A method of printing an halftone image by a liquid droplet generator (100), having at a first location in a manifold of the generator a liquid-sedimentation with highest density and having two inlets and; wherein the part is determined for displacing the liquid- sedimentation to a second location in the manifold by using a printmask (1000), having a width and height, which divides for a selected printing period the plurality of nozzles in minimum three sequential zones between the first inlet (516) and second inlet (517) comprising minimal for printing the determined part: a first zone (1001) at the first inlet (516) wherein the printmask (1000) determines that N1% of the part the nozzles in the first zone (1001) are used; and a second zone (1002) at the middle of the first inlet (516) and second inlet (517) wherein the printmask (1000) determines that N2% of the part the nozzles in the second zone (1002) are used; and a third zone (1003) at the second inlet (517) wherein the printmask (1000) determines that N3% of the part the nozzles in the third zone (1003) are used; whereby 100 >= N1 > N2 > N3 >= 0
Aqueous ink for textile printing comprising a disperse dye, a dispersant and lignin. A manufacturing method of this ink is provided. An inkjet recording method on textile fabric using the aqueous ink comprising a disperse dye, a dispersant and lignin is also provided.
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Aqueous ink for textile printing comprising a disperse dye, a first dispersant selected from the group consisting of an alkali salt of aromatic sulfonic acid, an alkali salt of aromatic sulfonic acid-formalin condensate, an alkali salt of β-naphthalenesulfonic acid, and an alkali salt of β-naphthalenesulfonic acid-formalin condensate and a second dispersant, the second dispersant is a copolymer of an acrylate and an alkylene oxide.
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A method of decorating a hide comprising the following steps: selecting a digital layout (501) comprising a digital contour (110) of the hide; a first printing element (551) and a second printing element (552); applying the hide on a support (300) of an inkjet printer; adapting the digital layout (501) to match the digital contour (110) with the applied hide; decorating the applied hide by printing the adapted layout with the inkjet printer; and wherein the step of adapting comprises rotating (600) the first and second printing element (551, 552) by the same angle.
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An inkjet printing method comprising the steps of: a) jetting of a varnish on a substrate; and b) UV curing the varnish with UV LED sources having a spectral emission in the range of 360 - 420 nm after a curing delay of at least 2 seconds; wherein the static surface tension of the varnish is 28 mN/m or more; wherein the varnish contains more than 12 wt% of acylphosphineoxide photoinitiator based on the total weight of the varnish; and wherein the curing delay is the period between a varnish droplet landed on the substrate and the start of UV curing.
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Method of manufacturing a decorated leather article from one or more hides comprising the following steps: - selecting a hide for decorating and for cutting flat leather parts; - selecting a digital flat leather part that corresponds to a flat leather part of the leather article; - applying the hide on a first support and determining a digital contour of the applied hide; - appending mechanically a first alignment means to the hide; - determining for the selected digital flat leather part a first position within the digital contour; - applying on a second support, having a second alignment means, the hide for printing; - inkjet printing an image on a location that corresponds to the first position; and wherein the first alignment means is aligned with the second alignment means before printing.
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Rendering a color separation wherein diluted digital images are obtained wherefrom consecutive strips are generated having an overlap and wherein the non-overlap zones and overlap zones are halftoned to obtain non-aligned halftone rasters which are then transferred to a print controller of a digital printer for printing the color separation.
A free radical curable inkjet ink containing a colour pigment and a polymerizable composition, wherein the colour pigment is a mixture of colour pigments including at least one colour pigment selected from a quinacridone pigment, a diketopyrrolo pyrrole pigment, and a mixed crystal thereof; wherein the average particle diameter of the colour pigment is between 80 nm and 240 nm as determined by a dynamic light scattering technique using a laser diode having an emission wavelength of 635 nm; wherein the polymerizable composition contains 95.0 to 99.5 wt% of monofunctional polymerizable compounds; wherein the polymerizable composition has a double bond density DBD of at least 5.40. An inkjet printing method with the free radical curable inkjet ink is also disclosed.
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A liquid for inkjet printing comprising resin particles, the resin particles are obtainable by reaction between a polyamine crosslinker comprising at least two primary or secondary amines and a quaternary ammonium group and a compound comprising two functional groups capable of reacting with the primary or secondary amines of the crosslinker. The liquids for inkjet printing can be pre-treatment compositions, aqueous inkjet inks and overcoat varnishes.
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Liquids for inkjet printing such as pre-treatment compositions, aqueous inkjet inks and overcoat varnishes comprising a surfactant according to Formula (I), (II) or (III) and a resin particle comprising a crosslinked polymeric shell, the polymeric shell comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(urea), poly(urethanes), poly(amides), poly(amines), poly(imines), poly(esters), poly(carbonates), poly(sulfonamides) or combinations thereof.
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PRINTING METHOD ON CARDBOARD IN AN INKJET PRINTING DEVICE
An inkjet printing method on a rectangular cardboard having a width between a first side and a second side, parallel to each other, comprising:- applying a first strap (400) and a second strap (400), parallel to each other and with a space between each other, on a vacuum belt (500) which has a rough support area having a surface roughness (Ra) from 8.0 µm to 3500.0 µm- applying the cardboard (300) on the vacuum belt (500) wherein said cardboard (300) overlaps partially the applied first strap (400) at the first side of said cardboard (300)and overlaps partially the applied second strap (400) at the second side of said cardboard (300) and wherein between said first side and second side the cardboard is in contact with the vacuum belt (500);- applying vacuum power at said rough support area for attaching said strap (400) and said cardboard (300);- transporting said attached straps (400) and attached cardboard (300) during inkjet printing an image on said attached cardboard (300).
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A free radical curable inkjet ink containing a colour pigment, a photoinitiator and polymerizable composition, wherein the polymerizable composition includes more than 88.0% of monofunctional polymerizable compounds based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition; wherein more than 13.0 wt% of a monofunctional polymerizable compound having a double bond density DBD of more than 7.00; wherein more than 35.0 wt% of a polyfunctional alkoxylated acrylate having a molecular weight MW of more than 310 based on the total weight of the polyfunctional polymerizable compounds; wherein non-aromatic cyclic monofunctional acrylates in an amount such that the ratio of the wt% of polyfunctional alkoxylated acrylate having a molecular weight MW of more than 310 to the wt% of non-aromatic cyclic monofunctional acrylates is larger than 0.35; and wherein the polymerizable composition has a double bond density DBD of no more than 5.55 mmol double bonds/g.
