Positioning a mobile apparatus for adjacent printing swaths
    1.
    发明授权
    Positioning a mobile apparatus for adjacent printing swaths 有权
    定位移动设备用于相邻打印条

    公开(公告)号:US08613493B1

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-24

    申请号:US13749734

    申请日:2013-01-25

    IPC分类号: B41J29/393

    CPC分类号: B41J3/36 B41J2029/3935

    摘要: A method of printing with a mobile printing apparatus having an array of marking elements, the method includes moving the mobile printing apparatus to an initial starting position; providing a first swath of data; printing a first printed swath corresponding to the first swath of data using a first portion of the array of marking elements while moving the mobile printing apparatus along a scan direction; printing a first set of position reference marks using a second portion of the array of marking elements while moving the mobile printing apparatus along the scan direction; providing a second swath of data; sensing the first set of position reference marks; and printing a second printed swath corresponding to the second swath of data, wherein operation of the mobile printing apparatus for printing the second printed swath is guided, at least in part, by the first set of position reference marks.

    摘要翻译: 一种使用具有标记元件阵列的移动打印设备进行打印的方法,所述方法包括将移动打印设备移动到初始起始位置; 提供第一条数据; 在沿着扫描方向移动移动式打印装置的同时,使用标记元件阵列的第一部分打印与第一条数据相对应的第一印刷条; 在沿着扫描方向移动移动打印装置的同时,使用标记元件阵列的第二部分打印第一组位置参考标记; 提供第二条数据; 感测第一组位置参考标记; 以及打印与第二条数据相对应的第二印刷条,其中用于打印第二印刷条的移动打印装置的操作至少部分地由第一组位置参考标记引导。

    HOME BASE FOR A MOBILE PRINTING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明申请
    HOME BASE FOR A MOBILE PRINTING APPARATUS 审中-公开
    移动印刷设备的首页

    公开(公告)号:US20140212197A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-31

    申请号:US13749736

    申请日:2013-01-25

    IPC分类号: B41J25/00

    CPC分类号: B41J3/36 B41J3/28

    摘要: A mobile printing system includes a mobile printing apparatus including: a chassis; a first wheel rotatably mounted on the chassis; a second wheel rotatably mounted on the chassis; a first motor for rotating the first wheel; a second motor for rotating the second wheel; a first encoder for monitoring an amount of rotation of the first wheel; a second encoder for monitoring an amount of rotation of the second wheel; a photosensor array; and an array of marking elements disposed proximate the photosensor array; a printing region for the mobile printing apparatus; a home base including a cap configured to surround the array of marking elements; and a controller for controlling the operation of the mobile printing apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 移动打印系统包括:移动打印设备,包括:底盘; 可旋转地安装在底盘上的第一轮; 可旋转地安装在底盘上的第二轮; 用于旋转第一轮的第一马达; 用于旋转所述第二轮的第二电动机; 用于监测第一车轮的旋转量的第一编码器; 用于监测第二轮的旋转量的第二编码器; 光电传感器阵列; 以及设置在光电传感器阵列附近的标记元件阵列; 用于移动打印设备的打印区域; 包括构造成围绕所述标记元件阵列的帽的家庭基座; 以及用于控制移动打印设备的操作的控制器。

    DETERMINING A POSITION OF A MOBILE APPARATUS
    3.
    发明申请
    DETERMINING A POSITION OF A MOBILE APPARATUS 有权
    确定移动设备的位置

    公开(公告)号:US20140146309A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-29

    申请号:US13687008

    申请日:2012-11-28

    IPC分类号: G01B11/00

    摘要: A method of determining a position of a mobile apparatus includes: firing a laser that is mounted on the mobile apparatus; rotating the laser and a first and second photo detector that are disposed proximate the laser while monitoring an amount of rotation; detecting a first amplitude of light received by the first photo detector and a second amplitude of light received by a second photo detector as a function of the amount of rotation; identifying a first orientation corresponding to perpendicularity of the laser to a position referencing structure; identifying a second orientation corresponding to perpendicularity of the laser to the position referencing structure; identifying a third orientation corresponding to perpendicularity of the laser to the position referencing structure; and calculating the position of the mobile apparatus based on the first orientation, the second orientation, the third orientation, and a predetermined distance associated with the position referencing structure.

