manner complementary swathes may be deposited from a single head. | 11-08-2012 |
20120293583 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CARRIAGE MOUNTING RECORDING HEAD FOR EJECTING LIQUID DROPLETS - An image forming apparatus includes a main body and a printing assembly. The printing assembly includes a carriage, an encoder scale, an encoder sensor, and a flexible cable. The carriage has a head mounting part and a board mounting part arranged along a direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction. The head mounting part mounts a recording head. The board mounting part mounts both the sensor and a carriage-side circuit board connected to the cable. A housing of the body has a first cover portion to cover an area opposing the head mounting part and a second cover portion to cover an area opposing the board mounting part. The first cover portion is openably disposed at the body to allow a user to open the first cover portion. The second cover portion is stationarily fixed at the body to prevent a user from opening the second cover portion. | 11-22-2012 |
20120314001 | Method And System For Actuating Redundant Electrical Motors To Move Printheads Laterally And Improve Reliability In A Continuous Web Inkjet Printer - A method of operating a printer enables a controller in the printer to operate electrical motors to move printheads in the printer for longer periods of time before maintenance is required. Each printhead in the printer is operatively connected to an electrical motor for movement of the printhead and the printheads are organized in groups with each group being operatively connected to an electrical motor for movement of the group. By selectively designating printheads as being moveable or fixed, electrical motors that fail to move a printhead can be taken out of operation and an electrical motor that moves the printhead group used instead to continue printing operations without requiring a service call for replacement of the failed motor. | 12-13-2012 |
20120314002 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device includes a casing, a ribbon cartridge, a print head, a first driving motor and a second driving motor. The print head is disposed under the ribbon cartridge. A rotating center axial line of the ribbon wheel of the ribbon cartridge passes through a bottom of the casing. The print head has at least firing pin for colliding the ink ribbon, so that the ink containing in the ink ribbon is printed on a paper sheet. The first driving motor is used for driving rotation of the ribbon wheel. The second driving motor is used for driving movement of the print head between a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the casing. Consequently, the overall height and the cost of the printing device are reduced. | 12-13-2012 |
20120320127 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a carriage, an image forming unit installed in the carriage to eject liquid onto a recording medium, a guide member to guide the carriage in a main scanning direction corresponding to a width direction of the recording medium, and a position restriction member detachably attachable to the carriage to restrict a position of the carriage relative to the guide member in a vertical direction. The carriage includes a first slide member slidably supported by the guide member, a second slide member that slidably contacts the guide member to prevent rotation of the carriage relative to the guide member, and a third slide member that slidably contacts the guide member to determine a position of the carriage in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction. The position of the carriage is not restricted by the guide member in the vertical direction. | 12-20-2012 |
20120320128 | PLATEN GAP ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND PRINTER - A platen gap adjustment mechanism includes a carriage guide shaft, a carriage drive unit and a main carriage. The carriage guide shaft is configured to extend perpendicularly to a media conveyance direction that passes over a platen. The carriage drive unit is supported on the carriage guide shaft and pivotable around an axis of the carriage guide shaft. The main carriage is supported on the carriage drive unit, pivotable around a parallel axis that is parallel to the axis of the carriage guide shaft, and configured to carry a printhead for printing on a print medium conveyed along the media conveyance path past the platen. The main carriage is moveable toward and away from the platen according to a thickness of the print medium while being slidable in sliding contact with the print medium conveyed over the platen to maintain a constant gap between the printhead and the print medium. | 12-20-2012 |
20130002758 | Fastening Apparatus and Method Thereof - A fastening apparatus useable with a receiving member. The fastening apparatus includes a fastener body with a plurality of deflection members spaced apart from each other. The fastener body including an initial state corresponding to the plurality of deflection members spaced apart from each other by a first distance and a deflection state corresponding to the plurality of deflection members spaced apart from each other by a second distance less than the first distance. Each of the plurality of deflection members including a deflection threaded portion to engage with the receiving threaded portion of the receiving member in an engagement state. During insertion, the fastener body moves between the initial state and the deflection state such that the deflection threaded portions insert into the receiving threaded portion to form the engagement state. | 01-03-2013 |
20130002759 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus including a carriage carrying a recording head for ejecting ink droplets, a support portion for supporting the carriage such that the carriage is reciprocally movable in a predetermined direction, a power transmission mechanism for transmitting a drive force from a drive power source to the carriage, and a vibration damping device disposed on the support portion, and wherein the vibration damping device has mutually different resonance frequency values at respective at least two different positions in the predetermined direction. | 01-03-2013 |
20130002760 | PRINTING DEVICE SETTING BIASED CONVEYING DISTANCE BY INCREASING OR DECREASING PRESCRIBED DISTANCE AS TARGET CONVEYING DISTANCE - In a printing device, the print control processor is configured to perform a print operation in a resolution in which a plurality of raster lines is arranged in a first direction by a line pitch smaller than the prescribed nozzle pitch by using a prescribed print method. The prescribed print method prints the plurality of raster lines arranged in the first direction in a prescribed order. The print control processor is configured to control a scanning portion to convey the recording sheet by a biased conveying distance as a target conveying distance. The biased conveying distance is set, depending on the prescribed print method, to be decreased or increased from a prescribed distance. The prescribed distance is an ideal value that achieves the resolution in which the plurality of raster lines is uniformly arranged in the first direction by the line pitch. | 01-03-2013 |
20130002761 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording method includes recording while performing a scan by a carriage mounted with a recording head that discharges ink, changing postures of the carriage at each of a plurality of positions in a scanning direction such that changes in the postures are reduced at the plurality of positions. | 01-03-2013 |
20130010029 | PRINTER HAVING PRINTER HEAD ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY - A printer includes a hanger, a printer head, a carriage, and an adjustment assembly. The hanger includes a base and a board above the base. The carriage includes a body, a rod, and an actuator. The body is rotatably connected to the rod. The actuator is rotatably connected to the body. The actuator includes a projection and a resisting member. The adjustment assembly includes a protruding post. When the body moves in a first direction, the projection applies a push force to the protruding post, the protruding post rotates downward. When the body moves in a reverse, second direction, the protruding post applies a push force to the projection, which causes the actuator to rotate, the lateral surface of the resisting member stays in contact with the board during the rotation of the actuator, causing the carriage to rotate, the distance between the printer head and the base is changed. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010030 | BENDING MEMBER, RAIL MEMBER, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A bending member includes a bent portion formed by bending a plate material, the bent portion including a concave surface side and a convex surface side, a curvature radius r of the concave surface side of the bent portion being set to a thickness t of the plate material or below, and a plurality of grooves provided in the bent portion on the convex surface side, each of the grooves being vertical to a longitudinal direction of the bent portion, wherein each of the grooves opens on both surface sides sandwiching the bent portion, and each of the grooves includes a bottom portion having a straight line shape connecting the openings of the groove on the both surface sides. | 01-10-2013 |
20130016159 | INK-JET PRINTING DEPOSITION METHODAANM Duchene; JulienAACI Charenton-le-PontAACO FRAAGP Duchene; Julien Charenton-le-Pont FRAANM Perrot; StephaneAACI Charenton-le-PontAACO FRAAGP Perrot; Stephane Charenton-le-Pont FRAANM Vinsonneau; SylvieAACI Charenton-le-PontAACO FRAAGP Vinsonneau; Sylvie Charenton-le-Pont FR - The invention relates to an ink-jet printing deposition method including a compensation of deviations (δl | 01-17-2013 |
20130021410 | PRINTHEAD MOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A carriage unit useable with a printhead is provided. The carriage unit includes an alignment member and a support member. The alignment member positions the printhead and includes at least one positioning unit to engage with a fastener. The at least one positioning unit has a positioning surface and a retaining device to retain the fastener against the positioning surface. The support member is connected to the alignment member to support the printhead. | 01-24-2013 |
20130038663 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a carriage to mount a recording head which discharges a liquid droplet on a recording medium to form an image, a carriage guide member to support the carriage and move the carriage to scan in a main scanning direction orthogonal to a sub-scanning direction in which the recording medium is conveyed, and a recording medium conveyance unit detachably mounted to a main body of the apparatus which includes an endless conveyance belt to convey the recording medium being adsorbed on the belt, and a pair of rollers around which the conveyance belt is extended circulating in the sub-scanning direction. The carriage is cantilevered by the carriage guide member, and the recording medium conveyance unit is removable from a space above the conveyance belt, in an area other than the carriage guide member. | 02-14-2013 |
20130044160 | PRINTER AND PRINTING WITH BOUNDARY LAYER DISRUPTION - A printer for printing on a print medium includes a print module supporting at least one printhead having ink orifices formed in a front face thereof through which ink drops are ejected into a print zone between the printhead and the print medium during printing, and a member extending beyond the front face of the printhead toward the print medium from the print module adjacent the printhead, wherein the member disrupts a boundary layer of air in the print zone between the printhead and the print medium during printing. | 02-21-2013 |
20130044161 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND CARRIAGE UNIT - A movable carriage unit on which a head for discharging ink is mountable includes a fixing member movable between a fixing position for fixing the head to a mounting position and a releasing position for releasing the fixation of the head, and a moving unit including an operation portion. The moving unit is configured to move the fixing member from the fixing position to the releasing position. A guide configured to guide the head to the mounting position when the fixing member is moved to the releasing position by an operation of the operation portion is formed on the operation portion. | 02-21-2013 |
20130050336 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDED ARTICLE - An ink jet recording apparatus records an image on a recording material by ejecting a first ink composition through at least one first liquid ejecting nozzle having an open end. The ink jet recording apparatus also includes a platen having a surface on which the recording medium is placed. The surface is away from the open end at a distance PG satisfying the relationship 0.5 mm02-28-2013 | |
20130050337 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method are realized which can improve a print quality while minimizing the volume of waste ink, running cost and throughput degradations. For this purpose, the scan width is set according to the size and position of the print medium and then, based on that scan width, a location where the preliminary ejections are to be executed and the number of times that the preliminary ejection is to be executed in a single preliminary ejection session are determined. | 02-28-2013 |
20130057614 | PROCESS FOR PRINTING WOOD-BASED FLAT ELEMENTS AND PRODUCTION LINE - A printing process for a wood-based flat element may involve a preliminary step of graphic composition using an electronic processor and relative software, and a printing step to print a surface of the wood-based flat element using an ink-jet printer of a single-pass type. The ink-jet printer may be controlled by the electronic processor. The ink-jet printer may be provided with print heads. For each color employed in the ink-jet printer, the number of print heads may be that required to cover the entire width of the surface to be printed. During the printing step, the wood-based flat element may be maintained at rest while the ink-jet printer performs a motion relative to the wood-based flat element to print the entire surface. The motion of the ink-jet printer may result in the wood-based flat element passing below the print heads, such that the entire surface of the wood-based flat element is printed in a single pass of the wood-based flat element below the print heads. Alternatively, during the printing step, the wood-based flat element and the ink-jet printer may perform a simultaneous motion relative to each other to print the entire surface. A production line for the manufacturing of a flat wood-based panel presenting a printed surface is also disclosed. | 03-07-2013 |
20130070019 | SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGE GUIDE IN PRINTER - A carriage printer includes a printhead; a carriage guide disposed along a carriage scan direction, the carriage guide including a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a carriage for transporting the printhead along the carriage scan direction across the print region, the carriage including a bearing surface that is configured to contact the carriage guide as the carriage transports the printhead; a plurality of carriage guide supports each including a support surface, the plurality of carriage guide supports including a first carriage guide support disposed proximate the first end; a second carriage guide support disposed proximate the second end; and a third carriage guide support disposed between the first carriage guide support and the second carriage guide support; a first biasing force applied in a bias direction proximate the first end; and a second biasing force applied in the bias direction proximate the second end. | 03-21-2013 |
20130070020 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING INCLINATION OF HEAD HOLDER OF THE LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid jetting apparatus includes a liquid jetting head having a liquid jetting surface in which a plurality of nozzles are aligned along a predetermined direction, a head holder holding the liquid jetting head and being rotatable within a plane parallel to the liquid jetting surface, a rotation regulation member contacting with two contact portions of the head holder to regulate rotation of the head holder, and an inclination adjustment mechanism, which has a cam member being rotatable about a rotation shaft and being capable of displacing a first contact portion of the two contact portions in a direction including a directional component perpendicular to a direction linking the first contact portion with a second contact portion of the two contact portions within the plane, and which adjusts inclination of the head holder by rotating the cam member to rotate the head holder about the second contact portion. | 03-21-2013 |
20130070021 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head; a carriage to which the recording head is detachably mounted; and a first head protection member that is arranged on the carriage; wherein the recording head is positioned with respect to the carriage in a relative movement direction by moving the recording head relative to the carriage until a first position reference plane of the recording head and a second position reference plane of the carriage come into contact; the first head protection member is arranged at both sides in the relative movement direction of a nozzle face of the recording head and protrudes further than the nozzle face; and the first head protection member is movable with respect to the carriage in the relative movement direction and moves along with the recording head when the recording head moves relative to the carriage. | 03-21-2013 |
20130070022 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING RECORDING HEAD FOR EJECTING LIQUID DROPLETS - An image forming apparatus includes recording heads, head holders, a carriage, a guide member, a reference member, and a pressing member. The recording heads have nozzles to eject liquid droplets. The holders hold the recording heads. The carriage is reciprocally movable in a main scanning direction and holding the holders. The guide member is disposed along the main scanning direction to guide the carriage along the main scanning direction. The reference member is disposed parallel to the guide member in the carriage to hold the holders. The pressing member presses at least one of the holders toward at least another of the holders. The holders have reference faces to contact each other in the main scanning direction to determine relative positions of the holders. With the recording heads positioned based on the reference faces of the holders, the recording heads are held by the holders. | 03-21-2013 |
20130070023 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head and a carriage. The carriage includes a slide member that is provided so that the position of the slide member relative to a carriage body is changeable in a direction where a gap between the recording head and a medium changes, and moves together with carriage body in the scanning direction, a gap adjusting cam that is interposed between the slide member and the carriage body, and, upon reception of the dead weight of the carriage, changes in the scanning direction relative to the slide member and the carriage body to change the gap, and a restriction section that restricts at least one of expansion of the interval between the carriage body and the gap adjusting cam and expansion of the interval between the gap adjusting cam and the slide member in such a way as to keep a predetermined gap. | 03-21-2013 |
20130076831 | PRINTER AND PRINTING HEAD MOVING MECHANISM - A printing head moving mechanism is configured to reciprocate a carriage equipped with a printing head between a printing position facing a recording medium and a retracted position retracted outside a printing region of the recording medium. In the printing position, the carriage is disposed at a downstream side of a transporting roller which is configured to transport the recording medium in a transporting direction of the recording medium. In the retracted position, at least a portion of the carriage is disposed at an upstream side of the transporting roller in the transporting direction of the recording medium. The carriage is configured to move between the printing position and the retracted position without interfering with the transporting roller. | 03-28-2013 |
20130083125 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet printer includes a carriage that includes a recording head which performs recording on a medium and is movable in a scanning direction of the recording head, a first sliding portion that is provided so as to be able to displace a relative position to a carriage main body in a direction in which a gap between the recording head and the medium changes and moves in the scanning direction together with the carriage, a guide member with which the first sliding portion makes contact and that is provided so as to extend in the scanning direction, and a gap adjusting unit that adjusts the gap by adjusting a position of the carriage main body relative to the first sliding portion. | 04-04-2013 |
