90 results about "Print media" patented technology

An edge guide is provided. A structure includes curved surface over which a print media can travel. The print media includes a first edge and a second edge that is opposite the first edge. A first media guide is contactable with the first edge of the print media. A second media guide is contactable with the second edge of the print media. The second media guide is spaced apart from the first media guide. A relative spacing between the second media guide and the first media guide is adjustable such that a distance between the first media guide and the second media guide is variable. The second media guide includes a mechanism that applies a nesting force to the second edge of the print media to cause the first edge of the print media to move toward and contact the first media guide.

An excess heat exposure indicator and methods for making the same are disclosed. The excess heat exposure indicator includes a print media substrate comprising an indicator region, a data region, at least one first thermochromic composition is provided on the substrate within the indicator region of the substrate, a second thermochromic composition is provided on the substrate within the data region, the second thermochromic composition configured to change color state from a third color state to a fourth color state when heated above a second temperature threshold, the indicator region is configured to be selectively treated with heat above the first temperature threshold to place a first portion of the indicator region in the second color state, different than the first color state, forming a visible indicia, the visible indicia configured to change appearance when the indicator region is subsequently exposed to a temperature above the first temperature threshold.

A method for a printer including a transport device including an endless transport belt, supported on a pair of support rollers which between them define a medium support plane, over which medium support plane a print station is provided. The method includes transporting in parallel a plurality of individual print media perpendicular to a scanning direction of the print station on the medium support plane, the print media having different dimensions, determining positions of the individual print media and based on the determined positions, jetting marking material for forming a designated image specific for each print medium on each respective print medium. The above steps are repeated such that print media are printed in a plurality of parallel lanes on the medium support plane perpendicular to the scanning direction. The method further includes enabling or disabling each individual lane of the plurality of parallel lanes in order to respectively facilitate or block jetting of the marking material at the individual lane.

A printer includes print heads configured to eject ink drops onto print media to form images, a controller connected to the print heads to control the print heads to eject ink drops to form the images including one or more test images, one or more actuators to cause the print media to pass the print heads, and at least one camera to capture one or more optical images of the print media after the print media passes the print heads, the controller to detect the test images in the optical images and to measure print characteristics in the test image. A method of measuring ink jet print head alignment includes capturing one or more optical images of media containing printed images, detecting optical images that contain specific printed test images, and measuring print characteristics based upon image data derived from the specific printed test images.

To provide a printer that issues a printing medium having an RFID inlay, which performs a write-in inspection on which operation of the printer actually issuing a label is reflected.SOLUTION: A printer according to one embodiment in the present invention comprises: a conveying roller that conveys a continuous paper in which a plurality of printing media having RFID inlays are continuously arranged; an RFID communication unit that reads and writes data on the RFID inlay of each printing medium; and a control part that conveys the continuous paper until the printing media included in the continuous paper reach a reference position where the RFID communication unit reads and writes the data, in accordance with an inspection instruction by a user, and controls the RFID communication unit so that the unit performs a write-in inspection for determining whether the data can be written on the printing media at the reference position or not.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

To provide a printing medium that is configured so that a mark formed on the printing medium can be stably detected by a reflection-type sensor of a printing device.SOLUTION: On a mount surface 120 of a mount 100, first regions 181 are regions between marks 140 arranged with a mark interval M in a longitudinal direction, which are set adjacent to the marks 140. A second region 182 does not overlap with the marks 140 and the first regions 181, on the mount surface 120. Transmission of light with a specific wavelength in the first region 181 is lower than transmission of light with a specific wavelength in the second region 182. In other words, a reflectance ratio TP of light in the first region 181 is higher than a reflectance ratio Tr in the second region 182 and a difference between the reflectance ratio TP and a reflectance ratio TM of the mark 140 is large, which enables the mark 140 to be stably detected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

An image forming apparatus including a fixer, a print medium detection sensor adjacent to the fixer and to detect movement of a print medium, a fan adjacent to the fixer and to the print medium sensor, and a processor to control the image forming apparatus to heat the fixer for an image forming job, and based on a voltage value of an output signal of the print medium detection sensor not being in a predetermined range, to drive the fan to remove a foreign body on a surface of the print medium detection sensor so that the voltage value of the output signal of the print medium detection sensor is in the predetermined range.

