МНОГОКРАСОЧНЫЙ КРУПНОФОРМАТНЫЙ СТРУЙНЫЙ ПРИНТЕР

Принтер содержит систему подачи носителя, краскопитающий механизм, перемещаемый относительно носителя по замкнутому рельсу-направляющей с шинами для подвода электроэнергии и штриховой линейкой точного позиционирования, и блок управления принтера. Валы в системе подачи носителя расположены в вертикальной плоскости, причем сверху и снизу от подающего вала, снабженного реверсивным двигателем, расположены натяжные валы, соединенные с реверсивными двигателями посредством магнитных муфт. Краскопитающий механизм снабжен по крайней мере одной кареткой с щетками для подвода электроэнергии, с ресивером, заполняемым воздухом посредством быстроразъемного замка, с контроллером, оснащенным радиоприемопередатчиком, и с оптическим датчиком, электрически связанным с контроллером. Между расположенными на каретке и имеющими датчик уровня заправочными емкостями для красок и быстроразъемными замками системы дозаправки емкостей красок установлены электрические клапаны, связанные с блоком управления принтера.

УСТРОЙСТВО И СПОСОБ ПЕРЕМЕЩЕНИЯ И МАРКИРОВКИ

Изобретение относится к устройству для перемещения и маркировки, которое может перемещать отдельные изделия с высокими скоростями и в предпочтительных вариантах осуществления обеспечивает маркировку на противоположных сторонах изделий, в то время как изделия остаются в одном и том же положении на конвейере. Конвейерная лента выполнена с возможностью вмещения отдельного изделия и имеет первое отверстие на первой стороне и второе отверстие на второй стороне, при этом указанные первое и второе отверстия находятся на противолежащих сторонах ленты и обеспечивают доступ к противоположным площадям поверхности отдельного изделия через эти отверстия. Технический результат - возможность обеспечения двусторонней печати на изделии без необходимости переноса изделия на отдельный конвейер. 2 н. и 18 з.п. ф-лы, 9 ил.

BESCHICHTUNGSVERFAHREN UND ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON STEREOSKOPISCHEN, POLARISIERENDEN, DIGITALISIERTEN BILDERN

TINTENSTRAHLDRUCKER

Kartendruckmechanismus mit Kartenrückführweg

Kartenverarbeitungssystem, umfassend:einen Kartenverarbeitungsweg;einen Kartendruckmechanismus, der entlang des Kartenverarbeitungswegs angeordnet ist, wobei der Kartendruckmechanismus umfasst:einen primären Kartenbewegungsweg, entlang dessen sich Karten in einer stromabwärtigen Richtung bewegen können;mindestens eine Druckstation auf dem primären Kartenbewegungsweg, die einen Druckvorgang auf einer Oberfläche einer Karte auf dem primären Kartenbewegungsweg vornimmt;einen Karten-Rückführbewegungsweg, entlang dessen eine Karte, die durch die mindestens eine Druckstation geführt wurde, vom primären Kartenbewegungsweg abgelenkt und zum primären Kartenbewegungsweg an einem Ort stromaufwärts von der mindestens einen Druckstation zurückgeführt werden kann, um erneut durch die mindestens eine Druckstation geführt zu werden.

Vorrichtung zum beidseitigen Bedrucken

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum beidseitigen Bedrucken von bogenförmigen Bedruckstoffen unter Einsatz einer schwenkbaren Farbauftragungseinheit. Die Erfindung zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass die Farbübertragungseinheit zwischen zwei einander nachgeordneten Gegendruckzylindern verschwenkbar ausgebildet ist und daher nacheinander die Schöndruckseite und die Widerdruckseite desselben Bogens bedrucken kann.

Tintenstrahldrucker für die Herstellung von Fotoabzügen

Ein Tintenstrahldrucker (10) für die Herstellung von Fotoabzügen umfaßt mindestens einen Papiervorrat (12, 12', 58, 58') zur Aufnahme eines Vorrats an Druckpapier und eine Papierblatt-Fördereinrichtung (30, 31), die Blätter (25) des Druckpapiers von dem zumindest einen Papiervorrat aufnimmt und durch den Drucker transportiert. Zwischen dem mindestens einen Papiervorrat und einem ersten Förderband (30) ist ein Rückseitendrucker (26) zum Bedrucken der Rückseiten der Blätter vorgesehen. Ein sich über die gesamte Druckbreite erstreckender Farb-Tintenstrahldruckkopf (36) ist über dem ersten Förderband (30) zum Drucken eines Bildes auf ein Blatt angeordnet. Eine unter dem Tintenstrahldruckkopf angeordnete Papierauflage ist mit Auffangrillen (37) zum Auffangen von vom Tintenstrahldruckkopf verspritzter Tinte angeordnet. Ein vor dem Tintenstrahldruckkopf angeordneter linearer Bildsensor (46) erfaßt den vorderen Rand des unter dem Druckkopf hindurch transportierten Blatts, und eine mit dem Bildsensor ...

Image-producing device

The invention relates to an image-producing device for a thermal transfer printer for transferring colorants to a sheet (P) and for producing an image on the sheet. Two thermal heads (58, 60) are arranged on opposite sides of an impression cylinder (46) in order to support the sheet when a printing ink transfer is being carried out. Strips of different combinations of colorants are conveyed in each case to the thermal heads (58, 60). Two continuous transfer sections or units (62, 64) which are connected to one another in series, are provided for the single impression cylinder (46). When the sheet is conveyed in one direction, at least two colorants can be transferred. ...

Druckgerät, Druckverfahren und Programm

Bilderzeugungsvorrichtung

Bilderzeugungsgerät

Printing apparatus for printing on both sides of print media

A printing apparatus for printing a heat shrinkable flattened plastics tubing or other elongate printable medium (22). The apparatus in one aspect comprises means for feeding at least one printable medium over a printer head (10), a means to control the sequence of printing operations on the medium, wherein the apparatus further comprises a return feed assembly to return the printable medium printed on a first face (22A, Fig 12) thereof inverted into the printing apparatus and off-set relative to where it was first fed passed the print head (10) for printing onto the obverse face (22B, Fig 12) of the medium. Further the printing apparatus is programmed to be set up initially with the medium (22) installed for feeding/printing the first side (22A, Fig 12) whereby printing of the first side (22A, Fig 12) of the label/printable medium may be initiated and the printable medium stopped at a required set point along the medium for reverse feeding, allowing the medium to then be fed back through ...

Double sided substrate scanning

A method of scanning both sides of a substrate 20 comprises capturing an image 100 of markings 60, 62, 50, 52 on the front and back by imaging the printed substrate 20 from one side only so that the markings on the back 60, 62 show through the material of the substrate 20. The relative positions of images on the front and back of the printed substrate 20 are then checked for alignment and adjusted if necessary. This alignment/adjustment data may then be used in a subsequent printing operation or used to calibrate a printer used to print such substrates.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Media registration mechanism for image forming device

Postage meter for printing on both sides of an envelope using an ink-jet printhead

Envelopes 32 are printed on both sides using an ink-jet printhead 38 opposed to a transfer roller 36. As the roller rotates, the printhead forms a reverse of a first image (e.g. a barcode) on the surface of the roller. The envelope is fed through a printing station 34 to pass between the printhead and the roller so that the envelope contacts the roller just as the image is completed on the roller. The image is then transferred from the roller to one side of the envelope as the envelope continues through the station. As the envelope passes between the roller and the printhead, the printhead is controlled to print a second image (e.g. an address) on the opposite side of the envelope.

Paper roll machine

A desktop printing apparatus 100 for 3-D printing an object comprising: a print module 200 for printing a medium 500, the printed medium defining a media layer of the object, and a build module 300 for building a 3D object from a plurality of printed media layers, arranged in-line in a single integrated apparatus, further comprising transport means 160 defining a medium transport path within the apparatus from a medium input to the build module; wherein the print module is configured for duplex printing of the medium, wherein a first image is printed on a first side 505A of the medium and a second image is printed on the second side 505B of the medium back to back to the first image, the print module comprising first and second print stations 210, 220 and first and second printheads 230, (230’, fig 9), the first printhead prints an image on the first side of the medium and the second printhead prints an image on the second side of the medium simultaneously at both the respective first and ...

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR SAFE TICKETS OR COUPONS

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

PLANT FOR THE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF A PRINTED ON TEXTILBANDES, IN PARTICULAR A LABEL VOLUME

DEVICE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PRO OF PRINTINGS

PROCEDURE FOR THE CONTROLLING OF THE THERMALDRUCKS

COLOR PRINTER WITH DOUBLE NETWORK

COATING PROCESS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF STEREOSKOPI, POLARIZING, DIGITIZED PICTURES

DIGITAL PRINTING SYSTEM TO THE PRESSURE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SHEET

MINUTES FOR NETWORK PUBLICATION AUTHORIZATION

DEVICE FOR THE SEPARATION OF A PRINTING MEDIA SHEET FROM A SHEET PILE

PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING A CARRIER ON AND FOR SEIZING AND READING ON THE CARRIER PRINTED INFORMATION

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMISSION OF DATA INTO A DOCUMENT

Combination printer and its paper

A computer network system and method for printing purchase transaction receipts includes a novel printer physical structure, data structure, and control logic for printing on both sides of a register receipt, business rules designed to facilitate the two sided printing, and print paper designed to facilitate two sided printing.

Printer consumable cartridge with air filter

Printer cartridge including machine readable ink

Computer system control with user data via interface surface

PRINTER AND STACKER AND METHODS

Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of different widths in center-justified relationship with respect to a print head. The printer has a spindle for mounting an ink ribbon core with a detent for center-justifying the ink-ribbon with respect to the print head.

PRINTER CONSUMABLE CARTRIDGE WITH AIR FILTER

The invention relates to a replaceable cartridge for supplying consumable material to an ink jet printer, the printer having: a printhead assembly; means to provide air to the printhead assembly; and, binding means adapted to bind printed pages into a bound document (618); wherein, the replaceable cartridge includes: an air filter unit, such that in use the air provided to the printhead assembly is filtered by the air filter unit; and a storage chamber for binding material suitable for use in the binding means.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF A BOOK

A system and method of delivering a book, includes formatting information of the book in a computer system, the information including at least one user interactive element which enables a user to indicate a request for further information relating to the contents of the book by interacting with the element using an optically imaging pen; printing the information onto a surface using a printer networked with the computer system and at the same time printing onto the surface coded data as a collection of tags so as to produce the book, each tag identifying an identity of the book, a location of the tag and an orientation of the tag; interacting with the element using an optically imaging pen having a nib, said interaction indicating the request for further information; imaging and decoding a tag on the surface; computing the position and orientation of the nib from the decoded tag, an observed perspective distortion on the imaged tag and a known geometry of pen optics; and transmitting data ...

REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR A DIGITAL PRINTER WHICH PRINTS MULTIPLE IMAGES ON A SHEET

A printing apparatus places multiple images on a sheet, either by re- feeding the sheet through a duplex path back to a marking device, or by feeding the sheet to successive marking devices. An edge position detector upstream of the marking device determines the location of the sheet so that an image may be precisely placed on the sheet. The system ensures that images on both sides of a sheet are in registration with each other.

UNWIND FOR PRINTER

In a printer and a stacker, and methods of operating thereof, the printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind or unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of different widths in center-justified relationship with respect to a print head. The printer has a spindle for mounting an ink ribbon core with a detent for center--justifying the ink-ribbon with respect to the print head.

SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSFER

A system for transferring data from a portable data capturing device to a data processing means, the system comprising: a wireless communications means for transmitting data from said data capturing device to the data processing means, the wireless communications means comprising a transmitter in communication with said data capturing device and a receiver in communication with the data storage means, the transmitter having a finite transmission range; and a buffer in communication with said data capturing device for temporarily storing at least some of the data captured by the said data capturing device; wherein data which is temporarily stored in the buffer is only transmitted to the receiver when the receiver is located within the transmission range of the transmitter.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF A SECURE DOCUMENT

A method and system for issuing secure documentation, such as tickets or coupons. The method includes producing a secure document having printed information and coded data thereon, the coded data including a unique identifier indicative of the secure document. A correspondence is recorded, in a computer system, between the secure document and validity status and/or authenticity information relating to the document. A sensing device is provided, adapted to sense the coded data on the secure document. The sensing device is further adapted for communication with said computer system, whereby the validity status and/or authenticity of said document can be determined by sensing said coded data to obtain the secure document unique identifier and communicating with the computer system to determine the validity status and/or authenticity information corresponding thereto. The secure document can be produced on demand in response to a request from a user to an issuer by way of the computer system ...

NETWORK PRINTER REGISTRATION PROTOCOL

In a network connected to a printer and a registration server, a network registration protocol for registering the printer on the network includes the steps of installing a secret unique identifier and public unique identifier in non-volatile memory in the printer and in a database of the registration server, before the printer is connected to the network; then, when the printer is connected to the network, authenticating the printer to the server by comparison of the secret unique identifiers installed in printer and server, using a secure transmission between the two over the network. Also a network registration signal for transmission over a network from a printer to a registration server to register the printer with the server, where the signal is transmitted at the first occasion the printer is connected to the network.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A COPY OF A PRINTED PAGE

A method for providing a copy of a page from a printed document, the document including coded data indicative of an identity of the document and of a plurality of reference points on the document, the method including: receiving, in a computer system, indicating data from a sensing device operated by a user, the indicating data regarding the identity of the document and a position of the sensing device relative to the document, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the document, sensing the indicating data using at least some of the coded data; and identifying, in the computer system and from the indicating data, a request for a copy of the page of the document.

A DUPLEX NETWORK COLOR PRINTER

A print engine (26.1, 26.2) for a printer includes a first and a second printhead (112). Both printheads (112) include a plurality of inkjet nozzles constructed using microelectromechanical techniques. The printheads (112) are matched so that defective nozzles in one printhead (112) are substituted by corresponding non-defective nozzles in the other printhead (112).

COMBINATION PRINTER AND ITS PAPER

A computer network system and method for printing purchase transaction receipts includes a novel printer physical structure, data structure, and control logic for printing on both sides of a register receipt, business rules designed to facilitate the two sided printing, and print paper designed to facilitate two sided printing.

INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME

... [Problem to be Solved] To provide an inkjet recording apparatus capable of adjusting the number of colors and capable of efficiently performing recording continuously on both surfaces of a web and an inkjet recording method using the same. [Solution] The present invention is directed to an inkjet recording apparatus 100 capable of performing recording continuously on both surfaces of a web 1, including a plurality of recording heads H1 to H8 disposed on a substrate, driers 5a and 5b for drying the web 1 recorded by the recording heads H1 to H8, and guide rollers Al to A8, B1 to B8, and G1 to G8 for guiding the web 1, in which a traveling path of the web 1 is switchable so that the web 1 passes between any selected adjacent ones of the recording heads Hi to H8, the recording head upstream of the position where the web passes performs recording on one surface la of the web 1, and the recording head downstream of the position where the web 1 passes performs recording on the other surface lb ...

Ink Jet Printer

INK JET PRINTER

The present invention is an ink jet printer utilized to enlarge color images. Signals from a scanned image (50) are convened by a color correction computer (51) into control signals (54) representing the density of the individual pixels of that scanned image. The color density signals are used to control the application of ink from ink jet spray nozzles (23A-U) 25A-D) located on a pair of printheads (23, 25). Thus, the ink jet printer of the present invention reproduces the image on both sides of a translucent substrate (13) to enhance the quality of the viewed image. The present invention is further provided with dual air sources to apply the ink. A first air source (34) is pulse width modulated to control the amount of ink sprayed onto the substrate. A second air pressure source (33) is continuously applied to the ink jet spray nozzles to remove the excess ink that accumulates about the nozzles during print operations. The present invention, additionally, is provided with heaters (28) ...

INFORMATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DETECTION METHOD FOR RECORDING MEDIA

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TWO-SIDED PRINTING

An apparatus and method for two-sided printing on items such as mail pieces. A printing station includes an ink jet printhead which is spaced fro m a transfer roller. As the roller rotates the printhead forms a first image on the surface of the roller. A mail piece or other item to be printed is feed through the printing station to pass between the printhead and the roller with the timing control so that the mail piece makes tangential, rolling contact with the transfer roller just as the image is completed on the roller and the image i s then transferred from the roller to one side of the mail piece as the mail piece continues through the printing station by an offset printing process. As the mail piece passes between the roller and the printhead the printhead is controlled to print a second image on the opposite side of the mail piece. ...

