A printhead contamination prevention device is disclosed. The printhead contamination prevention device includes a mounting fixture, optionally rotatable to multiple angles about a central axis, and an optionally movable blade attached to the mounting fixture, where an angle of the mounting fixture and a position of the movable blade create a gap between a tip of the movable blade and a printing media. An angle of the movable blade relative to the printing media is from about 15 degrees to about 35 degrees and a gap between the tip of the blade and the printing media is from about 0.1 mm to about 0.75 mm. A method for preventing contamination in a printing system by blocking one or more droplets of a non-pigmented fluid ejected from the primer dispensing printhead that are not coated onto the surface of the media from moving along the media path is disclosed.
A vertical carousel padding system and method to create an adhesive retail signage pack based on aisles and aisle groupings where the adhesive is applied along the long edge of the stack to make a solid pack that allows for the operator at the store to remove one sign at a time. This system creates a unique and novel system that can accept stacks of varying heights and apply a padded layer of adhesive to the stacks as the clamped stacks move orthogonally around the carousel motion to the glue roller application station. By gripping and then incrementing the stacks in a vertical carousel configuration, the correct edge of the stack can have the adhesive applied to it while the stack height (i.e., size based on the number of signs in the stack) does not require the gluer to adjust to the stack height.
B65H 37/04 - Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching, or stapling
B65H 5/04 - Feeding articles separated from pilesFeeding articles to machines by movable tables or carriages
A method (500) for wirelessly connecting a mobile device (182) to a multi-function device (MFD) (100), comprising: scanning (530) for one or more MFDs within a vicinity of the mobile device; communicating (540), by the mobile device, a connection request to a device recognition system (400); receiving (550), by the mobile device from the device recognition system, connection instructions comprising instructions for connecting to one or more MFDs in the vicinity of the mobile device, wherein the instructions for connecting to the one or more MFDs are selected by the device recognition system using a trained MFD connection algorithm (464); and connecting (560), by the mobile device utilizing the connection instructions, to one of the one or more MFDs in the vicinity of the mobile device
An inkjet printer includes a printhead maintenance station that emits a mist of fluid onto the faceplate of a printhead mated to a receptacle within the printhead maintenance station. A controller is configured to operate one or more nozzles within the receptacle at predetermined time intervals to maintain a film of a fluid mist on the printhead mated to the receptacle. Alternatively, the controller is configured to monitor a humidity level within the receptacle and operate one or more nozzles within the receptacle to maintain the humidity level within a predetermined range. When more than one nozzle is provided in the receptacle of either embodiment, the controller is further configured to operate the nozzles independently of one another.
B41J 2/165 - Prevention of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
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INK COMPOSITIONS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF LOW-BOILING ORGANIC SOLVENTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
Ink compositions may be prepared by obtaining a polymer dispersion in a high-boiling organic solvent having a boiling point of about 145° C. to about 400° C., combining the polymer dispersion with an aqueous carrier fluid without removing at least a portion of the high-boiling organic solvent to form a continuous phase, and combining one or more colorants and, optionally, one or more additives with the continuous phase to form an ink composition comprising the one or more colorants dispersed as solids in the continuous phase. The polymer dispersions and the ink compositions contain about 10 wt % or less organic solvents having a boiling point of about 140° C. or less, and may be substantially free of such organic solvents.
A substrate includes a mark that exhibits an enhanced moiré effect. In some embodiments, the mark includes multiple sets of parallel lines printed at various angles and in certain color combinations that yield the mark that causes the substrate to exhibit the enhanced moiré effect when viewed. In some embodiments, various components of a mark are printed with inks having different fluorescent properties. In some embodiments, the mark is a pattern mark that includes a checkered pattern comprising cells of multiple colors, along with broken parallel lines along edges of some or all of the cells and frame elements within some or all of the cells.
A method for detecting missing jets in a precoat solution application system of an ink jet printing system includes providing print media into a path of a printer having a precoat application system, passing the print media past the precoat application system, passing print media in proximity to an ink jet printhead, jetting a plurality of drops of a first ink onto the print media to form a solid patch on a first surface of the print media, passing the print media through a dryer to dry the solid patch of the first ink on the first surface of the print media, passing the print media in proximity to the precoat application system, applying a precoat solution onto the dried solid patch of ink on the first surface of the print media, and analyzing the print media. An ink jet printing system is also disclosed.
A method for detecting missing or misdirected jets in a drop on demand delivery system for media priming in an inkjet printing application includes passing a diagnostic media in proximity to a first printhead may include a plurality of ejector jets. The method includes firing each of the plurality of jets onto the diagnostic media to deposit a precoat solution onto the diagnostic media in a first predetermined pattern, followed by depositing a plurality of droplets of at least one ink compositions onto the diagnostic media in a second predetermined pattern. An image of the diagnostic sheet can be captured and the printed pattern analyzed to detect missing or misdirected jets of a printhead configured to deposit a precoat solution or a primer solution.
A method for compensating for defective ink jets includes, for an original halftone screen including cells arranged in columns and rows, each cell comprising a threshold value, identifying a first column in the original halftone screen corresponding to a defective inkjet in a marking device. A permuted halftone screen is generated from the original halftone screen with a protocol which includes, for each row in the original halftone screen, providing for swapping a threshold value of a cell in the identified first column with threshold values in cells of neighboring columns, such that the first column assumes the largest threshold value of: the threshold value in the identified first column, a threshold value in a first of the neighboring columns, and a threshold value in a second of the neighboring columns. The permuted screen is stored for halftoning an input image to be printed by the marking device.
