Canon

A bonding apparatus that bonds a first object and a second object, including a stage including a relay unit configured to hold the first object, and a holding unit configured to hold the second object, a head configured to hold the first object, a driving unit configured to drive at least one of the stage and the head to bond the first object and the second object, a first camera configured to capture an object on the stage, and a control unit configured to align the first object held by the head and the second object held by the holding unit based on results of capturing, by the first camera, the first object held by the relay unit and the second object held by the holding unit.

A printing system comprising a print engine for printing on print media by means of printing elements, a print controller to control the printing on print media by a print engine and a cleaning system for cleaning an environment of the printing elements by means of at least one cleaning material, wherein the cleaning system is provided with at least one safety switch and at least one mechanical lock to respectively electrically shut down and physically isolate at least a part of the cleaning system in order to enable safe access for the operator for replacement of the at least one cleaning material during printing.

To allow for printing on print media with pre-formed wrinkles a printer (1) is provided, which comprises :- a print assembly (2) which prints on a portion of a print medium (60, 70) at a print zone;- a transport mechanism (13) for moving the print medium (60, 70) with respect to the print assembly (2) in a first direction (X); and- a suction assembly (20) comprising:- a plurality of suction chambers (21-25), wherein at least one suction chamber (21-25) faces a print zone, and at least one other suction chamber (21-25) is arranged upstream and/or downstream of the print zone facing suction chamber (23) in the first direction (X), characterized in that the suction assembly (20) further comprises suction reduction means (51-52) configured to selectively prevent or reduce suction in the at least one other suction chamber (21-25).

An image reading apparatus for reading image information from a sheet includes a cover unit, a sheet feeding member, a conveying guide, and a reading unit including a transparent member and a reading portion. The cover unit is rotatable between a closed position where the cover unit forms a sheet conveying passage in cooperation with the conveying guide and an open position where the sheet conveying passage is open. In a state in which the cover unit is positioned in the closed position, the transparent member is exposed to an outside of the image reading apparatus by rotation of the conveying guide and the reading unit.

The disclosure is directed to a inspection apparatus comprising: one or more memory devices that store a set of instructions; and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: acquire a reference image in units of pages corresponding to a printed material, set an inspection setting of the printed material via the reference image in units of pages, set a first region, in accordance with a user operation, as an inspection region on a reference image of a first page for a matching inspection for inspecting whether or not information read from a printed image matches among a plurality of inspection regions, and set a second region, in accordance with a user operation, as an inspection region of a matching target of the first region on a reference image of a second page different from the first page.

A printing apparatus includes first and second storage portions (4A,4B) configured to store first and second containers (60) that store a liquid to be supplied to a printhead (11), a first intermediate tank (220) configured to, between the printhead and the first container, store the liquid to be supplied from the first container to the printhead, and a second intermediate tank (220) configured to, between the printhead and the second container, store the liquid to be supplied from the second container to the printhead The first and second storage portions (4A,4B) are arranged in a height direction of the printing apparatus. The first and second intermediate tanks (220) are arranged in a first direction crossing the height direction. The first and second storage portions, and the first and second intermediate tanks arranged in a second direction crossing the height direction and the first direction.

An image forming apparatus (IF) includes a cartridge (C), an apparatus body (100) including a pump portion (35), a developer container (12) including a toner accommodating portion (12a), and a tube (24). The cartridge (C) includes a toner chamber (16), a filter (18), an air chamber (17), a discharge port (16a), and a pipe (27). While the toner conveyance operation is performed, a pressure difference (ΔP) between the toner chamber (16) and the air chamber (17) in a first state in which the toner is loaded on only a part of the partition portion (18e) of the filter (18) is greater than a pressure difference (ΔP) between the toner chamber (16) and the air chamber (17) in a second state in which no toner is loaded on an entire surface of the partition portion (18e) of the filter (18).

A toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and a release agent. The binder resin contains an amorphous resin A and a crystalline polyester C. The amorphous resin A is a polyester and has, as a structure that forms a polyester backbone, (i) a polyethylene terephthalate structural moiety and (ii) a unit having a specified structure. An SP value of the amorphous resin A is represented by SP_A, an SP value of the crystalline polyester C is represented by SPc, and a formula 1.00 ≤ SP_A - SPc ≤ 1.35 is satisfied. The toner contains at least one metal element selected from the metal element group consisting of calcium, magnesium, sodium, and barium and contains aluminum.

A device receives designation of a size of an image to be output; in a case where the designated size is a predetermined size and the image is a target of margin removal processing, arranges a drawing region obtained by excluding a margin from the image using a first position as a reference point, the first position being located inward from an end of an output sheet by an amount corresponding to a predetermined print margin; and in a case where the designated size is the predetermined size and the image is not a target of the margin removal processing, arranges the image using a second position as a reference point, the second position being an intersection between a first side of the output sheet in a conveyance direction and a second side of the output sheet orthogonal to the first side.

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