Printable Merchandise Holder for Printing of Contoured Objects

    公开(公告)号:US20190283454A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-19

    申请号:US16429526

    申请日:2019-06-03

    申请人: Xerox Corporation

    IPC分类号: B41J3/407 B41M1/40 B41M5/00

    摘要: A system for printing on a multi-dimensional object includes a plurality of print heads, and a printing chase comprising one or more alignment elements configured to provide accurate registration of an object holder (also configured as an object packaging) relative to the print heads. The system further includes an actuator configured to move the printing chase relative to the print heads. The system is configured to receive information corresponding to an alignment element that is employed for positioning the object holder on the printing chase, determine a position a printable area using the retrieved information, receive information relating to print data to be printed on the printable area, use the determined position of the printable area to control a movement of the printing chase relative to the print heads, and operate the print heads to eject marking material onto the printable area to print data on the printable area.

    IN-SITU EVALUATION OF CURING OF INK COMPOSITIONS VIA FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20190033137A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US15662644

    申请日:2017-07-28

    申请人: Xerox Corporation

    摘要: A method for evaluating curing in an ink composition comprises depositing an ink composition on the surface of an object via a direct-to-object inkjet printing system to form a film thereon, the ink composition comprising a photoinitiator capable of initiating a free radical polymerization process in the ink composition upon the absorption of light to cure the deposited film and a fluorophore capable of emitting viscosity-dependent fluorescence upon the absorption of light; exposing, in-situ, the deposited film to light generated by a first source of light under conditions which initiate the free radical polymerization process to cure the deposited film; exposing the cured film to light generated by a second source of light under conditions which induce fluorescence emission by the fluorophore in the cured film; measuring the fluorescence emission; and determining a degree of cure in the cured film from the measured fluorescence emission and predetermined calibration data.

    Flexible plasma treatment device and method for treating the surface of an object with the device

    公开(公告)号:US09980362B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-22

    申请号:US15465754

    申请日:2017-03-22

    申请人: Xerox Corporation

    IPC分类号: H05H1/24

    摘要: A flexible plasma surface treatment device is configured to conform to an irregular surface of an object to enable treatment of the surface with plasma formed by an electrode in the device. The flexible plasma treatment device includes a layer of flexible dielectric material having an upper surface and a lower surface, a first flexible electrode completely encapsulated within the layer of dielectric material, a second flexible electrode mounted to the lower surface of the layer of dielectric material, and a second layer of flexible electrically insulating material mounted to the lower surface of the layer of flexible dielectric material to expose a first portion of the second electrode and to cover a second portion of the second electrode at the lower surface of the dielectric material layer.