B41J 29/367 - Devices, non-fluid media or methods for cancelling, correcting errors, underscoring or ruling for cancelling or correcting errors by overprinting sheet media carrying a pigmented transferable correction layer
B41J 2/205 - Ink jet for printing a discrete number of tones
B41J 29/393 - Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine
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COOLING DEVICE INCLUDING HEAT PIPES FOR IMPROVED HEAT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY IN A PRINTING SYSTEM
A cooling device suited to cooling sheets includes at least one drum which is mounted for rotation about a central axis. The drum includes a cylindrical wall which defines an outer surface and an inner surface. A plurality of heat pipes extend into an interior of the drum from the inner surface of the cylinder wall. The cooling device may be incorporated into a printing device and configured for cooling printed sheets prior to the sheets entering an inkjet marking device.
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41M 7/00 - After-treatment of printed works, e.g. heating, irradiating
F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes
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PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES FEATURING NON-COVALENT INTERACTIONS AND USE THEREOF IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Parts made by additive manufacturing are often structural in nature, rather than having functional properties conveyed by a polymer or other component. Printed parts having piezoelectric properties may be formed using compositions comprising a plurality of piezoelectric particles non-covalently interacting with at least a portion of a polymer material via π-π bonding, hydrogen bonding, electrostatic interactions stronger than van der Waals interactions, or any combination thereof. The piezoelectric particles may be dispersed in the polymer material and remain substantially non-agglomerated when combined with the polymer material. The polymer material may comprise at least one thermoplastic polymer, optionally further including a polymer precursor. The compositions may define an extrudable material that is a composite having a form factor such as a composite filament, a composite pellet, a composite powder, or a composite paste. Additive manufacturing processes using the compositions may comprise forming a printed part by depositing the compositions layer-by-layer.
B29C 64/118 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using filamentary material being melted, e.g. fused deposition modelling [FDM]
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
C08L 53/00 - Compositions of block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bondsCompositions of derivatives of such polymers
C08L 53/02 - Compositions of block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bondsCompositions of derivatives of such polymers of vinyl aromatic monomers and conjugated dienes
C08L 67/04 - Polyesters derived from hydroxy carboxylic acids, e.g. lactones
C09D 4/06 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, based on organic non-macromolecular compounds having at least one polymerisable carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond in combination with a macromolecular compound other than an unsaturated polymer of groups
An inkjet printer includes a printhead maintenance station having a purge station for receiving ink purged from a printhead and an inkjet preservation station configured to contact a faceplate of the printhead with a solvent. The inkjet preservation station maintains the operational status of the inkjets in the printheads of the printer during long periods of printer inactivity.
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DIAGNOSTIC SHEET AND DETECTION METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTS USING PAPER PRECOAT SOLUTIONS
A diagnostic system for measuring inkjet printing system performance includes a printhead that deposits a colorless precoat solution from one or more of a plurality of ejector jets. The diagnostic system includes a diagnostic sheet, having a substrate, and a layer of material disposed on a first surface of the substrate, where the layer of material changes color after contacting the precoat solution, and an image scanner configured to capture a pattern on a surface of the diagnostic sheet after the precoat solution is deposited. The layer of material of the diagnostic sheet may include a moisture sensitive composition or a pH indicator. A method includes providing a diagnostic sheet to an inkjet printing system, where the diagnostic sheet may include a layer of material that changes color after contacting a precoat solution, and when needed, correcting one or more jetting operations.
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
G01N 31/22 - Investigating or analysing non-biological materials by the use of the chemical methods specified in the subgroupsApparatus specially adapted for such methods using chemical indicators
A precoat application system is disclosed. The precoat application system includes a pressure member configured to apply contacting pressure to a hydrophobic compliant member. A precoat solution, disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the hydrophobic compliant member, is delivered to a surface of paper in contact with the hydrophobic compliant member when the paper is passed between the hydrophobic compliant member and the pressure member. A pressure member is configured to apply pressure to the surface of the paper and the precoat solution on the surface of the paper to obtain a uniform coating of the precoat solution on the surface of the paper. The precoat solution may include an aqueous salt solution, such as magnesium chloride, calcium nitrate, barium, or a combination thereof.
Methods and systems for configuring and rendering a fluorescent watermark can involve modifying a non-partially reflecting/absorbing ultraviolet ink from an original ultraviolet pattern by blending a minimal amount of a partially reflecting ink, and ensuring that the modification of the non-partially reflecting/absorbing ultraviolet ink maintains an appearance of two or more pattern inks as a single color/pattern under office lighting when rendered as a part of a fluorescent watermark based on the non-partially reflecting/absorbing ultraviolet ink. The fluorescent watermark can be then rendered on a substrate (e.g., paper or other material).
An aqueous inkjet printer collects different colors of ink purged from the manifolds of printheads in the printer to form process black ink in a purged ink container. The process black ink is provided selectively or solely to printheads in the printer that eject ink to form black color separations in ink images. A supply of black ink can also be fluidly connected to the purged ink container to provide black ink to the purged ink container to alter the process black ink stored in the purged ink container.
An inkjet printer includes a nebulizer to generate a mist of primer and direct the mist onto media passing the nebulizer before the media is printed. A piezoelectric transducer is immersed in a primer solution and provided an alternating current to produce the mist. A pressure source directs the mist toward the passing media to apply the primer to the media.