20130093816 | SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING THE BASE OF THE PRINT HEAD OF A PLOTTER - The present invention relates to an adjustment system for adjusting the base of the print head of a plotter which includes means for adjusting the position of said base of the print head with respect to the printing base of the plotter, said base of the head comprising a substantially vertical fixed part ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130100204 | SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING AIRFLOW VELOCITY IN PRINT GAP REGIONS OF MICRO-FLUID EJECTION DEVICES - Disclosed is a system for regulating airflow velocity in a print gap region of a micro-fluid ejection device. The system includes a carrier member configured to carry an ejection head therewithin; a nozzle array configured at a bottom portion of the ejection head; and a channel member extending from a top portion of the carrier member and along a depth of the carrier member up to the bottom portion of the ejection head. Also, the channel member extends along at least a width of the nozzle array. Additionally, the channel member is configured to receive a flow of air through a slot configured at the top portion of the carrier member and to direct the flow of air from the top portion of the carrier member towards the bottom portion of the ejection head. Further disclosed is another system for regulating airflow velocity in a print gap region. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100205 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING SHIPPING INK - The method of this invention for discharging a shipping ink from a newly installed print head filled with that ink minimizes the amount of shipping ink that may remain in the print head after the ink discharging process is performed. The shipping ink discharging method according to this invention comprises: a print head; an ink tank; a first pump; a second pump; a switch valve; and a cleaning mechanism; wherein the switch valve is closed and the first pump is operated to discharge the shipping ink from the ink ejection nozzles and the cleaning mechanism is operated to clean the print head, after which the switch valve is opened and the second pump is operated to supply ink from the ink tank to the print head. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100206 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A driving apparatus includes an endless belt supported by a drive pulley configured to be driven by a motor and an idler pulley, and a moving member configured to be coupled to the endless belt and moved by driving the drive pulley by the motor, wherein a first limit value of electric power to be supplied to the motor when the moving member is moved in a first direction approaching the drive pulley is set larger than a second limit value of electric power to be supplied to the motor when the moving member is moved in a second direction approaching the idler pulley. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100207 | Single-Pass Inkjet Printer - A single-pass inkjet printer is specified with a running path for guiding a printing medium along a running direction and with a number of print-head modules which extend over the running path in a transverse direction. It is provided here that the print-head modules are arranged in each case such that they can be introduced, in a manner which is suspended and self-adjusting, substantially in a vertical direction into a printing position, in which they are fixed to the unit. A single-pass inkjet printer of this type affords the possibility of a simple manual exchange of print-head modules, as a result of which the down times are shortened. | 04-25-2013 |
20130113861 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a carriage having a contact portion and an image forming unit that ejects liquid onto a recording medium to form an image on the recording medium, a height adjustment mechanism provided to the carriage to change a height of the carriage, a guide member to support the height adjustment mechanism and to guide the carriage in a main scanning direction, and an impact reduction member provided to the guide member that is contacted by the contact portion of the carriage upon adjustment of the height of the carriage by the height adjustment mechanism to temporarily hold the carriage as the carriage is lowered from an upper position to a lower position by the height adjustment mechanism. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113862 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a carriage, a height adjustment mechanism provided to the carriage to change a height of the carriage and including a cam member and a rotation guide member, a guide member to guide the carriage in a main scanning direction, and a pressing member to drive the cam member. The rotation guide member is pressed against the pressing member to drive the cain member and change the height of the carriage. Upon a change in the height of the carriage from an upper position to a lower position, the carriage moves through at least a part of a range extending from one end to an opposite end of the guide member at a speed slower than a speed of the carriage during image formation to contact the rotation guide member and the pressing member against each other at the slower speed. | 05-09-2013 |
20130127949 | PRINTER AND PRINTHEAD MOVING MECHANISM - The printhead moving mechanism of a printer has a carriage rotating mechanism that rotates a carriage around a support shaft disposed outside the platen, and a carriage positioning mechanism that moves the carriage vertically along the support shaft. The carriage rotating mechanism rotates the carriage between a printing position A, and a home position B rotated 90 degrees from the printing position A. The carriage positioning mechanism lowers the carriage toward the platen at the printing position A, and moves the carriage to an up position H | 05-23-2013 |
20130135388 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - An image forming device may include a contact member and a support member configured to support a recording portion. In one or more arrangements, the contact member may be disposed on the support member and include a contact portion configured to contact a sheet being conveyed. In some examples, the support member may include a carriage frame. Additionally or alternatively, the image forming device may include a platen having a plurality of ribs. In one or more examples, the ribs may be configured to form a corrugated shape in a sheet in conjunction with the contact member. Still further, one or more of the ribs and the contact member may be movable. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135389 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus which includes a recording portion, and a contact portion configured to come into contact with an upper surface of the sheet. The contact portion has a storage portion provided on a side of the recording portion and configured to store an ink, and a protruding portion is provided between both ends in a width direction intersecting the transporting direction of the storage portion, and which is protruded toward the recording section, and an upper end of the protruding portion is the highest in the contact portion. | 05-30-2013 |
20130147877 | CARRIAGE PRINTER WITH OPTICAL SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A carriage printer includes a printhead; a print region; a carriage configured to move the printhead back and forth in a carriage scan direction across the print region, the carriage including: a first outer wall; a second outer wall that is separated from the first outer wall by a carriage width along the carriage scan direction; and an optical sensor assembly disposed on the carriage at a first distance from the first outer wall and at a second distance from the second outer wall, wherein the first distance and the second distance are both less than the carriage width. | 06-13-2013 |
20130169712 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes an ejecting head that ejects fluid onto a recording medium, and a head moving portion that makes the ejecting head reciprocate in a first direction. In the recording apparatus, the head moving portion includes a guide shaft which is arranged along the first direction, a first carriage which is supported on the guide shaft, and moves in the first direction along the guide shaft, and a second carriage which is provided integrally with the ejecting head, is provided so as to be movable in a second direction in which a distance between the ejecting head and the recording medium is changed between the first carriage and the second carriage, and is positioned in a state where a part of the second carriage is abutted against the guide shaft such that inclination of the ejecting head with respect to the first direction is restricted. | 07-04-2013 |
20130187983 | 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.degree. C. to melt the solid glass particles onto the glass board and complete fixation of the glass-based ink. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194347 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A first common tangent of a first pulley and a second pulley is in parallel with the scanning direction. A second external common tangent of the first pulley and a third pulley intersects with the scanning direction. A motor has a shaft extended in a first direction and connected to the third pulley. An endless belt is wound on the first, second, and third pulleys. A belt connecting potion is provided on the carriage and connected to the belt in a portion on the first external common tangent. The distance between the head passing region and the third pulley is greater than a radial difference obtained as the length of the radius of the motor minus the radius of the third pulley. The distance between the head passing region and the belt connecting portion is smaller than the radial difference. | 08-01-2013 |
20130208049 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes a transport unit, a medium support unit, a liquid ejection head and a negative pressure generating unit. The medium support unit is arranged on a downstream side of the transport unit, and has a medium support surface on which the ejection medium is supported by suction using negative pressure. The medium support unit includes a plurality of first and second recesses arranged on the medium support surface and aligned in a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction. The first recesses are in communication with the negative pressure generating unit. The second recesses are configured and arranged to accept the liquid ejected from the liquid ejection head. Each of the second recesses includes a communication unit communicating with one of the first recesses and a vent hole configured and arranged to allow ventilation without being in communication with the negative pressure generating unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130215196 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system including an ink deposition unit that could be oriented and move along a long axis of an image segment to be printed. The system prints images occupying a number of segments of a substrate surface at a substantially shorter time than the existing printing systems operating in raster mode would print. | 08-22-2013 |
20130229461 | RECORDING METHOD - Provided is a recording method for performing recording by ejecting liquid to a recording medium, the recording method including: preparing a liquid ejection head including an ejection orifice array in which multiple ejection orifices for ejecting the liquid are arranged; and ejecting multiple liquid droplets from the multiple ejection orifices while the recording medium and the liquid ejection head are relatively moved at a speed of 40 inch/s or more to fill a predetermined pixel area on the recording medium with the multiple liquid droplets. A relationship A/12≦b≦25−A/5 is satisfied, where A (inch/s) represents the speed of the relative movement and b (pl) represents an amount of a liquid droplet ejected by one ejection. | 09-05-2013 |