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A pre-treatment composition for inkjet printing, comprising water, a water-soluble multi-valent metallic salt, a wax, a non-ionic dispersant and a resin particle, the resin particle is stabilized by a non-ionic group or non-ionic or amphiphilic compound. A fluid set comprising the pre-treatment composition and an aqueous inkjet ink is suitable for printing liners for corrugated packaging, folding boards or a corrugated card boards.
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ENHANCING COLOR CONSISTENCY BETWEEN BATCHES OF PRINTED OBJECTS
A method for enhancing color consistency between batches of printed objects representing a same image by using a master output profile, having a master color gamut, with master color characterizing setting wherein said setting is also used for the batch output profile, having a batch color gamut. The image is converted between said master color gamut and the said batch color gamut.
An aqueous dispersion of a microcapsule, comprising a crosslinked polymeric shell surrounding a core, the core comprises a second polymer which is non-polymerizable. The dispersion is useful in aqueous pigment containing inkjet inks or pre-treatment liquids for inkjet printing on low-absorbing or non-absorbing substrates.
A UV LED free radical curable inkjet ink containing an organic colour pigment;an acylphosphine oxide photoinitiator; monofunctional polymerizable compounds including vinyl methyl oxazolidinone; and one or more polyfunctional polymerizable compounds; wherein: the double bond density DD is between 5.28 and 5.78 mmol double bonds/g; the content of monofunctional polymerizable compounds is between 84 and 98 wt% based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition; and the content of vinyl methyl oxazolidinone is at least 13.3 wt% based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition.
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A method for manufacturing decorative surfaces including the steps of inkjet printing an image on a first thermoplastic foil by jetting and curing one or more pigmented free radical curable inkjet inks on the first thermoplastic foil; applying and curing a free radical curable liquid as an adhesive layer on the inkjet printed image; and heat pressing the first thermoplastic foil with a second thermoplastic foil into a decorative laminate; wherein at least one of the first and second thermoplastic foils is a transparent thermoplastic foil; wherein the one or more pigmented free radical curable inkjet inks include a colour pigment and a polymerizable composition containing 10 to 90 wt% of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds; and wherein the free radical curable liquid includes a polymerizable composition contains 15 wt% or more of polyfunctional polymerizable compounds and 15 wt% or more of a specific monofunctional polymerizable compound.
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An ink set for manufacturing decorative laminates including pigmented free radical curable inkjet inks and a free radical curable liquid, wherein the pigmented free radical curable inkjet inks include a colour pigment and a polymerizable composition containing 10 to 90 wt% of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds; wherein the free radical curable liquid includes a polymerizable composition containing 15 wt% or more of polyfunctional polymerizable compounds and 15 wt% or more of a specific monofunctional polymerizable compound; and wherein all weight percentages wt% are based upon the total weight of the polymerizable composition in the pigmented free radical curable inkjet ink or the polymerizable composition in the free radical curable liquid.
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A first visual image of a region of interest is generated by means of an optical camera at the time when a first radiation image is recorded, a second visual image is generated by means of an optical camera of said same region of interest, first and second visual images are compared, and a second radiation image is recorded when said first and second visual images are substantially identical.
A fluid set for inkjet printing comprises an aqueous ink jet ink and a co-reactive fluid. The ink jet ink comprises a pigment and a polymeric dispersing agent having a functional group capable of reacting with a primary or secondary amine. The co-reactive fluid comprises a compound having at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of primary amines and secondary amines. The co-reactive fluid is preferably a primer, an inkjet ink or an over print varnish.
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A method of manufacturing decorated natural leather including the steps of: a) providing a jig layer (11) with a hole (12) corresponding to the external contour of a leather piece (14); b) attaching an adhesive back layer (13) to the jig layer (11) having the hole (12); c) positioning a leather piece (14) in the hole (12) wherein the corium side is attached to the adhesive back layer; and d) inkjet printing a decorative image on the leather piece (14) to deliver a decorated leather piece (15).
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A fluid set for inkjet printing comprising a fluid having a compound functionalized with at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of a primary amine and a secondary amine, and an aqueous inkjet ink comprising a colorant and a polymeric particle comprising an oligomer or polymer comprising at least three repeating units functionalized with a functional group selected from the group consisting of a 1,3-diketone, a 0-keto- aldehyde and a 1,3-dialdehyde, with the proviso that the active methylene is functionalized with at least one hydrogen. The fluid is preferably a pre-treatment liquid or over coat liquid.
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UV CURABLE INKJET INKS AND INKJET PRINTING METHODS
A UV curable inkjet ink for inkjet printing tarpaulins including an pigment, a free radical photoinitiator and a polymerizable composition containing more than 90.0 wt% of monofunctional polymerizable compounds based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition, wherein the monofunctional polymerizable compounds include more than 5.0 wt% of a N-vinyl oxazolidinone (V); more than 12.0 wt% of a heterocyclic acrylate (H) being a non-aromatic cyclic acrylate with all heteroatoms being oxygen; and more than 23.0 wt% of a mixture of an aromatic acrylate (A) and an alicyclic acrylate (L); wherein the wt% of the monofunctional polymerizable compounds is based on the total weight of the UV curable inkjet ink; and wherein a weight ratio R = (H + A) / (V+ L) is no more than 2.0. An inkjet printing method is also disclosed.
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An acyl phosphine oxide initiator including an acyl group selected from the group consisting of a benzoyl group substituted by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; a 2,6-dimethyl benzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; a 2,6-dimethoxy benzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; a 2,4,6-trimethyl benzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; and a 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group, wherein the urea group and the oxalylamide group include a tertiary amine group positioning a phosporus atom of the acylphosphine oxide initiator in a 1 to Z position, where position 1 is defined as that of the phosphorus atom and position Z is defined as the nitrogen atom of the tertiary amine group with Z representing an integer of at least 11; and that the acyl phosphine oxide initiator contains no more than two photoinitiating moieties having a phosphine oxide group.
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An aqueous inkjet ink containing a yellow pigment selected from the group consisting of C.I. Pigment Yellow 83, C.I. Pigment Yellow 97, C.I. Pigment Yellow 110, C.I. Pigment Yellow 120, C.I. Pigment Yellow 150, C.I. Pigment Yellow 151, C.I. Pigment Yellow 154, C.I. Pigment Yellow 155, C.I. Pigment Yellow 175, C.I. Pigment Yellow 180, C.I. Pigment Yellow 181, C.I. Pigment Yellow 194, C.I. Pigment Yellow 213, C.I. Pigment Yellow 214 and mixed crystals thereof; a non-ionic polymeric dispersant NID; and an anionic polymeric dispersant ID; wherein the weight ratio R of the anionic polymeric dispersant ID to the non-ionic polymeric dispersant NID is between 0.1 and 1.5.
