摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) and display platforms implemented with e-paper. In one aspect, a system for writing information to electronic paper includes a writing module and an erasing unit connected to the writing module. The erasing unit is configured to erase information stored in the electronic paper. The system also includes a writing unit connected to the writing module and is configured to write information to the electronic paper. Information is written to the electronic paper by orienting the writing module so that the electronic paper passes the erasing unit prior to passing the writing unit.
摘要:
Apparatus, printers, and methods to remove material from a printer surface are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a fluid remover to remove printing material from a printer surface, and a coating material reservoir to store coating material and to apply the coating material to the fluid remover to reduce an amount of printing material transferred to the fluid remover from the printer surface.
摘要:
With a card including a passive electronic paper display configured to display a visual image, a method of presenting information on a card includes selectively changing a visual image displayed on the passive electronic paper display to update information represented by the visual image, and wherein the card is sized to be carried by a user.
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:
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 reduce aerosol are disclosed. An example apparatus to reduce aerosol includes a print head to generate droplets and aerosol, and to direct the droplets toward a print substrate, a first corona wire to generate first ions having a first electrical polarity to direct the aerosol toward the print substrate, and a second corona wire to generate second ions to direct the aerosol toward the print substrate, wherein the second ions have a second electrical polarity that is opposite the first electrical polarity.
摘要:
An ink composition has controlled conductivity, and a digital printing system and a method of printing an ink employ an offset inkjet printing platform. The ink composition includes pigment particles dispersed in an oil-based dielectric carrier fluid with an oil-soluble dispersant. A concentration of dispersant is a fraction of a concentration of the pigment particles sufficient to render an electrical conductivity of the ink composition less than 100 pico Siemens per centimeter (pS/cm). The printing system includes an ink having an electrical conductivity less than or equal to about 300 pS/cm, an inkjet print head, a transfer medium, a developer, a remover and an image transferer. In the method of printing, the ink is nonelectrostatically jetted to the transfer medium, and developed into a fixed image. A portion of a supernatant is removed from the fixed image, and the fixed image is transferred to a media substrate.
摘要:
Apparatus for capturing aerosols are disclosed. An example apparatus described herein includes a corona wire, and a nonconductive housing comprising a first cavity to expose a first portion of the corona wire, a second cavity to expose a second portion of the corona wire, and a chamber between the first and second cavities. A third portion of the corona wire is located within the chamber between the first and second portions of the corona wire.