208results about "Visual presentation using printers" patented technology

A method is indicated for processing a web (4) that is printed with a printed image (6), wherein the web (4) is fed to a cutting / grooving unit (14) by means of which the web (4) is processed at a number of processing positions (16) in the longitudinal direction (L), wherein upstream of the cutting / grooving unit (14) the web (4) has a width (B), wherein an actual measurement (1) for the width (B) is measured, wherein the cutting / grooving unit (14) is set depending on the actual measurement (1) and a target measurement (S) for the width (B) such that the processing positions (16) are adapted to the printed image (6). A corresponding installation (2) for such processing is also indicated.

An image forming apparatus includes: a forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet by forming a plurality of toner images using a plurality of types of toner, and transfer the plurality of toner images onto the sheet, or transfer the plurality of toner images onto the sheet via an intermediate transfer member; and a controller configured to control the forming unit to form a formed image and an antimicrobial pattern on the sheet based on first image data representing the formed image, wherein at least one first toner out of the plurality of types of toner is antimicrobial toner that includes an antimicrobial agent, at least one second toner out of the plurality of types of toner is non-antimicrobial toner that does not contain the antimicrobial agent, and the antimicrobial pattern is formed using the first toner.

The present disclosure provides a method of creating a label for labeling an intravenous infusion line. Further, the method may include receiving an information associated with one or more intravenous infusion lines from input devices, analyzing the information, determining label content of labels associated with the intravenous infusion lines, determining label content formats of the label content, generating a label information for the labels based on the label content and the label content formats, and printing the label information on label sheets based on the generating of the label information. Further, the printing of the label information creates the labels for the intravenous infusion lines.

The invention discloses a positioning correction method, device and equipment based on a label printer and a medium, and relates to the field of label printing. In the method, light intensity signals are collected to obtain an initial light intensity signal sequence; analyzing the initial light intensity signal sequence, and identifying whether an effective label feature segment meeting a preset structure condition exists or not; if it is determined that the effective label feature segment meeting the preset structure condition exists, extracting a surface paper signal segment from the effective label feature segment, and taking the surface paper signal segment as a calibration target signal; performing filtering processing on the calibration target signal to obtain a filtered signal, and performing calculation based on the filtered signal to obtain a surface paper reference value; according to the surface paper reference value and the preset offset, a final positioning threshold value is obtained through calculation, and the initial position of the label consumable is determined according to the final positioning threshold value. By implementing the technical scheme provided by the invention, the printing quality is improved.

An image forming apparatus includes a rotational photosensitive member, an exposure device including a plurality of light emitting elements and a driving unit, an output unit configured to superimpose a clock signal on image data, and output the image data as serial data, a generation unit configured to recover and generate the clock signal superimposed on the image data, a conversion unit configured to receive the serial data and convert the received serial data into parallel data, a lock signal output unit configured to lock the generation unit and output a lock signal in a case where the generation unit generates the clock signal at a predetermined frequency, and a control unit configured to count a number of times the conversion unit has not received the serial data normally during a predetermined period, and unlock the generation unit in a case where the number of times exceeds a predetermined value.

An example device may include a controller comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is to execute the instructions to cause an image forming device to print an image onto a target sheet of media routed through a media path from an input media tray; receive an input corresponding to the image printed onto the target sheet of media; determine, based on the input, a degree of rotation of the image; and calibrate a rotation parameter of the image forming device in response to the degree of rotation determined from the input.

A method of preparing image job data for imaging a mask layer includes receiving at least one raster image file, preparing image job data for imaging the mask layer, the preparing comprising: including data relative to the at least one raster image file in the image job data so as to image at least one corresponding image area of the mask layer, determining a non-functional area of the mask layer outside of the at least one corresponding image area; and including filling imaging data in said image job data for imaging said non-functional area.

