A thermal transfer device includes a fixture that holds a transfer object, a foil transfer tool that presses a thermal transfer foil placed on the transfer object and a light absorbing film placed on the thermal transfer foil and emits light onto the light absorbing film, a carriage moving mechanism that moves the foil transfer tool relative to the fixture, and a temperature detector that measures a temperature of a portion of the light absorbing film pressed and irradiated with light by the foil transfer tool.

A system for performing substrateless and/or local donor Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT), comprising a reservoir comprising at least one opening and an energy source configured to deliver energy to a donor material within said reservoir, characterized by at least one of: said reservoir is embedded into a medical device; said reservoir is in fluid connection with a medical device; said reservoir is incorporated into a medical device; said reservoir contains at least one biologically active substance; and, said reservoir is in fluid connection with at least one source of at least one biologically active substance. This system enables deposition of material by LIFT without any need for a donor substrate. Methods of substrateless and local donor LIFT, in particular for medical and biological applications, are also disclosed.

A system for performing substrateless and/or local donor Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT), comprising a reservoir comprising at least one opening and an energy source configured to deliver energy to a donor material within said reservoir, characterized by at least one of: said reservoir is embedded into a medical device; said reservoir is in fluid connection with a medical device; said reservoir is incorporated into a medical device; said reservoir contains at least one biologically active substance; and, said reservoir is in fluid connection with at least one source of at least one biologically active substance. This system enables deposition of material by LIFT without any need for a donor substrate. Methods of substrateless and local donor LIFT, in particular for medical and biological applications, are also disclosed.

An image recording device includes a laser irradiation device that emits laser lights output from a plurality of laser light emitting elements to different positions in a predetermined direction; and an image recording unit that controls the laser irradiation device to irradiate a recording object moving relative to the laser irradiation device in a direction different from the predetermined direction with laser so as to heat the object, form image dots, and record an image. The image recording unit controls the laser irradiation device, conducts recording such that at least one of the image dots, recorded alongside at different positions in a direction perpendicular to a relative moving direction of the object, is shifted relative to other ones of the image dots in the relative moving direction, and records a solid image on the object such that the image dot is partially overlapped with all adjacent image dots.

A foil transfer device divides a track, calculated for a foil transfer tool based on an image, into a transfer track on which the foil transfer tool foil-transfers the image and a non-transfer track on which the foil transfer tool does not foil-transfer the image. While the foil transfer tool is moved on the transfer track, the foil transfer device keeps the foil transfer tool in a first state where the foil transfer tool is in direct or indirect contact with, and presses, the heat transfer foil at a pressure larger than, or equal to, a first pressure. While the foil transfer tool is moved on the non-transfer track, the foil transfer device keeps the foil transfer tool in a second state where the foil transfer tool is in direct or indirect contact with, and presses, the heat transfer foil at a pressure smaller than, or equal to, the first pressure.

A foil transfer device divides a track, calculated for a foil transfer tool based on an image, into a transfer track on which the foil transfer tool foil-transfers the image and a non-transfer track on which the foil transfer tool does not foil-transfer the image. While the foil transfer tool is moved on the transfer track, the foil transfer device keeps the foil transfer tool in a first state where the foil transfer tool is in direct or indirect contact with, and presses, the heat transfer foil at a pressure larger than, or equal to, a first pressure. While the foil transfer tool is moved on the non-transfer track, the foil transfer device keeps the foil transfer tool in a second state where the foil transfer tool is in direct or indirect contact with, and presses, the heat transfer foil at a pressure smaller than, or equal to, the first pressure.

An inkjet printing system may include an inkjet printing device, a print media finishing device, and a conditioner selectively coupled within a housing of the print media finishing device and in alignment with a print media exit of the inkjet printing device where the conditioner includes a number of heated pressure rollers to condition the print media prior to introduction into the print media finishing device.

The present disclosure relates to a calibrated laser printing method, which is a pre-laser machining operation of wafers and comprises steps as follows: a piece of calibration glass is carried and leveled by a leveling system; a plurality of target points are marked on the piece of calibration glass by a laser system based on data of default positions of the plurality of target points on the piece of calibration glass; true positions of the target points on the piece of calibration glass are measured by an image system; data of measured true positions is transmitted to a resetting system; the piece of calibration glass is shifted to a next location by a displacement system on which the leveling system is carried for repetitive executions of above steps in the case of measurement not completed; data between default and true positions of the target points is compared; a reflecting mirror is deflected by an angle for calibrations of laser beams projected on a wafer in the case of any offset between default and true positions of the target points out of specification.

There is provided an ink jet printing method including: an image forming process of applying ink onto an image forming surface of a transfer body to form a first intermediate image; an auxiliary liquid applying process of applying an auxiliary liquid containing a thermoplastic resin onto the first intermediate image on the transfer body to form a second intermediate image; and a transferring process of contacting the second intermediate image on the transfer body with a printing medium and separating the second intermediate image from the transfer body while maintaining a contact state with the printing medium to transfer the second intermediate image to the printing medium, wherein in the auxiliary liquid applying process, an area difference between an area of a first intermediate image and an area of an auxiliary liquid application area in the image forming surface is adjusted.

The present disclosure is drawn to printing systems. In one example, a printing system can include a pretreatment head, an inkjet print head, and a post-treatment head. The pretreatment head can include a first plasma generator to apply a plasma treatment to a media substrate. The inkjet print head can be positioned with respect to the pretreatment head to form a printed image on the media substrate after the plasma treatment. The post-treatment head can include a second plasma generator positioned with respect to the inkjet print head to treat the printed image on the media substrate.