20130257981 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes an ink-jet head having a plurality of nozzles and configured to jet ink droplets from the nozzles; a carriage configured to carry the ink-jet head, and reciprocate in a predetermined scanning direction; a transport mechanism configured to transport the recording medium, on which the ink droplets jetted from the nozzles land, in a transport direction intersecting the scanning direction; and a control device configured to control the ink-jet head, the carriage and the transport mechanism to perform recording of the image. The nozzles include a plurality of first nozzles which are aligned at first interval with respect to the transport direction and from which first-type ink droplets are jetted, and a plurality of second nozzles which are aligned at second interval with respect to the transport direction and from which second-type ink droplets different from the first-type ink droplets are jetted. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257982 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a transport section including a first transport section configured to transport the recording medium in a first direction having a component of a downward direction in a vertical direction, a second transport section configured to transport the recording medium in a second direction having a component of an upward direction in the vertical direction, and a third transport section configured to connect the first transport section and the second transport section; a first head provided to face the first transport section and includes a plurality of first nozzles formed in different positions in the vertical direction; a second head provided to face the second transport section and includes a plurality of second nozzles formed in different positions in the vertical direction; and a control device configured to control the transport section, the first head, and the second head. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257983 | Image Recording Apparatus - An image recording apparatus includes a carriage which moves in a main scanning direction, a recording head which is installed on the carriage, and which records an image on a sheet, a drive section which has a motor, and which applies a driving force to the carriage, a guide member which guides the carriage in the main scanning direction, a first contact portion which is provided to the carriage and which contacts with the guide member, a second contact portion which is provided to sandwich a center of gravity of the carriage between the first contact portion and the second contact portion and which contacts with the guide member, and a friction-force adjusting section which adjusts a friction force acting between the guide member and the first contact portion in accordance with an acceleration of the carriage. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257984 | SYSTEM FOR PRINTING ON AN OBJECT - A system for printing an image, preferably a multicolor halftone image, onto at least one non-planar area of a surface of an object, for example a section of a body of a vehicle, includes an inkjet print head having nozzles, a robot, preferably an articulated robot, creating a primary movement, the primary movement including at least two printing paths of the inkjet print head being lateral to each other, and a device creating a secondary movement, the secondary movement being substantially perpendicular to the primary movement and causing the printing paths to laterally adjoin each other. As a result, undesired streaks between the printing paths may advantageously be reduced or prevented. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257985 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device which prints on a printing medium comprising: a printing head; a control section which moves the printing head in a scanning direction and relatively moves either one of the head or the printing medium in a direction which intersects the scanning direction; and a discharge control section, wherein the printing head is provided with a plurality of color nozzle rows which are arranged to line up in an intersecting direction and the plurality of nozzles, which discharge color ink of the same color, are arranged in the intersecting direction for each color nozzle row, and a black ink nozzle row which is a nozzle row, which is arranged to line up with the color nozzle rows and where black ink is discharged, and which has a black ink nozzle group of the same number as the number of rows of the color ink. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257986 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a carriage mounts a recording head for discharging droplets, and moves in a main scan direction. A guide member slidably guides the carriage. An encoder scale is arranged along the main scan direction. An encoder sensor reads the encoder scale. The carriage includes a head mounting part for mounting the recording head, and a sensor attaching part for attaching the encoder sensor. The sensor attaching part is provided so as to be extended from the head mounting part. The encoder scale is arranged at a location which the encoder sensor can read. A partition member is provided to separate the head mounting part from the sensor attaching part in the carriage. The head mounting part is arranged in a first space, and the sensor attaching part and the encoder scale are arranged in a second space separated from the first space by the partition member. | 10-03-2013 |
20130265367 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - In order to prevent banding between bands printed by an inkjet printer, a print head | 10-10-2013 |
20130271527 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a recording head to form an image on a recording medium, a carriage mounting the recording head and movable in a main scanning direction, a guide member extending in the main scanning direction to movably hold and guide the carriage, a stay member extending in the main scanning direction to hold the guide member, a frame member attached to the stay member to support the stay member, and an adjustment unit provided between and attached to a first end of the stay member and to the frame member to adjust an angle of the stay member with respect to the recording medium. | 10-17-2013 |
20130278674 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus that performs recording by a recording head mounted on a carriage capable of scanning on a recording medium, includes a connecting member of which both ends are connected to the recording head and an apparatus main body and that moves in a bending manner, and a plate-like supporting member that supports the connecting member at the lower side in the vertical direction. In the recording apparatus, one end of the supporting member is supported on a frame member of the apparatus main body in a cantilever manner. | 10-24-2013 |
20130286093 | HEAD DRIVING MECHANISM AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A head driving mechanism includes a first cam follower an end portion of which is attached to a first holding unit and the other end portion of which includes a first sliding-contact surface disposed in sliding contact with a cam, and a second cam follower an end portion of which is attached to the second holding unit and the other end portion of which includes a second sliding-contact surface disposed in sliding contact with the cam. The first cam follower and the second cam follower are each displaced by rotation of the cam so as to move the first printing head and the second printing head, while the first sliding-contact surface and the second sliding-contact surface are in sliding contact with an outer circumferential surface of the cam. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286094 | PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided a wide-format printing apparatus which can suppress a posture variation of a carriage to improve landing-on accuracy of ink, and can reduce an HP distance to the minimum narrowness, thus achieving higher image quality and mass-production performance. Therefore the HP distance, the main rail and the sub rail are adjustable, and the curve amount of both the rails is made to be in agreement with the curve amount of the platen | 10-31-2013 |
20130293634 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a carriage which includes a recording head performing recording on a medium and is movable in a first direction; a shaft-shaped guide shaft which guides the carriage in the first direction and extends in the first direction; and a lubricant guiding unit which guides a lubricant to a sliding contact portion between the carriage and the guide shaft, wherein the lubricant guiding unit includes a cylindrical member which is loosely fitted on outside the guide shaft and the cylindrical member is rotated when the carriage is moved. | 11-07-2013 |
20130307902 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides a printing apparatus which prints while reciprocating a carriage by a motor, comprising a gear member configured to be attached to a rotor of the motor, a belt configured to be attached to the carriage, include unevenness corresponding to teeth of the gear member, and be suspended to be engaged with the gear member, a storage unit configured to store data of a signal for suppressing a velocity fluctuation of the carriage when no tooth jumping occurs between the gear member and the belt, a detection unit configured to detect generation of the tooth jumping from the velocity fluctuation of the carriage during movement of the carriage, and a correction unit configured to correct the velocity fluctuation of the carriage by using the stored data of the signal for suppressing when the tooth jumping occurs. | 11-21-2013 |
20130321528 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - The invention stabilizes a posture of a liquid discharge head when mounting the liquid discharge head with respect to a mount section of a liquid discharge apparatus and improves the mountability thereof. The liquid discharge head includes a grasp portion provided with a surface extending along a first direction as a direction of disposition of a plurality of discharge ports and extending along a second direction intersecting the discharge port surface and used for grasping the liquid discharge head. The surface of the grasp portion is provided at a position not overlapped in the direction vertical to the discharge port surface with a center axis passing in a third direction which is vertical to the first direction and extending along the discharge port surface through the center of gravity of the liquid discharge head in the first direction. | 12-05-2013 |
20130328967 | MOVING MECHANISM, ROBOT HAND, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT TRANSPORT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INSPECTION DEVICE, LIQUID FEED PUMP, PRINTING DEVICE, PROJECTION DEVICE, AND TRANSPORT DEVICE - A moving mechanism includes a support, a moving body arranged movably in a predetermined direction relative to the support, a first groove provided in the support parallel to the moving direction, a second groove provided in the moving body parallel to the moving direction, and facing the first groove, and a vibrating body arranged in the support or moving body and biased to press the other of the moving body or the support. A direction which the first groove and the second groove face each other intersects a direction which the support and the moving body face each other, and a biasing direction which the vibrating body is biased intersects the direction which the first groove and the second groove face each other and the direction which the support and the moving body face each other. Accordingly, backlash of the moving body with respect to the support is suppressed. | 12-12-2013 |