B41J 2/215 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material by passing a medium, e.g. consisting of an air or particle stream, through an ink mist
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 inkjet printer includes a stationary roller and a second roller to apply primer onto media before the media is printed. The second roller is movable in a cross-process direction so the combined length of the stationary roller and the second roller in the cross-process direction can apply primer to the full width of the media being printed.
An inkjet printer includes at least one printhead and a transfer member to apply primer onto media before the media is printed. The at least one printhead ejects drops of primer onto the transfer member and the transfer member forms a nip with a nip roller. Entry of media into the nip and entry of the primer image on the transfer member are synchronized to enable the primer image to be transferred to the media in the nip.
A multi-function device (MFD), comprising: one or more MFD sensors configured to obtain MFD sensor data; a processor configured to: (i) receive MFD monitoring data, the MFD monitoring data comprising one or more of the MFD sensor data and user input data received via the user interface; (ii) direct transmission of the received MFD monitoring data to a remote central processor, the remote central processor configured to detect, from the received MFD monitoring data, an anomaly in the MFD, the remote central processor further comprising a trained support model configured to identify a solution to the detected anomaly; (iii) receive the identified solution from the remote central processor; and a user interface configured to provide the identified solution.
A multi-function device (MFD) (100) configured to provide real-time help feedback to a user, comprising: one or more MFD sensors (390) configured to obtain MFD sensor data; a processor (320) configured to: (i) automatically receive MFD monitoring data, the MFD monitoring data comprising MFD sensor data and user input data to an MFD, the user input data comprising a request for assistance with a component of the MFD; (ii) automatically detect, from the received MFD monitoring data, an anomaly in one or more of the one or more MFDs; (iii) automatically identify, by a trained support model analyzing the detected anomaly, a solution to the detected anomaly; and a user interface (340) configured to automatically provide the identified solution to the user, wherein the identified solution is provided to the user in real-time in response to the provided request for assistance.
A multi-function device (MFD) (100) configured to detect an MFD anomaly and provide support, comprising: one or more MFD sensors (390) configured to obtain MFD sensor data; a processor (320) configured to: (i) receive MFD monitoring data, the MFD monitoring data comprising one or more of the MFD sensor data and user input data received from a user of the MFD; (ii) detect, from the received MFD monitoring data, an anomaly in one or more of the one or more MFDs; (iii) identify, by a trained support model analyzing the detected anomaly, a solution to the detected anomaly; and a user interface (340) configured to provide the identified solution to the user.
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRINTING A DOCUMENT USING A MACHINE-READABLE CODE
The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for generating a machine-readable code for printing a document for a requesting user is disclosed. The method is implemented on a computing device used by the requesting user. The method includes receiving a request from the requesting user for generating the machine-readable code for printing the document for the requesting user. Thereafter, details related to printing the document are obtained, wherein the details include printer details of a preferred printer of the requesting user, requesting user details, and execution details. Once obtained, the machine-readable code including the details related to printing the document is generated. Thereafter, the requesting user is allowed to share the machine-readable code with a remote user such that the remote user submits the document for printing for the requesting user at the preferred printer without sharing the document with the requesting user.
A method for forming an image by a print device includes: identifying a first pixel in halftone image data, the halftone image data representing an image to be formed, the first pixel corresponding to a malfunctioning inkjet of a plurality of inkjets. The method further includes identifying a neighboring pixel within a region of the image around the first pixel, the neighboring pixel corresponding to a functioning inkjet. The method further includes generating a modified halftone value for the neighboring pixel by: identifying a missing color associated with the malfunctioning inkjet, identifying a replacement color to compensate the missing color (the replacement color being a different color than the missing color), and modifying a halftone value for the neighboring pixel based on the replacement color. The method further includes causing the functioning inkjet to eject an ink drop based on the modified halftone value for the neighboring pixel.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING CONDENSATION EFFECTS IN AN AQUEOUS INKJET PRINTER
An inkjet printer has a baffle that provides nucleation sites for condensation within the inkjet printer. The nucleation sites are recesses defined in a surface of each metal member of the baffle and are covered with a mesh material to prevent collected condensation from dripping onto printed sheets as the sheets pass through the inkjet printer.
An automated system and method to reduce satellites when using multi-ejection waveforms by ejecting single, fewer, and/or different sized ejection drops at the trailing edge of text and lines modifies ejection waveforms to minimize droplet satellites. The system includes a printer that may eject single, fewer, and/or different sized ejection drops at the trailing edge of text and lines to reduce the satellites trailing from these features. The approach can be used in both a binary printing mode (e.g., single drop size per pixel) and a greyscale printing mode (e.g., multiple drop sizes per pixel). Further, the printer may be a 2D or 3D printer within the inkjet technology.
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 inkjet printer includes a primer applicator to apply primer to media before the media is printed and includes a plurality of eddy current sensors to identify a thickness of the primer on the media. The identified thickness is compared to a range of acceptable primer thicknesses. One end of the range of acceptable thicknesses corresponds to a thickness that is too thin to enable deinking of the printed media and the other end of the range of acceptable thicknesses corresponds to a thickness that is too thick to enable sufficient drying to fix the ink image to the media. In one embodiment, the primer is applied using a printhead that eject drops of primer onto the media.
