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公开(公告)号:US20200316965A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-08
申请号:US16904420
申请日:2020-06-17
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Lianhui CONG , Terrill CLAYTON
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a technique that effects spot gloss or gloss control and/or variations on one image without requiring clear inks. This is preferably accomplished by use of a multilayer printing process in which an image is first printed using a first set of color print heads and then cured, and in which the image is again printed using a second set of color print head, but where the image remains uncured for a predetermined interval to allow the ink drops applied to the media to spread and thus introduce a gloss effect.
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公开(公告)号:US20200290366A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-17
申请号:US16579707
申请日:2019-09-23
Applicant: ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.
Inventor: Peter HEATH , Joseph A. LAHUT , Dwight CRAM , Bryan KO
Abstract: White-balance is improved when printing on colored media, while minimizing the time and use of costly materials required by present approaches. In an embodiment, the typical solid white fill or background layer is altered by including in the white layer one or more of the other colors already available in the printer to shade this layer. Thus, a small amount of cyan, for example, helps balance a pink-ish (red) media; yellow is used for blue media; and magenta is used for green media; as well as combinations thereof. A combination of transparent process inks and opaque white helps to maintain brightness (luminosity).
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公开(公告)号:US10752022B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-25
申请号:US16011306
申请日:2018-06-18
Applicant: ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.
Inventor: Bruce Klemann , Joshua Mcgrath , John Duffield
Abstract: Various embodiments concern inkjet printing systems designed for multilayer imaging with a high-gloss clear ink layer. More specifically, the inkjet printing systems are designed so that clear, curable inks are provided additional time to level out before being cured. The settling process enables the inkjet printing systems to produce multilayer images having high gloss values. For example, a bracket could be attached to a curing assembly that prevents radiation from striking a certain portion of the substrate onto which clear ink has recently been deposited. As another example, an inactive array of light-emitting diodes may be disposed in line with the print head(s) responsible for depositing clear ink. Moreover, various embodiments also allow for true multilayer printing of a color coat and a high-gloss clear coat in a single step (e.g., by arranging print heads into rows within a printer carriage).
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公开(公告)号:US20200257945A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-13
申请号:US16826024
申请日:2020-03-20
Applicant: ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.
Inventor: John Edward Hennessy
IPC: G06K15/02 , G06K15/00 , B23K26/402 , B23K26/364 , B31D1/02 , B41J11/66 , B41J2/175 , B41J2/17 , B41J3/407 , B41J11/70
Abstract: Apparatuses and embodiments related to compensated laser cutting of labels. A computer system receives an image of a label, and rasterizes the image. The computer system determines how much of each type of printer ink of a label printer to deposit at each pixel location of the image. The computer system determines which pixels intersect a cut line, and determines the characteristics of the ink of the pixels, such as the quantity or thickness of the ink at the pixel locations. The computer system determines laser data including power, cut speed, and/or frequency of a laser that is tuned to accurately cut through the ink that forms the image, the material(s) of the label, and the adhesive that removably adheres the label to base material(s), but to not excessively damage the base material(s). A laser cutting system uses the laser data to control a laser.
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公开(公告)号:US10668742B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-02
申请号:US15390101
申请日:2016-12-23
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Paul Edwards
Abstract: Systems and methods of applying a gaseous inhibitor into a printing region to hinder the curing process of ink on the print heads caused by the presence of stray light in the printing environment.
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公开(公告)号:US10599960B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-24
申请号:US15455038
申请日:2017-03-09
Applicant: ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.
Inventor: John Edward Hennessy
IPC: B41J11/70 , G06K15/02 , G06K15/00 , B23K26/402 , B23K26/364 , B31D1/02 , B41J11/66 , B41J2/175 , B41J2/17 , B41J3/407 , G06K15/10 , B23K103/00 , B23K103/16
Abstract: Apparatuses and embodiments related to compensated laser cutting of labels. A computer system receives an image of a label, and rasterizes the image. The computer system determines how much of each type of printer ink of a label printer to deposit at each pixel location of the image. The computer system determines which pixels intersect a cut line, and determines the characteristics of the ink of the pixels, such as the quantity or thickness of the ink at the pixel locations. The computer system determines laser data including power, cut speed, and/or frequency of a laser that is tuned to accurately cut through the ink that forms the image, the material(s) of the label, and the adhesive that removably adheres the label to base material(s), but to not excessively damage the base material(s). A laser cutting system uses the laser data to control a laser.
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公开(公告)号:US20200071551A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-05
申请号:US16678499
申请日:2019-11-08
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Joshua Samuel , Huilei Zhang
IPC: C09D11/101 , D21H19/58 , C09D11/322 , C09D11/107 , C09D11/102
Abstract: The present invention relates to low odor radiation curable ink compositions. The composition comprises 10-40% w/w of 4-hydrobutylacrylate, 5-25% of a urethane (math)acrylate oligomer, 10-55% of diacrylates, one or more photoinitiators, one or more additives, and one or more pigments. The composition excludes many monofunctional monomers that have distinct odor and are commonly used in an ink jet composition.
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公开(公告)号:US10507670B2
公开(公告)日:2019-12-17
申请号:US15636320
申请日:2017-06-28
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Steven Billow
Abstract: In a color printing environment, functions for printing color management are dissociated. An abstraction layer is also provided to facilitate setting and evaluation of all factors relating to color print and prediction.
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公开(公告)号:US10447896B2
公开(公告)日:2019-10-15
申请号:US15605770
申请日:2017-05-25
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Leon Williams , Thor Olson
Abstract: Techniques for interactively determining/visualizing the color content of a source image and how the corresponding image data is mapped to device colors are described herein. For example, the color content of a digital image can be converted between different color spaces to identify gamut limitations of an output device (e.g., a printing assembly), discover color(s) that cannot be accurately reproduced, etc. Color space conversions enable the transformation of the color content of the digital image from device-specific colorants to a device-independent representation (and vice versa). In some embodiments, these transformations are facilitated using lookup tables that are implemented in graphical processing unit-resident memory.
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公开(公告)号:US10421289B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-24
申请号:US15641110
申请日:2017-07-03
Applicant: ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.
Inventor: Peter Heath , Joseph A. Lahut , Dwight Cram , Bryan Ko
IPC: B41J2/205 , B41J2/21 , H04N1/60 , H04N1/407 , B41J2/045 , B41J11/00 , B41J19/14 , H04N1/54 , G06K15/10 , H04N1/40
Abstract: White-balance is improved when printing on colored media, while minimizing the time and use of costly materials required by present approaches. In an embodiment, the typical solid white fill or background layer is altered by including in the white layer one or more of the other colors already available in the printer to shade this layer. Thus, a small amount of cyan, for example, helps balance a pink-ish (red) media; yellow is used for blue media; and magenta is used for green media; as well as combinations thereof. A combination of transparent process inks and opaque white helps to maintain brightness (luminosity).
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