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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a color correction printing apparatus that can perform high quality printing by color development just as an image regardless of the color of the surface to be printed of the print object, and to provide a print control method.SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: acquiring a density value of each color constituting the image from the print data of the image to be printed on the surface to be printed of the print object by an image density value acquisition unit 53 (S2); acquiring a density value of the surface to be printed of the printing object by a printing object density value acquisition unit 54 (S4); correcting a density value of each color of the print data by a print data correction unit 55, based on the density value of the surface to be printed acquired by the printing object density value acquisition unit 54, and the density value of the image acquired by the image density value acquisition unit 53 (S8), and printing the image on the surface to be printed, based on the print data after the correction (S9).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spray device capable of easily carrying out color change.SOLUTION: The spray device comprises a piezoelectric element 2 and a metallic horn 1. In the device, an ink ribbon 4 is movably arranged in the tip of the metallic horn as an ink supply means. The ink ribbon is constituted so as to individually hold each of inks with a plurality of colors. Then, the piezoelectric element generates ultrasonic vibration, and the ink of the ink ribbon is flied and recorded on a recording paper 5, as an object to be deposited with the ink, by the ultrasonic wave generated from the tip of the metallic horn.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus configured to change an ink flying direction by changing a focal position of an acoustic lens. SOLUTION: The acoustic inkjet type image forming apparatus includes the acoustic lens 13 and an electrode for driving it. The acoustic lens is formed of a fluid lens, and the electrode is divided into electrodes 26, 27 (18-1, 21-1; 18-2, 21-2). With this configuration, an ink flying angle is changed by changing the focal position on which ultrasonic waves converge with the acoustic lens. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nail printer and a print control method, preventing a situation that printing is erroneously performed to an improper position when a finger moves during printing to cause a shift of the finger or separation of the finger from a finger placing base.SOLUTION: This nail printer associates coordinate values of an outline of a fingernail image I1 obtained by photographing a print finger U1 by a photographing part 30 and coordinate values of a nail area Ta included in the fingernail image I1 and store them in a storage part 51, thereafter detects an outline L1 of the print finger U1 placed on finger placing means by finger position detection means 70, stores coordinate values of the detected outline L1 of the print finger U1 in the storage part 51, compares the coordinate values of the outline L1 of the print finger U1 and the coordinate values of the outline of the fingernail image I1 stored in the storage part 51 when performing the printing onto the nail area Ta by a printing part 40 according to printing data based on the coordinate values of the nail area Ta, and stops the printing onto the nail area Ta by the printing part 40 when two sides are deviated by a prescribed value or above.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change liquid drop size in an ink flying time by adopting configuration in which the focal position of an acoustic lens is variable. SOLUTION: The acoustic ink-jet type image forming apparatus is structured to separate ultrasonic generating sections (15, 16, 17, etc.) from liquid drop flying sections (10, 11, 12, etc.). Ultrasonic propagation members (13A, 13B, etc.) are arranged between the ultrasonic generating sections and the liquid drop flying sections, and a function of an acoustic lens 13 for ultrasonic focusing is arranged in each ultrasonic propagation member. A Dynamorph lens or the like which is a variable focus lens is used as the acoustic lens. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an image forming apparatus which eliminates replacement of a head unit even when clogging or the like occurs in nozzles, simplifies the structure of an ink cartridge, further achieves simplification of the apparatus even in colorization, and enables cost reduction. SOLUTION: In a sound inkjet printer, an ink unit 5b and a piezoelectric unit 5a are separated from each other, and printing is carried out when the ink unit moves over the piezoelectric unit. A plurality of the ink cartridges are arranged on a recording head 5. At this time, only necessary ink cartridges are arranged on the recording head. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus adopting a mist development system, preventing leakage of mist or scattering of mist in a development space. SOLUTION: In applying mist suction voltage to a counter electrode 1 and sucking and capturing ink mist 5 in the development space 9 in stopping development to prevent leakage of mist, a mist carrying fan is provided, and further an ink carrying means and a mist collecting device 4 are stopped with a time lag. Alternatively, electrodes are provided in an opening of the development space, and a shutter effect is produced by an electric field generated between the electrodes, thereby preventing scattering of mist. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrophotographic type image forming apparatus for improving printing quality by misting ink in a prescribed condition, for preventing the scale of an apparatus from being increased and for reducing cost. SOLUTION: In the image forming apparatus using an ultrasonic misting method for a mist development method for misting water-based ink by using an ultrasonic vibrator and developing a latent image, the viscosity of the water-based ink is set to 2.5 mPa s, or more preferably to 2.0 mPa s, and the surface tension of the water-based ink is set to ≥40 mN/m. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an image forming apparatus which has advantages such as no need of alignment between a nozzle and an oscillator, also no need of formation of a complicate ink flow channel, and moreover no limitation in layout of a recording head. SOLUTION: In the sound inkjet printer, an ink supplying medium 12 formed of a non-woven fabric is used for supplying the ink from an ink tank 6 to a recording head 5. Moreover, a cover 14 for preventing the ink from drying is arranged on the ink supplying medium. Alternatively, an ink supplying medium with a winding device 15 arranged therein is used. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent adhesion of mist to a corona charging device, to prevent contamination of the corona charging device, and to clean a counter electrode of the corona charging device. SOLUTION: In an image forming apparatus for use in a mist development system adapted to make water based ink mist to thereby develop a latent image, air is fed to the corona charging device 3 for mist charging by a blowing mechanism 9, thereby preventing the corona charging device from being contaminated. The counter electrode 4 of the corona charging device is formed in a rotatable shape, and disposed to clean the counter electrode surface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT