Embodiments described herein relate to an inkjet service station and methods of servicing an inkjet printer with the inkjet service station. The inkjet service station is disposed in an inkjet printer of an inkjet chamber. The inkjet service station is operable to perform servicing operations on a processing apparatus of the inkjet printer. The servicing operations include at least one of printhead spitting, printhead purging, printhead flushing, printhead cleaning, printhead drying, or vacuum suction.

The method for manufacturing a multitude of devices comprises: providing a replication tool comprising a tool material; conditioning the replication tool, wherein the conditioning comprises applying a treatment to the tool material, wherein the treatment comprises exposing the tool material to a conditioning material. And it further comprises, after the conditioning: carrying out one or more replication processes, wherein in each of the one or more replication processes, one or more of the devices are produced from a replication material by replication using the replication tool. The treatment can comprise dimensionally changing the tool material by the exposure of the tool material to the conditioning material. Before carrying out the replication processes, the conditioning material can be hardened and removed.

Provided is a resin sheet including a plurality of aspheric sections having low variation of thickness precision and high shape precision. A method of producing a resin sheet includes hot press forming a thermoplastic resin film formed using a thermoplastic resin so as to produce a resin sheet including a plurality of aspheric sections that are separated from one another. The hot press forming is performed by increasing the pressing pressure to a final pressing pressure with an average pressure increase rate of 0.1 MPa/s or less at a pressing temperature that is at least 40° C. higher than the glass-transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin.

The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a microprojector for a projection display, wherein the microprojector comprises a support on which a projector lens array with a plurality of projector lenses is arranged, wherein on a side of the support facing away from the projector lens array, an object structure array with a plurality of e.g. identical object structures is arranged, wherein at least one projector lens is associated with one object structure such that the projections of the object structures superpose through the projector lenses to form a full image, wherein e.g. the distance between a projector lens and the associated object structures corresponds to the focal length of the respective projector lens, wherein on the object structure array, a condenser lens array is arranged such that in case of an illumination of the condenser lens array, a Köhler illumination of the object structures or projector lens associated with the respective condenser lenses is permitted.

Silicone-containing light fixture optics. A method for manufacturing an optical component may include mixing two precursors of silicone, opening a first gate of an optic forming device, moving the silicone mixture from the extrusion machine into the optic forming device, cooling the silicone mixture as it enters the optic forming device, filling a mold within the optic forming device with the silicone mixture, closing the first gate, and heating the silicone mixture in the mold to at least partially cure the silicone. Alternatively, a method for manufacturing an optical component may include depositing a layer of heat cured silicone optical material to an optical structure, arranging one or more at least partially cured silicone optics on the layer of heat cured silicone optical material, and heating the heat cured silicone optical material to permanently adhere the one or more at least partially cured silicone optics to the optical structure.

A moulding device, for forming lenses by moulding, includes: a moulding element including indentations formed in a face of the moulding element; a transparent plate held with respect to the moulding element so as to form, with the indentations, a cavity intended to allow the formation of a plurality of lenses; at least one injection passage intended to allow moulding product to be introduced into the cavity, the injection passage being arranged between the transparent plate and the moulding element; a moulding product injector arranged so as to allow moulding product to be introduced into the injection passage. The injector is removable, and the moulding device is configured so as to allow the injector to be removed while at the same time keeping the transparent plate held with respect to the moulding element.

An optical brightness enhancement structure and a manufacturing method thereof and an electronic device are provided. The method for manufacturing an optical brightness enhancement structure includes: providing a light-transmissive carrier, and forming a buffer layer on a first surface of the light-transmissive carrier; forming a plurality of microstructures for converging light on a surface of the buffer layer away from the light-transmissive carrier; and surface energy of each of the microstructures is greater than surface energy of the buffer layer.

A method includes depositing a glass frit on sidewalls of a plurality of cavities of a shaped article formed from a glass material, a glass ceramic material, or a combination thereof. The glass frit is heated to a firing temperature above a glass transition temperature of the glass frit to sinter the glass frit into a glaze disposed on the sidewalls of the plurality of cavities.

The present invention relates to micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays and fabrication method thereof, and discloses a fabrication method and applications for the molded polymer parts with the micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays on their surfaces, which exhibit both hydrophobicity and light trapping. The fabrication method for the molded polymer parts with the micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays includes following steps. A flexible microlens array template is assembled; the flexible microlens array template is fixed on an injection mold cavity, and a polymer part with microlens arrays distributing on its surface is molded by using injection molding; the microlens arrays on the molded polymer part are imprinted onto the surface of an ultra-pure aluminum foil, nanopores are formed on its surface via anode oxidation, and so an aluminum template with negative micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays is fabricated; the aluminum template is fixed on an injection mold cavity, and a polymer part with micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays distributing on its surface is molded by using injection molding. The dual-level compound-eye arrays (orderly distributed convex semi-sphere microlens and densely distributed nanopillars) are developed on the surface of the molded polymer part, which exhibits both hydrophobicity and light trapping.

An optical printing positioning system is set forth. The system includes a cavity for retaining an optical surface having an inner surface dimensioned and configured to maintain and to constrain an optical surface disposed therein when the optical surface undergoes a printing process.