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02-02-2012 дата публикации

Line image forming method and apparatus

Номер: US20120026225A1
Автор: Hiroshi Mataki
Принадлежит: Fujifilm Corp

A line image forming method includes the steps of: ejecting a plurality of droplets of liquid sequentially from an inkjet head, the liquid containing a functional component; and depositing the droplets of the liquid onto a non-permeable medium, the deposited droplets becoming joined together on the non-permeable medium to form a line pattern of the liquid, wherein a receding contact angle of the liquid with respect to the non-permeable medium being not larger than 10°.

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Номер записи: 1
09-02-2012 дата публикации

Printing position alignment method and printing apparatus

Номер: US20120033007A1
Автор: Akihiro Kakinuma, Akihiro Tomida, Asako Watanabe, Daigoro Kanematsu, Mitsutoshi Nagamura, Naoko Baba, Reiji Hashimoto, Yoshinori Nakajima
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

Multiple alignment patterns, each composed of first and second alignment pattern elements printed by forward and backward movements of a print head, respectively, are formed while the relative printing positions of the two elements are shifted. From optical characteristics data thereof, whether the data is influenced by a disturbance is determined. When the data is determined to be less influenced by the disturbance and therefore to be reliable, an adjusting value for aligning positions in printing in reciprocal movements is calculated by use of: data with the smallest relative printing position misalignment between the first and second alignment pattern elements; and data of optical characteristics close to the data. When the data is largely influence by the disturbance, a range of shifting of relative position is widened than that of the data less influenced by the disturbance so that more data pieces are used to obtain the adjusting value.

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Номер записи: 2
09-02-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet ink and inkjet recording method

Номер: US20120033011A1
Автор: Hidenobu Ohya, Manabu Kaneko
Принадлежит: Konica Minolta IJ Technologies Inc

Provided is an inkjet ink comprising at least water, a pigment, a resin, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant, wherein the resin comprises a copolymer resin synthesized from a monomer that includes a (meth)acrylic monomer, and the copolymer resin has an acid value of not less than 50 mgKOH/g and not more than 200 mgKOH/g, a glass transition temperature (Tg) not less than 20 and not more than 100° C., and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) not less than 20,000 and not more than 100,000, and as a result, a high-quality image is formed in that abrasion resistance and adhesiveness on a non-absorptive recording medium are high, glossiness is high, and there is no ink mixing, and ejection performance is good and recovery through maintenance is excellent. Also provided is an inkjet recording method that uses the same.

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Номер записи: 3
23-02-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet printing apparatus and method for controlling drive of nozzles in inkjet printing apparatus

Номер: US20120044287A1
Автор: Hiromitsu Yamaguchi, Yoshitomo Marumoto
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

An inkjet printing apparatus that prints each raster in a multi-pass printing mode by causing a printhead having a plurality of nozzles forming a nozzle array to scan in a direction intersecting with the nozzle array is provided, in which the nozzles are divided into groups, each including adjacent nozzles, one nozzle selected from each group is united into one block, drive of nozzles is controlled such that drive timings of nozzles differ among a plurality of blocks in each group, and a sequence in which nozzles are driven is determined for each scan in the multi-pass printing mode such that printed dots are most equally printed in the raster.

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Номер записи: 4
23-02-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method

Номер: US20120044293A1
Автор: Akihiko Gotoh, Naoya Morohoshi
Принадлежит: Individual

An inkjet recording apparatus, includes: a black ink ejecting portion configured to eject a black ink containing a self-dispersion pigment; color ink ejecting portions configured to eject, respectively, a cyan ink, a magenta ink and a yellow ink which contain a polymer emulsion containing a polymer fine particle containing a coloring material which is insoluble in water or slightly soluble in water; and a recording-controlling unit configured to control recording. When the recording medium is optically transparent and is provided, on a transparent base material thereof, with an ink accepting layer, the recording-controlling unit controls recording on the recording medium such that the color ink ejecting portion is used for recording a monochrome image and a color image which has a plurality of colors, leaving the black ink ejecting portion substantially free from being used.

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Номер записи: 5
01-03-2012 дата публикации

Image processing method and image processing apparatus

Номер: US20120050356A1
Автор: Satoshi Seki
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

An image processing method includes a conversion step of converting input image data into ink color data corresponding to respective use amounts of one or more types of color inks and a clear ink. In the conversion step, the input image data is converted into ink color data so that the use amount of the clear ink used in ink color data using a black carbon-containing ink becomes equal to or larger than that of the clear ink used in ink color data using no black carbon-containing ink.

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Номер записи: 6
01-03-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet printer

Номер: US20120050360A1
Автор: Mitsutoshi Nagamura
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

An inkjet printer is provided that is capable of obtaining an image having little color unevenness. The printer has a dot counting unit that counts the number of dots of each color of ink of a plurality of colors of ink to be printed in image data that is to be printed in a processed area that can be printed in scanning by a printing head, and a setting unit that sets an amount of processing liquid to be applied to the processed area based on the number of dots of each color of ink that was counted by the dot counting unit.

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Номер записи: 7
01-03-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet printing system and inkjet printing method

Номер: US20120050370A1
Автор: Hinako Iritani, Satoshi Seki, Takeshi Yazawa, Yoshio Nakajima, Yuji Hamasaki, Yuji Konno
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus which can restrict each of coloring of reflected light and image clarity within an allowable range required in each of a color mode and a monochromatic mode in any of the modes to output an image with a high grade. For this end, a print duty of each of the first image improving liquid and the second image improving liquid is set in such a manner that a ratio of the print duty of the first image improving liquid having low penetratability to the print duty of the second image improving liquid having high penetratability is higher in the monochromatic mode than that in the color mode. Thereby, an appropriate ratio and an appropriate amount of appropriate kinds of the image improving liquids are applied to each of the color mode and the monochromatic mode.

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Номер записи: 8
08-03-2012 дата публикации

Fluid ejecting apparatus and fluid ejecting method

Номер: US20120056924A1
Автор: Masahiko Yoshida, Michiaki Tokunaga, Takeshi Yoshida, Tatsuya Nakano
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles that eject fluid onto a medium are arranged, a first movement unit that displaces a relative position between the medium and the nozzle row, and a control unit that forms a plurality of dot-lines by repeating a fluid ejection operation in which fluid is ejected so as to form a dot-line, such that a maximum time between when one of the adjacent dot-lines in the plurality of dot-lines is formed to when the other of the adjacent dot-lines is formed is reduced.

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Номер записи: 9
15-03-2012 дата публикации

Printing apparatus

Номер: US20120062651A1
Автор: Kiichiro Takahashi, Minoru Teshigawara, Naoji Otsuka, Naomi Oshio, Osamu Iwasaki, Satoshi Seki, Tetsuya Edamura, Yoshinori Nakagawa
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

For a serial color ink jet printing apparatus that forms an image using a symmetric printing head that ejects large dots and small dots, the configuration of a printing head is provided for suppressing, to the extent possible, a cyclic fluctuation in the main scanning direction. According to the present invention, individual nozzle arrays are arranged so that two nozzle arrays, i.e., a cyan nozzle array c 1 and a magenta nozzle array m 1 , that are located nearer each other, form dots on adjacent scan lines. With this arrangement, a high quality image, having neither an uneven density nor an uneven color, can be formed when a printing head is inclined, or when a cyclic shift in printing positions occurs, depending on the position of the main scanning direction.

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Номер записи: 10
05-04-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet printing apparatus, inkjet printing method, image processor and image processing method

Номер: US20120081443A1
Автор: Akitoshi Yamada, Fumitaka Goto, Hidetsugu Kagawa, Junichi Nakagawa, Mitsuhiro Ono, Nobutaka Miyake, Ryosuke Iguchi, Senichi Saito, Tohru Ikeda, Tomokazu Ishikawa
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

In the present invention, joint sections and non-joint sections are formed in nozzle arrays of a plurality of chips arranged in a print head. Correction values for correcting input image data are calculated for reducing color difference caused by variation in the ejection characteristics of the nozzles. In this calculation of correction values, first a first correction value corresponding to first nozzles that form a color measurement area is calculated based on the color measurement value obtained by measuring the color of a discrete color measurement area included in a patch formed by a nozzle array. Next, a second correction value for correcting input image data corresponding to second nozzles of the nozzle array is calculated based on the first correction value. Different complementary processing is used when calculating the second correction value corresponding to a non-joint section, and when calculating the second correction value corresponding to a joint section.

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Номер записи: 11
19-04-2012 дата публикации

Multiple Monochromatic Print Cartridge Printing System

Номер: US20120092419A1
Автор: Craig Donald Strudwicke, David Bernardi, Eric Patrick O'Donnell, James Andrew, Julian Paul Kolodko, Lance Thomas Brown, Mark Profaca, Neil Fyfe Edwards, Peter John Morley Sobey, Stephen John Sleijpen, Toby Desmond Oste, William John Stacey
Принадлежит: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD

A colour ink printing system, includes a plurality of print head cartridges, each extending across a direction of print media propagation and spaced apart along the direction of print media propagation; a print head chassis for supporting the plurality of print head cartridges, the print head chassis actuable between a printing position, a transition position, and a maintenance position; a maintenance chassis for supporting a plurality of maintenance cradles, the maintenance chassis actuable between a storage position and an operational position; and a platen on which the print media is supported and propagated. Each of the plurality of print head cartridges is held stationary with respect to a platen on which print media is propagated to effect printing on the print media. Each of the plurality of print head cartridges is a monochrome print head cartridge ejecting a fluid different to the remaining plurality of print head cartridges.

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Номер записи: 12
26-04-2012 дата публикации

Pigment dispersion, ink composition, inkset, and recording device

Номер: US20120098911A1
Автор: Keitaro Nakano, Takashi Oyanagi
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A pigment dispersion containing a metal pigment, wherein the metal pigment contains plate-like particles, and in the case where the longitudinal diameter on the planar surface of the plate-like particle is X, the lateral diameter is Y, and the thickness is Z, the 50% average particle diameter R50 of a corresponding circle determined from the surface area in the X-Y plane of the plate-like particle is between 0.5 and 3 μm, and the condition R50/Z>5 is satisfied.

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Номер записи: 13
07-06-2012 дата публикации

Printing device and printing method

Номер: US20120139980A1
Автор: Kenichi Ishihara
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

To suppress nozzle clogging without reducing printing speed, a printing device of the invention includes a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink while moving in a movement direction; a conveying unit for conveying a medium in a conveying direction; and a controller for repeating a dot-forming action for discharging ink from the nozzles moving in the movement direction and forming dots on the medium, and a conveying action for conveying the medium in the conveying direction. The controller places an additional image in a different position in the movement direction from an area where a main image to be printed is formed, discharges ink from all of the nozzles in each of the dot-forming actions, and prints the additional image on the medium.

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Номер записи: 14
14-06-2012 дата публикации

Ink composition for ultraviolet curable ink jets, ink jet recording apparatus using the same, ink jet recording method using the same, and ink set

Номер: US20120147095A1
Автор: Hiroki Nakane, Satoru Miura
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

An ink composition for ultraviolet curable ink jets including monomer A represented by a general formula (I): CH 2 ═CR 1 —COOR 2 —O—CH═CH—R 3   (I) (in the formula, ‘R 1 ’ represents a hydrogen atom or methyl group, ‘R 2 ’ represents a divalent organic residue having a carbon number of 2 to 20, and ‘R 3 ’ represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having a carbon number of 1 to 11), and a photopolymerization initiator containing an acylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator and a thioxanthone-based photopolymerization initiator, in which the total content of the acylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator and the thioxanthone-based photopolymerization initiator is 8% by mass to 16% by mass with respect to the total mass of the ink composition.

