451results about "Visual presentation using printers" patented technology

Cross-track stitch errors in an inkjet printer are reduced by printing test patterns for a plurality of in-track offsets. A first test pattern portion to be printed with a first jetting modules includes a uniform density region having a slot with a slot width. A second test pattern portion to be printed with a second jetting modules includes a bar having a bar width, wherein the uniform density region of the first test pattern portion and the bar of the second test pattern portion overlap in the cross-track direction and are printed with jets in an overlap region between the jetting modules. The printed test patterns are analyzed to determine a stitch score that represents a degree of alignment between the slot in the first test pattern portion and the bar in the second test pattern portion. An aim offset value is determined where the slot and the bar are aligned.

The invention discloses an anti-counterfeiting code printing method of variable temperature-sensitive ink, and belongs to the technical field of printing anti-counterfeiting. The invention provides a dynamic data and temperature response collaborative anti-counterfeiting scheme to solve the problems that an existing anti-counterfeiting code is easy to copy in a static state, and temperature-sensitive ink is single in function and fuzzy in superimposed information. The method comprises the following steps: generating unique dynamic data through an encryption algorithm and dividing the unique dynamic data into a plain code segment and a hidden code segment; configuring double-layer temperature-sensitive printing ink and a low-temperature layer, partially covering the plain code section, and enabling the high-temperature layer to be transparent at normal temperature and to be heated to develop hidden codes; a multi-channel high-precision printing device is adopted to superpose ink layers step by step, and a protective film is covered after ultraviolet curing to enhance durability. A user triggers hierarchical display and hiding through temperature, and dynamic data and physical characteristic dual verification is realized by combining a terminal verification system. The anti-counterfeiting information capacity is expanded, the problem of information blurring caused by ink diffusion is solved, high-security scenes such as packages, labels and certificates are compatible, and the anti-counterfeiting strength and the practical value are achieved.

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.

The present disclosure relates generally to signal encoding for elements within PDF files. One implementation smooths saw-toothed edges of rasterized elements meant for encoding. Other implementations are provided too.

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.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media provide automated identification techniques that associate at least two unique identifiers of one segment of a segmental multimode wireless flexible product to seamlessly and accurately bridge different identification methodologies to enable advanced real-time tracking of shipment location and status, and other such useful and advanced product and service offerings.

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 method for printing a digital image in swaths with a swath time corresponding to the width w1 of the digital image on the image receiving medium 2 in the main scanning direction X. The print controller 10 issues a trigger that a spitting action for at least part of the printing elements 8 of the print head 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e needs to be performed. A swath time of subsequent swaths is gradually increased until the print head reaches a maintenance tray 11 at a side of the print surface 1. The print head stays at the maintenance tray 11 until air between the print head and the maintenance tray 11 has approximately reached a standstill. Then the at least part of the printing elements 8 of the print head are spitting marking material in the maintenance tray 11. After the spitting the swath time of subsequent swaths is gradually decreased until the swath time is corresponding again with the width w1 of the digital image on the image receiving medium 2 in the main scanning direction X. The invention further relates to a digital inkjet printer configured to perform the above mentioned method.

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 code formation method for forming an information code on a target object is provided. The information code stores information with an array of a light area and a dark area. The code formation method includes forming an emissive layer by applying, to the target object, a coating material containing a reactive paint that emits light in response to invisible light, and irradiating a portion of the emissive layer corresponding to the dark area with laser light to reduce an emissive performance of the dark area to be lower than an emissive performance of the light area. The irradiating with the laser light includes irradiating with the laser light to make a transmittance for the invisible light in the portion corresponding to the dark area higher than a transmittance for the invisible light in a portion of the emissive layer corresponding to the light area.

A print mode determination method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving image data defining parameters of pixels of an image to be printed using a print apparatus; identifying, based on the image data, a first fill area in the image that exceeds a defined threshold area, wherein the first fill area is to be printed in a first color; determining, based on the image data, a first proportion of print agent of each of a plurality of colors to be used to print the first color; and determining, based on the determined first proportions of print agent, a print mode to be used by the print apparatus to print the image. An apparatus and a machine-readable medium are also disclosed.

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.