A movable body is movable inside a housing in first and second directions along a bottom surface. A flexible flat cable has one end attached to the movable body and an other end attached to a controller. The flexible flat cable has one flat surface and an other flat surface opposite to each other. A facing member is disposed at the movable body. The facing member includes a facing surface that faces the other flat surface of the flexible flat cable in a state where the one flat surface of the flexible flat cable faces a side surface. The facing member assists movement of the one flat surface of the flexible flat cable toward the side surface when the movable body moves toward the first direction. The facing surface extends toward the first direction from an end of the movable body in the first direction.
An image forming apparatus includes a main housing, an intermediate transfer belt, a development device, a toner box, and a pipe. The development device includes a development housing having an inlet through which toner is received, and a development roller rotatable about a development axis. The development device is detachably attachable to the main housing. The toner box is detachably attachable to the main housing and contains toner therein. The pipe has a pipe opening through which toner is provided to the development device. The development device is positioned below the intermediate transfer belt. The toner box is positioned above the intermediate transfer belt. In a state where the development device is attached to the main housing, the inlet of the development housing is opposed to the pipe opening and is configured to receive toner delivered by the pipe.
A liquid cartridge includes: a cartridge casing having a liquid storage chamber; a first wall; a second wall; and an air communication passage. The first wall is positioned upward relative to the liquid storage chamber. The second wall is positioned upward relative to the first wall. The air communication passage has a first communication hole in communication with the liquid storage chamber and a communication opening open to an atmosphere. The air communication passage includes: an air chamber defined by the first wall and the second wall and in communication with the liquid storage chamber through the first communication hole; a second communication hole formed in the second wall; and a labyrinth path. The labyrinth path is positioned upward relative to the air chamber, and has one end in communication with the second communication hole and another end in communication with the communication opening.
A non-transitory medium stores a program executable by an information processing apparatus. The program has a setting function to transmit, from the information processing apparatus, a setting command to set setting values for a plurality of items with respect to image processing apparatuses connected via a communication interface of the information processing apparatus. The program causes the information processing apparatus to perform a search process of searching for the image processing apparatuses via the communication interface, and a display process of grouping the image processing apparatuses found by the search process into a first group which supports the setting command, a second group which supports the setting command but which restricts changing a part of items settable by the setting command, and a third group which does not support the setting command, and causing a user interface of the information processing apparatus to display the grouped image processing apparatuses.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for a control device is disclosed. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the control device, may cause the control device to: display, at a terminal device, a first setup screen for prompting a first setup to use an image processing device; before the first setup screen is displayed, display a login screen at the terminal device, the login screen being for a login to a server configured to provide a service for the image processing device before the first setup screen is displayed; and after the first setup has been completed, display a second setup screen at the terminal device, the second setup screen being for prompting a second setup to subscribe to the service.
A conveyance apparatus includes a sheet placement assembly and a sheet conveyor configured to convey a sheet medium on the sheet placement assembly in a conveyance direction. The sheet placement assembly, when in a first state extending vertically, receives the sheet medium in a folded manner at its upper end. The sheet placement assembly includes a first opposing surface facing a downstream portion, in the conveyance direction, of the sheet medium on the sheet placement assembly in the first state, a second opposing surface facing an upstream portion, in the conveyance direction, of the sheet medium on the sheet placement assembly in the first state, and a plurality of first regulation members disposed such that the upstream portion of the sheet medium is between the first regulation members in a particular direction intersecting the conveyance direction and configured to regulate movement of the sheet medium in the particular direction.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program executable by an information processing apparatus connected to a label printer and having a label editing function, the program causing the apparatus to execute a display process of displaying, on a user interface of the apparatus, an editing screen that receives editing of a label and on which a font selection object for receiving selection of a font is disposed. The program further causes the apparatus to receive a switching operation of switching an option selectable on the font selection object between a first group of options and a second group of options. The first group of options includes only a printer-compatible font that is a font that the label printer has. The second group of options includes the printer-compatible font and a printer-incompatible font that is a font that the label printer does not have.
G06F 40/109 - Font handlingTemporal or kinetic typography
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
G06F 40/106 - Display of layout of documentsPreviewing
11.
CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program executable by an information processing apparatus connected to a label printer and having a label editing function, the program causing the apparatus to execute: a display process; a designation process; an object selection process; a first column selection process; and a second column selection process. In response to receiving a first print instruction, for each row constituting a database designated by the designation process, the program further causes the apparatus to execute a generation process of generating label data obtained by writing text indicated in data in a first column to a first text object, and a first printing process of causing the label printer to perform printing based on a label data for a number of copies indicated in data in a second column.
A recording device includes: a conveying mechanism; a recording unit; and a controller. The conveying mechanism selectively conveys a first sheet-shaped medium and a second sheet-shaped medium. The controller performs, based on a recording command, recording processing in which the conveying mechanism is caused to convey the sheet-shaped medium from one of a first and a second accommodation portions. The recording unit is caused to record an image on the sheet-shaped medium. The controller does not cause the recording unit to record the image in one or both of a case where accommodation portion information regarding an accommodation portion included in the recording command indicates the first accommodation portion and medium information regarding the sheet-shaped medium included in the recording command indicates the second sheet-shaped medium, and a case where the accommodation portion information indicates the second accommodation portion and the medium information indicates the first sheet-shaped medium.
B65H 7/02 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
B65H 5/06 - Feeding articles separated from pilesFeeding articles to machines by rollers
B65H 35/08 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machinesArticle or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with transverse cutters or perforators from or with revolving, e.g. cylinder, cutters or perforators
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COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD EXECUTED BY COMMUNICATION DEVICE
A communication device may, in a case where an authentication start instruction is acquired, send, via a first communication interface, a first search signal including at least one authenticator information among a plurality of authenticator information in a memory. The communication device may receive, via the first communication interface, a first response signal from a first authenticator. The communication device may execute, via a second communication interface, encrypted communication using first communication information stored in association with first authenticator information and send, via the second communication interface, an authentication execution instruction to the first authenticator. The authentication execution instruction may be information for instructing to execute authentication according to a predetermined authentication scheme which uses a pair of keys and biometric authentication information.
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
A scanning optical device includes a light source, an optical deflector, a scanning optical system, a frame, and a leaf spring. The optical deflector includes a polygon mirror rotatable about a rotation axis extending in a first direction perpendicular to a main scanning direction. The scanning optical system includes a scan lens. The scan lens includes a lens portion and a flange extending in the main scanning direction from an end of the lens portion in the main scanning direction. The frame includes a contact wall positioned further away, than the flange, from the rotation axis in a second direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction and the first direction. The leaf spring includes a base and a first arm configured to hold the contact wall and the flange in combination with the base and bias the flange toward the contact wall.
G02B 26/12 - Scanning systems using multifaceted mirrors
B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
B41J 2/47 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using the combination of scanning and modulation of light
G03G 15/04 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
G03G 15/043 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for controlling illumination or exposure
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NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SUPPORT APPLICATION PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL DEVICE ACCORDING TO SUPPORT APPLICATION PROGRAM
A terminal device may, according to a support application program, in a case where a first instruction corresponding to a printing-related operation related to printing is acquired from the OS program and an end user license agreement related to the computer program has not been agreed, display, on a display of the terminal device, an end user license agreement screen. In a case where the first instruction is acquired from the OS program and the end user license agreement has been agreed, the end user license agreement screen may not be displayed. In a case where an operation of not agreeing to the end user license agreement is received on the end user license agreement screen displayed in response to the first instruction being acquired from the OS program, execution of a process corresponding to the printing-related operation may be limited.
A printing apparatus includes a nozzle configured to eject liquid from a pressure chamber by an energy applying element, a controller configured to generate a first drive waveform including an ejection waveform, and a detection circuit configured to detect a residual pressure wave in a case where the residual pressure wave occurs in the pressure chamber. A detection result from the detection circuit is input to the controller, and the controller is configured to generate a second drive waveform including a corrected ejection waveform obtained by correcting the ejection waveform based on the detection result from the detection circuit.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
In a data generation device, a controller obtains three-dimensional data representing a shape of a three-dimensional product. The controller specifies one or more of fabrication methods and one of holding methods. Each of the fabrication methods is a method according to which the three-dimensional product is fabricated with a cutting device configured to perform cutting. Each of the holding methods is a method according to which the three-dimensional product is held in a frame that covers an outside of the three-dimensional product in a first direction. The controller generates cutting data based on the three-dimensional data. The cutting data is for fabricating a three-dimensional object with the cutting device. The three-dimensional object includes the three-dimensional product and a holding assembly. A shape of the holding assembly is defined based on the specified one or more of fabrication methods and the specified one of holding methods.
A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a management program causing a controller to execute a process for controlling a management device of a management system in which a printer to which a cartridge containing a color material is mountable and the management device are communicable with each other. The process includes receiving a service start request, receiving, from the printer, cartridge type information and cartridge remaining amount information, determining whether the cartridge mounted in the printer is a service available cartridge, shipping a service available cartridge in a case where it is determined that the mounted cartridge is not the service available cartridge, further determining whether a shipping condition is satisfied based on the received cartridge remaining amount information, and shipping a service available cartridge in a case where it is determined that the shipping condition is satisfied in the further determining.
Pigments; toner for printers and photocopiers; printing ink;
ink for inkjet printers; ink cartridges for inkjet printers;
filled ink cartridges for printers; printing toners; filled
toner cartridges for printers and photocopiers; filled toner
cartridges for printing machines and appliances.
Pigments; toner for printers and photocopiers; printing ink;
ink for inkjet printers; ink cartridges for inkjet printers;
filled ink cartridges for printers; printing toners; filled
toner cartridges for printers and photocopiers; filled toner
cartridges for printing machines and appliances.
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE WITH SEPARATABLE DEVELOPING ROLLER FROM PHOTOCONDUCTOR DRUM
An image forming apparatus includes: a process cartridge including a process frame, a photoconductor drum rotatable about a first direction, a developing roller movable between a contact position contacting the photoconductor drum and a separated position separated from the photoconductor drum, and a separation holding mechanism including a lever and an elastic member configured to urge the lever from a fourth position toward a third position and allowing the developing roller to move to the contact position in response to the lever at the fourth position receiving an external force; and a moving mechanism movable in a second direction. The moving mechanism includes a contact part contacting the lever in response to movement of the moving mechanism, a pressing part pressing the process frame toward a drawer in response to the movement, and an urging member configured to urge the pressing part toward the drawer.
A machine tool includes a spindle having a tip on which a tool is mounted, a moving portion configured to move the spindle, on which a tool is mounted, toward a peripheral edge of a master workpiece or away from the peripheral edge along a reference path on an outer peripheral side or an inner peripheral side of the master workpiece, a first detection unit configured to detect contact with a peripheral edge of the tool, an acquisition unit configured to acquire coordinates of the spindle each time the first detection unit detects the contact, and a first generation unit configured to generate a first machining path based on a plurality of coordinates detected by the acquisition unit.
B23Q 15/013 - Control or regulation of feed movement
B23Q 15/18 - Compensation of tool-deflection due to temperature or force
B23Q 17/09 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring cutting pressure or cutting-tool condition, e.g. cutting ability, load on tool
B23Q 17/22 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring existing or desired position of tool or work
A printer is configured to perform printing on a medium. The printer includes a printing unit, a power supply, processor, and a memory. The printing unit is disposed inside a printer. The power supply circuit is disposed inside the printer, and includes a power supply line and a power storage device. The power supply line is configured to supply power from a power supply to the printing unit. The power storage device is configured to charge and discharge a predetermined power. The memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform a process. The process includes performing connecting processing to connect the power storage device in series with the power supply in the power supply line, by controlling the power supply circuit.
H02J 9/06 - Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over
B41J 29/393 - Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine
G01R 19/165 - Indicating that current or voltage is either above or below a predetermined value or within or outside a predetermined range of values
H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodesLithium-ion batteries
H01M 50/251 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for stationary devices, e.g. power plant buffering or backup power supplies
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
A sewing machine determines a pattern from multiple patterns, as a first pattern. The sewing machine generates a projection image including a first image representing a sewing image of the first pattern in a sewing expected size thereof. The sewing machine projects the generated projection image onto a projection area. The sewing machine sews the first pattern on a workpiece in the sewing expected size based on pattern data for the first pattern.
An image processing apparatus includes: a user interface; and a communication interface. The image processing apparatus is operable in a first mode and a second mode in which the image processing apparatus stores command information based on received control command. Depending on acceptance of a first operation, the image processing apparatus is configured to change to the second mode. In a case where the image processing apparatus receives the control command in the second mode, the image processing apparatus is configured to change to a state of waiting for a second operation. In a case where the image processing apparatus receives the control command in the first mode, the image processing apparatus is configured not to change to the state of waiting for the second operation. The image processing apparatus is configured to execute a specified process based on the command information, depending on acceptance of the second operation.
An image forming apparatus includes a main body including a main housing, a cover, and a fixing device installable into and removable from the main housing through an opening in the main housing. The cover is movable between a closed position and an open position to cover and uncover the opening. The main body has a first exterior surface, a second exterior surface, and a curved first corner portion connecting the exterior surfaces. The cover forms at least a part of the first exterior surface and the first corner portion. The fixing device comprises an engagement portion located at one end thereof on one side in a widthwise direction. The first corner portion overlaps the engagement portion as viewed in an installation-removable direction in a state where the fixing device is installed in the main housing and the cover is located in the closed position.
An image-forming apparatus includes: a main housing; a drawer movable in a first direction relative to the main housing; and a cartridge detachably attachable to the drawer. The drawer includes: a drawer frame; a first drawer electrode; and a second drawer electrode. The cartridge includes: a developing roller and a photosensitive drum each having a shaft extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; a side cover positioned at one end portion of the developing roller in the second direction; and a cartridge electrode positioned at the side cover and electrically connectable to the first and second drawer electrodes. The drawer frame has a first recess recessed in a third direction crossing both the first and second directions. The side cover has a first protrusion protruding in the third direction and configured to be received in the first recess.
An ink container includes a chamber, an ink supply portion, an electrical interface, and a first key portion. The ink supply portion is configured to supply ink from the chamber. The supply port defines a front end of the ink supply portion. The supply port is oriented in an attachment direction. The electrical interface has a contact surface facing upward in an up-down direction. The contact surface of the electrical interface is positioned above the supply port in the up-down direction. The first key portion is positioned forward of the supply port in the attachment direction, above the supply port in the up-down direction, and below the contact surface of the electrical interface in the up-down direction.
An image forming apparatus includes a housing having a front section and a rear section opposite to the front section in a front-rear direction, a print engine, a user interface disposed at the front section, a controller and only two USB ports including a first port disposed at the front section and a second port disposed at the rear section.
A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion.
A container includes a container body, and a cover attached to the container body. The container body includes a front wall, a rear wall, and a liquid channel. The container body has a storage chamber in fluid communication with the liquid channel and positioned between the front wall and the rear wall in a front-rear direction. The liquid channel extends in the front-rear direction to have a supply opening that is open on the front wall and that is open frontward. The cover has an opening that is open rearward and the cover covers least a part of an outer surface of the front wall. The supply opening of the container body is positioned below a lower end of the opening of the cover.
An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger including a first sheet that separates a first heat-exchange channel and a second heat-exchange channel, and a container configured to store water to be supplied to the first heat-exchange channel. The first sheet has a first surface defining the first heat-exchange channel. The first surface includes a reference surface, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion adjacent to the first protrusion The first protrusion and the second protrusion protrude relative to the reference surface in a thickness direction of the first sheet. The reference surface has a groove portion and a non-groove portion. The groove portion is defined between the first protrusion and the second protrusion. The groove portion is contiguous with the non-groove portion.
F28F 3/02 - Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations
F24F 1/032 - Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by heat exchangers
F28D 9/00 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
33.
TAPE CASSETTE INCLUDING PARTITION PLATE PARTITIONING INTERNAL SPACE OF HOUSING INTO FIRST SPACE IN WHICH TAPE ROLL IS POSITIONED AND SECOND SPACE IN WHICH FIRST AND SECOND GEARS ARE POSITIONED
A tape cassette includes: a tape roll in which a tape is wound; a ribbon spool about which an ink ribbon is wound; a housing having a first opening; a first gear; and a second gear configured to operate in response to an operation of the first gear. The ribbon spool is rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction. The housing includes: a partition plate partitioning an internal space of the housing into a first space in which the tape roll and the ribbon spool are positioned and a second space in which the first gear and the second gear are positioned; and an arm having a second opening allowing the tape and the ink ribbon to be discharged through the second opening to an outside of the housing. The second gear is exposed to the outside of the housing through the first opening.
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 17/04 - Feed dependent on the record-paper feed, e.g. both moved at the same time
B41J 17/32 - Detachable carriers or holders for impression-transfer material mechanism
A tape cassette includes: a tape roll in which a tape is wound; a ribbon spool about which an ink ribbon is wound; a ribbon take-up spool configured to take up the ink ribbon; a housing having a first opening; a first gear configured to transmit a drive force to the ribbon take-up spool; and a second gear configured to operate in response to an operation of the first gear. The housing includes: a partition plate partitioning an internal space of the housing into a first space in which the tape roll and the ribbon spool are positioned and a second space in which the first gear and the second gear are positioned; and an arm having a second opening allowing the tape and the ink ribbon to be discharged through the second opening to an outside of the housing.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 33/22 - Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with drive applied to spool or spool spindle by gears or pulleys
A tape cassette includes: a ribbon roll in which an ink ribbon is wound; a tape roll in which a tape is wound; and a housing having an opening space. The housing includes a first partition plate and an arm. The arm has a discharge port allowing the ink ribbon and the tape to be discharged to the opening space through the discharge port. In the tape cassette, the ink ribbon has a leading part extending from an interior of the arm to an outside of the housing through both the discharge port and the opening space. The leading part has a leading edge positioned outside the housing.
B41J 33/22 - Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with drive applied to spool or spool spindle by gears or pulleys
B41J 2/325 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
B41J 3/36 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for portability
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
A tape cassette includes: a ribbon roll in which an ink ribbon is wound; and a housing. The housing has an opening space in which printing is performed using the ink ribbon. The housing includes a first partition plate and an arm. The arm has a discharge port allowing the ink ribbon to be discharged to the opening space through the discharge port. In the tape cassette, the ink ribbon has a leading part extending from an interior of the arm to an outside of the housing through both the discharge port and the opening space. The leading part has a leading edge positioned outside the housing.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 33/22 - Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with drive applied to spool or spool spindle by gears or pulleys
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DEVICE INCLUDING REPLACEABLE COMPONENT, USER INTERFACE, AND CONTROLLER CONFIGURED TO CAUSE USER INTERFACE TO OPERATE IN BOTH REPLACEMENT ENABLED MODE AND REPLACEMENT DISABLED MODE
A device includes: a replaceable component; a user interface; and a controller. The user interface is operable by a user. The controller is configured to: cause the user interface to operate in both: a replacement enabled mode in which a replacement initiation operation on the user interface is enabled; and a replacement disabled mode in which the replacement initiation operation on the user interface is disabled. The replacement initiation operation is an operation for initiating replacement of the replaceable component.