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Номер записи: 15
14-06-2012 дата публикации

Ink-jet ink printing system and method

Номер: US20120147108A1
Автор: Hou T. Ng, Howard S. Tom, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan
Принадлежит: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP

An ink-jet ink printing method and associated system can comprise a printer including an ink-jet ink. The ink comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle, 1 wt % to 5 wt % pigment, 1 wt % to 5 wt % acrylic polymer particles, 0.3 wt % to 3 wt % urethane polymer particles, and is formulated to print on a vinyl medium. The system also includes a heating device. Upon applying heat to the ink-jet ink printed on the vinyl medium, the polymer particles in the printed ink fuse, and form a film encapsulating at least a portion of the pigment on the vinyl print medium.

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Номер записи: 16
14-06-2012 дата публикации

Providing information through interaction with a printed page

Номер: US20120147433A1
Автор: Jacqueline Anne Lapstun, Kia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun
Принадлежит: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD

A method for providing information is disclosed. Page descriptors are stored in a server. A printed page is printed by a printer with visible and invisible data. The invisible data is indicative of one or more of the page descriptors. A sensing device senses the invisible data when placed in an operative position relative to the printed page, and transmits information extracted from sensed invisible data to the server. The page descriptor of the printed page is identified by the server, and information associated with the page descriptor and positioning of the sensing device relative to the printed page is provided by the server.

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Номер записи: 17
21-06-2012 дата публикации

Printing apparatus

Номер: US20120154478A1
Автор: Toshio Maeda
Принадлежит: Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co Ltd

A printing apparatus is an apparatus that performs color printing using an inkjet system, and includes a scanning mechanism by which a printing medium is moved in a scanning direction, and an ejection unit that ejects minute ink droplets toward the printing medium that is being conveyed by the scanning mechanism. In the printing apparatus, an image capturing part captures an image of a page identifier printed on each page of a printing medium, and an inspection part compares a page identification result acquired from an output of the image capturing part with page identification information included in print data. Since the page identifier includes single-color parts that are each printed with only an ink of a respective one of a plurality of colors used in the printing apparatus, a printing defect can be quickly detected during inspection of the first page in which the printing defect has occurred, irrespective of with which ink color out of the plurality of colors the printing defect has occurred.

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Номер записи: 18
28-06-2012 дата публикации

Nozzle layout for fluid droplet ejecting

Номер: US20120162316A1
Автор: Kevin Von Essen, Paul A. Hoisington, Tsutomu Kusakari
Принадлежит: Fujifilm Corp

A fluid ejection apparatus includes a printhead having a substrate. The substrate includes a nozzle face having a width direction and a length direction. The nozzle face includes a set of four columns of nozzles oriented in a column direction substantially along the width direction of the nozzle face, and the nozzles in each column are positioned on a straight line along the column. A spacing between two adjacent columns of the four adjacent columns is different than a spacing between another two adjacent columns of the four adjacent columns. In some implementations, a controller can control timing of ejection of fluid droplets from the nozzles to deposit lines of fluid droplets on a medium, and the medium can travel relative to the nozzle face.

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Номер записи: 19
05-07-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet recording apparatus and recording method

Номер: US20120169803A1
Автор: Jun Takamura
Принадлежит: Toshiba TEC Corp

According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of inkjet heads of a multi-drop method, a first controller, and a second controller. The first controller controls ejection of ink drops from a first inkjet head for ejecting a first ink for which print resolution is required, in a manner that a number of ink dots formed in a main scanning direction is great, and that the number of ink drops ejected for each one of the ink dots is small. The second controller controls ejection of the ink drops from a second inkjet head for ejecting a second ink for which coverage over a recording surface of the recording medium is required, in a manner that a number of ink dots formed in the main scanning direction is small, and that the number of ink drops ejected for each of the ink dots is great.

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Номер записи: 20
05-07-2012 дата публикации

Printing apparatus and adjustment pattern printing method

Номер: US20120169810A1
Автор: Akihiro Tomida, Naoki Uchida, Shingo Nishioka, Yoshinori Nakajima
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

The present invention provides an printing apparatus including a pattern printing unit for causing printing elements in partial regions of first and second printing element arrays to print adjustment patterns on a print medium, the adjustment patterns being for acquiring an amount of printing position shift of the second print head with respect to a printing position of the first print head, an acquisition unit for acquiring an amount of relative inclination between the first and second print element arrays, and a selection unit for selecting positions of the partial regions of the first and second printing element arrays based on the amount of relative inclination between the first and second print element arrays. As a result, consumption of media and ink upon a registration process and the amount of time required for the registration process can be reduced.

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Номер записи: 21
19-07-2012 дата публикации

Ink jet printing method and device

Номер: US20120182345A1
Автор: Shuichi Ohtsuka
Принадлежит: Fujifilm Corp

An ink jet printing method includes the steps of: shooting an ink containing a color material in a penetrant by ink jet method to a surface of a print medium; and supplying only a penetrant containing no color material at a position on the print medium corresponding to a position at which the ink has been shot to diffuse the supplied penetrant in the print medium in order to control distribution of the color material supplied in the print medium as the ink is shot at the print medium.

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Номер записи: 22
26-07-2012 дата публикации

Pigment dispersion, ink composition, inkset, and recording device

Номер: US20120186488A1
Автор: Keitaro Nakano, Takashi Oyanagi
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A pigment dispersion containing a metal pigment, wherein the metal pigment contains plate-like particles, and in the case where the longitudinal diameter on the planar surface of the plate-like particle is X, the lateral diameter is Y, and the thickness is Z, the 50% average particle diameter R50 of a corresponding circle determined from the surface area in the X-Y plane of the plate-like particle is between 0.5 and 3 μm, and the condition R50/Z>5 is satisfied.

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Номер записи: 23
09-08-2012 дата публикации

Bubble purging system for a fluid ejection head

Номер: US20120200623A1
Автор: Gregory Alan Long
Принадлежит: Individual

A method and system for purging bubbles from a fluid ejection head comprising a plurality of fluid flow channels including a first plurality of fluid flow channels flowing a first ink to a first actuator device and a second plurality of fluid flow channels for flowing a second ink to a second actuator device. During a bubble purging operation the first and second actuator devices are pulsed with different energies that depend on the viscosity of the first ink and the second ink. Heating the inks with different energies, results in the viscosity of the first ink to be same as the viscosity of the second ink. In one embodiment, a test pattern that includes a plurality of dots is printed to determine a clogged fluid ejection nozzle. Based on the determination, an actuator device corresponding to the clogged fluid ejection nozzle is pulsed.

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Номер записи: 24
16-08-2012 дата публикации

Error detection apparatus of inkjet printer head and error detection method thereof

Номер: US20120206532A1
Автор: Byung Hun Kim, Hyun Ho Shin, Na Rae Park
Принадлежит: Samsung Electro Mechanics Co Ltd

Provided is an error detection apparatus of an inkjet printer head including: an amplification unit connected between a piezoelectric element, which applies pressure to an ink chamber, and a ground to amplify a voltage generated from the piezoelectric element; and a detection unit for detecting whether ink is normally ejected using the voltage amplified by the amplification unit. It is possible to detect whether the inkjet printer head abnormally ejects ink by sensing vibration after ejection of ink using the piezoelectric element.

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Номер записи: 25
23-08-2012 дата публикации

Ink jet recording method, and record made by the same

Номер: US20120212554A1
Автор: Naoki Koike, Takayoshi Kagata
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

An ink jet recording method includes preparing a bright image and improving the lightness, or the L*value, of the bright base image. More specifically, a bright image is formed using a bright pigment, and then an ink jet process is performed to discharge a white ink composition containing a white pigment onto the bright image with a weight per unit area (g/cm 2 ) in a range of 0.01 to 0.5, inclusive.

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Номер записи: 26
30-08-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet ink with self-dispersed pigments and hydroxyl terminated polyurethane ink additives

Номер: US20120218359A1
Автор: C. Chad Roberts, Waifong Liew Anton
Принадлежит: EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co

An ink for inkjet is provided for printing, comprising a self-dispersed pigment colorant and certain hydroxyl terminated polyurethanes derived from polyether diois which enhances fastness of the print towards highlighter and linger smudge without compromising jetting performance and storage stability of the ink.

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Номер записи: 27
13-09-2012 дата публикации

Image forming apparatus, pattern position determining method, and image forming system

Номер: US20120229546A1
Автор: Daisaku Horikawa, Makoto Moriwaki, Mamoru Yorimoto, Tatsuhiko Okada
Принадлежит: Ricoh Co Ltd

An image forming apparatus which reads a test pattern formed onto a recording medium to adjust an ejection timing of liquid droplets is disclosed. The apparatus includes a reading unit; a pattern data storage unit; an image forming unit; a relative movement unit; an intensity data obtaining unit which obtains intensity data on a reflected light which is received by a light receiving unit from a scanning position of a light while the light moves over the test pattern; and a position detecting unit which applies a line position determining operation on the intensity data and detects a line position.

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Номер записи: 28
20-09-2012 дата публикации

Ink jet printing ink

Номер: US20120236078A1
Автор: Ikuo Nakazawa, Masayuki Ikegami
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

An ink jet printing ink for use in an ink jet printing method. The ink is ejected from a print head by the action of thermal energy and includes water, a self-dispersing pigment, and at least two types of resin particles. One of the at least two types of resin particles (resin particle A) and another of the at least two types of resin particles (resin particle B) have an average particle size of 80 nm or more but 220 nm or less and an acid value of 25 mgKOH/g or more but 150 mgKOH/g or less. The resin particle A has a glass transition temperature of 25 degrees Celsius or less. The resin particle B has a glass transition temperature of 25 degrees Celsius or more. A difference in glass transition temperature between the resin particle A and the resin particle B is 10 degrees Celsius or more.

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Номер записи: 29
20-09-2012 дата публикации

Printed layer formation processing device and printed layer formation processing method

Номер: US20120237667A1
Автор: Minoru Koyama, Toru Fujita
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A printed layer formation processing device performs a part of a process for forming a printed layer on a part of the print medium by a first colorant in a molded object formation process. The printed layer formation processing device includes: a formation amount correspondence relationship storage part that stores a formation amount correspondence relationship, which is a correspondence relationship between a degree of deformation of the print medium and a formation amount of the first colorant, which are correlated so that the thickness of the printed layer is substantially the same in respective regions of the molded object, a deformation degree acquisition part that acquires the degree of deformation in the respective regions of the print medium; and a formation amount determining part that determines the formation amount of the first colorant in the respective regions based on the degree of the deformation and the formation amount correspondence relationship.

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Номер записи: 30
27-09-2012 дата публикации

Printing apparatus and printing method

Номер: US20120242729A1
Автор: Hiroshi Wada, Kazuyoshi Tanase, Takamitsu Kondo, Toru Takahashi
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A printing apparatus is provided in which a position of a joint of a first yellow nozzle group and a second yellow nozzle group in a predetermined direction is offset from a position of a joint of a first magenta nozzle group and a second magenta nozzle group in a predetermined position and a position of a joint of a first cyan nozzle group and a second cyan nozzle group in the predetermined position, and the position of the joint of the first magenta nozzle group and the second magenta nozzle group in the predetermined position is the same as the position of the joint of the first cyan nozzle group and the second cyan nozzle group in the predetermined direction.

