Brother Patente

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording for forming an image on a fabric includes a pigment, a binder, a crosslinking agent, and a wax particle. The binder includes an acrylic resin. The crosslinking agent includes at least one selected from an oxazoline group-containing compound and a carbodiimide group-containing compound. A ratio of an amount of the crosslinking agent to a total amount of the binder, the crosslinking agent, and the wax particle is 0.05 or greater. The wax particle forms aggregates when dropped into an aqueous calcium solution having a concentration of 0.05 wt%.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording for forming an image on a fabric includes a pigment, a binder, a crosslinking agent, and a wax particle. The binder includes an acrylic resin. The crosslinking agent includes at least one selected from an oxazoline group-containing compound and a carbodiimide group-containing compound. A ratio of an amount of the crosslinking agent to a total amount of the binder, the crosslinking agent, and the wax particle is 0.05 or greater. The wax particle is anionic.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording, including water, phycocyanin, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a saccharide. The saccharide comprises a monosaccharide, an oligosaccharide, or both a monosaccharide and an oligosaccharide.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording for forming an image on a fabric, includes a pigment, a binder, a crosslinking agent, and wax particles. The binder includes a urethane resin. The crosslinking agent includes a carbodiimide group-containing compound. The wax particles are anionic. A ratio of an amount of the crosslinking agent to an amount of the wax particles is 0.50 or greater and 3.00 or less.

An image forming method may include applying a liquid to a coating layer (M) of a medium (2) that includes a thermosensitive layer (L) and the coating layer (M), wherein the thermosensitive layer (L) includes a color developer (P) and a leuco dye (Q) that reacts with the color developer (P) at a first temperature or higher, the coating layer (M) includes a polymer (R), and the liquid includes a first organic solvent and resin particles; blowing a gas at a second temperature to a surface of the medium (2) where the liquid has been applied; and drying the medium (2) on which the liquid has been applied at a third temperature after the blowing. A solubility parameter of the first organic solvent may be 9.0 or more and less than 12.0. A following relationship may be satisfied: the second temperature < a minimum film-forming temperature of the resin particles in the liquid < the third temperature < the first temperature.

A method of manufacturing a treated medium (2) by performing a treatment on a medium (2) may be provided, in which the medium (2) may be a paperboard in which a coating layer including a binder is disposed on a surface layer of the medium (2). The method may include heating the medium (2), and applying ink to the coating layer after the heating. The heating may include, when a heating temperature is X [°C] and a heating time is Y [minutes], heating the medium (2) such that a relationship of X ≥ 70 and Y > -0.04X + 6.165 (where Y > 0) is satisfied.

A method of manufacturing a treated medium (2) by performing a treatment on a medium (2) may include applying a liquid comprising a resin to the medium (2), and performing a corona discharge on at least a region of the medium (2) where the liquid has been applied.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording includes water, phycocyanin, and a surfactant. The surfactant has a critical micelle concentration in water of 0.10 wt% or less.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording used to form an image on a fabric, includes a pigment, a binder, a crosslinking agent, and a wax particle. The binder contains a urethane resin. The crosslinking agent contains a blocked isocyanate compound. A melting point of the wax particle is 90 °C or higher and 140 °C or lower.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording for forming an image on a fabric includes a pigment, a binder, a crosslinking agent, and a wax particle. The binder includes an acrylic resin. The crosslinking agent includes a blocked isocyanate compound. A ratio of an amount of the crosslinking agent to a total amount of the binder, the crosslinking agent, and the wax particle is 0.09 or greater. The wax particle is anionic.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording for forming an image on a fabric contains a pigment, a binder, and a crosslinking agent. The binder may be a polyurethane resin having a polyester backbone. The crosslinking agent may be an oxazoline group-containing compound. A ratio of an amount of the binder to an amount of the pigment is 1.40 or greater. A ratio of an amount of the crosslinking agent to an amount of the binder is 0.15 or greater.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording for forming an image on a fabric includes a pigment, a binder, a crosslinking agent, and a wax particle. The binder includes an acrylic resin. The crosslinking agent includes a blocked isocyanate compound. A ratio of an amount of the crosslinking agent to a total amount of the binder, the crosslinking agent, and the wax particle is 0.09 or greater. The wax particle forms aggregates when dropped into an aqueous calcium solution having a concentration of 0.05 wt%.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording includes water, phycocyanin, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The water-soluble organic solvent has a log P of 0.2000 or less. The log P is defined as a common logarithm of (octanol / water partition coefficient P).