Examples described herein relate to system and methods consistent with the disclosure. For instance, the imaging system comprises a tray to receive print media, a first sensor to detect a first printing event in the imaging system, a second sensor to detect a second printing event in the imaging system, and a processing resource to determine if the first sensor detected a first printing event, based on the first sensor detecting print media reaching or dropping below a threshold level in the tray, set a logic state based on determining if the first sensor detected the first printing event, maintain the set logic state responsive to the determination that the first sensor detected the first printing event until the second printing event is detected by the second sensor.

A method and a printer for printing print jobs on print media, the printer comprising at least one print media source, a print controller for controlling the printing of the print jobs by means of a print job queue, and a user interface for displaying a representation list of the print jobs in the print job queue. The representation list comprises a visual element which is present at each scheduled print job in the representation list, is configured to signal a status of each print job and to display which print jobs end up to a same output unit of print media.

To provide an ink which exhibits little change in glare of the coated film even when scratch marks, such as those made by a nail, occur upon use in an ink-hardly-absorbable printing medium, particularly in coated paper such as offset coated paper, and which is excellent in storage stability; an ink medium set comprising the ink and the printing medium; and a method for improving the scratch resistance thereof.SOLUTION: An ink composition contains a water-insoluble coloring agent selected from the group consisting of a pigment, a dispersion dye and a solvent dye, a resin as a dispersion agent having a weight average molecular weight of less than 50,000, at least one or more resin emulsions having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 or more, and a silane-modified silica sol having a particle size of 3 nm or more and less than 35 nm.SELECTED DRAWING: None

An example printing device includes a print zone in which printing agent is deposited onto a print media. In addition, the printing device includes a first path extending through the print zone to an output roller pinch, and a second path extending into the printing device from the output roller pinch. The output roller pinch is to disengage to allow simultaneous advancement of print media along the first path and the second path.

In one example, a system to support print media through a print zone in a printer includes an endless support belt, a driver to circulate the support belt through the print zone, and an encoder unit under the print zone to measure movement of the support belt in the print zone.

A method for a printer including a transport device including an endless transport belt supported on a pair of support rollers, which between them define a medium support plane, over which medium support plane a print station is provided. The method includes transporting in parallel a plurality of individual print media perpendicular to a scanning direction of the print station on the medium support plane, the print media having different dimensions; determining positions of the individual print media based on the determined positions; and jetting marking material for forming a designated image specific for each print medium on each respective print medium. The above steps are repeated such that print media are printed in a plurality of parallel lanes on the medium support plane perpendicular to the scanning direction. The printer is provided with a plurality of guiding bars extending in the transport direction and positioned at a side of at least one lane of the plurality of parallel lanes in order to guide the individual print media into one of the plurality of parallel lanes. The printer includes a print controller for controlling the print process for a digital image to be printed, the print controller including two print queues for receiving digital images to be printed by the printer. It is established if the digital image requires to be right aligned or left aligned along a guiding bar. In case of a required left alignment, the digital image is added to a first print queue of the two print queues. In case of a required right alignment, the digital image is added to a second print queue of the two print queues.

A label includes a flexible substrate comprising a first side and a second side. The first side is an adhesive, the second side is configured to be printed with a first visible mark, and the second side has a second printed, overlapping mark. The overlapping mark is configured to change opacity below a first transition temperature to obscure the visible mark.

A roll printer suited for transporting porous print media is provided. The printer includes a printing assembly configured to print an image on a print medium, a suction chamber arranged under the printing assembly during use and configured to suck the print medium, a transport belt having holes through which the print medium is sucked by the suction chamber and configured to transport the print medium while facing the printing assembly, and a sealing member configured for covering a portion of the porous print medium over the suction chamber and extending over at least a majority of a width of the print medium and / or the transport belt, so that the porous print medium is held onto the transport belt.