An auxiliary member includes a sheet extending in a plane intersecting a first direction, a first support member extending in a second direction, a second support member extending in the second direction, and a third support member extending toward a single point in a third direction from both the first support member and the second support member. The first support member is disposed at an end of the sheet in a third specific direction. The second support member is disposed at an end of the sheet in a third opposite direction. The first, second, and third support members support the sheet and having a higher rigidity than the sheet.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
A printing method includes executing a duplication process so that a left-end nozzle of a first head and a right-end nozzle of a second head form the same pixel. Even in a case where an amount of overlap between two pixels which are formed by two liquid droplets ejected, respectively, from an end nozzle of one head unit and an end nozzle of the other head unit which are adjacent to each other is not 0, the printing method is capable of reducing the decrease in image quality due to the amount of overlap which is not 0.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
An image formation device forms an ink layer on a film. The ink layer is configured to be transferred to a print medium. The image formation device includes a color head configured to eject color ink, a shielding head configured to eject shielding ink, and a processor. The processor forms a color layer on the film by ejecting the color ink from the color head onto the film. The color layer is the ink layer configured by the color ink and constituting an image. The processor forms a shielding layer by ejecting the shielding ink from the shielding head onto the color layer, in the film on which the color layer is formed. The shielding layer is the ink layer configured by the shielding ink.
B41M 5/035 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein by transferring ink from the master sheet by sublimation or volatilisation of design
A processor of a drying device performs drying processing of drying fabric to which a pre-treatment liquid is applied until a target dryness factor is within a range of 82% to 95%, inclusive. The target dryness factor indicates a ratio of a target change amount to a weight of a target liquid. The weight of the target liquid indicates a total obtained by adding together a weight of a solvent component contained in the pre-treatment liquid applied to the fabric at a time point preceding the drying processing and a weight of moisture contained in a region of the fabric to which the pre-treatment liquid is applied at a time point preceding application of the pre-treatment liquid to the fabric. The target change amount indicates an amount by which a weight of the region of the fabric changes as a result of the drying processing.
F26B 25/22 - Controlling the drying process in dependence on liquid content of solid materials or objects
D06F 58/38 - Control of operational steps, e.g. for optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry of drying, e.g. to achieve the target humidity
D06F 103/04 - Quantity, e.g. weight or variation of weight
A liquid ejection head includes a flow path member including a plurality of pressure chambers, an actuator member including a plurality of individual electrodes and a plurality of first contacts, the plurality of first contacts being arranged on an upper surface of the actuator member and connected to the plurality of individual electrodes, respectively, a wiring member including a plurality of wirings, each of the plurality of wirings having a second contact at one end, the second contact being connected to the plurality of first contacts, and a driving member including a plurality of output terminals configured to output a drive signal, each of the plurality of output terminals being connected to another end of the plurality of wirings. At least two of a plurality of the second contacts are connected to one of the plurality of first contacts.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
43.
LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND MEDIUM
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head, a receiver, a recovery channel, and a controller. The controller causes the liquid ejecting apparatus to perform a recovering process of feeding liquid from the receiver to the liquid channel; a first determining process of determining whether a first condition is satisfied, the first condition representing a first increase of a liquid feeding time required to feed a predetermined amount of liquid to the liquid channel; and a recording process. In response to determining that the first condition is satisfied, the controller causes the liquid ejecting apparatus to perform, in the recording process, at least one of: a first control in which a recording time with respect to a unit area of the recording medium is longer, or second control in which an ejection amount of liquid with respect to the unit area of the recording medium is less.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A handling apparatus includes: a first electric cylinder movable between a first proximate position at which the first electric cylinder is proximate to a right edge of a platen and a first separated position at which the first electric cylinder is separated farther from the right edge than at the first proximate position; a first pushing bar fixed to the first electric cylinder and located in an under-platen space defined under the platen when the first electric cylinder is located at the first proximate position; and a controller. After a T-shirt is loaded on the platen, the controller executes: moving the first electric cylinder from the first separated position to the first proximate position, and bringing the first pushing bar into contact with a right sleeve of the T-shirt.
B41J 13/10 - Sheet holders, retainers, or stationary guides
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
An ink ejection device includes a head, a wipe unit, and a drive assembly. The head has a nozzle surface in which a nozzle is open, and is configured to eject ink from the nozzle. The wipe unit is configured to wipe the nozzle surface. The drive assembly is configured to move the head and the wipe unit relative to each other along a first direction. The wipe unit includes a discharge portion configured to discharge cleaning liquid to the nozzle surface, and a first wiper and a second wiper configured to come into contact with the nozzle surface. The discharge portion, the first wiper, and the second wiper are arranged in this order in the first direction.
B41J 2/165 - Prevention of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
46.
NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD
A control device may include a controller configured to cause a terminal device to display a predetermined screen related to an image processing device communicable with the terminal device, wherein in a case where the image processing device has not registered for any of a plurality of shipping services for shipping a consumable article used in the image processing device, the predetermined screen is displayed in a first mode capable of receiving operation use of any the plurality of shipping services by a user of the terminal device, and in a case where the image processing device has registered for a specific shipping service among the plurality of shipping services, the predetermined screen is displayed in a second mode that permits use of the specific shipping service by the user and restricts use of other shipping services than the specific shipping service among the plurality of shipping services.
A developing cartridge includes a casing, a rotating member, and an electrode member. The casing may be configured to accommodate therein developer. The rotating member has a rotational shaft extending in an axial direction. The rotating member is configured to rotate about the rotational shaft and carries the developer thereon. The electrode member is configured to be electrically connected to the rotating member. The electrode member covers at least part of the rotational shaft from an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the axial direction and is arranged to confront the casing in the axial direction. The electrode member is configured to move in the orthogonal direction in accordance with a movement in the axial direction.
A box main body of a storage box includes a first wall, a second wall, a peripheral wall including a third wall, a fourth wall, a fifth wall, and a sixth wall. A tape cassette used in printing is included in a space of the box main body. The first wall includes a female flap layer configured by a female flap connected to the third wall, a male flap layer configured by a male flap connected to the fourth wall, an intermediate flap layer configured by a first flap connected to the fifth wall and by a second flap connected to the sixth wall. In the first wall, the female flap layer, the intermediate flap layer and the male flap layer are stacked in that order. The male flap is provided with a first insertion portion, which is inserted into an insertion slot provided in the female flap.
