B41J11/42

Print conditioner

Some examples include a print system including a memory to store instructions and print data of a print job, a processor to execute the instructions in the memory to reference print data of a print job, determine a print parameter of the print job, and transform the print data and the print parameter into a conditioning modifier. The print system includes a print engine to dispense a print substance on a medium based on the print data to generate printed medium, and a conditioner to apply heat and pressure to the printed medium, the conditioner including a pressure roller assembly, and a controller to selectively increase a transport speed the pressure roller assembly based on the conditioning modifier and a position of the printed medium relative to the pressure roller assembly to selectively increase the speed of the printed medium through the conditioner.

Print apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
11472208 · 2022-10-18 · ·

A print apparatus includes a print unit configured to perform printing on a print medium, a transport belt on which the print medium is mounted, a driving section configured to move the belt in a predetermined belt movement direction so as to transport the print medium, a detection section configured to detect marks for detection of a movement amount formed on side ends of the transport belt, and a driving controller configured to control the driving section based on a result of the detection performed by the detection section. The driving controller obtains an error of movement amounts of the transport belt based on the result of the detection performed by the detection section and performs control such that the obtained error is corrected.

Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus
11597219 · 2023-03-07 · ·

A printing apparatus includes a first discharge path that discharges a sheet and a second discharge path different from the first discharge path. An angle difference between a direction in which the sheet is discharged in the second discharge path and a conveyance direction of a conveyance roller is less than an angle difference between a direction in which the sheet is discharged in the first discharge path and the conveyance direction of the conveyance roller. The printing apparatus includes a control unit that discharges the sheet on which the image is printed using the second discharge path even in a case where an instruction to print an image indicates discharging the sheet to the first discharge path, if the sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller is a sheet having a thickness equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

Sheet conveyor, sheet heater, liquid discharge apparatus, and printer

A sheet conveyor includes an endless conveyance belt configured to rotate to convey a sheet, a belt heater configured to heat the conveyance belt; and circuitry configured to control the conveyance belt to rotate. The conveyance belt has a belt joint joining both ends of a sheet member to form the conveyance belt, and the circuitry controls the conveyance belt to rotate to receive the sheet in an area of the conveyance belt other than the belt joint of the conveyance belt.

Sheet conveyor, sheet heater, liquid discharge apparatus, and printer

A sheet conveyor includes an endless conveyance belt configured to rotate to convey a sheet, a belt heater configured to heat the conveyance belt; and circuitry configured to control the conveyance belt to rotate. The conveyance belt has a belt joint joining both ends of a sheet member to form the conveyance belt, and the circuitry controls the conveyance belt to rotate to receive the sheet in an area of the conveyance belt other than the belt joint of the conveyance belt.

DETECTION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

A detection device includes a first detection unit that detects a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion of a medium while the medium is being transported, and a second detection unit that detects both edge portions of the medium in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to a transporting direction of the medium while the medium is being transported.

DETECTION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

A detection device includes a first detection unit that detects a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion of a medium while the medium is being transported, and a second detection unit that detects both edge portions of the medium in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to a transporting direction of the medium while the medium is being transported.

SUBSTRATE HOLDER WITH LINEAR SLIDE MECHANISM
20230062686 · 2023-03-02 · ·

A substrate holder for an inkjet printer is described herein. The substrate holder has a contact member having a contact surface and a carriage surface opposite from the contact surface and a carriage coupled to the carriage surface, the carriage having a direction of motion extending in a first direction. The carriage has a base member and a linear slide mechanism coupling the base member to the contact member, the linear slide mechanism oriented with a direction of linear displacement at an acute angle with the direction of motion in a plane parallel to the contact surface.

Tape printing device and method of controlling tape printing device
11628678 · 2023-04-18 · ·

A tape printing device includes a controller configured to control a feed motor such that, after printing is performed to n pieces of labels, when a label tape is cut between an n-th label and a (n+1)th label counted from a leading edge of the label tape in a first direction and the (n+1)th label is positioned at a print position at which printing is performed by a thermal head, the label tape is fed in a second direction until the (n+1)th label is displaced from the print position.

Recording device and recording method
11628676 · 2023-04-18 · ·

A recording device including a feeding unit configured to feed out a target recording medium while supporting the target recording medium in a roll form, a head that ejects ink to a surface of the target recording medium fed from the feeding unit thereby forming an image on the surface, a corona irradiation unit that is arranged between the feeding unit and the head in a transport path of the target recording medium and modifies the surface by performing corona irradiation, and a transport path length changing unit that is arranged between the corona irradiation unit and the head and changes a length of the transport path.