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Номер записи: 31
27-09-2012 дата публикации

Image processing device, printing device, image processing method, and image processing program

Номер: US20120243013A1
Автор: Toshiaki Kakutani
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

Provided is an image processing device for comparing a determination value adjusted by comparing the gradation values of pixels included in inputted image data and threshold values of a dither mask prepared in advance, and a corrected gradation value obtained by correcting the gradation value of the pixel by the diffusion error from an adjacent processed pixel; and adjusting a determination value; generating dot data which indicate the presence or absence of the dot formation by applying error diffusion; and reducing the width of the adjustment of the determination value used in determining the dot formation so that the width of the adjustment is smaller in comparison with non-edge pixels in the case that a pixel is determined to be an edge pixel for which the difference in gradation value in relation to an adjacent pixel is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

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Номер записи: 32
04-10-2012 дата публикации

Liquid discharge apparatus, method and storage medium for computer-readably storing program therein

Номер: US20120249645A1
Автор: Tadao KYOUTANI
Принадлежит: Brother Industries Ltd

An inkjet printer includes a liquid discharge head, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The controller changes a voltage waveform to be input to the ink discharge head, while a nozzle surface is facing a first gap. The temperature sensor measures a first actual temperature of the ink discharge head, while the nozzle surface is facing a second gap. The controller calculates, on the basis of the first actual temperature and a discharge history of ink discharged to a sheet located between the first gap and the second gap, a first estimated temperature of the ink discharge head corresponding to the time in which the nozzle surface is facing the first gap. The controller changes the voltage waveform on the basis of the first estimated temperature.

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Номер записи: 33
04-10-2012 дата публикации

Ink jet recording method and record

Номер: US20120249667A1
Автор: Atsushi Denda, Shiki Hirata, Tsuyoshi Sano
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

An ink jet recording method includes forming a first image by applying by an ink jet method a glitter ink in which a glitter pigment is dispersed to a first region of a recording medium in which the glitter first image is to be formed, and forming a second image by applying by an ink jet method a color ink containing a coloring material to a second region of the recording medium in which the colored second image is to be formed, the amount per unit area of the glitter ink ejected in an overlapping region in which the first region overlaps the second region being larger than the amount per unit area of the glitter ink ejected in the first region excluding the overlapping region.

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Номер записи: 34
04-10-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method

Номер: US20120249678A1
Автор: Kazuki Narumi, Takumi Kaneko
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

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.

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Номер записи: 35
04-10-2012 дата публикации

Apparatus for printing surfaces having a plurality of movable print heads and system having the apparatus

Номер: US20120249679A1
Автор: Bernard Beier, Heiner Pitz
Принадлежит: HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG

An apparatus for printing surfaces, for example of three-dimensionally shaped vehicle body parts, includes movable print heads having actuable, preferably inkjet, nozzles, and at least one printing position and one parking position into which the print heads can be moved or rotated. At least one first and one second print head have mutually different nozzle configurations, sizes or shapes. In a first mode, the first print head is in a printing position and the second print head is in a parking position, and in a second mode, the first print head is in a parking position and the second print head is in a printing position. The print heads can be on a rotation apparatus which can be on a robot arm. Surfaces of any shape, having curvatures and/or undercuts, can be printed in one or multiple colors (in image terms). A system having the apparatus is also provided.

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Номер записи: 36
11-10-2012 дата публикации

Multi-function printer and calibrating method for multi-function printer

Номер: US20120257223A1
Автор: King-Lung Huang, Yi-Che Chen, Yu-Chu Huang
Принадлежит: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd

A multi-function printer and a method for calibrating the multi-function printer is disclosed The calibrating method for a printer comprises printing a calibration pattern on a medium by the printer; obtaining a scanned image of the calibration pattern on the medium printed by the printer; comparing the scanned image against the calibration pattern; detecting defects of the scanned image; and if the defects exceed an pre-determined value, adjusting print settings of the printer according to the defects of the scanned image.

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Номер записи: 37
18-10-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet ink, pigment dispersion, image forming method, inkjet recording apparatus, ink cartridge, and print

Номер: US20120262518A1
Автор: Minoru Hakiri, Mitsuru Naruse, Naoya Morohoshi
Принадлежит: Ricoh Co Ltd

An inkjet ink including water, a pigment, a polymer, and a hydrazine compound. The polymer does not include an anionic unit and includes a first unit having a carbonyl group capable of reacting with a hydrazino group, and a second unit having at least one of an amino group, a dimethylamino group, and a diethylamino group. The content of the first unit is from 40% to 90% by weight based on the weight of the polymer, and the inkjet ink has a pH of not less than 9.

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Номер записи: 38
25-10-2012 дата публикации

Printing method and printer

Номер: US20120268543A1
Автор: Kunio Omura, Yasuhiro Yamagata
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A printing method for printing bars in a barcode by forming dots on a print medium. The method includes dividing the bars of the barcode into a plurality of segments, forming the dots such that a portion of bars in a first segment are shifted a predetermined direction relative to a portion of bars in a second segment, and printing the barcode by forming dots in each of the plurality of segments. The predetermined direction can be towards a least significant digit of information represented by the barcode when the barcode is seen from the front. In one embodiment, the plurality of segments equals three. Other printing methods, as well as printers for performing the methods, are also provided.

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Номер записи: 39
01-11-2012 дата публикации

Duplex printer with internal hard drive

Номер: US20120274956A1
Автор: Kia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun
Принадлежит: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD

A duplex color printer includes a pair of print engines mounted in an opposed manner to define a print media feed path therebetween, each print engine including a printhead and a transfer roller for receiving ejected ink from the printhead; a pair of print media trays mounted on either side of the body for respectively containing print media; a print media feed arrangement for feeding print media from one of the trays along the print media path into the other one of the trays; an internal hard drive for locally storing pre-rasterized documents; an interface for facilitating user selection of a locally stored pre-rasterized document for printing by the pair of print engines; and a cleaning station provided in each print engine. Each cleaning station includes a resilient wiper and an absorbent sponge. The resilient wiper is provided downstream of the absorbent sponge with respect to the transfer roller.

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Номер записи: 40
15-11-2012 дата публикации

Image forming device and method of image forming

Номер: US20120287185A1
Автор: Yoshitaka Shimada
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

An image forming device includes, the first head which ejects the first ink, the second head which ejects the second ink, a movement mechanism which moves a relative position of the first head and the second head in a predetermined direction, and a control unit which causes an ejection operation in which ink is ejected from nozzles while relatively moving the head and a medium in the movement direction intersecting the predetermined direction, and a transport operation in which the head and the medium are relatively moved in a predetermined direction to be repeated, and adjusts a head interval as an interval of the first head and the second head in a predetermined direction.

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Номер записи: 41
15-11-2012 дата публикации

Printing device and printing method

Номер: US20120287193A1
Автор: Atsuhiko Masuyama, Fumiko Suzuki, Hitoshi Nishikori, Norihiro Kawatoko, Osamu Iwasaki, Satoshi Masuda, Tomoki Yamamuro
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A printing device using a print head ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles to print ink dots of a plurality of dot diameters, includes a print-characteristic acquisition unit obtaining print characteristic information on dot diameters of ink dots to be printed per each predetermined portion of the plurality of nozzles, a distribution ratio determination unit determining a distribution ratio for distributing image data to the predetermined portions of the plurality of nozzles based on the information, a dot print position determination unit quantizing the image data to determine a dot print position based on the image data and sizes and an array of thresholds; and a plurality of masks based on dot distribution order determined according to the distribution ratio, distributing printing of each of the ink dots of the plurality of dot diameters to the dot print position determined by the dot print position determination unit.

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Номер записи: 42
15-11-2012 дата публикации

Process for the manufacturing of surface elements

Номер: US20120288689A1
Автор: Hakan Wernersson, Johan Lundgren, Krister Hansson
Принадлежит: Pergo Europe AB

A process for the manufacturing of surface elements is provided herein. The surface elements can include a decorative upper layer and a supporting core. A supporting core with a desired format is manufactured and provided with an upper side and a lower side. The upper side of the supporting core is provided with a décor, by for example printing, which décor is positioned after a predetermined fixed point on the supporting core. The upper side of the supporting core is provided with a protecting, at least partly translucent, wear layer by for example spray coating, roller coating, curtain coating and immersion coating or by being provided with one or more sheets of a-cellulose impregnated with thermosetting resin or lacquer.

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Номер записи: 43
06-12-2012 дата публикации

Image forming apparatus and method, and image processing apparatus and method

Номер: US20120307312A1
Автор: Takuya Shimada
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A generation unit is configured to generate a black color material data and the plurality of pieces of chromatic color material data, for a color positioned at a surface of a dark portion in a color gamut that can be reproduced using a black color material and the plurality of chromatic color materials, in such a way as to arrange dots of the black color material and respective dots of the plurality of chromatic color materials exclusively on a recording medium and set a rate of the arranged dots of the black color material to be greater as the color positioned at the surface is closer to black.

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Номер записи: 44
20-12-2012 дата публикации

Liquid discharge device, testing method, and medium with recorded program

Номер: US20120320120A1
Автор: Osamu Shinkawa, Toshiyuki Suzuki
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

There is provided a technique with which an abnormal discharge state in a discharge component can be determined on the basis of residual vibration. A printer includes a discharge component that discharges ink, a detector that detects residual vibration in the discharge component, and a tester that tests the discharge component on the basis of the change in the period of the residual vibration.

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Номер записи: 45
03-01-2013 дата публикации

Ink composition, ink container, and ink jet recording method

Номер: US20130002773A1
Автор: Kyohei MOCHIZUKI, Yusuke Fujii
Принадлежит: Fujifilm Corp

An object of the present invention is to provide an ink composition which has excellent storage stability and has good curing sensitivity regardless of the type of a light source for irradiation, and an ink container. Another object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet recording method which provides a cured image having excellent image gloss even with an LED light source. The ink composition comprises: a radically polymerizable compound; a radical polymerization initiator; and a colorant, and having a dissolved oxygen content of 9 mg/L or more. The ink container, having a gas-impermeable structure and encapsulates the ink composition. The ink jet recording method comprises: a degassing step of reducing a dissolved oxygen between the ink container that stores the ink composition and ink-discharging nozzles; and a discharging step of discharging the degassed ink composition from the nozzles.

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Номер записи: 46
03-01-2013 дата публикации

Bidirectional multi-pass inkjet printer suppressing density unevenness based on image information and scan line position of each dot

Номер: US20130003094A1
Автор: Hiroyuki Horii, Hisashi Ishikawa
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

An image forming apparatus includes a color converting unit 330 for subjecting the input image data to a color conversion in accordance with ink color, and generating a print image 400; a print data generator 370 -x for generating print data of each scan corresponding to multiple scans of the print image generated by the color converting unit 330; print controller 380 -x for controlling at least one of the color converting unit 330 or print data generator 370 -x based upon the input image data 320 or a position on a scanning line of each dot to be printed in the print image 400 generated by the color converting unit 330; and a printer engine 180 for printing on the print medium based upon the print data generated by the print data generator 370 -x.