B65D 5/10 - Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body with end closures formed by inward-folding of self-locking flaps hinged to tubular body
B65D 5/54 - Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
B65D 50/06 - Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of different actions in succession
An image-processing device includes: a network interface; a user interface; and a controller. The image-processing device has a server logging function to store a log on a server connected to the image-processing device via the network interface. The controller is configured to perform: a log transmission process; and a warning process. The log transmission process is performed when a first condition for storing a log is met while the server logging function is enabled. The log transmission process including: generating; and transmitting. The generating included in the log transmission process generates a log. The transmitting included in the log transmission process transmits, to the server, the log generated by the generating included in the log transmission process via the network interface. The warning process includes issuing. The issuing included in the warning process issues a warning related to the server logging function via the user interface.
A fixing device is installable into a main housing of an image forming apparatus and includes a heating rotator, a pressure rotator, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, an external connector, an intermediate circuit board, a first side frame, a second side frame, and a connecting frame. The heating rotator includes a heater. The pressure rotator nips a sheet in combination with the heating rotator. The external connector is connectable to a main housing connector of the main housing. The intermediate circuit board is configured to relay signals from the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor to the external connector. The connecting frame connects the first side frame and the second side frame. The connecting frame is made of metal and is connected to a ground of the main housing. The ground of the intermediate circuit board is electrically continuous with the connecting frame.
A cassette includes a printing tape roll being rotatable and into which a printing tape as a medium to be printed is wound, and an outer peripheral wall disposed on one side in a first direction relative to the printing tape roll. The first direction is a width direction of the printing tape. The outer peripheral wall includes a first side wall extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a second side wall extending in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and intersecting with the second direction, and a recess wall defining a recess extending from the second side wall toward one side in the second direction. The recess extends in the third direction on one side in the second direction further than the second side wall. At least a portion of the recess overlaps the printing tape roll in the first direction.
B41J 3/36 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for portability
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
B41J 15/06 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles characterised by being applied to printers having stationary carriages
B41J 31/10 - Ink ribbons having arrangements to facilitate threading through a machine
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LAMINATING APPARATUS INCLUDING LAMINATING PORTION THAT LAMINATES FIRST MEMBER ON WHICH IMAGE IS RECORDED AND SECOND MEMBER TOGETHER
In a laminating apparatus, a first roll is mountable on a first holder. A first conveying roller is configured to hold a first drawn-out portion of a first member that has been drawn out from the first roll. A controller is configured to perform: applying, using a first rotary drive portion, a first force to the first holder; and applying, using a second rotary drive portion, a second force to the first conveying roller. When driving, in a state where the first conveying roller holds the first drawn-out portion, the second rotary drive portion to apply the second force to rotate the first conveying roller for conveying the first drawn-out portion in a draw-out direction, the controller drives the first rotary drive portion to apply the first force to act on the first holder for urging the first drawn-out portion to be conveyed in a take-up direction.
A controller of a scanner reads an original using a scanning engine to generate first scan data. The first scan data is for a plurality of page images each representing corresponding one or more sheets of a plurality of sheets in the original. The controller transmits scan-related information to a server. The scan-related information is related to page data for first target page images. The controller receives determination information from the server. The determination information indicates that one or more second target page images of the first target page images represent blank pages. The determination information is outputted by a trained machine learning model based on the scan-related information. The controller generates second scan data by excluding blank page data from the first scan data based on the determination information. The controller outputs the second scan data or an object based on the second scan data.
A developing cartridge includes: a casing, a developing roller, a first agitator, a supply roller, and a second agitator. The casing is configured to accommodate toner. The developing roller is rotatable about a developing roller rotation axis extending in a first direction. The first agitator is configured to agitate the toner. The first agitator is rotatable about a first agitator rotation axis extending in the first direction. The supply roller is positioned between the first agitator and the developing roller. The supply roller is rotatable about a supply roller rotation axis extending in the first direction. The second agitator is positioned between the supply roller and the first agitator. The second agitator is rotatable about a second agitator rotation axis extending in the first direction. A rotation locus of the second agitator is positioned outside of a rotation locus of the first agitator.
A liquid supplying device includes a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge is configured to be detachably attached to the tank in an attachment-detachment direction crossing a vertical direction. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The tank includes a second storage chamber, a liquid passage, and a gas passage. The liquid passage has a first end, a second end, and a first extending portion. The second end is formed with a second opening open to an atmosphere. The first extending portion extends from the second opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The gas passage has a third end, a fourth end, and a second extending portion. The fourth end is formed with a fourth opening open to the atmosphere. The second extending portion extends from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The second opening is at a position different from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction.
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a switching valve having an outlet port and inlet ports, and switching, among channels, a channel to be communicated with the outlet port. The channels include: a first liquid-draining channel connecting a treatment liquid head and the switching valve, treatment liquid discharged to a treatment liquid cap flowing therethrough; a second liquid-draining channel connecting an ink head and the switching valve, ink discharged to an ink cap flowing therethrough; a first cleaning liquid-supplying channel connecting a cleaning liquid tank to the switching valve via the treatment liquid cap; a second cleaning liquid-supplying channel connecting the cleaning liquid tank to the switching valve via the ink cap; and a cleaning liquid bypass channel connecting the cleaning liquid tank to the switching valve not via the treatment liquid and ink caps.
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
An image recording apparatus includes a platen, a recorder, and a controller. The platen includes ribs arranged at intervals in a first direction and protruding from a base. The platen supports a recording medium on at least a part of the ribs. The recorder is arranged to face the platen and records an image on the recording medium by causing a colorant to adhere to the recording medium. The controller controls the recorder to record a borderless image, in which no margin is reserved at least on a first end of the recording medium, by causing a portion of the colorant to adhere to the recording medium and another portion of the colorant to exceed in the first direction from the first end of the recording medium by a first length. The first length is a length corresponding to a size of the recording medium in the first direction.
A controller controls a print engine including a print head with L nozzle groups to eject L types of ink (L≥2), a conveying mechanism to convey a sheet in a conveying direction, and a moving mechanism to move the print head in a moving direction intersecting the conveying direction. The L nozzle groups are arranged in the moving direction and include multiple nozzles having different positions in the conveying direction. The controller causes the print engine to print multiple band images forming a target image at a resolution that is N times (N≥2) the nozzle resolution in the conveying direction. The controller performs a first mode to print a first band image using multiple pass processes including a first-direction pass process and a second-direction pass process, each forming dots of a partial line group, with the second-direction pass process performed after the first-direction pass process without moving the sheet.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A developing cartridge may include a developing roller, a casing capable of containing a developer therein, a developing electrode movable with the casing and the developing roller and pivotable about a developing roller shaft of the developing roller in a direction, a first lever movable relative to the casing, and a holder configured to hold the first lever relative to the casing, in case where the developing electrode pivots from one side of the direction to an other side of the direction, the first lever stops the pivotable movement of the developing electrode from one side of the direction to the other side of the direction and the holder prevents the first lever from coming off the holder from the one side of the direction to the other side of the direction.