A developing cartridge includes: a developing roller rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a housing having a first outer surface in the first direction; a coupling; a gear; a cover covering the gear; and a memory having an electrical contact surface. The coupling, gear, and cover are positioned at the first outer surface. The gear and the electrical contact surface are positioned in the first direction between the first outer surface and an end of the coupling that is exposed through the cover. The gear is positioned between the developing roller and the electrical contact surface in a second direction crossing the electrical contact surface. The cover has an aperture positioned between the one end of the coupling and the first outer surface in the first direction. The aperture is positioned between the electrical contact surface and the coupling in the second direction.

A liquid for an inkjet printer is provided. The liquid contains a plant-derived penetrant including plant-derived 1,3-propanediol, and a plant-derived preservative including β-phenylacrylic acid. The pH of the liquid is 7.0 or higher.

A medium (6) includes at least one base material (7) including an adhesive layer (70), and a release liner (9) affixed to the adhesive layer (70). The at least one base material includes a first portion (71) and a second portion (72) aligned with the first portion in a first direction and connected to the first portion. The second portion includes a base portion (721) and a first fold portion (722). The base portion is aligned with the first portion in the first direction and connected to the first portion. The first fold portion is aligned with the base portion in a second direction, and connected to the base portion. The second portion includes at least one recess recessed in a thickness direction of the base material or at least one cut (81-83) extending in the thickness direction.

In an image forming system, a controller is configured to input an operation amount for moving a carriage in a main scanning direction at a target velocity, to a motor driver based on a movement velocity of the carriage detected from an encoder signal. The motor driver is configured to apply a driving power based on the operation amount to a motor. The controller is configured to detect an abnormality in the movement velocity, a physical amount related to the movement velocity, or the operation amount, and to identify a cause of the abnormality based on an area, in a moving route of the carriage, in which the abnormality in the observed amount is detected, or based on a time period during which the abnormality in the observed amount is detected during movement of the carriage.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording includes a plant-derived colorant, a plant-derived water-soluble organic solvent, a plant-derived surfactant, and water. The plant-derived surfactant may be a biosurfactant.

The holder 12 includes a first side plate 30, a second side plate 40, a shaft 50, and a memory 70. The shaft 50 extends in a first direction. The first side plate 30 is located at one end E1 of the shaft 50 in the first direction. The second side plate 40 is located at the another end E2 of the shaft 50. The first side plate 30 includes a first surface 31A facing the second side plate 40 in the first direction, and a second surface 31B located at the opposite side of the first surface 31A. The memory 70 includes an electrical contact surface 71. The electrical contact surface 71 is located at the second surface 31B and faces in a direction from the second side plate 40 toward the first side plate 30.

A method includes providing a roll holder including a memory, the roll holder configured to allow a roll around which a sheet is wound to be attached, attaching the roll to the provided roll holder and writing, by a writing device, information related to the roll into the memory.

An image forming apparatus includes a memory, a user interface, a network interface, and a controller. The image forming apparatus is connectable to the Internet via the network interface. The controller is configured to: perform communication via the network interface in accordance with a setting value stored in the memory; in response to receiving, via the user interface, an instruction to change the setting value stored in the memory, change the setting value in accordance with the instruction; perform communication via the network interface in accordance with the changed setting value stored in the memory; and control the user interface to display a warning regarding security degradation based on the received instruction.

An aqueous ink for inkjet recording includes gardenia yellow coloring agent, a watersoluble organic solvent, cyclodextrins, and water. The cyclodextrins include seven or more glucose molecules and have a solubility in water at 25°C of 30 g/100 mL or more.

A liquid ejecting unit (100) includes a head (43); and a heating assembly (20) configured to heat liquid to be supplied to the head. The heating assembly includes: a main body (211) having a channel (C1, C2, C3) configured to flow the liquid through the channel, the channel being disposed inside the main body; a holder (212, 213) including a facing portion (212F, 213F) facing the main body in a facing direction and a connecter (212C, 213C) connecting the main body and the facing portion; a heater (221) configured to apply heat to the main body; a main metal plate (223) positioned between the heater and the facing portion in the facing direction; and a sub-metal plate (231, 232) positioned between the main metal plate and the facing portion in the facing direction, the sub-metal plate pressing the heater toward the main body via the main metal plate.