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TWO-SIDED PRINTING

An apparatus and method for two-sided printing on items such as mail pieces. A printing station includes an ink jet printhead which is spaced from a transfer roller. As the roller rotates the printhead forms a first image on the surface of the roller. A mail piece or other item to be printed is feed through the printing station to pass between the printhead and the roller with the timing control so that the mail piece makes tangential, rolling contact with the transfer roller just as the image is completed on the roller and the image is then transferred from the roller to one side of the mail piece as the mail piece continues through the printing station by an offset printing process. As the mail piece passes between the roller and the printhead the printhead is controlled to print a second image on the opposite side of the mail piece.

PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IT AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A printer is provided which reliably detects front and back sides of a print medium and the print data to be printed to the respective sides, and automatically prints print data to the correct side of the print medium. A print command interpreter 203 interprets a print command received from the host device to determines the print medium side indicated by the print command for printing associated print data. An inserted side detecting means 207 detects which side of the print medium inserted to the printer is facing a particular direction. Control units 204 and 208 print the print data when the print medium side detected by the print command interpreter 203 and the print medium side detected by the inserted side detecting means 207 are the same. Data can thus be printed to a desired specific side of the print medium because the printer 10 can reliably print to the print medium side specified by the host 220.

DEVICE AT A PRINTER FOR RECIPROCAL PRINTING ON OF SHEETS.

Printer front - back.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIGITAL APPLICATION OF COATING ON TEXTILE MATERIAL

МНОГОКРАСОЧНЫЙ КРУПНОФОРМАТНЫЙ СТРУЙНЫЙ ПРИНТЕР

Изобретение относится к области струйных принтеров, предназначенных для изготовления крупноформатной многоцветной печатной продукции. Улучшение качества продукции и увеличение производительности принтеров обеспечивается последовательным нанесением основных цветов, устранением цветовых искажений при двухсторонней печати на полупрозрачном материале, точным позиционированием головки при нанесении изображения на носитель, ликвидацией "хвостов", соединяющих каретку с системами подачи сигналов управления, воздуха и красок. Это достигается тем, что каретка со струйными головками перемещается в одном направлении по замкнутому рельсу-направляющей со штриховой линейкой точного позиционирования, что позволяет головкам объезжать носитель с двух сторон, а передача информации от блока управления устройства к каретке осуществляется через радиоприемопередатчик. Кроме того, принтер может быть снабжен двумя независимыми, параллельно расположенными системами подачи носителя, что дает возможность односторонней ...

MUCH INKING LARGE FRAMED JET PRINTER

СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ ЦИФРОВОЙ ОБРАБОТКИ ТЕКСТИЛЬНОГО МАТЕРИАЛА

Изобретение обеспечивает способ цифровой обработки текстильного изделия (Т) при использовании устройства (1) для обработки текстильного материала, причем устройство (1) содержит несколько сопел (12) для нанесения одного или более веществ на текстильный материал (Т) в дополнение к транспортирующему средству (2) для транспортировки текстильного материала (Т) вдоль сопел (12), при этом сопла (12) расположены по порядку в несколько последовательно размещенных рядов (4, 5, 6, 7), продолжающихся поперечно направлению транспортировки текстильного изделия (Т), причем способ предусматривает стадии направления текстильного изделия (Т) вдоль первого ряда (4) сопел (12); осуществления с помощью первого ряда (4) сопел (12) одной из операций окрашивания, нанесения покрытия или отделки текстильного изделия (Т), перемещаемого вдоль него; затем направления текстильного изделия (Т) вдоль второго ряда (5) сопел (12) и осуществления с помощью второго ряда (5) сопел (12) другой из операций окрашивания, нанесения ...

Movement sensing device

Conveying apparatus, liquid applying apparatus, and image forming apparatus

A disclosed conveying apparatus includes plural conveyance paths arranged in parallel and configured to receive plural conveyance objects fed from an upstream side of the plural conveyance paths and convey the received plural conveyance objects to a conveyance destination situated at a downstream side of the plural conveyance paths. The plural conveyance paths are configured to convey the plural conveyance objects in the order in which the plural conveyance objects are received.

Double-sided printer

Image recording device

Printing after treatment

The printing apparatus and printing apparatus control method

SYSTEME D'IMPRESSION ELECTROGRAPHIQUE D'IMAGES PERMANENTES SUR DEUX COTES D'UN SUPPORT EN PAPIER TRAITE

L'invention concerne un système d'impression électrographique comprenant des moyens perfectionnés pour former des images électrographiques cachées et les rendre ensuite visibles sur un support d'enregistrement Le systeme comprend une structure d'électrodes de chaque côté du support, formé d'une base conductrice recouverte d'un revêtement diélectrique des deux côtés, chaque structure d'électrodes étant constituée d'une pluralité de rangées d'électrodes espacées avec les électrodes des rangées successives décalées de l'une à l'autre rangée; des moyens d'excitation d'électrodes sélectionnées sont maintenus pour former simultanément des images cachées allongées de chaque côté dudit support d'enregistrement. Application aux imprimantes non-impact double face page par page ...

SYSTEM Of IMPRESSION ELECTROGRAPHIQUE Of PERMANENT IMAGES ON TWO DIMENSIONS Of a PAPER SUPPORT MILKED

INSTALLATION D'IMPRESSION RECTO-VERSO NOTAMMENT POUR UN SYSTEME INFORMATISE

A. INSTALLATION D'IMPRESSION POUR SYSTEME INFORMATISE. B. INSTALLATION COMPRENANT UNE ALIMENTATION 2 DE PAPIER ET DEUX IMPRIMANTES 3, 5 SEPAREES PAR UNE BOUCLE DE PAPIER 4 DE MANIERE A IMPRIMER LES DEUX FACES DE LA BANDE DE PAPIER. C. L'INVENTION CONCERNE L'IMPRESSION DOUBLE FACE NOTAMMENT DANS DES SYSTEMES INFORMATISES.

Heat transfer type color printer

Method of printing on thermal media

PRINTER UNIT

The present invention provides a printer unit which comprises: an input unit placed on a housing to receive an input of an operation input signal from a user; a storage unit to save outputted data; a control unit to apply a paper supply control signal to a paper supply unit using the data saved in the storage unit in accordance to an input signal through the input unit, supplying a piece of paper, and applying an output control signal for a printing unit, comprising: a photoconductive drum to print out, and applying a transfer control signal to a transfer unit which transfers the piece of paper supplied by the paper supply unit to pass through the photoconductive drum and be discharged to the outside after printing; and a returning unit to return the piece of paper discharged after printing out on one side of the piece of paper to the paper supply unit. The control unit, when a double side printing signal is entered for a certain piece of paper through the input unit, applies a returning ...

A DUPLEX NETWORK COLOR PRINTER

A print engine (26.1, 26.2) for a printer includes a first and a second printhead (112). Both printheads (112) include a plurality of inkjet nozzles constructed using microelectromechanical techniques. The printheads (112) are matched so that defective nozzles in one printhead (112) are substituted by corresponding non-defective nozzles in the other printhead (112). © KIPO & WIPO 2007 ...

CONTROL OF SYSTEM OF COMPUTER WITH DATA OF USING SAW INTERFACE SURFACE

Mounting apparatus for duplexer pages printing module

A mounting apparatus for a duplexer pages printing module includes a left mounting member and a right mounting member. The left mounting member includes a first clasp. The right mounting member includes a second clasp. A left transmitting module abuts the left mounting member. A right transmitting module abuts the right mounting member. The left and right transmitting modules move linkage to move the first and second clasps together.

Tablet printing apparatus and tablet printing method

A first score mark camera (51) captures images of one of the faces of a plurality of tablets (2) which are conveyed by a conveyance drum (10). When the tablets (2) are transferred from the conveyance drum (10) to a first conveyance belt (20), all of the tablets (2) are inverted with the orientations thereof preserved. A second score mark camera (52) captures images of the other of the faces of the plurality of tablets (2) which are conveyed by the first conveyance belt (20). On the basis of image data of both the obverse and reverse surfaces of the plurality of tablets (2) which are acquired by the first score mark camera (51) and the second score mark camera (52), a first inkjet head (61) carries out an obverse face printing process in a prescribed direction upon the obverse faces of the tablets (2) along the obverse face score marks, and a second inkjet head (62) carries out a reverse face printing process upon the reverse faces of the tablets (2) in the same direction along the reverse ...

PRINTER AND PLATEN ROLLER FOR PRINTER

... [Problem] Provided are a printer and a platen roller for a printer capable of uniformly applying an appropriate pressure upon printing, with a simple structure, even if a print paper comprises a first sheet and a second sheet laminated on the first sheet with a gap from the first sheet. [Solution] A printer (1) is provided with: a transfer unit (3) capable of transferring a print paper which comprises a first sheet (50) and a second sheet (51) laminated on the first sheet (50) with a gap (58) from the first sheet (50); and a print unit (5) for printing on the print paper: wherein the print unit (5) comprises a thermal head (18) and a platen roller (17) which is arranged to be opposed to the thermal head (18): and the platen roller (17) comprises a shaft (30) supported to be rotatable in the direction intersecting the transfer direction of the print paper, a cylindrical main roller (31) arranged on the shaft (30), and a projection (32) projecting outward in the radial direction of the main ...

DOUBLE SIDED PRINTER AND PAPER FEEDING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

Disclosed are a double sided printer and a paper feeding control method thereof. The double sided printer comprises a first printing assembly (1) arranged on a printer carriage, a second printing assembly (2) located downstream of the first printing assembly along the conveying direction of a printing medium (P), and a buffering mechanism (3) of the printing medium arranged between the first printing assembly and the second printing assembly, wherein the buffering mechanism comprises a buffering shaft (31) and elastic elements (32), both ends of the buffering shaft being supported in a guiding groove (201) at both sides of a passage for conveying the printing medium, the buffering shaft tending to move in order to deflect away from the passage for conveying the printing medium in the guiding groove, and the elastic elements being located at the two ends of the buffering shaft, one end of each of the elastic elements being connected to the printer carriage and the other end thereof being ...

DIRECT THERMAL AND INKJET DUAL-SIDED PRINTING

A dual-sided printer comprises: a first direct thermal print head positioned proximate to a first inkjet print head, the first direct thermal print head and the first inkjet print head being adapted to print a first side of a thermal-inkjet media; and a second direct thermal print head positioned proximate to a second inkjet print head, the second direct thermal print head and the second inkjet print head being adapted to print a second side of the thermal-inkjet print media. The thermal-inkjet print media comprises: a substrate including a first side and a second side; a first direct thermal coating and a first inkjet receptive coating on the first side of the substrate; and a second direct thermal coating and a second inkjet receptive coating on the second side of the substrate. Also provided is a method of printing the thermal-inkjet print media via the dual-sided printer.

IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE

In order to efficiently heat an image formation drum in an image formation device for performing both-surface image formation, an image formation device is characterized by being provided with: an image formation drum (50) for rotationally conveying a recording medium while holding the recording medium; a recording medium supply means (22) for supplying the recording medium (P) to the image formation drum; a recording head (71) for forming an image on the recording medium on the image formation drum; and a conveyance mechanism (80) for receiving the recording medium from the image formation drum at a reception position (m2) on the downstream side in a conveyance direction from the recoding head and distributing the recording medium to a paper discharge path or an inversion path, and in that the conveyance mechanism returns the recording medium to the image formation drum at a return position (m9) on the downstream side in the conveyance direction from the reception position (m2) after the ...

COMPUTER SYSTEM CONTROL WITH USER DATA VIA INTERFACE SURFACE

L'invention concerne un procédé et un système permettant à un utilisateur d'interagir avec un logiciel informatique exécuté sur un système informatique. Une surface interface est mise à la disposition de cet utilisateur, cette surface interface contenant des informations relatives au logiciel informatique ainsi que des données codées qui indiquent au moins un élément interactif concernant ledit logiciel informatique. De plus, un dispositif de détection, qui se présente sous la forme d'un stylet à détection optique, contient des données d'identification indiquant l'identité de l'utilisateur, l'extrémité opérationnelle de ce stylet étant placée en contact avec ladite surface interface lorsque l'utilisateur écrit à l'aide de ce stylet ou utilise ce dernier comme pointeur. Le dispositif de détection permet d'indiquer les données signalant au moins un élément interactif, et ce à l'aide d'au moins certaines des données codées. En outre, le système informatique est conçu pour recevoir les données ...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF A BROCHURE

L'invention concerne un procédé de remise de brochure, qui comporte les étapes consistant à: formater les informations de la brochure dans un système informatique, ces informations incluant au moins un élément interactif d'utilisateur qui permet à celui-ci de demander des informations complémentaires sur le contenu d'une brochure en interagissant avec l'élément au moyen d'un dispositif de détection conçu pour transmettre les données de demande au système informatique ; et imprimer les informations sur une imprimante reliée par un réseau au système informatique de façon à produire la brochure.

PRINTING APPARATUS

After printing cue marks and front surface images on the front surface of web paper by a printing station, an image data elongation-contraction processor creates corrected back surface image data based on elasticity information, and a printing station prints back surface images based on the corrected back surface image data, on the back surface of the printing medium. At this time, a page interval calculator calculates a page interval from an interval between the cue marks detected by a detector, and a difference computing unit calculates differences between the page interval and image size in a transport direction of the corrected back surface image data. Since these differences indicate shifts of the correction based on the elasticity information, optimal elasticity information can be set by revising the elasticity information with these differences through a setting unit. Consequently, the operator of the apparatus can easily set optimal elasticity information based on the differences ...

Manufacture of tape measures

A process for printing onto a measuring tape comprising the steps of passing an elongate strip through a printing station having a support over which the strip passes, means to hold the strip taut as it passes over the support and means for monitoring the amount of motion of the strip, monitoring and regulating the tension in the strip passing through the printing station, and delivering print onto the strip by at least one ink jet print head positioned to print onto the strip as it passes over the support wherein control means synchronises operation of the ink jet print head(s) with the monitored motion of the strip, wherein the or at least one of the ink jet print heads uses UV curable ink, and the process further comprises passing said strip past a UV source located downstream of an ink jet print head using UV curable ink.

Ink drying time creating duplex printing apparatus

A duplex printing apparatus includes a conveying device that conveys the printing sheet at a prescribed average line speed, a comparison device that compares skip suppression information with a prescribed threshold, and a speed changing device that decreases the prescribed average line speed in accordance with a comparison result of the comparison device.

Ink jet printer

The present invention is an ink jet printer utilized to enlarge color images. Signals from a scanned image are converted by a color correction computer into control signals representing the density of the individual pixels of that scanned image. The color density signals are used to control the application of ink from ink jet spray nozzles located on a pair of printheads. Thus, the ink jet printer of the present invention reproduces the image on both sides of a translucent substrate to enhance the quality of the viewed image. The present invention is further provided with dual air sources to apply the ink. A first source is pulse width modulated to control the amount of ink sprayed onto the substrate. A second air pressure source is continuously applied to the ink jet spray nozzles to remove the excess ink that accumulates about the nozzles during print operations. The present invention, additionally, is provided with heaters and a wiper arm and sponge which operate together to enhance ...

Thermal transfer type color printer

A thermal transfer type color printer of this invention has four ink ribbons sequentially arranged from a first order to a fourth order along a conveying direction of a printing medium, and four printing heads respectively arranged in accordance with the four ink ribbons. Each of the printing heads melts and transfers ink included in each of the ink ribbons to the printing medium by heating the ink ribbons while each of the ink ribbons comes in contact with the printing medium. While the printing medium is conveyed, the ink of each of the ink ribbons is transferred to the printing medium so that a color image is formed. In this color printer, a melting viscosity of the ink of an ink ribbon used at a later stage is set to be lower than that used at a previous stage.

Portable image processing device

In order to provide a lightweight, low-cost portable image processing device capable of reading the front and reverse side of a manuscript or printing on the front and reverse side of paper in one loading there is provided one or more read heads and/or print heads, one or more platen rollers and a guide mechanism for guiding paper in a forward direction. Here, images on both reverse and front surfaces of loaded paper can be automatically read out with one loading by the front or reverse of the loaded paper coming into contact with the surface of the platen roller rotated in a fixed direction so as to be moved in one direction, an image of the front or reverse of the paper being read out and, after the paper has been temporarily removed from the platen roller due to movement, the paper being returned in the opposite direction so that the front or reverse of the paper again comes into contact with the surface of the platen roller so as to be moved again in the one direction in such a manner ...