Methods and systems for rendering a watermark, can involve creating a digital watermark by applying grayscale inversion and contrast reduction to a document, resulting in a visually distinguishable pattern and rendering a digital watermark on the document in a manner that allows verification at different viewing angles. The digital watermark can be created using a digital swatch sheet of multiple gray values. The document can be viewed varying angles to verify the validity of the document based on the visibility and characteristics of the digital watermark. The digital watermark may be modified on predetermined parameters to facilitate enhanced security against fraud.
An inkjet printer has an image dryer that moves printed media sheets vertically through the dryer from an entrance to the image dryer to an exit from the image dryer that is higher than the entrance. The vertical configuration of the image dryer enables the inkjet printer to increase the dwell time of the printed sheets in the image dryer without increasing a footprint of the inkjet printer.
An inkjet printer has an image dryer that moves printed media sheets vertically through the dryer from an entrance to the image dryer to an exit from the image dryer. The vertical configuration of the image dryer enables the inkjet printer to increase the dwell time of the printed sheets in the image dryer without increasing a footprint of the inkjet printer.
An extrudable ceramic composition comprises piezoelectric ceramic particles and carbon nanomaterial particles suspended in a carrier medium. A piezoelectric ceramic material is produced by curing the composition. The carbon nanomaterials are used as additives to extrudable ceramic compositions (e.g., piezoelectric compositions such as PZT/polymer composites, PZT/sol-gel composites, PZT emulsion pastes and the like). The addition of carbon nanomaterials imparts both beneficial rheological properties (shear thinning) and improved piezoelectric performance to the ceramic material.
C04B 35/491 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their compositionCeramic compositionsProcessing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on oxides based on zirconium or hafnium oxides or zirconates or hafnates containing also titanium oxide or titanates based on lead zirconates and lead titanates
B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
A security apparatus, method and system for rendering a security mark, can involve providing a security mark with a metameric pair of infrared inks. A spectral reflectance of two metameric inks among the metameric pair of inks differs for CMYK for K in infrared. A first metameric ink among the metameric pair of infrared inks can be configured to include more K than a second metameric ink among the metameric pair of infrared inks, wherein when a document containing the security mark is scanned, and the number of K pixels in the first metameric ink is filtered to destroy the security mark when viewed through an infrared camera.
An extrudable composition includes: an aqueous phase comprising acidic water and piezoelectric ceramic particles suspended in the water; and, an organic phase having an organic solvent, a curable polymer precursor or both an organic solvent and a curable polymer precursor. The composition is 3-D printable to form a self-supporting structure and may be infiltrated with an organic polymer material or cured so that the curable polymer precursor forms an organic polymer material thereby forming a piezoelectric composite having piezoelectric ceramic particles in a co-continuous phase.
C08J 9/28 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materialsAfter-treatment thereof by elimination of a liquid phase from a macromolecular composition or article, e.g. drying of coagulum
C08J 9/00 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materialsAfter-treatment thereof
The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for adding security patterns in a document submitted at a multi-function device. The method includes receiving the document at the multi-function device from a user, wherein the document includes at least textual content. Further, the method includes obtaining stamping information, wherein the stamping information includes at least one of: portion information, edge filtering criteria, and pattern information. Thereafter, document is processed to detect edges of the at least textual content. Upon detection, one or more text edges matching the edge filtering criteria are filtered from the detected edges of the at least textual content. Finally, the one or more security patterns are added to the one or more matched text edges, thereby resulting in a stamped document.
An automated media sheet processing system for automated collating, stacking and transferring media sheets exiting a media source includes a dynamically oriented baffle having a plurality of stepped bins. Each stepped bin is slidingly arranged adjacent another stepped bin, with the stepped bins configured to receive media sheets and allow them to fall onto and accumulate on the stepped bins. The stepped bins may move and change orientation into a stair configuration descending in different directions. An automated reciprocating pusher may move in the different directions orthogonally to the stepped bins to move and collate the media sheets into collated stacks downstream the stepped bins on different or opposite sides of the dynamically oriented baffle, with no reset or extraneous movement needed between reciprocating pushes. No reset is needed because the reciprocating pusher ends a first push in position to start a next push to the opposite side.
Methods and systems for securely rendering a security feature with image data to be printed, can involve providing within the image data, data relating to a group of spots, and within the image data, mixing spots of two or more spot sizes among the group of spots to embed information within a stochastic or frequency modulation halftone image. In an embodiment, operations may be implemented for rendering a part of the image with a first spot among the group of spots and a remaining portion of the image with a second spot among the group of spots, wherein the second spot is smaller in size than the first spot.
Methods and systems for creating a gloss effect, can involve adjusting a color selected with a first RGB color value for a first pattern ink among a group of pattern inks to appear lighter and selecting a common geometric pattern for the group of pattern inks including the first pattern ink and a second pattern ink. A feature can be written with an object with a second RGB color value and a geometric pattern can be written opaquely on top of the selected common geometric pattern. The feature can be erased within the object with a third RGB color value. The feature can be then written with a fourth RGB color value. The geometric pattern can be then written opaquely on top of the feature in the color adjusted selected for the first pattern ink to create a gloss effect with the geometric pattern opaquely on top of the feature in the color adjusted selected for the first pattern ink which displays the feature.
An apparatus for preserving image quality printed on a substrate comprising a chilling device arranged to chill substrates moving proximate thereto, at least one marking material device, the marking material device arranged to form images on the substrates, and a media transport system configured to move the substrates past the chilling device and further configured to move the substrates past the at least one marking material device to form images on the substrates.
