Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080196621 | Ink receptive particle, material for recording, recording apparatus and ink receptive particle storage cartridge - An ink receptive particle comprising an organic resin that is formed by a hydrophilic monomer and a hydrophobic monomer, the hydrophilic monomer including a hydrophilic group having a salt structure and a hydrophilic group not having a salt structure. | 08-21-2008 |
20090076219 | COMPOSITION FOR IMAGE RECORDING, IMAGE RECORDING INK SET, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A composition for image recording includes a curable material that is curable by an external stimulus, and an oil absorbing material. | 03-19-2009 |
20090079807 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MATERIAL - A recording apparatus includes an intermediate transfer member, a supply unit that supplies onto the intermediate transfer member a curable solution containing a cationic curable material that is cured by a cationic curing reaction upon application of an external stimulus, a discharge unit that discharges an ink containing a recording substance to a layer to be cured that has been formed by the curable solution supplied onto the intermediate transfer member, a transfer unit that transfers, from the intermediate transfer member to a recording medium, the layer to be cured to which the ink is discharged, and a stimulus supply unit that supplies a stimulus that cures the layer to be cured. | 03-26-2009 |
20090091610 | RECORDING DEVICE AND INK RECEIVING PARTICLES - A recording device including: an intermediate transfer member; a particle supply unit that supplies ink receiving particles that receive ink onto the intermediate transfer member; an ink ejecting unit that ejects ink to the ink receiving particles that have been supplied onto the intermediate transfer member; a transfer unit that transfers the ink receiving particles that have received the ink to a recording medium from the intermediate transfer member; a cleaning unit that cleans the ink receiving particles remaining on the intermediate transfer member after the transfer of the ink receiving particles by the transfer unit; and a cleaning aid particle supply unit that supplies cleaning aid particles. | 04-09-2009 |
20090207226 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING PATTERN - The invention presents a pattern forming apparatus including: an intermediate transfer body; a particle supply unit, for forming a liquid receptive particle layer of a specified layer thickness by supplying liquid receptive particles, capable of receiving a recording liquid containing recording material and also capable of trapping the recording material at the surface thereof, onto the intermediate transfer body; a liquid droplet ejection unit for ejecting liquid droplets of the recording liquid on the liquid receptive particle layer on the basis of specified data, and forming a pattern of the recording material near the surface of the liquid receptive particle layer; and a transferring unit, for transferring the liquid receptive particle layer containing the recording liquid onto a transfer object, so that the pattern is placed between the transfer object (recording medium) and the liquid receptive particle layer. | 08-20-2009 |
20090211490 | MATERIAL SET FOR RECORDING AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A material set for recording includes: ink receiving particles that include a resin having an acid value of from about 50 mg KOH/g to about 750 mg KOH/g, and have a neutralization degree of from more than 0 to less than 1; and an ink that includes at least a colorant, a water-soluble solvent, and water, a value obtained by multiplying an electrical conductivity σ (S/m) of the ink by a viscosity η (mPa·s) of the ink being from about 0.02 to about 5.0. | 08-27-2009 |
20090231406 | IMAGE RECORDING COMPOSITION, IMAGE RECORDING INK SET AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording composition including a curable material that is cured upon application of an external stimulus, and a cationic resin having a cationic functional group. | 09-17-2009 |
20090237479 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus including: an intermediate transfer member; an image forming composition layer formation unit that supplies an image forming composition to the intermediate transfer member, the image forming composition containing a curable material that cures upon application of an external stimulus; an ink application unit that applies an ink to the image forming composition layer that has been formed on the intermediate transfer member; a transfer unit that transfers the image forming composition layer from the intermediate transfer member to a recording medium by contacting the image forming composition layer onto which the ink has been applied with the recording medium; and a first stimulus application unit that applies a stimulus to the image forming composition layer that cures the image forming composition layer, the stimulus being applied at least one of immediately before the image forming composition layer comes into contact with the recording medium, or during the contact. | 09-24-2009 |
20090318591 | IMAGE RECORDING COMPOSITION, IMAGE RECORDING INK SET AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording composition including water-absorbing resin particles and a curable material that is cured upon application of an external stimulus, a volume average particle diameter of the water-absorbing resin particles being from about 0.5 μm to about 5.0 μm, and a content of the water-absorbing resin particles in the image recording composition being from about 5% by weight to about 50% by weight. | 12-24-2009 |
20100041812 | INK RECEPTIVE PARTICLES, MATERIAL FOR RECORDING, RECORDING APPARATUS AND INK RECEPTIVE PARTICLE STORAGE CARTRIDGE - Ink receptive particles for receiving ink, including: particles P including hydrophilic polymer particles having a ratio of hydrophilic monomer(s) to the total monomer components thereof of from about 10 mol % to about 90 mol %; and hydrophobic polymer particles, attached to at least a part of a surface of the particles P and having a ratio of hydrophilic monomer(s) to the total monomer components thereof of from about 0 mol % to about 10 mol %. | 02-18-2010 |
