摘要:
An inkjet printing apparatus for printing continuous tone images on a receiver in response to a digital image, including a structure defining a plurality of colorant or colorant precursor receiving chambers, and another structure defining at least one mixing chamber for receiving a plurality of microdrops of colorants or colorant precursors from the colorant or colorant precursor receiving chambers to produce a desired colorant. The apparatus further includes a microdrop nozzle for each receiving chamber and in communication with the mixing chamber and a printing nozzle for each mixing chamber for causing a mixed drop to be delivered to the receiver. Further, the ejection of the desired number of microdrops is controlled and in response to the digital image and connected to the receiving chamber and the mixing chamber and for causing the desired number of microdrops to be ejected into the mixing chamber and then ejecting a mixed drop of colorant from the mixing chamber through the printing nozzle to the receiver.
摘要:
Apparatus for providing an images on a receiver in response to a digital image, includes a print head adapted to transfer radiation curable inks on the receiver to form image pixels on the receiver, and a radiation source adapted to apply radiation for treating inks transferred on the receiver. The apparatus provides relative movements between the receiver, the print head, and the radiation source; and has circuitry coupled to the print head and the radiation source, and for providing relative movements in at least two directions between the receiver, the print head, and the radiation source, and for causing the print head in response to the digital image to deliver radiation curable inks to the receiver and for treating such delivered inks to thereby produce an image on the receiver.
摘要:
An ink jet printing apparatus for producing an image on an ink receiver in response to an in put image, comprising: at least one ink reservoir for providing ink for printing the image; a print head means coupled to an ink receiver and at least one ink reservoir, for disposing ink spots on the ink receiver; and a processing tank coupled to the ink receiver, for providing a fluid for treating the ink spots disposed on the receiver thereby improving the stability, durability and quality of the image.
摘要:
An image producing method and apparatus is described which, in response to a stored image file, prints a plurality of microfluidic printing pixels on a display is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of ink delivery chambers, a look-up-table for converting code values corresponding to each pixel of the input image file to ink volumes to be pumped into the ink delivery chamber by microfluidic pumps, and computes the ink volumes of the inks to be pumped into each ink chamber from the code values of the corresponding pixels of the input image file. The apparatus further computes pump parameters for pumping inks of the correct volumes into each ink chamber according to the code values at each pixel of the input image file, and in response to the computed pump parameters pumps the correct amount of inks into each ink chamber, and the ink will be used to form an image pixel on the display.
摘要:
Ink jet printing apparatus for forming a color ink image on a receiver in response to a digital image that includes a plurality of color planes, includes a plurality of color ink jet print head located at spaced apart transfer positions adapted to deliver color ink to the receiver to form a color ink image at an image receiving position, and the spacing between color ink jet print heads being selected to be a distance longer than the length of a color ink image to be formed on the receiver. The receiver is moved along a path past the color ink jet print heads, a registration mark formed on the receiver before the image receiving position. Two detectors are disposed adjacent to the path with each detector being disposed before a color ink jet print head for detecting the registration mark before printing the corresponding color plane of the ink image to produce a signal a control circuit is responsive to the digital image and the detector signals for actuating each color ink jet print head to form the corresponding color plane of the ink image on the receiver in registration with the previously printed color planes of the same ink image.
摘要:
A printing apparatus and printing method for separating, image processing, and printing image objects on CD labels according to whether the image objects require multiple or two density levels.
摘要:
A method for transferring colorant from a donor element to a compact disc (CD) includes holding a CD in the focal plane of a focused laser beam with a colorant donor element being positioned in transferable relationship with the CD and focusing a laser beam on the colorant donor element to heat the donor element to a sufficient temperature to transfer colorant to the CD to thereby effect the transfer of colorant from the donor element to the CD.
摘要:
A color thermal dye transfer printer that produces superposed color plane images of varying image densities on a receiver medium includes a printhead movable in a print direction relative to the receiver medium to produce images on the receiver medium at a printing rate, the images being of selectable resolution along the print direction. The image density of each color plane image is determined, and the image resolution for each color plane is set according to the image densities of the color plane images. The image resolution may be set by adjusting the angular velocity of the media drive motor, by adjusting the velocity of relative movement of the printhead relative to the receiver medium, or by adjusting the printing rate. Each color plane image may be divided into a plurality of sectors of varying image densities. The image density of each color plane image in respective sectors is determined; and the image resolution is set for each color plane image in respective sectors according to the image densities of the color plane sector images.
摘要:
A chemically and spectrally sensitized ultrathin tabular grain emulsion is disclosed including tabular grains (a) having {111} major faces, (b) containing greater than 70 mole percent bromide, based on silver, (c) accounting for greater than 90 percent of total grain projected area, (d) exhibiting an average equivalent circular diameter of at least 0.7 .mu.m, and (e) exhibiting an average thickness of less than 0.07 .mu.m.It has been observed that increased speed and contrast as well as improvements in speed-granularity relationships can be realized when the surface chemical sensitization sites include epitaxially deposited silver halide protrusions forming epitaxial junctions with the tabular grains, the protrusions (a) being located on up to 50 percent of the surface area of the tabular grains, (b) having a higher overall solubility than at least that portion of the tabular grains forming epitaxial junctions with the protrusions, and (c) forming a face centered cubic crystal lattice.In further improving photographic performance by incorporating a photographically useful dopant, it has been observed that thinner tabular grains can be realized by locating the dopant in the protrusions. Still further improvements in photographic sensitivity can be realized by selecting the dopant to act as a shallow trap for photoelectrons.
摘要:
A method of making a silver halide emulsion comprising precipitating and chemically sensitizing the emulsion and further comprising adding to the emulsion a fused dihydropyrimidine compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein X is O, S or Se; R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group; andZ contains the atoms necessary to form an aromatic group, a heteroaromatic group or a heterocyclic group and a silver halide emulsion made by this method.