Abstract:
An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method for obtaining higher-quality printing with a pigment ink and a treating liquid, characterized in that the ink jet printing apparatus includes an ink ejection portion, a treating liquid ejection portion, and a control device for controlling the above ink ejection portion and the above treating liquid ejection portion so as to provide the treating liquid onto the printing medium only after the ink was provided thereon, and the control device controls in such a manner that the application of the treating liquid is carried out during in the recording operation.
Abstract:
A recording medium conveying device for an ink jet printing device comprises an active roller, a starwheel and an elastic cantilever beam, so that when the starwheel presses against the active roller, the recording medium is conveyed due to the rolling of the active roller, and is not substantially damaged.
Abstract:
A method and means for automatic alignment of ink-jet printheads includes fitting measuring constructs to actual print data acquired form a print made using a given, predetermined, test pattern data set. Specific test patterns for use in automated alignment of ink-jet printheads are suited to providing a variety of printhead alignment information in a compact format. The test pattern data set incorporates techniques for avoiding carriage-induced dynamic errors during automated alignment of ink-jet printheads.
Abstract:
A printing module includes a prism-shaped frame (8), two of its adjacent faces (10A, 10B) each defining a guiding path for a printing substrate (3A, 3B), the forward movement of the printing substrates being effected towards the extremity (11) of the two faces; two printing heads (30A, 30B) each placed on one of the paths; and bars (16A, 16B) for guiding and moving (20A-27A) each printing substrate on its path. Also relates to automatic distributors of printed or pre-printed substrates having printing modules of this type.
Abstract:
An improved matching networks for matching the impedance of a source of variable frequency oscillating energy to a variable load is described. The described matching network includes variable capacitances that can be changed to maintain an impedance match between a source and a load despite rapid changes in the frequency output by the source and rapid changes in load impedance.
Abstract:
A security document includes a secure message which is obscured by a frangible layer of opaque material. The frangible layer of opaque material may be removed using light abrasion. The security document is printed on an especially prepared print media, which may include a substrate of paper, light card stock, or plastic film, for example. The printing method may be carried out using a common inkjet printer, or a printer of another type may be used to print such a security document. Methods of performing the printing operation are explained, and especially configured printing apparatus for practicing the method is also disclosed. A covert printed security document, and method of making such a document is presented.
Abstract:
A connection module including a base including a forward set of points located in a forward plane and a rearward set of points located in a rearward plane, the forward and rearward planes defining a junction therebetween. The connection module further includes a cable including a plurality of contacts located thereon, each contact being shaped and located to engage one of the points. The connection module has a backing element including a piece of sheet-like material, a set of contact protrusions on the piece of material, and at least one stiffening element on the piece of material. Each of the contact protrusions is shaped and located to engage the cable and urge one of the contacts into engagement with one of the points. The stiffening element is generally aligned with the junction when the contact protrusions engage the cable and urge the contacts into engagement with one of the points.
Abstract:
Upon performing printing using a dye ink and a pigment ink and in addition a treatment liquid making those inks insoluble, two kinds of inks consisted of the pigment ink and the dye ink are used. After applying the pigment ink on a printing medium, the dye ink is applied overlaying with the pigment ink. After mixing these inks on the printing medium, the treatment liquid which makes the inks insoluble, is applied. In the alternative, a mixed ink in which a pigment ink not requiring a dispersant and the dye, is used. After application of this mixed ink on the printing medium, the treatment liquid which makes the ink insoluble, is applied. Therefore, problem of “crack”, “soaking out”, “overflow” or lowering of OD value which can be caused upon reaction of the pigment ink and the dye ink or the mixed ink with the treatment liquid, can be solved to achieve high quality printing.
Abstract:
In an ink composition, a coloring agent, a color developer, and a decolorization agent are dissolved or dispersed in a solvent. The ink is capable of being colored at 40° C. or less, with the coloring agent reacting with the color developer to form a bonded structure, and also capable of being decolorized when heated to 100° C. or more, with the bonded structure being ruptured to liberate the color developer therefrom, and the liberated color developer being chemically bonded to the decolorization agent. An ink jet printer is provided with a paper feeder for feeding a recording sheet for ink jet printing, a recorder for recording an ink image on the recording sheet fed from the paper feeder using the above-mentioned ink composition, and a paper discharger for discharging the recording sheet from the ink jet printer. By further providing an eraser, the ink image recorded on the recording sheet by the recorder can be erased, thereby achieving recycling of the recording sheet.
Abstract:
An inkjet printer prints variable image identifying information on a substrate with a first side having a release agent thereon and a second side having an activated chemical adhesive thereon. The inkjet printer includes at least one inkjet head for transferring an ink to the first side of the substrate and a pair of opposed guide rollers, a nip roller assembly and a driven platen roller opposite the inkjet head for advancing the substrate past the inkjet head. The inkjet printer further includes a fuser for drying the ink immediately after the variable identifying information is printed on the substrate. Preferably, the variable identifying information is printed on the substrate at a rate that is compatible with the operating speed of a tape applicator on a conventional high-speed production line.