A printing device includes a printing engine, a storage unit, and a controller. The printing engine prints on a printing medium. The storage unit stores an overall patch image including patches for color calibration for printing an image based on image data. The patches include basic patches corresponding to predetermined colors. The overall patch image has a first patch area in which the basic patches are arranged and a second patch area different from the first patch area. The controller performs: generating a specified patch that is a patch for a color specified by a user in a preview image corresponding to the image; and printing the overall patch image using the printing engine. In a case where the specified patch is generated, in the printing the generated specified patch is printed in the first patch area and one of the basic patches is printed in the second patch area.

A color management method is performed by a color management apparatus that performs color management based on data of a sheet subjected to printing and read by a reader including a colorimeter and a scanner. The method includes, in response to receiving a setting of a first operation mode in which the colorimeter moves a first width in a sheet width direction and reads all or at least one of patches arranged in the sheet width direction, performing the color management based on the data read in the first operation mode, and in response to receiving a setting of a second operation mode in which the colorimeter stops or moves a second width smaller than the first width in the sheet width direction and the scanner reads all or at least one of the patches, performing the color management based on the data read in the second operation mode.

A computer-implemented system for image quality enhancement and color spaces conversion for manufactured surfaces printers comprises at least a convolutional neural network, configured for executing at least the following steps: receive in input an original image x′ in RGB space; from the original image x′, elaborate an approximation {tilde over (x)}+″ in multichannel space or in RGB space of an enhanced image x+″ for manufactured surfaces printers; and return to output the approximation {tilde over (x)}+″ of the enhanced image x+″ for the use in manufactured surfaces printers.

To disclose a printer that can switch between execution and non-execution of predetermined processing for cutting a cut sheet.SOLUTION: A printer, when a first cut sheet having a first size is stored and a second cut sheet shaving a second size is not stored, transmits, to a terminal device, capability information which includes first size information showing that the first size is stored and second size information showing that the second size is stored. The printer receives, from the terminal device, selection information showing that a target size is selected and image data, executes predetermined processing to the first cut sheet when the selection information shows that the second size is selected as the target size, and does not execute the predetermined processing to the first cut sheet when the selection information shows that the first size is selected as the target size.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

The instant disclosure provides a process for forming an image in flock, which involves digitally printing an adhesive composition directly on a substrate surface, preferably by modifying the amount of the adhesive based on a linearization curve, flocking the surface with a flock material, and curing the image. The instant disclosure also provides a method for obtaining a linearization curve for digital flocking, which involves forming a pattern using an adhesive composition, flocking the pattern with a flock material, curing the flocked image to obtain a flocked greyscale image, and measuring the flock intensity to obtain the linearization curve, whereas the linearization curve is unique for a set of given conditions and can be implemented in RIP commands to modify DPI values for digital flocking. An image comprising regions with more than one flock intensity is also described.

A dynamic buffering apparatus (800) and a method for the processing individual sheet documents having at least one respective identification code, comprises: a conveyor line, and an upstream device (810) delivering documents in individual sheets through said conveyor line; a individual sheet (505) buffering device (100) comprising a deformable supporting plane, which creates a collection of sheets in the form of a sheet stack (514) on said supporting plane, in which the last incoming sheet (510) is placed below the stack at its base by deforming the supporting plane, and where the first single outgoing sheet (520) is released from the top of the sheet stack (514) forming an outgoing sheet stream (525); a reading device (831) that reads the identification code of the passing through outgoing sheets provided by the buffering device; a downstream device (840), receiving the outgoing sheet stream (525) for the processing thereof; and a control unit (900), comprising at least one memory, one microprocessor, one database (910), and a software for managing the stream of documents, which receives data related to the reading of the identification codes from the reading device; which provides information, extracted from said database (910), to the upstream and downstream devices (810, 840) for the correct processing and delivering of the sheets; and Which controls the release of the outgoing sheets from the buffering device (100) with a timing synchronized with said downstream device, where the method performed by that apparatus from an upstream device to a downstream device facilitates the coupling of any item with documents as accompanying paper support.