A UV curable inkjet ink including a free radical polymerizable compound and an acyl phosphine oxide initiator wherein the acyl phosphine oxide initiator includes an acyl group selected from the group consisting of a benzoyl group substituted by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; a 2,6-dimethyl benzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; a 2,6-dimethoxy benzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; a 2,4,6-trimethyl benzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; and a 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group wherein the urea group and the oxalylamide group include a tertiary amine group positioning a phosporus atom of the acylphosphine oxide initiator in a 1 to Z position, where position 1 is defined as that of the phosphorus atom and position Z is defined as the nitrogen atom of the tertiary amine group with Z representing an integer of at least 11; and that the acyl phosphine oxide initiator contains no more than two photoinitiating moieties having a phosphine oxide group.
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Inkjet printing an image on an object; wherein said image comprises a first image element (120) with a first characteristic; and a second image element (130) with a second characteristic wherein said both characteristics define for each corresponding image element the importance to be marked on said object; and said importance of said first image element (120) is larger than of said second characteristic; the method comprises the following steps: a) determining a print area (200) on said object b) determining, according said first characteristic and said second characteristic, a position of said image on said print area (200) wherein the first image element (120) occurs more, than the second image element (130) within said print area (200); c) inkjet printing said image on said object according said determined position.
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Manufacturing decorative panels by using a web-fed inkjet printer. During the feeding of the to-be-printed substrate, the tension of the substrate is controlled by a dancer unit (720) which includes a dancer roll (200), having a connector (120) on both side ends of said roll, and wherein both connectors (120) are connected to a pair of parallel guiders (110) for floating said roll along a floating path (210); and wherein the step of controlling comprises the step of moving one guider (110) of said pair of guiders (110) parallel to said floating path (210) whereby the dancer roll (200) is tilted.
A free radical curable inkjet ink containing a) a colour pigment; b) polymerizable compounds having an acrylate group and c) an adhesion promotor having a molecular weight of not more than 5,000 g/mol in an amount of 1 to 15 wt% based on the total weight of the free radical curable inkjet ink; wherein the adhesion promotor is a compound having 1 or 2 phosphate groups and further having either at least 2 methacrylate groups or otherwise at least 2 thiol groups.
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VRVIS ZENTRUM FÜR VIRTUAL REALITY UND VISUALISIERUNG FORSCHUNGS-GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
Berg, Astrid
Vandersmissen, Eva
Buehler, Katja
Abstract
A method of augmenting the number of labeled images for training a neural network comprising the steps of - Starting from a dataset of labeled images with corresponding segmentation masks and a dataset of unlabeled images, gathering for a given image i in a data set of labeled images a number of images with similar metadata in said dataset of unlabeled images so as to form data sub-set Sim i, - Training a multiclass segmentation neural network on said labeled images thereby generating segmentation masks for the images in subset Sim i, - On the basis of these segmentation masks judging similarity between images of Sim i and image i and finding the most similar image(s) in Sim i by computing and comparing histograms of segmentation masks of image i and images in Sim i - Transferring the histogram of the most similar images in Sim i to given image i.
Method of decorating natural leather with an inkjet printer which comprises: - a first vacuum belt (150) for conveying an unwoven fabric (200) which is configured as a second vacuum belt, for conveying under an inkjet print head (505) a natural leather (300); and wherein the method comprises: - applying from an adhesive tape-roll an adhesive tape (1300) as a continuous sheet against the unwoven fabric wherein said adhesive tape (1300) has an adhesive side and opposite side and the opposite side is in contact with the unwoven fabric;- applying a natural leather (300) on the adhesive side of the adhesive tape (1300);- conveying the applied natural leather by moving the first vacuum belt (150) whereby the unwoven fabric (200) is moving by suction power through the first vacuum belt (150) and the applied adhesive tape (1300) is moving by said suction power through said unwoven fabric (200) under an inkjet print head (505);- marking the applied natural leather with jetted droplets of the inkjet print head (505) for decorating said natural leather while the adhesive tape (1300) is attached to the unwoven fabric (200).
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The present invention relates to a method to accurately assess the bone age of paediatric subjects, based on an automatic deep-learning approach to perform bone age assessment of hand X-Ray images. The approach consists of a convolutional neural network which performs ossification region detection on the hand X-ray image and bone age prediction of each detected region in one processing pipeline. The model may combine the gender metadata with the image information to support the prediction of the bone age of the patient.
The present invention relates to a method to improve a radiography workflow, wherein multiple images are ordered to be performed. The ordered images may be part of different series and are presented to an operator for execution by means of a displayed order list. The method intends to improve the radiography workflow by means of automatically determining which of the ordered images is to be executed by the technologist, immediately after the acquisition of any of said images is performed. A trained neural network detects which of the ordered images will be taken based on the analysis of a reference image that is acquired alongside the radiograph, and that is acquired from the same perspective as the X-ray beam itself.
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An aqueous polymeric particle dispersion, the particle comprises a polymer and a Si-O-containing moiety, the Si-O-containing moiety is part of a compound, the compound forming a solid mixture with the polymer. The resin particles can be incorporated in aqueous printing liquids such as aqueous inkjet inks.
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An aqueous polymeric particle dispersion, the particle comprises a polymer and a Si-O-containing moiety, the Si-O-containing moiety is linked to the polymer. The polymeric particle dispersion can be incorporated in aqueous printing liquids such as aqueous inkjet inks.
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A processing method for enhancing the image quality of an image, more particularly a digital medical grey scale image, that comprises the steps of a) decomposing an original image into multiple detail images at different resolution levels and/or orientations, b) processing the detail images to obtain processed detail images, c) computing a result image by applying a reconstruction algorithm to the processed detail images, said reconstruction algorithm being such that if it were applied to the detail images without processing, then said original image or a close approximation thereof would be obtained, the processing of the detail images comprises the steps of: d) calculating at least one conjugate detail image, and e) computing at least one value of the processed detail images as a function of said conjugate detail image and said detail images.
An inkjet printing method on a continuous substrate web (100), having a pair of edges (1011, 1021), comprising the steps: a) forming a pair of elongated strips (101, 102) by bending said substrate web (100) along a pair of lines (1010, 1020) wherein each line is parallel to the pair of edges (1011, 1021); and b) supporting said bent substrate web in a support zone (201) of a printer (200) wherein said pair of elongated strips (101, 102) are oriented towards said zone (201); and printing an image (500) on said supported substrate web by an inkjet-printhead (202) of said printer (200).
