A non-lethal projectile launcher toy that comprises a full-colour, high DPI, printed aggregate coating on an outer shell (101, 301); the decal coating is not limited to flat surfaces, allowing for substantially unrestricted product design, and is substantially undisturbed visual continuity when crossing part lines between discrete parts that make up the outer shell. Methods of producing the decal-coated toy gun using inkjet printing technology are also provided, allowing for high-detail and comprehensive colour range aggregate coatings that may be programmatically controlled to maximise the visual quality of the applied decal.

Provided is a tire and a tire surface printing method which are capable of reducing man-hours and cost required for application of printing on the tire surface. The tire and the tire surface printing method include, on an outer surface of at least one of side portions (3) thereof, a printed region (5) formed by printing. The printed region (5) includes: a dark-colored portion (7) having a black color, which is a base color of the tire; and a bright-colored portion (9) that has a color different from the black color and that is located to surround the dark-colored portion (7). The dark-colored portion (7) is not applied with any paint, and the bright-colored portion (9) includes a white-colored layer (11) that includes a white color paint and that is located as the lowermost layer being in contact at least with the outer surface (3a) of the side portion (3).

A printer is configured with a surface treatment system having a holder configured to secure an object within the holder and a plurality of surface treatment devices. Each surface treatment device is configured to treat a surface of the object within the holder differently than each of the other surface treatment devices in the plurality of surface treatment devices. Thus, the printer is capable of treating a wide range of materials for printing by the direct-to-object printer.

The present disclosure is drawn to leveling compositions, which can include from 80 wt % to 95 wt % water, from 0.5 wt % to 15 wt % organic solvent, and from 0.2 wt % to 6 wt % surfactant. The leveling compositions can further include from 1 wt % to 10 wt % cationic ionene polymer having a weight average molecular weight from 100 Mw to 8000 Mw, and from 1 wt % to 10 wt % polymeric binder.

A colored hard contact lens printing method for printing an iris design on the whole surface of a hard contact lens, the method includes: a preparation step of preparing a hard contact lens, a centering jig, and a composition for printing so as to print an iris design on the hard contact lens; a printing step of mounting the hard contact lens on the centering jig and printing the iris design by using the composition for printing; and a post-treatment step of post-treating the hard contact lens having the iris design printed thereon. Therefore, the present invention prints iris designs of various colors and patterns on the outer circumference of the front surface of the hard contact lens by using the composition for printing, thereby providing an effect of manufacturing a colored hard contact lens having iris designs of various colors and patterns on the front surface thereof.

The invention relates, inter alia, to a device for marking containers for a container treatment system. The device has a container conveyor for transporting the containers. The device has a coupling unit, a labeling module, and a laser-marking module. The labeling module and the laser-marking module can be interchangeably coupled to the coupling unit. Advantageously, the device can be used particularly flexibly, because the labeling module and the laser-marking module can be coupled to the same coupling unit, so that the device can be used flexibly and as required for labeling with the labeling module or for laser-marking with the laser-marking module.

A method for inkjet printing an image onto a curved region of an object surface includes applying a screen of ink drops to the region to create print dots, calculating the screen using a computer and generating and applying ink drops to the region using a print head having nozzles on a nozzle surface. The steps include a) providing data representing the print image, b) providing or calculating data representing the region, c) providing or calculating path data on paths for the print head or object, d) calculating application locations of ink drops using data from steps b) and c), e) calculating data based on tiling the region using data from step d), f) calibrating tone values using data from step e), g) screening the print image using data from step f), and h) printing the screened image onto the region. A device implementing the method is also provided.

To suppress deterioration in the quality of a recorded image resulting from the shape of a medium not being stable. There is provided a recording apparatus (1) including a shape adjusting section (11) which adjusts a shape of a medium (M) to a reference shape, a holding section (10) which holds a state of the medium (M) after being adjusted by the shape adjusting section (11), and a recording section (44) which has a discharging section (6) which discharges a liquid to the medium (M) which is held by the holding section (10). With the recording apparatus (1) having this configuration, it is possible to suppress deterioration in the quality of a recorded image resulting from the shape of the medium (M) not being stable.

To suppress deterioration in the quality of a recorded image resulting from the shape of a medium not being stable. There is provided a recording apparatus (1) including a shape adjusting section (11) which adjusts a shape of a medium (M) to a reference shape, a holding section (10) which holds a state of the medium (M) after being adjusted by the shape adjusting section (11), and a recording section (44) which has a discharging section (6) which discharges a liquid to the medium (M) which is held by the holding section (10). With the recording apparatus (1) having this configuration, it is possible to suppress deterioration in the quality of a recorded image resulting from the shape of the medium (M) not being stable.

An apparatus, method and non-transitory computer readable medium for printing on a spherical object are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes a print head, at least two wheels, wherein each one of the at least two wheels rotates around a single axis, at least one ball support coupled to a mechanical arm, wherein the at least one ball support rotates 360 degrees around and is positioned to secure the spherical object against the at least two wheels and a controller in communication with the print head and the at least two wheels to rotate the spherical object via the at least two wheels into a position to print via the print head.