20130335482 | PRINTING APPARATUS WITH ADJUSTING MEMBER - A printing apparatus includes a mounting plate, a driving module attached to the mounting plate, a driven module secured to the mounting plate, an endless belt connecting the driving module and the driven module, a resisting member slidably engaged with the driven module, and an adjusting member rotatably secured to the mounting plate and pressing the resisting member on the driven module. The adjusting member can be loosened and tightened. When the adjusting member is loosened, the driven module is movable relative to the mounting plate along a first direction by urging of the endless belt. When the adjusting member is tightened, the driven module is still movable relative to the mounting plate along a second direction opposite to the first direction, by pressure from the resisting member. | 12-19-2013 |
20140002544 | HEIGHT-ADJUSTING APPARATUS FOR PRINTER | 01-02-2014 |
20140002545 | PRINTER | 01-02-2014 |
20140022302 | TIRE PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ONTO TIRE SURFACE - The present invention aims to provide a technique that prints characters and patterns clearly onto a tire surface without complicated operations. A tire printing device of the present invention includes a printer head that ejects and applies a coating material onto a tire surface, a widthwise moving unit that moves the printer head along the width direction of the tire, a radial moving unit that moves the printer head along the radical direction of the tire, and a swinging unit that swings the printer head around the axis along the circumferential direction of the tire. | 01-23-2014 |
20140063123 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of recording heads, a plurality of head holders to hold the recording heads, a guide member extending in a main scanning direction, a carriage movable in the main scanning direction along the guide member to hold the head holders, a reference member provided to the carriage and extending in the same direction as the guide member extends, an intermediate holder disposed between the carriage and the head holders and supported by the carriage with the reference member and at least two sub-reference portions, an adjustment member provided to at least one of the two sub-reference portions to displace the one of the two sub-reference portions relative to the carriage, and a contact portion provided to each of the head holders to contact against the intermediate holder in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the reference member extends. | 03-06-2014 |
20140078219 | PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR, ROBOT HAND, ROBOT, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT TRANSPORTING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INSPECTING APPARATUS, LIQUID FEEDING PUMP, PRINTING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, PROJECTING APPARATUS, AND TRANSPORTING APPARATUS - A vibration case includes a first side portion and a second side portion provided on the both sides of a vibrator in a bending direction and a coupling portion configured to couple the first side portion and the second side portion. In this configuration, stiffness of the vibrator in the bending direction is increased, and the deformation of the vibration case may be suppressed. This structure contributes to reduction in size of the vibration case as long as the same stiffness is secured, and hence the size of the vibration case may be reduced while securing high stiffness. Therefore, a piezoelectric motor having a driving accuracy secured sufficiently may be realized while suppressing increase in size of the piezoelectric motor. | 03-20-2014 |
20140085378 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to perform scanning and to detachably hold a recording head for performing recording on a recording material, a fixation member configured to fix the recording head to the carriage, a moving member arranged to be movable in a moving direction parallel to a conveyance direction of the recording material and configured to move to a first position to cause the fixation member to press-contact the recording head and to a second position to cause the fixation member to retract from the recording head, and a guide portion provided on the moving member and configured to guide the recording head when the recording head is being attached to the carriage. | 03-27-2014 |
20140118439 | INKJET PRINTER - In an inkjet printer having a structure in which a plurality of mounting structural portions for coupling a carriage to a Y-rail in a movable manner are provided on one side of the carriage, in order to improve image quality by preventing deterioration in landing accuracy of ink along with high-speed movement of the carriage, a weight is mounted on another side of the carriage so as to suppress vibration of the carriage and deterioration in landing accuracy of ink along with the vibration of the carriage. Thus, the image quality is improved. | 05-01-2014 |
20140132670 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - The invention aims to form an ink coating having a predetermined film thickness on a surface of a printing medium having a three-dimensional structure in shorter time. As solving means, a plurality of times of scanning process is included, ink | 05-15-2014 |
20140132671 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head including plural nozzles discharging liquid droplets; a head tank supplying liquid to the recording head; plural head holders each holding one or more recording heads and head tanks; a carriage exchangeably supporting the plural head holders; a main tank storing liquid to be supplied to the head tank; and plural liquid supply tubes supplying the liquid from the main tank to the head tank. Further, the plural liquid supply tubes are branched into plural groups corresponding to the plural head holders at the carriage and are connected to corresponding head tanks. | 05-15-2014 |
20140168317 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to carry a recording head and to move in a main scanning direction, and a guide plate rail configured to guide the carriage when it moves. The carriage is provided with a sliding member movable relative to the carriage in a height direction of the carriage. The carriage and the sliding member have a switch member provided therebetween. The switch member moves in the main scanning direction relative to the carriage and the sliding member to cause the carriage and the sliding member to be relatively displaced in the height direction of the carriage. | 06-19-2014 |
20140192114 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus which prints onto a recording medium by causing a print head to move in a main scanning direction includes a flexible cable through which, together with an arc-shaped loop, a signal is transmitted from a control substrate to the print head, a supporting member which is provided at a position which supports a portion of the flexible cable from the print head to the loop, and an insulating film which is provided between the supporting member and the flexible cable. | 07-10-2014 |
20140232785 | INKJET PRINTER - In an inkjet printer, a first sparsely arranged portion of a first ejection head entirely overlaps in a movement direction with a second densely arranged portion of a second ejection head. A plurality of outlets of the first sparsely arranged portion include use outlets, and among a plurality of outlets of the second densely arranged portion, those that overlap in the movement direction with use outlets of the first sparsely arranged portion are non-use outlets. In an overlapping range of the first ejection head and the second ejection head, outlets of both of the ejection heads are used in recording an image onto a base material. Consequently, it is possible to prevent or suppress a reduction in print quality such as changes in density or the occurrence of voids due to displacement of the mounting positions of ejection heads in the overlapping range. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232786 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS WITH RECIPROCATING CARRIAGE AND HAVING A GUIDE DEVICE - A printer including: (i) a guide device extending in a first direction; (ii) a carriage reciprocateable in the first direction, while being guided by the guide device; (iii) a recording head carried by the carriage; (iv) a feed device for feeding the recording medium in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; (v) a flexible ink-supply tube for supplying ink to the recording head; and (vi) a carriage movement detector including an encoder strip which extends in the first direction. The ink-supply tube has a U-shaped body including a pair of arm portions extending in the first direction and spaced apart from each other in the second direction. The guide device, the ink-supply tube and the encoder strip are located on respective different positions in a third direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions. The ink-supply tube has a part that overlaps with the guide device and the encoder strip as seen in the third direction. | 08-21-2014 |
20140247306 | PRINTER WITH FORCE TRANSMITTING PATH SELECTING MECHANISM - A printer has a carriage being movable between a first end and a second end of a reciprocating path; and a driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism provided at the second end of the reciprocating path. The selecting mechanism has: a common driving force outputting member; a plurality of force receiving members; a selecting member; and a position retainer for keeping the position of the selecting member. The selecting member connects the force outputting member to one of the plurality of force receiving members, and moves in association with the carriage when the carriage moves in a vicinity of the second end in a first direction extending from the first end to the second end. The position retainer keeps the position of the selecting member when the carriage moves in a second direction extending from the second end to the first end. The force receiving member connected to the force outputting member via the selecting member is selected in accordance with a movement of the carriage along the reciprocating path. | 09-04-2014 |
20140253635 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - The liquid ejection apparatus with a liquid jetting head and support members is described. A first support member and a second support member support a guide and feeding roller in a scanning direction and are attached to a housing of the liquid ejection apparatus. The housing at the location to which the first support member is attached is easier to deform in the scanning direction than housing at the location to which the second support member is attached. Further, the housing at the first location may include a projection. The first support member may be attached to the projection. | 09-11-2014 |