An inkjet printing method on a continuous substrate web (100), having a pair of edges (1011, 1021), comprising the steps: a) forming a pair of elongated strips (101, 102) by bending said substrate web (100) along a pair of lines (1010, 1020) wherein each line is parallel to the pair of edges (1011, 1021); and b) supporting said bent substrate web in a support zone (201) of a printer (200) wherein said pair of elongated strips (101, 102) are oriented below said zone (201); and printing an image (500) on said supported substrate web by an inkjet-printhead (202) of said printer (200).
An aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion, the polyurethane resin is obtainable by reacting an allophanate based isocyanate according to general formula I or II, optionally a polyether diol, a polyol containing a quaternary N-atom or tertiary amino group and a polyol selected from the group consisting of polyester polyol, polyether polyol, polycarbonate polyol, a polyacrylate polyol, a polyolefin and a polyamide polyol. The polyurethane resin is suitable as a resin in treatment liquids of substrates and images made by inkjet printing.
C08G 18/12 - Prepolymer processes involving reaction of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen in a first reaction step using two or more compounds having active hydrogen in the first polymerisation step
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
D06N 3/14 - Artificial leather, oilcloth, or like material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof with macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds with polyurethanes
C08G 18/24 - Catalysts containing metal compounds of tin
C08G 18/42 - Polycondensates having carboxylic or carbonic ester groups in the main chain
An ink set for inkjet printing comprising an aqueous liquid containing an organic resin particle comprising a first resin having at least one repeating unit functionalized with a primary amine and an aqueous inkjet ink containing a colorant and a second resin capable of reacting with the primary amine functional group of the first resin.
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
An amino functionalized siloxane resin particle obtainable by polycondensation of a cationic alkoxysilane surfactant according to general formula I (I) and an amino functionalized alkoxysilane according to general formula (II). The amino functionalized siloxane resin particle can be incorporated in jettable liquids for inkjet printing.
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
C08L 83/08 - Polysiloxanes containing silicon bound to organic groups containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
C09D 11/40 - Ink-sets specially adapted for multi-colour inkjet printing
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
B01J 13/00 - Colloid chemistry, e.g. the production of colloidal materials or their solutions, not otherwise provided for; Making microcapsules or microballoons
C08G 77/26 - Polysiloxanes containing silicon bound to organic groups containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen nitrogen-containing groups
C09D 183/08 - Polysiloxanes containing silicon bound to organic groups containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
An aqueous inkjet ink comprises a compound functionalized with at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of a primary amine and a secondary amine, a colorant and a polymeric particle comprising an oligomer or polymer having at least 3 repeating units comprising a functional group according to general formula I, II or III general formula I general formula II general formula III
C09D 11/10 - Printing inks based on artificial resins
B01J 13/00 - Colloid chemistry, e.g. the production of colloidal materials or their solutions, not otherwise provided for; Making microcapsules or microballoons
C08G 18/00 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates
C08L 33/00 - Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and only one being terminated by only one carboxyl radical, or of salts, anhydrides, esters,; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
C09J 149/00 - Adhesives based on homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more carbon-to-carbon triple bonds; Adhesives based on derivatives of such polymers
A cationic polymer nanoparticle, functionalized with primary amines, characterized in that said nanoparticle comprises a resin having at least a) a repeating unit selected from the group consisting of an allyl amine and a vinyl amine, b) an oxalyl amide crosslinking unit and c) a repeating unit according to general formula (I) and/or general formula (II); the particle can be dispersed in an aqueous vehicle to be used in inkjet printing.
A fluid set for inkjet printing comprising a fluid comprising a compound functionalized with at least two functional groups being of a primary amine or a secondary amine, and an aqueous inkjet ink comprising a colorant and a polymeric particle comprising an oligomer or polymer having at least 3 repeating units comprising a functional group according to general formula I, II or III. The fluid is preferably a pre-treatment liquid or over coat liquid.
C08G 18/00 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates
C08L 33/00 - Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and only one being terminated by only one carboxyl radical, or of salts, anhydrides, esters,; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
C09D 11/40 - Ink-sets specially adapted for multi-colour inkjet printing
An aqueous resin particle dispersion, the resin comprises a repeating unit according to general formula (I). The resin particles can be incorporated in aqueous printing liquids such as aqueous inkjet inks.
C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
A UV curable pigmented inkjet ink set comprising: one or more achromatic colour inkjet inks including a black inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment; and five chromatic colour inkjet inks including: a first inkjet ink WR having a hue angle H* between 10° and 40° and a chroma C* between 30 and 80; a second inkjet ink WY having a hue angle H* between 65° and 85° and a chroma C* between 30 and 80; a third inkjet ink Y having a hue angle H* between 85° and 105° and a chroma C* larger than 80; a fourth inkjet ink C having a hue angle H* between 180° and 240° and a chroma C* between 30 and 80; and a fifth inkjet ink M having a hue angle H* between 300° and 360° and a chroma C* between 30 and 80; wherein the hue angle H* and the chroma C* were calculated from CIE L* a* b* coordinates determined on a polyethylene coated white paper for a 2º observer under a D50 light source; wherein the chromatic colour inkjet inks having a hue angle H* between 180° and 360° have a ratio T/P of thioxanthone compound to pigment complying with the relationship: 0.0 ≤ T/P ≤ 0.2, wherein T represents the wt% of thioxanthone compound and P represents the wt% of pigment, both wt% based on the total weight of the inkjet ink.
C09D 11/40 - Ink-sets specially adapted for multi-colour inkjet printing
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
A lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed including a support and a coating comprising (i) a photopolymerisable layer including a polymerisable compound and a photoinitiator, and a toplayer provided above the photopolymerisable layer; characterized in that the toplayer includes a non-polymeric polyfunctional compound in an amount between 2 mg/m² and 80 mg/m² which comprises at least two carboxyl and/or carboxylate groups.