Sheet separator using fluid assist for moving a sheet from a stack

An apparatus for separating a sheet of print media from a stack of porous sheets includes a sheet conveyor for conveying a topmost sheet of print media which has been separated from the stack to a printing station of a printer. A separator is associated with the sheet conveyor for separating the sheet of print media from the stack. The separator includes a fluid delivery arrangement for blowing fluid on to a top surface of the stack for effecting separation of the topmost sheet of print media from the stack. A capturing arrangement is carried by the sheet conveyor for capturing at least a part of the topmost sheet and for facilitating conveyance of the topmost sheet by the sheet conveyor to the printing station.

Gas supply to a printhead chip

A printhead assembly has one or more printhead chips mounted end or end in or on a housing. The housing has an elongate air duct that supplies air to the printhead chips. The duct is open at both ends so the assembly may be used in left and right hand configurations.

Lithographic method and lithographic device, plate making method and plate making device, and ink jet printing method and printing device

An on-press recording type lithographic printing method comprising mounting a plate material on a plate cylinder of a press, ejecting an oil-based ink onto the plate material from a recording head having a plurality of ejection channels utilizing an electrostatic field according to signals of image data to directly form an image on the surface of the plate material and prepare a printing plate, and then effecting the lithographic printing using the printing plate as it is, wherein the distance of the ejection channels is 170 mum, or more (150 dpi (150 dots per inch) or less as calculated in terms of resolution of recorded image).

Media printing

Printing techniques for print media are described herein. In an example, a printer includes print head and a feed roller to move a medium under the print head along a print path. The print head includes a first set of nozzles such that the first set of nozzles is proximal to the feed roller. Further, the print head is to print on a Top-of-Form (TOF) of the medium through the first set of nozzles.

Inkjet recording apparatus

An inkjet recording apparatus includes: an image formation unit which deposits aqueous ink onto a recording surface of a recording sheet to form an image on the recording surface; a drying unit which dries the recording surface on which the image has been formed, the drying unit including a double-side heat application device which performs drying of the recording surface by applying heat to both the recording surface and a rear surface of the recording sheet opposite to the recording surface; and a drying control unit which controls a first intensity of heat applied to the recording surface and a second intensity of heat applied to the rear surface independently from each other, in accordance with a thickness of the recording sheet.

Inkjet dyeing method

An inkjet dyeing method for dyeing a belt-shape textile by ejecting ink includes a feeding step of feeding the textile to an inkjet dyeing apparatus, a front surface printing step of dyeing the textile by ejecting the ink onto a front surface of the textile, a front surface drying step of drying the front surface of the textile, an inverting step of inverting the textile, a rear surface printing step of dyeing the textile by ejecting ink onto a rear surface of the textile, and a rear surface drying step of drying the rear surface of the textile.

Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method

According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a holding roller, a holding device, an image forming device, a reversing device, and a controller. The holding roller holds a recording medium. The holding device presses the recording medium and holds the recording medium on the surface of the holding roller. The controller performs control to press the recording medium against the holding roller with first pressing force if the image forming device forms an image on a first surface of the recording medium and press the recording medium against the holding roller with second pressing force smaller than the first pressing force if the image forming device forms an image on a second surface of the recording medium after the image is formed on the first surface of the recording medium and the recording medium is reversed by the reversing device.

Image forming apparatus and image forming method

According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a retaining roller, a nipping device, a retaining device, an image forming head, and a controller. The retaining roller retains a recording medium and rotates. The nipping device is capable of operating to open and close and holds the recording medium between the nipping device and the surface of the retaining roller to mechanically retain the recording medium. The retaining device retains the recording medium on the surface of the retaining roller. The controller controls, on the basis of a condition for use of the recording medium, the nipping device to nip the recording medium between the nipping device and the surface of the retaining roller.

Printers and duplexers for printers

Printers and duplexers are described herein. An example duplexer for a printer includes a print substrate path to guide a print substrate and a chamber to collect a fluid.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming system includes a first image forming apparatus located upstream and a second image forming apparatus located downstream in a sheet conveying direction to perform a both-side printing operation. The system further includes a control section for judging whether a predetermined processing step serving as a judgment criterion has been completed with respect to an image to be formed on a subsequent sheet in each of the apparatuses, and for performing a control to start image forming operation on the subsequent sheet when judging that the predetermined processing step has been completed, and a processing step serving as the judgment criterion for the image to be formed in the second image forming apparatus is located in a step prior to a processing step serving as the judgment criterion for the image to be formed in the first image forming apparatus.

Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus includes: a support member in which a plurality of suction holes that apply suction to a recording medium are formed in a support surface that supports the recording medium; a transport device that transports the recording medium along the support surface; a recording head that prints onto the recording medium supported by the support surface by ejecting a fluid; and a regulating member, provided downstream from the suction holes formed in the location that is furthest downstream in the transport direction, that suppresses the recording medium from lifting off the support surface by more than a predetermined height.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance belt, a reverse passage, and a charger. The belt is looped around at least two rollers to adhere a recording medium thereto by electrostatic force and convey the medium. The belt defines a normal conveyance area in which the medium is conveyed in a first direction with the medium facing the head. The reverse passage sends the medium back again to a portion of the belt upstream from the head in the first direction. The reverse passage includes an opposite conveyance area of the belt in which the medium is conveyed in a second direction and a bypass passage to guide the medium separated from the opposite conveyance area toward the normal conveyance area. The charger is disposed between the bypass passage and an outer surface of the belt to charge the outer surface of the belt.

Printing apparatus

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.

Thermal printer and printing device

According to an aspect of the present invention, a thermal printer includes a housing in which a space is formed, printing means disposed in the housing, a cover disposed in the housing and which comes into contact with and separates from the housing when rotated, thereby opening and closing the space, urging means for urging the cover in a direction away from the housing, an engaging part which is disposed in the housing and which prevents the movement of the cover in a direction away from the housing when engaged with the cover, a pressed part which is disposed rotatably in the cover and which moves the engaging part when pressed, thereby releasing engagement between the cover and the engaging part, and elastic means arranged to urge the pressed part in a direction away from the engaging part.

Thermal printer and printing device

According to an aspect of the present invention, a thermal printer includes a housing in which a space is formed, printing means disposed in the housing, a cover disposed in the housing and which comes into contact with and separates from the housing when rotated, thereby opening and closing the space, urging means for urging the cover in a direction away from the housing, an engaging part which is disposed in the housing and which prevents the movement of the cover in a direction away from the housing when engaged with the cover, a pressed part which is disposed rotatably in the cover and which moves the engaging part when pressed, thereby releasing engagement between the cover and the engaging part, and elastic means arranged to urge the pressed part in a direction away from the engaging part.

Duplex printer with internal hard drive

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.

Printing apparatus and method for conveying printing medium

When a size of a reversing unit is smaller than that of a printing medium, errors can be detected without adding any other mechanism, and if such errors are not caused by a paper jam, the printing can be continued. A printing apparatus is provided with: an reversing unit provided with an reversing roller; a sensor ; and a control unit configured to, if when the detecting unit detects a load equal to or more than a predetermined value, a conveyance amount of the printing medium after the sensor has detected the fore end is longer than a threshold value that is a distance from a position of the fore end at the time of being detected by the sensor to a position of the fore end at the time of exiting from the conveyance path of the reversing unit, perform control to continue conveyance.

Media actuated media diverter for an imaging device

A media actuated, media diverter mounted on a media guide positioned between the output of a simplex path and the entrance of a duplex path in an imaging device. The media diverter comprises a plate having a media guiding surface and a media contract surface along portions of the edge of the plate. The plate is received within a slot through the guide member such that in a first position the media contact surface extends into the duplex path and when in a second position the media guiding surface extends into the simplex path with the plate biasable in the first position. A media sheet fed into the duplex path contacts the media contact surface actuating the media diverter to move the plate to the second position directing a following media sheet in the simplex path to an exit of the imaging device.

Printing system having multiple sided pattern registration

A printing system includes a media transport system for transporting a media, a first printhead that prints a first pattern on a first side of the media, and a second printhead that prints a second pattern on a second side of the media. A print controller controls the operation of the first and second printheads. An image registration system includes a fiducial including a fiducial origin and first and second fiducial sides. A first camera captures a first fiducial image of the first fiducial side and origin and a first pattern image of the first pattern. A second camera captures a second fiducial image of the second fiducial side and origin and a second pattern image of the second pattern. An image registration controller processes the first and second fiducial images and the first and second pattern images to determine a relative position of the first and second patterns. The print controller adjusts the registration of subsequently printed patterns on at least one of the first and second sides of the print media based on the determined relative pattern position.

Registering patterns on multiple media sides

A method of determining a relative location of a first pattern and a second pattern includes providing a fiducial including a fiducial origin, a first camera, a second camera, and an image registration controller. A first fiducial image of the fiducial origin is captured using the first camera. A second fiducial image of the fiducial origin is captured using the second camera. A first pattern image of a first pattern is captured using the first camera. A second pattern image of a second pattern is captured using the second camera. A first location of the first pattern relative to the fiducial origin is determined using the image registration controller. A second location of the second pattern relative to the fiducial origin is determined using the image registration controller. A relative location of the first location and the second location is determined using the image registration controller.

Image recording apparatus

There is provided an image recording apparatus including: a first transporting portion with a first transporting path formed to guide a sheet with its recording surface facing upward, a recording portion, a transporting roller, a second transporting portion with a second transporting path, a first flap, a sandwiching member sandwich the sheet between itself and the first flap, and a second flap. The first flap turn between a first position being able to guide the sheet along the first transporting path and a second position spaced downward from the sandwiching member farther than in the first position, and the second flap change between a third position for a third surface to define a guide surface of the second transporting path and a fourth position to open up the second transporting path.

Method of and apparatus for personalising a series of portable objects

Embodiments of the invention provide a method of and apparatus for graphically marking a series of portable objects, such as a card, each portable object being graphically marked on a respective zone by a respective marking device, wherein the marking devices are configured to perform the same marking operation simultaneously on a plurality of portable objects.

Image inspection apparatus, image forming apparatus, image inspection method, and image inspection program

An image inspection apparatus for inspecting a recording medium having first and second sides is devised. The image inspection apparatus includes a penetrated-image information obtaining unit to obtain information of penetrated-image; an inspection information storage to store information of upper permissible limit of image penetration; a pre-print image penetration inspection unit to obtain an image penetration level from the first side to the second side, to compare the obtained image penetration level and the upper permissible limit, and to inspect an image penetration from the first side to the second side; a pre-print image penetration prediction unit to predict, before an image is formed on the second side, an image penetration level from the second side to the first side; and a post-print image inspection unit to inspect images on the first and second sides after forming the image on the second side.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes a discharge path through which the recording medium that has passed through the printing path is discharged; a reverse path in which the recording medium that has passed through the printing path is reversed; a resupply path in which the recording medium which reversely travels along the reverse path is guided to the printing path; a connection portion in which the printing path, the discharge path, the reverse path, and the resupply path cross one another; and a first guide member that is disposed in the connection portion.

Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

A sheet conveying apparatus which conveys a sheet, including: a first conveying path along which the sheet is conveyed; a second conveying path along which the sheet is reconveyed to the first conveying path; a reverse conveyance roller pair, which performs forward rotation to convey the sheet from the first conveying path and reverse rotation to convey the sheet to the second conveying path; a reconveying roller pair disposed in the second conveying path; and a control portion which causes the reconveying roller pair to nip a preceding sheet and a succeeding sheet in an overlaid manner, and thereafter rotates a first roller that is in contact with the preceding sheet while stopping rotation of a second roller that is in contact with the succeeding sheet so that the preceding sheet is conveyed to the first conveying path and the succeeding sheet stays in the second conveying path.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IMPROVED IN OPERABILITY FOR PRINT JOB INVOLVING SINGLE-SIDED PRINTING AND DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING

An image forming apparatus capable of improving productivity in a print job mixedly involving single-sided printing and double-sided printing. Sheets are fed one by one to an image forming section. When double-sided printing is to be performed, a sheet having an image formed on the first side thereof by the image forming section is re-fed thereto so as to have an image formed on the second side thereof. When a sheet for double-sided printing exists, which is posterior in page order to a sheet for single-sided printing, an image forming order is changed such that the first side of the sheet for double-sided printing is subjected to image formation prior to the sheet for single-sided printing. When it is predicted that a state will occur in which the sheet for single-sided printing cannot be fed, the image forming order is not changed. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet;a sheet feeding section configured to contain a plurality of sheets and feed the contained sheets one by one to said image forming section;a re-feeding section configured to be operable when double-sided printing is to be performed, to re-feed a sheet fed from said sheet feeding section and having an image formed on a first side thereof by said image forming section to said image forming section so as to have an image formed on a second side thereof; anda control section configured to be operable when there is a sheet for double-sided printing, which is posterior in page order to a sheet for single-sided printing, to perform a changing of an image forming order such that a first side of the sheet for double-sided printing is subjected to image formation prior to the sheet for single-sided printing,wherein when it is predicted that an image forming condition for forming an image on the sheet for single-sided printing, which is to have the image forming order changed, will be changed, said control section does not perform the changing ...

Image recording apparatus

An image recording apparatus includes a first upper-position guide member, a first lower-position guide member defining a first feeding path and a first feeding portion feeding a sheet in a feeding direction along the first feeding path. The image recording apparatus further includes a recording portion located downstream of the first feeding portion in the feeding direction, a second upper-position guide member, a second lower-position guide member defining a second feeding path and a second feeding portion comprising at least one pair of rollers each consisting of an upper-position roller and a lower-position roller. The second feeding portion feeds the sheet along the second feeding path and a first axis of the upper-position roller is located upstream of a second axis of the lower-position roller in the feeding direction.

Dual purpose printing apparatus

According to one embodiment, a dual purpose printer has a housing, a printing medium supporting section, a first printing section, and a second printing section. The housing has a discharge port and an entrance port. The printing medium supporting section is arranged inside the housing, and rotatably supports a rolled printing medium. The first printing section is configured to print on a top surface of a first continuous sheet printing medium drawn from the rolled printing medium supported on the printing medium supporting section, and to print on a second printing medium carried in through the entrance port. The second printing section is arranged inside the housing, and is configured to print on the bottom surface of the first continuous sheet printing medium.

Sheet conveyance device

A sheet conveyance device including first to third conveyance units, independent driving unit, device driving unit, and control unit. The first conveyance unit includes a first holder that holds one edge of a sheet, and conveys the sheet. The second conveyance unit includes a second holder that holds one edge of the sheet, and conveys the sheet. The third conveyance unit is supported to be swingable between a reception position at which it receives the sheet from the first conveyance unit, and a transfer position at which it transfers the sheet to the second conveyance unit. The third conveyance unit includes a third holder that holds the other edge of the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance unit, and conveys the sheet held by the third holder. The independent driving unit drives the first conveyance unit. The control unit adjusts the speed at which the sheet is conveyed.

Sheet reversing device

A sheet reversing device including a first conveyance unit, second conveyance unit, third conveyance unit, and sheet pressing member. The first conveyance unit includes a first holder, and a support surface that supports the sheet, and conveys the sheet with an edge held by the first holder, and its entire surface supported by the support surface. The second conveyance unit includes second holders, which convey the sheet. The third conveyance unit is supported to be swingable between a reception position at which the third conveyance unit receives the sheet, and a transfer position at which the third conveyance unit transfers the sheet to the second conveyance unit. The third conveyance unit includes a third holder, and conveys the sheet held by the third holder. The sheet pressing member presses the sheet, transferred from the third conveyance unit to the first conveyance unit, against the first conveyance unit support surface.

Digital printing apparatus

A digital printing apparatus including a sheet supply device, printing cylinder, inkjet nozzle portion, sheet delivery device, and conveyance devices. The sheet supply device supplies sheets one by one at a predetermined period. The printing cylinder includes at least one gripper device that grips and holds the sheet, and conveys the sheet while one edge of the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is held by the plurality of gripper devices. The inkjet nozzle portion discharges ink droplets onto the sheet. The conveyance devices include a plurality of gripper devices including one reversing gripper device that grips and holds the other edge of the sheet, and conveys the sheet printed on one surface, which is received from the printing cylinder in a double-sided printing mode. The sheet is turned by reversing the obverse/reverse surface of the sheet by the reversing gripper device in the process of conveyance.

DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTER FOR PRINTING RECEIPTS ON THERMAL PAPER

The invention relates to an arrangement for double-sided printing of thermal paper, with a first print head for printing the front side of the thermal paper and a second print head for printing the back side of the thermal paper. The arrangement comprises a first counter-pressure element lying opposite to the first print head and a second counter-pressure element lying opposite to the second print head, the thermal paper being guided between the first print head and the first counter-pressure element and between the second print head and the second counter-pressure element. A first unit is provided which can be moved relative to a second unit, the first print head being arranged in the first unit, and the second print head, the first counter-pressure element and the second counter-pressure element being arranged in the second unit. 1. An apparatus for double-sided printing of thermal paper , comprising:a first print head for printing the front side of the thermal paper and a second print head for printing the back side of the thermal paper,a first counter-pressure element lying opposite to the first print head,a second counter-pressure element lying opposite to the second print head,the thermal paper being guided between the first print head and the first counter-pressure element and between the second print head and the second counter-pressure element,a first unit which can be moved relative to a second unit,the first print head being arranged in the first unit, andthe second print head, the first counter-pressure element and the second counter-pressure element being arranged in the second unit.2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the counter-pressure elements are designed as counter-pressure rollers.3. The arrangement apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the counter-pressure rollers are driven in opposite directions relative to each other at the same speed claim 2 , and the driven counter-pressure rollers exert a force on the thermal paper in the ...

Printer

A printer includes a printer unit that performs a recording operation on a recording medium pulled out from a first recording medium holding unit and on a recording medium held by a second recording medium holding unit included in a paper-feeding/paper-reversing unit. The paper-feeding/paper-reversing unit has a third recording medium transportation path in which the side of the recording medium to be subject to simplex recording is switched and through which the recording medium is fed back to a recording unit of the printer unit. The third recording medium transportation path partially overlaps a second recording medium transportation path through which the recording medium is fed to the printer unit.

Droplet Ejecting Apparatus and Computer-Readable Medium

In recording on a back side of a sheet in duplex recording, an overlapping pixel where both a pixel in back-side image data and a pixel opposed thereto in front-side image data has a gray level value larger than zero is retrieved from the front-side and back-side image data. A block area containing at least a predetermined number of overlapping pixels is extracted as an overlap area from block areas arranged in a matrix in the back-side image data. The area drying time in a block area other than the overlap area is determined from the volume of droplets to be ejected to the back side. The area drying time in the overlap area is determined from the total volume of droplets to be ejected to the front and back sides. The maximum area drying time is determined to be the drying time for the back side.

Dryer, printer, and liquid applicator

A dryer for conveying and drying an object to be dried, the dryer includes a conveyor including a first path and a second path along which the object to be dried is conveyed, a conveyance direction of the second path being different from a conveyance direction of the first path, and a blower to blow air onto the object to be dried. The blower includes a first air outlet that faces the first path and blows the air onto the object to be dried conveyed along the first path, and a second air outlet that faces the second path and blows the air onto the object to be dried conveyed along the second path.

RECORDING APPARATUS

A printer includes an inversion path that inverts a medium, an inversion roller having a circumferential surface that serves as a path surface of the inversion path, an advancing roller having a circumferential surface that faces both a first path that is a path before the medium is inverted and a second path that is a path after the medium is inverted. The printer also includes an idler roller disposed above the inversion roller and a supply mechanism that is disposed above the idler roller and that supplies the medium toward the recording head. The inversion roller is made smaller in diameter than the advancing roller, and the inversion roller is positioned within a height range of the advancing roller, and at least part of the idler roller is positioned within the height range of the advancing roller. 1. A recording apparatus , comprising:a recording device that performs recording onto a medium;an inversion path that inverts the medium transported in a reverse transporting direction that is opposite to a medium transporting direction while the recording device performing recording;an inversion roller having a circumferential surface that serves as a path surface of the inversion path, the inversion roller applying a transporting force to the medium;an advancing roller having a circumferential surface that faces both a first path that is a medium transport path before the medium is inverted by the inversion roller and a second path that is a medium transport path after the medium is inverted, the advancing roller applying a transporting force to the medium;a first inversion idler roller that is disposed above the inversion roller and nips and transports the medium after the inversion in collaboration with the inversion roller; andan upper supply mechanism that is disposed above the first inversion idler roller and supplies the medium toward the recording device, whereinthe inversion roller is made smaller in diameter than the advancing roller, andthe inversion ...

INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS

An inkjet recording apparatus includes an image forming section, a heater, a calculation section, storage, and a determination section. The image forming section ejects ink onto a sheet in which first to M-th regions are defined (M is an integer of at least 2). The heater includes first to M-th heat sources and heats an n-th region of the sheet using an n-th heat source (n is an integer of at least 1 and no greater than M). The calculation section calculates an ink ejection rate of ink to be ejected onto the n-th region. The storage stores therein heating information indicating whether it is necessary to heat the n-th region. The determination section determines whether or not to cause the n-th heat source to generate heat. 1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:an image forming section configured to eject ink onto a sheet in which first to M-th regions are defined, M being an integer of at least 2;a heater including first to M-th heat sources and configured to heat an n-th region among the first to M-th regions of the sheet using an n-th heat source among the first to M-th heat sources, n being an integer of at least 1 and no greater than M;a first calculation section configured to calculate an ink ejection amount to the n-th region, the ink ejection amount to the n-th region being an amount of ink to be ejected to the n-th region;storage that stores therein heating information that corresponds to the ink ejection amount to the n-th region and that indicates whether it is necessary to heat the n-th region; anda determination section configured to determinate whether or not to cause the n-th heat source to generate heat based on the heating information and the ink ejection amount to the n-th region calculated by the first calculation section.2. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprisinga controller configured to control the n-th heat source, whereinwhen the determination section determines not to cause the n-th heat source to ...

Print Apparatus Having First and Second Printing Devices, Computer Readable Medium and Computer Implemented Method

A print apparatus includes a first printing device arranged to print a first image on a first side of a print target; and a second printing device arranged to print a second image on a second side of the print target, wherein the printing capability of the print apparatus on the first side of the print target is different to the printing capability of the print apparatus on the second side of the print target. 1. A print apparatus , comprising: a first printing device arranged to print a first image on a first side of a print target; anda second printing device arranged to print a second image on a second side of the print target, wherein the printing capability of the print apparatus on the first side of the print target is different to the printing capability of the print apparatus on the second side of the print target.2. The print apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the print apparatus is a wide or super wide format printer claim 1 , and the first device is a wide or super wide format printing section.3. The print apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second printing device is an ink jet printer.4. The print apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first printing device prints at a first quality claim 1 , and the second printing device prints at a second quality claim 1 , the second quality being lower than the first quality.5. The print apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the print apparatus is arranged to move the print target past and between the first and second printing devices claim 1 , anda printhead of the second printing device is arranged to be moveable along a scan axis, wherein the scan axis is perpendicular to a direction of movement of the print target past the printhead.6. The print apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising first control circuitry for controlling the first printing device and second control circuitry for controlling the second printing device claim 15 , wherein the first control circuitry and second control circuitry are arranged to communicate a ...

Media unit redirector assembly for media processing devices

A media processing device includes: a transport assembly to guide a media unit from a source past a processing head in an outbound direction, and past the processing head in a return direction toward an output; and a redirector to receive the media unit in the outbound direction, flip the media unit, and expel the media unit in the return direction. The redirector includes: a motor having an output shaft; a carriage rotatably supported by a housing; a roller supported by the carriage for engaging with the media unit; and a selector connected between the output shaft and the roller. The selector, for a first output shaft drive direction, rotates relative to the carriage and drives the roller for receiving or expelling the media unit, and for a second output shaft drive direction, engages the carriage and rotates the carriage relative to the housing for flipping the media unit.

Digital Double-sided Printing Machine with Smooth Helical Printing Trajectory

A digital printing machine comprises a cylindrical drum assembly on the rigid printing framework. A cylindrical drum moves along and rotates about its central cylindrical axis and a stationary printing head with multiple nozzles placed proximately above the circumference of the cylindrical drum. The combined linear and rotational movements of the cylindrical drum enable the printing head to create a smooth helical printing trajectory on the flexible fabrics. The cylindrical drum of the digital printing machine also works as a working drum to hold a piece of flexible textile to be printed. A double-side printing mechanism allows the digital printing machine to automatically carry out the second side printing. 1. A digital printing machine for printing flexible textiles comprising:a digital printing framework;a cylindrical drum assembly mounted on the framework; wherein the printing head is stationary during the entire printing operation;', 'wherein the cylindrical drum assembly moves in a linear direction along its central axis and synchronously rotates about its central axis;', 'and', 'wherein the cylindrical drum assembly comprises a cylindrical drum with a longitudinal slot on its peripheral surface, two side plates with each having a support arm, a clamp bar for securing a flexible work piece., 'a printing head comprising an array of nozzles aligned parallel to the central axis of the cylindrical drum;'}2. The digital printing machine of claim 1 , wherein any point on the periphery of the cylindrical drum follows a smooth helical trajectory.3. The digital printing machine of claim 1 , wherein each of the nozzles prints a smooth helical line of paint on a flexible work piece during the entire printing operation.4. The digital printing machine of claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal slot and the clamp bar secure a piece of flexible textile on the peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum.5. A digital printing machine for printing flexible textiles comprising:a ...

Printed output inspection

In one example, a printed output inspection unit ( 300 ) for a web printing system ( 100 ). The inspection unit has a first L-inverter ( 310 ) disposed in a first plane ( 315 ), and a second L-inverter ( 320 ) disposed in a second plane ( 325 ) offset from the first plane in a direction orthogonal to the first plane. The inspection unit ( 300 ) also has an inspection area ( 340,350 ) between the first and second L-inverters to view a side ( 307,309 ) of a web substrate ( 305 ), the inspection area extending in the direction orthogonal to the first plane.

Means for Higher Speed Inkjet Printing

A method and apparatus for subdividing and printing regions of a substrate with multiple print heads or multiple print head assemblies which substantially decreases printing time is described. The method includes a feathering method which reduces overlap artifacts which is useful in any printing situation where adjacent regions are printed that could be misaligned, offset, or have slightly different colors. 1. An inkjet pagewidth printer for printing on a print medium and comprising:a printhead assembly including a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array, each nozzle array having a plurality of nozzles, each nozzle array being configured to deposit droplets of ink on the print medium such that the two nozzle arrays both deposit droplets of ink in an overlapping transition region of the print medium, wherein, for each nozzle array, the plurality of nozzles includes a number of nozzles disposed to deposit droplets of ink within the overlapping transition region; anda print firing controller coupled to both nozzle arrays and configured to generate print firing signals for each nozzle array, wherein the print firing signals for each of the number of nozzles in the first nozzle array are generated utilizing a first halftone mask and a first feathering function and wherein the print firing signals for each of the number of nozzles in the second nozzle array are generated utilizing a second halftone mask and a second feathering function, the second halftone mask being substantially uncorrelated with the first halftone mask, to achieve a desired print density of the droplets of ink, and wherein the print firing controller is further configured to generate the print firing signals for the first and second nozzle arrays to match and correct nozzle array colors.2. The inkjet pagewidth printer of wherein the print firing controller is configured to generate the print firing signals for the first and second nozzle arrays to correct for color non-uniformity by using a ...

MEDIUM SUPPORT UNIT, PRINTING APPARATUS, HEATING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD

A medium support unit that supports a medium to be printed on by a printing apparatus includes a support section and a frame section. The support section has a first support face and a second support face that are capable of supporting the medium. The frame section retains the support section. The frame section includes a first placement portion that is placed on a base of the printing apparatus when the first support face is set as a printing face on which the medium is printed, and a second placement portion that is placed on the base when the second support face is set as the printing face. 1. A medium support unit that supports a medium to be printed on by a printing apparatus , the medium support unit comprising:a support section having a first support face and a second support face that are capable of supporting the medium; and a first placement portion that is placed on a base of the printing apparatus when the first support face is set as a printing face on which the medium is printed, and', 'a second placement portion that is placed on the base when the second support face is set as the printing face., 'a frame section that retains the support section, the frame section including'}2. The medium support unit according to claim 1 , wherein the frame section is inserted between the first support face and the second support face to retain the support section.3. The medium support unit according to claim 1 , wherein the frame section pinches the support section from the first support face-side and the second support face-side to retain the support section.4. The medium support unit according to claim 1 , whereinan inclined portion is provided at an outer peripheral portion of at least one of the first support face or the second support face, andthe inclined portion is inclined such that in a state in which the frame section is placed on the base, positions where the medium is supported at the printing face approach the base toward the outer edge of the outer ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

This image forming apparatus is equipped with: a conveyance cover which forms a reverse conveyance path; and a double-sided conveyance unit. The conveyance cover is turnably mounted to a body housing, and the double-sided conveyance unit is turnably mounted to the conveyance cover. A side surface of the body housing is equipped with a first abutment surface. The double-sided conveyance unit is equipped with a second abutment surface that abuts on the first abutment surface. The first abutment surface and the second abutment surface are the surfaces against which the double-sided conveyance unit and the surface abut first when the conveyance cover is closed, if in a state where the conveyance cover is opened and the double-sided conveyance unit is separated from the conveyance cover. The abutment presses the double-sided conveyance unit toward a position to cause the conveyance cover to house the double-sided conveyance unit. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;a sheet conveyance path constituted of a first wall and a second wall disposed to face each other with a predetermined space therebetween, so as to convey the sheet in a vertical direction;a body housing configured to house the image forming unit and the sheet conveyance path, and to have a side surface to be an access surface when the sheet conveyance path is opened to the outside;a conveyance cover having an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface, turnably mounted to the body housing on the side surface, including a first guide wall surface constituting at least a part of the first wall on the inner wall surface side, so that attitude thereof is switchable between a closed state in which the sheet conveyance path is closed and an opened state in which the sheet conveyance path is opened to the outside; anda conveyance unit disposed on the inner wall surface side of the conveyance cover and turnably mounted to the conveyance cover, ...

Print control apparatus and method

An apparatus capable of causing a print unit to print data on a continuous sheet includes a reception unit, a determination unit, and a print control unit. The reception unit receives data of a plurality of pages to be printed by the print unit. The determination unit determines whether the data of the received plurality of pages is to be printed on a single side or on both sides of the continuous sheet. The print control unit causes printing of the data of the received plurality of pages on the continuous sheet in a manner such that an orientation of a surface of a discharged continuous sheet in a case where being discharged after having been printed on its both sides and an orientation of a surface of a discharged continuous sheet in a case where being discharged after having been printed on its single side is the same.

GENERATING A DAY/NIGHT IMAGE

According to one example, there is provided a method of generating a day/night image on a media. The method comprises obtaining an image to be printed as a front-to-back image, printing the obtained image on a first side of the media, processing the obtained image by flipping the image, applying a degree of edge removal, and applying a degree blur. The method further comprises printing the processed image on a reverse side of the media, such that the first printed image and printed modified image are substantially aligned with one another. 1. A method of generating a day/night image on a media comprising:obtaining an image to be printed as a front-to-back image;printing the obtained image on a first side of the media; flipping the image:', 'applying a degree of edge removal; and', 'applying a degree blur;, 'processing the obtained image byandprinting the processed image on a reverse side of the media, such that the first printed image and printed modified image are substantially aligned with one another.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying a degree of edge removal within a range of about 1 to 5 mm.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying a degree of blurring within a range of about 1 to 5 mm.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining an expected misalignment characteristic of the printing images.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein applying a degree of edge removal comprises applying a degree of edge removal based on the determined misalignment characteristic.6. The method of claim 4 , wherein applying a degree of blur comprises applying a degree of blur based on the determined misalignment characteristic.7. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining the expected misalignment characteristic comprises one or more of:determining a type of media; anddetermining a type of printing system.8. A printing system comprising:a print engine to print on a media; and obtain an image to be printed;', 'control the print engine to print ...

Printhead spacing

A method of printing includes directing print media to a print zone between a printhead and a platen for printing; and adjusting a spacing between the printhead and the platen based on a combination of at least two of environmental conditions of the printing, a print mode of the printing, an orientation of the print media for the printing, and a characteristic of the print media for the printing.