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Номер записи: 47
10-01-2013 дата публикации

Printing Apparatus and Printing Method

Номер: US20130010023A1
Автор: Hirotaka Matsunaga
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A printing apparatus that generates printed matter composed of a plurality of printing layers, wherein the apparatus includes an ink amount selection unit that selects an ink amount that corresponds to each of printing layers using a profile that regulates the correspondence relationship between the component values of input color data and the ink amount in each of the printing layers; and a print execution unit that generates the printed matter by adding layers of printing layers to a medium based on the selected ink amount, wherein in the profile, the ink amount of each printing layer is regulated so that the number of dots that are formed by a first ink and the number of dots that are formed by a second ink with a lower concentration than the concentration of the first ink change according to the printing order of each printing layer.

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Номер записи: 48
17-01-2013 дата публикации

Device and method for printing surfaces of material panels, especially wood panels, with a multi-colour image

Номер: US20130016151A1
Автор: Martin Griesdorn, Sven Sattler, Thilo Solawa, THOMAS Peter
Принадлежит: Dieffenbacher System Automation GmbH

A method and a printing device for printing surfaces of material panels, especially wood panels, with a multi-color image. The printing unit is moved to a cleaning position above a cleaning device or to a partial cleaning position above a partial cleaning device, the cleaning position or the partial cleaning position being arranged along the path of displacement; and a cleaning cycle is carried out for the printing unit and/or a partial cleaning process is carried out, during which the little-used or unused nozzles of the printing heads dispense small drops of ink.

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Номер записи: 49
17-01-2013 дата публикации

Image forming apparatus having fixing device that responds to request when using decolorable ink

Номер: US20130017004A1
Автор: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Ken Iguchi, Minoru Yoshida, Osamu Takagi, Takahito Kabai, Yoshiaki Kaneko
Принадлежит: Toshiba Corp, Toshiba TEC Corp

An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit which forms a first image on a first recording medium with a first material which is not thermally decolorized; a second image forming unit which forms a second image on a second recording medium with a second material which is thermally decolorized; a fixing unit which is on a common carrying path shared by the first recording medium and the second recording medium and fixes the first image to the first recording medium; and a control unit which controls the fixing unit so that the temperature of the second recording medium passing through the fixing unit becomes lower than a decolorizing temperature of the second material.

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Номер записи: 50
31-01-2013 дата публикации

Image forming apparatus and image forming method

Номер: US20130027447A1
Автор: Shinichi Hatanaka
Принадлежит: Ricoh Co Ltd

An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a data sheet includes a pattern forming unit configured to form a predetermined pattern on the data sheet; a pattern reading unit configured to apply a process liquid to the data sheet on which the predetermined pattern is formed by the pattern forming unit, and to read the predetermined pattern on the data sheet after applying the process liquid; an expansion and contraction amount calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of expansion or contraction of the predetermined pattern read by the pattern reading unit; and an image data expansion and contraction unit configured to expand or contract image data depending on the amount of expansion or contraction calculated by the expansion and contraction calculation unit.

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Номер записи: 51
31-01-2013 дата публикации

Direct inkjet imaging lithographic plates, methods for imaging and pre-press treatment

Номер: US20130027462A1
Автор: Aida Porat, Boris Brant, Michael Karp, Sergei Bonder, Zeev Savion
Принадлежит: VIM-TECHNOLOGIES Ltd

Wet lithographic printing members for imaging by an inkjet printer using pigment-based aqueous ink and method for calibrating the amount of the inkjet ink to be injected in solid areas of an image are disclosed. An exemplary printing member can comprises a base substrate and a top hydrophilic coating layer having a thickness in the range of 2 to 10 microns above the base substrate. A volume of less than 10 nl/mm2 of inkjet ink is used in order to image areas in which the image is solid. Areas of the top hydrophilic coating layer, which are imagewise covered by aqueous pigmented inkjet ink, become hydrophobic. In some embodiments after imaging, the surface of the imaged printing member can be treated with acidic colloidal silica solution. Exemplary treatment can comprise wiping the surface of the imaged printing member with the acidic colloidal silica solution.

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Номер записи: 52
14-02-2013 дата публикации

Non-aqueous ink and method of producing same

Номер: US20130038658A1
Автор: Manami Shimizu, Yoshifumi Watanabe
Принадлежит: Riso Kagaku Corp

A non-aqueous ink comprising a carbon black and a non-aqueous solvent is provided, wherein the carbon black comprises: a carbon black (A) having a primary particle size of at least 18 nm but less than 30 nm, a DBP absorption of at least 80 cm 3 /100 g but not more than 130 cm 3 /100 g and a pH of at least 6.0 but not more than 9.0, and a carbon black (B) having a primary particle size of at least 30 nm but not more than 50 nm, a DBP absorption of at least 40 cm 3 /100 g but less than 80 cm 3 /100 g and a pH of at least 6.0 but not more than 9.0.

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Номер записи: 53
21-02-2013 дата публикации

Flexible, scratch resistant radiation curable inkjet inks

Номер: US20130044167A1
Автор: Ivan Hoogmartens
Принадлежит: Agfa Gevaert NV

A free radical radiation curable inkjet ink containing a photoinitiator and polymerizable compounds includes a) no more than 15 wt % of one or more monofunctional acrylates wherein the homopolymer thereof has a T g smaller than 20° C.; and b) at least 45 wt % of a mixture of monomers consisting of b1) 10 to 45 wt % of a N-vinyl lactam and/or a vinylether acrylate; and b2) 10 to 45 wt % of an ethoxylated and/or propoxylated polyacrylate having a molecular weight of at least 450; wherein all wt % are based on the total weight of the inkjet ink; and wherein the T g is determined by the DSC method in ISO 11357-2:1999.

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Номер записи: 54
28-02-2013 дата публикации

Image forming method

Номер: US20130050369A1
Автор: Kaoru Tojo
Принадлежит: Fujifilm Corp

The image forming method of the present invention includes imparting ink to form an image on a recording medium, drying the image, and curing the image after the drying process, wherein the recording medium has one or a plurality of pigment layers on at least one surface of a support with cellulose pulp as a main component, and a transference amount of pure water into the recording medium is specific value, and the ink composition includes a pigment, water, and a water soluble polymerizable compound where the content ratio is equal to or more than 15 mass % and less than 40 mass %, and the content of a water soluble organic solvent is less than 3 mass %.

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Номер записи: 55
07-03-2013 дата публикации

Determining misalignment of a printhead in a printer

Номер: US20130057602A1
Автор: Ángel Martinez Barambio, M. Isabel BORRELL BAYONA, Sergio PUIGARDEU ARAMENDIA
Принадлежит: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP

A barcode on a medium is received. It is determined whether misalignment of a printhead of the printer is present based on bars in the barcode.

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Номер записи: 56
07-03-2013 дата публикации

Printer and printing method

Номер: US20130057608A1
Автор: Kazushi Kibune, Takaharu Yamamoto
Принадлежит: Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co Ltd

The present invention provides a printer and printing method that forms a lenticular lens or a transparent structure based on pseudo-embossment printing or the like on paper having penetrability, and an inkjet printer performs: with respect to a base material 9 having a characteristic of being penetrated by radiation-curable ink, an undercoating step of using radiation-curable transparent ink to form a thin undercoat layer 94; an undercoat curing step of irradiating the formed undercoat layer 94 with radiation to completely solidify the formed undercoat layer 94; a transparent structure forming step of using the radiation-curable transparent ink to form a spacer layer 96 and microlens layer 97 as a desired transparent structure on the solidified undercoat layer 94; and a transparent structure curing step of afterward further irradiating the radiation to cure the formed spacer layer 96 and microlens layer 97.

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Номер записи: 57
14-03-2013 дата публикации

Liquid ejecting apparatus

Номер: US20130063509A1
Автор: Hirokazu Nunokawa, Satoru Hosono, Shuji Yonekubo, Toshihisa Saruta, Yoshiko Hoshiyama
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle; a pressure-changing unit for changing pressure of liquid in the nozzle in such a manner that the liquid is ejected from the nozzle; a first level-data setting unit for setting a selected first level data from a plurality of first level data, based on an ejecting data for a first kind of liquid; a second level-data setting unit for setting a selected second level data from a plurality of second level data, based on an ejecting data for a second kind of liquid; a driving-signal generator for generating a driving signal; and a driving-pulse generator for generating a driving pulse based on the selected first or second level data and the driving signal. The plurality of first level data and the plurality of second level data are different from each other.

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Номер записи: 58
28-03-2013 дата публикации

Method and Apparatus For Three-Dimensional Digital Printing

Номер: US20130076817A1
Автор: Angelo Raymond Quattrociocchi, John Stewart Olson
Принадлежит: Angelo Raymond Quattrociocchi, John Stewart Olson

Techniques are presented for digital ink jet printing upon a substrate with a significant third dimension. Droplets in the range of 120 pL to 200 pL have been found suitable for substrates with variability, in the third dimension, of up to approximately 4 cm. A larger droplet can be generated by utilizing a plurality of drive pulses, each of which generates a smaller droplet, and having the plurality of smaller droplets combine in mid-air. The data to be printed can be derived from a 3D model and such 3D model can also be used to guide shaping of the substrate. The 3D model can be produced from 2D image data. If the 2D image data is a two-dimensional portrait photograph, a result, of using the present invention, can be a realistic portrait in the form of a bas-relief sculpture.

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Номер записи: 59
28-03-2013 дата публикации

Nozzle shading method, and an inkjet printing apparatus using same

Номер: US20130076823A1
Автор: Hiroyuki Fuchioka, Kazuki Fukui, Kunio Muraji, Seiya Nomura
Принадлежит: Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co Ltd

An inkjet printing apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink, a CIS (Contact Image Sensor) type scanner for reading, as image data, charts for correction printed in the ink discharged from the nozzles, light emitters for emitting light to the charts for correction, a scanner controller for causing the scanner to scan the charts for correction with a plurality of read conditions, a correction table creator for creating nozzle shading correction tables based on the image data read, and a shading corrector for carrying out shading correction for the nozzles based on the correction tables.

