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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20090256878 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - A printing system includes an inkjet head and a decompressor. The inkjet head has nozzles configured to eject ink droplets of ink to a medium. Each of the ink droplets has a volume of about 1 picoliter or less. 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 |
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 |
20130286439 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer for printing using at least three types of colors includes one or more heads ejecting at least two inks including first and second inks for printing one of the three types of colors. The first ink includes a first coloring material having a first density. The second ink includes a second coloring material different from the first coloring material and has a second density which is higher than the first density. | 10-31-2013 |
20140015908 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing method includes applying a curable resin-containing ink onto an inked surface of a transfer sheet, heating the ink applied on the inked surface of the transfer sheet to increase viscosity of the ink, transferring the heated ink on the inked surface of transfer sheet to a printing object directly or indirectly, and curing the ink transferred to the printing object. | 01-16-2014 |
20140113082 | INK-JET PRINTING INK AND PRINTING METHOD - Not only the applied ink has improved weathering resistance after the printing, but also the ink can be advantageously cured during the printing. A printing method having: an ink application step for applying an ultraviolet curing ink onto a recording medium, wherein the ultraviolet curing ink contains an ultraviolet light absorber having a transmittance with respect to an ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 360 nm or more, which is higher than a transmittance with respect to an ultraviolet light having a wavelength of less than 360 nm; and an ultraviolet light irradiation step for irradiating the ink on the recording medium with an ultraviolet light having a wavelength of from 365 to 410 nm from an LED. | 04-24-2014 |
20140132670 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - The invention aims to form an ink coating having a predetermined film thickness on a surface of a printing medium having a three-dimensional structure in shorter time. As solving means, a plurality of times of scanning process is included, ink | 05-15-2014 |
20140204145 | PRINTING METHOD AND INKJET EJECTING APPARATUS - A printing method is provided that enables a high-quality transfer image to be obtained with simple steps. As a solution, a printing method according to the present invention includes an applying step of applying a latex ink onto a transfer medium | 07-24-2014 |
20140220254 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing method according to the present invention includes an applying step of applying a curable resin-containing ink onto a transfer sheet ( | 08-07-2014 |
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20110187792 | PRINTER-PLOTTER APPARATUS - To improve printing speed and cutting speed. | 08-04-2011 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20120147074 | DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE AND DROPLET DISCHARGE METHOD - A printer comprises: a vacuum table for supporting a jig which holds a medium; a printer head for discharging droplets; and a relative movement means for moving the printer head relative to the medium; a registration mark detection unit and barcode detection unit for acquiring holding platform information and support position information for the jig; and a controller for controlling the movement of the printer head by the relative movement means and controlling the discharge of droplets from the printer head on the basis of the holding platform information, the support position information and information pertaining to the desired pattern. As a result of this configuration, it is possible to generate image data without aligning the jig with a reference position on the vacuum table. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147109 | INKJET PRINTER AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - Disclosed is a printing method whereby a glossy image free of running can be printed by an inkjet printer. An inkjet head ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120236328 | PRINT DATA CREATING DEVICE, PRINT DATA CREATING METHOD AND PRINT DATA CREATING PROGRAM - A printer data generating device which is a raster image processor is provided. The raster image processor (RIP) includes, a dot displaced quantity detecting section detecting a displaced quantity of a hitting position of ink, a contour detecting section detecting one pixel corresponding to the contour, a dot size setting section setting a dot size of each pixel to be larger than a resolution pitch based on the displaced quantity detected in the dot displaced quantity detecting section and the pixel corresponding to the contour detected in the contour detecting section. | 09-20-2012 |
20120249640 | INKJET PRINTER, PRINTING METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINT DELIVERABLE, AND PRINT DELIVERABLE - (Problem to be Solved) | 10-04-2012 |
20120262525 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing method and a printing system are provided in which a fast printing speed is achieved, a variety of ultraviolet curable inks can be used, and excellent transfer properties to a printing object can be achieved. First, print processing is performed, thereby printing an image on a transfer pad, next, provisional curing processing is performed, thereby provisionally curing an ultraviolet curable ink applied to the transfer pad, next, transfer processing is performed, thereby transferring the ultraviolet curable ink landed on the transfer pad to a printing object, and next, final curing processing is performed, thereby performing final curing of the ultraviolet curable ink transferred to the printing object. In this way, transfer printing of an image to the printing object can be performed by a single transfer. In addition, if the transfer printing is finished, cleaning processing is performed, thereby cleaning the transfer pad. | 10-18-2012 |
20120262526 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - The effect of air resistance acting on ink drops discharged from nozzles of an ink-jet head is appropriately controlled, for example, by means of a method suitable for a breathable medium, such as a cloth and the like. In this way, for example, high-resolution printing, printing with a great gap distance, and the like is properly implemented. | 10-18-2012 |