A printing unit includes: a base plate defining an elongate slot extending across a media feed path; an elongate printhead positioned in the slot for printing onto print media fed along the media feed path; an aerosol extractor positioned downstream of the printhead relative to a media feed direction, the aerosol extractor providing an airflow through a print zone associated with the printhead; and air guides projecting from a lower surface of the base plate towards the media feed path. The air guides are positioned at opposite ends of the printhead and include respective guide walls for directing the airflow towards the aerosol extractor.

A print device prints prescribed information on a plurality of print media including at least one first medium and at least one second medium arranged subsequent to the at least one first medium on a long medium. The plurality of print media corresponds to a zone number that is smaller than a total number of the print media to be printed. The print device judges, for each of the at least one first medium, a print quality or a degree of the print quality. The judging the print quality or the degree of the print quality is based on a prescribed result obtained the print content of the at least one first medium on which the printing has been performed. The print device prints, on the at least one second medium, judgment result information indicating a result of the judging the print quality or the degree of the print quality.

A printing apparatus includes a supply unit, a supply path, first and second conveyance paths, a printing unit, and an inversion roller. The first conveyance path conveys, to a first direction, a print medium. The printing unit prints an image on the two surface of the print medium. The inversion roller inverts a conveyance direction of the print medium and conveys the print medium in a second direction. The second conveyance path conveys the print medium conveyed in the second direction to the first conveyance path while inverting the print medium. When performing printing on both sides of print media, the print media are convey such that a first print medium supplied from the second conveyance path and a second print medium supplied from the supply path overlap in the first conveyance path.

A printer including an entry station for receiving media, an end station for storing the printed media, the entry station including a sensor indicating when no more media is available in the entry station, and a print controller for receiving print jobs and controlling a printing process using a print queue. The control system receives a print job in the print queue including print job data, a first setting indicating that printing of the print job needs to automatically stop once the sensor detects an end of the media, and a second setting indicating what action is required for the print job once printing has automatically stopped by the sensor detecting the end of the media. The second setting indicates marking the print job completed or keeping the print job in the print queue to allow resuming printing the print job once media is available again in the entry station.

The utility model discloses a decorative plate with a digital printing medium layer. The decorative plate with the digital printing medium layer comprises a core layer, a medium layer arranged on the core layer, an ink layer arranged on the medium layer and a wear-resistant layer arranged on the ink layer. The dielectric layer is located on the upper surface of the core layer and is provided with a porous structure, and the porous structure can allow part of ink to permeate, so that the connection strength is improved. The ink layer is arranged in the porous structure of the dielectric layer in a penetrating mode before curing forming, so that an interlocked physical structure is formed after curing, and the ink layer and the dielectric layer are prevented from falling off. The upper surface of the dielectric layer is a bonding surface, and a surface-modified functional layer is formed on the upper surface of the dielectric layer, so that the surface free energy is optimized, and the adhesive force of the ink is improved.

Transport device (20) for transporting a stack (10) of print media, the transport device (20) comprising: - a support body (22) mounted on at least one support foot (24), wherein the support foot (24) extends perpendicular to a print medium support surface (26) and is positioned on a side of the support body (22) opposite the print medium support surface (26), wherein the print medium support surface (26) is configured to support the stack (10) of print media, characterized by a lifter (27) which is movable at least partially through a recess (25) between a first position in which the lifter (27) is at least partially above the print medium support surface (26) and a second position in which the lifter (27) is below or at the level of the print medium support surface (26).

Provided is a technique that enables proper sorting of discharged print media by suppressing curling of each of the print media sufficiently. A determining unit determines a curling suppressing operation to be executed such that in a case where sorting operation is executed, the suppressing operation having a higher effect of suppressing curling is executed than in a case where the sorting operation is executed. Then, a print control unit controls a print head to perform printing on print media while executing the suppressing operation determined by the determining unit.