20140267496 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes: a supporting stage configured to support a recording medium; a recording unit facing the recording medium; a Y-axis moving section configured to move the recording unit in a Y-axis direction; and an upward/downward moving section configured to move the recording unit in an X-axis direction such that the recording unit moves toward and away from the supporting stage. The upward/downward moving section includes an upward/downward drive mechanism configured to move the recording unit toward and away from the supporting stage and two upward/downward guide mechanisms configured to guide the movement of the Y-axis moving section in the Z-axis direction of the recording unit. The upward/downward drive mechanism and the two upward/downward guide mechanisms are arranged side by side in the Y-axis direction. | 09-18-2014 |
20140292922 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a supporting stage, a recording unit, frame portions that bridge a space to cross the supporting stage and support the recording unit, and a Y axis movement unit that causes the recording unit and the frame portions to move in relation to the stage in the Y axis direction. The frame portions include a horizontal bridging frame that crosses the supporting stage and supports the recording unit, a pair of side frames that support both sides of the horizontal bridging frame in the X axis direction by end portion sides thereof, and a connecting frame that connects base portion sides of the pair of side frames to one another. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292923 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT - A liquid ejecting head includes a liquid ejecting head main body that has a nozzle group that is formed by arranging a plurality of nozzles, which eject a liquid, in parallel, and that ejects a liquid from each nozzle, and a fixation member to which the liquid ejecting head main body is fixed. The fixation member has a fixation part to which the liquid ejecting head main body is fixed and a reference surface that is formed on a side opposite fixation part, and which includes a reference part serving as reference for a positioning the liquid ejecting head main body with respect to an installation target, and a position adjusting part adjusting the relative position between the reference surface and the nozzle group is provided between the liquid ejecting head main body and the fixation part. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292924 | INK JET RECORDER - An ink jet recorder includes a support unit configured to support a recording medium, and a mobile unit including a plurality of containers containing inks of identical composition and a head configured to eject the ink supplied from any one of the plurality of containers. The ink jet recorder is configured to record an image on the recording medium in such a manner that the head performs main scanning by ejecting the ink while changing positions in a first direction, and the mobile unit performs sub-scanning by moving in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292925 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A carriage moving mechanism has a first guiding mechanism that guides, in a discharging direction Z, a movement of a carriage relative to a frame member, a second guiding mechanism that is arranged at a position different from the first guiding mechanism and guides, in the discharging direction, the movement of the carriage relative to the frame member, and a driving mechanism that drives the carriage in the discharging direction, in which a distance by which the carriage is able to move at a non-printing position through the use of the second guiding mechanism, relative to a positioning position is greater than a distance by which the carriage is able to move through the use of the first guiding mechanism and the second guiding mechanism in the printing position, relative to the positioning position. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292926 | Printer - The platen gap adjustment mechanism | 10-02-2014 |
20140313260 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - In the case where a preliminary discharge operation is always performed at a position that is spaced apart from a recording area, the time taken for a recording head to be moved to a preliminary discharge position is increased, and this results in a decrease in throughput. In the case where it is determined that a leading end or a trailing end of a recording medium is located on a platen, positions at which the distance from an end of a recording medium to a recording head with respect to a moving direction is not smaller than a threshold are determined as preliminary discharge positions, and the recording head is controlled to perform a preliminary discharge operation. | 10-23-2014 |
20150009262 | ALIGNMENT OF PRINTHEADS IN PRINTING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided for aligning printheads of a printing system. The system comprises a sensor and a controller. The sensor is able to detect changes in a lateral position of a web of print media traveling through a continuous-forms printing system, and the controller is able to adjust a lateral position of a printhead while the printing system is operating to compensate for the detected changes in web position. | 01-08-2015 |
20150009263 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A sliding section that slides on a guide rail to which grease is applied while integrally moving with a carriage is provided in a side surface of the carriage that is equipped with a liquid ejecting head and reciprocates in a moving direction. The sliding section has one side edge section extending so as to cross the moving direction in a position of one side in the moving direction, and the other side edge section extending so as to cross the moving direction in a position of the other side in the moving direction. | 01-08-2015 |
20150015640 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus comprising, a printhead including an element array in which a plurality of printing elements are arrayed, scanning unit configured to reciprocally scan the printhead, driving unit configured to time-divisionally drive the printing elements, conveyance unit configured to convey a printing medium, and setting unit configured to set a driving order, wherein the conveyance unit performs a first conveyance operation of conveying the printing medium by a conveyance amount which is an integer multiple of a width of the group of the time-divisional driving, and a second conveyance operation of conveying the printing medium by a conveyance amount which is not an integer multiple of the width of the group, and the setting unit sets the driving order in the time-divisional driving for each scan based on the conveyance amount by the conveyance unit. | 01-15-2015 |
20150022587 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus allows a recording head to be mounted or removed in or from a carriage at a replacement position in a region above a platen. The platen includes a short rib disposed at a position that faces an ejection port portion when the carriage moves to the replacement position and a long rib disposed at a position that faces a portion of the recording head other than the ejection port portion. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029262 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTING WITH PRINTHEAD ALIGNMENT - Method and device for printing the surface of a medium with an inkjet printer by performing several printing cycles. The printer includes a printing module with a printhead having a row of nozzles. A printing cycle includes: | 01-29-2015 |
20150029263 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer having a conveyer, a recording head, a carriage, a corrugation mechanism, and a controller is provided. The controller executes an operation including a conveying step to convey a sheet and a recording step to discharge ink toward the sheet. The recording step includes a first discharging step, in which the recording head is manipulated to discharge the ink toward a targeted position on the sheet along a scanning direction at a first discharging timing, and a second discharging step, in which the recording head is manipulated to discharge the ink toward the targeted position on the sheet at a second discharging timing which is deviated from the first discharging timing. The farther the targeted position is separated from a reference position on the sheet along the main scanning direction, the more largely the second discharging timing is deviated from the first discharging timing. | 01-29-2015 |
20150062244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN A JET UNIT AND A CURVED SURFACE - A method and an apparatus for producing a relative movement between a jet unit, preferably an inkjet print head, and a region of a curved surface of a three-dimensional object, for example a motor vehicle door, include a control unit controlling a manipulator, preferably an articulated-arm robot, for moving the jet unit on a path at a working distance from the surface or for moving the object on a path at a working distance from the jet unit. A set of first reference points, located substantially in the curved surface, are approximated by a first polynomial, a first polynomial curve, a circle or an ellipse. A set of second reference points generated from the first polynomial or from the first polynomial curve is at a working distance from the surface. The second reference points are transferred to the control unit of the manipulator, preferably as a control program. | 03-05-2015 |
20150077467 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a transporting section configured to transport a recording medium, a recording head configured to record an image on the recording medium, a carriage movable and holding the recording head, a first guide member guiding movement of the carriage, a second guide member guiding the movement of the carriage, a first movable member movable along with the carriage, a second movable member disposed away from the first movable member and movable along with the carriage, and a driving section configured to drive the carriage between a position where the recording head records the image onto the recording medium and a position where the recording head is separate from a path over which the transporting section transports the recording medium by moving the first movable member and the second movable member. The driving section moves the first movable member and the second movable member in synchronization. | 03-19-2015 |
20150077468 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - A first head unit configured to discharge a liquid, a unit holder detachably holding the first unit, and a member configured to move relative to the unit holder are provided. When a trajectory through which the first head unit passes when the first head unit is attached and detached with the unit holder is used as the first trajectory, the member is configured to move between a first position at which the member is positioned relative to the unit holder so as to overlap the first trajectory, and a second position at which the member is positioned relative to the unit holder separated from the first trajectory. | 03-19-2015 |
