The present invention relates to a sheet conveying apparatus and method using a conveyance belt formed with a plurality of electrodes for attracting a sheet with electrostatic force. The electrodes are applied with a voltage changed along with the lapse of time for generating an attraction force, and the integral value of voltage applied to one electrode has a polarity different from that of the integral value of voltage applied to another adjacent electrode.

The invention relates to a unit for the continuous production of printed textile strips, in particular, printed label strips, comprising a supply station (2) for a textile web (4), a printing station (8) for printing the textile web and a fixing station (20) for the print. According to the invention, the capacity may be improved whereby the unit is embodied such that said unit can process a textile web (4), the width (B1) of which corresponds to a multiple of the width (B2) of the printed textil...

An ink drying system for high speed printing. A plurality of plenums are in fluid communication with a source of pressurized gas, mediated by respective fast acting valves. In a first embodiment of the invention, each plenum contains a plurality of small orifices grouped to define a localized drying area. The localized drying areas of the plenums form a substantially continuous drying region that, preferably, spans the entire lateral extent of the largest printed image. In a second embodiment of...

In an apparatus producing a high-quality and high-resolution image having high water and light resistances with an orifice having a diameter less than .phi.25 .mu.m (less than 500 .mu.m.sup.2 in terms of cross-sectional area of the orifice) by use of a fine particle dispersion recording composition, nozzle clogging can be prevented. A recording is accomplished by a liquid jet recording apparatus for ejecting a recording composition including dispersed fine particles from a small orifice toward a...

Representative embodiments provide for a controller for use with a capacitive mat, the controller configured to selectively electrically energize a first node of the capacitive mat in response to an input. The controller is further configured to wait for a first predetermined period of time, and to electrically energize a second node of the capacitive mat after the first predetermined period time. A method of the present invention provides for controlling a capacitive mat, the method including r...

A recording ink, includes: a coloring agent; a surfactant; a penetrant; and a defoaming agent. The recording ink includes 3.0.times.10.sup.7 (quantity/5 .mu.l) or less coarse particles each having a particle diameter of 0.5 .mu.m or more, and an amount of a particle having a particle diameter of from 1 .mu.m to under 5 .mu.m in the coarse particles is 1% by number or less.

There is provided an image recording device which is compact, high in image recording efficiency, low in power consumption, and capable of recording a good image even on a recording medium made of a heat shrinkable material. In an image recording device 1 which records an image on a recording medium 4 by irradiating it with ultraviolet rays by an ultraviolet-ray irradiation device 20 to cure an ink, an ultraviolet light source comprises a light emitting diode which generates ultraviolet rays hav...

A water base ink for ink-jet recording is provided, which makes it possible to perform the discharge operation stably and highly accurately for a long period of time without deteriorating a metal, for example, due to corrosion and/or dissolution even when the ink makes contact with the metal composed of nickel or an alloy containing nickel for a long period of time. The water base ink for ink-jet recording is usable for an ink-jet recording apparatus provided with an ink-jet head having a metal ...

There is provided a recording method that can realize images which possess excellent fixation on recording media, excellent rubbing/scratch resistance and good quality. In the recording method, an ink composition including at least a colorant, resin emulsion particles, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water and a reaction solution containing a reactant capable of forming coagulate upon contact with the ink composition are deposited onto a recording medium to perform printing. This recording ...

An inkjet recording method of forming an image on an inkjet recording sheet that has, on a support, a colorant-receiving layer which contains at least one inorganic mordant, by using an inkjet recording ink set that comprises, as minimum constituent elements thereof, a yellow ink which contains at least one yellow dye, a magenta ink which contains at least one magenta dye and a cyan ink which contains at least one cyan dye, wherein an oxidation potential of the magenta dye and an oxidation poten...