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Номер записи: 60
28-03-2013 дата публикации

COLOR MEDICAL IMAGING ON FILM

Номер: US20130076825A1
Автор: Szafraniec John D.
Принадлежит:

A method of printing a high density image. An image is accessed, wherein the image has a plurality of pixels, and each pixel has an r,g,b value. For each pixel, each r,g,b value is separated into separate grayscale components and color components. A lookup table is applied to each grayscale and color component to generate an ink value for each of the print heads. The ink values are combined to produce a final ink output value for each pixel, and the final ink output values are employed for printing on medium using an ink-jet printer. 1. A method for printing on medium using an ink-jet printer having a plurality of print heads , comprising:accessing an image having a plurality of pixels, each pixel having an r,g,b value;for each pixel, separating each r,g,b value into separate grayscale components and color components;applying a lookup table to each grayscale and color component to generate an ink value for each of the print heads;combining the ink values to produce a final ink output value for each pixel; andemploying the final ink output values for printing on medium using the ink-jet printer.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ink-jet printer includes 10 print heads (K claim 1 ,Light K claim 1 ,LLK claim 1 ,C claim 1 ,Lc claim 1 ,M claim 1 ,Lm claim 1 ,Y claim 1 ,O claim 1 ,G) claim 1 , the grayscale and color components are R claim 1 ,G claim 1 ,B claim 1 ,C claim 1 ,M claim 1 ,Y claim 1 ,K claim 1 , and the final ink output value for each pixel for each of the print heads is determined by the formulas:{'br': None, 'K=Grayscale K'}{'br': None, 'Light K=Grayscale LK'}{'br': None, 'LLK=Grayscale LLK'}{'br': None, 'C→Grayscale_C+255−(G_C+255−(M_C+255−(B_C+(255−C_C))))'}{'br': None, 'Lc→Grayscale Lc+255−(G_Lc+255−(B_Lc+255−(C_Lc+255−(M_Lc+(255−Y_Lc)))'}{'br': None, 'M→Grayscale_M+255−(R_M+255−(B_M+(255−M_M)))'}{'br': None, 'Lm→Grayscale_Lm+255−(R_Lm+255−(B_Lm+(255−M_Lm)))'}{'br': None, 'Y→Y_Y+255−(C_Y+255−(G_Y+(255−R_Y)))'}{'br': None, 'sub': '—O', 'O→R'}{'br': ...

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Номер записи: 61
28-03-2013 дата публикации

PROCESS FOR PRINTING WOOD-BASED FLAT ELEMENTS AND PRODUCTION LINE

Номер: US20130076846A1
Автор: FRATI Dante
Принадлежит:

A printing process may involve providing a wood-based flat panel, which is made from a mass of wooden particles, a preliminary step of graphic composition of a multi-colored image using an electronic processor and relative software, and a printing step for printing the wood-based flat panel with the multi-colored image using an ink-jet printer provided with print heads. The colors employed by the ink-jet printer may include the prime colors cyan, magenta, and yellow in addition to black. The ink-jet printer may be controlled by the electronic processor. The wood-based flat panel may move relative to the ink-jet printer while at least one of the print heads propels ink micro-droplets onto the wood-based flat panel. The print heads may be stationary during the printing operation. 1. A process for printing a surface of a wood-based flat panel with a multi-colored image , comprising:providing the wood-based flat panel, which is made from a mass of wooden particles;a preliminary step of graphic composition of the multi-colored image using an electronic processor and relative software; anda printing step for printing the wood-based flat panel with the multi-colored image using an ink-jet printer provided with print heads;wherein the colors employed by the ink-jet printer comprise the prime colors cyan, magenta, and yellow in addition to black;wherein the ink-jet printer is controlled by the electronic processor;wherein the wood-based flat panel moves relative to the ink-jet printer while at least one of the print heads propels ink micro-droplets onto the wood-based flat panel;wherein the print heads are stationary during the printing operation;wherein for each color employed in the ink-jet printer, the number of print heads used is that required to cover the entire width of that surface of the wood-based flat panel to be printed, the surface being provided with the multi-colored image with a single pass of the panel transiting through the ink-jet printer and underneath ...

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Номер записи: 62
04-04-2013 дата публикации

LIQUID JET HEAD AND LIQUID JET APPARATUS

Номер: US20130083128A1
Автор: Watanabe Toshiaki
Принадлежит:

Provided is a liquid jet head in which a region of the liquid jet head on a side opposite to a liquid ejection side thereof is thinned to enhance efficiency of use of the region. A liquid jet head () includes an ejecting portion () for ejecting liquid in which first and second head chips (and ) are stacked, a circuit board () for supplying a drive signal for driving the ejecting portion (), a first flexible printed circuit board () for electrically connecting the first head chip () and the circuit board () to each other, and a second flexible printed circuit board () for electrically connecting the second head chip () and the circuit board () to each other. The circuit board () and each of the first and second flexible printed circuit boards (and ) are electrically connected to each other on one surface (S) of the circuit board (). 1. A liquid jet head , comprising:an ejecting portion for ejecting liquid in which a first head chip and a second head chip are stacked;a circuit board for supplying a drive signal for driving the ejecting portion;a first flexible printed circuit board for electrically connecting the first head chip and the circuit board; anda second flexible printed circuit board for electrically connecting the second head chip and the circuit board,wherein the circuit board and each of the first flexible printed circuit board and the second flexible printed circuit board are electrically connected on one surface of the circuit board.2. A liquid jet head according to claim 1 , wherein the first flexible printed circuit board and the second flexible printed circuit board overlap so as to have one of a V-shape and a Y-shape when seen in plan view.3. A liquid jet head according to claim 2 , wherein the first flexible printed circuit board and the second flexible printed circuit board do not overlap each other when seen from a direction of a normal to the one surface of the circuit board.4. A liquid jet head according to claim 2 , wherein:the first head chip ...

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Номер записи: 63
04-04-2013 дата публикации

Water-Based Ink Set for Ink-Jet Recording, Water-Based Ink, and Ink-Jet Recording Method

Номер: US20130083145A1
Автор: Ayako OHISHI, Mitsunori Maeda
Принадлежит: Brother Industries Ltd

A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording, includes two or more water-based inks each of which contains a colorant, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent; wherein at least one ink among the two or more water-based inks contains a dye represented by a general formula (1), and at least one ink among the two or more water-based inks contains a cationic polymer:

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Номер записи: 64
18-04-2013 дата публикации

System for adjusting the base of the print head of a plotter

Номер: US20130093816A1
Автор: Antoni BALSELLS MERCADÉ, Antoni GUIMERÀ PEDROLA, Francesc Masgrau Lagresa
Принадлежит: Tkt Brainpower SL

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 ( 1 ) and a substantially horizontal adjustable part ( 2 ), and it is characterized in that said adjustment means comprise a substantially vertical rotating shaft ( 4 ) located between said adjustable part ( 2 ) and said fixed part ( 1 ); at least one substantially horizontal adjustment element ( 3 ) regulating the angular position of said adjustable part ( 2 ) with respect to said fixed part ( 1 ); and a plurality of substantially vertical adjustment elements ( 3 ) regulating the inclination and height of said adjustable part ( 2 ) with respect to said fixed part ( 1 ). It enables the base of the print head to be regulated easily and precisely, without any play.

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Номер записи: 65
25-04-2013 дата публикации

Printing apparatus and printing method

Номер: US20130100191A1
Автор: Hiroshi Wada, Kazuyoshi Tanase, Kimitaka Kamijo, Mitsuhisa Ando, Takamitsu Kondo, Toru Miyamoto, Toru Takahashi
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A head unit is provided that includes a plurality of head groups having a first head and a second head in a direction which crosses a transport direction of a medium. Color difference is obtained which indicates difference in color between patches formed for each band using dots having the same dot diameter from among a plurality of patches based on the result of color measurement performed on a test pattern which includes the plurality of patches for each band, the plurality of patches being formed for each head group using dots having different dot diameters. The amount of first ink and the amount of second ink, which are respectively ejected from the first head and the second head which are included in all the head groups, are adjusted such that the dot diameter becomes the dot diameter which is determined based on the color difference.

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Номер записи: 66
25-04-2013 дата публикации

Printing apparatus and inspection method

Номер: US20130100193A1
Автор: Akimitsu Hoshi, Ryosuke Sato
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

There are provided a printing apparatus and an inspection method which can reduce a position deviation of an inspection pattern upon reading the inspection pattern to perform an accurate inspection. A sheet conveyance misalignment in a continuous sheet is corrected in a corrective unit. The inspection pattern is printed on the corrected sheet by a print head of an inkjet type, and the sheet on which the inspection pattern is printed is dried. A sheet conveyance misalignment in the dried sheet is again corrected in the corrective unit, and the inspection pattern of the corrected sheet is read to perform a color shading inspection.

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Номер записи: 67
02-05-2013 дата публикации

PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD

Номер: US20130106935A1
Автор: HOSHII Jun
Принадлежит: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

An optical sensor that outputs a signal based on reflected light intensity is moved in a second direction orthogonal to a transport direction of a medium. A pattern containing patches representing a plurality of gradation levels between a first gradation level and a second gradation level denser than the first is formed such that each patch is located at a different position in the second direction. Signals of the patch of the second gradation level and another patch are outputted. Then signals are outputted with respect to positions in the second direction in a blank region onto which ink has not been dispensed, one of the positions being located at the same position as the patch of the second gradation level, the other position being located at the another patch, so as to correct a dispensing amount corresponding to the gradation level of the another patch. 1. A printing apparatus , comprising:a transport unit that transports a medium in a first direction;a head that dispenses ink while moving in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; andan optical sensor that emits light on the medium while moving in the second direction and outputs a signal based on intensity of reflected light,the printing apparatus being configured to, when correcting a dispensing amount of the ink by using a patch pattern composed of a patch of a first gradation level, a patch of a second gradation level denser than the first gradation level, and a plurality of patches each presenting a different gradation level between the first gradation level and the second gradation level:form the patch pattern such that the patches are located at different positions in the second direction;output the signal of the patch of the second gradation level and the signal of a patch in the patch pattern other than the patch of the second gradation level, thereby measuring density;output the signal of a position in a blank region on the medium onto which the ink has not been dispensed, the position ...

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Номер записи: 68
16-05-2013 дата публикации

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

Номер: US20130120482A1
Автор: Nishikawa Hiromitsu
Принадлежит: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

This invention enhances gloss uniformity of a formed image surface by selectively using colorless inks according to dot layouts of colored inks. A dot-layout unit sets colored dot layouts for respective colors of colored ink data. A colorless-dot-layout unit sets a colorless dot layout for one colorless ink with reference to a colorless dot layout table according to the colored ink data. An image is formed according to the colored and colorless dot layouts. In the colorless dot layout table, when a specular glossiness calculated according to the colored dot layouts is high, the colorless dot layout is set to superpose a colorless ink having a low refractive index on a colored ink having a high refractive index. Conversely, when the specular glossiness is low, the colorless dot layout is set to superpose a colorless ink having a high refractive index on a colored ink having a low refractive index. 1. An image forming apparatus , which forms an image using a plurality of colors of colored inks which contain pigment color materials and have different refractive indices , and a plurality of types of colorless inks which contain colorless materials and have different refractive indices , comprising:a color separating means for acquiring colored ink data for respective colors of the colored inks by color separation processing for each pixel of input color image data;a colored dot layout means for setting, for each pixel, colored dot layouts of the respective colors of the colored inks according to tone levels of the respective colors indicated by the colored ink data;a colorless dot layout means for setting, for each pixel, a colorless dot layout for one of the plurality of types of colorless inks with reference to a colorless dot layout table using the colored ink data as indices; andan image forming means for forming a color image on a recording medium by recording, for each pixel, the respective colored inks in the colored dot layouts, and the colorless ink set by said ...

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Номер записи: 69
16-05-2013 дата публикации

Fluid Ejecting Apparatus and Fluid Ejecting Method

Номер: US20130120483A1
Автор: Bunji Ishimoto, Takeshi Tanoue
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A fluid ejecting apparatus includes first and second nozzle groups that eject first and second fluids respectively; a third nozzle group that does not eject any fluid; and a controlling section that performs image formation and transportation operations, including ejecting the first and second fluids while moving the first and second nozzle groups in a movement direction, and transporting the medium relative to the first and second nozzle groups in a predetermined direction. The controlling section performs control for forming a first image using the first nozzle group and for forming a second image on the first image using at least the second nozzle group. Relative to the predetermined direction, the first nozzle group is located upstream of the second nozzle group, and the third nozzle group is located downstream of the first nozzle group and is located upstream of the second nozzle group.