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein
F25B 9/04 - Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point using Joule-Thompson effectCompression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point using vortex effect using vortex effect
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WATER-ROBUSTNESS OF INKJET PRINTS USING PAPER PRECOAT AND METHODS THEREOF
A system for improving water fastness of printed documents is described, including a paper transport configured to move paper along a path throughout the system for improving water fastness, a precoat application subsystem located along the path of the paper transport may include a precoat composition applicator adjacent to or in contact with the paper transport, a printhead configured to eject ink onto a surface of the paper in an imagewise fashion, and a dryer. A method for improving water fastness of printed documents and a water fastness precoat composition for printed documents is also described, including a non-functional silicone fluid, a functional silicone fluid, or a combination thereof
C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
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
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PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES COMPRISING PIEZOELECTRIC PARTICLES COMPATIBILIZED WITH A POLYMER MATERIAL AND USE THEREOF IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Parts made by additive manufacturing are often structural in nature, rather than having functional properties conveyed by a polymer or other component present therein. Printed parts having piezoelectric properties may be formed using compositions comprising a polymer material comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer, at least one polymer precursor, or any combination thereof, and a plurality of piezoelectric particles dispersed in at least a portion of the polymer material. The piezoelectric particles may interact non-covalently with at least a portion of the polymer material, be covalently bonded to at least a portion of the polymer material, and/or be reactive with at least a portion of the polymer material. The compositions may be extrudable and formable into a self-standing three-dimensional structure upon being extruded. Additive manufacturing processes may comprise forming a printed part by depositing the compositions layer-by-layer.
B29C 64/118 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using filamentary material being melted, e.g. fused deposition modelling [FDM]
B29K 23/00 - Use of polyalkenes as moulding material
B29K 105/00 - Condition, form or state of moulded material
B33Y 70/10 - Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials
C08K 9/04 - Ingredients treated with organic substances
C08L 53/00 - Compositions of block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bondsCompositions of derivatives of such polymers
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Remote authentication and local control of enterprise devices
An enterprise owned multi-function device (MFD) is disclosed. For example, the MFD includes, a communication interface to establish a communication session with an authentication server, a re-activation timer, a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to authenticate the enterprise owned MFD over the communication session when the enterprise owned MFD is activated at a remote location of an employee, create a local account of the employee for local authentication, and authorize access to the employee via the local account of the employee until the re-activation timer expires.
Examples are disclosed herein relating to detecting a change in a substrate. A system can include a transducer that can be frequency matched to a substrate and to provide an electrical signal that can characterize a reflected sound wave by the substrate. The system can include an acoustic wave analysis system to detect a change in a physical characteristic of the substrate.
A system and method of additive manufacturing includes i) forming a first layer, the first layer may include at least one material chosen from an article material, a support structure material and an interfacial material. The method also includes ii) forming an additional layer on the first layer, the additional layer may include at least one material chosen from the article material, the support structure material and the interfacial material. The method also includes iii) repeating ii) one or more times to form a three-dimensional build may include an article and at least one support structure attached to the article at an interface, the interface may include the interfacial material formed during one or more of i), ii) or iii), and the interfacial material may include a preceramic. An interfacial material may include a preceramic or further include carbon, aluminum oxide, or silicon carbide.
A method of additive manufacturing includes i) forming a first layer, the including a material chosen from an article material, a support structure material and an interfacial material. The method includes ii) forming an additional layer on the first layer, including at least one material chosen from the article material, the support structure material and the interfacial material. The method also includes iii) repeating ii) one or more times to form a three-dimensional build may include an article and at least one support structure attached to the article at an interface, the interface may include the interfacial material formed during one or more of i), ii) or iii), the interfacial material may include a polymer. An additive manufacturing system includes a controller operatively connected to a reservoir, an ejector, and an actuator, the controller being configured to perform the method and form a printed article.
An inkjet printer includes a printhead maintenance station that injects a high pH fluid into the inkjet stacks of the printheads in the printer to prevent ink contamination during long periods of printer inactivity. The printhead maintenance station includes a printhead cap having an opening, a printhead vent blocking member configured to block manifold vents in the printhead when the printhead engages the printhead vent blocking member, and a valve. The valve is positioned within the printhead cap to enable the printhead cap to hold a volume of high pH fluid entering the printhead cap through the opening in the printhead cap when the valve is closed and to enable egress of the high pH fluid when the valve is opened. A printhead is lowered onto the printhead cap and a vacuum applied to an ink supply line to the printhead to inject the high pH liquid into the printhead.
An inkjet printer uses ink supply containers that includes bladders for holding waste fluids produced by printhead maintenance stations. The bladders are connected serially or in parallel to the output ports of the printhead maintenance stations to store waste fluids within the bladders of the ink supply containers. As the ink supply containers are depleted of their supply ink, they are replaced and new ink supply containers having bladders within them are installed to renew the capacity of the printer to store waste fluids. In two embodiments, the need for a waste fluid reservoir is eliminated and in a third embodiment, the operational life of a waste fluid reservoir is extended. In all of these embodiments, the production of plastic waste by the printer is reduced.