A grayscale inkjet printing method including the steps of: a) supplying a pigmented inkjet ink to a grayscale print head having nozzles with an outer nozzle surface area smaller than 500 μm2and having an acoustic resonance period ARP of not more than 5.5 μs; and b) applying a voltage wave form for ejecting pigmented inkjet ink from a nozzle of the grayscale print head within one jetting cycle; wherein the pigmented inkjet ink has a viscosity of at least 3.8 mPa.s at jetting temperature and a shear rate of 1,000 s-1; wherein the voltage wave form for ejecting the largest ink droplet includes, in chronological order, a first ejecting pulse having an amplitude A1 and a second ejecting pulse having an amplitude A3 with the amplitude A1 complying with the relationship: 0.50 x A3 < A1 < 1.40 x A3; and wherein a time period between the end time of the first ejecting pulse and the end time of the second ejecting pulse defines an idle time period including no other ejecting pulse, the time period having a duration between 1.5 to 2.5 times the acoustic resonance period ARP; and wherein any non-ejecting pulse having an amplitude A2 present during the idle time period complies with the relationship: A2 ≤ 0.15 x A3. An inkjet printing system is also disclosed.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
B41M 1/26 - Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper
B41M 5/50 - Recording sheets characterised by the coating used to improve ink, dye or pigment receptivity, e.g. for ink-jet or thermal dye transfer recording
B44C 1/00 - Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing decorative surface effects
B44C 5/04 - Ornamental plaques, e.g. decorative panels, decorative veneers
A method of preparing a packaging box (50) wherein late stage customization (20) is provided on the inside of the packaging box. Late stage customization is provided on a folded packaging box. Late stage customization is provided by an imaging technique selected from laser marking, laser engraving, thermal printing and inkjet printing. The packaging box includes an image-receiving layer adapted to the imaging- technique.
B65B 5/02 - Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
B41J 3/28 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes
B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
B65B 61/26 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for marking or coding completed packages
A lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed including a support and a coating comprising (i) a photopolymerisable layer including a polymerisable compound and a photoinitiator, and a toplayer provided above the photopolymerisable layer; characterized in that the toplayer includes a halogenated polymer and a nitrite and/or nitrate salt.
This invention is related to a supervision system that monitors automated movements performed by components of an medical imaging modality, in order to ensure that the moving components behave as expected, while identifying at the same time potential conflicts with (alien) objects or persons in the medical scene. The invention is based on the analysis of differences between measured distance data obtained by a detector that is mounted on the medical imaging modality, and a calculated virtual model of the geometric state of the modality components in the medical scene.
An inkjet printer (500) for printing on cloth (300) comprising a first vacuum belt (150) for conveying an unwoven fabric (200) which is, configured as a second vacuum belt, for conveying under an inkjet print head (505) a cloth (300); and a device for applying pressure to said cloth (300) on said second vacuum belt; wherein said device comprises a portion for traversing said cloth (300) with a rub by a relative movement between said pressure device and said second vacuum belt, carrying said cloth (300).
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
An aqueous dispersion of capsules, comprise a polymeric shell surrounding a core, the core comprises an oligomer or polymer having at least 3 repeating units comprising a functional group according to general formula (I), (II) or (III) The dispersion of the capsules can be incorporated in an aqueous pigmented inkjet ink.
C08G 18/00 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates
C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
C09D 11/38 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
C09D 11/40 - Ink-sets specially adapted for multi-colour inkjet printing
A laser markable article comprising a first and a second laser markable layer, both layers comprising a leuco dye, a developing agent, an optothermal converting agent and a polymeric binder, characterized in that at least the first laser markable layer is crosslinked.
A laser markable article comprising a first and a second laser markable layer, both layers comprising a leuco dye, a developing agent and an optothermal converting agent, characterized in that at least the first laser markable layer further includes a polymeric binder that is substantially not re-dispersible in an aqueous solution.
This invention is related to a rolling element assembly that can be integrated into a telescopic arm segment assembly, comprising a pair of auto-adjusting rolling elements, that assume their optimal mounting position between two concentric telescopic arm segments, as they are spring-loaded by the presence of a connecting spring element. The final adjustment and fixation of the rolling elements (comprising each a pair of rollers) can then be subsequently be performed with high precision.
A radiation curable inkjet ink set comprising a cyan inkjet ink containing a beta-copper phthalocyanine pigment and a polymerizable composition; a magenta inkjet ink containing a magenta or red pigment and a polymerizable composition; a yellow inkjet ink containing a yellow pigment and a polymerizable composition; and a black inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment and a polymerizable composition; wherein the polymerizable compositions of the cyan, magenta, yellow and black inkjet inks include on average: a) 20.0 to 40.0 wt% of phenoxyethyl acrylate; b) 23.0 to 32.0 wt% of isobornyl acrylate; c) 1.0 to 14.4 wt% of monomer selected from the group consisting of 4-acryloylmorpholine and a monomer according to Formula (I), wherein X represents C or O, n represents 1, 2 or 3 and m represents 0 or 1; and d) up to 14.0 wt% of a multifunctional monomer or oligomer; wherein all weight percentages (wt%) are based upon the total weight of the inkjet ink; and wherein 0, 1 or 2 of the cyan, magenta, yellow and black inkjet inks deviate in a range a) to d) and this deviation is no more than 1.0 wt%.
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
A multi-scale image processing algorithm for enhancing contrast in an electronic representation of an image represented by a) decomposing said digital image into a set of detail images at multiple resolution levels and a residual image at a resolution level lower than said multiple resolution levels, b) processing at least one pixel of said detail images, c) computing a processed image by applying a reconstruction algorithm to the residual image and the processed detail images, said reconstruction algorithm being such that if it were applied to the residual image and the detail images without processing, then said digital image or a close approximation thereof would be obtained. The processing comprises the steps of: d) calculating for said pixel, at least one statistical measure for two or more translation difference image pixel values within a neighbourhood of said pixel; and e) modifying the value of said pixel of said detail images as a function of said statistical measure and said value of said pixel of said detail images.
A lithographic printing plate precursor including a support and a coating comprising a polymerisable compound, optionally a sensitizer, a photoinitiator and discrete particles is disclosed wherein the discrete particles comprise a crosslinked hydrophobic polymer backbone and a plurality of hydrophobic pendant grafts.
B41C 1/10 - Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme
G03F 7/027 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds
C08L 51/00 - Compositions of graft polymers in which the grafted component is obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
G03F 7/033 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds with binders the binders being polymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. vinyl polymers
G03F 7/09 - Photosensitive materials - characterised by structural details, e.g. supports, auxiliary layers
A radiation curable laser markable composition comprising a polymerizable compound, a leuco dye, a developing agent, and optional optothermal converting agent, characterized in that the leuco dye is included in the composition as a dispersion.
B41M 5/323 - Organic colour formers, e.g. leuco dyes
C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
A radiation curable laser markable composition comprising a polymerizable compound, a colour forming agent and an optothermal converting agent, characterized in that the composition further includes at least 1 wt%, relative to the total weight of the composition, of an inorganic filler.
B41M 5/46 - Thermography combined with layers or compositions suitable for other methods of image registration; Special originals for reproduction by thermography characterised by the heat or radiation filtering or absorbing means or layers
B41M 5/333 - Colour developing components therefor, e.g. acidic compounds
A laser markable article (1) comprising a laser markable layer including a colour forming agent (20) and a layer adjacent to the laser markable layer including an optothermal converting agent (30).