A scanner includes a scanning engine. The scanner outputs one or more questions related to generation of scan data through a user interface, and receives one or more answers through the user interface when a scan instruction is received. The scanner performs transmits question-and-answer information to a server through a communication interface. The question-and-answer information includes the questions and answers, and associates each question with a corresponding answer. The scanner performs a scan process when a recommended parameter set is received from the server through the communication interface. The recommended parameter set is outputted by a trained machine learning model based on the question-and-answer information. The scan process is based on the recommended parameter set. The scan process includes reading an original using the scanning engine to generate scan data. The scanner outputs the scan data or an object based on the scan data.
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
A tape cassette that includes a tape cassette that includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear wall, a front wall, and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, and a first indicator aperture positioned on the front wall and a second indicator aperture position on a rear portion of the bottom surface. A position of the first indicator aperture on the front wall indicates a type of the tape included within the housing. A position of the second indicator aperture indicates a color of characters.
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
Goods & Services
Label printing machines; label printing machines for household or stationary use; handheld label printers; office labelling machines; tape refills for label printers; ink ribbon for label printers; ink ribbon cartridges for label printers; adhesive tapes for stationery or household purposes; paper; stationery; thermal paper; adhesive printed labels; printed paper labels; adhesive labels; paper labels; blank labels; blank labels in the form of tapes, namely, blank paper labels; printing paper and tape cartridges for use with label printing machines; adhesive coated labelling material; printing paper and tape for use with thermal printing machines; blank stationery for use with label printers; paper tapes; adhesive paper; holders for adhesive tapes; tape cartridges and tapes for label printing machines; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned goods
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING TONER CARTRIDGE THAT IS DETACHABLE FROM HOUSING WITH DRUM CARTRIDGE KEPT ATTACHED TO HOUSING
An image forming apparatus includes: a housing having an opening providing a first region and a second region; first and second covers for opening and closing the first and second regions, respectively; a drum cartridge detachably attachable to the housing in a first direction through the first region; and a toner cartridge. A part of the toner cartridge attached to the drum cartridge is movable between a first position and a second position. The toner cartridge is detachable from the drum cartridge attached to the housing through the second region in a second direction crossing the first direction when the first cover is closed, the second cover is opened, and the part of the toner cartridge is at the second position. The part of the toner cartridge is movable from the first position to the second position in a third direction crossing the first and second directions.
An image-forming apparatus includes: a fuser; a memory; and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: an auto power-off process when an auto power-off time period is stored in the memory; and a scheduled power-off process when a power-off schedule is stored in the memory. The auto power-off process includes: turning off, when a predetermined condition is met and the auto-power-off time period has elapsed after the image-forming apparatus transitions to a predetermined state, power to first hardware including the controller and the memory. The predetermined state is a state where power to second hardware other than the controller and the memory is off and power to the fuser is off. The scheduled power-off process includes: turning off, when the predetermined condition is met and a time point included in the power-off schedule has passed while the image-forming apparatus is in the predetermined state, power to the first hardware.
A controller performs a free motion sewing operation of driving a sewing machine motor to move a needle bar up and down in a state where an upper end of a feed dog is located below a needle plate. The controller performs a thread tension control operation of, while performing the free motion sewing operation, controlling an actuator to adjust a length of a spring during a first period to a first length and to adjust the length of the spring during a second period to a second length shorter than the first length. The first period is at least part of a needle up period in which a lower end of a sewing needle is located above the needle plate. The second period includes at least part of a needle down period in which the lower end of the sewing needle is located below the needle plate.
An image forming device includes a controller and an image formation engine. In response to receiving an operation on the shortcut icon, the controller controls the image formation engine to perform an image formation process specified in the first piece of shortcut information using a settings value specified in the first piece of shortcut information. After the portable memory storing a second piece of shortcut information is mounted on the memory interface, the controller performs a shortcut process related to the second piece of shortcut information. After the shortcut process is complete, the controller performs a displaying process to display on the user interface a home screen in which a shortcut icon specified by the second piece of shortcut information is arranged.
G06F 3/04817 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance using icons
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
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THERMAL-TRANSFER RECORDING MEDIUM, TRANSFERRED-MEDIUM FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSFERRED-MEDIUM FILM
A thermal transfer recording medium is a thermal transfer recording medium to be transferred to a transparent film, including: a base material layer; and a first ink layer and a second ink layer that are sequentially laminated on the base material layer, in which the second ink layer has translucency that allows for visual recognition of the first ink layer, and has a complementary color relationship with the first ink layer. Also, a transfer-completed film is a transfer-completed film with a first ink layer, a second ink layer having translucency that allows for visual recognition of the first ink layer, and a transparent film laminated in this order, in which the second ink layer has a complementary color relationship with the first ink layer.
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
Goods & Services
Hand-held label printers; hand label printers; tape cartridges for label printers; tape for label printers; tape refills for label printers; ink ribbon for label printers; ink ribbon cartridges for label printers; adhesive tapes for stationery or household purposes; paper; stationery; office requisites; labels; blank labels; blank labels in the form of tapes; adhesive coated labelling material; printing paper and tape for use with thermal printing machines; blank stationery for use with label printers; heat sensitive paper; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned goods.
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METHOD OF APPLYING INK COMPOSITION AND SET OF LIQUIDS
A method may comprise: applying a pretreatment liquid onto a medium and drying the same; and thereafter applying an ink composition onto the medium and drying the same. The pretreatment liquid may comprise a flocculant of cationic polymer of which cation concentration is 6.0 Eq/L or more. A drying rate of the pretreatment liquid after its drying may be 50% or more. A static surface tension of all components of the ink composition may be 25.2-29.3 mN/m. A difference between this static surface tension and a static surface tension of remaining component(s) of the ink composition after drying is 3.5 mN/m or less. The organic solvent(s) may comprise at least one organic solvent having a static surface tension of 28.0-34.0 mN/m. A content of the at least one organic solvent relative to an overall amount of the ink composition is 7.5-24.0 weight %.