A method, system and apparatus for rendering a gloss effect on a recording medium, can involve rendering a foreground pattern using a first ink composition comprising infrared absorbing colors, wherein said first ink is lightened with lightening parameters by the addition of paper white holes and rendering a background pattern using a second ink composition comprising a process or spot color, wherein said second ink is darkened with darkening parameters by the addition of infrared absorbing colors that have different amounts of infrared absorbing colors than that of the first ink composition. The lightening parameters and the darkening parameters are adjustable to ensure that the first and second inks appear approximately the same at printed sizes. Anisotropic properties can be introduced to the first and second inks, causing non-uniformity in their reflection of light in different directions when viewed under a light source, thereby creating a gloss effect renderable on a recording medium. An infrared (IR) signal can be embedded within the gloss effect to enable detection of the gloss effect using an IR sensor or an IR device.
A method, system and printing device for rendering digital color changing inks, can involve configuring a digital ink to appear as one color on a digital screen at one angle and as a different color at a different angle, and rendering the digital ink in a digital document. In an embodiment, a black geometric shape can be created, which can turn off RGB pixels. Single-color lines can be then added to the black geometric shape. The geometric shape can be viewed at different angles to determine one or more working patches. One or more working patches can be then added to the digital document. New Digital color changing inks can be created by taking advantage of the RGB output verses angle curves. The digital inks can appear as one color on a digital screen at one angle and as a different color at a different angle.
A 3D printer configured to print a 3D part includes an ejector having a nozzle that is configured to eject drops of a build material. The 3D printer also includes a build plate positioned below the nozzle. The drops land and solidify on the build plate to form at least a portion of the 3D part. The 3D printer also includes a first heater positioned under or within the build plate. The first heater is configured to heat the build plate and the 3D part thereon. The 3D printer also includes a second heater positioned laterally-offset from the build plate. The second heater is configured to heat a volume of air between the nozzle and an upper surface of the 3D part. The 3D printer also includes an enclosure. The nozzle, the build plate, the first heater, and the second heater are positioned at least partially within the enclosure.
A computationally efficient way is provided to enable background adjustment based on real time, automatic background detection. In one form, the real time detected paper white is used to dynamically adjust 1D LUTs that map the input pixel values before accessing a 3D LUT that stores the weights between the original input pixel value and white (e.g., 255, 128, 128 in L*a*b*). The more complex calculation of generating coefficients in the 3D LUT is made independent of the paper white point. In one form, the white point is calculated based on the histogram of the image collected from the lead edge or the full page.
An inkjet printer includes a waste ink treatment system and a humidification chamber to separate waste ink produced by a printhead maintenance station into solid ink pigment particles and a solvent stream and use the solvent stream to maintain inkjets in the printheads of the inkjet printer in operational status. The waste ink treatment system mixes the waste ink with a metal salt to precipitate the solid ink pigment particles out of the waste ink. The solvent stream remaining after the precipitation of the pigment particles is humidified and directed to air baffles positioned on opposite sides of each printhead in every other printhead module in the process direction. A kit is provided to retroactively modify an existing inkjet printer to treat the waste ink and use the solvent stream to maintain the operational status of the inkjets in the printheads of the inkjet printer.
Described are natural language web browsers configured to provide a natural language interface to an existing web browser or a newly created web browser. That is, users interact with the web browser employing speech (or text) as input and output instead of using a mouse and keyboard as input and an electronic display screen as output. Embodiments of a natural language web browser converts user questions, statements, and/or commands into actions, reads the resulting HTML and converts the HTML into natural language descriptions to provide to the user.
A system and method of three-dimensional printing that includes heating a portion of a build surface by impinging multiple laser pulses onto the build surface in a time controlled pattern to provide a desired heated build surface prior to depositing a molten material onto the build surface. The time controlled pattern of laser pulses includes at least one heating period and at least one cooling period, and the time for the cooling period is determined by the cooling time of the build surface material, and the temperature differences between the original temperature of the build surface and the desired temperature of the build surface material.
Systems and methods for verifying the authenticity of a printed document are disclosed. The methods include receiving an identification of a portion of the printed document that includes a document signature, and receiving a document signature corresponding to the printed document from a data store. The document signature includes images of one or more first satellite droplet patterns (SDPs) that each include a plurality of ink satellite droplets that were randomly formed during printing of a print image on the printed document. The methods further include receiving an image of the portion of the printed document, analyzing the image to identify one or more second SDPs in the printed document, and authenticating the printed document by determining whether at least some the one or more first SDPs match a corresponding one or more second SDPs.
A fuser fluid composition is disclosed, including a non-fluorinated functional silicone fluid, and a non-fluorinated non-functional silicone fluid, where the non-fluorinated functional silicone fluid is present in the fuser fluid composition in an amount of from about 1 wt % to about 30 wt % based on a total weight of the fuser fluid composition, and the non-fluorinated non-functional silicone fluid is present in the fuser fluid composition in an amount of from about 50 wt % to about 99 wt % based on a total weight of the fuser fluid composition. The non-fluorinated functional silicone fluid may include an amine-functional group. A cleaning web and a fusing subsystem for a printing system may include a material impregnated with the fuser fluid composition.
Parts made by additive manufacturing are often structural in nature, rather than having functional properties conveyed by a polymer or other component present therein. Printed parts having piezoelectric properties may be formed using compositions comprising a plurality of piezoelectric particles dispersed in at least a portion of a polymer matrix comprising first polymer material and a sacrificial material, the sacrificial material being removable from the polymer matrix to define a plurality of pores in the polymer matrix. The piezoelectric particles may remain substantially non-agglomerated when combined with the polymer matrix. The sacrificial material may comprise a second polymer material. The compositions may define a composite having a form factor such as a composite filament, a composite pellet, a composite powder, or a composite paste. Additive manufacturing processes may comprise forming a printed part by depositing the compositions layer-by-layer and introducing porosity therein.