Printer

A printer includes a print engine to print on print media within a print zone, a media tray to hold a quantity of the print media, and at least one service module to service the print engine, wherein the at least one service module is at least one of positioned vertically of the print engine and laterally of the media tray, and positioned laterally of the print engine and vertically of the media tray.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an image former, a conveyance path, a flipping conveyance path, a conveying mechanism and a hardware processor. The flipping conveyance path includes a side path connecting a first branch point in a downstream of the conveyance path to a junction in an upstream of the conveyance path and a re-feeding path connecting a second branch point in the side path to a re-feeding point in an upstream of the conveyance path. The hardware processor controls the conveying mechanism to perform (i) a conveyance operation to convey the sheet along the conveyance path, (ii) a draw-in operation to draw the sheet with the image into the side path, and (iii) a re-feeding operation to convey the sheet in a reverse direction to re-feed the flipped sheet from the re-feeding point to the conveyance path.

IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE HAVING A COMPACT FORM FACTOR

An image recording device is provided, having a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet, and a tray disposed below the recording unit. The tray includes a sheet holding surface configured to hold the sheet. Additionally, the image recording device includes a sheet feeder disposed between the recording unit and the tray. The sheet feeder includes a roller for feeding the sheet from the tray. The roller is configured to move between a first roller position in which the roller contacts the sheet holding surface of the tray and a second roller position in which the roller is separated from the sheet holding surface. A return guide, disposed between the recording unit and the sheet feeder, defines a second conveying path to guide the sheet having an image recorded on one side thereof back to the feed guide. The return guide has a first opening configured to accommodate the roller of the sheet feeder when the roller is in the second roller position. 1. An image recording device comprising:a tray configured to hold a sheet thereon;a sheet feeder configured to feed the sheet on the tray, the sheet feeder comprising an arm and a roller rotatably supported by the arm, the arm being configured to pivot about a pivot axis such that the roller moves between a first roller position and a second roller position which is above the first roller position;a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet fed by the roller of the sheet feeder; anda return guide comprising an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, the upper surface being configured to guide the sheet having the image recorded thereon back toward the recording unit in a return direction, where the pivot axis of the sheet feeder is located between a portion of the upper surface of the return guide and the tray, andwherein the arm includes a portion configured to contact the lower surface of the return guide to prevent the roller from colliding with the return guide.2. ...

PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

A printing apparatus, in a case of performing double-sided printing on a plurality of sheets, performs an overlap reversing operation by controlling a first sheet to stay in a reversing path to position at least a trailing edge of the first sheet in a second direction in a conveying path when conveying the first sheet to the reversing path after completion of a printing operation on a first surface of the first sheet, and controls the reversing roller to convey the first sheet and a second sheet fed by a feed roller next to the first sheet, in a state in which the first sheet staying in the reversing path and a leading edge of the second sheet in the second direction overlap each other, after completion of the printing operation on a first surface of the second sheet. 1. A printing apparatus including:a feed roller configured to feed a sheet;a conveying roller configured to convey the sheet fed by the feed roller in a first direction;a printing unit configured to print on the sheet conveyed by the conveying roller;a conveying path arranged between the feed roller and the conveying roller;a reversing path connected to the conveying path and configured to reverse a sheet to be conveyed in a second direction opposite to the first direction by the conveying roller; anda reversing roller arranged in the reversing path, the apparatus comprising:a control unit configured to, in a case of performing double-sided printing on a plurality of sheets, perform an overlap reversing operation by controlling a first sheet to stay in the reversing path to position at least a trailing edge of the first sheet in the second direction in the conveying path when conveying the first sheet to the reversing path by the conveying roller after completion of a printing operation on a first surface of the first sheet, andcontrolling the reversing roller to convey the first sheet and a second sheet fed by the feed roller next to the first sheet, in a state in which the first sheet staying in the ...

THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND CARD SET

An image is formed on a principal surface and a side face of a card. A thermal transfer printing apparatus includes a first feeding unit configured to feed an intermediate transfer medium including a transfer layer that is disposed on one surface of a substrate in such a manner as to be peelable from the substrate, a second feeding unit configured to feed a thermal transfer sheet including a colorant layer disposed on one surface of a base material, a printing unit configured to heat the thermal transfer sheet based on image data and transfer an ink of the colorant layer onto the transfer layer to form an image, and a transfer unit configured to heat the intermediate transfer medium and transfer the transfer layer having the image formed thereon onto a principal surface and a side face of the card. 1. A thermal transfer printing apparatus comprising:a first feeding unit feeding an intermediate transfer medium including a transfer layer that is disposed on one surface of a substrate in such a manner as to be peelable from the substrate;a second feeding unit feeding a thermal transfer sheet including a colorant layer disposed on one surface of a base material;a printing unit heating the thermal transfer sheet based on image data and transferring an ink of the colorant layer onto the transfer layer to form an image; anda transfer unit heating the intermediate transfer medium and transferring the transfer layer having the image formed thereon onto a principal surface and a side face of a card.2. The thermal transfer printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transfer unit includes a first heat roller and a second heat roller and transfers the transfer layer onto a first principal surface and a second principal surface of the card claim 1 , with the intermediate transfer medium being sandwiched between the first principal surface and the first heat roller and between the second principal surface and the second heat roller.3. The thermal transfer printing ...

Image forming apparatus capable of detecting length of sheet in conveying direction

An image forming apparatus includes first and second light emitting units, a light receiving unit for receiving light of the first light emitting unit when it is reflected, and receiving light of the second light emitting unit when it is not reflected, to output a signal of a predetermined level, and a control unit for starting light emission of the first light emitting unit before a front end of a paper sheet reaches an area, stopping light emission of the first light emitting unit while starting light emission of the second light emitting unit before a rear end of the paper sheet passes the area, and detecting a length of the paper sheet based on time after the output signal becomes a predetermined level during light emission of the first light emitting unit until the output signal becomes the predetermined level during light emission of the second light emitting unit.

PRINTER

A printer is configured that, when double-side recording is executed, a back end side of a long strip-like recording medium on which single-side recording is executed by a recording unit is cut by a cutter mechanism, the cut-off recording medium is thereafter conveyed to an inversion mechanism starting with a front end thereof by a switching flap disposed on a side closer to a discharge outlet than the cutter mechanism, a front side and a back side are inverted to each other at the inversion mechanism, thereafter the recording medium is again conveyed to the recording unit starting with an end thereof that is the back end when the recording medium is conveyed to the inversion mechanism, recording is executed for the back side by the recording unit, thereafter the recording medium is again conveyed to the cutter mechanism, and a margin is cut off by the cutter mechanism. 1. A printer comprising:a recording medium holding unit that holds a long, wound, strip-like recording medium to as to enable the recording medium to be pulled out starting with an outer circumference side thereof;a recording unit that pulls out the recording medium held by the recording medium holding unit to execute a recording operation for the recording medium that is pulled out;a cutting unit that cuts a predetermined position of the recording medium for which the recording operation is executed by the recording unit, at a cutting position disposed closer toward the recording unit than a discharge position at which the recording medium is discharged;an inverting unit that inverts relative to a position for the recording by the recording unit, a front side and a back side of the recording medium for which the recording operation is executed by the recording unit and conveys the recording medium to the recording unit; anda switching unit that switches a conveyance destination of the recording medium passing through the cutting position for cutting by the cutting unit, to the inversion unit or the ...

PRINTER

A printer includes a recording medium holding unit that holds a long, wound strip-like recording medium to enable the recording medium to be pulled out from a front end thereof, a recording unit that pulls out the recording medium held by the recording medium holding unit to a side higher in a vertical direction than a position for pulling out from the recording medium holding unit and that executes a recording operation for the pulled-out recording medium, and a second cutter mechanism disposed under the recording medium holding unit and that cuts the recording medium for which the recording operation is executed by the recording unit at the back end thereof separated from the front end by a predetermined length. A drawing position of the recording medium into an inversion path is arranged to be lower than the recording medium holding unit and the recording unit in the vertical direction. 1. A printer comprising:a recording medium holding unit that holds a long, wound, strip-like recording medium so as to enable the recording medium to be pulled out starting with a front end on an outer circumference side thereof;a recording unit that pulls out the recording medium held by the recording medium holding unit to a position higher in a vertical direction than a position for pulling out from the recording medium holding unit, the recording unit performing a recording operation for the recording medium that is pulled out;a cutting unit that is disposed beneath the recording medium holding unit in the vertical direction, the cutting unit cutting the recording medium at a back end of the recording medium for which the recording operation is executed by the recording unit, the back end being separated from the front end by a predetermined length;a first switching unit that includes a first switching member selectively positioned at a front side recording position connecting a position for recording by the recording unit and the position for pulling out, and at an inversion ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image forming apparatus includes an applicator and an irradiator. The applicator is configured to apply a liquid composition containing water or an organic solvent onto a recording medium. The irradiator is configured to irradiate the recording medium with light having a peak wavelength of 300 nm to 450 nm. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:an applicator configured to apply a liquid composition containing water or an organic solvent onto a recording medium; andan irradiator configured to irradiate the recording medium with light having a peak wavelength of 300 nm to 450 nm.2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the liquid composition comprises an ultraviolet polymerization initiator, andwherein less than 0.1% by mass of the ultraviolet polymerization initiator is contained in the liquid composition.3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the liquid composition comprises an ultraviolet polymerizable compound,wherein less than 5% by mass of the ultraviolet polymerizable compound is contained in the liquid composition.4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the liquid composition comprises an ultraviolet polymerization initiator and an ultraviolet polymerizable compound, andwherein less than 0.1% by mass of the ultraviolet polymerization initiator and less than 5% by mass of the ultraviolet polymerizable compound are contained in the liquid composition.5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the liquid composition comprises at least one of water and an organic solvent, andwherein a total content of water and the organic solvent in the liquid composition is 80% by mass or more.6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the irradiator includes a light emitting diode as a light source.7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the liquid composition comprises a colorant.8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising ...

SUPPLY DEVICE FOR ROLL MEDIUM AND RECORDING DEVICE

A supply device for a roll medium includes a drawer-type lower holding unit configured to support a shaft of a roll medium to hold the roll medium, and a guide member configured to be pressed in a direction toward the shaft from below to come into contact with the roll medium held by the lower holding unit, and be displaced in accordance with a change in an outer diameter of the roll medium. In addition, the lower holding unit is configured to be drawn from a main body of the supply device in a first direction. When the lower holding unit, in a drawn-out state, is stored in the main body of the supply unit, the guide member comes into contact with the roll medium. The guide member is caused to be retracted downward from a travel path of the lower holding unit against a force pressing upward from below.

Offset Swing Arm for Changing Relative Nip Speeds

The invention which solves the relative speed problem between nips in a printing system is disclosed. The invention consists of a swing arm body that rotates about a pivot, an input drive gear, a forward swing arm gear, two reverse swing arm gears, a compound duplex drive gear, and a housing. 1. An offset swing arm device for a printer duplex module comprising:a swing arm body;an input drive gear;one or more forward swing arm gears;one or more reverse swing arm gears;a compound duplex drive gear; anda housing, wherein the compound duplex drive gear consists of two gears that have a different number of teeth.2. The offset swing arm device of claim 1 , wherein the forward swing arm gears and the reverse swing arms gears are offset.3. The offset swing arm device of claim 1 , wherein there is one forward swing arm gear and two reverse swing arm gears.4. The offset swing arm device of claim 1 , wherein the forward swing arm gear and the reverse swing arms gears are offset.5. The offset swing arm device of claim 1 , wherein when one swing arm gear is rotating in a first direction when the input drive gear is rotating in the first direction claim 1 , while two swing arm gears rotate in a second direction when the input drive gear is rotating in the second direction.6. The offset swing arm device of claim 5 , wherein the compound duplex drive gear and roll will always turn in the first direction claim 5 , regardless of which direction the input drive gear is turning. This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/225,388, filed Apr. 8, 2021, entitled “Offset Swing Arm for Changing Relative Nip Speeds.”This invention relates generally to operation of media nips in a printing system.In a printing system it is necessary that adjacent media nips (a nip is where two rollers meet), often consisting of a drive roll and a backup roll, operate at critical speeds relative to each other. The critical, relative speeds are necessary because they ...

Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus

There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a first transporting portion provided in a first transport path; a support member configured to support the sheet; a recording portion; a plurality of contact portions configured to come into contact with the sheet; a plurality of support ribs; a second transporting portion provided in a second transport path connected with the first transport path; and a third transporting portion configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in the first transporting direction or toward the second transport path. On the upstream side to the second transporting portion in the second transporting direction, a projecting portion is formed with the upper guide member to project toward the lower guide member below a virtual line linking a nip position of the sheet due to the third transporting portion with another nip position of the sheet due to the second transporting portion. 1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:a housing defining a first transport path through which a sheet is transported in a first transporting direction and a second transport path through which the sheet is transported in a second transporting direction, wherein the second transport path includes a horizontal path defined by a horizontal surface;a pair of first transporting rollers provided in the first transport path, the pair of first transporting rollers configured to nip a sheet at a nip point between the pair of first transporting rollers and configured to transport the sheet in the first transporting direction;a recording portion provided downstream of the nip point in the first transporting direction in the first transport path, and including nozzles that eject ink droplets;a platen provided below the recording portion in the first transport path;a plate-shaped portion positioned at a gap between the recording portion and the platen, wherein the ink-jet recording apparatus is configured to transport the sheet between the plate-shaped ...

INKJET PRINTER FOR BOTH SURFACE PRINTING AND BACK PRINTING

Provided are an inkjet printer for both surface printing and back printing which is capable of performing both of surface printing and back printing while continuously conveying a web-shaped print base material () at high speed, and an inkjet printing method using the inkjet printer. The inkjet printer includes: a first white inkjet head () configured to discharge a white aqueous ink to a surface of the web-shaped print base material () in a case of surface printing; a first drum-type drying unit () configured to dry the white aqueous ink in the case of surface printing; a second white inkjet head () configured to discharge a white aqueous ink to a surface of the web-shaped print base material () in a case of back printing; and a second drum-type drying unit () configured to dry the white aqueous ink in the case of back printing. 1. An inkjet printer for both surface printing and back printing , which is capable of performing both of surface printing and back printing by discharging aqueous inks on a web-shaped print base material by a single-pass method , the inkjet printer comprising:a conveyance mechanism configured to perform continuous conveyance of the web-shaped print base material;a first white inkjet head configured to discharge a white aqueous ink by a single-pass method to a surface of the web-shaped print base material conveyed by the conveyance mechanism in a case of surface printing;a first drum-type drying unit configured to dry the white aqueous ink discharged by the first white inkjet head in the case of surface printing;a single-pass inkjet head configured to discharge a non-white aqueous ink to a surface of the web-shaped print base material conveyed by the conveyance mechanism in the case of surface printing and in a case of back printing;a second white inkjet head configured to discharge a white aqueous ink by a single-pass method to a surface of the web-shaped print base material conveyed by the conveyance mechanism in the case of back printing ...

PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD

A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a printing unit configured to print an image by discharging ink to the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, a first heating unit configured to, in a heating section on the conveyance path, heat the sheet on which the image has been printed by the printing unit, and a control unit configured to control the first heating unit so that the heating section is changed in accordance with a print condition. 1. A printing apparatus , comprising:a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path;a printing unit configured to print an image by discharging ink to the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit;a first heating unit configured to, in a heating section on the conveyance path, heat the sheet on which the image has been printed by the printing unit; anda control unit configured to control the first heating unit so that the heating section is changed in accordance with a print condition.2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe first heating unit heats the sheet by blowing hot air from a plurality of outlets, andthe change of the heating section is performed by changing an outlet through which hot air is blown among the plurality of outlets.3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe heating section can be changed toa first heating section, ora second heating section including the first heating section and longer than the first heating section.4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe conveyance path includes a plurality of conveyance paths, andthe print condition is a condition of a conveyance path over which the sheet is conveyed.5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe conveyance path includesa first conveyance path anda second conveyance path that diverges from the first conveyance path, andthe heating section can be changed toa first heating section on the first conveyance ...

