B41J2/04566

Information processing device and information processing method
11704522 · 2023-07-18 · ·

An information processing device includes a storage portion storing a learned model trained by machine learning based on a data set in which temperature information, setting information, and countermeasure information are associated, a reception portion receiving the temperature information and the setting information at a time of ejecting ink by the printing head, and a processing portion deciding a countermeasure to be executed for condensation based on the received temperature information and setting information and the learned model.

Recording device and recording method

A recording device includes a recording head and a control unit. When recording a raster line forming a partial image of a image, using, of a nozzle row, a plurality of OL nozzles in a positional relationship to record a common raster line, the control unit performs recording using the OL nozzles of a first range, in a range of the OL nozzles in a first direction, when a recording condition is a first recording condition, and performs recording using the OL nozzles of a second range narrower than the first range, of the range of the OL nozzles in the first direction, when the recording condition is a second recording condition in which a density difference, in the image, between the partial image and an image other than the partial image is greater than in the first recording condition.

Droplet discharging device
11628668 · 2023-04-18 · ·

A droplet discharging device includes a head including a nozzle configured to discharge a droplet onto a medium, a heater configured to heat, the medium onto which the droplet is discharged from the head, at a position opposing to the head, an air blowing fan configured to blow outside air from an outside toward an inside of a housing that accommodates the head and the heater, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the outside air blown by the air blowing fan, and a control unit, and when the temperature of the outside air detected by the temperature sensor is lower than a preset temperature, the control unit changes a set temperature of the heater to a temperature lower than a predetermined temperature.

Liquid discharge apparatus and method for controlling liquid discharge apparatus

A liquid discharge apparatus is provided that includes a transport unit configured to transport a medium, a discharge unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium, a housing including therein the discharge unit, a humidifying unit configured to humidify an interior of the housing, and a humidity detection unit configured to detect a humidity. When the humidity detection unit detected a humidity less than a lower limit value (one example of a first predetermined value) (positive determination in step S12), the interior of the housing is humidified by the humidifying unit during transport by the transport unit or during discharge by the discharge unit (step S16).

DRIVE WAVEFORM DETERMINATION METHOD, LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
20220305776 · 2022-09-29 ·

A drive waveform determination method includes: a first acquisition step of executing first acquisition processing for acquiring, in a first environment condition which is a condition of an environment in which a liquid ejection head is provided, first information on an ejection characteristic of a liquid when each of a plurality of drive waveform candidates is applied to a drive element; a second acquisition step of executing second acquisition processing for acquiring, in a second environment condition which is a condition of the environment in which the liquid ejection head is provided and is different from the first environment condition, second information on the ejection characteristic when each of the plurality of drive waveform candidates is applied to the drive element; and a waveform determination step of determining a drive waveform based on the first information and the second information.

LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND LIQUID DISCHARGE SYSTEM
20170253030 · 2017-09-07 ·

A liquid discharge apparatus uses a drive signal including a micro-vibration waveform which causes the piezoelectric element to micro-vibrate such that an ink is not discharged from the nozzle in a case of being applied to the piezoelectric element as the drive signal and a drive waveform which deforms piezoelectric element such that the ink is discharged from the nozzle in a case of being applied to the piezoelectric element as the drive signal. The presentation unit selectably presents the indirect information from which the ink discharge status can be estimated such as the types of ink and the usage status of the ink or the like. The control unit changes the strength of the micro-vibration caused by the micro-vibration waveform based on the indirect information selected on the presentation unit.

Image recording apparatus, image recording method, and recording medium

An image recording apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles from which ink is ejected, a memory, and one or more hardware processors coupled to the recording head and the memory. The one or more hardware processors are configured to: determine, for each of the plurality of nozzles, whether a position of the corresponding nozzle is a position to eject ink; determine whether a successive ejection operation is necessary for a nozzle out of the plurality of nozzles, whose position is determined as the position to eject ink; and cause ink to be successively ejected at the position to eject ink at a predetermined successive ejection frequency from the nozzle that is determined to have the necessity of the successive ejection operation.

Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus includes a print head provided with a discharge port that discharges liquid and a pressure chamber filled with the liquid to be discharged from the discharge port, and configured to perform a printing operation by discharging the liquid from the discharge port based on print data, includes a circulation unit that performs circulation of the liquid in a circulation passage including the pressure chamber in a state where the printing operation is performed, and includes a control unit that controls the circulation unit to continue the circulation for a predetermined time after the printing operation is completed.

PRINTING DEVICE

A printing device includes a head including a nozzle configured to ejects ink, a platen including a support surface configured to support a printing medium to which a pretreatment liquid is applied, the pretreatment liquid containing a volatile component that reacts with the ink, and a humidified air supply port configured to supply humidified air to the support surface of the platen that supports the printing medium, the humidified air supply port being provided around the platen in which the support surface of the platen is disposed at a printing position facing the nozzle.

Liquid ejecting system and control method of liquid ejecting system

A liquid ejecting system includes an environmental information acquiring unit that acquires, as environmental information at least one of a temperature and a humidity, an ejecting unit that ejects a liquid onto a medium, a drying unit that dries the medium onto which the liquid is ejected by the ejecting unit, a control unit that controls the ejecting unit and the drying unit, and a storage unit that stores setting information. The control unit acquires drying information corresponding to medium type information and ejection amount information acquired as a liquid ejection condition and the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquiring unit, based on the setting information stored in the storage unit, and performs drying control that controls the drying unit, based on the acquired drying information.