Abstract:
The invention is to prevent problems due to the feeding of an OHT sheet for ink jet, such as damaging of the fixing device or deterioration of the image, as well as damaging of the fixing device due to the feeding of a sheet with a thickness exceeding a regular thickness, and to give related information to the user, so as to provide an image forming apparatus which reliability and usability of the image forming apparatus can be enhanced. The image forming apparatus comprises feeding means for feeding a recording material, image forming means for forming an image on the recording material fed by the feeding means, reading means capable of reading an image of an area including a portion of a surface of the recording material fed by the feeding means, determining means for determining whether or not the recording material is an irregular recording material, based on the image read by the reading means, and controlling means for stopping or suppressing, when it is determined by the determining means that the recording material is an irregular recording material, a specific operation of the apparatus.
Abstract:
A method for the image-wise transfer of fluid droplets from at least one fluid droplet source onto a substrate comprises ejecting fluid droplets from the at least one fluid droplet source onto a transfer surface. The fluid droplets may be water-based or oil based. The transfer surface repels the fluid droplets. For water-based fluid droplets, the transfer surface comprises a spatially periodic arrangement of less-strongly hydrophobic regions and more-strongly hydrophobic regions. The method includes adjusting a spatial registration of the fluid droplets on the transfer surface; and transferring the fluid droplets from the transfer surface to the substrate by bringing the fluid droplets on the transfer surface into contact with the substrate.
Abstract:
A method for reducing rub-off from a substrate, such as paper, having a front side and a back side with a toner image on at least one side of the substrate by depositing at least one phase change composition on at least one image bearing side of the substrate as a plurality of dots, with the plurality of dots cumulatively covering an area of the image bearing side sufficient to reduce rub-off from the image bearing side, the dots being characterized by being one of colored dots, a combination of colored dots or a combination of colored and clear dots. The dots may also be applied only to the images rather than both the image-bearing and non-image-bearing surfaces of the substrate.
Abstract:
A recording apparatus for recording on a recording sheet by recording means comprises a conveying roller for conveying a recording sheet on the upstream side of recording means in the recording sheet conveying direction, plural discharging rollers for conveying a recording sheet on the downstream side of recording means in the recording sheet conveying direction, and a common driving source for driving the plural discharging rollers. For this recording apparatus the driving force of the driving source is transmitted first to a discharging roller on the outermost downstream side in the recording sheet conveying direction. With the structure thus arranged, this recording apparatus is capable of forming images in good condition on the rear portion of a recording sheet by enhancing the conveyance precision only by use of discharging rollers without any significant cost increase for a recording apparatus provided with plural discharging rollers.
Abstract:
A lead screw assembly (251) for preventing axial movement of a lead screw (250) within a write engine system (200) includes a threaded shaft (252) having a ball end (263) and a first member attached to the ball end (263). A second member is arranged to be magnetically attracted to the first member and spaced apart from the first member so as to prevent mechanical friction between the first and second members. The first and second members prevent substantial axial movement of the threaded shaft (252) while it rotates. The first member may comprise a magnet insertably attached to the ball end (263) such that the ball end (263) is annularly surrounded by the first member. An end cap (268) may be attached to provide an axial-stop for the lead screw (250).
Abstract:
An ink jet recording medium for pigment ink, which comprises a substrate and a porous ink receiving layer for pigment ink, formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the ink receiving layer comprises a pigment and a binder and has an average surface roughness (Ra) according to JIS B0601 of from 0.2 to 2.0 nullm.
Abstract:
Provide is a process for forming images comprising the steps of forming images on a recording medium provided with an ink-receiving layer containing inorganic particles using an ink-jet recording method, and laminating a coat layer onto said ink-receiving layer with images formed thereon, wherein said ink-receiving layer is calendered either before forming images on said ink-receiving layer or before laminating said coat layer after forming images on said ink-receiving layer.
Abstract:
A dummy image is formed on a periphery of a retransfer image region on a transfer medium where a primary transfer image is not retransferred on the transfer medium when the primary transfer image is formed on the intermediate transfer film. As the result, peeling tension exerted on the intermediate transfer film is approximately even in a width direction, the primary transfer image is retransferred onto the transfer medium without changing of a transfer condition, and an optimal retransfer condition can be obtained.
Abstract:
A printing apparatus comprises an image forming portion for selectively forming images to a card and to an intermediate transfer sheet and a transfer portion for transferring images formed onto an intermediate transfer medium to a card. The image forming portion and transfer portion are opposingly arranged to a card transport path and are arranged offset along the card transport path. This allows the shared use of members for direct transfer and indirect transfer to enable smooth printing. The apparatus switches between the direct transfer method and the indirect transfer method to print to recording medium and enables lower costs and improved printing speed.
Abstract:
An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an inkjet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer comprising particles in a binder, the particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to about 300 nm, the image-receiving layer being coated from an acidic aqueous dispersion, and the recording element containing a subbing layer between the support and the porous image-receiving layer, the subbing layer comprising a basic material which is capable of raising the surface pH of the image-receiving layer at least about 2 pH units; C) loading the printer with an inkjet ink composition; and D) printing on the image-receiving layer using the inkjet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.