A thermal head of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a heating part, an electrode, a protection layer, and a coating layer made of a resin material. The heating part is placed on or above the substrate. The electrode is placed on or above the substrate and connected to the heating part. The protection layer is placed on or above the heating part and the electrode. The coating layer is placed on or above the electrode and the protection layer. The protection layer includes a recessed part that is opened on an upper surface and that extends along a thickness direction of the protection layer. The recessed part includes an inner wall having a plurality of recesses and projections, and the resin material is disposed inside the recessed part.

A thermal print head includes: a substrate having an obverse surface; a plurality of heat generators arranged on the substrate in a main scanning direction; and a wiring layer provided on the substrate and constituting an energization path to the heat generators. The substrate has a protrusion protruding from the obverse surface and extending in the main scanning direction. The protrusion has a top portion having the largest distance from the obverse surface, and an inclined portion connected to the top portion in a sub-scanning direction. The inclined portion is inclined relative to the obverse surface at a predetermined angle. Each of the plurality of heat generators extends across a boundary between the top portion and the inclined portion. Each of the heat generators is formed on at least a part of the top portion and at least a part of the inclined portion in the sub-scanning direction.

A thermal head according to the present disclosure includes: a substrate; a first electrode; a heat generating section; a second electrode; a resin layer; and a protective layer. The first electrode is located on the substrate. The heat generating section is located on the substrate. The second electrode is located on the substrate so as to be electrically connected to the heat generating section and the first electrode. The resin layer is located on the first electrode. The protective layer is located on the resin layer. Moreover, the resin layer includes a first portion inserted in the first electrode.

A thermal head according to the present disclosure includes a substrate, a plurality of heat generating portions, a plurality of first electrodes, and a second electrode. The plurality of heat generating portions are located on the substrate. The plurality of first electrodes are located on the substrate and respectively connected to the plurality of heat generating portions. The second electrode is located on the substrate and is located across the plurality of first electrodes. The second electrode includes protruding portions protruding in a first direction from the second electrode toward corresponding ones of the first electrodes and being in contact with the corresponding ones of the first electrodes.

Systems and methods for laser assisted deposition of a material includes a printing unit configured to print individual dot-like portions of a material from a donor substrate onto a receiving substrate, and a vacuum shuttle configured to be positionable in two or three dimensions between the printing unit and the donor substrate and to engage the donor substrate upon application of a vacuum to the vacuum shuttle. The printing unit may include a coating system and a laser. The vacuum shuttle includes a vacuum channel about its periphery and an open window through which the laser irradiates the donor substrate. The vacuum channel is fluidly coupled to a vacuum inlet for receiving a vacuum suction, thereby to engage the donor substrate and hold it taught against the bottom of the vacuum shuttle in operation. The vacuum shuttle may also include one or more distance measuring sensors and fiducial markers.

On an element substrate having a multilayered structure in which a temperature detection element is provided in an intermediate layer of a wiring layer and a print element layer, a wiring layer and a temperature detection element formed on the first interlayer insulation film are connected by a first conductive plug which penetrates through the first interlayer insulation film. In addition, a wiring layer and a print element which are formed on the second interlayer insulation film formed on the first interlayer insulation film are connected by a second conductive plug which penetrates through the first and second interlayer insulation films. By manufacturing the element substrate by this arrangement, the thickness of an interlayer insulation film between a print element and a temperature detection element can be made thin, and the sensitivity of the temperature detection element can be improved.

System with at least two layers as a mean or system for transferring electrically conductive ink adapted to receive and transfer said ink on a textile substrate by a thermal transfer.

A thermal printhead includes a substrate, a resistor layer with heat generation portions supported by the substrate and aligned in a primary scanning direction, a wiring layer supported by the substrate to form a conductive path to the heat generation portions, an insulating layer interposed between the substrate and the resistor layer, and a reflection layer located opposite to the heat generation portions with respect to the insulating layer. The reflection layer overlaps with the heat generation portions as viewed in a thickness direction of the heat generation portions and has a greater heat reflectivity than the insulating layer.

An element substrate, comprises: a plurality of printing elements configured to discharge liquid; a plurality of first driving elements disposed in correspondence with the plurality of printing elements and configured to drive the plurality of printing elements; a plurality of heating elements configured to heat the element substrate; a plurality of second driving elements disposed in correspondence with the plurality of heating elements and configured to drive the plurality of heating elements; and a delay unit that delays timing of driving the plurality of second driving elements to drive the plurality of second driving elements at a predetermined time difference when driving the plurality of second driving elements simultaneously.

A thermal print head includes a head substrate (11) having a main surface (11a) on which a convex part (12) is formed, a resistor layer (21) that is formed on the main surface (11a) and the convex part (12), a wiring layer (22) that covers the resistor layer (21) such that the resistor layer (21) is exposed at a heat generating part (20) formed at a part of the convex part (12), and a protective layer (25) that is formed on the main surface (11a) of the head substrate (11) and covers the resistor layer (21) and the wiring layer (22). The resistor layer (21) has a main resistor layer that contains tantalum, and at least one of a first sub-resistor layer that contains tantalum nitride and is stacked below the tantalum layer and a second sub-resistor layer that contains tantalum nitride and is stacked on the tantalum layer. The nitrogen content of tantalum nitride contained in the first sub-resistor layer and the second sub-resistor layer exceeds a predetermined value such that the tantalum nitride is deposited in a stable structure.