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Номер записи: 70
16-05-2013 дата публикации

PAPER USED IN AN INKJET PRINTER, AND PRELIMINARY EJECTION METHOD FOR AN INKJET PRINTER

Номер: US20130120489A1
Автор: ITO Kiyoshi, Kobayashi Naoki
Принадлежит: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Paper used in an inkjet printer has a recording area where information is recorded; a non-recording area where information is not recorded; and an open part formed in the non-recording area. 1. Paper that is used in an inkjet printer and comprises:a recording area where information is recorded;a non-recording area where information is not recorded; andan open part formed in the non-recording area.2. The paper used in the inkjet printer described in claim 1 , wherein:the open part has a first opening, and a second opening that is formed separated from the first opening in a first direction and a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.3. The paper used in the inkjet printer described in claim 2 , wherein:the recording area has a first width in the first direction; andthe length from one end of the first opening in the first direction to the other end of the second opening in the first direction is equal to the first width or is longer than the first width.4. The paper used in the inkjet printer described in claim 3 , wherein:the first opening is formed at one side of the recording area in the second direction; andthe second opening is formed at the other side of the recording area in the second direction.5. The paper used in an inkjet printer described in claim 3 , wherein:the open part is open along the first direction of the recording area.6. The paper used in the inkjet printer described in claim 1 , further comprising:a label with a recording side on which information is recorded and an adhesive side coated with adhesive; anda liner to which the label is affixed;wherein the recording area is on the recording surface of the label, andthe open part is formed in an area where the label is not affixed to the liner.7. The paper used in the inkjet printer described in claim 2 , further comprising:a perforation formed in the first direction of the first opening.8. The paper used in the inkjet printer described in claim 1 , wherein:the recording ...

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Номер записи: 71
16-05-2013 дата публикации

INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING ROWS OF PRINTHEAD SEGMENTS

Номер: US20130120497A1
Автор: King Tobin Allen, Silverbrook Kia
Принадлежит: ZAMTEC LIMITED

An inkjet printhead includes: a first row of longitudinally spaced apart first printhead segments, each first printhead segment having a plurality of nozzle rows configured for ejecting a plurality of different colored inks; and a second row of longitudinally spaced apart second printhead segments, the second row being parallel with the first row, each second printhead segment having a plurality of nozzle rows configured for ejecting a plurality of different colored inks The first and second printhead segments overlap in a media feed direction transverse to the first and second rows so as to provide seamless printing across a width of the printhead. 17-. (canceled)9. The inkjet printhead of claim 8 , wherein each printhead segment is mounted to a printhead segment carrier.10. The inkjet printhead of claim 8 , wherein each printhead segment is connected to a power and data supply via connections positioned on an outer face of each printhead segment claim 8 , said outer face containing the plurality of nozzle rows.11. The inkjet printhead of claim 8 , wherein said connections extend longitudinally along an edge portion of the outer face.12. The inkjet printhead of claim 11 , wherein each printhead segment is configured to receive the different colored inks via a backside face of the printhead segment claim 11 , said backside face being opposite the outer face. The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/563,967 filed Sep. 21, 2009, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/730,788 filed Apr. 4, 2007, now issued U.S. Pat. No. 7,604,314, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/990,527 filed on Nov. 18, 2004, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,210,762, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/803,922 filed on Mar. 19, 2004, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,830,315, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/609,140 filed on Jun. 30, 2000, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,755,513 all of which are ...

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Номер записи: 72
16-05-2013 дата публикации

Printing device, printing method and program thereof

Номер: US20130120769A1
Автор: Toshiaki Kakutani
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A printing device includes the following features. The first dot group in which dots are formed based on the first printing condition and the second dot group in which dots are formed based on a printing condition which is different from the first printing condition are formed together in a common region. In the common region, when the printing is performed in a plurality of conditions such that a difference of the dot pitch between a formation position of dots belonging to the first pixel group and a formation position of dots belonging to the second pixel group is 2/720 inch to 5/720 inch, the change in CIEL*a*b* of the printed image is within the preliminary determined range.

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Номер записи: 73
23-05-2013 дата публикации

PRINT APPARATUS, PRINT METHOD, AND PRINT SHEET

Номер: US20130127941A1
Автор: NAKANO Tomoyuki, SUZUKI Katsuhito
Принадлежит: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

A print apparatus performing printing on a print medium that includes a lenticular lens and an ink absorption layer that absorbs ink includes a print head that ejects a plurality of types of ink and a control section that controls the driving of the print head. In the print apparatus, in a case in which at least one type of ink among the plurality of types of ink is ink the visibility of which is reduced when the ink is absorbed in the ink absorption layer, the control section controls ink different from the ink the visibility of which is reduced has been ejected before the ink the visibility of which is reduced dries when the ink the visibility of which is reduced is ejected on the side opposite to the mounting side of the lenticular lens in the print medium from the print head. 1. A print apparatus that performs printing on a print medium including a lenticular lens and an ink absorption layer that is located on a surface opposite to a surface where the lenticular lens is located , the print apparatus comprising:a plurality of types of ink;a print head that ejects the plurality of types of ink; anda control section that controls driving of the print head, whereinin a case in which at least one type of ink among the plurality of types of ink installed in the print apparatus is first ink the visibility of which is reduced after the first ink is absorbed in the ink absorption layer as compared with the visibility before the absorption, when the first ink is ejected from the print head to the ink absorption layer of the print medium, the control section controls second ink different from the first ink to be ejected to at least a location to which the first ink has been ejected before the first ink dries.2. The print apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein claim 1 ,the control section controls the second ink to be further ejected to a location to which the first ink and the second ink have been ejected and the first ink has dried.3. The print apparatus according to ...

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Номер записи: 74
23-05-2013 дата публикации

INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD

Номер: US20130127942A1
Автор: Edamura Tetsuya, Maru Akiko, Nakano Takatoshi, TAIRA Hiroshi, Takahashi Kiichiro, Teshigawara Minoru
Принадлежит: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

In an inkjet printing method of performing printing on a printing medium by ejecting inks from a printing head configured to eject chromatic inks and an achromatic ink while moving the printing head, high-quality printing with few boundary stripes produced when the amount of inks is large is realized without complicated control being performed. To this end, print data in a boundary and the vicinity thereof is divided into unit regions, and for each unit region, performed are (A) a first reduction processing which determines a hue of the unit region based on amounts of the chromatic inks, and reduces the amount of chromatic inks applied to the unit region according to the determined hue; and (B) a second reduction processing which reduces an amount of achromatic ink based on the amount of achromatic ink applied to the unit region. 1. An inkjet printing apparatus which performs printing on a printing medium by ejecting ink from a printing unit configured to eject different chromatic ink and an achromatic ink while moving the printing unit relative to the printing medium , comprising:an acquiring unit configured to acquire, for each unit region obtained by dividing a region including a vicinity of a boundary between bands to be printed by movements of the printing unit, information on amounts of inks to be applied to the unit region; anda reduction processing unit configured to perform a first reduction processing which determines a hue of the unit region based on the information on the amounts of the chromatic ink to be applied to the unit region acquired by the acquiring unit and reduces each of the amounts of the chromatic ink to be applied to the unit region according to the determined hue; and a second reduction processing which reduces the amount of the achromatic ink to be applied to the unit region based on the information on the amount of the achromatic ink to be applied to the unit region acquired by the acquiring unit.2. An inkjet printing apparatus as ...

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Номер записи: 75
30-05-2013 дата публикации

Liquid ejecting device

Номер: US20130135390A1
Автор: Shinya Yamamoto
Принадлежит: Brother Industries Ltd

A supporting section is disposed to confront an ejection surface and supports a recording medium. A first tank is mounted on a first-tank mount section. A liquid conveying section conveys liquid to a liquid ejecting head. A receiving section receives liquid ejected from the liquid ejecting head. A waste-liquid conveying section conveys liquid to the waste-liquid tank. A first casing holds the liquid ejecting head, the first-tank mount section, and the liquid conveying section. A second casing holds the supporting section, the receiving section, the waste-liquid tank, and the waste-liquid conveying section. The first casing is connected with the second casing such that the first casing is movable relative to the second casing. The first casing takes a first position at which the ejection surface confronts the supporting section and a second position at which the ejection surface is farther away from the supporting section than at the first position.

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Номер записи: 76
13-06-2013 дата публикации

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Номер: US20130147871A1
Автор: Wakui Takashi
Принадлежит: FUJIFILM Corporation

At least two dot formers are provided for each of a plurality of colors. Dot formers, which form dots in a particular color, are disposed at a greater interval along a direction perpendicular to an array direction of dot forming elements than intervals along the direction perpendicular to the array direction at which other dot formers, which form dots in the remaining colors, are disposed. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:at least two dot formers each including a plurality of dot forming elements arranged along an array direction for ejecting droplets to form dots in one color on a recording medium; anda dot formation controller for independently controlling the at least two dot formers to form the dots successively at a plurality of times to generate image arrays while the at least two dot formers and the recording medium are moved relatively to each other, wherein:the at least two dot formers and the recording medium are moved relatively to each other in a direction perpendicular to the array direction;the at least two dot formers are provided for each of a plurality of colors; andthe at least two dot formers, which form the dots in a particular one of the plurality of colors, are disposed at a greater interval along the direction perpendicular to the array direction than the intervals along the direction perpendicular to the array direction at which the at least two dot formers, which form the dots in the remaining ones of the plurality of colors, are disposed.2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the interval along the direction perpendicular to the array direction is determined based on visibility of the colors of the dots; andthe particular one of the plurality of colors comprises a color the visibility of which is highest among the plurality of colors.3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the visibility is quantified based on granularity taking into account human visual response characteristics.4. The ...

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Номер записи: 77
13-06-2013 дата публикации

Recording apparatus

Номер: US20130147872A1
Автор: Hiromasa Yoneyama
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A method includes providing a sheet on which a color patch to be subjected to colorimetric measurement by a colorimetric unit and a pattern corresponding to the color patch and used for obtaining a distance from a portion where the pattern is read to a portion where the colorimetric measurement of the color patch is performed when the colorimetric unit reads the pattern are recorded, obtaining the distance from the portion where the pattern is read to the portion where the colorimetric measurement of the color patch is performed by reading the pattern on the sheet by the colorimetric unit, moving the sheet based on the obtained distance, and performing colorimetric measurement on the color patch by the colorimetric unit.

