A method for preparing a material for use as a surface of a medical device may include printing, with an ink jet printer and using ink that is curable with ultraviolet light, content onto a surface of material that includes woven ticking fabric laminated with polyurethane. The method may also include curing the ink with the ultraviolet light. The method may also include cutting a section of the material in registration to the content printed on the surface for use in a medical device.

A modular pallet for a textile printing machine, to hold textile products of different shapes and sizes to allow for effective printing on the products, the modular pallet having two parts, a first part which is fixed to the printing machine and is designed for removably fitting a second, modular part. The second part is made up of a range of exchangeable parts which are shaped and configured for different textile products. Each exchangeable part is able to fit into the first part, so that the pallet can be modified for printing different textile products.

A liquid ejecting device performing printing by ejecting liquid onto a medium in a printing region, the liquid ejecting device including an ejecting unit including a first ejecting unit ejecting the liquid onto the medium, and a second ejecting unit ejecting a reaction liquid containing a coagulant for coagulating a component in the liquid, a transport unit configured to transport the medium, a jam detector configured to detect a jam of the medium, and a control unit configured to control the ejecting unit, and the transport unit, wherein when the jam is detected in the jam detector, the control unit causes the transportation of the medium by the transport unit to stop, and causes the liquid, the reaction liquid, or the liquid and the reaction liquid to be ejected in the printing region from the first ejecting unit, and the second ejecting unit.

A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a medium supporting portion that moves in a transport direction in a state of supporting a medium; a liquid droplet ejecting portion that ejects liquid droplets (ink droplets) onto an ejection area of the medium supported by the medium supporting portion; a detection portion that detects a light amount of reflected light of light having been emitted toward the medium supporting portion or the medium supported by the medium supporting portion; and a carriage that reciprocates in a width direction intersecting the transport direction, in a state of supporting the liquid droplet ejecting portion and the detection portion, and a reflection pattern constituted of a high reflection portion having a high reflectance and a low reflection portion having a low reflectance which are repeatedly arranged in the width direction is formed on the medium supporting portion.

Steam-treating printed fibrous sheet material to fix ink printed on the material includes conveying the printed material into a steam chamber on a conveyor with a surface containing condensed water. At least some of the condensed water is transferred to the sheet material on the conveyor.

A printing apparatus includes a pattern extracting unit for, based on a comparison between first image data representing a pattern and second image data generated by imaging a fabric transported, extracting a pattern region from the second image data, a printing image generation unit for arranging third image data representing an image to be printed overlaid on the pattern so that the third image data matches the pattern region to generate printing image data, and a printing control unit for causing a printing unit to print the printing image data on the fabric transported.

A medium flattening method, when a medium is transported by being adhered to an adhesive layer which is on a surface of a transport belt, includes detecting a presence or absence of floating being generated in the medium on the transport belt using a sensor, executing a process for flattening to flatten the floating in the medium in the case where the floating exists, and transporting the medium, where the floating is eliminated using the process for the flattening, to a liquid discharge region of a liquid discharge section.

A control unit acquires an interval between weaving threads in a woven fabric, and changes an interval between ruled lines constituting a ruled line group in a test pattern on the basis of the acquired interval between weaving threads. When the interval between weaving threads in the woven fabric matches the interval between ruled lines constituting the ruled line group in the test pattern or when these intervals are in the relationship of integer multiple, ruled lines in the test pattern match the interval between weaving threads in the woven fabric. When they match, it is difficult to recognize the difference between the test pattern and the shadow of the weaving thread in the woven fabric. The control unit changes the interval between ruled lines constituting the ruled line group in the test pattern on the basis of the interval between weaving threads. This enables the difference recognition to be less difficult.

A pretreatment device includes a platen, a guide that guide a conveyance of the platen from a set position at which a recorded medium is set on an upper surface of the platen, a spray that sprays a pretreatment agent onto the recording medium set on the upper surface of the platen, an input portion into which is input at least one of an application range of the pretreatment agent onto the recording medium and an application amount of the pretreatment agent, a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions also includes setting, on the basis of at least one of the application range and the application amount input into the input portion, at least one of a conveyance speed of the platen and a spray duty ratio that is a ratio of a spray time during a spray period of the pretreatment agent.

A printing machine for printing fabrics on a rotary drum, comprises one or more drums rotatable about a drum axis, that receive tubes of fabric thereon, and a print head placed in proximity to the drum, to print onto the fabric fitted onto the drum. The print head comprises multiple printing nozzles or linear arrays of printing nozzles which are aligned linearly along the axial direction of the drum, which are all at a predefined printing distance from the drum surface or the fabric surface. Also, a rotary drum for a textile printer comprises a groove extending along the length of the drum, and a catch mechanism built into the groove for catching on to a garment or backing for a garment as the drum rotates. The rotation of the drum pulls the caught edge and wraps the garment around the drum ready for rotary drum printing.