The invention relates to a device for printing on edge bands including at least one printhead for producing a printed image on the edge band; a linear drive for moving the at least one printhead in a printing direction within a printing region between two end positions; a feeding apparatus for feeding the edge band into the printing region in a transport direction; and a control apparatus for controlling the at least one printhead, the linear drive and the feeding apparatus. The technical problem of technically and economically improving the process of printing on edge bands is solved in that the transport direction of the edge band is oriented substantially parallel to the printing direction. The invention further relates to a method for printing on edge bands.

An ejection surface extends in a first direction as a scanning direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and is externally exposed. A plurality of nozzles opens at the ejection surface. A plurality of partial channels is located inside the ejection surface, and at bottom surfaces on a side of the ejection surface, the nozzles open. The plurality of nozzles is arranged in a direction intersecting with the first direction in plural rows to constitute a plurality of nozzle rows. The number of the nozzles arranged in each row is greater than the number of the plural rows. Between the nozzles in each nozzle row, the nozzles in other nozzle rows appear as seen in the first direction. A position of openings in the bottom surfaces of the partial channels differs across at least some of the nozzles in each nozzle row.

Provided are an active energy ray-curable ink including a photopolymerization initiator including a compound represented by Formula (1) and at least one of a monomer A composed of a photopolymerizable monomer having a molecular weight of 400 or more or a monomer B composed of a photopolymerizable monomer having a molecular weight of 130 or more and less than 400, and an image recording method. L.sup.1 represents an organic group having 20 or less carbon atoms and a valence of n, and n represents an integer of 3 to 8. AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 0 to 15. L.sup.2 represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or —NR.sup.11—. R.sup.11 represents a substituent. X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and n R.sup.1's and n R.sup.2's each independently represent a substituent.

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The invention has an object to provide a high-quality print. To achieve the object, an inkjet printing device (100) includes: a transferring roller, a print-heater (6) for heating a medium (20); and an after-heater (7) for heating an ink, wherein the device has a plurality of inkjet heads, and the plurality of inkjet heads discharges inks in different colors and are aligned along a direction of transfer of the medium.

Energy curable composition including partially acrylated polyols, and one or more monofunctional or multifunctional free-radically polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer and/or oligomers.

The present invention relates to a radiation curable ink composition comprising an ester compound, that is suitable for printing high gloss images. The invention further relates to a method for making such ink composition and a printing method using such ink composition.

A light irradiating device includes a plurality of LED elements which is disposed on a substrate along a first direction and irradiatesan ultraviolet ray on an irradiating object; and a plurality of light collecting units which is disposed in an optical path of each LED element and forms the ultraviolet ray emitted from each LED element to have a narrow spread angle, in which the ultraviolet ray which passes through the light collecting unit to be directed to the irradiating object has a first light distribution peak which is inclined to an upstream side of the first direction at a first angle and a second light distribution peak which is inclined to a downstream side of the first direction at a second angle, with respect to a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.

A method of applying a marking onto a metrological scale. The method includes locating one or more markings on the scale substrate in a provisional state; checking whether the one or more markings located on the scale substrate are acceptable; and finalizing the one or markings which are acceptable so as to transform the one or more markings into a finalized state.

A system and methods for printing and curing ink deposited on a substrate using a first light source and a second light source. In various embodiments, the first light source emits one or more wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation subtype C (UVC), and the second light source emits one or more wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation subtype A (UVA), subtype B (UVB), subtype V (UVV), or a combination thereof. The substrate is configured such that any ink deposited on the substrate by a printer head is predominantly exposed to the first light source prior to the second light source.

The present invention relates to a radiation curable ink composition comprising a gellant. The present invention further relates to an ink set comprising such ink composition. The present invention further relates to a method for making such ink composition and a printing method using such ink composition.