To solve such a problem that electrostatic adsorption may be caused due to charging if unnecessary or inappropriate static elimination processing is performed although a voltage value applied for static elimination has an appropriate value according to a use environment and a sheet.SOLUTION: A printing system includes: printing means which executes printing processing on a sheet to be used in a print job; static elimination means which performs static elimination processing on the sheet on which printing is performed by the printing means; an operation part; display means which displays the setting state of the static elimination processing of the static elimination means on the operation part; and confirmation means which displays on the operation part a screen for confirming the continuation possibility of printing with a user on the basis of the necessity of the static elimination processing of the sheet to be used in the print job and the setting state of the static elimination processing of the static elimination means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

An information product or item, such as a for sale sign, can be configured with contact information and / or elements that link the information product to a networked system and related services (with the product being called a for information product or FIP in the description). These services can make available applications such as phone and web application that can be helpful in providing an additional mechanism / electronic media as it relates to the FIP and / or any FIP related product / object / item. These services may aid someone to whom the FIP belongs in fielding, FIP related, viewer inquires while providing the FIP viewer with more options, upon making requests to said system services. The FIP may make available linked application system services to viewers of the FIP, which may belong to someone who does not know how to link such services in other ways.

A tilt of a head is discerned. Regions of a test pattern include a base line formed in a Y direction with inks ejected from nozzle portions of heads, and blocks formed with inks ejected from nozzle portions provided at intervals from first nozzle portions of the heads in the Y direction. The block is formed on an X1 side of the base line in an X direction orthogonal to the Y direction, and the block is formed on an X2 side.

In a printing apparatus, when an image printed based on image data of an n-th print job as an n-th print target among designated two or more print jobs is an n-th image, and an image printed based on image data of a (n+1)-th print job as a (n+1)-th print target among the designated two or more print jobs is a (n+1)-th image, n-th post-processing setting information and (n+1)-th post-processing setting information are compared to determine whether or not setting of the post-processing needs to be changed, and when the setting of the post-processing does not need to be changed, print setting is changed so as not to print information based on post-processing setting information set to be printed at a position between the n-th image and the (n+1)-th image on the medium.

An inspection method comprising discharging a transparent ink onto a transparent substrate; emitting ultraviolet rays from a first surface of the transparent substrate; detecting ultraviolet rays transmitted through the transparent substrate, from a second surface opposite to the first surface of the transparent substrate; and determining a discharge state of the discharging based on the detecting of the ultraviolet rays.

An image forming system includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet. The image forming unit forms a first image inside a trimming region of a sheet, and forms a second image and an adjustment pattern outside the trimming region of the sheet, the adjustment pattern being for adjusting an image forming condition. Execution of instructions causes one or more processors to adjust the image forming condition at a time of image formation by the image forming unit, and, in a case where a formation region of the second image and at least a part of a formation region of the adjustment pattern overlap, control a display to display information indicating that the formation region of the second image and the formation region of the adjustment pattern overlap.

Image processing apparatuses, image processing methods, measurement devices, measurement methods, and storage mediums are provided herein. One or more image processing apparatuses measure a patch on metallic paper using a measurement unit that measures only diffuse light in a specific direction by placing a diffusion sheet that converts a strong directional component of light into a diffuse component between the metallic paper and the measurement unit.

The invention relates to a method and system for obtaining a customized optical article having at least one predetermined optical property in visible and / or invisible light domain(s) selected from absorbance and transmittance, by thermal transfer via a sublimation technique from a printed support comprising a support and at least one ink (C, M, Y) printed on the support according to an inking level, the at least one ink comprising at least one sublimable dye selected from visible dyes, invisible dyes and mixtures thereof. The invention particularly applies to an ophthalmic lens part, even though it may concern any optical article to be tinted and / or provided with an invisible light absorber such as IR, UV and / or blue light absorbers. The method comprises controlling the inking level of the at least one ink (C, M, Y) to obtain said customized optical article, by using an experimentally determined variation law of the at least one predetermined optical property as a function of the inking level of the at least one ink.

