| MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120121308 | PRINTER CUTTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTER CUTTER - A printer cutter includes a head device, a cutter device, a cutting controller, and a print controller. The head device is to print an image on a medium. The head device is relatively movable with respect to the medium. The cutter device is to cut the medium. The cutter device is relatively movable with respect to the medium. The cutting controller is configured to cut a printing region of the medium on which the image is to be printed by using the cutter device before the image is printed in the printing region. The print controller is configured to print the image in the printing region by using the head device after the printing region has been cut by the cutting controller. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120113187 | FLUSHING APPARATUS FOR INKJET PRINTER - A flushing apparatus includes a suction mechanism and an ink mist collecting mechanism. The suction mechanism is to suck ink mist. The ink mist collecting mechanism is to collect the ink mist by a suction force of the suction mechanism. The ink mist collecting mechanism includes an upper face part and a droplet forming member. The ink ejected from the nozzle is dropped on the upper face part. The upper face part includes a plurality of suction holes through which the ink mist is sucked into an inside of the ink mist collecting mechanism by the suction force of the suction mechanism. The droplet forming member is provided at a position corresponding to the plurality of the suction holes to provide droplets from the ink mist sucked through the plurality of the suction holes. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120103154 | CUTTING PLOTTER - A cutting plotter includes a medium supporter, a first guide rail, a second guide rail, a carriage, a work tool, a working controller, and a second direction displacement detector. The second direction displacement detector is configured to measure a second guide rail displacement amount. The second guide rail displacement amount indicates a magnitude of displacement of a moving path of the carriage from a predetermined moving path with respect to the second guide rail in a direction perpendicular to a second direction when the carriage is moved in the second direction along the second guide rail. The working controller is configured to execute a control in which a movement control of the second guide rail on the first guide rail is added so that the second guide rail displacement amount is corrected in a movement control of the carriage on the second guide rail. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120075394 | INK, INKJET PRINTER, AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - An ink includes a volatile organic solvent and a UV curable ink. The ink has a viscosity greater than or equal to 3 mPa·sec and less than or equal to 18 mPa·sec (at 25° C.). The UV curable ink has a viscosity of greater than or equal to 20 mPa·sec (at 25° C.). The UV curable ink comprises a pigment, an ultraviolet curable resin curable by an ultraviolet light, and a photopolymerization initiator. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120062660 | INK FILLING METHOD - In an ink filling method according to the present invention, a suction arrangement having a pump is air-tightly coupled to a head unit having a plurality of ink supply ports, and sucking is performed by using the pump, thereby supplying an ink stored in an ink supply source to a plurality of the ink supply ports via a flow channel arrangement including one ink flow channel that communicates with the ink supply source and a plurality of branched flow channels that branch out from the ink flow channel and communicate with corresponding ones of the ink supply ports. The sucking is stopped from a time point when one of the branched flow channels is entirely filled with the ink until air in the flow channel arrangement moves in a branching portion, and the sucking is resumed when the air has moved in the branching portion. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120026254 | INK SUPPLY DEVICE OF INKJET PRINTER AND BACKFLOW SHUTOFF MECHANISM OF THE SAME - An ink supply device for an inkjet printer is provided with a backflow shutoff mechanism ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120007914 | PRINTING METHOD - A printing method that is implemented on an inkjet printer includes applying an ultraviolet curable ink on a surface of a metal. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120001991 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION UNIT - An ultraviolet irradiation unit ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110316924 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus ( | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110310204 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - To provide a printing method that enhances bonding between a colored-ink layer and an overprint layer, flatten a surface of the overprint layer, and make it possible to print glossy images or decorative colors when performing overprinting on a colored ink print using an inkjet printer. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310179 | INKJET PRINTER, INKJET HEAD, AND PRINTING METHOD - To suitably use a metallic ink or a pearl-colored ink in an inkjet printer. Furthermore, to suitably use an ink containing a large-sized pigment in the inkjet printer. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110304868 | INKJET PRINTER, INKJET HEAD, AND PRINTING METHOD - To appropriately suppress an impact of an air resistance encountered by ink droplets discharged from nozzles of an inkjet head. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304670 | PRINTER DEVICE AND MAINTENANCE METHOD THEREOF - A printer device which can, using a relatively simple structure, remove foreign matter within a printer head. A printer device ( | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110285801 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer (P) is provided with a platen ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285799 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a platen having a placing face, a printing device, and a printing medium feeding device. A guide is provided on a feeding-out side via which a printing medium is to be fed out from the platen. The guide has a guide face. A printing medium temperature raising device is to heat the guide face so as to raise a temperature of the printing medium placed on the guide face. A temperature raising preventing device is provided between the guide face of the guide and a portion of the placing face facing a printing target region. The temperature raising preventing device is configured to prevent an extended portion of the printing medium from being heated by the printing medium temperature raising device. The extended portion corresponds an area which is extended to the feeding-out side by a predetermined length from the printing target region. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110283849 | CUTTING PLOTTER AND CUTTING METHOD THEREOF - A cutting plotter ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110279867 | INKJET PRINTER - In an inkjet printer, a feeding side tension applying means is provided with a feeding side tension adjustment mechanism, which is structured of a feeding side ballast arm that is extended toward a winding side tension applying means and vertically swingable around a rotation shaft perpendicular to a feeding direction of a printing medium and a feeding side ballast member that is attached to a tip end of the feeding side ballast arm, and a winding side tension applying means is provided with a winding side tension adjustment mechanism which is structured of a winding side ballast arm that is extended toward the feeding side tension applying means and vertically swingable around a rotation shaft perpendicular to the feeding direction of the printing medium “M” and a winding side ballast member that is attached to a tip end of the winding side ballast arm. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110224117 | INK CLEANING LIQUID - An ink cleaning liquid includes ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate and a surfactant. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221839 | COATING AGENT FOR UV CURABLE INKJET PRINTING - A coating agent for use in UV curable inkjet printing using nonaqueous UV ink. The coating agent includes a main component that is an organic-inorganic nanocomposite, and the coating agent is configured to form an undercoat before the inkjet printing or to form a finishing coat after the inkjet printing and UV curing. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221836 | BULK INK SUPPLY SYSTEM - A bulk ink supply system of an inkjet printer includes a connector, an ink flow path, and an on-off valve. The connector is attachable to and detachable from an ink container. The connector includes an ink guiding path formed in the connector. The ink flow path connects the ink guiding path and an inkjet head of the inkjet printer to supply an ink from the ink guiding path to the inkjet head. The on-off valve allows communication between the ink guiding path and the ink flow path when the ink container is attached to the connector and hinders communication between the ink guiding path and the ink flow path when the ink container is detached from the connector. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221835 | PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE FOR INKJET PRINTER - A pressure regulating valve for an inkjet printer includes a negative pressure generator including a negative pressure chamber, a pressure receiving member, and a pressure device. A sealing valve includes a pressure chamber, a valve element, and a valve element pressing device. A linkage mechanism includes a communication flow chamber and an operating lever swingably provided in the communication flow chamber and including an arm section, a first engagement section, and a second engagement section. A first length of the arm section is greater than a second length of the arm section. The first engagement section is pressed against the pressure receiving member to swing the operating lever and the second engagement section moves the valve element to open the sealing valve when the pressure receiving member is moved inwardly with respect to the negative pressure chamber against a force applied by the pressure device. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221818 | INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - An inkjet printer includes a guide rail that faces a medium support member and extends in a scanning direction. A head device includes a carriage movable in the scanning direction along the guide rail. A printer head is mounted on the carriage and is configured to discharge an ink toward a printing medium. An ultraviolet radiation device is mounted on the carriage and is configured to output an ultraviolet radiation toward the printing medium thereby curing the ink that has adhered onto the printing medium after being discharged from the printer head. The ultraviolet radiation device is arranged in the carriage on a side of the printer head in the scanning direction. An intensity controller is configured to control an intensity of the ultraviolet radiation output from the ultraviolet radiation device depending on a direction of movement of the carriage. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221803 | INK SUPPLY APPARATUS - An ink supply apparatus includes a sub tank connected to a printer head and having an ink reservoir chamber to store a liquid ink. A fluid level detector is configured to detect a fluid level of the liquid ink stored in the ink reservoir chamber. The fluid level detector has a light emitting device, a light receiving device, and a casing having a section through which a light is to pass and which has an outer surface that is to contact the liquid ink. The light emitting device is capable of emitting the light toward the outer surface through the section. The light receiving device is to receive reflected light reflected at the outer surface. A storage amount determining device is configured to determine whether a predetermined amount of the liquid ink is stored in the ink reservoir chamber based on detection results of the fluid level detector. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221799 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON PROGRAM FOR ALLOWING COMPUTER TO PERFORM IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A printing system includes inkjet printing apparatuses to print a same image based on output image data having been adjusted depending on color reproduction characteristic with respect to each of the inkjet printing apparatuses. An image processing apparatus includes an output image generating device configured to convert printing data to the output image data representing image with a color depending on color reproduction characteristic of ink. The output image generating device includes a rasterizer and an apparatus common color convertor configured to execute common color conversion for the inkjet printing apparatuses using one ICC profile common to the inkjet printing apparatuses. An adjuster is configured to reduce variation of the color reproduction characteristic with respect to each of the inkjet printing apparatuses using calibration information prepared for each of the inkjet printing apparatuses depending on the color reproduction characteristic with respect to each of the inkjet printing apparatuses. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110187792 | PRINTER-PLOTTER APPARATUS - To improve printing speed and cutting speed. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187782 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a medium supporter to support a printing medium. A carriage holds a printer head provided with a nozzle from which ink is to be ejected onto a printing surface of the printing medium. A carriage moving mechanism moves the carriage along the printing surface of the printing medium supported by the medium supporter. An acceleration detector is configured to detect acceleration of vibration generated in the carriage. A determining device is configured to determine whether a magnitude of the acceleration detected by the acceleration detector exceeds a predetermined threshold value. A controller is configured to control the carriage moving mechanism to restrict relative movement of the carriage when the determining device determines that the magnitude of the acceleration detected by the acceleration detector exceeds the predetermined threshold value. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110115849 | 3D INKJET PRINTER - A 3D inkjet printer includes an inkjet head and a medium holder configured to hold a medium having a three-dimensional shape. A Y-axial driving mechanism is capable of moving the inkjet head along a Y-axial. A Z-axial supporting mechanism supports the medium holder so as to be movable along a Z-axial direction. An X-axial driving mechanism is capable of moving the Z-axial supporting mechanism along an X-axial direction. A Z-axial driving mechanism is capable of moving the medium holder along the Z-axial direction. The medium holder includes an A-axial driving mechanism capable of swinging the medium along an A-axial direction. The A-axial direction is a rotational direction about a shaft disposed along the Y-axial direction. A B-axial driving mechanism is capable of rotating the medium along a B-axial direction. The B-axial direction is a rotational direction about a shaft disposed perpendicular to the Y-axial direction. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110111187 | PRINTED MATERIAL AND WATER-BASED COATING AGENT - A printed material includes a cloth medium, a printed layer, and a coating layer. The cloth medium is washable. The printed layer is printed on the cloth medium with a water-based pigment ink including an anionic resin by using an inkjet printing method. The coating layer is provided on at least one of an upper side and a lower side of the printed layer by applying a water-based coating agent including anionic water-based resin particles. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109711 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a guide rail, a first device including a first head, a second device including a second head, and a hauling device including a driving member movable between the first device and the second device. A first holding mechanism is provided on one side with respect to a medium supporter. A second holding mechanism is provided on another side with respect to the medium supporter. When ink is to be ejected from the first head, the second holding mechanism holds the second device separated from the driving member, and a first connecting mechanism connects the first device to the driving member. When ink is to be ejected from the second head, the first holding mechanism holds the first device separated from the driving member, and a second connecting mechanism connects the second device to the driving member. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109693 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a media supporter, a head device, and an ink mist removal mechanism. The media supporter is configured to support a printing medium. The head device includes an inkjet head from which ink is configured to be discharged to print on the printing medium supported by the media supporter while the head device relatively moves with respect to the printing medium. The ink mist removal mechanism is arranged in the head device and faces the printing medium. The ink mist removal mechanism is configured to generate an air current that flows through a space between the head device and the printing medium. The ink mist removal mechanism is configured to discharge the air current to outside thereby removing ink mist generated due to ink discharge from the inkjet heads. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110104460 | PRINTED MATERIAL AND WATER-BASED COATING AGENT - A printed material includes a cloth medium, a printed layer, and a coating layer. The cloth medium is washable. The printed layer is printed on the cloth medium with a water-based pigment ink including an anionic resin by using an inkjet printing method. The coating layer is provided on at least one of an upper side and a lower side of the printed layer by applying a water-based coating agent including non-ionic water-based resin particles. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110103870 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a first device and a second device. The first device includes a first carriage movable in a scanning direction along a guide rail and a first working device to perform a first predetermined work on an object medium. The second device includes a second carriage movable in the scanning direction along the guide rail and a second working device to perform a second predetermined work on the object medium. A first device holding mechanism is capable of holding the first device. A second device holding mechanism is capable of holding the second device. A vertically retreat mechanism is configured to move the second device holding mechanism and the second device along a vertical direction to be located below a medium supporter to support the object medium when the first working device is moved in the scanning direction to perform the first predetermined work. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110074864 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes an ejector, a waveguide, an electromagnetic wave supplier, a rotating reflector, and a ventilator. The ejector ejects ink onto a medium. Through the waveguide, the medium onto which the ink was ejected passes. The waveguide has a starting end part and a terminal end part. The electromagnetic wave supplier is provided at the starting end part of the waveguide to supply an electromagnetic wave to the waveguide. The rotating reflector is provided at the terminal end part of the waveguide and rotatable to reflect the electromagnetic wave supplied by the electromagnetic wave supplier. The ventilator ventilates an inside of the waveguide. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074853 | PRINT DENSITY ADJUSTING DEVICE, PRINT DENSITY ADJUSTING METHOD AND PRINT DENSITY ADJUSTING PROGRAM - A print density adjusting device of print image information includes a print image information acquirer configured to acquire the print image information. A forming information acquirer is configured to acquire forming information of a medium on which an inkjet printer prints and which is to be bent. A vertex detector is configured to detect a vertex of a bent part which is to be bent based on the forming information. A bending angle detector is configured to detect a bending angle of the bent part based on the forming information. A print density adjuster is configured to adjust a print density of the print image information acquired by the print image information acquirer based on the vertex detected by the vertex detector and based on the bending angle detected by the bending angle detector. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20100302318 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes an ejector, a wave guide, an electromagnetic wave supplier, and a reflector. The ejector is configured to eject ink toward a medium. Through the wave guide, the medium with the ink ejected by the ejector is inserted. The electromagnetic wave supplier is disposed at a start end of the wave guide to supply electromagnetic waves to the wave guide. The reflector is disposed at a terminal end of the wave guide to reflect the electromagnetic waves supplied by the electromagnetic wave supplier. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302299 | INK-JET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - An ink-jet printer includes a first printing head that is configured to print an image on a transparent medium, and a second printing head that is configured to print a ground-color-layer on the image printed on the transparent medium. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100295905 | INK SUPPLY DEVICE FOR INKJET PRINTER AND INKJET PRINTER - An ink supply device for an inkjet printer includes a sub-tank and a main tank. The sub-tank has an ink chamber to store liquid ink and is connected to a print head configured to eject the liquid ink via a head-side supply passage. The sub-tank has a plurality of supply holes which connect the ink chamber and the head-side supply passage. At least two of the plurality of supply holes have their openings on the ink chamber side formed at different heights. The main tank is connected to the sub-tank and contains the liquid ink to be supplied to the ink chamber. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100289860 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME - An ink jet printer includes a medium supporter to support a print medium. A print head is configured to eject ink droplets toward the print medium. An ultraviolet light irradiation device is configured to irradiate the print medium with ultraviolet light to cure ink deposited on the print medium. On a carriage, the print head and the ultraviolet light irradiation device are mounted to face the medium supporter. The carriage is reciprocally movable relative to the print medium in a first direction and movable relative to the print medium in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The ultraviolet light irradiation device is arranged on a side in the first direction of the print head. The print head is arranged to project toward an upstream side of a feeding direction in the second direction by a predetermined length relative to the ultraviolet light irradiation device. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100265294 | INK COMPOSITION FOR INKJET TEXTILE PRINTING AND METHOD OF INKJET TEXTILE PRINTING - A method of inkjet textile printing using an aqueous ink includes ejecting an aqueous ink to a textile medium. The aqueous ink includes water, an anionic dye including an acid dye or a reactive dye, and a compound to promote fixing of coloring agent in the ink to the textile medium when the textile medium is irradiated with microwaves. Microwaves are irradiated to the textile medium to which the aqueous ink was ejected. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100201773 | INK JET PRINTER USING UV INK - An ink jet printer includes a platen configured to receive a print media, an ink jet head, and at least one UVLED. The ink jet head is relatively movable with respect to a surface of the print media received on the platen and configured to shoot an ink drop at the surface of the print media. The at least one UVLED is configured to irradiate the ink drop on the surface of the print media with UV rays to cure the ink drop on the surface of the print media. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100194816 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a printing head configured to eject solvent ink from nozzles of the printing head on a medium at a printing position. A medium is made of a polyvinyl chloride film. The solvent ink includes an organic pigment of from 3 to 7 weight %, a resin of 15 weight % or less, and solvents. A print heater is configured to heat the medium at the printing position. The print heater is arranged separately from a pre-heater. A temperature controller is configured to control a pre-heater heating temperature of the pre-heater and a print heater heating temperature of the print heater such that a surface temperature of the medium at the printing position becomes within a range of from 30° C. to 70° C. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100020129 | PRINTER WITH A FIRST DRIVE SUB-ASSEMBLY AND A DETACHABLE SECOND DRIVE SUB-ASSEMBLY AND PRINTER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE FIRST AND SECOND SUB-ASSEMBLIES - A printer includes a first drive sub-assembly and a second drive sub-assembly detachably provided on the first drive sub-assembly. The first drive sub-assembly includes a bed configured to support a material to be printed, a first engaging member, and a front-rear direction moving mechanism provided on one side of the bed and configured to move the first engaging member along a front-rear direction. The second drive sub-assembly includes a guide bar having a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the front-rear direction, a right-left direction moving mechanism configured to move a printer head along the longitudinal direction of the guide bar, and a second engaging member engaging with the first engaging member to move the guide bar along the front-rear direction. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100002038 | INKJET PRINTER, PRINTING METHOD AND INK DRYER - An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head, a wave guide, an electromagnetic-wave supplier, and a detector. The inkjet head is configured to eject an ink onto a surface of a recording medium. The recording medium onto which the ink has been ejected is to pass through the wave guide. The electromagnetic-wave supplier is configured to supply electromagnetic waves into the wave guide. The detector is configured to detect a parameter relating to a dryness of the recording medium which has passed through the wave guide. The controller is configured to control the electromagnetic-wave supplier to control an intensity of the electromagnetic waves according to the parameter relating to the dryness of the recording medium. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090322843 | INKJET PRINTER AND INK DRYER - An inkjet printer includes a plurality of guide walls and a plurality of choke portions. Each of the plurality of guide walls is arranged substantially in parallel with a feeding direction of a medium to provide a guide wall clearance between the plurality of guide walls. The wave guide has a first internal space connected to the guide wall clearance and an electromagnetic-wave supplier and configured to apply the electromagnetic wave to the medium which is introduced into the first internal space. Each of the plurality of choke portions includes a second internal space adjacent to each guide wall and an opening from the second internal space to the guide wall clearance. The second internal space is connected to the first internal space via the guide wall clearance. The second internal space has a length of λ/4 relative to wavelength λ of the electromagnetic wave in the feeding direction. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322841 | INKJET PRINTER, PRINTING METHOD AND INK DRYER - An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head, an electromagnetic-wave supplier, a wave guide, and a ventilator. The inkjet head is configured to eject ink onto a surface of a medium. The electromagnetic-wave supplier is configured to generate electromagnetic waves. The wave guide has an internal space into which the medium is to be fed. The wave guide is connected to the electromagnetic-wave supplier to apply the electromagnetic waves to the medium. The ventilator is configured to flow a gas in the internal space of the wave guide. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090315927 | PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - A printer includes first and second ink cartridges, a print head having first and second nozzle arrays, first and second ink supply passages having first and second valves, and a connecting passages having a third valve. The first passage connects the first cartridge to the first nozzle array. The second passage connects the second cartridge to the second nozzle array. The connecting passage connects the first and second passages at first and second connecting portions, respectively. The first valve is provided in the first passage between the first cartridge and the first connecting portion. The second valve is provided in the second passage between the second cartridge and the second connecting portion. Both the first and second valves are open and the third valve being closed in a first state. The third valve and either one of the first and second valves are open in a second state. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090262153 | INKJET PRINTER SYSTEM AND INK SUPPLY APPARATUS - An inkjet printer system includes a print head, a sub tank, and a sensor. The print head is configured to eject ink. The sub tank includes an ink supply chamber and an ink detection chamber. The ink supply chamber has an ink inlet hole and an ink outlet hole connected to the print head. Ink is supplied to the sub tank through the ink inlet hole. Ink is supplied to the print head from the sub tank through the ink outlet hole. The ink detection chamber communicates with the ink supply chamber. The sensor is configured to detect an amount of ink contained in the sub tank and includes a float member provided in the ink detection chamber to float in the ink. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262152 | INKJET PRINTER SYSTEM AND INK SUPPLY APPARATUS - An inkjet printer system includes a print head and a sub tank. The print head is configured to eject ink. The sub tank is provided above the print head and connected to the print head via a head-side supply passage. The sub tank has a first supplying hole and a second supplying hole which are connected to the head-side supply passage. A position of the first supplying hole is higher than a position of the second supplying hole. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262151 | INKJET PRINTER SYSTEM AND INK SUPPLY APPARATUS - An inkjet printer system includes a print head, a sub tank, a pressure controller, and a check valve. The print head is configured to eject ink. The sub tank is connected to the print head and has a pressure control hole. The pressure controller is connected to the pressure control hole to control an inner pressure of the sub tank. The check valve is provided at the pressure control hole to prevent ink in the sub tank from flowing into the pressure control hole from the sub tank. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090256880 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - A printing system includes an inkjet head, a medium supporting portion and a decompressor. The inkjet head has nozzles configured to eject ink to a print surface of a medium. The nozzles have a nozzle surface on which openings of the nozzles exist. The medium supporting portion has a supporting surface configured to support the medium at a back surface of the medium opposite to the print surface. The print surface faces the nozzles of the inkjet head. A distance between the nozzle face and the supporting surface of the medium supporting portion is about 5 mm or more. The decompressor is configured to reduce a pressure in an area between the medium and the nozzles to be a pressure value lower than atmospheric pressure. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090251506 | INK JET PRINTER, INK SUPPLY MECHANISM FOR THE INK JET PRINTER, AND INK SUPPLY METHOD - An ink jet printer system includes an ink jet head, a plurality of ink supplying cartridges, an ink flow channel and a control device. The ink flow channel connects the ink jet head and the plurality of ink supplying cartridges to supply ink from the plurality of ink supplying cartridges to the ink jet head. The control device is configured to sequentially supply ink from each of the plurality of ink supplying cartridges to the ink jet head. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090244230 | ULTRAVIOLET CURING INKJET PRINTER, PRINTING METHOD USED IN ULTRAVIOLET CURING INKJET PRINTER, AND HEAD - An ultraviolet curing inkjet printer includes a first ejecting device, a first ultraviolet light irradiation device, and a second ultraviolet light irradiation device. The first ultraviolet light irradiation device is configured to emit ultraviolet light of a first light quantity for temporarily curing the ultraviolet curable inks ejected from the first ejecting device. The first ultraviolet light irradiation device is disposed posterior to the first ejecting device in a first direction as a scanning direction. The second ultraviolet light irradiation device is configured to emit ultraviolet light of a second light quantity for finally curing the ultraviolet curable inks temporarily cured by the first ultraviolet light irradiation device. The second ultraviolet light irradiation device is disposed anterior to the first ejecting device in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction and is a moving direction of a recording medium relative to the first ejecting device. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244157 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printer including an inkjet head unit having inkjet heads for ejecting UV inks, an UVLED unit having a UVLED for emitting ultraviolet light, and a control unit for controlling the inkjet head unit and the UVLED unit. The control unit controls the inkjet head unit and the UVLED unit to move in the scanning direction, controls the inkjet heads to eject UV inks, and controls the UVLED to emit ultraviolet light of a first light quantity. After that, the control unit controls the inkjet head unit and the UVLED unit to move in the direction opposite to the scanning direction and controls the UVLED to emit ultraviolet light of a second light quantity. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090231370 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INKJET PRINTER, AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system includes an inkjet head and a decompressor. The inkjet head has nozzles configured to eject ink to a concavo-convex print surface a medium. The decompressor is configured to reduce a pressure in an area between the medium and the nozzles to be a pressure value lower than atmospheric pressure. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090219342 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer including a UVLED unit which emits ultraviolet light to a print medium supported on a supporting table to cure UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium. The inkjet printer further includes a controller which adjust the light quantity of ultraviolet light, emitted from the UVLED unit to the UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium, from a light quantity for temporary curing to a light quantity for final curing, and a control unit capable of selecting between a two-stage curing mode in which UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium are temporarily cured ant are then finally cured and a single-stage curing mode in which UV ink droplets are finally cured by an irradiation with ultraviolet light at one time by means of the UVLED unit and the controller. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090195626 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printer using solvent ink containing an organic solvent and a colorant. The inkjet printer includes an inkjet head configured to eject the solvent ink to a medium, and a microwave irradiation unit configured to irradiate the medium, to which the solvent ink was ejected, with microwaves. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090174740 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printer includes a printing head having nozzle units, a main scanning control unit, a sub scanning control unit, and a printing pass setting unit. Each nozzle unit includes a nozzle array where the nozzles are arranged in a nozzle array direction. The main scanning control unit makes the printing head to scan in a main scanning direction while the nozzle units discharge ink drops. The sub scanning control unit relatively moves the printing head with respect to the medium in a sub scanning direction. The printing pass setting unit correlates each of the nozzles with each of multiple printing passes to be printed at once by a scanning of the printing head in the main scanning direction, and sets discharging nozzles among the nozzles to discharge ink drops to the printing passes not to overlap boundaries of the printing passes with boundaries of the nozzle units. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090160903 | INK RECEIVING UNIT AND INKJET PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - An ink receiving unit for an inkjet printer includes an ink receiver and an ink removing device. The inkjet printer has an inkjet head configured to eject ink onto a first surface of a medium. The ink receiver is provided to face the inkjet head via the medium. The ink receiver is configured to receive ink dripping from a second surface opposite to the first surface of the medium during printing. The ink removing device is configured to remove the ink from the ink receiver. The ink receiver unit is detachably mounted to a main body to which the inkjet head is mounted. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160902 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus for printing on a medium through which ink ejected onto the surface of the medium is allowed to seep to the back side of the medium. The printing apparatus includes an inkjet head for ejecting ink in accordance with an inkjet method, an ink receiver that is arranged at a position facing the inkjet head across the medium during printing to receive the ink dripping from the back of the medium, and a wiper member as an ink removing device for removing the ink in the ink receiver from the ink receiver. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090143509 | INKJET INK - An inkjet ink is provided containing a colorant and using vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer resin, and characterized in that a stabilizer for preventing the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer resin in the inkjet ink from being degraded with age is added. An inkjet ink is provided using VCVAC resin which is capable of preventing the VCVAC resin from being degraded and thus preventing increase in viscosity thereof. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090139432 | INKJET INK - An inkjet ink containing a colorant, where an amine compound is added as a pH adjuster. The ink is capable of preventing the pH of the ink from being shifted to the acidity side due to corrosive substances (e.g., acid substances) generated by deterioration of ink, adverse effects due to water absorption and moisture absorption, or degradation of resin (e.g., degradation of vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer resin), thus preventing erosion of a head nozzle member. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090139431 | INKJET INK - A non-water-based inkjet ink containing a colorant, is characterized in that a mixed solvent having a solubility parameter value of from about 8 to about 10 is used as a solvent. The ink is an inkjet ink of which solvent hardly erodes a head member so as to allow long term stable printing and also hardly penetrates the material of media so as to improve the printing quality. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090073200 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer includes a holding unit, a printer head, a driving unit, a movement controller and a printing controller. The holding unit is configured to hold a print substrate having a surface to be printed. The driving unit is configured to move at least one of the holding unit and the printer head. The movement controller is configured to control the driving unit to move the holding unit and the printer head relatively so that a distance between the at least one ink nozzle and the surface to be printed is kept at a predetermined distance and so that the ink ejected from the at least one ink nozzle collides with the surface substantially perpendicularly. The printing controller is configured to control ejection of the ink from the printer head according to a distance between the at least one ink nozzle and the surface to be printed. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090060696 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus including a pallet configured to receive a print substrate, a conveyer system configured to convey the pallet, and a plurality of work mechanisms arranged along a pallet conveying direction of the conveyer system. The work mechanisms are configured to conduct processing operations to the print substrate. The conveyer system includes an upper conveyer mechanism configured to sequentially convey the pallet to respective working positions of the work mechanisms, and a lower conveyer mechanism arranged below and along the upper conveyer mechanism. The lower conveyer mechanism is configured to convey the pallet in a direction opposite to the pallet conveying direction of the upper conveyer mechanism so that the conveyer system is structured to have an upper stage and a lower stage. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058972 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus including a conveyer system configured to convey a pallet having a print substrate thereon, anteroposterior moving mechanisms, fitting members disposed on the moving mechanisms, a guide bar member that extends in a lateral direction mounted on the fitting members, and a head device that is movably disposed along the guide bar member and has a plurality of inkjet nozzles. The printing apparatus is adapted to conduct printing by ejecting ink droplets from the inkjet nozzles to the print substrate on the pallet which is secured above an upper conveying passage and which is conveyed by the conveyer system while moving the head device. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090056569 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus including a pallet configured to receive a print substrate, a conveyer mechanism configured to convey the pallet, and a working device configured to conduct a processing operation for printing on the print substrate on the pallet. The printing apparatus further includes a locating mechanism configured to stop the pallet at a first holding position and a first holding mechanism configured to hold the pallet, stopped at the first holding position by the first locating mechanism, to be spaced apart from the conveying mechanism. After the pallet being conveyed by the conveying mechanism is stopped by the first locating mechanism, the pallet is held to be spaced apart from the conveying mechanism by the first holding mechanism and the processing operation is conducted by the working device relative to the print substrate on the pallet thus held. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090056567 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus for printing on a print substrate by sequentially conducting a plurality of processing operations. The printing apparatus includes a pallet configured to receive the print substrate, and work station units each comprising a conveyer mechanism configured to convey the pallet and a work mechanism configured to conduct a predetermined processing operation to the print substrate on the pallet. A plurality of the work station units are aligned adjacent to each other, and the work station units are configured to be replaceable or rearrangeable to change the sequence of the plurality of processing operations. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090055560 | DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONDUCTING CONNECTION TEST, AND METHOD FOR TESTING CONNECTION IN THE DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS - A data transfer apparatus is manufactured by assembling a USB host controller, a USB host port, a USB device controller, a USB device port, a storage unit, and a control unit, and by testing connection between the USB host and the USB device. The test includes connecting the USB host port and the USB device port by a USB cable, storing test data into the storage unit, reading out the test data from the storage unit as first transfer data, transferring the first transfer data from a first port of the USB host port and the USB device port to a second port thereof, and transferring the data received by the second port from the second port to the first port. The control unit checks the connection by comparing the data received by the first port at the second transfer step with the test data stored in the storage unit. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090037615 | DATA TRANSFER DEVICE, REQUEST ISSUING UNIT, AND REQUEST ISSUE METHOD - A request issuing unit for issuing a request signal for requesting data transfer by direct memory access. The request issuing unit including a data presence determination section configured to determine whether or not transfer data, as an object of the data transfer, is present, and a signal outputting section configured to output a request signal for data transfer of a predetermined amount of data to be transferred at one time when the data presence determination section determines that the transfer data is present. The request issuing unit further including a determination timing control section configured to wait for a predetermined waiting period of time, required for completing the data transfer of at least the amount of data to be transferred at one time, after the signal outputting section outputs the request signal, and then makes the data presence determination section determine again whether or not transfer data is present. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090029049 | ANTIPENETRATING AGENT, SOLVENT INK FOR INKJET PRINTING AND PRINTING METHOD - An antipenetrating agent is to be added to a solvent ink for preventing penetration of the solvent ink into a medium to be printed. The antipenetrating agent includes inorganic fine particles and a resin soluble in an organic solvent. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090011200 | PRINTING METHOD, PRINTED MATTER, AND PRINTER - A printing method for printing on a washable fabric medium by an inkjet system, where the method includes printing on the medium by the inkjet system using a water-based pigment ink containing an anionic resin. The method further includes applying a water-based coating agent containing water-soluble cationic resin particles to the medium before and/or after the printing on the medium. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20080297563 | NOZZLE PLATE FOR INKJET HEAD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND TREATMENT LIQUID FOR INKJET HEAD - A nozzle plate for an inkjet head including a substrate and ink ejecting holes formed in the substrate. An ink-repellent layer is formed on an ink ejecting side surface of the nozzle plate, and portions of the ink-repellant layer around the ink ejecting holes are selectively removed so that portions of the nozzle plate around the ink ejecting holes are exposed. Also, a method of producing a nozzle plate for an inkjet head is provided that includes preparing a nozzle plate which includes a substrate and ink ejecting holes formed in the substrate and has an ink-repellent layer formed on an ink ejecting side surface of the nozzle plate, and selectively removing portions of the ink-repellant layer around the ink ejecting holes to expose portions of the nozzle plate around the ink ejecting holes. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080284805 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer including a feeding unit configured to perform repeated feeding of a medium for a predetermined feeding distance in a predetermined feeding direction, a print head configured to print on a printing surface of the medium in a printing zone set each time the feeding unit performs a feeding of the medium for the feeding distance, and a printing pass setting unit configured to set the printing zone containing a plurality of printing passes. The printing pass setting unit sets the printing passes such that boundaries between the printing passes extend diagonally relative to a width direction of the medium that is perpendicular to the feeding direction. The printing pass setting unit can set the printing passes such that the boundaries between the printing passes extend in waveform in the width direction with oscillation of the waveform being in the feeding direction. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080281043 | PENETRATION INHIBITOR, METHOD FOR PREVENTING PENETRATION OF SOLVENT INK, SOLVENT INK FOR INJKET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SOLVENT INK - A penetration inhibitor includes a rosin-series resin having weight-average molecular weight of at least about 16,000 and at most about 50,000. The penetration inhibitor is to be added to a solvent ink for an inkjet printer. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278531 | INKJET PRINTER, INKJET PRINTER CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a first printer head configured to eject ink to a first printing area on a surface of a print medium to form first ink dots in the first printing area, and a second printer head configured to eject ink to a second printing area on the surface of the print medium to form second ink dots in the second printing area. A detector is configured to detect first and second printing states in the first and second printing areas, respectively. A comparing unit is configured to compare the first and second printing states. An ejection controller is configured to control ejection from the first and second printer heads. A printing state compensator is configured to compensate ejection control performed by the ejection controller according to a comparison result output by the comparing unit so that the first and second printing states are substantially equal. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080259117 | PRINTER - A printer including a medium supporting member that supports a print medium in a state placed thereon, a print head that has nozzles for ejecting ink droplets downward and freely reciprocates above the medium supporting member, and a maintenance device. The maintenance device is disposed to face the lower surface of the print head when the print head is in a standby position and receives residual ink in the nozzles which is ejected from the nozzles when the print head is in the standby position. The maintenance device has an ink receiving chamber that opens upward for receiving the residual ink ejected from the nozzles and a liquid injection member that injects liquid into the ink receiving chamber when the print head is away from a position where the print head faces the ink receiving chamber in the vertical direction. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080253823 | PRINTER AND FEEDING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A printer includes a supporting member, a print head and a guide member. The supporting member is configured to support a sheet print medium on an upper surface of the supporting member. The print head is provided to print on the sheet print medium fed onto the upper surface of the supporting member. The guide member is configured to guide the sheet print medium to feed the sheet print medium onto the upper surface of the supporting member. The guide member includes at least one guide collar around which the sheet print medium is wound and a guide bar provided in the at least one guide collar so that the at least one guide collar is rotatable around the guide bar. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080250967 | DYE DISCHARGING INK FOR INKJET PRINTING - A dye discharging ink for inkjet printing including at least a reducing agent and an amine compound. Embodiments of the dye discharging ink include, as the reducing agent, a sulphur reducing agent such as Rongalite, and, as the amine compound, an alcohol amine compound such as triethanolamine. Embodiments of the dye discharging ink also include a surface active surfactant and/or an antirust agent, and a pH in a range from 9.5 to 11.0. The dye discharging ink for inkjet printing can prevent corrosion of head nozzles due to acidic substances produced by decomposition of a reducing agent, so as to decrease inhibition of linear advancing property of ejected ink, and can prevent decrease in discharging capability due to hydrolysis of the reducing agent. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080240834 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT APPARATUS, PRINTER, PLOTTER AND COMBINATION OF PRINTER AND PLOTTER - A medium transport apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to rotate around a rotational axis. A guide rail extends along the rotational axis. A slider is supported by the guide rail and movable along the rotational axis. A rotatable pinch roller is configured to clamp medium between the feeding roller and the pinch roller to move the medium. A lever is connected to the pinch roller and movable to change a clamping state with respect to the medium between the feeding roller and the pinch roller. An arm is connected to the slider and configured to take an engaging position where the arm moves the lever to change the clamping state when the slider moves along the rotational axis and a standby position where the arm is not engaged with the lever when the slider moves along the rotational axis. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239332 | PRINTER-PLOTTER - A printer-plotter includes a guide rail, a first head, a second head, a driving device, a first connecting mechanism and a second connecting mechanism. The guide rail extends in a longitudinal direction. The first head is supported by the guide rail and movable along the longitudinal direction. The second head is supported by the guide rail and movable independently of the first head along the longitudinal direction. The driving device includes a driving force transmitting member and a driving mechanism configured to move the driving force transmitting member. The first connecting mechanism is configured to detachably connect the first head to the driving force transmitting member. The second connecting mechanism is configured to detachably connect the second head to the driving force transmitting member. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238996 | PRINTER-PLOTTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING AND CUTTING - A printer-plotter includes first and second heads which are supported by a guide rail and are movable along a longitudinal direction of the guide rail, independently. A driving member is supported by the guide rail and configured to move along the longitudinal direction between the first head and the second head. A first connecting mechanism is configured to connect the first head to the driving member detachably. A second connecting mechanism is configured to connect the second head to the driving member detachably. The first head is connected to the driving member by the first connecting mechanism and the second head is separated from the driving member in order to make the first head operate. The second head is connected to the driving member by the second connecting mechanism and the first head is separated from the driving member in order to make the second head operate. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080218542 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer includes a holding unit, a printer head, a movement controller and a printing controller. The holding unit is configured to hold a print substrate having a surface to be printed. The printer head is configured to eject ink from a plurality of ejection nozzles to the surface. The movement controller is configured to move the holding unit and the printer head relative to each other. The printing controller is configured to control ejection of the ink from the printer head according to a surface curvature of the surface and a relative position of the holding unit and the printer head. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218541 | PRINTER - A printer includes a holding unit, a printer head, a supporting device, a movement controller and a printing controller. The holding unit is configured to hold a print substrate having a surface to be printed. The axes X and Y pass through the print substrate. The movement controller is configured to move the holding unit and the printer head relative to each other in the directions of the axes X, Y and Z which are substantially perpendicular to each other and configured to rotate the holding unit about the axes X and Y relative to the printer head. The printing controller is configured to control ejection of the ink from the printer head according to a relative position of the holding unit and the printer head. | 09-11-2008 |
