MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.

A printing device 100 equipped with: a head 30 that ejects an ink which cures by being irradiated with light, toward a mounting face 11 a on which a medium M is mounted; a light irradiation device 50 that is arranged side by side with the head 30 and irradiates the mounting face 11 a with the light which cures the ink from a light-emission area 51 b disposed on an irradiation face 51 a facing the mounting face 11 a; and electrostatic flocking parts 45 and 55 arranged in at least a part of a facing portion facing the mounting face 11 a between the light-emission area 51 b and the head 30; the printing device 100 inhibits generation of a stray light which irradiates the head, with electrostatic flocking parts 45 and 55.

To appropriately realize a configuration suitable for a shaping device that shapes a colored shaped object. A shaping device that shapes a shaped object in which at least a part is colored, includes a plurality of head units and a carriage. Each head unit includes a plurality of nozzle rows each of which ejects ink supplied from an ink container through supply paths of ink different from each other. The carriage holds, as the plurality of head units, a head unit that is a first head unit head including a plurality of nozzle rows each of which ejects colored ink of different colors, and a head unit that is a second head unit including a plurality of nozzle rows each of which ejects ink different from the colored ink ejected by the head unit.

A method for manufacturing a sintered product from a three-dimensional object includes: A preparation step S 11 , a multilayer made of an ink containing inorganic particles and an organic material is formed to prepare a three-dimensional object. A degreasing step S 12 includes: a first degreasing step of heating the three-dimensional object under an inert gas atmosphere at a first average degreasing temperature (T 1 ) for a first heating time to degrease the organic material; and a second degreasing step of heating the three-dimensional object degreased in the first degreasing step, under an inert gas atmosphere at a second average degreasing temperature (T 2 ) higher than T 1 for a second heating time to degrease the organic material. A sintering step S 13 , the three-dimensional object degreased in the second degreasing step is sintered at an average sintering temperature higher than T 2 to obtain a sintered product.

Provided is an inkjet printer capable of suppressing variations in landing positions of inks ejected from a plurality of inkjet heads mounted on a carriage for each inkjet head. In this inkjet printer, a plurality of inkjet heads 3 are mounted on a carriage. This inkjet printer includes at least one of a first inclination adjustment mechanism ( 13 ) for adjusting the inclination of each of the inkjet heads ( 3 ) with respect to the carriage in a pivoting direction having a sub scanning direction as an axial direction of pivoting, and a second inclination adjustment mechanism ( 14 ) for adjusting the inclination of each of the inkjet heads ( 3 ) with respect to the carriage in a pivoting direction having a main scanning direction as an axial direction of pivoting.

To cure a layer of curable material for building more uniformly and appropriately at the time of building an object. A building method that builds an object using a curable material that is cured by being irradiated with an ultraviolet ray, the building method including: providing an ejection head, configured to eject the curable material; providing a UV light source, configured to emit the ultraviolet ray to the curable material ejected from the ejection head; and providing a light source driver, configured to supply an electric power for driving the UV light source, wherein the UV light source is an ultraviolet LED, and the light source driver supplies the electric power that varies in a pulse-like form to the UV light source, so as to drive the UV light source using a pulse driving scheme.

An inkjet printer that includes an inkjet head in which a plurality of ink flow paths are formed is provided. In this inkjet printer, a plurality of nozzles from which ink is ejected and a plurality of ink flow paths to which the plurality of nozzles are connected are formed in an inkjet head. The inkjet head includes a plurality of ejection energy generation elements that make the plurality of respective nozzles eject ink. Based on an ink flow rate which is a flow rate of ink flowing into each of the plurality of ink flow paths and internal temperature or external temperature of the inkjet head, a controller of the inkjet printer estimates the ink temperature in each of the plurality of ink flow paths, and controls drive voltage applied to the plurality of ejection energy generation elements based on the result of the estimation.

A method for manufacturing a sintered product from a three-dimensional object includes: A preparation step S11, a multilayer made of an ink containing inorganic particles and an organic material is formed to prepare a three-dimensional object. A degreasing step S12 includes: a first degreasing step of heating the three-dimensional object under an inert gas atmosphere at a first average degreasing temperature (T1) for a first heating time to degrease the organic material; and a second degreasing step of heating the three-dimensional object degreased in the first degreasing step, under an inert gas atmosphere at a second average degreasing temperature (T2) higher than T1 for a second heating time to degrease the organic material. A sintering step S13, the three-dimensional object degreased in the second degreasing step is sintered at an average sintering temperature higher than T2 to obtain a sintered product.

A tube pump that sends a fluid includes a tube, a roller, and a roller holder. In the roller holder, a guide groove is formed that receives a shaft of the roller and defines a range in which the roller is movable with respect to the roller holder. The roller holder has an inner side surface and an outer side surface as surfaces defining the guide groove in the roller holder. The inner side surface has a protrusion protruding toward the outer side surface.

Provided are an image processing device and an image processing method capable of printing an image on a recording medium without overlapping image regions subjected to different processes. An information processing device is a device for performing printing based on image data on a recording medium using a printing device. In order to print an image of image data by a plurality of different processes, the information processing device divides the image data into a plurality of image regions for each of the different processes, assigns the image regions to a plurality of job layers for each of the different processes, and generates print data by combining the plurality of job layers. The information processing device can assign an image region to a job layer so as not to overlap with an image region of another job layer.

An image processing device and an image processing method are provided. The image processing device includes: a generation unit that generates foil transfer data representing an ejection region of the adhesive ink in a predetermined color with respect to image data indicating an image to be printed on the recording medium; and a composition unit that composes the foil transfer data and the image data to generate composite image data, in which when printing is performed on the recording medium, the adhesive ink is ejected to the region of the predetermined color in the composite image data. The image processing method includes: a first step of generating the foil transfer data; a second step of generating the composite image data; and a third step of ejecting the adhesive ink to a region of a predetermined color in the composite image data and transferring the foil to the recording medium.