B29C 64/118 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using filamentary material being melted, e.g. fused deposition modelling [FDM]
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
C08L 53/02 - Compositions of block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bondsCompositions of derivatives of such polymers of vinyl aromatic monomers and conjugated dienes
C08L 67/04 - Polyesters derived from hydroxy carboxylic acids, e.g. lactones
C09D 4/06 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, based on organic non-macromolecular compounds having at least one polymerisable carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond in combination with a macromolecular compound other than an unsaturated polymer of groups
Methods and systems for defining characters, can involve selectively removing pixels from one or more characters and rendering a character with a user space equivalent to a device space. Multiple abutting non-line pixels can be removed among the pixels from the character(s). Furthermore, the character(s) including the multiple abutting non-line pixels as expected for the character(s) can be created prior to prior to selectively removing the pixels from the character(s). This approach can avoid partially marked pixels by setting user space equal to device space and then selectively removing pixels when printing microtext. Selective pixel removal allows for more white space and better recognition of characters such as, for example, “8” and “E”.
Methods for producing highly spherical particles that comprise: mixing a mixture comprising: (a) nanoclay-filled-polymer composite comprising a nanoclay dispersed in a thermoplastic polymer, (b) a carrier fluid that is immiscible with the thermoplastic polymer of the nanoclay-filled-polymer composite, optionally (c) a thermoplastic polymer not filled with a nanoclay, and optionally (d) an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature at or greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the thermoplastic polymer of the nanoclay-filled-polymer and the thermoplastic polymer, when included, to disperse the nanoclay-filled-polymer composite in the carrier fluid; cooling the mixture to below the melting point or softening temperature to form nanoclay-filled-polymer particles; and separating the nanoclay-filled-polymer particles from the carrier fluid.
B29C 64/153 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only solid materials using layers of powder being selectively joined, e.g. by selective laser sintering or melting
A computer-implemented system and method for providing contextually relevant task recommendations to qualified users is provided. Contextual data for a user is collected via one more sensors associated with the user. An activity being performed by the user is determined based on the contextual data. The activity is compared with a profile of the user and a determination that the user is qualified to perform the activity is verified. The activity is monitored. At least one recommendation for performance of a step is identified during the activity and transmitted to at least one recipient including the user or another user.
A method is disclosed. For example, the method executed by a processor of a multi-function device (MFD) includes generating an alignment image based on execution of a copy function while an alignment mark is attached to a continuous velocity transport (CVT) platen glass of a CVT of the MFD, determining a misalignment of an illumination profile area, a position of a sensor, and the CVT based on the alignment image, and providing a corrective action to perform an alignment of at least one of the illumination profile area, the position of the sensor, and the CVT via a display of the MFD.
Various embodiments of a transfer head and a method of forming such transfer head are disclosed. The transfer head includes a transfer layer including a thermally-switchable shape memory polymer material. The method includes heating a polymer precursor material above a melting point temperature Tm of the polymer precursor material, heating a substrate to a first temperature T1 greater than Tm, and disposing the heated polymer precursor material on a first major surface of the substrate to form a coated substrate. The method further includes exposing the coated substrate to electromagnetic radiation while maintaining the temperature of the coated substrate at T1, reducing the temperature of the substrate to a second temperature T2 less than Tm while maintaining exposure of the coated substrate to the electromagnetic radiation, and removing the coated substrate from exposure to the electromagnetic radiation to form the transfer layer.
H01L 21/683 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for supporting or gripping
C09D 133/14 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters of esters containing halogen, nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen atoms in addition to the carboxy oxygen
Aqueous inkjet ink compositions are provided which comprise water, a co-medium, pigment particles, and resin particles, wherein the resin particles comprise a polymerization product of reactants comprising: one or more types of hydrophobic monomers; and one or more types of anionic monomers comprising one or more types of crosslinkable anionic monomers.
C09D 11/033 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the solvent
C09D 11/107 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds from unsaturated acids or derivatives thereof
72.
PROXIMITY BASED USER AUTHENTICATION FOR MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES
A multi-function device (MFD) is disclosed. For example, the MFD includes a local communication interface, a proximity sensor to detect a user within a detection range, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions. The instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations that include detecting the user within the detection range via the proximity sensor, scanning a mobile device of the user for a device identification via the local communication interface, determining that the device identification is associated with the user that is authorized on the MFD, and automatically logging the user into the MFD.
Compositions include a plurality of polymer particulates comprising a matrix polymer and one or more types of nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of biopolymer nanoparticles, biomineral nanoparticles excluding biomineralized silica alone, and any combination thereof. Illustrative examples of such nanoparticles may include cellulose nanoparticles, hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, or any combination thereof associated with the matrix polymer. The polymer particulates may be prepared by melt emulsification. Methods include depositing such polymer particulates in a powder bed; and heating a portion of the powder bed to consolidate a portion of the polymer particulates into a consolidated part having a specified shape. The matrix polymer may be biodegradable and lose at least about 40% mass in six days in a phosphate buffer solution (0.2 M, pH 7.0) containing 0.2 mg/mL of lipase obtained from Pseudomonas cepacia (≥30 U/mg) and incubated at 37° C.
