Patent classifications
B41F31/02
Print substance reservoirs
An example printing device may comprise an indicator to convey information to a user, a print substance reservoir to house a print substance, where the print substance reservoir is communicatively coupled to a fill port, a sensor to determine when a refill container is connected to the fill port, a processing resource, and a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processing resource to transmit signals to the indicator responsive to an indication that the sensor has detected the refill container connected to the fill port, where the signals correspond to the information to be conveyed by the indicator, and authenticate the refill container.
Print substance reservoirs
An example printing device may comprise an indicator to convey information to a user, a print substance reservoir to house a print substance, where the print substance reservoir is communicatively coupled to a fill port, a sensor to determine when a refill container is connected to the fill port, a processing resource, and a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processing resource to transmit signals to the indicator responsive to an indication that the sensor has detected the refill container connected to the fill port, where the signals correspond to the information to be conveyed by the indicator, and authenticate the refill container.
Print substance output adjustments
In an example, a printing device may include a cartridge including a print substance, a belt, and a controller including a processing resource and a memory resource. The processing resource may execute instructions to deposit a plurality of patches of the print substance from the cartridge onto the belt to determine a cartridge density based on a density of a sub-set of patches of the plurality of patches; and adjust a print substance output of the cartridge based on the determined density of the print substance in the cartridge.
Print substance output adjustments
In an example, a printing device may include a cartridge including a print substance, a belt, and a controller including a processing resource and a memory resource. The processing resource may execute instructions to deposit a plurality of patches of the print substance from the cartridge onto the belt to determine a cartridge density based on a density of a sub-set of patches of the plurality of patches; and adjust a print substance output of the cartridge based on the determined density of the print substance in the cartridge.
Ink fountain device
An ink fountain device having a base; a plate; an advancing and retracting mechanism for advancing and retracting the plate along an advancing and retracting direction; and a thin sheet arranged on the base which has plural holes accommodating balls and is thinner in thickness than a diameter of the balls. The plate is arranged over the thin sheet and supported by the balls.
PRINT SUBSTANCE OUTPUT ADJUSTMENTS
In an example, a printing device may include a cartridge including a print substance, a belt, and a controller including a processing resource and a memory resource. The processing resource may execute instructions to deposit a plurality of patches of the print substance from the cartridge onto the belt to determine a cartridge density based on a density of a sub-set of patches of the plurality of patches; and adjust a print substance output of the cartridge based on the determined density of the print substance in the cartridge.
PRINT SUBSTANCE OUTPUT ADJUSTMENTS
In an example, a printing device may include a cartridge including a print substance, a belt, and a controller including a processing resource and a memory resource. The processing resource may execute instructions to deposit a plurality of patches of the print substance from the cartridge onto the belt to determine a cartridge density based on a density of a sub-set of patches of the plurality of patches; and adjust a print substance output of the cartridge based on the determined density of the print substance in the cartridge.
SEVERABLE DISPENSABLE SUBSTANCE CONTAINERS
A dispensable substance container may include a printing substance dispensing nozzle comprising a first material. The dispensable substance container an elongate body, comprising a wall, comprising a second material encompassing a cavity to contain a dispensable substance, and an attachment portion to attach the elongate body to the printing substance dispensing nozzle; and a structurally compromised portion of the elongate body extending along a length of the elongate body, wherein the elongate body and the attachment portion are to be severed along the structurally compromised portion by a pushrod moveable through the cavity to expel the dispensable substance out the dispensing nozzle.
SEVERABLE DISPENSABLE SUBSTANCE CONTAINERS
A dispensable substance container may include a printing substance dispensing nozzle comprising a first material. The dispensable substance container an elongate body, comprising a wall, comprising a second material encompassing a cavity to contain a dispensable substance, and an attachment portion to attach the elongate body to the printing substance dispensing nozzle; and a structurally compromised portion of the elongate body extending along a length of the elongate body, wherein the elongate body and the attachment portion are to be severed along the structurally compromised portion by a pushrod moveable through the cavity to expel the dispensable substance out the dispensing nozzle.
Low-volume flexographic inking system
An inking system for use in transferring ink to a flexographic printing plate in a flexographic printing system includes an anilox member having an ink transfer zone located between first and second recessed bearing contact zones. A radius of the recessed bearing contact zones is less than a radius of the ink transfer zone by at least 0.100 inches. An ink tray includes a floor and first and second end walls. Bearings are mounted outside of the end walls which engage with the first and second bearing contact zones, respectively, thereby positioning the ink tray assembly in a specified position relative to the anilox member. Upper edges of the end walls extend into the recessed bearing contact zones.