    摘要翻译: 确定移动装置的位置的方法包括:发射安装在移动装置上的激光; 旋转所述激光器和第一和第二光电检测器,所述第一和第二光电检测器邻近所述激光器设置,同时监测旋转量; 检测由第一光电检测器接收的光的第一幅度和由第二光电检测器接收的光的第二幅度作为旋转量的函数; 识别对应于激光器与位置参考结构的垂直度的第一取向; 识别对应于激光器与位置参考结构的垂直度的第二取向; 识别对应于激光器与位置参考结构的垂直度的第三取向; 以及基于与位置参考结构相关联的第一取向,第二取向,第三取向和预定距离来计算移动装置的位置。

    Drive gears providing improved registration in digital printing systems
    4.
    发明授权
    Drive gears providing improved registration in digital printing systems 有权
    驱动齿轮提供数字打印系统的改进注册

    公开(公告)号:US09145014B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-29

    申请号:US14280724

    申请日:2014-05-19

    IPC分类号: B41J11/00 B41J2/01 B41J15/02

    CPC分类号: B41J15/04 B41J3/543

    摘要: A printing system for printing on a web of media traveling along a web transport path, including a plurality of printheads for printing on the web of media, each of the printheads being configured to print at one or more corresponding print locations along the web transport path. A plurality of web transport rollers guide the web of media along the web transport path. A drive roller causes the web of media to move along the web transport path. The drive roller has an affixed driven gear driven by a motor using a gear train including one or more drive gears which transfer torque from the motor to the driven gear. The driven gear and the drive gears are constrained to rotate substantially an integer number of times as the web of media is advanced along the web transport path between two successive print locations.

    摘要翻译: 一种打印系统,用于在沿着纸幅传送路径行进的介质纸幅上打印,包括用于在纸幅上打印的多个打印头,每个打印头被配置为沿着纸幅传送路径在一个或多个对应的打印位置打印 。 多个卷材输送辊沿纸幅输送路径引导纸幅。 驱动辊使介质网沿着纸幅传送路径移动。 驱动辊具有由马达驱动的固定的从动齿轮,所述从动齿轮使用包括一个或多个驱动齿轮的齿轮系,齿轮系将扭矩从马达传递到从动齿轮。 从动齿轮和驱动齿轮被限制为当介质幅材沿两个连续打印位置之间的纸幅输送路径前进时,基本上旋转一整数倍。

    METHOD FOR FORMING ALIGNED PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE
    5.
    发明申请
    METHOD FOR FORMING ALIGNED PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE 有权
    在基板上形成对准图案的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150276638A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-01

    申请号:US14230127

    申请日:2014-03-31

    IPC分类号: G01N27/04 G01N27/22

    摘要: A method for forming a second pattern in registration with a first pattern on a substrate is disclosed. The method comprises providing the substrate having a first magnitude of an associated electrical characteristic and at least one alignment structure that is associated with a second magnitude of the electrical characteristic different from the first magnitude. A controller is used to control an electrical probe to measure the electrical characteristic at a plurality of positions proximate the substrate. The measured electrical characteristic corresponds to the alignment structure when the probe is proximate to the alignment structure and to the substrate when the probe is not proximate to the alignment structure. The measured electrical characteristics are used to identify a location of the alignment structure. The second pattern is formed so that it is in registration with the first pattern, based on the identified location of the alignment structure.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于形成与衬底上的第一图案对准的第二图案的方法。 该方法包括提供具有相关电特性的第一幅度的衬底和与第一幅值不同的电特性的第二幅度相关联的至少一个对准结构。 控制器用于控制电探针以测量靠近基板的多个位置处的电特性。 当探头不靠近对准结构时,测量的电特性对应于当探针接近对准结构和对基板时的对准结构。 测量的电特性用于识别对准结构的位置。 第二图案形成为使得其基于所识别的对准结构的位置与第一图案对准。

    Geographically based humidity adjustment of printhead maintenance
    6.
    发明授权
    Geographically based humidity adjustment of printhead maintenance 有权
    打印头维护的地理位置湿度调节

    公开(公告)号:US08721036B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-13

    申请号:US13276510

    申请日:2011-10-19

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165

    摘要: A method of controlling a maintenance operation of an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printer, the method includes providing at least one parameter of the maintenance operation as a function of humidity condition; providing a table of average humidity conditions for a geographic locale in which the printer is located; providing a current date; determining a humidity condition corresponding to the current date; and controlling the maintenance operation, wherein the at least one parameter is determined in accordance with the determined humidity condition.