20150091981 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus and method of operation are disclosed. One such apparatus includes a carriage configured to support a recording head that is configured to eject ink from nozzles onto a recording medium to be conveyed, and a first support member supporting the carriage. The carriage is movable in a scanning direction orthogonal to a transporting direction of the recording medium. The apparatus further includes a second support member configured to support the first support member and a transporting roller extending in the scanning direction and rotatable to transport the recording medium in the transporting direction. The apparatus also includes a bearing disposed at the second support member and supporting the transporting roller rotatably, the bearing comprising a contact portion that contacts the first support member. | 04-02-2015 |
20150097896 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PRINTING POSITION - An adjustment value obtaining unit obtains an adjustment value for a first scanning speed before a pattern forming unit forms adjustment patterns for a second scanning speed, the pattern forming unit forms adjustment patterns by scanning with a print head at the second scanning speed with a shift amount based on an adjustment value obtained for the first scanning speed, and the adjustment value obtaining unit obtains an adjustment value for the second scanning speed based on the adjustment patterns formed by scanning with the print head at the second scanning speed. | 04-09-2015 |
20150116424 | LINE PRINTER AND PRINTHEAD MOVING METHOD OF A LINE PRINTER - The carriage of a line printer has a head unit that supports a printhead, and a carriage frame that supports the head unit movably up and down. When moving the carriage from a standby position to an opposing position, the carriage is moved while the head unit is held at a up position where the gap to the platen unit is a first distance. The head unit is then lowered at the standby position from the up position to a down position where the platen gap is a second distance that is shorter than the first distance. | 04-30-2015 |
20150138274 | MODULAR PRINTER HAVING NARROW PRINT ZONE - A modular printer includes: (a) a media feed path defining a media feed direction; (b) a first printer module suspended over the media feed path; and (c) a second printer module suspended over the media feed path and at least partially overlapping the first printer module in the media feed direction. The first and second printer modules have respective first and second printheads and maintenance assemblies. The first and second printheads are relatively proximal to each other with respect to the media feed direction, and the first and second maintenance assemblies are relatively distal from each other with respect to the media feed direction. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138275 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A PRINTED IMAGE ON AN OBJECT HAVING A CURVED SURFACE - A method for generating a printed image on an object having a curved surface includes providing an inkjet printing apparatus with at least one row of nozzles including a number of adjacent nozzles ejecting ink droplets, providing a manipulator guiding the printing apparatus on the manipulator, guiding the printing apparatus along the surface to print a first strip and a second strip laterally adjoining the first strip in joint locations, actuating the manipulator for guiding the printing apparatus along the second strip with different inclinations of the row of nozzles when printing the second strip and when printing the first strip in at least one joint location. The first nozzle is assigned to a position on the surface to which a virtual nozzle adjacent the last nozzle is assigned, in this joint location on the first strip. Alternatively, the printing apparatus may be stationary and the object may be moved. | 05-21-2015 |
20150315397 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet recording apparatus including: a base metal pigment ink composition; and a first nozzle that ejects the base metal pigment ink composition, in which the base metal pigment ink composition contains a flat base metal pigment of which a 50% average particle diameter D50 is in a range of 100 nm to 1 μm, and an organic compound of which a surface tension at 20° C. is 35 mN/m or greater, and an ejection interval T1 after the base metal pigment ink composition is ejected from the first nozzle and before the base metal pigment ink composition is ejected again from the first nozzle is within 100 μs. | 11-05-2015 |
20150321486 | MACHINE FOR THE DECORATION OF TRIDIMENSIONAL PRODUCTS - A machine for the decoration of tridimensional products, including a basement, means for supporting the product to be decorated associated to the basement and a unit for decorating the product associated to the basement. The decoration unit includes a moveable arm rotatably associated to the basement, a plurality of print heads of the ink-jet type, provided with at least one head with ejector nozzles, sliding along the moveable arm. Each of the print heads is moveable from a non-operating position, in which it is spaced from the product, to an operating position in which it is in proximity of the surface of the product, to obtain a decoration. | 11-12-2015 |
20150328911 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY - In one example, a printhead assembly for dispensing liquid on to a substrate includes a first printhead to dispense a first liquid and a second printhead to dispense a second liquid different from the first liquid. The position of the first printhead is not adjustable along a line of substrate advance and the position of the second printhead is adjustable along the line of substrate advance. | 11-19-2015 |
20150336409 | PRINTER WITH FORCE TRANSMITTING PATH SELECTING MECHANISM - A printer has a carriage being movable between a first end and a second end of a reciprocating path; and a driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism provided at the second end of the reciprocating path. The selecting mechanism has: a common driving force outputting member; a plurality of force receiving members; a selecting member; and a position retainer for keeping the position of the selecting member. The selecting member connects the force outputting member to one of the plurality of force receiving members, and moves in association with the carriage when the carriage moves in a vicinity of the second end in a first direction extending from the first end to the second end. The position retainer keeps the position of the selecting member when the carriage moves in a second direction extending from the second end to the first end. The force receiving member connected to the force outputting member via the selecting member is selected in accordance with a movement of the carriage along the reciprocating path. | 11-26-2015 |
20150345696 | SPRING FIXING MEMBER AND INK JET RECORDING HEAD - A coil spring fixing member includes: a mount member having an arrangement surface on which an end portion of the coil spring is disposed; a boss provided on the arrangement surface, on which boss the coil spring is fitted; and a protrusion provided at a site on a side surface of the boss, the site being apart from the arrangement surface by at least a wire diameter of the coil spring, wherein the protrusion is engaged with winding of the coil spring disposed between the arrangement surface and the protrusion, and a portion of the boss ranging includes a first region having a first diameter, and a second region which is nearer to the end portion than the first region and has a diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a step intervenes between the first region and the second region. | 12-03-2015 |
20150352868 | CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY AND HEAD POSITION ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - The present invention provides a mechanism that improves accuracy for positioning a head relative to a carriage, and easily performs positional adjustment for the head. A carriage unit includes a first carriage structure and a second carriage structure. The first carriage structure includes a first sliding face that can slide along a guide shaft, and a head can be mounted on the first carriage structure. The second carriage structure includes a second sliding face that can slide along the guide shaft, and can hold the first carriage structure to allow positional adjustment for the first carriage structure in a predetermined direction in which a position where the first sliding face contacts the guide shaft is to be shifted. | 12-10-2015 |
20150360478 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a discharge head with nozzles that discharge UV ink that is cured by the radiation of ultra violet rays, a main scan unit that moves the discharge head along a main scanning direction with respect to a target printing medium, a sub-scan unit that moves the discharge head relatively along a sub-scanning direction, and a UV radiation unit, which is provided on a downstream side of the discharge unit in the sub-scanning direction. An amount of radiation of the UV radiation unit in or during a main scan that radiates ultra violet rays from the UV radiation unit without discharging the UV ink from the discharge head is greater than an amount of radiation of the UV radiation unit in or during a main scan that discharges the UV ink from the discharge head, and radiates ultra violet rays from the UV radiation unit. | 12-17-2015 |
20150360488 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A printer includes a carriage which includes an ink jet recording head and is movable in a first direction and a second direction that is an opposite direction to the first direction, a gear group which transmits power of a motor to a sheet transporter, a transporter drive motor which transmits power to the gear group, and a carriage drive motor which drives the carriage. At least a portion of the carriage drive motor and at least a portion of the gear group are at the same position as each other in a movement direction (x direction) of the carriage. | 12-17-2015 |
20150375543 | High Height Ink Jet Printing - A system includes a print head including multiple nozzles formed in a bottom surface of the print head. The nozzles are configured to eject a liquid onto a substrate. The system includes a gas flow module configured to provide a flow of gas through a gap between the bottom surface of the print head and the substrate. The gas flow module can include one or more gas nozzles configured to inject gas into the gap. The gas flow module can be configured to apply a suction to the gap. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375545 | INK JET PRINTER - Provided is an ink jet printer including an ink jet head that has a nozzle surface on which nozzles for ejecting liquid are open; and a carriage on which the ink jet head is mounted, in which the carriage is scanned from one end at which a scanning reference point of the carriage is set to the other end via an area through which a liquid impacted object passes, the ink jet head is mounted to the carriage in a state of being deviated to one end in a scanning direction from a center of the carriage in the scanning direction, and a space is provided on a lateral side at the other end of the ink jet head in the carriage by deviating the ink jet head to the carriage. | 12-31-2015 |
20160016422 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head including a head which discharges ink from a nozzle surface on which a nozzle is included based on data, a signal line which sends data to the head via a connector, a carriage on which the head is mounted, and a first concave section and second concave section which accommodate the signal line and are included toward the outside of the carriage, in which the signal line is connected to the connector lined up with a terminal in the Y direction, and a position of a folded portion of the signal line which is accommodated in the first concave section and the second concave section overlaps with a fourth portion to a fifth portion which are a section of the carriage, and overlaps with a first portion to a second portion which are a section of the head in the X direction. | 01-21-2016 |
20160031238 | PRINTHEAD ATTACHMENT SYSTEM - A printhead support structure may have a receiving portion to receive a printhead, first and second portions having an adjustment mechanism therebetween for converting a translational movement of the first portion to a rotational movement of the second portion, and a coupling mechanism coupling the second portion to the receiving portion for adjusting the rotational angle of the printhead. A method for adjusting a position of a printhead coupled to a printhead support may include applying a force to a first portion of the printhead support to effect a translational movement of the first portion, converting the translational movement of the first portion into a rotational movement of a second portion of the printhead support, and applying the rotational movement of the second portion to the printhead. | 02-04-2016 |
20160052312 | METHODS FOR PRINTING A CURVED SURFACE OF AN OBJECT BY USING AN INKJET HEAD - A method for printing at least one section of a flat or preferably curved surface of an object includes using a relative movement between an inkjet head and the object to move the inkjet head along a first path and print a first track in the process and to move the inkjet head along a second path and print a second track in the process. A first track edge of the first track and a second track edge of the second track meet at a point and enclose an angle between about 1° and about 179° at the point. The method permits the curved surface to be printed without perceptible track connections. | 02-25-2016 |
20160082756 | SPACER WITH INTEGRAL FLANGE FOR PRINT HEAD PROTECTION - A printer including a print head, a transport belt, and a spacer. The print head may include a plurality of jets configured to eject ink. The transport belt may be positioned below the print head. The spacer may be positioned above the transport belt. The spacer may include a first surface, and a distance between a portion of the first surface and the transport belt may decrease moving in the direction that the transport belt moves. | 03-24-2016 |
20160089915 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus, including: a carriage configured to reciprocate in main scanning directions composed of a first direction and a second direction; and a lever member having a lever arm; and a first guide member for guiding the lever arm that protrudes into a movement region of the carriage, wherein the first guide member has an elongate hole through which the lever arm passes and which is defined by first and second edge portions extending in the main scanning directions, the second edge portion located more distant from the carriage than the first edge portion extending outward, in a direction orthogonal to the main scanning directions, from a carriage region over which the carriage passes, the second edge portion having a guide portion inclined such that its downstream end in the second direction is closer to the carriage region than its upstream end in the second direction. | 03-31-2016 |
20160096386 | HEAD DEVICE, APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE HEAD DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID - A head device includes a head and a head holder. The head includes a reference face, a first opposing face, and a second opposing face. The head holder is joined to the head. The head holder includes a reference face contacting the reference face of the head, a first opposing face opposing the first opposing face of the head to form a first space, and a second opposing face opposing the second opposing face of the head to form a second space. The second space is smaller than the first space in a mounting direction in which the reference face of the head is brought into contact with the reference face of the head holder. The head is joined to the head holder with adhesive filled in each of the first space and the second space. | 04-07-2016 |
20160114606 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a head; a scanning section; and a transport section. A first region is formed in the head between a nozzle formed at a first end and a first nozzle that is a first predetermined distance away, in the sub-scanning direction, from the nozzle formed at the first end. A second region is formed in the head between a nozzle formed at a second end and a second nozzle that is a second predetermined distance away, in the sub-scanning direction, from the nozzle formed at the second end. When the head, the scanning section, and the transport section form an image on the medium, a moving-average nozzle usage ratio within a region between the first region and the second region changes at a lower rate than moving-average nozzle usage ratios within the first region and the second region. | 04-28-2016 |
20160121634 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes at least one recording head, at least one head holder, a carriage, a reference member, a sub-reference member, and an adjuster. The at least one recording head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge droplets. The at least one head holder holds the at least one recording head. The carriage holds the at least one head holder and movable in a main scanning direction. The reference member is provided at the carriage and arranged along the main scanning direction. The sub-reference member is provided at the carriage in separation from the reference member. The adjuster adjusts parallelism of the sub-reference member to the reference member. The at least one head holder is supported by and detachable from the reference member, positioned in contact with the sub-reference member, and held in the carriage. | 05-05-2016 |
20160129711 | PRINTER WITH FORCE TRANSMITTING PATH SELECTING MECHANISM - A printer has a carriage being movable between a first end and a second end of a reciprocating path; and a driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism provided at the second end of the reciprocating path. The selecting mechanism has: a common driving force outputting member; a plurality of force receiving members; a selecting member; and a position retainer for keeping the position of the selecting member. The selecting member connects the force outputting member to one of the plurality of force receiving members, and moves in association with the carriage when the carriage moves in a vicinity of the second end in a first direction extending from the first end to the second end. The position retainer keeps the position of the selecting member when the carriage moves in a second direction extending from the second end to the first end. The force receiving member connected to the force outputting member via the selecting member is selected in accordance with a movement of the carriage along the reciprocating path. | 05-12-2016 |
20160136965 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INKJET PRINTING ON CONTAINERS - In a method and a device for inkjet printing on containers, at least a first and a second subprint complementing each other in the printing direction so as to form a print image are joined. The first subprint is printed starting from a connection area or up to a connection area. Subsequently, the second subprint is printed with a feed towards the connection area such that the first and second subprints interleavingly overlap in the connection area. This allows a joining of subprints with unobtrusive transitions even in the case of dimensional tolerances and complicated cross-sections of the respective container. | 05-19-2016 |
20160136966 | Apparatus and Method for Depositing a Substance on Articles - Apparatuses and methods for depositing a substance onto an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of directly printing on three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed thereby or having a substance deposited thereon. In some cases, the apparatuses and methods involve creating a re-circulating relative motion between at least one article and a substance deposition device. In some embodiments, the articles can be conveyed in a closed loop path past one or more substance deposition devices. The articles can be conveyed past the substance deposition device(s) one or more times, and during each pass by the substance deposition device(s), a portion of a predetermined pattern may be applied to the articles by the substance deposition device(s). | 05-19-2016 |
20160136968 | Apparatus and Method for Depositing a Substance on and/or Decorating Articles - Apparatuses and methods for depositing a substance onto the surface of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of directly printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles that have a substance thereon (such as printing) and/or are decorated thereby. In some cases, the apparatuses and methods involve providing a decorative effect on an article with a decorating device, and creating a re-circulating relative motion between at least one article and a substance deposition device. In some embodiments, the articles can be conveyed in a closed loop path past one or more substance deposition devices. The articles can be conveyed past the substance deposition device(s) one or more times, and during each pass by the substance deposition device(s), a portion of a predetermined pattern may be applied to the articles by the substance deposition device(s). | 05-19-2016 |
20160152026 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY DATUMING | 06-02-2016 |
20160159120 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEAD EDGE RELEASE COATING FOR IMPROVED MEDIA STRIPPING IN AN AQUEOUS INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer is configured to apply a coating material to the lead edge of an imaging surface after an ink image is formed on the surface. A controller determines the amount and location of coating material applied to the lead edge based on the stiffness or thickness of the media printed on, and based on image content. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159121 | LINE PRINTER AND PRINTHEAD MOVING METHOD OF A LINE PRINTER - The carriage of a line printer has a head unit that supports a printhead, and a carriage frame that supports the head unit movably up and down. When moving the carriage from a standby position to an opposing position, the carriage is moved while the head unit is held at a up position where the gap to the platen unit is a first distance. The head unit is then lowered at the standby position from the up position to a down position where the platen gap is a second distance that is shorter than the first distance. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160193859 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD | 07-07-2016 |
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