385results about "Visual presentation using printers" patented technology

An information processing device includes an instruction information acquisition unit configured to acquire instruction information input as voice by a user, a storage control unit configured to, when the acquired instruction information is registration instruction information, cause a storage to store a printed image as a favorite image, and a print control unit configured to, when the acquired instruction information is second print instruction information for instructing to print the favorite image, cause an image forming device to execute printing of the image stored as the favorite image.

The invention discloses an environment-adaptive label printing method, device and equipment and a medium, and relates to the field of label printing. According to the method, under standard printing parameters, reference color development energy and reference heat loss energy of a printing head are obtained; the current environment temperature and the current printing speed are obtained, and a temperature compensation coefficient and a speed compensation coefficient are calculated; calculating the initial heating energy of the printing head; obtaining printing data corresponding to the current printing task, determining a heat historical parameter of each heating point and heating time of an adjacent heating point of each heating point based on the printing data, and generating a proximity effect compensation factor; adjusting the initial heating energy based on the thermal historical parameter and the proximity effect compensation factor to obtain target heating energy; and according to the target heating energy, multi-stage dynamic compensation is carried out on the printing head, so that the actual output energy of the printing head is the target heating energy. By implementing the technical scheme provided by the invention, the printing effect is improved.

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 information processing device includes an instruction information acquisition unit configured to acquire first print instruction information including designation of a drawing target, an image request unit configured to, when an image corresponding to the acquired first print instruction information is not stored in a storage, request, using the first print instruction information, another server to transmit an image in which the drawing target is drawn, an image acquisition unit configured to acquire the image from the other server, and a print control unit configured to cause an image forming device to print the acquired image.

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.

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.

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.

Systems and methods are described herein for novel uses and / or improvements for using artificial intelligence to determine whether an image is valid and / or formatted appropriately for printing onto a physical object. An image validation system may receive an image, for example, from a user. The image may be received in order to print the image onto a physical object. When the image is received, the validation system may use a first machine learning model to format the image appropriately and then use another machine learning model to determine whether the image has an appropriate context (e.g., no violence). Based on that determination, the validation system may either send the image for printing or try to remove the offending content from the image.

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.

To provide an image forming device and an image forming method which can achieve improvement in productivity and stabilization of an image quality in the image forming device, with good balance.SOLUTION: In an image forming device (100), when a printing type of a printing process that is executed by a printing processing part (50) is changed from either of monochrome printing and color printing to the other, an adjustment processing part (52) can execute a condition adjustment process for adjusting an image formation condition in the image forming part (3), before the monochrome printing or the color printing is executed after the printing type is changed. The printing processing part (50) can change a linear velocity in the image forming part (3) in accordance with a combination of a linear velocity preset to correspond to a sheer type of a sheet and the printing type. Further, the adjustment processing part (52) can restrict execution of the condition adjustment process, when the linear velocity mode is same before and after the printing type is changed and when a preset restriction condition is satisfied.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

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 memory structure stores a plurality of color maps, the entity, when decompressed by a printer controller, comprising a plurality of first level wrappers, each first level wrapper including at least one characteristic to identify a corresponding color map, and a recipe to define and locate packets for constructing the color map, the recipe having at least one locator for each second level wrapper; and a plurality of second level wrappers of different types, each second level wrapper wrapping a corresponding packet.

Print throughput is improved in a case where an image forming apparatus prints multiple pages on a rolled printing medium. An image print apparatus (4) is capable of printing multiple pages on a rolled printing medium, and includes a conveyance unit (104) that conveys a printing medium (101), a printing unit that prints on the printing medium, and a cutting unit that cuts out the printing medium. The conveyance unit performs a first conveyance operation (612) to convey the printing medium by a predetermined length in a direction to discharge the printing medium and to stop the conveyance, which is carried out after completion of printing of one page and before settlement of a print start position (g) of the next page, and a second conveyance operation (613) including an operation to convey the printing medium in the direction to discharge until the print start position reaches a position of the printing unit, which is carried out after settlement of the print start position of the next page.

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

An inspection apparatus obtains a scanned image obtained by reading a printed material with an image reading unit, inspects the printed material based on the scanned image and a reference image, and sets an inspection region to be a target of the inspection and an inspection level for the inspection region. The inspection apparatus displays a first inspection region, for which a first inspection level has been set in the setting, so as to be surrounded by a frame line of a first thickness, and displays a second inspection region, for which a second inspection level different from the first inspection level has been set in the setting, so as to be surrounded by a frame line of a thickness different from the first thickness.

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.

The information processing apparatus obtains information relating to colorimetry from a colorimeter connected to the information processing apparatus; and controls, the colorimeter to execute calibration, based on the obtained information relating to colorimetry.

A system for aligning print-heads in a printing-press, which includes a print-head array which includes a plurality of print-head-rows. Each print-head-row includes a plurality of print-heads and prints print a color associated with therewith. Each print-head includes an array-of-nozzles, which includes a plurality of nozzle-lines. The system includes an imager and a processor. The imager includes at least one imaging-sensor. The imager is configured to acquire an image of a printed first-alignment-pattern and further configured to acquire an image of a printed second-alignment-pattern. The processor is configured to receive the image of the first-alignment-pattern and the image of the second-alignment-pattern and to determine alignment of reference print-heads in at least a reference-row of print-heads from the image of the first-alignment-pattern. The processor is also configured to determine alignment of color print-heads in rows other than the reference-row of print-heads, relative to the reference print-heads, from the image of the second-alignment-pattern.

An information processing apparatus, which communicates with an image forming apparatus and a reader, including: a display; and a controller configured to: obtain read image data output from the reader; determine an error of the read image data based on the read image data and reference data; cancel image forming operation of the image forming apparatus in a case where the error is determined in succession a predetermined number of times; cancel reading operation of the reader in the case where the error is determined in succession the predetermined number of times; notify, on the display, the cancellation of the image forming operation and the reading operation in the case where the error is determined in succession the predetermined number of times; and receive a user's instruction information about the predetermined number of times.

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.