    摘要翻译: 一种控制喷墨打印机中的喷墨打印头的维护操作的方法,该方法包括提供维护操作的至少一个参数作为湿度条件的函数; 提供打印机所在地理区域的平均湿度条件表; 提供当前日期; 确定与当前日期相对应的湿度条件; 以及控制所述维护操作,其中根据所确定的湿度条件来确定所述至少一个参数。

    METHOD OF MAINTAINING AN INKJET PRINTHEAD
    7.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF MAINTAINING AN INKJET PRINTHEAD 有权
    维护喷墨打印机的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140060662A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-06

    申请号:US13596202

    申请日:2012-08-28

    IPC分类号: B23P17/04

    摘要: A method of maintaining an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printer includes moving a sealing face of a cap into contact with a printhead face in which are disposed nozzles of the inkjet printhead; compressing the cap while a valve connected to the cap is in an open position; closing the valve; and moving a base of the cap away from away from the sealing face while the sealing face is sealed against the printhead face and the valve is closed in order to generate suction at the printhead face for priming the nozzles

    摘要翻译: 在喷墨打印机中维护喷墨打印头的方法包括将盖的密封面移动到与其中设置有喷墨打印头的喷嘴的打印头面接触; 当连接到盖子的阀门处于打开位置时,压缩盖子; 关闭阀门; 以及将盖的基部远离密封面移动,同时密封面被密封在打印头表面上,并且阀被关闭,以便在打印头表面产生吸引物以使喷嘴

    Method of maintaining an inkjet printhead
    8.
    发明授权
    Method of maintaining an inkjet printhead 有权
    维护喷墨打印头的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08662632B1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-04

    申请号:US13596202

    申请日:2012-08-28

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165

    摘要: A method of maintaining an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printer includes moving a sealing face of a cap into contact with a printhead face in which are disposed nozzles of the inkjet printhead; compressing the cap while a valve connected to the cap is in an open position; closing the valve; and moving a base of the cap away from away from the sealing face while the sealing face is sealed against the printhead face and the valve is closed in order to generate suction at the printhead face for priming the nozzles.

    摘要翻译: 在喷墨打印机中维护喷墨打印头的方法包括将盖的密封面移动成与其中设置有喷墨打印头的喷嘴的打印头面相接触; 当连接到盖子的阀门处于打开位置时,压缩盖子; 关闭阀门; 以及当所述密封面与所述打印头表面密封时将所述盖的基部远离所述密封面移动,并且所述阀被关闭,以便在所述打印头表面处产生用于引燃所述喷嘴的抽吸。

    METHOD OF BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTING WITH OFFSET NOZZLE ARRAYS
    9.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTING WITH OFFSET NOZZLE ARRAYS 审中-公开
    使用偏心喷嘴阵列的双向打印方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140002519A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-02

    申请号:US13534048

    申请日:2012-06-27

    IPC分类号: B41J29/38

    摘要: A method of printing an image with an inkjet printhead includes a) advancing a sheet of print medium along the array direction; b) stopping the sheet of print medium such that a first portion of the sheet is proximate the first group of arrays of the inkjet printhead; c) moving the inkjet printhead in a first sense along the scan direction while printing on the first portion of the sheet using the first group of arrays; d) advancing the sheet of print medium along the array direction; e) stopping the sheet of print medium such that a second portion of the sheet is proximate the second group of arrays of the inkjet printhead; f) moving the inkjet printhead in a second sense opposite the first sense along the scan direction while printing on the second portion of the sheet using the second group of arrays.

    摘要翻译: 使用喷墨打印头打印图像的方法包括:a)沿着阵列方向前进一张打印介质; b)停止片材的打印介质,使得片材的第一部分靠近喷墨打印头的第一组阵列; c)使用所述第一组阵列在所述片材的所述第一部分上打印时,沿着所述扫描方向在第一意义上移动所述喷墨打印头; d)沿着阵列方向前进该打印介质片; e)停止所述打印介质片,使得所述片材的第二部分靠近所述喷墨打印头的第二组阵列; f)使用第二组阵列在喷墨打印头的第二部分上打印时沿着扫描方向以与第一感觉相反的第二感测方式移动喷墨打印头。

    Segmented heater configurations for an ink jet printhead

    公开(公告)号:US06568792B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-05-27

    申请号:US09733069

    申请日:2000-12-11

    IPC分类号: B41J205

    CPC分类号: B41J2/1412

    摘要: Segmented heater configurations for ejecting fluid on to a medium having heater segments, where area and power level dissipation of each heater segment in the heater configuration are chosen such that different sized drops of fluid are ejected depending on the pulse voltage and/or pulse width used. As the pulse voltage and/or pulse width applied to a particular channel is increased, more heating segments in that ejection channel nucleate bubbles and produce larger drops. As a result, drop volume and spot size of the ejected fluid can be increased as pulse voltage and/or pulse width increase. For side-shooting devices, the heaters and power densities are configured such that the segment closest to the orifice nucleates its bubble first. For devices which eject droplets perpendicular to the plane of the heater, the heater segments can be arranged into a two-dimensional array. Each segment has a different power density. The segmented arrays are arranged with the highest power density elements located near the center of the array. Other heater segments having lower power densities are located progressively further from the center heater segments. As the heater segment power voltage and/or pulse width is increased, successively more heater elements nucleate bubbles and produce larger drops of ejected fluid.