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
B41J 2/155 - Arrangement thereof for line printing
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein
B41M 7/00 - After-treatment of printed works, e.g. heating, irradiating
C09D 11/106 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
C09D 11/40 - Ink-sets specially adapted for multi-colour inkjet printing
78.
IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DETERMINING METHOD, AND MEDIUM
An image forming system including: a head; a carriage moving mechanism including a carriage, a motor, and a transmission; a motor driver; an encoder; and a controller is provided. The controller is configured to: identify, regarding a certain period being each of the plurality of periods, an index value regarding abnormality of the image forming system based on time series data of a moving velocity, a physical amount related to the moving velocity, or an operation amount observed in a moving control of the carriage in the certain period; and determine an end of a service life of the image forming system or a remaining amount of the service life of the image forming system based on a change of the index value over the plurality of periods.
B41J 29/38 - Drives, motors, controls, or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A sewing machine includes a bed, a feed unit, a sewing unit, a projector, and a controller. The projector is configured to project a projection image to the bed. The controller is configured to, where the feed unit and the sewing unit do not perform sewing, execute a first control in which the controller causes the projector to project a first image to the bed, the first image including a first object and a second object, the first object indicating a planned sewing position, the second object indicating a reference position to position the workpiece. The controller is configured to, where the feed unit and the sewing unit perform sewing, execute a second control in which the controller causes the projector to project a second image to the bed, the second image including the first object and not including the second object.
A fuser detachably attachable to an image forming apparatus includes a heating rotatable body to heat a sheet, a heater to heat the heating rotatable body, a pressing rotatable body to nip the sheet in cooperation with the heating rotatable body, a detection sensor to detect a status of the fuser, a fuser connector, through which the fuser is connected with the image forming apparatus when the fuser is attached to the image forming apparatus and which includes a fuser common terminal, and a relay board including a common terminal connected to the fuser common terminal, and a memory. The relay board is connected with the detection sensor and is configured to relay a detection signal from the detection sensor to the image forming apparatus and a memory signal between the memory and the image forming apparatus via the common terminal and the fuser common terminal.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
Goods & Services
Printers; electronic label printers; computer printer; thermal printers; computer software for operating printers; application software for printers; recorded media; magnetic and optical data media; digital recording media; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned goods Label printing machines; label printing machines for household or stationary use; handheld label printers; office labelling machines; tape refills for label printers; ink ribbon for label printers; ink ribbon cartridges for label printers; adhesive tapes for stationery or household purposes; paper; stationery; thermal paper; adhesive printed labels; printed paper labels; adhesive labels; paper labels; blank labels; blank labels in the form of tapes; adhesive coated labelling material; printing paper and tape for use with thermal printing machines; blank stationery for use with label printers; paper tapes; adhesive paper; holders for adhesive tapes; tape cartridges and tapes for label printing machines; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned goods
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COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND DEVICE
In response to a reset instruction, a device controller transmits a start notification to a server system. In a case where the start notification is received by the server system, a server controller transmits a start response to a device. In a first particular case where the start response is received by the device, the device controller performs a reset process including deleting setting information from a memory. In response to progress of the reset process to a particular stage, the device controller transmits a progress notification to the server system. In a second particular case where the progress notification is received by the server system, the server controller deletes device information from a first storage area and transmits a progress response to the device. In a third particular case where the progress response is received by the device, the device controller performs remainder of the reset process.
An image forming apparatus includes a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface and a controller. The USB interface includes a control endpoint for control transfer and a data endpoint for data transfer. The controller is configured to transmit, in response to receiving a status request command from a USB-connected terminal device through the control endpoint, status information of the image forming apparatus to the USB-connected terminal device through the control endpoint. The USB-connected terminal device is a terminal device connected to the image forming apparatus through a USB connection.
IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING LINKAGE FOR MOVING RECEPTACLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM OPENING IN FIRST COVER IN INTERLOCKING RELATION TO MOVEMENT OF SECOND COVER
An image-forming apparatus includes: a main housing; a drum unit; a developing unit; a first cover; a second cover; and a linkage. The developing unit includes a receptacle and a unit-side shutter. The first cover is movable for closing and exposing a first opening in the main housing. The first cover includes an operating member for opening and closing the unit-side shutter. The second cover is on the first cover and is movable for closing and exposing a second opening in the first cover. The linkage can move the receptacle between: a first position apart from the second opening; and a second position closer to the second opening. While the first cover is closed, closing movement of the second cover causes the linkage to move the receptacle to the first position; and opening movement of the second cover causes the linkage to move the receptacle to the second position.
A printer includes a communication interface, a memory, and a controller including one or more processors. The controller perform an activation process under an activation start condition including a requirement that a target parameter set including a plurality of target parameters is stored in the memory as an inactive parameter set not available for processing in the printer, a requirement that an activation command is received from an external device via the communication interface, and a requirement that the activation command is a command to activate the target parameter set. The activation process includes configuring the target parameter set as an active parameter set available for processing in the printer. The controller performs and a controlling process under a controlling condition including a requirement that the activation process is completed. The controlling process is based on the target parameter set.
A control device includes a display and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the display to display a first object for prompting execution of a warranty contract under which another control device is provided in response to a failure of the control device, when a particular condition related to a lifetime of the control device is satisfied.
A printer includes a first power receiving portion, a second power receiving portion, a functional portion, a first supply circuit, and a voltage difference adjustment portion. The first power receiving portion is configured to receive a first power from a first power supply. The second power receiving portion is configured to receive a second power from a second power supply. The functional portion is configured to execute a function of the printer. The first supply circuit is configured to connect the first power receiving portion and the second power receiving portion in parallel to the functional portion. The voltage difference adjustment portion is configured to adjust a voltage difference between a voltage of the first power supply and a voltage of the second power supply in the first supply circuit.
A platen for an inkjet printer configured to support at least a part of a printing medium to be printed by an inkjet printer, the platen includes: a base platen configured to support at least a part of the printing medium and includes a surface extending in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a sub-platen disposed on an upper portion of at least one of an end portion in the first direction and an end portion in the second direction of the surface; and a protrusion protruding from the sub-platen and configured to press the printing medium supported by the surface.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 11/20 - Platen adjustments for varying the strength of impression, for a varying number of papers, for wear or for alignment
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NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an information processing program configured to, when executed, cause an information processing device to perform operations comprising obtaining first capability information, obtaining function restriction information of the printing device, converting the first capability information into second capability information based on the function restriction information, outputting the second capability information to OS standard printing software, obtaining first print data from the OS standard printing software, and transmitting second print data based on the first print data to the printing device.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores an information processing program executable by a processing unit of an information processing device that communicates with a corresponding printing device. The information processing device includes an operating system with an OS-standard printing software for driverless printing. The information processing program, when registered as a virtual printing device with the OS-standard printing software and executed, causes the information processing device to obtain first print data from the OS-standard printing software; transmit second print data based on the first print data to a printing device; output an inquiry signal to the printing device to query status of the printing device; and obtain status information from the printing device in response to the output of the inquiry signal.