The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for detecting one or more security patterns in a document submitted at a multi-function device. According to the disclosure the document is received at the multi-function device, wherein the document includes at least textual content. Thereafter, a pre-defined operation is performed to detect edges of the at least textual content. Once detected, one or more text edges are filtered based on one or more templates. Further, based on the one or more templates, shape and color of the filtered one or more text edges are analyzed, and accordingly, the presence of the one or more security patterns is ascertained in the submitted document at the multi-function device.
G06V 10/75 - Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video featuresCoarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approachesImage or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces using context analysisSelection of dictionaries
G06T 3/40 - Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
G06V 10/22 - Image preprocessing by selection of a specific region containing or referencing a patternLocating or processing of specific regions to guide the detection or recognition
G06V 10/62 - Extraction of image or video features relating to a temporal dimension, e.g. time-based feature extractionPattern tracking
A laser perforation system, including a drive roller, a tensioner roller spaced apart from the drive roller, a thin film belt arranged around both the drive roller and tensioner roller, the thin film belt including a front surface facing radially outward and a rear surface facing radially inward, a backstop arranged radially within the thin film belt, and a laser head arranged proximate the front surface, the laser head operatively arranged to direct a laser at the thin film belt to create holes therein.
A method of making an ejector device. The method includes providing a substrate and forming one or more ejector conduits on the substrate. The one or more ejector conduits comprise: a first end configured to accept a print material; a second end comprising an ejector nozzle, the ejector nozzle comprising a first electrode pair that includes a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one surface of the first electrode being exposed in the ejector nozzle and at least one surface of the second electrode being exposed in the ejector nozzle; and at least one passageway for allowing the print material to flow from the first end to the second end. A method of printing a three-dimensional object and a method for jetting print material from a printer jetting mechanism are also disclosed.
Methods and systems for rendering a print job can involve saving an initial characteristic of a print job during a setup of the print job, comparing a current characteristic of the print job to the initial characteristic, and applying a transformation to compensate for a mismatch between the initial characteristic and the current characteristic prior to rendering of the print job. The print job is rendered after applying the transformation. The transformation may be performed in a vector space prior to marking of the print job in a device space.
System and method that allow to jointly cause movement of multiple micro-and-nano-objects to desired positions are described. A high speed camera tracks the locations of the objects. An array of electrodes is used to generate a dynamic potential energy landscape for manipulating objects with both DEP and EP forces. One or more computing devices are used to: process images captured by the camera to estimate positions of the objects; use model predictive control optimization to obtain trajectories and electrode potentials for moving at least some of the objects from estimated positions to further positions; and control the electrodes based on electrode potentials.
B81C 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
B82B 3/00 - Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules, or limited collections of atoms or molecules as discrete units
G06T 3/4046 - Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting using neural networks
G06T 15/00 - 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
A mixer includes a shaft and an agitator coupled to the shaft. The shaft and the agitator are configured to rotate together to mix a liquid composition. The mixer also includes a sleeve positioned around the shaft. The sleeve forms a gap between the shaft and the sleeve. The sleeve is positioned in the liquid composition such that the liquid composition fills the gap up to the surface of the liquid composition in the gap to form a liquid seal between the shaft and the sleeve that minimizes an amount of air that penetrates into the liquid composition outside the gap during rotation of the shaft and the agitator.
The present exemplary embodiment discloses a method and system for utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence to selecting an optimal conversion driver to convert a document into a printable form. The methods include receiving at least one user print request and at least one user submitted file associated with the user request, optimizing the conversion of a file by executing, by at least one computer processor, determining that format conversion is necessary for the file, identifying least one of a plurality of file conversion drivers as optimal for converting the file, causing the optimal file conversion driver to convert the file into a printer readable format, and printing the converted file. The conversion drivers may be selected from remote or local conversion engines. The machine learning employs artificial intelligence to select the optimal conversion path by analyzing the properties of the document submitted for conversion.
A system and method are provided wherein, in at least one form, artificial intelligence is used to identify objects in a document to be considered for metallic rendering or printing on a substrate. Then, the options for printing, including the considerations for rendering in metallic toner or ink, are, in at least one form, presented to the user for acceptance or rejection before the actual printing is initiated.
A system and method for generating a secure digital copy of content associated with a non-fungible token (NFT). The system may include, be part of, or be in communication with a print device. The system will receive, from a requesting entity, a print request to print digital content that is associated with an NFT. The system will then access a user profile of the requesting entity to identify a digital wallet associated with the requesting entity. The system will determine whether the digital wallet indicates that the requesting entity owns the NFT. In response to determining that the digital wallet indicates that the requesting entity owns the NFT, the system will generate a print job that comprises a set of instructions to print the digital content, optionally with a verification code. The system may then cause the print device to print the digital content.
A printer includes print heads configured to eject ink drops onto print media to form images, a controller connected to the print heads to control the print heads to eject ink drops to form the images including one or more test images, one or more actuators to cause the print media to pass the print heads, and at least one camera to capture one or more optical images of the print media after the print media passes the print heads, the controller to detect the test images in the optical images and to measure print characteristics in the test image. A method of measuring ink jet print head alignment includes capturing one or more optical images of media containing printed images, detecting optical images that contain specific printed test images, and measuring print characteristics based upon image data derived from the specific printed test images.
B41J 29/393 - Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