DUPLEX PRINTING

In one example a method is disclosed for printing duplex images. The method includes printing an image on side A of media, including an alignment mark. Detecting the alignment mark with a sensor. The velocity of the media is determined when the alignment mark is detected. Printing an image on side B of the media where the location of the image on side B is dependent on the velocity of the media. In another example a printer is disclosed that uses the method to print duplex images. 115-. (canceled)16. A printer , comprising:a media transport system (MTS) for moving media through the printer, the media transport system including an encoder and a media path;a first print engine for printing on a first side of the media, the first print engine positioned at a first location in the media path;a second print engine for printing on a second side of the media, the second print engine positioned in the media path downstream from the first location;a sensor positioned between the first and the second print engines and positioned to view the first side of the media;an alignment module coupled to the sensor, the encoder and the first and the second print engines;the alignment module to detect an alignment mark on the first side of the media using the sensor and to determine a velocity of the media with the encoder when the alignment mark is detected;the alignment module to calculate an alignment offset based on the velocity of the media and to print duplex images onto the media with the second print engine where the location of the duplex images are using the alignment offset.17. The printer of claim 16 , wherein the alignment module only recalculates the alignment offset when the media velocity has changed by more than a threshold velocity.18. The printer of claim 16 , wherein the alignment offset is calculated using a time delay error Tand a space delay error d.19. The printer of wherein the time delay error Tand the space delay error dare determined during an alignment ...

PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD

To suppress the risk of ink bleeding and thereby attain an improved printing quality, a printing apparatus is provided that carries out an inkjet printing operation for a medium. The printing apparatus includes inkjet heads that eject droplets of ink using inkjet technique; and ultraviolet light sources that radiate ultraviolet light. The ink ejected from the inkjet heads contains an ultraviolet absorbent that absorbs ultraviolet light, and a solvent that dissolves or disperses the ultraviolet absorbent. The ejected ink is adherable to the medium and fixable by evaporating the solvent. The ultraviolet light sources irradiate the ink adhered to the medium with ultraviolet light so as to volatilize and remove at least part of the solvent from the ink. 1. A printing apparatus that carries out a printing operation for a medium by an inkjet scheme , the printing apparatus comprising:an inkjet head that ejects a droplet of an ink by the inkjet scheme; andan ultraviolet light source that radiates an ultraviolet light,whereinthe inkjet head adheres the ink onto the medium by discharging ink droplets of the ink containing an ultraviolet absorbent that absorbs ultraviolet light and generates heat and a solvent that dissolves or disperses the ultraviolet absorbent,the ink is fixed to the medium by evaporating the solvent and contains a resin component, and the inkjet head comprises a plurality of inkjet heads that eject the ink comprises inks of a plurality of different colors,wherein the ultraviolet light source irradiates the inks of the plurality of colors immediately after landing on the medium with the ultraviolet light to generate heat from the ultraviolet absorbent for volatilizing and removing at least a part of the solvent contained in the inks of the plurality of different colors.2. The printing apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , whereinthe ultraviolet light source irradiates the ink with the ultraviolet light that volatizes and removes the solvent until termination ...

Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus, including a sheet conveyer unit with a first roller unit, a printer unit, and a controller, is provided. The controller executes a first-face printing process, wherein an image is printed on a first face of a sheet; a switchback process, wherein the sheet after the first-face printing process is conveyed in a reverse direction by the first roller unit; a second-face printing process, wherein the image is printed on a second face of the sheet; a first ink amount determining process to determine whether an ink amount discharged in the first-face printing process at an end area of the sheet is one of greater than and equal to a first threshold amount; and a switchback setting process, wherein, if the ink amount is smaller than the first threshold amount, a rotation speed of the first roller unit is set at a higher rotation speed.

DUPLEX PRINTING

According to one example, there is provided a method of duplex printing. The method comprises printing recto pages and associated recto checkmarks on a first side of a web and printing verso pages and associated verso checkmarks on a second side of a web, the length of each successively printed recto and verso checkmark varying in accordance with a respective recto and verso checkmark length sequence, determining the length of successive printed verso and recto checkmarks and determining their sequence position in the appropriate checkmark length sequence, and determining whether a print error has occurred based on the determined recto and verso checkmark sequence positions. 1. A duplex printing system , comprising:first and second print engines to respectively print on a first and second side of a web; control the first print engine to print recto pages and associated recto checkmarks;', 'control the second print engine to print verso pages and associated verso checkmarks; and', 'modify the length of successive printed recto and verso checkmarks in accordance with a respective recto and verso checkmark length sequence;, 'a controller toa recto checkmark sequence calculator to determine a sequence position in the recto checkmark length sequence of a printed recto checkmark;a verso checkmark sequence calculator to determine a sequence position in the verso checkmark length sequence of a printed verso checkmark; anda checkmark sequence verifier to determine print errors based on the determined recto and verso checkmark sequence positions.2. The duplex printing system of claim 1 , wherein the recto and verso checkmark sequence calculators each further comprise a checkmark reader to determine the length of a printed checkmark.3. The duplex printing system of claim 2 , wherein the recto and verso checkmark readers each comprise a light sensor to generate an electrical signal in response to an amount of light reflected off or shone through a web.4. The duplex printing ...

Three-dimensional printer, three-dimensional image forming method, and three-dimensional image

When a heat capacity of a recording medium having a base material coated with a foamable resin layer is larger than a normal heat capacity, to form a raised amount equal to that with the normal case with a normal heating quantity, a turned mirror image of the image is generated. The image is transferred onto the front face of the recording medium and fixed. The recording medium is reversed, and conveyed again to the transfer part. The turned mirror image is transferred onto the rear face of the recording medium and fixed. The recording medium is heated with the heat quantity equal to that in the normal case, and combination of heat absorbed by the turned minor image and heat absorbed by the image is transmitted to the foamable resin layer to expand the foamable resin layer.

Printing apparatus, control method therefor, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

A printing apparatus includes: a feeding unit feeding a sheet; a conveying unit conveying the sheet fed by the feeding unit; a printing unit printing the sheet conveyed by the conveying unit; an inversion path inverting the sheet printed on a first surface by the printing unit and conveying the sheet to the conveying unit; and a conveyance control unit performing conveyance control of overlapping a trailing edge of a preceding sheet conveyed through the inversion path and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet fed following the preceding sheet.

Printer device

A printing device for printing on a label sheet includes a first print head to perform printing on a first side of a label sheet being conveyed along a conveyance path. The label sheet is interposed between the first print head and a first roller. A second print head is upstream of the first print head and performs printing on a second side of the label sheet. A second roller is adjacent the second print head across the conveyance path. A cutter is downstream of the first print head to cut off a first portion of the label sheet. A processor is configured to cause the label sheet to be conveyed in a second direction after the first portion is cut off from the sheet so that the cut end of the sheet reaches the first print head.

IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE

An image recording device having a recording unit to record an image on a sheet is provided. The image recording unit includes a feed guide defining a first conveying path; an arm disposed between the recording unit and the tray, the arm having a feed roller rotatably disposed at a free end and configured to feed the sheet in the tray to the first conveying path. The arm pivots between a first arm position, and a second arm position. The return guide pivots between a first return guide position, and a second return guide position. A space occupied by the return guide in the first return guide position overlaps a space occupied by the arm in the second arm position. The return guide is in the second return guide position when the arm is in the second arm position which is retracted from an insertion space occupied by the tray. 1. An image recording device comprising:a tray including a sheet holding surface configured to hold a sheet thereon;a pivot shaft; a feed arm pivotable between a first arm position and a second arm position about the pivot shaft passing through one end portion of the feed arm; and', 'a feed roller supported by the other end portion of the feed arm and configured to feed the sheet from the tray;, 'a sheet feeder includinga recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet fed by the feed roller; anda return guide including: a surface opposite to the guide surface;', 'an opening formed from the surface opposite to the guide surface to the guide surface; and', 'a support portion supporting the pivot shaft such that the feed arm is pivotable relative to the surface opposite to the guide surface;, 'a guide surface defining a part of a return path and extending over at least a portion of the sheet feeder and configured to guide the sheet having the image recorded thereon along the return path back toward the recording unit;'}wherein the feed roller is in contact with the sheet held on the sheet holding surface of the tray when the feed arm is ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTING DEVICE

A printing device may include two printers for printing to the front side and the back side of a recording medium. The physical page length of at least one print image applied onto the front side of the recording medium is determined. The required page length of at least one print image to be applied onto the back side of the recording medium is adapted to the determined page length. At least one print line of the print image for the back side is printed repeatedly if the required page length for application of the rear print page onto the back side of the recording medium is smaller than the determined page length. 1. A method for controlling a printing device having two printing units for printing to the front side and back side of a recording medium , the method comprising:determining a physical page length of at least one print image applied onto the front side of the recording medium;adapting a required page length of at least one print image to be applied onto the back side of the recording medium to the determined page length; andrepeatedly printing at least one print line of the print image for the back side in response to the required page length for application of the rear print page on the back side of the recording medium being smaller than the determined physical page length.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in response to a determined length difference from the determined physical page length and the required page length being a positive value claim 1 ,determining a number of print lines required for printing the determined length difference, andrepeatedly printing at least one print line of the print image of the back side until the required number of print lines is reached.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:at least one first print image and at least one second print image are to be applied on the back side of the recording medium, the second print image being arranged on the recording medium after the first print image, andthe ...

Method to operate an inkjet printer with at least two printing stations, and inkjet printer with two printing stations

In a method to operate an inkjet printer with at least one first and one second printing station to print to a continuous recording medium, and wherein a drying device is provided for drying the recording medium that is printed to in the first printing station, the drying device being in a region between the first and second printing stations, after a halt of the recording medium which is equal to or greater than a predetermined duration, removing the print heads of the second printing station out of a printing position from the transport path into a park position, and after the startup only directing the print heads back again into the printing position if a segment of the recording medium that was located in a region before the drying device during the halt has passed the print heads of the second printing station.

Aerosol control in a printer

In one example, an inkjet web printer includes: an arched printing unit and an aerosol control system. The printing unit has a series of printheads arranged along an arc and multiple rollers to support a print substrate web along the arc through a print zone adjacent to each printhead. The aerosol control system has a vacuum duct through which air may be sucked away from the web leaving a print zone adjacent to one of the printheads and a pressure duct through which air may be blown on to the web leaving the print zone. The pressure duct is positioned downstream from the vacuum duct and configured to blow air diagonally upstream directly on to the web at the same location the vacuum duct is to suck air away from the web.

METHOD OF HANDLING A SHEET DEFECT ERROR IN A DUPLEX PRINT PROCESS

A method of handling a sheet defect error in a duplex print process, wherein media sheets are successively supplied along a feed path and are moved past a print engine where a first image is printed on a first side of each sheet in a first print pass, the sheets are then returned, via a duplex loop that contains a sheet flipping mechanism, to the feed path upstream of the print engine so that a second image can be printed on a second side of each sheet in a second print pass, the finished sheets being then discharged in a predetermined page sequence, and wherein, when a sheet defect is found a first print pass of a sheet, the defective sheet is diverted into an eject path downstream of the print engine, and a print pass for an immediate successor of the defective sheet is skipped. The subsequent semi-finished sheets are recirculated in the duplex loop while the supply of fresh sheets into the feed path is interrupted, and duplex printing is resumed during or after recirculating the subsequent semi-finished sheets.

PRINTING APPARATUS

A printing apparatus for printing on a front surface of a printing medium, and thereafter printing on a back surface of the printing medium. The apparatus includes the following elements: a front surface print head for printing a cue mark, and printing a front surface image based on front surface image data with reference to the cue mark; a back surface image data corrector for creating corrected back surface image data based on elasticity information in a transport direction after printing of the front surface image; a detector for detecting the cue mark; and a back surface print head for printing the corrected back surface image data on the back surface of the printing medium with reference to the cue mark detected by the detector. 1. A printing apparatus for printing on a front surface of a printing medium , and thereafter printing on a back surface of the printing medium , the apparatus comprising:a front surface print head for printing, on the front surface of the printing medium transported in a predetermined transport direction, a cue mark indicating a printing start position in the transport direction of a front surface image, and printing the front surface image based on front surface image data with reference to the cue mark;a back surface image data corrector for creating corrected back surface image data by correcting an image size of back surface image data to be formed on the back surface of the printing medium, based on elasticity information in the transport direction after printing of the front surface image;a detector for detecting the cue mark printed on the front surface of the printing medium; anda back surface print head for printing the corrected back surface image data on the back surface of the printing medium with reference to the cue mark detected by the detector.2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an elasticity information memory for storing the elasticity information beforehand;wherein the back surface ...

CONVEYING APPARATUS

A conveying apparatus, including: a conveyor mechanism; a housing; a first tray configured to receive a medium conveyed by the conveyor mechanism; an image reader disposed above the first tray, wherein a first discharge opening for discharging the medium outside the housing is formed in an upper surface of the housing so as not to overlap the image reader when viewed from above, and wherein the conveying apparatus further includes: a switcher for switching a destination of the medium selectively between the first tray and the first discharge opening; and a tray unit removably mountable on the upper surface of the housing and including a first introduction opening opposed to the first discharge opening, a second conveyance path for conveying the medium passed the first discharge opening and the first introduction opening, and at least one second tray for receiving the medium conveyed through the second conveyance path. 1. A conveying apparatus , comprising:a conveyor mechanism configured to convey a medium through a first conveyance path;a housing that houses the conveyor mechanism;a first tray configured to receive the medium conveyed by the conveyor mechanism;an image reader disposed above the first tray,wherein a first discharge opening is formed in an upper surface of the housing so as not to overlap the image reader when viewed from above, the medium conveyed by the conveyor mechanism being discharged outside the housing from the first discharge opening, a switcher configured to switch a destination of the medium selectively between the first tray and the first discharge opening; and', 'a tray unit mountable on and removable from the upper surface of the housing, the tray unit including a first introduction opening opposed to the first discharge opening, a second conveyance path through which the medium that has passed through the first discharge opening and the first introduction opening is conveyed, and at least one second tray configured to receive the medium ...

ADAPTIVELY SWITCHING A PRINT MODE FROM DUPLEX TO SIMPLEX

System and method for adaptively switching a print mode from duplex to simplex. In one embodiment, a processor monitors memory to detect a duplex page followed by multiple contiguous simplex pages. The processor estimates a first time for the duplex sheet corresponding to the duplex page to traverse a duplex media path for switching from a duplex print mode to a simplex print mode. The processor also estimates a second time for simplex sheets corresponding to the multiple contiguous simplex pages to traverse the simplex media path in the simplex print mode, and estimates a third time for the simplex sheets to traverse the duplex media path in the duplex print mode. If the third time is less than a sum of the first time and the second time, the processor modifies the instructions to print the multiple contiguous simplex pages in the duplex print mode. 1. A print system comprising:an interface configured to receive a plurality of pages and instructions to print the plurality of pages;memory configured to store the plurality of pages and the instructions for printing; anda print controller configured to monitor the memory to detect a duplex page followed by multiple contiguous simplex pages, to estimate a first time for a duplex sheet corresponding to the duplex page to traverse a duplex media path of the print system, thereby clearing the duplex media path and allowing for the print system to switch from a duplex print mode to a simplex print mode, to estimate a second time for simplex sheets corresponding to the multiple contiguous simplex pages to traverse a simplex media path of the print system in the simplex print mode, to estimate a third time for the simplex sheets to traverse the duplex media path of the print system in the duplex print mode, to modify the instructions to print the multiple contiguous simplex pages in the duplex print mode if the third time is less than a sum of the first time and the second time, and to output the plurality of pages and the ...

MOBILE PRINTER USING FERROFLUIDS

Described are techniques for ferrofluidic printing. The techniques including a method comprising receiving an electronic document at a ferrofluidic printer from a user device via a short-range network. The method further comprises applying a magnetic field to a ferrofluid to form a ferrofluidic template approximating a portion of the electronic document. The method further comprises projecting ink through the ferrofluidic template and onto a page using a blower. 1. A method comprising:receiving an electronic document at a ferrofluidic printer from a user device via a short-range network;applying a magnetic field to a ferrofluid to form a ferrofluidic template approximating a portion of the electronic document; andprojecting ink through the ferrofluidic template and onto a page using a blower.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field is formed by respective electrical currents provided to a plurality of printed circuit boards claim 1 , the plurality of printed circuit boards respectively configured to function as inductors.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blower is configured to generate an air speed of greater than or equal to two meters per second (6.56 feet per second).4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blower is selected from a group consisting of: a centrifugal blower claim 1 , and a bladeless indirect viscous-shear blower.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:contemporaneously with projecting ink through the ferrofluidic template, projecting ink through a second ferrofluidic template on a reverse side of the page using a second blower.6. The method of claim 1 , the projecting ink through the ferrofluidic template further comprising:cooling the ink using a circuit configured to realize a Peltier effect.7. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:transitioning a block/pass layer from a block mode to a pass mode prior to projecting ink through the ferrofluidic template; andtransitioning the block/pass layer from the pass ...