A mechanism selects a sheet holding unit storing a sheet having a length equal to or larger than a predetermined value in the main scanning direction at the time of printing from among a plurality of sheet holding units storing a plurality of sheets, thus improving convenience in printing an adjustment image. A method for controlling an image processing apparatus includes determining whether a length of a sheet stored in each of a plurality of sheet holding units in a main scanning direction at a time of printing is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, selecting at least one sheet holding unit from among sheet holding units determined to be storing a sheet having a length equal to or larger than the predetermined value, conveying a sheet from the or one of the selected sheet holding unit, and printing an adjustment image on the conveyed sheet.

Method for printing a graphic 20 on a garment, wherein the graphic 20 comprises two figures 14, 14', the method being characterised by comprising, preferably in order, the following steps: provision of an item of clothing 4 on which to print the graphic 20 comprising the two figures 14, 14', command a control and management unit 10 of a printing apparatus 1 in order to create a first sequence of columns 16 and a second sequence of columns 16', command the control and management unit 10 in order to superimpose the first sequence of columns 16 with the first figure 14 in order to obtain a first columnar graphic 18 and the second sequence of columns 16' with the second graphic 14' in order to obtain a second columnar graphic 18', producing by means of the printing apparatus 1 a first printing layer 17 on the garment, wherein the first printing layer 17 comprises a plurality of base columns which are mutually separate, and have a defined thickness, producing by means of the printing apparatus 1 a continuous terminal printing layer 21 comprising the union of the first columnar graphic 18 and the second columnar graphic 18', wherein the columns of the first columnar graphic 18 are on the same side of the corresponding base columns, and all the columns of the second columnar graphic 18' are on the opposite side of the corresponding base columns.

A wireless communication device includes a conveyance portion, a sensor, and a communication portion, and conveys a long backing sheet, a plurality of labels, each provided with a wireless tag, being adhered with intervals in a lengthwise direction of the backing sheet. The wireless communication device detects, by the sensor, an end portion on an upstream side of the label including a wireless tag adhered on the backing sheet, while conveying the backing sheet in a conveyance direction by the conveyance portion, and performs a wireless communication with a target label when the backing sheet is conveyed by a predetermined amount in the conveyance direction. The predetermined amount is decided based on a communication state, between the communication portion and the wireless tag, detected at each of positions when the backing sheet is sequentially conveyed to a plurality of positions in the conveyance direction.

A printing system includes a printing device that prints a test pattern for determining a correction value used for adjusting a printing characteristic on a medium; an imaging section that is separate from the printing device and generates a captured image of the test pattern by capturing the test pattern; and a control section that acquires the captured image from the imaging section and performs processing of determining the correction value, wherein the control section determines a provisional value as the correction value when a provisional value is included in a predetermined acceptable range, the provisional value being obtained from the test pattern included in the captured image and determines an alternative correction value that is inside the boundary of the acceptable range as the correction value when the provisional value is outside the acceptable range.

An image processing system includes control circuitry. The control circuitry acquires print data of CMYK or RGB without a spot color specification. The control circuitry specifies an input profile to convert the print data into a color value in a device-independent space and specifies an output profile for a metallic colorant. The control circuitry separates the print data into five or more plates including the metallic colorant based on the specified input profile and the specified output profile to generate data for a printed material.

Systems and methods for dynamically modifying digital images based on ink and printing characteristics for printable images are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes obtaining a digital source image, identifying one or more modification areas including a plurality of pixels where each pixel is correlated with one or more ink drops, determining an expected ink spreading value of each of the ink drops based at least in part on the color of the ink drops, modifying the plurality of pixels, and modifying the correlated ink drops. In some embodiments, the expected ink spreading value is based at least in part on the distance between ink channels and a curing station, the speed of the printing conveyor, the type of printing substrate, and the time each ink drop spends uncured on a printing substrate.

A textile printing system for digital printing of colored images onto typically colored fabrics, digitally using print nozzles or other digital means, the nozzles printing print pixels onto the fabrics. The system comprises a print file defining pixel colors for the individual printing pixels; and a deletion unit which deletes print pixels from the print file wherever a respective pixel color is within a threshold distance of the fabric color. The textile printer then prints the print pixels onto the fabric to form a colored image without printing any of the deleted pixels.