A developing cartridge may include a housing configured to hold toner. The cartridge may further include a developing roller including a developing roller shaft, a supply roller including a supply roller shaft, a developing electrode and a supply electrode. The developing electrode and supply electrode may be configured to guide an electrical contact of an image forming apparatus in one or more directions. In some examples, the developing electrode and supply electrode may have angled surfaces that extend toward one another.
A first guide includes a first guide surface and a second guide surface. A second guide is located below the first guide. The second guide includes a third guide surface. The first guide is movable between: a first position at which the first guide surface guides a sheet that is conveyed along a first conveyance path; and a second position at which the first guide is located at a lower position than the first guide at the first position. The second guide is movable between: a third position at which the third guide surface guides a sheet that is conveyed along a second conveyance path; and a fourth position at which the second conveyance path is opened. The first guide at the second position is located above the second guide at the fourth position.
A printing apparatus includes a print engine, a data transfer, and a controller. The data transfer has a data storage to store image data, and generates printing data using the image data stored in the data storage. The print engine prints the image on a print medium based on the printing data. The controller instructs the data transfer to execute a predetermined process with respect to the image data and to transfer the printing data to the print engine. After executing the predetermined process with respect to the image data, the data transfer executes an obtaining process of obtaining position information indicating a print position of the image in the print medium, and generates the printing data based on the position information and the image data after the predetermined process.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A printing apparatus includes a housing, a first conveyance-path guide, a second conveyance-path guide, and a slider. The first conveyance-path guide is disposed in the housing. The first conveyance-path guide includes a first guide surface defining a first conveyance path. The second conveyance-path guide is disposed in the housing. The second conveyance-path guide includes a second guide surface defining a second conveyance path. The slider is disposed in the housing. The slider is movable between a first position and a second position. At the first position, the slider contacts and positions each of the first conveyance-path guide and the second conveyance-path guide. At the second position, the slider separates from the first conveyance-path guide and the second conveyance-path guide, and releases positioning of the first conveyance-path guide and the second conveyance-path guide.
A terminal device may receive print condition related information being related to an actual print condition from a printer, and register, in a print intermediation server, by using the print condition related information, printer related information including actual print condition information indicating the actual print condition. The terminal device may control a display unit to display a selection screen by using the actual print condition information in a case where file related information related to a target file is to be registered in the print intermediation server after the printer related information was registered in the print intermediation server. The selection screen may cause a user to select a print setting from among the actual print condition. The terminal device may register the file related information and print setting information in association with the printer related information in the print intermediation server.
There is provided a new developing cartridge that is a further advancement of the existing technology. A developing cartridge 1 includes: a housing 10, a developing roller 30, and a developing electrode 60. The housing 10 has one end portion 13 and an other end portion 14 in a first direction. The developing roller 30 includes a developing shaft 32 extending in a second direction. The developing electrode 60 includes a first bearing hole 61 and a contact surface 64. The first bearing hole 61 is electrically connected to an end portion of the developing shaft 32 in the second direction. The contact surface 64 is positioned apart from the first bearing hole 61 in a third direction.
A function executing device may comprise a first wireless interface according to a Bluetooth Low Energy scheme being capable of repeatedly sending an advertising signal. The function executing device may after a first advertising signal in which a first radio field intensity is used has been sent from the first wireless interface, receive a specific signal via the first wireless interface from a terminal device, change a radio field intensity used for sending the advertising signal from the first radio field intensity to a second radio field intensity lower than the first radio field intensity, and after a second advertising signal in which the second radio field intensity is used has been sent from the first wireless interface, establish a first wireless connection with the terminal device via the first wireless interface.
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
H04W 12/0431 - Key distribution or pre-distributionKey agreement
H04W 36/14 - Reselecting a network or an air interface
H04W 60/04 - Affiliation to network, e.g. registrationTerminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration using triggered events
H04W 76/11 - Allocation or use of connection identifiers
H04W 76/34 - Selective release of ongoing connections
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DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING MOVABLE HOLDER FOR HOLDING ELECTRICAL CONTACT SURFACE
A developing cartridge includes: a casing; a developing roller rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a first agitator; an agitator gear; a first protrusion; a developing memory; a first electrical contact surface; and a first holder holding the first electrical contact surface. The agitator gear includes a large diameter gear and a small diameter gear positioned between the large diameter gear and the casing in the first direction. The first protrusion protrudes outward from one end of the casing in the first direction, and is positioned between the casing and the large diameter gear in the first direction. The first protrusion is positioned away from the small diameter gear. The first holder is positioned farther from the first protrusion than the large diameter gear is in the first direction. The first holder and the first electrical contact surface are movable relative to the casing.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores an information processing program executable by a processor of an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus is loaded with an operating system (OS) that includes OS standard printing software. When executed by the processor in a state where the information processing program is registered as a virtual printing device in the OS standard printing software, the information processing program causes the information processing apparatus to perform operations. The operations includes obtaining a first print job from the OS standard printing software, obtaining pull printing information of the first print job, obtaining a pull print request corresponding to the first print job from a printing device of one or more printing devices connected to the information processing apparatus, and transmitting the first print job to the printing device from which the pull print request is obtained in the obtaining the pull print request.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO TRANSMIT PRINT INFORMATION TO EXTERNAL DEVICE WHEN CONSUMABLE ATTACHED THERETO IS SPECIAL CONSUMABLE AND WHEN PRINTING IS PERFORMED
An image forming apparatus includes: a consumable including a consumable memory storing type information; a main casing to which the consumable is attached; a communication interface; and a controller. The type information indicates whether the consumable is a special consumable that can be used when the image forming apparatus is under a concluded agreement or a normal consumable that can be used irrespective of whether or not the image forming apparatus is under the concluded agreement. The controller is configured to perform: when determining that the attached consumable is the special consumable and when printing is performed based on a print instruction after the image forming apparatus is registered to be subjected to a newly concluded agreement, transmitting to an external device print information indicating that the printing is performed based on the print instruction to cause a concluded agreement for another image forming apparatus to be cancelled.