20120306975 | DAMPER APPARATUS, DAMPER TUBE ASSEMBLY, AND INK JET PRINTER - The invention provides a damper apparatus including a housing having a valve chamber and reciprocally moving integrally with a carriage, an inlet port communicating an ink flow channel on the upstream side and the valve chamber, an outlet port communicating the ink flow channel on the downstream side and the valve chamber, and a spherical valve body stored so as to be movable in the valve chamber, wherein the valve body moves relatively to a position for closing the inlet port or the outlet port upon reception of the inertial force in association with the acceleration and deceleration to close the ink flow channel when the carriage is accelerated or decelerated, and the valve body moves relatively to a position for opening the inlet port and the outlet port under its own weight to open the ink flow channel when the carriage is not accelerated and decelerated. | 12-06-2012 |
20130100216 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - The object of the present invention is to form, quickly and at low cost, a high-quality image on a medium formed with a curved surface. | 04-25-2013 |
20140125746 | TRANSFER PRINTING INK AND TRANSFER PRINTING METHOD - Provided are a transfer printing ink and a transfer printing method which are advantageous in that an increased number of types of transfer media can be employed. The transfer printing ink of the present invention contains a solvent, a sublimation dye, and a binder resin, wherein the binder resin is dispersed, emulsified, or suspended in the solvent, and the binder resin has a melting point which is higher than the lowest temperature at which the sublimation dye sublimates. | 05-08-2014 |
20140347421 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND INK SET - The present disclosure provides ways to more appropriately perform high-quality printing with gradation inks. The disclosure provides a printing apparatus for printing using an inkjet scheme. The apparatus includes a plurality of inkjet heads that eject ink droplets of a first-color ink of at least one color selected from a plurality of colors. The plurality of inkjet heads respectively eject ink droplets of different concentrations of the first-color ink (magenta or cyan). At least one of the plurality of inkjet heads ejects ink droplets of a resin dispersed ink, and the resin dispersed ink is a ink in which dispersing particles of a colored binder resin as a dispersoid is dispersed in a dispersion medium. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347423 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - To appropriately perform textile printing by an ink jet method on a media of fabric. A printing apparatus for performing printing of a design represented by a preset target color on a medium of fabric by an ink jet method includes a plurality of the ink jet heads, each of the ink jet heads discharges an ink droplet of each of target color inks which is adjusted to present its corresponding target color on the medium. The printing apparatus performs printing of a design represented by a plurality of the target colors that are different from each other on the medium. Each of the ink jet heads discharges an ink droplet of each of target color inks which is adjusted to present its corresponding target color on the medium. | 11-27-2014 |
20140349031 | COLORED ALUMINUM ARTICLE PRODUCING METHOD, COLORING METHOD, AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - This invention is to appropriately color aluminum materials. A method for producing a colored aluminum article by coloring an aluminum material includes: a mask forming step S | 11-27-2014 |
20140354744 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - The invention provides ways of appropriately performing image transfer printing. A printing apparatus for performing image transfer printing is provided that includes: a transfer belt provided as a transfer image forming member on which a transfer image is created; an inkjet head that creates the transfer image on the transfer belt; a counter heater provided as a heating member that heats the transfer belt; a transfer roller provided as a transfer member that transfers the transfer image to a medium; and a strong UV irradiator provided as an image fixing unit that fixes to the medium the image transferred to the medium. The inkjet head ejects ink droplets of an ink containing a solvent that is removed by heating with the counter heater. The ink has a viscosity of 50 mPa·sec or more after the solvent is removed by heating with the counter heater. | 12-04-2014 |
20150022601 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus is provided and includes: a carriage on which a recording head for discharging ink droplets onto the recording medium is mounted and that moves relative to the recording medium; a platen that supports the recording medium at a predetermined position; and heating means for heating the recording medium, in which heating means includes a platen heater that is mounted on the platen and heats the recording medium from a lower side of the recording medium, a carriage heater that is mounted on the carriage and heats the recording medium from an upper side of the recording medium, and an upper heater that is disposed on a downstream side of the carriage in a moving direction of the recording medium and heats the recording medium from the upper side of the recording medium. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029255 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an ink jet recording apparatus that prints an image onto a recording medium using an ink which is composed of an aqueous ink vehicle containing latex as a binder resin. The ink jet recording apparatus includes a carriage on which a recording head for discharging ink droplets onto the recording medium is mounted and that moves relative to the recording medium, in which an infrared heater that is disposed opposite to the recording medium and heats the recording medium is mounted on the carriage, and the infrared heater is disposed to be distant from the recording head in a moving direction (X direction) of the recording medium. | 01-29-2015 |
20150035919 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING DEVICE - The invention is intended to produce a high-quality print image in a simple fashion. As a solution, there is provided a printing method for transferring an applied ink on a transfer medium | 02-05-2015 |
20150042711 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - The present invention addresses the problem of improving the quality of recorded images in ink jet recording technologies in which a plurality of nozzle lines that discharge ink of the same color are used. As a solution, nozzle lines ( | 02-12-2015 |