B41J15/04

DIGITAL PRINTING PRESS
20220410596 · 2022-12-29 ·

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of printing, and provides a digital printing press. The digital printing press includes a frame, and an unwinder, a driver, an inkjet printer, a curer and a winder that are arranged on the frame, where the driver drives a substrate to move from the unwinder to the winder along a substrate path, the inkjet printer and the curer are arranged above a printing segment of the substrate path, the printing segment of the substrate path is in the shape of an arch, and the arch bends toward the inkjet printer and the curer. The UV light from the curer can be reflected by the substrate to a position other than the inkjet printer as a result of the arched printing segment. UV light is prevented from entering the inkjet printer's nozzle, extending the inkjet printer's service life.

PRINTING APPARATUS
20220410603 · 2022-12-29 ·

Included are a rolled-paper accommodation unit configured to accommodate rolled paper; a thermal head that performs printing on recording paper pulled out from the rolled paper; a control unit configured to control the thermal head; an apparatus case in which the rolled-paper accommodation unit and the control unit are provided, the apparatus case having a first edge forming a discharge opening through which the recording paper on which the thermal head performed printing is discharged; and an opening/closing cover opening or closing the rolled-paper accommodation unit and having a second edge that faces the first edge to form the discharge opening when the opening/closing cover closes the rolled-paper accommodation unit. The rolled-paper accommodation unit is provided between the first edge of the apparatus case and the control unit.

IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS
20220410595 · 2022-12-29 ·

A printer includes: a conveyor conveying a sheet in a conveying direction; a first supporting part positioned on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the conveyor, and having a first supporting surface; a side guide making contact with at least one of both ends, in a width direction of the sheet, in the first supporting surface, the width direction being orthogonal to the conveying direction and parallel to the first supporting surface; a suction-attraction force generator generating a suction-attraction force in an area, in the first supporting surface, which is adjacent to the side guide and in which the sheet passes; a second supporting part positioned on a downstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the conveyor, and having a second supporting surface; and a recording part recording an image on the sheet supported by the second supporting surface.

Liquid ejection apparatus, liquid ejection system, and liquid ejection method

A liquid ejection apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of liquid ejection head units that are configured to eject liquid onto a conveyed object being conveyed; a detection unit that is provided with respect to each liquid ejection head unit of the plurality of liquid ejection head units and is configured to output a detection result indicating at least one of a position, a moving speed, and an amount of movement of the conveyed object with respect to a conveying direction of the conveyed object; and a control unit configured to control each liquid ejection head unit among the plurality of liquid ejection head units to eject liquid at a timing based on a plurality of the detection results of a plurality of the detection units.

Transport device, printing apparatus, and method for adjusting feeding unit
11535470 · 2022-12-27 · ·

Provided is a transport device including a feeding unit on which a roll-type medium is set and which feeds the medium by rotating the medium, and an endless transport belt that transports the medium in a transport direction by supporting the medium fed out from the feeding unit and rotating. When seen from a support direction in which the transport belt supports the medium, the feeding unit is configured to change the posture thereof so as to incline a rotating shaft of the medium with respect to a width direction that is a direction intersecting the transport direction.

Adjustable web handling mechanism
11535045 · 2022-12-27 · ·

A web handling apparatus is disclosed. The web handling apparatus includes a first web guide to engage a print medium, a second web guide to engage the print medium to adjust a contact area between the first web guide and the print medium upon moving between a plurality of points on a guide path and a third web guide to engage the print medium to form a web path with the first web guide.

Image forming apparatus
11535043 · 2022-12-27 · ·

An image print apparatus capable of printing multiple pages on a rolled printing medium includes a conveyance unit that conveys the printing medium, 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 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 by the printing unit and before settlement of a print start position of a next page, and a second conveyance operation 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.

MEDIA SHEET CONVEYANCE WITH TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES
20220402715 · 2022-12-22 · ·

In an example, a media sheet conveyance system includes a first transport assembly, a plurality of subject transport assemblies, and a controller. The first transport assembly includes an endless first belt having a plurality of rows of holes, including a first and a second edge row separated by a distance “x”. Each subject transport assembly includes an endless subject belt having a subject edge row of holes, with a distance to a nearest edge row of an adjacent transport assembly being less than or equal to the distance “x.” The controller is to, in order to convey a media sheet, control a first drive roller to circulate the first belt over a first vacuum element set, and control a subject drive roller to circulate a subject belt over a subject vacuum element.

Co-axial split drive rollers

In example implementations, a printer module is provided. The printer module includes a co-axial split drive roller, a first motor, a second motor, and a print bar. The co-axial split drive roller includes a first roller and a second roller that are movably coupled at a center of the co-axial split drive roller. The first motor is coupled to the first roller. The second motor is coupled to the second roller. The print bar is coupled to the housing over the co-axial split drive roller.

Co-axial split drive rollers

In example implementations, a printer module is provided. The printer module includes a co-axial split drive roller, a first motor, a second motor, and a print bar. The co-axial split drive roller includes a first roller and a second roller that are movably coupled at a center of the co-axial split drive roller. The first motor is coupled to the first roller. The second motor is coupled to the second roller. The print bar is coupled to the housing over the co-axial split drive roller.