An apparatus configured to discharge liquid includes a plurality of liquid discharge modules arranged at different inclinations in the apparatus. Each of the plurality of liquid discharge modules includes a liquid discharge head, a containing member, and a holding member. The liquid discharge head is configured to discharge liquid. The containing member is configured to contain liquid to be supplied to the liquid discharge head. The holding member is configured to hold the containing member. The holding member of each of the plurality of liquid discharge modules includes a first adjuster configured to adjust a position of the containing member relative to the liquid discharge head in a vertical direction in the apparatus.

An apparatus configured to discharge liquid includes a plurality of liquid discharge modules arranged at different inclinations in the apparatus. Each of the plurality of liquid discharge modules includes a liquid discharge head, a containing member, and a holding member. The liquid discharge head is configured to discharge liquid. The containing member is configured to contain liquid to be supplied to the liquid discharge head. The holding member is configured to hold the containing member. The holding member of each of the plurality of liquid discharge modules includes a first adjuster configured to adjust a position of the containing member relative to the liquid discharge head in a vertical direction in the apparatus.

An apparatus configured to discharge liquid includes a plurality of liquid discharge modules arranged at different inclinations in the apparatus. Each of the plurality of liquid discharge modules includes a liquid discharge head, a containing member, and a holding member. The liquid discharge head is configured to discharge liquid. The containing member is configured to contain liquid to be supplied to the liquid discharge head. The holding member is configured to hold the containing member. The holding member of each of the plurality of liquid discharge modules includes a first adjuster configured to adjust a position of the containing member relative to the liquid discharge head in a vertical direction in the apparatus.

In the invention, pipes and the like are guided in parallel to a second horizontal direction according to collective movements of printing bar units while being stored and protected by a protecting/guiding member arranged outside and adjacent to a body frame. In this way, breakage of the pipes and the like during the collective movements of printing bar units is reliably prevented. Moreover, the pipes and the like stored in the protecting/guiding member move outside the body frame and are not present inside the body frame. As a result, a work space can be secured without being limited by the collective movements of the printing bar units to the maintenance space.

A marking system comprises plural marking heads disposed side-by-side in a horizontal direction, each of the marking heads performing printing on a surface of a tire by thermal transfer with a thermal transfer tape when the each of the marking heads is in proximity to the surface of the tire, air cylinders provided with the respective marking heads and moving the respective marking heads in proximity to the surface of the tire to make the respective marking heads perform printing, a linear actuator moving the marking heads and the air cylinders in the horizontal direction, and a controller selecting at least one of the marking heads and controlling the linear actuator to move the selected at least one of the marking heads to a position opposite the tire, thereby making the selected at least one of the marking heads perform printing.

A marking system comprises plural marking heads disposed side-by-side in a horizontal direction, each of the marking heads performing printing on a surface of a tire by thermal transfer with a thermal transfer tape when the each of the marking heads is in proximity to the surface of the tire, air cylinders provided with the respective marking heads and moving the respective marking heads in proximity to the surface of the tire to make the respective marking heads perform printing, a linear actuator moving the marking heads and the air cylinders in the horizontal direction, and a controller selecting at least one of the marking heads and controlling the linear actuator to move the selected at least one of the marking heads to a position opposite the tire, thereby making the selected at least one of the marking heads perform printing.

A marking system comprises plural marking heads disposed side-by-side in a horizontal direction, each of the marking heads performing printing on a surface of a tire by thermal transfer with a thermal transfer tape when the each of the marking heads is in proximity to the surface of the tire, air cylinders provided with the respective marking heads and moving the respective marking heads in proximity to the surface of the tire to make the respective marking heads perform printing, a linear actuator moving the marking heads and the air cylinders in the horizontal direction, and a controller selecting at least one of the marking heads and controlling the linear actuator to move the selected at least one of the marking heads to a position opposite the tire, thereby making the selected at least one of the marking heads perform printing.