B41M 5/323 - Organic colour formers, e.g. leuco dyes
B41M 5/46 - Thermography combined with layers or compositions suitable for other methods of image registration; Special originals for reproduction by thermography characterised by the heat or radiation filtering or absorbing means or layers
B41M 5/333 - Colour developing components therefor, e.g. acidic compounds
This invention is related to a multi-scale image processing algorithm for enhancing contrast to noise ratio in an electronic representation of an image represented by a) decomposing said digital image into a set of detail images at multiple resolution levels and a residual image at a resolution level lower than said multiple resolution levels, b) processing said detail images, c) computing a processed image by applying a reconstruction algorithm to the residual image and the processed detail images, said reconstruction algorithm being such that if it were applied to the residual image and the detail images without processing, then said digital image or a close approximation thereof would be obtained. The processing comprises the steps of: d) calculating a local variance value for at least one detail image pixel within a neighbourhood of said detail image pixel; e) enhancing or suppressing at least one detail image pixel as a function of said local variance value and said detail image pixel value.
A manufacturing method of printed corrugated cardboard comprising the steps of: a) providing a paper liner board (23) with an ink receiving layer; and b) inkjet printing an image with one or more pigmented aqueous inkjet inks on the ink receiving layer using piezoelectric through-flow print heads (25) having nozzles with an outer nozzle surface NS smaller than 500 µm2; wherein the one or more pigmented aqueous inkjet inks contain water in an amount of A wt% defined by: wherein the wt% is based on the total weight of the aqueous inkjet ink; wherein sqrt(NS) represents the square root of the outer nozzle surface area NS; and wherein A wt% ≥ 40 wt%.
A method for processing a heat-sensitive positive-working lithographic printing plate material is disclosed which comprises at least two layers: - a first layer comprising an oleophilic resin and/or a vinyl acetal (co)polymer; - a second layer comprising a (co)polymer which is located between the support and the first layer; comprising the steps of: - treating the plate material with an alkaline development solution, - treating the plate material with a first gum solution and consecutively with a second gum solution which are configured as a cascade whereby the second gum solution overflows into the first gum solution; and which gum solutions include a buffer; characterized in that the pH of the first gum solution reaches a steady state value above the pKa value of the (co)polymer present in the second layer.
An aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion, the polyurethane resin having a polyalkylene oxide in a side chain thereof and is obtainable by reacting in an organic solvent, a polyisocyanate with a 1,2 or 1,3 polyether diol and with a polymeric diol selected from the group consisting of polyester diol, polyether diol, polycarbonate diol, polyacrylate diol and polyolefin diol and by adding a cationic surfactant or cationic surfactant precursor to the organic solvent.
C08G 18/12 - Prepolymer processes involving reaction of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen in a first reaction step using two or more compounds having active hydrogen in the first polymerisation step
C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
C09D 11/326 - Pigment inks characterised by the pigment dispersant
C09D 11/38 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes
C09D 11/40 - Ink-sets specially adapted for multi-colour inkjet printing
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
An aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion, the polyurethane resin having a cationic group and a polyalkylene oxide in a side chain thereof and is obtainable by reacting a polyisocyanate with a polyether diol and with a polymeric diol such as a polyester diol, polyether diol, polycarbonate diol, polyacrylate diol or polyolefin diol and with a cationic polyol selected from the group consisting of an quaternary ammonium, a quaternary phosphonium, a tertiary sulfonium and a iodonium wherein the cationic polyol comprises at least two hydroxyl groups and has a total number of carbon atoms making up the carbon chains between the cationic charged atom and a hetero atom or end of the carbon chain of the cation over charge ratio of at least 12. The aqueous dispersion can be used in treatment liquids for inkjet printing and in inkjet inks.
C08G 18/12 - Prepolymer processes involving reaction of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen in a first reaction step using two or more compounds having active hydrogen in the first polymerisation step
C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
C09D 11/326 - Pigment inks characterised by the pigment dispersant
C09D 11/38 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes
C09D 11/40 - Ink-sets specially adapted for multi-colour inkjet printing
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
An aqueous dispersion of a capsule composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core, the core containing an amine blocked isocyanate, the amine blocked isocyanate comprises at least two isocyanate groups blocked by a blocking group, the blocking groups are independently from each other represented by a secondary amine. The aqueous dispersion is suitable as reactive binder chemistry in coatings and inks.
C09D 11/40 - Ink-sets specially adapted for multi-colour inkjet printing
C08G 18/28 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen characterised by the compounds used containing active hydrogen
A method for decorating an unassembled packaging box (300) comprising the following steps: a) holding by vacuum suction the unassembled packaging box with its side to an air-permeable support (200) onto a vacuum support of an inkjet printer (100); and b) inkjet printing an image on the unassembled packaging box wherein the air-permeable support 200) is partly covered by said unassembled packaging box wherein the air-permeable support (200) comprises a fibrous layer in contact with the side of the unassembled packaging box (300) and wherein the fibrous layer is an unwoven fabric.
A method of digital halftoning a continuous tone image into a halftone raster image having halftone cells wherein each halftone cell has a shape; wherein the method comprises the step generating a halftone dot in said halftone cell with a threshold array for determining non-image pixels and image pixels in said halftone cell and wherein said non-image pixels represent a first closed contour and image pixels represent a second closed contour; and wherein said first closed contour and/or second closed contour has a morphologic image processed shape from the shape of said halftone cell and wherein the halftone cells are arranged according to a periodic tessellation using a tile wherein each halftone cell has one or more edges which is not straight.
H04N 1/405 - Halftoning, i.e. converting the picture signal of a continuous-tone original into a corresponding signal showing only two levels
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING POSITIONAL INFORMATION OF MOVING IMAGE MODALITY COMPONENTS AT THE EXACT ACQUISITION MOMENTS OF A TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURE SEQUENCE.
The present invention relates generally to a method and a system that allows to accurately calculate positional information of moving image modality components for a sequence of tomographic exposures. The method allows to accurately determine the exact positions of said movable image modality components, and thus the acquisition geometry at the time of the tomographic acquisition, which allows a more accurate image reconstruction.
A combination of: a) piezoelectric through-flow print heads having nozzles with an outer nozzle surface area NS smaller than 500 pm2; and b) aqueous inkjet inks from an aqueous inkjet ink set for manufacturing decorative panels, wherein the aqueous inkjet ink set comprises specific cyan, red, yellow and black aqueous inkjet inks containing water in an amount of A wt% defined by Formula (I): 100 wt% - sqrt(NS) x 3.8 wt%/μm ≤ A wt% ≤ 100 wt% - sqrt(NS) x 2.2 wt%/μm wherein the wt% is based on the total weight of the aqueous inkjet ink; wherein sqrt(NS) represents the square root of the outer nozzle surface area NS; and wherein A wt% ≥ 40 wt%.
An aqueous inkjet ink comprising a resin particle selected from the group consisting of a poly(urea), a poly(urethane) and combinations thereof, a pigment selected from the group consisting of quinacridones and diketopyrrolopyrrole pigments and a compound represented by general formula (I) or general formula (II).
C09D 11/326 - Pigment inks characterised by the pigment dispersant
C09D 11/38 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes
C09D 11/40 - Ink-sets specially adapted for multi-colour inkjet printing
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
A method for decorating a natural leather comprising the following steps: a) holding by vacuum suction the natural leather with its corium side to an air-permeable support onto a vacuum support of an inkjet printer; and b) inkjet printing a decorative image on the natural leather wherein the air-permeable support is partly covered by said natural leather. The air-permeable support comprises a fibrous layer in contact with the corium side of the natural leather.
C14C 13/00 - Manufacture of special kinds of leather, e.g. vellum
C14C 15/00 - Apparatus for chemical treatment or washing of hides, skins, or leather
C09D 133/00 - Coating compositions based on homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by only one carboxyl radical, or of salts, a; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
C09D 177/00 - Coating compositions based on polyamides obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic amide link in the main chain; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
B41M 7/00 - After-treatment of printed works, e.g. heating, irradiating
An aqueous inkjet ink set for manufacturing decorative panels comprising: a) a cyan aqueous inkjet ink containing a beta-copper phthalocyanine pigment; b) a red aqueous inkjet ink containing a red pigment R and a polymeric dispersant P; c) a yellow aqueous inkjet ink containing a yellow pigment; and d) a black aqueous inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment; wherein the red aqueous inkjet ink has a weight ratio R/P of red pigment R to polymeric dispersant P that complies with 1.2 < R/P < 3.0; and wherein the average particle diameter APD of the red pigment R complies with 175 nm < APD < 240 nm, as determined by a dynamic light scattering technique using a laser having an emission wavelength of 633 nm and measured under a scattering angle of 90 degrees.
An inkjet printer (500) for printing on natural leather (300) comprising a first vacuum belt (150) for conveying an unwoven fabric (200) which is, configured as a second vacuum belt, for conveying under an inkjet print head (505) a natural leather (300); and a device for applying pressure to said natural leather (300) on said second vacuum belt; wherein said device comprises a portion for traversing said natural leather (300) with a rub by a relative movement between said pressure device and said second vacuum belt, carrying said natural leather (300).
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
A halftone raster image, suitable for rendering a continuous-tone image, which comprises a plurality of regularly tiled spiral dots. Said spiral dots comprise (i) image pixels arranged as a first arc (200) or as a plurality of arcs which together represent a first spiral (100), and (ii) non-image pixels arranged as a second arc (201) or as a plurality of arcs which together represent a second spiral (101). wherein neighbour halftone dots from said plurality of regularly tiled halftone dots represent a double spiral or triple spiral.
Method of manufacturing a packaging box (8) including the steps of: a) determining minimal packaging box dimensions based on outer dimensions of one or more merchandise articles (19) to be packaged into the packaging box; b) digitally printing an image according to the minimal packaging box dimensions on packaging material (1), such as corrugated card board; and c) cutting and creasing the packaging box from the packaging material according to the minimal packaging box dimensions. A manufacturing line for packaging boxes of different dimensions is also disclosed.
B65B 5/02 - Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
B65B 59/02 - Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running
B65B 61/26 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for marking or coding completed packages
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
A method of printing is disclosed comprising the steps of supplying an offset LED UV ink comprising a filler having a Mohs hardness value below 2.5, and fountain to an image-wise exposed lithographic printing plate including hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles; transferring the ink to a substrate and subjecting the obtained printed substrate to UV LED radiation.
C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
B41C 1/10 - Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme
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RADIATION CURABLE INKJET INKS FOR INTERIOR DECORATION
A radiation curable inkjet ink containing at least one or two compounds selected from the group consisting of a polymerizable compound including a vinylether group or a vinylamide group, an amine synergist including an alkanolamine group or a dimethyl benzoate group, and a Norrish Type II photoinitiator including a photoinitiating moiety selected from the group consisting of a thioxanthone group, a benzophenone group, a ketocoumarin group and a camphorquinone group; and a singlet oxygen quencher including at least one specific amino-thioether group.
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
C09D 11/38 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes
C07D 265/00 - Heterocyclic compounds containing six-membered rings having one nitrogen atom and one oxygen atom as the only ring hetero atoms
C07D 211/00 - Heterocyclic compounds containing hydrogenated pyridine rings, not condensed with other rings
C07F 9/00 - Compounds containing elements of Groups 5 or 15 of the Periodic System
C07D 295/088 - Heterocyclic compounds containing polymethylene-imine rings with at least five ring members, 3-azabicyclo [3.2.2] nonane, piperazine, morpholine or thiomorpholine rings, having only hydrogen atoms directly attached to the ring carbon atoms with substituted hydrocarbon radicals attached to ring nitrogen atoms substituted by singly bound oxygen or sulfur atoms with the ring nitrogen atoms and the oxygen or sulfur atoms attached to the same carbon chain, which is not interrupted by carbocyclic rings to an acyclic saturated chain
C07D 295/108 - Heterocyclic compounds containing polymethylene-imine rings with at least five ring members, 3-azabicyclo [3.2.2] nonane, piperazine, morpholine or thiomorpholine rings, having only hydrogen atoms directly attached to the ring carbon atoms with substituted hydrocarbon radicals attached to ring nitrogen atoms substituted by doubly bound oxygen or sulfur atoms with the ring nitrogen atoms and the doubly bound oxygen or sulfur atoms attached to the same carbon chain, which is not interrupted by carbocyclic rings to an acyclic saturated chain
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RADIATION CURABLE INKJET INKS FOR INTERIOR DECORATION
A radiation curable inkjet ink containing a polymerizable compound including a vinylether group or a vinylamide group; optionally an amine synergist including an alkanolamine group or a dimethyl benzoate group; optionally a Norrish Type II photoinitiator including a photoinitiating moiety selected from the group consisting of a thioxanthone group, a benzophenone group, a ketocoumarin group and a camphorquinone group; and a specific singlet oxygen quencher.