RECORDING DEVICE

A recording device has: a recording head configured to perform recording on a medium; a medium storage below the recording head configured to store the medium to be recoded; a supply path comprising a first curved supply path curved so as to be convex upward and transporting the medium fed out of the medium storage in a reversed direction via the first curved supply path; and a reversing path comprising a second curved path curved so as to be convex downward and transporting the recorded medium into a direction including a vertically upward component via second curved path from a direction including a vertically downward component; wherein the supply path joins the reversing path, and the first curved path and the second curved path overlap when viewed horizontally. 1. A recording device comprising:a recording head configured to perform recording on a medium;a recording-time transport path that passes through a position at which faces the recording head; anda reversing path transporting the recorded medium into a direction including a vertically upward component from a direction including a vertically downward component; whereinthe recording-time transport path has a transport belt comprising a plurality of pulleys and an endless belt placed on the plurality of pulleys,the reversing path joins the recording-time transport path,the transport belt is disposed between the recording-time transport path and the reversing path.2. The recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the transport belt is disposed inside a space formed by the recording-time transport path and the reversing path.3. The recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the transport belt transports the medium by adhering the medium to the transport belt.4. The recording device according to claim 1 , further comprising:a medium storage configured to store the medium to be recoded, the medium storage positioned vertically below the recording head; anda supply path transporting the medium fed out ...

TWO-SIDED MULTI-LANE PRINT FOR INDEPENDENT PRINT STREAMS

A printing device may include a processor to receive data describing a plurality of independent print streams comprising an image; for each of the plurality of independent print streams, emulate a first frame-less press using gapless frames on a first side of a medium upon execution of a framing module wherein each of the images of the independent print streams comprise an emulated spitgap; for each of the plurality of independent print streams, emulating a second frame-less press using gapless frames on a second side of the medium with the framing module, wherein an emulated spitgap associated with each of the images of the second side of the medium is to be geometrically adjusted to match a position on the medium of an image on the first side of the medium. 1. A printing device , comprising: receive data describing a plurality of independent print streams comprising an image;', 'for each of the plurality of independent print streams, emulate a first frame-less press using gapless frames on a first side of a medium upon execution of a framing module wherein each of the images of the independent print streams comprise an emulated spitgap;', 'for each of the plurality of independent print streams, emulating a second frame-less press using gapless frames on a second side of the medium with the framing module, wherein an emulated spitgap associated with each of the images of the second side of the medium is to be geometrically adjusted to match a position on the medium of an image on the first side of the medium., 'a processor to2. The printing device of claim 1 , wherein the processor causes a number of marks to be printed on the medium to indicate a position of each of the gapless frames on the first side of the medium.3. The printing device of claim 2 , wherein the marks are scanned to determine a starting position of the gapless frames and wherein the emulated spitgap of each of the images of the plurality of print streams on the second side of the medium are ...

DENSITY MODULATED AUTO-DUPLEXING

A method for fluid-density modulated auto-duplexing is disclosed. This method determines when a final swath of a printing operation on a surface of a media occurs within a predefined distal end portion of the media. An estimated media dry time after the final swath in the predefined distal end portion is determined to be greater than a predetermined time. The estimated dry time is capped to a predetermined minimum media dry time and a course of action for a feed mechanism is selected to reduce curling and cockling of the media. Furthermore, a non-transitory computer readable medium and a printer having fluid-density modulated auto-duplexing are also disclosed. 1. A method for fluid-density modulated auto-duplexing , comprising:determining a set of media wetness values based on a densitometer reading to calculate an estimated media dry time for each swath of a printhead onto a surface of a media;determining a media wetness trigger value based on the estimated media dry time greater than a predetermined threshold for a swath of the printhead nozzle within a predefined distal end portion of the media; anddetermining a corrective course of action for a printer mechanism sequencing based on at least the media wetness trigger value to allow the media to be printed on an opposite surface.2. The method of wherein the predefined distal end of the media is an area encompassing about 25.4 millimeters from the trailing edge of a length of the surface of the media by a width of the media.3. The method of further comprising determining two local media wetness values at opposing distal corners of the media in the predefined distal end portion of the media.4. The method of further comprising determining the starting position of the firing of a printhead onto the opposite surface at a distal corner having the least local media wetness value on the surface.5. The method of wherein the corrective course of action for the printer mechanism sequencing is to speed up the media into a ...

IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE HAVING A COMPACT FORM FACTOR

An image recording device is provided, having a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet, and a tray disposed below the recording unit. The tray includes a sheet holding surface configured to hold the sheet. Additionally, the image recording device includes a sheet feeder disposed between the recording unit and the tray. The sheet feeder includes a roller for feeding the sheet from the tray. The roller is configured to move between a first roller position in which the roller contacts the sheet holding surface of the tray and a second roller position in which the roller is separated from the sheet holding surface. A return guide, disposed between the recording unit and the sheet feeder, defines a second conveying path to guide the sheet having an image recorded on one side thereof back to the feed guide. The return guide has a first opening configured to accommodate the roller of the sheet feeder when the roller is in the second roller position. 1a tray configured to hold a sheet thereon;a sheet feeder configured to feed the sheet on the tray, the sheet feeder comprising an arm and a roller rotatably supported by the arm, the arm being configured to pivot about a pivot axis such that the roller moves between a first roller position and a second roller position which is above the first roller position;a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet fed by the roller of the sheet feeder; anda return guide comprising an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a portion defining an opening, the upper surface being configured to guide the sheet having the image recorded thereon back toward the recording unit,wherein the sheet feeder further comprising a projection configured to, when the roller reaches the second roller position, contact the lower surface of the return guide, andwherein a distance from the portion defining the opening to the roller in the second roller position is smaller than a distance from the ...

Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus

There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a first transporting portion provided in a first transport path; a support member configured to support the sheet; a recording portion; a plurality of contact portions configured to come into contact with the sheet; a plurality of support ribs; a second transporting portion provided in a second transport path connected with the first transport path; and a third transporting portion configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in the first transporting direction or toward the second transport path. On the upstream side to the second transporting portion in the second transporting direction, a projecting portion is formed with the upper guide member to project toward the lower guide member below a virtual line linking a nip position of the sheet due to the third transporting portion with another nip position of the sheet due to the second transporting portion. 1a housing defining a first transport path through which a sheet is transported in a first transporting direction and a second transport path through which the sheet is transported in a second transporting direction;a pair of first transporting rollers provided in the first transport path, the pair of first transporting rollers configured to nip a sheet at a nip point between the pair of first transporting rollers and configured to transport the sheet in the first transporting direction;a recording portion provided downstream of the nip point in the first transporting direction in the first transport path, and including a nozzle that ejects ink droplets;a platen provided below the recording portion in the first transport path;a plate-shaped portion positioned at a gap between the recording portion and the platen, wherein the ink-jet recording apparatus is configured to transport the sheet between the plate-shaped portion and the platen, the plate-shaped portion having a free end, in the first transporting direction, also disposed between the recording ...

METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A PLURALITY OF SHEETS; AN INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS

A method for printing on a plurality of sheets includes the steps of: arranging the plurality of sheets on a support surface of an endless conveyor, the plurality of sheets including a first sheet and a second sheet being arranged at a sheet-to-sheet distance between one another; advancing the plurality of sheets on the support surface in a conveying direction along a print head assembly for applying droplets of ink on the sheets; providing a suction force through perforations arranged in the support surface for holding the plurality of sheets on the support surface, wherein the suction force provides an air flow through uncovered perforations present in the sheet-to-sheet distance in a print region between the print head assembly and the support surface; and forming an image by the print head assembly on each of the plurality of sheets supported on the support surface of the conveyor by applying droplets of ink. The method further includes the step of controlling the sheet-to-sheet distance in response to a dew formation attribute for indicating dew formation on the print head assembly. 1. A method for printing on a plurality of sheets , the method comprising the steps of:a) arranging the plurality of sheets on a support surface of an endless conveyor, the plurality of sheets including a first sheet and a second sheet being arranged at a sheet-to-sheet distance between one another;b) advancing the plurality of sheets on the support surface in a conveying direction along a print head assembly for applying droplets of ink on the sheets;c) providing a suction force through perforations arranged in the support surface for holding the plurality of sheets on the support surface, wherein the suction force provides an air flow through uncovered perforations present in the sheet-to-sheet distance in a print region between the print head assembly and the support surface;d) forming an image by the print head assembly on each of the plurality of sheets supported on the support ...

Printing apparatus

An object of the present invention is to provide a printing apparatus, in which a time required for printing is shortened. The printing apparatus includes a first printing unit that performs printing on a first surface of a sheet by an ink jet system; and a second printing unit that performs printing on a second surface of the sheet by the ink jet system, the second printing unit being disposed on a downstream side of the first printing unit. Moreover, the printing apparatus includes a sheet discharge sensor that detects the sheet to be discharged from the second printing unit. The sheet discharge sensor includes an arm having a rotating member supported thereon, the rotating member being brought into contact with the sheet being conveyed while being rotated.

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES OF A PLURALITY OF FLAT OBJECTS

An apparatus for printing on one or both sides of flat objects. The apparatus includes a loop-shaped conveying path for the flat objects; a feed conveyor configured to feed the objects to be printed into a first section of the conveying path; a printer configured to print the objects one at a time; a first discharge conveyor configured to discharge the objects to be printed one at a time downstream of the printer from the first section towards a second section; a first collector configured to collect the objects downstream of the first discharge conveyor at the second section discharged from the first discharge conveyor in a stack; a stack conveyor configured to convey a (partial) stack of the objects along the second section; and a second collector configured to receive at least one (partial) stack and feed the objects upstream to the printer into the first section. 1. An apparatus for printing on one or both sides of flat objects , said apparatus comprising:a loop-shaped conveying path for the flat objects, said conveying path being configured to convey the objects individually along a first section of the conveying path, and to convey (partial) stacks including a plurality of objects along a second section of the conveying path;an infeed conveyor for the objects, said infeed conveyor being configured to individually feed the objects to be printed upstream to a printer in the first section of the conveying path;a printer arranged along the first section of the conveying path and being configured to print the objects fed individually to the printer by the first section of the conveying path;a first discharge conveyor for the objects, said first discharge conveyor being configured and controlled to discharge the objects to be printed on both sides downstream to the printer from the first section of the conveying path toward the second section thereof one by one;a first collector for said objects, said first collector being arranged downstream to said first discharge ...

PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD

A printing apparatus is provided which executes duplex printing on each print medium one by one when printing of a surface to be printed first of both surfaces of an (N+1)th print medium cannot be performed before starting printing of a surface to be printed later of both surfaces of an Nth print medium and continuously prints two print media when printing of a part of the surface to be printed first of the (N+1)th print medium can be performed before starting printing of the surface to be printed later of the Nth print medium. 1. A printing apparatus comprising:a receiving unit that receives print data; anda print control unit that executes normal duplex printing when print data of a surface to be printed first of both surfaces of an (N+1)th print medium is not received before starting printing of a surface to be printed later of both surfaces of an Nth print medium, and executes continuous duplex printing when a part or all of print data of the surface to be printed first of the (N+1)th print medium is completely received a predetermined time before printing of the surface to be printed later of the Nth print medium is started, n being an integer of one or more, whereinin a case of the normal duplex printing, duplex printing is sequentially executed on print media one by one, andin a case of the continuous duplex printing, during a process where a print medium whose one surface was printed is transported to be turned upside down, one surface of another print medium is printed.2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe print control unit performs judgement of execution determination of the normal duplex printing or execution determination of the continuous duplex printing at a plurality of timings during a period of time from when a part of print data of a surface to be printed first of the Nth print medium is received to when printing of the surface to be printed later of the Nth print medium is started.3. The printing apparatus according to claim ...

PRINTER SYSTEM

[Object] To provide a printer system that is simple in structure, and has dual-head capability or duplex printing capability as desired. 1. A printer system comprising:a first printer unit that prints on a printing paper, the first printer unit having a first-printer housing and a first thermal transfer part disposed in the first-printer housing; anda second printer unit that prints on the printing paper, the second printer unit having a second-printer housing and a second thermal transfer part disposed in the second-printer housing,wherein the first printer unit and the second printer unit are independent of each other and capable of connecting to each other, and the printing paper printed on by the first printer unit is sent to the second printer unit and then continuously printed on by the second printer unit.2. The printer system according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermal transfer part of the first printer unit faces one side of the printing paper claim 1 , and the second thermal transfer part of the second printer unit faces another side of the printing paper.3. The printer system according to claim 2 , wherein the first printer unit and the second printer unit are identical to each other in structure claim 2 , and the second printer unit is placed in an inverted position relative to the first printer unit.4. The printer system according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermal transfer part of the first printer unit claim 1 , and the second thermal transfer part of the second printer unit face one side of the printing paper.5. The printer system according to claim 1 , wherein a sheet-printing-paper supply part that supplies a sheet printing paper is connected upstream of the first printer unit.6. The printer system according to claim 1 , wherein a printing-paper supply unit is connected upstream of the first printer unit claim 1 , the printing-paper supply unit including a printing-paper supply housing and a roll-printing-paper supply part claim 1 , the ...

Machine arrangement and method for sequential processing of sheet-type substrates

A machine arrangement, that sequentially processes sheet-type substrates, includes a plurality of different processing stations, one of which includes a non-impact printing device that prints the substrates. Further processing stations are a primer application device that primes the substrates and a dryer for drying the primer applied to the substrates. The primer application device and the dryer precede the non-impact printing device, in the direction of travel of the substrates. The processing station including the non-impact printing device, also includes a printing cylinder, on the circumference of which, the non-impact printing device that prints the substrates is arranged.

Digital printing system

A printing system for printing on a substrate, comprises a movable intermediate transfer member in the form of a flexible, substantially inextensible, belt guided to follow a closed path, an image forming station for depositing droplets of a liquid ink onto an outer surface of the belt to form an ink image, a drying station for drying the ink image on the belt to leave an ink residue film on the outer surface of the belt, first and second impression stations spaced from one another in the direction of movement of the belt, each impression station comprising an impression cylinder for supporting and transporting the substrate and a pressure cylinder carrying a compressible blanket for urging the belt against the substrate supported on the impression cylinder, and a transport system for transporting the substrate from the first impression station to the second impression station. The pressure cylinder of at least the first impression station is movable between a first position in which the belt is urged towards the impression cylinder to cause the residue film on the outer surface of the belt to be transferred onto the front side of the substrate supported on the impression cylinder, and a second position in which the belt is spaced from the impression cylinder to allow the ink image on the belt to pass through the first impression station and arrive intact at the second impression station for transfer onto the reverse side of the substrate supported on the second impression cylinder.

Printing system

A printing system is provided. The printing system includes a medium of fabric; and a printing apparatus for performing printing of a design represented by a target color which is preset on the medium by an inkjet method. The printing apparatus includes an inkjet head for discharging an ink droplet of a target color ink which is an ink that is adjusted to present the target color on the medium. The design is formed by a plurality of patterns. Each of the plurality of patterns is drawn with the target color ink of only one color used in the inkjet head, and the inkjet head discharges the ink droplet to the plurality of patterns at a constant concentration which is preset for each of a plurality of target colors. The medium allows the ink not absorbed by the medium to reach a back surface of the medium.

PRINTING WITH MOISTURE PROFILES

Provided in one example is a method. The method includes generating, using a processor, data of a negative of an image to be printed on a print medium. The method includes determining, using the processor, a moisture profile of a print job, which print job includes the image and the negative, using data of the image and the data of the negative. The method includes generating, using the processor, printing instructions of the print job using at least the determined moisture profile. The method includes printing the print job on the print medium using at least the printing instructions. 1. A method , comprising:generating, using a processor, data of a negative of an image to be printed on a print medium;determining, using the processor, a moisture profile of a print job, which print job comprises the image and the negative, using data of the image and the data of the negative;generating, using the processor, printing instructions of the print job using at least the determined moisture profile; andprinting the print job on the print medium using at least the printing instructions.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the printing further comprises:disposing a moisturizing agent over a first portion of the print medium to form the negative; anddisposing an ink composition over a second portion of the print medium to form the image.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the printing further comprises:disposing, using a first printing device, a moisturizing agent over a first portion of the print medium to form the negative; anddisposing, using a second printing device, an ink composition over a second portion of the print medium to form the image.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the printing further comprises disposing a moisturizing agent over a portion of the print medium to form the negative claim 1 , the moisturizing agent comprising water.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the printing further comprises disposing a moisturizing agent over a portion of the print medium ...