A pretreatment liquid to be applied to a fabric in a region including an ink ejection region before an ink containing a pigment is ejected, the pretreatment liquid containing a resin, in which a product obtained by centrifuging the pretreatment liquid to separate an upper layer component and lower layer component and then drying the upper layer component has a storage modulus (G') at 25°C of 95 kPa or less and a storage modulus (G') at 160°C of 47 kPa or less.

A developing cartridge (1) includes: a casing (10); a developing roller (30); a shaft (61); and a first inclined surface (621). The shaft (61) is movable in a first direction relative to the casing (10) and the developing roller (30), and is movable in a second direction together with the casing (10) and the developing roller (30). The first inclined surface (621) is positioned at one end portion (61A) of the shaft (61) in the first direction and movable together with the shaft (61). The first inclined surface (621) is inclined relative to the first direction such that a distance between the shaft (61) and the first inclined surface (621) in the second direction increases in a direction from the one end portion (61A) of the shaft (61) in the first direction to another end portion of the shaft (61) in the first direction.

A control device that controls a rotation shaft of a machine tool. The control device is configured to execute estimation processing of estimating an inertia of the rotation shaft; determination processing of determining a gain of a drive unit configured to drive the rotation shaft, based on the inertia estimated by the estimation processing; and drive processing of driving the rotation shaft with the gain determined in the determination processing, the rotation shaft reaching a target speed.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus configured to perform the display of a setting screen and non-display of the setting screen in a user interface which is in a locked state, without forcing the user to perform any complicated operation. A controller 23 causes a setting icon to transition to a locked state in response to an operation received via a user I/F 22. In a case where a temporarily releasing operation of temporarily releasing the locked state is performed while the user interface is in the locked state, the controller 23 causes the user I/F 22 to be in a temporarily released state. The controller 23 is configured to release the temporarily released state and to cause the user interface to return to the locked state, triggered by the temporarily released state having been continued for a predetermined period of time.

A numerical control device comprising a controller configured to control a machine tool. The controller is configured to execute reading a first command indicating an acquisition start time for starting acquisition of a machining load in machining of the workpiece and a second command indicating an acquisition end time for ending the acquisition of the machining load, determining whether a fixed cycle command for executing the same machining at a plurality of different positions of the workpiece is present in a period from when the first command is read to when the second command is read, and monitoring for each of the same machining in the fixed cycle command in a case where it is determined in the determining that the fixed cycle command is present, the monitoring including acquiring the machining load, and monitoring based on the machining load acquired in the acquiring.

A terminal device (100) may, in a case where a computer program (142) is launched by a first launch instruction and a version of the computer program (142) satisfies a first predetermined condition, display, on a display of the terminal device (100), a first update screen (SC2). In a case where the computer program (142) is launched by the first launch instruction and the version does not satisfy the first predetermined condition, the first update screen (SC2) may not be displayed and a first predetermined screen (SC18) may be displayed on the display. The terminal device (100) may, in a case where the computer program (142) is launched by a second launch instruction, display, on the display (114), a second predetermined screen (SC38, SC42) without displaying the first update screen (SC2) regardless of whether the version of the computer program (142) satisfies the first predetermined condition.

A storage bag includes a bag configured to store an ink cartridge configured to be attached to and detached from an inkjet printer, a sealing member configured to seal an opening that is open, and an ink leakage prevention member located at a bottom of an internal space of the bag. The ink cartridge includes an ink outflow port opening in a mounting direction in which the ink cartridge is mounted to the inkjet printer, and a valve configured to open and close the ink outflow port, the ink outflow port is located at a lower end portion of the ink cartridge in an up-down direction in a state where the ink cartridge is in a mounting posture in which the ink cartridge mounted to the inkjet printer.

An ink cartridge includes a cartridge main body configured to be attached to and detached from an inkjet printer, a bag attached to the cartridge main body and configured to store the cartridge main body, and an ink leakage prevention member. The cartridge main body includes a housing including an ink storage chamber configured to store an ink, an ink outflow portion defining an ink outflow port through which the ink stored in the ink storage chamber flows out, and a valve configured to open and close the ink outflow port, and the ink leakage prevention member is configured to be attached to the ink outflow portion.

