摘要:
The invention provides a method of controlling the pressure applied to a substrate being printed by a thermal transfer printing head. The head displacement facility includes a resilient member such as a spring which undergoes deflection as the print head engages the substrate. The method comprises monitoring both print head position and spring deflection to control the pressure applied by the print head.
摘要:
An inkjet ink composition including one or more volatile organic solvents and one or more colorants, said ink being characterized in that it includes one or more humectants and a terpene phenolic resin.
摘要:
The invention provides a method of, and apparatus for, converting a signal derived from a phase detector electrode (22) in a CIJ printer to a form which does not degrade when passing between the printhead (5) and the main processing section (6) of the printer. The preferred method and apparatus employ a virtual earth.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of printing using a multi-nozzle ink jet print head having a pressure modulator for causing streams of ink emitted from the nozzles to be broken up into individual droplets. The nozzles are divided into a plurality of groups of nozzles, and groups of charge electrodes correspond, each group of charge electrodes having a respective charge controller. In the method a modulation waveform is generated to operate the pressure modulator to cause droplets to be generated in each stream. The charge controllers are operated to supply a charge signal waveform to the charge electrodes and charge droplets in the streams. The phase relationship of the charge signal waveform is adjusted relative to the modulation waveform.
摘要:
Inks for continuous ink jet printers are disclosed containing polyamide resins as binders characterised by their Glass Transition Temperature values.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for controlling a multi-nozzle CIJ printhead having a pressure modulator for causing streams of ink emitted from the nozzles to be broken up into individual droplets, and charge electrodes 6 and charge electrode controllers for controllably applying a charge to individual ones of the droplets in each stream. The method involves generating a modulation waveform to operate the pressure modulator to cause droplets to be generated in each stream and operating the charge controllers to supply a charge signal waveform to each charge electrode. The charges applied to the streams of droplets are compared to a reference or threshold value. The number of droplet streams in which the droplet charges exceed the reference or threshold value is determined plural times and an average value for the number is calculated. This step is repeated a number of times and if the average is less than the average previously calculated then the threshold or reference value is reduced.
摘要:
There is provided an ink jet ink comprising a binder, a colourant, a liquid vehicle and an adhesion promoter, the adhesion promoter being an alkoxysilane polyalkylene-imine containing repeat units of formula (I) wherein R5 represents a bond to another nitrogen atom and R4 represents a bond to another carbon atom or a hydrogen atom; a is from 1 to 8; b is 1 to 8; c is from 1 to 6; at least one of R?1, R2 and R3¿ is a C¿1?-C6alkoxy group and any of R?1, R2 and R3¿ which are not alkoxy groups are C¿1?-C6alkyl groups and p is 1 or more, and x is 1 to 50.