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
C07F 9/00 - Compounds containing elements of Groups 5 or 15 of the Periodic System
C09D 11/38 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes
A lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed including a support and a coating including a polymerisable compound, an optionally substituted trihaloalkyl sulfone initiator, a leuco dye and a specific infrared absorbing compound including a six membered ring in the central position.
This invention is related to a method to measure and calculate a point spread function PSF of an image detector system based on the analysis of quantum noise that is present in generic image acquisition data, and that is modulated by the transfer function of the digital imaging system. The method allows the calculation of the sharpness of a system without the need for image phantom recordings.
The invention is related to a method for automatic selection and pre-processing of digital images that comprise the necessary amount of Transfer function modulated quantum-noise to apply a mathematical sharpness calculation method for calculation of a sharpness parameter of the digital imaging system. Suitable images for the method are selected from the pool of available images acquired by the digital imaging system during daily operation.
A natural leather embossed with a skin texture for authenticating said natural leather with an identification code comprising the steps: - applying a protective top-coat on said natural leather; and - selecting an identification code and converting said identification code to a plurality of locations; and - forming a skin texture with higher up elements and lower located elements; arranged according said plurality of locations; and - embossing said skin texture in said protective top-coat.
Digital signal representations of sub-images are obtained by applying an optimization process wherein a sum is minimized, the sum having a first term representing a measure of the consistency of the sum of a digital representations of sub-images with said radiographic image and wherein the second term is a sum of cost functions each describing the type of one of said sub-images.
A lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed including a support and a coating comprising a sensitizer and an onium salt wherein the onium salt and the sensitizer are capable of inducing a print-out image upon UV light exposure.
G03F 7/027 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds
G03F 7/029 - Inorganic compounds; Onium compounds; Organic compounds having hetero atoms other than oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur
G03F 7/038 - Macromolecular compounds which are rendered insoluble or differentially wettable
G03F 7/105 - Photosensitive materials - characterised by structural details, e.g. supports, auxiliary layers having substances, e.g. indicators, for forming visible images
A method of lithographic plate making is disclosed wherein a plate precursor is exposed to laser radiation in the wavelength range from 350 to 450 nm, said plate precursor comprising a hydrophilic support and a photopolymerizable or photocrosslinkable image recording layer, and then processed on-press by supplying fountain and ink. The exposure produces a visible image having a 1976 CIELAB color distance ΔE between exposed and non-exposed areas of at least 2.5.
G03F 7/027 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds
G03F 7/029 - Inorganic compounds; Onium compounds; Organic compounds having hetero atoms other than oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur
G03F 7/038 - Macromolecular compounds which are rendered insoluble or differentially wettable
G03F 7/105 - Photosensitive materials - characterised by structural details, e.g. supports, auxiliary layers having substances, e.g. indicators, for forming visible images
A manufacturing method of decorated natural leather including the steps of: a) laser ablating part of a base coat on dyed crusted leather; and b) bleaching the laser ablated part with a bleaching agent.
C08G 18/70 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen characterised by the isocyanates or isothiocyanates used
C09D 175/16 - Polyurethanes having carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds having terminal carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
C09D 11/32 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by colouring agents
This invention is related to a method to improve the performance of a deep neural network (10) for the identification of a segmentation target (111) in a medical image (12, 110), comprising the steps of performing n training steps on said deep neural network (10) for the identification of said region of interest on two different representations (13, 14) of the same segmentation target (111), said representations (13,14) being definitions of the same segmentation target (111).
A lithographic printing plate precursor including a photopolymerisable coating and an overcoat layer provided on top of said layer, characterized in that the overcoat layer includes a compound comprising at least one moiety having a structure according to Formula (I): (I).
An aqueous ink comprising a dispersion of a capsule composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core, the core comprises one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or radiation, the shell is stabilized by cationic dispersing groups and a colorant stabilised by cationic dispersing groups.
An ink set for inkjet recording, comprising a first aqueous ink comprising a colorant stabilized by cationic dispersing groups and a capsule composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; the core comprising one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or light and the capsule is stabilized by cationic dispersing groups; a second aqueous ink comprises a colorant stabilized by anionic dispersing groups and a capsule composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; the core comprising one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or light and the capsule is stabilized by anionic dispersing groups.
C09D 11/40 - Ink-sets specially adapted for multi-colour inkjet printing
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
D06P 1/52 - General processes of dyeing or printing textiles or general processes of dyeing leather, furs or solid macromolecular substances in any form, classified according to the dyes, pigments or auxiliary substances employed using insoluble pigments or auxiliary substances, e.g. binders using compositions containing synthetic macromolecular substances
D06P 1/54 - Substances with reactive groups together with crosslinking agents
D06P 5/20 - Physical treatments affecting dyeing, e.g. ultrasonic or electric
A manufacturing method of decorated natural leather including the steps of applying a crusted leather, having a corium side, a grain side and an edge, on a conveyor system, having a position means, and aligning said crusted leather by moving said edge against said position means; and laminating said aligned crusted leather on a temporary carrier, having an adhesive layer, wherein said corium side is attached by said adhesive layer on said temporary carrier while conveying said crusted leather on said conveyor system towards said temporary carrier and moving said temporary carrier relative to said conveyor system; and inkjet printing on said grain side with one or more pigmented inkjet inks an image by an inkjet printing system.
A method of color mapping color values of an oligochromatic pattern comprising the following steps: determining an image-gamut, in a N-dimensional device independent color system (ND-DICS), of said oligochromatic pattern; wherein said image-gamut comprises said color values of said oligochromatic pattern; and determining a skeleton (500) of said image-gamut; and performing an adaption on said skeleton (500) in said ND-DICS by a set of N-dimensional-transforming steps (30) and determining for points of said skeleton (500), a path in said ND-DICS that corresponds to said adaption; and color mapping said color values, of said oligochromatic pattern, based on said determined paths (35) of said points of said skeleton (500).
Method of manufacturing decorative panels comprising the steps: inkjet printing on a substrate an oligochromatic pattern by an inkjet printing system to form a decorative layer (250); impregnating by a resin impregnator (320) the decorative layer with a thermosetting resin; heat pressing (500) by a heating press (550) the impregnated decorative layer (41) together with a core layer (410) for forming a decorative panel (650); wherein the method comprises an extra step of identifying, by using a color control unit (250), a color acceptance of the decorative panel between the step of forming the decorative layer (200) and the step of impregnating the decorative layer.
An effervescent developer precursor for preparing a developing solution for developing a lithographic printing plate precursor including an effervescence generating compound.
An aqueous radiation curable laser markable composition comprising a polymerizable compound, a photoinitiator, a colour forming agent and an optional optothermal converting agent.