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Номер записи: 78
13-06-2013 дата публикации

LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Номер: US20130147887A1
Автор: Hashimoto Kenichiro, Kimura Yu
Принадлежит:

A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle that discharges liquid droplets, a common liquid chamber that supplies liquid to an individual liquid chamber that is in communication with the nozzle, and a filter plate that is arranged in a liquid flow path of the common liquid chamber. The filter plate includes a filter part that filters the liquid and a damper part that reduces a pressure variation in the common liquid chamber, and the filter part is arranged to be thicker than the damper part. 1. A liquid discharge head comprising:a nozzle that discharges liquid droplets;a common liquid chamber that supplies liquid to an individual liquid chamber that is in communication with the nozzle; anda filter plate that is arranged in a liquid flow path of the common liquid chamber and includes a filter part that filters the liquid and a damper part that reduces a pressure variation in the common liquid chamber; whereinthe filter part is arranged to be thicker than the damper part.2. The liquid discharge head as claimed in claim 1 , whereinthe filter part and the damper part are arranged in a nozzle alignment direction; andthe damper part is arranged into a quadrangle shape in planar view with a long side and a short side having substantially a same length.3. The liquid discharge head as claimed in claim 1 , whereinthe damper part is arranged at both sides of the filter part in the nozzle alignment direction.4. The liquid discharge head as claimed in claim 1 , whereinthe filter plate includes a thickened part that is thicker than the filter part arranged at a nozzle alignment direction side edge portion of the filter plate; andthe thickened part includes a top portion that is arranged into an overhanging portion.5. An image forming apparatus comprising:a liquid discharge head that includesa nozzle that discharges liquid droplets;a common liquid chamber that supplies liquid to an individual liquid chamber that is in communication with the nozzle; anda filter plate that is ...

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Номер записи: 79
20-06-2013 дата публикации

PARTICLE REMOVAL DEVICE FOR INK JET PRINTER

Номер: US20130155130A1
Автор: Paschkewitz John Steven, Shrader Eric J.
Принадлежит: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED

A particle removal device for an ink jet printer is discussed. The particle removal device includes a first separator comprising an arrangement of obstacles including at least two rows of obstacles that extend laterally with respect to a flow path of ink in the first separator. The rows of obstacles are offset from one another by a row offset fraction. The arrangement of obstacles is configured to preferentially route larger particles having diameters greater than a critical diameter through the arrangement and along a first trajectory vector that is angled with respect to the direction of the flow path of the ink. The angle of the first trajectory vector with respect to the ink flow path is a function of the row offset fraction. Smaller particles having diameters less than the critical diameter travel through the arrangement along a second trajectory vector that is not substantially angled with respect to the flow path of the ink. The first separator causes a pressure drop of the ink of less than about 100 Pa. 1. A particle removal device for an ink jet printer , comprising a first separator , comprising:an arrangement of obstacles including at least two rows of obstacles, each of the obstacles extending laterally with respect to a flow path of ink in the first separator, the rows of obstacles offset from one another by a row offset fraction, the arrangement of obstacles configured to preferentially route larger particles having diameters greater than a critical diameter through the arrangement along a first trajectory vector that is angled with respect to the flow path of the ink, the angle of the first trajectory vector being a function of the row offset fraction, and to route smaller particles having diameters less than the critical diameter through the arrangement along a second trajectory that is not substantially angled with respect to the flow path of the ink while maintaining a pressure drop of the ink in the first separator of less than about 100 Pa.2. The ...

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Номер записи: 80
27-06-2013 дата публикации

PRINTED ARTICLES WITH OPTICALLY VARIABLE PROPERTIES

Номер: US20130161939A1
Автор: Chen Tienteh, Kasperchik Vladek, Shaarawi Mohammed S.
Принадлежит: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

A printed article with optically variable properties that includes a printable media on which a printed feature has been formed with an ink composition. Said ink composition contains metal oxide particles that have an average particle size in the range of about 3 to about 180 nm and that have a refractive index superior or equal to 1.2. The printable media contains a bottom supporting substrate, an ink-absorbing layer and a metallized top layer with pore diameters that are smaller than the size of the metal oxide particles, and the ink composition forms, onto the printable media, a printed feature that exhibits optically variable properties. 1. A printed article with optically variable properties comprising a printable media on which a printed feature has been formed with an ink composition wherein:a. said ink composition comprises metal oxide particles that have an average particle size in the range of about 3 to about 180 nm and that have a refractive index superior or equal to 1.2;b. said printable media contains a bottom supporting substrate, an ink-absorbing layer and a metallized top layer with pore diameters that are smaller than the size of the metal oxide particles;c. and wherein the ink composition forms onto said printable media a printed feature that exhibits optically variable properties.2. The printed article with optically variable properties of wherein the printed feature has been formed via inkjet printing technique.3. The printed article with optically variable properties of wherein the ink composition forms claim 1 , onto the printable media claim 1 , a printed feature that has a thickness that is between about 40 nm and about 600 nm.4. The printed article with optically variable properties of claim 1 , wherein the ink composition forms claim 1 , onto the printable media claim 1 , a printed feature that has a density in the range of about 3 to about 80 μg/cm.5. The printed article with optically variable properties of wherein the printable media ...

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Номер записи: 81
27-06-2013 дата публикации

Real-time linefeed measurement of inkjet printer

Номер: US20130162710A1
Автор: Hisashi Ishikawa, Jumpei Ashida
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

Disclosed is a method of determining line feed error in an image forming apparatus for printing an image, said image forming apparatus comprising a print head having a head sensor configured to sense information from the image printed on a print medium, said method comprising the steps of printing a first swath of the image on the print medium, repositioning the print head relative to the print medium by at least one line feed distance, determining a line feed error based upon information sensed from the printed first swath by the head sensor, and printing, using the determined line feed error, a second swath of the halftone image on the print medium.

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Номер записи: 82
27-06-2013 дата публикации

METALIZED PRINTABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

Номер: US20130162740A1
Автор: Chen Tienteh, Kasperchik Vladek, Shaarawi Mohammed S.
Принадлежит: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

A metalized printable recording medium including a porous metallic reflective top layer, a porous ink-absorbing layer and a bottom supporting substrate. Method to form such printable recording medium and method to form printed images on the metalized printable recording medium are also disclosed. 1. A metalized printable recording medium comprising:a. a porous metallic reflective top layer,b. a porous ink-absorbing layer,c. and a bottom supporting substrate.2. The metalized printable recording medium according to wherein the porous metallic reflective top layer is formed with metals selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al) claim 1 , titanium (Ti) claim 1 , silver (Ag) claim 1 , chromium (Cr) claim 1 , nickel (Ni) claim 1 , gold (Au) claim 1 , cobalt (Co) claim 1 , copper (Cu) claim 1 , platinum (Pt) claim 1 , palladium (Pd) claim 1 , rhodium (Rh) and alloys thereof.3. The metalized printable recording medium according to wherein the porous metallic reflective top layer is formed with aluminum (Al).4. The metalized printable recording medium according to wherein the thickness of the porous metallic reflective top layer is in the range of about 5 nm to about 200 nm.5. The metalized printable recording medium according to wherein the porous metallic reflective top layer has an average pore size in the range of about 5 nm to about 150 nm.6. The metalized printable recording medium according to wherein the porous metallic reflective top layer is formed with aluminum claim 1 , has an average pore size in the range of about 5 nm to about 150 nm and has a thickness in the range of about 10 nm to about 150 nm.7. The metalized printable recording medium according to wherein the porous ink-absorbing layer includes inorganic pigment particles and at least one binder.8. The metalized printable recording medium according to wherein the porous ink-absorbing layer contains fumed silica or fumed alumina that have an average particle size ranging from about 120 nm to about ...

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Номер записи: 83
04-07-2013 дата публикации

Image forming method and image formed matter

Номер: US20130169724A1
Автор: Hiroshi Gotou
Принадлежит: Ricoh Co Ltd

An image forming method including: applying a pre-treatment liquid to a recording medium; and applying a stimulus to an inkjet ink to jet the inkjet ink onto the recording medium, onto which the pre-treatment liquid has been applied, so as to form an image on the recording medium, wherein the pre-treatment liquid contains a water-soluble aliphatic organic acid, a water-soluble organic monoamine compound, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and the inkjet ink contains an aqueous pigment dispersion in which a pigment is dispersed with an anionic dispersant or nonionic dispersant, a water-soluble organic solvent, an anionic ionomer-based aqueous urethane resin, a surfactant, a penetrating agent, and water, and wherein the pre-treatment liquid contains 1 molar equivalent or higher of the water-soluble organic monoamine compound relative to an acid group contained in the water-soluble aliphatic organic acid.

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Номер записи: 84
11-07-2013 дата публикации

Led curable compositions

Номер: US20130176370A1
Автор: Johan Loccufier
Принадлежит: Agfa Gevaert NV

A radiation curable composition includes a) at least one monomer comprising at least one vinyl ether group and at least one (meth)acrylate group; and b) at least one diffusion hindered photoinitiator selected from the group consisting of a polymeric photoinitiator, a multifunctional photoinitiator and a polymerizable photoinitiator characterized in that the diffusion hindered photoinitiator includes at least one structural moiety according to Formula (I): wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group, a halogen, an ether, a thioether, an aldehyde, a ketone, an ester, an amide, an amine and a nitro group; R1 and R2 may represent the necessary atoms to form a five to eight membered ring; and the dotted line represents the covalent bond of the structural moiety according to Formula (I) to the diffusion hindered photoinitiator.

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Номер записи: 85
18-07-2013 дата публикации

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

Номер: US20130182027A1
Автор: Wakui Takashi
Принадлежит: FUJIFILM Corporation

Ink droplets are ejected from a plurality of dot forming elements arranged along an array direction to form dots of at least two sizes on a recording medium. If the dots formed along the array direction are classified into a plurality of groups depending on a plurality of times, the existing ratio of dots of a smaller one of the at least two sizes is higher for one of the groups of an earlier time of the times. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:a dot former including a plurality of dot forming elements arranged along an array direction for ejecting droplets to form dots of at least two sizes on a recording medium;a dot formation controller for controlling the dot former based on a control signal supplied to the dot formation controller, to form the dots successively at a plurality of times to generate image arrays along the array direction while the dot former and the recording medium are being moved relatively to each other; anda signal converter for converting an input image signal into the control signal supplied to the dot formation controller such that if the dots formed along the array direction are classified into a plurality of groups depending on the plurality of times, an existing ratio of dots of a smaller one of the at least two sizes is higher for one of the groups of an earlier time of the times.2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the signal converter includes a halftoning processor for performing a halftoning process on a continuous-tone image signal depending on the input image signal to acquire a multivalued image signal having fewer gradation levels than the continuous-tone image signal.3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the signal converter further includes a gradation processor for performing a gradation process depending on the classified groups on the input image signal claim 2 , thereby to generate the continuous-tone image signal in which the existing ratio of dots of the smaller one ...

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Номер записи: 86
18-07-2013 дата публикации

Print method, print device, and program

Номер: US20130182042A1
Автор: Naoki Sudo, Yasutaka Uchida
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A print device for moving a print head in a scanning direction and printing image data onto a print medium includes a color nozzle row, which is a nozzle row in which nozzles for ejecting P (where P is an integer 2 or higher) types of color ink are arranged side by side in a direction intersecting with the scanning direction, wherein the color nozzle row is constituted of P color nozzle groups, and a black nozzle row, which is a nozzle row in which nozzles for ejecting black ink are arranged side by side in parallel with the direction intersecting with the scanning direction and in parallel with the color nozzle row, wherein the black nozzle row is constituted of P black nozzle groups.

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Номер записи: 87
18-07-2013 дата публикации

Printing method

Номер: US20130183501A1
Автор: Jayprakash C. Bhatt, Vladek Kasperchik, Vladimir Jakubek
Принадлежит: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP

A method for producing printed articles that encompasses providing a first ink composition that contains metal oxide particles with an average particle size in the range of about 3 to about 300 nm; providing a second ink composition that contains colored pigments dispersed in an ink vehicle; providing a printable media having a bottom supporting substrate and an ink-absorbing layer with pore diameters that are smaller than the size of the metal oxide pigment particles and colored pigments; and sequentially applying, on the same print area, the first and the second ink compositions onto said printable media. Also disclosed herein are the printed articles obtained according to the present method.