20100045761 | INK RECEPTIVE PARTICLES, MATERIAL FOR RECORDING, RECORDING APPARATUS AND INK RECEPTIVE PARTICLE STORAGE CARTRIDGE - Ink receptive particles for receiving ink, including: particles P including hydrophilic polymer particles having a ratio of hydrophilic monomer(s) to the total monomer components thereof of from about 10 mol % to about 90 mol %; and hydrophobic polymer particles, attached to at least a part of a surface of the particles P and having a ratio of hydrophilic monomer(s) to the total monomer components thereof of from about 0 mol % to about 10 mol %. | 02-25-2010 |
20100066771 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a supply unit that supplies liquid recipient particles to receive liquid; a conveyance unit that conveys the liquid recipient particles supplied by the supply unit; a discharge unit that discharges liquid droplets to the liquid recipient particles conveyed by the conveyance unit; a humidity reducing unit that reduces relative humidity inside or around the supply unit; and a humidity increasing unit, on a downstream side of the supply unit, that increases relative humidity around at least one of the liquid recipient particles conveyed by the conveyance unit and the discharge unit. | 03-18-2010 |
20100073407 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus that includes: an intermediate transfer member; an ink absorbing particle supplying unit for supplying ink absorbing particles on a surface of the intermediate transfer member; an ink ejecting unit for ejecting ink to the ink absorbing particles; a transfer unit for transferring the ink absorbing particles to a recording medium; a fixing unit for fixing the transferred ink absorbing particles onto the recording medium; a particle collecting unit for collecting remaining ink absorbing particles on the intermediate transfer member; a humidity reducing unit for reducing humidity around the collected ink absorbing particles; and a particle supplying unit for supplying the ink absorbing particles with humidity reduced by the humidity reducing unit. | 03-25-2010 |
20100073448 | RECORDING MATERIAL AND RECORDING APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the invention and there is provided a recording material comprising an ink, ink absorbing particles that absorb the ink, and a curable liquid that cures the substantial surface of the ink absorbing particles. | 03-25-2010 |
20100075843 | INK ABSORBING PARTICLE, MATERIAL SET FOR RECORDING AND RECORDING APPARATUS - Ink absorbing particle to absorb an ink includes a polymer. The ink absorbing particles in a TMA needle penetration have a minimum temperature Ts10b of from about 80° C. to about 150° C. at which a needle enters to a depth of 10 μm, a minimum temperature Ts100w of about 40° C. or lower at which a needle enters to a depth of 100 μm when an equivalent amount of water is absorbed, and a minimum temperature Ts400w of about 50° C. or higher at which a needle enters to a depth of 400 μm when an equivalent amount of water is absorbed. | 03-25-2010 |
20100080907 | IMAGE RECORDING COMPOSITION, INK SET FOR IMAGE RECORDING, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - According to the invention, there is provided an image recording composition comprising a curable material capable of immobilizing a colorant material in a received ink and curable by an external stimulus. | 04-01-2010 |
20100123748 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting module and a measurement section. The liquid ejecting module includes a pressure chamber that has a piezoelectric element and an ejecting nozzle, and a supply passage that supplies liquid into the pressure chamber, and the liquid ejecting module configured to eject, from the ejecting nozzles, liquid which is supplied to the pressure chamber through the supply passage. The measurement section measures an admittance or a phase difference between a voltage applied to the piezoelectric element and a current through the liquid ejecting module when the voltage is applied. | 05-20-2010 |
20100271419 | DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS, A DROPLET ADHERENCE PREVENTING METHOD AND A CLEANING METHOD FOR CLEANING A RECORDING MEDIUM CARRIER ROLLER - Droplet ejecting apparatus has a recording medium carrier portion provided with recording medium carrier rollers conveying a recording medium, a droplet ejecting portion discharging droplets to the recording medium, and a droplet adherence preventing liquid applying portion applying droplet adherence preventing liquid preventing adherence of the droplets to at least one of the recording medium carrier rollers. | 10-28-2010 |
20100295909 | INK-RECIPIENT PARTICLE, MATERIAL FOR RECORDING, RECORDING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEMBER FOR INK-RECIPIENT PARTICLE - A recording apparatus comprises: an intermediate transfer body; a releasing agent supply device that supplies a releasing agent onto the intermediate transfer body; a particle supply device that supplies hydrophilic ink-recipient particles that receive an ink, onto the releasing agent supplied onto the intermediate transfer body; an ink ejection device that ejects the ink onto the ink-recipient particles supplied onto the intermediate transfer body; and a transfer device that transfers the ink-recipient particles that received the ink, onto a recording medium from the intermediate transfer body, the releasing agent comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a silicone oil, a fluorinated oil and an organic compound having a solubility parameter (SP value) of about 11 or less. | 11-25-2010 |
20110032315 | INK ABSORBING PARTICLE, MATERIAL SET FOR RECORDING AND RECORDING APPARATUS - Ink absorbing particle to absorb an ink includes a polymer. The ink absorbing particles in a TMA needle penetration have a minimum temperature Ts10b of from about 80° C. to about 150° C. at which a needle enters to a depth of 10 μm, a minimum temperature Ts100w of about 40° C. or lower at which a needle enters to a depth of 100 μm when an equivalent amount of water is absorbed, and a minimum temperature Ts400w of about 50° C. or higher at which a needle enters to a depth of 400 μm when an equivalent amount of water is absorbed. | 02-10-2011 |