A processing device (100) includes a process portion (13) and a processor (91). The process portion (13) performs medium processing (S53) on a transfer medium (51), subsequent to or prior to ejection of ink forming an image to be transferred from the transfer medium (51) to a transfer-receival medium (61). The processor (91) causes the process portion (13) to perform one of the medium processing of forming additional information (L2) on the transfer medium (51) in a non-transfer mode, or the medium processing of implementing a restriction procedure on the additional information (L2) formed on the transfer medium (51), or the medium processing of implementing an image transfer procedure on the image formed on the transfer medium (51) and not implementing an information transfer procedure on the additional information (L2) formed on the transfer medium (51).

Provided is a printing cassette that can reduce damage to a gear that transmits a driving force. The present disclosure discloses a printing cassette that includes: a case including a first case portion, a second case portion, and a third case portion; a first tape, at least a portion of which is accommodated in the third case portion; and a gear, a portion of which is accommodated in the second case portion and the other portion of which is located outside of the case, the gear being rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to a first direction. The first case portion has an outlet through which the first tape is discharged. The first case portion, the second case portion, and the third case portion are disposed in an order of the first case portion, the second case portion, and the third case portion in the first direction.

A control device configured to control: a first magazine; a second magazine; and a tool conveying device. In a state in which a second accommodation portion that is empty is disposed at a second replacement position, in a case where a first moving instruction for causing a tool to move from the first magazine to the second magazine is executed and in a case where a second moving instruction for causing a tool to move from the second magazine to the first magazine is executed, the control device executes: a first process of indexing a specified first accommodation portion to the first replacement position, a second process of performing a tool conveying operation, a third process of indexing the second accommodation portion located at a position other than the second replacement position to the second replacement position, and a fourth process of performing a tool conveying operation.

A computer program (42) for a control device (30) is disclosed. The computer program (42) may causes a processor (32) of the control device (30) to function as: a unit (32) to configured to display, at a terminal device (10), a first setup screen (SC4, SC5, SC6) for prompting a first setup to use an image processing device (100); a unit (32) to configured to, before the first setup screen (SC4, SC5, SC6) is displayed, display a login screen (SC3) at the terminal device (10), the login screen (SC3) being for a login to a server (200) configured to provide a service for the image processing device (10); and a unit (32) to configured to, after the first setup has been completed, display a second setup screen (SC7) at the terminal device (10), the second setup screen (SC7) being for prompting a second setup to subscribe to the service (200).

An image formation device (21) forms an ink layer (L1) on a film (F). The ink layer is configured to be transferred to a print medium (M). The image formation device (21) includes a color head (4) configured to eject color ink, a shielding head (5) configured to eject shielding ink, and a processor (91). The processor (91) forms a color layer (L11) on the film (F) by ejecting the color ink from the color head (4) onto the film (F). The color layer (L11) is the ink layer (L1) configured by the color ink and constituting an image. The processor (91) forms a shielding layer (L13, L15) by ejecting the shielding ink from the shielding head (5) onto the color layer (L11), in the film (F) on which the color layer (L11) is formed. The shielding layer (L13, L15) is the ink layer (L1) configured by the shielding ink.

A handling apparatus 26 includes: a first electric cylinder 71 movable between a first proximate position at which the first electric cylinder 71 is proximate to a right edge 38A of a platen 38 and a first separated position at which the first electric cylinder 71 is separated farther from the right edge 38A than at the first proximate position; a first pushing bar 72 fixed to the first electric cylinder 71 and located in an under-platen space 46 of the platen 38 when the first electric cylinder 71 is located at the first proximate position; and a controller 130. After a T-shirt 100 is loaded on the platen 38, the controller 130 executes: moving the first electric cylinder 71 from the first separated position to the first proximate position, and bringing the first pushing bar 72 into contact with a right sleeve 100C of the T-shirt 100.

A control device (30) may include a display control unit (32) configured to cause a terminal device (10) to display a predetermined screen (SC2) related to an image processing device (10), 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 to use any of 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 printing method includes executing a duplication process so that a left-end nozzle (42L) of a first head (11B) and a right-end nozzle (42R) of a second head (11A) 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 (zero), the printing method is capable of reducing the decrease in image quality due to the amount of overlap which is not 0.

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.