An inkjet printing system includes a printhead disposed above a media transport path, and an aerosol extraction device disposed downstream of the printhead relative to the media transport direction, the aerosol extraction device including an air knife having a knife slot that directs airflow toward the print media, and a suction nozzle disposed upstream of the knife slot that directs the aerosol into a suction channel.

One embodiment of the present invention is a printer for issuing print media. The printer includes a battery that supplies power to the printer and is rechargeable, a printing unit that prints information on the print media, a display unit, and a control unit. The control unit calculates A based on the amount of charge remaining in the battery that decreases each time a sheet of print media is issued, the current charge remaining in the battery is B, and a lower limit of the charge remaining in the battery is C. The control unit calculates A based on the amount of charge remaining in the battery that has decreased since a reference time point and the total number of prints printed since the reference time point. The control unit calculates the number of print media that can be issued by calculating the formula (B-C) / A, and displays the number of print media that can be issued on the display unit.

Direct thermal print media comprising side chain crystalline material are disclosed. The print media are substantially free of bis-phenols, and can retain color when subjected to light and / or temperatures ranging from, for example, −15° C. to 45° C. for long durations.

A simple method is provided that allows an operator to single-handedly load a web of wide format print media on a printer. The printer includes an endless transport belt extending over a plurality of independently controllable suction chambers positioned besides one another on an upstream side of the belt in a width direction of the belt. The width direction is perpendicular to a transport direction of the belt. The method includes applying a negative pressure to a selected one of the suction chambers, placing a portion of the web over the selected suction chamber, so that the portion is held in place on the belt by the negative pressure in the selected suction chamber, repeating the previous steps for positioning remaining portions of the web over respective other suction chambers, and driving the belt so that the web moves with the belt in the transport direction.

To provide a method and system for printing on a tilted print medium using a printhead.SOLUTION: A first or second printing policy is adopted. The first printing policy comprises: acquiring a tilted direction and angle of the print medium; acquiring a print start point; starting print by the printhead from the start point and continuously translating the printhead toward the tilted opposite side in a direction perpendicular to the movement of the tilted print medium; during the translation, controlling delay ink-jetting of an inkjet hole in the direction parallel to the movement of the tilted print medium; and forming a complete pattern on the tilted print medium. The second printing policy comprises: determining a tilted angle of the print medium and a position of a print standard point after tilted; adjusting a print content according to the tilted angle and the position of the print standard point to make the print content mirror-symmetrical with the print medium; and controlling the printhead to start printing on the print medium according to the print content when the print standard point is conveyed to the printhead.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A system to carry print media through a print zone in a printer. In one example, the system includes an endless conveyor belt in a loop, a driver operatively connected to the conveyor belt under the print zone to circulate the conveyor belt through the print zone, an encoder operatively connected to the driver under the print zone to measure movement of the conveyor belt in the print zone indirectly through the driver, and a controller programmed to control the driver based on measurements from the encoder.

To prevent a printing medium from falling from a non-contact support member which supports the printing medium without contacting.SOLUTION: Falling prevention members 7l, 7r (first and second falling prevention members) are provided for air turn bars 6u, 6l, and falling preventive peripheral surfaces 711 (first and second falling preventive peripheral surfaces) of the falling prevention members 7l, 7r adjoin support peripheral surfaces 611 (first and second support peripheral surfaces) of the air turn bars 6u, 6l. In this constitution, a printing medium M shifts from the support peripheral surfaces 611 of the air turn bars 6u, 6I to the falling preventive peripheral surfaces 711 of the falling prevention members 7l, 7r if the printing medium is skewed. The falling preventive peripheral surfaces 711 of the falling prevention members 7l, 7r can support the printing medium M while leaving a gap Δ with a surface M1 of the printing medium M deviated by skewing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5