摘要:
Printers, methods, and apparatus to form an image on a substrate are disclosed. An example apparatus (100) to form an image on a print substrate includes an applicator (104) to apply a first material (1 10), an ink developer (106) to apply a plurality of ink particles (1 12), and a transfer cylinder (108) to transfer the ink particles (1 12) and the first material (110) to a print substrate (102) to form an image and a coating.
摘要:
Printers, methods, and apparatus to reduce aerosol are disclosed. An example apparatus to reduce aerosol includes a print head (102) to generate droplets (314-320) and aerosol (322-326), and to direct the droplets (314-320) toward a print substrate (104), a first corona wire (108) to generate first ions (340, 344) having a first electrical polarity to direct the aerosol (322-326) toward the print substrate (104), and a second corona wire (110) to generate second ions (340, 344) to direct the aerosol (322-326) toward the print substrate (104), wherein the second ions (340, 344) have a second electrical polarity that is opposite the first electrical polarity.
摘要:
An imaging device can include an imaging drum to support a carrier fluid. A roller can remove a portion of the carrier fluid from the imaging drum. A fluid container can collect the carrier fluid from the roller. A fluid remover on the container can be used to remove the carrier fluid from the roller.
摘要:
At least some aspects of the disclosure are directed towards densitometers and methods of determining optical density of printed images upon media. According to one example, an optical density determination apparatus includes a first light source configured to emit a first light beam in a first direction towards a substrate; a second light source configured to emit a second light beam in a second direction towards the substrate, the second direction being different than the first direction; a first sensor configured to sense light of the first light beam reflected from the substrate; a second sensor configured to sense light of the second light beam reflected from the substrate; and wherein the first and second sensors are configured to provide signals indicative of the light sensed by the first and second sensors and which are useable to determine optical density of the substrate.
摘要:
Printhead fabrication methods and printheads are described. According to one aspect, a printhead fabrication method includes providing a spacer layer 36 over a plurality of bottom electrodes 10 of a printhead, providing a plurality of top electrodes 26 of the printhead over the spacer layer 36 and the bottom electrodes 10, aligning a plurality of printhead features 38 of the spacer layer 36 with a plurality of printhead features 28, 16 of the top electrodes 26 and the bottom electrodes 10, and bonding the spacer layer 36 with the top electrodes 26 and the bottom electrodes 10 with the printhead features 38 of the spacer layer 36 aligned with the printhead features 28, 16 of the top electrodes 26 and the bottom electrodes 10.
摘要:
Printers, methods, and apparatus to filter imaging oil are disclosed. An example apparatus to filter imaging oil, includes adjacent electrodes and a switching circuit. The example switching circuit selectively generates an electrostatic field between the adjacent electrodes to cause particles suspended in the imaging oil between the adjacent electrodes to adhere to at least one of the adjacent electrodes, and generates an alternating electric field between the adjacent electrodes to cause the particles to be detached from the adjacent electrodes.
摘要:
The present disclosure is drawn to methods, devices, and systems for determining solid content of inks, including a device comprising a chamber configured to hold an ink sample having ionic particulates in a liquid vehicle, a first opening in the chamber for filling the chamber with the ink sample, a second distinct opening in the chamber for removal of the liquid vehicle, a deposition electrode at least partially defining the chamber, a counter electrode, a power supply connected to the deposition electrode and the counter electrode for creating an electric field inside the chamber, and a densitometer optically coupleable to the deposition electrode for measuring the optical density of ionic particulates. Additionally, the device can be operable to separate the ionic particulates from the liquid vehicle by deposition of the ionic particulates at the deposition electrode and/or the device can be operable to measure the optical density of the ionic particulates after migration to the deposition electrode.
摘要:
An inkjet printhead, printing system and a method of inkjet printing employ a boundary layer control apparatus to control a boundary layer of air flow surrounding a nozzle opening of an inkjet pen. The printhead includes the pen supported by a housing that is configured so that the nozzle opening both faces a substrate and is spaced from the substrate by a gap. The apparatus is a structure adjacent to the nozzle opening and supported at a leading edge of the housing ahead of the nozzle opening relative to a direction of movement of the substrate. The structure is configured to extend into the gap. The printing system further includes the substrate. The method includes moving the substrate below the printhead, controlling the boundary layer, and depositing an ink onto the moving substrate.
摘要:
An apparatus for charging an image transfer surface in an image transfer device includes a support member and a conductive polymer material surrounding an outer periphery of the support member. An inner portion of the conductive polymer material is loaded with a supplemental conducting agent, and an outer portion of the conductive polymer material is substantially free of the supplemental conducting agent.
摘要:
Imaging methods, imaging member charging methods, and image engines are described. According to one embodiment, an imaging method includes providing an imaging member having an outer surface comprising a plurality of portions having a plurality of different radii, rotating the portions of the outer surface of the imaging member adjacent to a charge device configured to provide an electrical charge to the imaging member which is usable for imaging, first controlling a position of the charge device with respect to one of the portions of the outer surface of the imaging member using the one of the portions of the outer surface at one moment in time, second controlling a position of the charge device with respect to an other of the portions of the outer surface of the imaging member using a positioning control system at an other moment in time, and using the charge device, providing the electrical charge to the one of the portions of the imaging member at the one moment in time.