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Номер записи: 88
01-08-2013 дата публикации

Image processing method and image processing apparatus

Номер: US20130194327A1
Автор: HAJIME Nagai, Katsushi Hara, Naoko Baba, Satoshi Hayashi
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

It is an objective of the present invention to provide an image processing method that can perform an accurate calibration corresponding to an ink receiving characteristic of a printing medium. The present invention obtains information regarding an ink amount that can be applied to a unit area of a printing medium. Then, the present invention determines, based on the information obtained, a combination of a plurality of ink application amounts corresponding to a plurality of first patches for adjusting ink application amounts corresponding to the respective gradation levels of an image to be printed on the printing medium.

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Номер записи: 89
08-08-2013 дата публикации

Printing Apparatus, Printing Method and Printed Matter

Номер: US20130201232A1
Автор: Hidenori Usuda, Takayoshi Kagata
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A printing apparatus includes a first nozzle through which to discharge color ink to form a first dot, a second nozzle through which to discharge at least one of white ink, clear ink, and first glitter ink to form a second dot, a third nozzle through which to discharge second glitter ink, lower in diffuse reflection rate than the ink discharged from the second nozzle, to form a third dot, in which an image to be visually recognized from the opposite side of an image formation side via a printable medium is formed by forming a glittering base layer, resulting from the third dot, on a color image and the second dot, after forming the color image, resulting from the first dot, on the printable medium and forming the second dot on the first dot making up the color image.

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Номер записи: 90
08-08-2013 дата публикации

Image recording apparatus, image processing apparatus, image recording method and image processing method, and recording medium

Номер: US20130201234A1
Автор: Hiroyuki Sasayama
Принадлежит: Fujifilm Corp

According to the present invention, recording density information indicating a recording density of a plurality of recording elements is acquired on the basis of a test chart for density measurement output to a recording medium after carrying out recording defect correction in respect of existing recording elements having a recording defect, recording elements which record in the periphery of a new recording element having a recording defect are extracted as correction hold recording elements on the basis of a test chart for recording defect detection output to the recording medium, predetermined density correction values are set in respect of the correction hold recording elements, density correction values calculated on the basis of the acquired recording density information are set in respect of recording elements other than the correction hold recording elements, and output image data is output to the recording medium on the basis of the set density correction values.

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Номер записи: 91
08-08-2013 дата публикации

INKJET PRINTHEAD AND METHOD OF PRINTING WITH MULTIPLE DROP VOLUMES

Номер: US20130201235A1
Автор: Xie Yonglin
Принадлежит:

A printhead and a method of ejecting liquid droplets are provided. The method includes providing a printhead operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of drop volumes V, for i equal to 1 through n, where n≧2, with V>Vwhen j>i. One of the plurality of drop volumes is a minimum drop volume V, and a difference in drop volumes between successively larger drops equals (V−V) which is less than V, for k equal to 1 through n−1. The method also includes ejecting liquid drops through the printhead. 1. A method of ejecting ink droplets , comprising:{'sub': min', 'min, 'providing a printhead operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of drop volumes, the printhead including a plurality of nozzles of different nozzle sizes through which the liquid drops are ejected, the plurality of nozzles including a first nozzle and a second nozzle, the size of the first nozzle being smaller when compared to the size of the second nozzle, the volume of the liquid drop ejected from the first nozzle being a minimum drop volume V, respective increments between adjacent drop volumes being Подробнее

Номер записи: 92
08-08-2013 дата публикации

INKJET PRINTHEAD AND METHOD OF PRINTING WITH MULTIPLE DROP VOLUMES

Номер: US20130201236A1
Автор: Xie Yonglin
Принадлежит:

A printhead and a method of ejecting liquid droplets are provided. The method includes providing a printhead operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of drop volumes V, for i equal to 1 through n, where n>2, with V>Vwhen j>i. One of the plurality of drop volumes is a minimum drop volume V, and a difference in drop volumes between successively larger drops equals (V−V) which is less than V, for k equal to 1 through n−1. The method also includes ejecting liquid drops through the printhead. 1. A method of ejecting ink droplets , comprising:{'sub': min', 'max', 'min, 'providing a printhead operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of drop volumes, the printhead including a plurality of nozzles of different nozzle sizes through which the liquid drops are ejected toward a pixel location, the plurality of nozzles including a first nozzle and a second nozzle, the size of the first nozzle being smaller when compared to the size of the second nozzle, the volume of the liquid drop ejected from the first nozzle being a minimum drop volume V, another of the plurality of drop volumes ejected from the second nozzle being a maximum drop volume Vthat is less than two times the minimum drop volume V; and'}ejecting liquid drops through the first nozzle and the second nozzle of the printhead toward the same pixel location.2. The method of ejecting ink droplets as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the minimum drop volume Vis ≦2.0 pL.3. The method of ejecting ink droplets as set forth in claim 1 , wherein δ=(V−V)1 pl and δ<1 pl for k equal to 1 through n−1. This is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/179,788 filed Jul. 25, 2008.The present invention relates to inkjet printing. It ...

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Номер записи: 93
08-08-2013 дата публикации

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

Номер: US20130201501A1
Автор: Akira Shibasaki, Hiromitsu Nishikawa
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

An image processing apparatus includes a conversion unit configured to convert image data corresponding to a pixel of interest in an image into color material data corresponding to a color material amount of a chromatic color material, and a generation unit configured to generate color material data corresponding to a color material amount of an achromatic color material at the pixel of interest in such a manner that the color material data corresponding to the color material amount of the achromatic color material at the pixel of interest is different from color material data corresponding to a color material amount of the achromatic color material at a pixel adjacent to the pixel of interest.

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Номер записи: 94
15-08-2013 дата публикации

Aqueous inkjet inks containing polymeric binders with components to interact with cellulose

Номер: US20130208039A1
Автор: C Chad Roberts, Christian Jackson, Patrick F Mcintyre
Принадлежит: EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co

Disclosed are aqueous inkjet inks containing a polymeric ink additive as a binder. The binder contains a component capable of interacting with cellulose. Certain heterocycles having similar Hansen solubility parameters as cellulose were incorporated into the polymeric binders. Prints from these inks have better durability and optical properties than similar additives that do not have the components capable of interacting with cellulose.

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Номер записи: 95
22-08-2013 дата публикации

Systems, methods and articles related to machine-readable indicia and symbols

Номер: US20130215168A1
Автор: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Thomas A. Furness, III
Принадлежит: Visualant Inc

A system employs combinations of marking media, each with respective distinguishing spectral characteristics to encode human comprehensible information in, and read human comprehensible information from, machine-readable indicia or symbols. Machine-readable indicia may be a single dot encoding information only in the combinations. Machine-readable symbols may be linear or two dimensional, spatially encoding information in the combinations, as well as spatially. A symbology may map at least the combinations to human-readable symbols or characters. A printer may form indicia or symbols with combinations of marking media. A reader may read indicia or symbols and decode information from at least the combinations of marking media. Different combinations may be visually homogenous, for example gray.

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Номер записи: 96
22-08-2013 дата публикации

Inkjet printer and correction value acquisition method

Номер: US20130215176A1
Автор: Keiji Hatano
Принадлежит: Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co Ltd

In an inkjet printer, a pattern for density correction that indicates a constant density image is printed on printing paper with a head having a plurality of outlet rows, and pattern image data that indicates the pattern is acquired. A target outlet that ejects ink toward a linear region having a missing part in the pattern is detected, and a reference outlet that is included in the same outlet row as the target outlet and located close to the target outlet is specified. A density correction value of the target outlet among density correction values that are acquired based on a density profile of the pattern is replaced with a representative value of a density correction value of the reference outlet. Through this, even if an ink ejection failure occurs in any of the outlets, appropriate density correction values can be obtained for a plurality of outlets.

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Номер записи: 97
29-08-2013 дата публикации

IMAGE FORMING METHOD

Номер: US20130222467A1
Автор: IRITA Kiyoshi, Ooishi Yasufumi
Принадлежит: FUJIFILM Corporation

An image forming method including applying a treatment liquid; and applying a first ink containing a pigment, water, and polymer particles of with the content is 1.0 mass % to 3.0 mass %, and applying a second ink having a different hue to the first ink onto the applied first ink at an ink droplet speed of 6 m/sec to 10 m/sec to form a multi-color image, in which an interval from a landing time point of the first ink to a landing time point of the second ink is 200 msec or less, and a dot diameter φ2 of the second ink, and a dot diameter φ1 of the second ink in an ink droplet amount equal to an ink droplet amount in the forming of the multi-color image satisfy a relationship of 0.90≦φ2/φ1≦1.10. 1. An image forming method comprising:applying a treatment liquid containing an aggregation component capable of aggregating components in an ink composition to a recording medium to form a treatment liquid application face;applying a first ink composition containing a pigment, water, and polymer particles of which a content is 1.0 mass % to 3.0 mass % with respect to the entire composition to the treatment liquid application face using an ink jet method; andapplying a second ink composition including a pigment and water and having a different hue to the first ink composition onto the applied first ink composition at an ink droplet speed of 6 m/sec to 10 m/sec to form a multi-color image using an ink jet method,in which an interval from a landing time point of the first ink composition to a landing time point of the second ink composition is 200 msec or less, anda dot diameter φ2 of the second ink composition applied onto the first ink composition, and a dot diameter φ1 of the second ink composition applied onto the treatment liquid application face in an ink droplet amount equal to an ink droplet amount in the forming of the multi-color image satisfy a relationship of 0.90≦φ2/φ1≦1.10.2. The image forming method according to claim 1 , wherein the recording medium is coated ...

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Номер записи: 98
29-08-2013 дата публикации

Liquid ejection apparatus, cleaning apparatus for liquid ejection head, and inkjet recording apparatus

Номер: US20130222476A1
Автор: Hiroshi Inoue
Принадлежит: Fujifilm Corp

A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head; a long wiping member configured to come in contact with and wipe a liquid ejection face of the head; a wiping member conveyance device configured to convey the wiping member in a lengthwise direction of the wiping member; an elastic member configured to elastically deform and apply a force to cause the wiping member to be pressed against the liquid ejection face through a pressing member when the wiping member comes in contact and pressed against the liquid ejection face; and a slack eliminating member arranged in a front side of the head in a direction of travel of the head with respect to the wiping member, the slack eliminating member being configured to eliminate slack in the wiping member caused by elastic deformation of the elastic member when the wiping member comes in contact with the slack eliminating member.

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Номер записи: 99
29-08-2013 дата публикации

Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method

Номер: US20130222479A1
Автор: Hiroaki Houjou
Принадлежит: Fujifilm Corp

There is provided an inkjet recording apparatus including: plural jetting heads that jet respectively different types of photocurable color inks onto a conveyed recording medium and which, when layer-jetting the different types of photocurable color inks onto the recording medium, first jet the photocurable color ink having the largest light blocking effect among the plural photocurable color inks that the plural jetting heads layer-jet; and an irradiation device that applies light to the photocurable color inks that have been jetted onto the recording medium.

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Номер записи: 100