PRINTING APPARATUS

A printing apparatus, including a sheet conveyer unit with a first roller unit, a printer unit, and a controller, is provided. The controller executes a first-face printing process, wherein an image is printed on a first face of a sheet; a switchback process, wherein the sheet after the first-face printing process is conveyed in a reverse direction by the first roller unit; a second-face printing process, wherein the image is printed on a second face of the sheet; a first ink amount determining process to determine whether an ink amount discharged in the first-face printing process at an end area of the sheet is one of greater than and equal to a first threshold amount; and a switchback setting process, wherein, if the ink amount is smaller than the first threshold amount, a rotation speed of the first roller unit is set at a higher rotation speed. 1a sheet conveyer unit configured to convey a sheet;a printer unit configured to discharge ink and print an image on the sheet being conveyed in a conveying direction by the sheet conveyer unit; anda controller configured to control the printer unit and the sheet conveyer unit according to a print job,wherein the sheet conveyer unit comprises a first roller unit disposed at a downstream position from the printer unit with regard to the conveying direction;wherein a first conveyer path, in which the sheet conveyed by the first roller unit in the conveying direction with the image printed thereon by the printer unit travels, and a second conveyer path, in which the sheet conveyed by the first conveyer roller unit in a reverse direction travels to be inverted and is guided to return to the first conveyer path, are formed in the sheet conveyer unit; a first-face printing process, in which the image is printed by the printer unit according to the print job on a first face of the sheet being conveyed in the first conveyer path in the conveying direction;', 'a switchback process, in which the sheet after the first-face printing ...

INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS

An inkjet recording apparatus includes memory, a processor, an image forming section, and a bending mechanism. The memory stores therein bending information in which a plurality of bending amounts corresponding to respective ejection amounts of an ink ejected from the image forming section are defined. The processor sets a bending amount of a sheet to be conveyed. The bending mechanism includes a roller and a belt that hold the sheet therebetween, and bends the sheet by moving a position of a center of the roller toward the belt based on the set bending amount. The processor calculates for each of areas of the sheet an amount of the ink ejected to the area, and sets the bending amount of the sheet based on the bending amounts corresponding to the calculated amounts of the ink ejected to the respective areas in the bending information. 1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:memory that stores therein bending information in which a plurality of bending amounts corresponding to respective ejection amounts are defined, the ejection amounts being amounts of an ink ejected and being different from each other;a processor connected to the memory and configured to set a bending amount of a sheet to be conveyed;an image forming section configured to eject the ink onto the sheet; anda bending mechanism including a roller and a belt that hold the sheet therebetween, and configured to bend the sheet by moving a position of a center of the roller toward the belt based on the set bending amount, wherein calculates for each of areas included in a region of the sheet an amount of the ink ejected to the area, and', 'sets the bending amount of the sheet based on the bending amounts corresponding to the calculated amounts of the ink ejected to the respective areas in the bending information., 'the processor'}2. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe processor determines the highest one of the bending amounts corresponding to the ejection amounts for the ...

INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS

An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ejector, a fixing unit, a reversing unit and a hardware processor. The ejector performs an ejection operation of ejecting a color material and an overcoat material onto a recording medium. The fixing unit fixes the overcoat material, thereby forming an overcoat on the medium. The reversing unit reverses the medium. The processor causes the fixing unit to form the overcoat on one side of the medium after causing the ejector to perform the ejection operation on the one side at a predetermined ejection position, causes the reversing unit to reverse the medium with the overcoat formed on the one side, and causes the fixing unit to form the overcoat on the other side of the medium after causing the ejector to perform the ejection operation on the other side at the ejection position. 1. An ink jet recording apparatus comprising:an ejector that performs an ejection operation of ejecting a color material that forms an image and an overcoat material onto a recording medium;a fixing unit that fixes the overcoat material ejected onto the recording medium by the ejector, thereby forming an overcoat on the recording medium;a reversing unit that reverses the recording medium; anda hardware processor that causes the fixing unit to form the overcoat on one side of the recording medium after causing the ejector to perform the ejection operation on the one side at a predetermined ejection position, causes the reversing unit to reverse the recording medium with the overcoat formed on the one side, and causes the fixing unit to form the overcoat on other side of the recording medium opposite to the one side after causing the ejector to perform the ejection operation on the other side at the predetermined ejection position.2. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing unit emits an energy ray that cures and fixes the overcoat material.3. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ejector ...

INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS

An inkjet recording apparatus includes an image forming section, a heater, a first calculation section, storage, and a second calculation section. The image forming section ejects ink onto a sheet in which first to M-th regions are defined (M is an integer of at least 2). The heater heats an n-th region of the sheet using an n-th heat source (n is an integer of at least 1 and no greater than M). The storage stores therein temperature information indicating a first heating temperature for the n-th region. The second calculation section calculates a second heating temperature for the n-th region based on the temperature information and the ink ejection amount to the n-th region calculated by the first calculation section. 1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:an image forming section configured to eject ink onto a sheet in which first to M-th regions are defined, M being an integer of at least 2;a heater including first to M-th heat sources and configured to heat an n-th region among the first to M-th regions of the sheet using an n-th heat source among the first to M-th heat sources, n being an integer of at least 1 and no greater than M;a first calculation section configured to calculate an ink ejection amount to the n-th region, the ink ejection amount to the n-th region being an amount of ink to be ejected to the n-th region;storage that stores therein temperature information indicating a first heating temperature for the n-th region; anda second calculation section configured to calculate a second heating temperature for the n-th region based on the temperature information and the ink ejection amount to the n-th region calculated by the first calculation section, whereinthe first heating temperature for the n-th region is set according to the ink ejection amount to the n-th region.2. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprisinga determination section, whereinthe storage further stores therein heating information indicating ...

RECORDING SYSTEM, POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS

A recording system includes: a recording apparatus; a post-processing apparatus; and a transport apparatus which transports the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and the transport apparatus includes a transport mechanism which transports a medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and a loading stand which loads the discharged medium without transporting the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus. 1. A recording system comprising:a recording apparatus that records images on a media;a first post-processing apparatus that performs a first post-processing on the media on which images have been recorded by the recording apparatus; anda second post-processing apparatus that performs a second post-processing on the media that has undergone the first post-processing by the first post-processing apparatus,the first post-processing apparatus comprising:an opening portion;a first switchback path for reversing the media as part of the intermediate transport path that transports the media to the second post-processing apparatus; andwhen the first post-processing apparatus and the second post-processing apparatus are aligned in the alignment direction, the opening portion and the first switchback path overlap in the alignment direction in the side view.2. The recording system according to claim 1 , whereinthe first post-processing apparatus comprising:a second switchback path for reversing the media as part of the intermediate transport path; andthe opening portion and the second switchback path overlap in the vertical direction in the lateral view.3. A recording system comprising:a recording apparatus that records images on a media;a first post-processing apparatus that performs a first post-processing on the media on which images have been recorded by the recording apparatus; anda second post-processing apparatus that performs a second post-processing on the media ...

IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE HAVING A COMPACT FORM FACTOR

An image recording device is provided, having a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet, and a tray disposed below the recording unit. The tray includes a sheet holding surface configured to hold the sheet. Additionally, the image recording device includes a sheet feeder disposed between the recording unit and the tray. The sheet feeder includes a roller for feeding the sheet from the tray. The roller is configured to move between a first roller position in which the roller contacts the sheet holding surface of the tray and a second roller position in which the roller is separated from the sheet holding surface. A return guide, disposed between the recording unit and the sheet feeder, defines a second conveying path to guide the sheet having an image recorded on one side thereof back to the feed guide. The return guide has a first opening configured to accommodate the roller of the sheet feeder when the roller is in the second roller position. 1. (canceled)2. An image recording device comprising:a tray configured to hold a sheet thereon;a sheet feeder configured to feed the sheet on the tray, the sheet feeder comprising an arm and a roller rotatably supported by the arm, the arm being configured to pivot about a pivot axis such that the roller moves between a first roller position and a second roller position which is above the first roller position;a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet fed by the roller of the sheet feeder; anda return guide comprising an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a portion defining an opening, the upper surface being configured to guide the sheet having the image recorded thereon back toward the recording unit,wherein the sheet feeder further comprising a projection configured to, when the roller reaches the second roller position, contact the lower surface of the return guide, andwherein a distance from the portion defining the opening to the roller in the second roller ...

DIGITAL PRINTING SYSTEM

A printing system for printing on a substrate, comprises a movable intermediate transfer member in the form of a flexible, substantially inextensible, belt guided to follow a closed path, an image forming station for depositing droplets of a liquid ink onto an outer surface of the belt to form an ink image, a drying station for drying the ink image on the belt to leave an ink residue film on the outer surface of the belt, first and second impression stations spaced from one another in the direction of movement of the belt, each impression station comprising an impression cylinder for supporting and transporting the substrate and a pressure cylinder carrying a compressible blanket for urging the belt against the substrate supported on the impression cylinder, and a transport system for transporting the substrate from the first impression station to the second impression station. The pressure cylinder of at least the first impression station is movable between a first position in which the belt is urged towards the impression cylinder to cause the residue film on the outer surface of the belt to be transferred onto the front side of the substrate supported on the impression cylinder, and a second position in which the belt is spaced from the impression cylinder to allow the ink image on the belt to pass through the first impression station and arrive intact at the second impression station for transfer onto the reverse side of the substrate supported on the second impression cylinder. 1. A printing system for printing on substrate , comprising:a movable intermediate transfer member in the form of a flexible, substantially inextensible, belt guided to follow a closed path;an image forming station for depositing droplets of a liquid ink onto an outer surface of the belt to form an ink image;a drying station for drying the ink image on the belt to leave an ink residue film on the outer surface of the belt; andfirst and second impression stations spaced from one another ...

PRINTER WITH CRISS-CROSS DUPLEXER

A printer having a guide for guiding print media around a curved media feed path. The guide includes a chicane corresponding to a point of inflection in the curved media feed path, wherein the media path does not follow a curvature of the chicane. 1. A printer having a guide for guiding print media around a curved media feed path , wherein the guide comprises at least one chicane corresponding to a point of inflection in the curved media feed path , and wherein the media path does not follow a curvature of the jink.2. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the guide comprises first and second guide surfaces claim 1 , and wherein the chicane is configured to transfer print media from contact with the second surface to contact with the first surface or vice versa.3. The printer of claim 2 , wherein the guide comprises a double-chicane configured to provide tangential points of contact for print media on respective first and second guide surfaces.4. The printer of claim 2 , wherein the first and second guide surfaces are separated from each other by a distance of less than 5 mm along the chicane. The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/732,430, filed Jun. 5, 2015, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/933,391, filed Jul. 2, 2013, which claims priority from Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/668,287, filed Jul. 5, 2012, the entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.This invention relates to a duplexing printer for printing double-sided pages. It has been developed primarily for providing high-speed duplexing with minimal reduction in printing speed compared to simplex printing.The Applicant has developed a range of Memjet® inkjet printers as described in, for example, WO2011/143700, WO2011/143699 and WO2009/089567, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference. Memjet® printers employ a stationary pagewidth printhead offering the advantages of high-speed printing and noise reduction compared ...

DIGITAL PRINTING SYSTEM

A printing system for printing on a substrate, comprises a movable intermediate transfer member in the form of a flexible, substantially inextensible, belt guided to follow a closed path, an image forming station for depositing droplets of a liquid ink onto an outer surface of the belt to form an ink image, a drying station for drying the ink image on the belt to leave an ink residue film on the outer surface of the belt, first and second impression stations spaced from one another in the direction of movement of the belt, each impression station comprising an impression cylinder for supporting and transporting the substrate and a pressure cylinder carrying a compressible blanket for urging the belt against the substrate supported on the impression cylinder, and a transport system for transporting the substrate from the first impression station to the second impression station .The pressure cylinder of at least the first impression station is movable between a first position in which the belt is urged towards the impression cylinder to cause the residue film on the outer surface of the belt to be transferred onto the front side of the substrate supported on the impression cylinder, and a second position in which the belt is spaced from the impression cylinder to allow the ink image on the belt to pass through the first impression station and arrive intact at the second impression station for transfer onto the reverse side of the substrate supported on the second impression cylinder. 1. A printing system for printing on a substrate , comprising:a movable intermediate transfer member in the form of a flexible, substantially inextensible, thins belt whose compressible layer has a thickness of at most 400 micrometers, the belt being guided to follow a closed path,an image forming station for depositing droplets of a liquid ink onto an outer surface of the belt to form an ink image,a drying station for drying the ink image on the belt to leave an ink residue film on the ...

DUPLEX PRINTER WITH MOVABLE PRINT HEAD

A duplex printer system includes a double-sided label web and a duplex printer operable to print both sides of the label web. The label includes exposed adhesive on a first side thereof. The duplex printer includes a printer frame and a pair of print heads arranged to print respective sides of the label web. One of the print heads is shiftably mounted relative to the printer frame for movement into and out of a printing position, in which the print head is operable to print within a printable region of the first side. The print head is selectively shifted out of the printing position so as to avoid contact with exposed adhesive during label web advancement. 1. A duplex printer operable to print both sides of a double-sided label web as the label web is advanced longitudinally through the printer , with a first side of the label web presenting longitudinally spaced apart printable regions that are narrower than the width of the label web and devoid of adhesive , wherein the first side of the label web includes exposed adhesive located at least in part between and alongside printable regions , said duplex printer comprising:a printer frame that presents a web path along which the label web is permitted to pass longitudinally through the printer in a feed direction; anda pair of print heads supported relative to the printer frame and arranged to print respective sides of the label web as the label web makes a single pass along the web path,a first one of said print heads being shiftably mounted relative to the printer frame for movement into and out of a printing position, in which the first one of the print heads is operable to print within a respective one of the printable regions,said first one of the print heads being selectively shifted out of the printing position so as to avoid contact with the exposed adhesive during label web advancement.2. The duplex printer as claimed in claim 1 ,said first one of the print heads including a printer interface configured to ...

Print duplexing assembly with removable duplexing device

In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a print duplexing assembly is described. The assembly includes a duplexing device to facilitate printing on both sides of a print media. The assembly also includes a platen coupled to the duplexing device to guide the print media along a feed path as it is being printed on. The platen and the duplexing device are selectively removable from a printing device in which they are installed.

PRINTING DEVICE

A controller in a one-side printing mode moves movable rollers to form a one-side printing route and moves a second head unit so that the second head unit faces a front side of a web. The controller then controls a first head unit and a second head unit to print images of respective pages on the front side of the web while transferring the web at a transfer speed twice as fast as that in a both-side printing mode. 1. A printing device comprising:a first printing unit including a plurality of inkjet heads;a second printing unit including a plurality of inkjet heads;a transfer unit configured to transfer a web along a printing route where the first printing unit faces a first surface of the web and then the second printing unit faces a second surface of the web;a route setting changing unit configured to perform at least one of changing a part of the printing route and moving the second printing unit so that the second printing unit faces the first surface of the web; anda controller configured to control the first printing unit, the second printing unit, the transfer unit and the route setting changing unit,wherein the controller in both-side printing controls the first printing unit to perform printing on the first surface of the web and controls the second printing unit to perform printing on the second surface of the web while controlling the transfer unit to transfer the web along the printing route, andwherein the controller in one-side printing controls the route setting changing unit to have the second printing unit faced to the first surface of the web, and controls the first printing unit and the second printing unit to print images of respective pages on the first surface of the web while controlling the transfer unit to transfer the web at a speed faster than that in the both-side printing.2. The printing device according to claim 1 ,wherein the second printing unit is arranged below the first printing unit.3. The printing device according to claim 2 , ...

Recording system, post-processing apparatus, and transport apparatus

A recording system includes: a recording apparatus; a post-processing apparatus; and a transport apparatus which transports the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and the transport apparatus includes a transport mechanism which transports a medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and a loading stand which loads the discharged medium without transporting the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus.