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Christy winner Groot (Madman) sets her WWII-era tale in Normandy in spring 1944. American pilot Tom Jaeger is shot down, and saved and recruited by local French resistance fighters. He will impersonate a German officer to collect intelligence from a local prostitute, Brigitte Durand, whose brothel serves German officers. But when the stakes are high and the French are exhausted by occupation and mistrust, it is easy to slip. Groot cleverly reworks the biblical story of the prostitute Rahab, who helps the forces of Joshua take Jericho. She also does good historical work with details and subtle psychological work with her characters. The Germans aren’t all villains, and not all the resistance fighters are squeaky-clean heroes. She even manages comic relief in spite of the overwhelmingly grim circumstances of occupied France after four years of war. WWII-era novels are popular; this is a superior, page-turning entry in that niche. (Publishers Weekly)Groot's latest release is set to coincidewith D-Day, June 6. Based on real people and events, it is clearly historically accurate and well researched, but the large cast of characters makes it hard to track at times and slows the pace for the first part of the book.SUMMARY: American pilot Tom Jaeger is shot down in Normandy and taken in by the Resistance. He becomes a key part in their plan to get information on the Germans and their plans for the Caen Canal Bridge. Brigitte Durand, a prostitute at a Germans-only brothel, passes on information to Tom, since she wants to help the Allies. Their window of opportunity is closing, as the invasion looms. ls the Resistance being foolhardy by placing their faith in a pilot and a prostitute? (Romantic Times)
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“ I read this book in one day because I found myself unable to put it down, as every time I ended up a chapter, I HAD to keep reading. :) ” Lindsay | 24 reviewers made a similar statement “ Characters developed well and story very interesting. ” Freida | 29 reviewers made a similar statement “ EXCITING, INTERESTING, HEART BREAKING Flame of Resistance is an interesting historical fiction story set during the German occupation of France. ” Doreen Blair | 20 reviewers made a similar statement Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Format:Paperback Cutting edge... Flame of Resistance moves fast, tears at the heart, cries for freedom, and yearns for hope.Well-researched and accurate.I read other books in this genre: Brokaw's The Greatest Generation, The Diary of Anne Frank, Schindler's List, The Hiding Place: The Story of Corrie ten Boom, and Bodie Thoene's Zion Coventant series, but this book made me cry as I thought of the characters in danger, tortured, and killed.To summarize, Flame of Resistance is the story of Joshua and Rahab told during World War II. Their (Tom and Brigitte's) work together supports the secret mission/resistance and leads to D-Day June 6, 1944. Flame of Resistance is the story of survival.Ms. Groot knits together words, dialogue, and themes seamlessly. Her writing helps the reader understand the history of the world in which one lives. On p. 123, referring to one of the characters reading Mein Kampf, Ms. Groot revels how when one sits down to read a book the reader makes a pact with author and latches onto ideas. This 'pact' explains how a civilization of people could get caught up in such evil/Nazism.Ms. Grott's words speak to the heart. On p. 286, in a heartbreaking text, Ms. Groot writes a lovely prayer. The character is reminded Love your neighbor. Be kind. Be gentle. Help people. Be Christ as she records prisoner's testimony:"Oh God, if I can do not more than witness the atrocities that I may testify one day, then make me strong; and if I can do more than witness, then give me a chance to help."On p. 321, the communion imagery over Red Cross crackers stirred my heart."Communion, Community, Every plot of God, always about [His] people. a swell of love. felt caught in God's plot for humanity."Flame of Resistance is not a quick read blending French and German phrases throughout. Again, it is well-written and not to be taken lightly.
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Format:Paperback I've never heard of Tracy Groot's writing before, but when I saw the cover for Flame of Resistance and read the synopsis, I knew I was going to have to give it a try. A retelling of the story of Rahab, set during the World War II, sounded interesting. And it turned out to be just that.Tom and Brigitte made for great main characters. Neither was perfect, yet they strove to do what was right. There were a lot of characters woven into Flame of Resistance, and I admit I had trouble keeping them all in order. Not only that, but the point-of-view kept switching between characters as well--especially towards the end. To some people, this might not be a problem, but I found it a bit distracting and confusing.The research and story plotting that went into Flame of Resistance was very well done. Groot seems to know her history very well and brings it out in the book. I found it very cool when I read how she visits the places that she used in the book--a very thoroughly researched writer!There is a bit of torture in this book. While some methods of torture are merely mentioned, the reader gets an up-close-and-personal look at one unfortunate prisoner's torture session. Some might find this disturbing, as I did to some extent, so I just want to forewarn you. And, of course, Brigitte is a prostitute and works in a brothel--so you shouldn't be surprised that you get a look into this lifestyle, though I commend the author on keeping the description of it to a minimal.All in all, I found this an enjoyable read. It was kind of difficult to follow the plot in some areas, but I kept pushing onward and soon came to understand, roughly, what had happened. If you are a history buff who enjoys this time period and this war, I recommend you give Flame of Resistance a try. Chances are very high that you will love this beautiful story of a heroic man and woman who step outside of the safeties of their life to fight for bigger cause.I reviewed this book for Tyndale House Publishing. It was not required that I give a positive review, but solely to express my own thoughts and opinions of this book, which I have done.
Too many characters and a slow start
Format:Paperback When Tom Jaeger's plane is shot down in Normandy in the spring of 1944, he becomes part of the Resistance's plan to fight the Nazis because of his German looks. Tom is to visit prostitute Brigitte, who will find out secrets from her customers and relay them to Tom to take back to the Resistance leaders. Knowing an invasion draws near, the two have little time to uncover the enemy's secrets. Will it be enough?I love the idea for this book: an American flyer and a prostitute working together as spies. There's a lot of room to explore the character's motivations and to weave an action-packed novel. Instead, there are so many characters and cover names that it took me a good 1/3 of the book to figure everyone out. While I liked the characters of Tom and Brigitte, especially Brigitte, they sometimes seemed lost in the muddle of figuring out who is who. Cutting out some of the excess characters would have strengthened the plot's pacing and made for a less-confusing read.Fans of historical fiction will enjoy this book, perhaps a little more if they make notes of who everyone is. Once you get halfway through, it becomes a beautiful story of courage and loyalty, much like a WWII version of the Biblical story of Rahab.I was given this book in exchange for my review. My thoughts and opinions are my own.
An amazing read This book was so exciting and had me emotionally involved in the characters. I laughed and cried with them and the story; wrenches your heart.
Flame of Resistance This was a free book and had I known it was going to be this good, I would have gladly purchased it.
Published 1 month ago by njackson
How God Can Use a Prostitute It's interesting how I had just finished studying Rahab and Gomer in the Bible, and I stumble upon a French prostitute by the name of Brigette. Read more
Flame of Resistance by Tracy Groot German occupation of Normandy, France. A story of heroic character in the face of evil. Compelling, ugly, beautiful, frightening, and ultimately triumphant. Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. E. Orozco
Nice read I got this as a "free: Kindle book. I really enjoyed the story and found it to be much better than I expected. Her characters are interesting and the story is well done.
Great Historical Fiction Tracy Groot did a great job of dipicting the horror associated with the Nazi invasion of France. The characters were brave and courageous. Read more
Read this one. You won't regret it. Very well done! FLAME OF RESISTANCE, set in France - Normandy - in the weeks before the allied invasion, is an adventure novel with a secret. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Wright Gres
This book gripped me I couldn't put this book down, as I was intrigued and caught in the struggle. The World War II setting haunted me.
Published 3 months ago by NCWA renewal attendee
Universal themes, brilliantly and memorably written This is not merely a "Christian" book.It is a piece of beautifully rendered World War II-era literary historical fiction, and I would like to encourage the publisher... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Faith Freewoman
Loved it. Tough story but so human. Fantastic book. I've always been fascinated by the human side of war history. What would I do to survive? Would I be the hero every boy thinks they are? Read more
Published 4 months ago by Beleafer
Tracy began her writing career at age 8 by starting stories and never finishing them. She finished them only under duress for school. In school, she wrote stories and collected a few writing awards and had an idea she'd be a writer when she grew up, but funny thing happened on the way to college: she became a Christian. She then had a misguided notion she had to swap writing for this new life she was grateful for, so she threw out the stories and went on with Life.One day, our hero (Tracy) was working as an accounts payable clerk in a big corporation. She wrote and circulated office memos because they were more interesting than data entry. She had an epiphany: she'd rather write. She finally got it into her brain that God was not a sicko meanie-head and gave her the desire to write for a reason. She got the heck out of Dodge, and landed a job writing radio commercials.Tracy wrote commercials for a year, quit to have a baby, and didn't return to the writing job because by then she'd gone past fetching back into the kind of writing she really wanted to do: books. She didn't buy it when a famous writer said to her face that she'd first have to write magazine articles to pay the price for writing books. She lied politely and said she'd get right on it, but once the famous writer was gone she took to her computer and wrote what she wanted, not stupid articles.Tracy heard of a writing conference nearby, the Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing. Without a clue for what she was doing-and she's discovered since then that clueless works if you're persistent-she threw together 3 chapters and a synopsis, signed up to talk to a few editors, and sold her first books, two young adult novels in a series called, Casey and the Classifieds. The books did okay for a few years. Then they went out of print, a stupefying notion that never occurred to Tracy. But Tracy wants to think she's like a particular Rich Mullins lyric, shaken forward and shaken free, so she didn't let it get her down and went looking for other stuff to write.Tracy was then asked to write a play about James, one of the brothers of Jesus, named Consider It All Joy. She liked the play so much she turned it into a novel. She got an agent (long story) and her agent sold the book as "The Brother's Keeper". It got a starred Booklist review. She thought, "This is fun, I'll try again" and wrote "Stones of My Accusers". It also received a starred Booklist review. After that came a book called "Madman", a story about the Gerasene demoniac. It got a starred Booklist review, a starred Publishers Weekly review and was awarded the Christy Award for historical fiction (2007). After Madman, she worked on a couple of story projects, did some ghost writing and picked up some interesting freelance work. Tracy's soon-to-be-released (June '12) book "Flame of Resistance", published by Tyndale, tells the story of the Old Testament character Rahab the harlot in a WWII, D-Day and Normandy setting - Fighter pilot gets shot down, infiltrates a brothel and plans to get intel out of the country through Brigitte, a prostitute rumored to be sympathetic to the Allied cause. Tracy's current project has a working title of "Jonah Girl" and should be a whale of a story.On a personal note, Tracy's favorite place is the Mackinaw Bridge - cause it leads to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Mackinaw Island, Whitefish Point, Pictured Rocks, the Porcupine Mountains, pasties, fudge and immense beauty. On the homefront, her predominantly male household includes her husband Jack, three sons, Evan, Grayson, and Riley, and a manipulative Jack Russell named Murphy. Tracy's character flaws include anger when beaten at chess (she says John Huss, one of the forerunners of the Reformation, had the same problem so she doesn't feel so bad), procrastination, and jumping to conclusions. She'd like to visit Australia someday and hang with her friend Sharon. And then New Zealand, too, so she can find some Lord of the Rings woods and run through them like Frodo on a mission.
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Chinese Lawmakers Approve Measure to Protect Private Property Rights
Premier Wen Jiabao did not mention the property law in a lengthy government report outlining his 2007 program. (By Elizabeth Dalziel -- Associated Press)
BEIJING, March 16 -- China's legislature passed a controversial law designed to protect private property rights Friday in what legal experts called a milestone on the path toward a market economy.
The legislation stopped short of abrogating the principle that all land belongs to the state, a fundamental part of the communist system put in place after Mao Zedong's rise to power in 1949. But it broke ground by establishing new protections for private homes and businesses and for farmers with long-term leases on their fields.
These goals had long been sought by the entrepreneurs who now account for more than half of China's production, by the swiftly climbing number of urban families who have bought their own apartments and by the millions of farmers whose croplands have come under growing pressure from real estate developers.
"This law speeds up our market economy development," said Chen Shu, a member of the National People's Congress and secretary general of the Guangzhou Lawyers Association, who took part in drafting the legislation over the past several years.
Jiang Ping, former president of the China University of Political Science and Law and a scholar who advised officials drawing up the law, told the official New China News Agency that it is significant because it helps codify a property law system that has been evolving through regulation in recent years as the country moves away from socialism.
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Patent US8162470 - Inkjet printer - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsAn inkjet printer includes a printing head configured to eject solvent ink from nozzles of the printing head on a medium at a printing position. A medium is made of a polyvinyl chloride film. The solvent ink includes an organic pigment of from 3 to 7 weight %, a resin of 15 weight % or less, and solvents....http://www.google.com/patents/US8162470?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8162470 - Inkjet printerAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8162470 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/757,042Publication dateApr 24, 2012Priority dateApr 18, 2003Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2519790A1, CA2519790C, CN1652939A, EP1557266A1, EP1557266A4, US8444262, US20050151815, US20100194816, US20120176439, WO2004094150A1Publication number12757042, 757042, US 8162470 B2, US 8162470B2, US-B2-8162470, US8162470 B2, US8162470B2InventorsHiroshi Kanai, Masaru Ohnishi, Kenji Hashizume, Shinichi Uehara, Koji Maruyama, Katsuhisa TsuchiyaOriginal AssigneeMimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (41), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (12), Classifications (17), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetInkjet printer
US 8162470 B2Abstract
An inkjet printer includes a printing head configured to eject solvent ink from nozzles of the printing head on a medium at a printing position. A medium is made of a polyvinyl chloride film. The solvent ink includes an organic pigment of from 3 to 7 weight %, a resin of 15 weight % or less, and solvents. A print heater is configured to heat the medium at the printing position. The print heater is arranged separately from a pre-heater. A temperature controller is configured to control a pre-heater heating temperature of the pre-heater and a print heater heating temperature of the print heater such that a surface temperature of the medium at the printing position becomes within a range of from 30� C. to 70� C.
1. An inkjet printer to eject solvent ink, comprising:
a printing head configured to move in a right-left direction above the platen and eject solvent ink from nozzles of the printing head on a medium at a printing position substantially in alignment with the printing head which does not have a heater for the printing head, the medium made of a polyvinyl chloride film on which no coating agent is applied, the solvent ink comprising an organic pigment of from 3 to 7 weight %, a resin of 15 weight % or less, and solvents;
a feeding device configured to feed the medium on the platen in a forward direction substantially perpendicular to the right-left direction;
a pre-heater configured to preliminarily heat the medium on the platen before the printing position in the forward direction;
a print heater configured to heat the medium at the printing position, the print heater being arranged separately from the pre-heater;
a temperature controller configured to control a pre-heater heating temperature of the pre-heater and a print heater heating temperature of the print heater such that a surface temperature of the medium at the printing position becomes within a range of from 30� C. to 70� C.; and
a refresh mode device configured to move the printing head to a maintenance station to eject ink droplets from the nozzles of the printing head so as to mitigate clogging in the nozzles at predetermined time intervals.
2. The inkjet printer according to claim 1, wherein the temperature controller is capable of controlling the pre-heater heating temperature of the pre-heater and the print heater heating temperature of the print heater independently.
3. The inkjet printer according to claim 1, wherein the temperature controller is configured to control the pre-heater heating temperature of the pre-heater and the print heater heating temperature of the print heater to be substantially same.
4. The inkjet printer according to claim 1, further comprising:
a dryer configured to dry the ink droplets deposited on a surface of the medium which is fed to a front part of the platen from below the printing head.
5. The inkjet printer according to claim 4, wherein the dryer is an infrared drier.
6. The inkjet printer according to claim 4, wherein the dryer is a heater drier using ceramics, and/or nichrome wires.
7. The inkjet printer according to claim 4, wherein the dryer is a blow drier configured to blow air directly onto the surface of the medium.
8. The inkjet printer according to claim 1, wherein the solvent ink includes a main component occupying 40 weight % or more of the solvent ink that is at least one of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and propylene glycol monomethyl ether.
a first roller is provided upstream of the printing head in order to feed the medium in a roll form to the printing head; and
a second roller is provided downstream of the printing head in order to take up the medium in a roll form on the second roller after printing.
10. The inkjet printer according to claim 9, wherein the first roller is further configured to rewind in order to take up the medium in a roll form on the first roller.
11. The inkjet printer according to claim 1, further comprising:
a dryer configured to dry the ink droplets deposited on a surface of the medium, said dryer being provided at a location downstream of the printing head in the forward direction.
12. The inkjet printer according to claim 11, wherein the dryer is an infrared drier.
13. The inkjet printer according to claim 11, wherein the dryer is a heater drier using ceramics, and/or nichrome wires.
14. The inkjet printer according to claim 11, wherein the dryer is a blow drier configured to blow air directly onto the surface of the medium.
15. An inkjet printer to eject solvent ink, comprising:
a printing head configured to move in a right-left direction above the platen and eject solvent ink from nozzles of the printing head on a medium at a printing position substantially in alignment with the printing head, the medium made of a polyvinyl chloride film on which no coating agent is applied, the solvent ink comprising an organic pigment of from 3 to 7 weight %, a resin of 15 weight % or less, and solvents;
a print heater configured to heat the medium at the printing position; and
a temperature controller configured to control a print heater heating temperature of the print heater such that a surface temperature of the medium at the printing position becomes within a range of from 30� C. to 70� C.
The present invention relates to an inkjet printer for printing pictorial diagrams and characters formed by arrangement of plural ink dots on a recorded medium (hereinafter, simply referred to as “medium”) using ink consisting primarily of an organic solvent (hereinafter, referred to as “solvent ink”), and more specifically, to an inkjet printer capable of realizing high image quality and fixing stability of pictorial diagrams and characters printed on a medium used for outdoor display advertisement and industry that mainly require water resistance and weather resistance.
As shown in FIG. 4, an inkjet printer has a structure for ejecting ink droplets from nozzles 12 aligned on the lower surface of a printing head 14 and landing the ink droplets on the surface of a medium 30 mounted on a platen 20 in a dot pattern. Further, the printer has a structure for printing pictorial diagrams and characters formed by arrangement of plural ink dots on the surface of the medium 30.
In this inkjet printer, there is a drawback that, when the ink droplets are landed on the surface of the medium 30 in a dot pattern, the ink droplets permeate the medium 30 broadly in the surrounding parts of the landed points, and the pictorial diagrams and characters formed by arrangement of plural ink dots printed on the surface of the medium 30 become smeared and blurred.
As an inkjet printer that can solve such drawback, a printer as disclosed in Publication of Japanese Patent Application No. Sho-62-144955 or Publication of German Patent No. DE10056703C2 has been proposed.
In this printer, as shown in FIG. 4, a preheater 40 for heating a medium 30 before printing in advance, and an after-heater 50 for heating the medium 30 immediately after printing are provided. Droplets are prevented from permeating broadly in the surrounding parts of landed points by having preheated the medium 30 with the preheater 40 for warming it before printing so that the droplets landed on the warmed surface of the medium 30 may be dried early. Further, the droplets are prevented from permeating broadly in the surrounding parts of landed points on the medium 30 by early drying the droplets adhering to the landed points on the medium 30 immediately after printing in partly undried conditions with the after-heater 50. Thereby, the pictorial diagrams and characters formed by arrangement of plural ink dots without smearing are printed sharply and clearly on the surface of the medium 30.
By the way, in the conventional inkjet printers as disclosed in these publications, heating means (not shown) for heating the medium 30 to be carried onto a central portion 22 of the platen below the traveling path of the printing head 14, on which the ink droplets ejected from the nozzles 12 of the printing head landed, is not provided.
The reason is as follows: in the case where such heating means is provided, by the heating means, it is possible that the medium 30 to be carried onto the central portion 22 of the platen below the traveling path of the printing head 14 is heated to dry the ink droplets landed on the surface of the medium 30 early. However, simultaneously, by the heating means, the printing head 14 traveling above the central portion 22 of the platen is also heated. Then, by the influence of heat from the heating means, the ink supplied to the printing head 14 is dried, the ink is solidified within the nozzles 12 having thin diameters of the printing head, and the nozzles 12 are clogged.
By the way, the conventional inkjet printer mainly uses general-purpose water-soluble ink or lactate ink as ink supplied to the printing head 14. However, such water-soluble ink and lactate ink do not have sufficient water resistance or weather resistance. On this account, a printer using such water-soluble ink and lactate ink is not suitable for printing pictorial diagrams and characters on a medium 30 for outdoor display advertisement or the like.
On the other hand, solvent ink consisting primarily of an organic solvent has sufficient water resistance and weather resistance. Accordingly, the solvent ink as above is suitable for printing pictorial diagrams and characters on a medium 30 for outdoor display advertisement or the like. However, the solvent ink has extremely high permeability to the medium 30, and, when ink droplets thereof are landed on the surface of the medium 30, the solvent ink of the ink droplets permeate the medium 30 early and broadly in the surrounding parts of the landed points and disappear. On this account, dots of the ink can not be clearly fixed at the landed points on the surface of the medium 30, and pictorial diagrams and characters formed by arrangement of plural ink dots with no smear can not be printed on the surface of the medium 30 clearly.
Note that, as the medium 30, a medium 30 coated with various kinds of coating agents on the surface thereof for preventing the ink droplets landed on the surface from permeating the medium 30 in the surrounding parts of landed points and fixing them at the landed points to form dots having small diameters has been developed. However, the medium 30 coated with such coating agents is expensive and it can not be used as a medium 30 that is generally and widely used.
Further, as a medium 30 for outdoor display advertisement or the like, both materials such as vinyl chloride films that are easily softened by being heated at low temperature and polyester films that are not easily softened even by being heated at high temperature are used.
On the other hand, as disclosed in the above publications, in the conventional inkjet printer, the temperature at which the medium 30 is heated by the preheater 40 and the after-heater 50 is set unadjastably at constant and relatively high temperature. Accordingly, if the medium 30 carried on the platen 20 of the inkjet printer is a vinyl chloride film or the like, the medium 30 will be overheated at high temperature and softened by the preheater 40 and the after-heater 50, and thereby, the medium 30 can not be carried on the platen 20 smoothly.
The invention is objected to provide an inkjet printer capable of solving the above described problems and printing high image quality pictorial diagrams and characters formed by arrangement of plural ink dots with water resistance and weather resistance but no smear on the surface of a general-purpose medium that is not coated with a coating agent or the like using solvent ink while providing fixing stability, wherein various kinds of media such that softened at low temperature can be heated at suitable temperature and constantly carried on the platen smoothly.
In order to achieve the above described object, an inkjet printer of the invention has printing means for traveling a printing head above a central part of a platen in horizontal directions and carrying means for carrying a medium that has been carried onto the platen forwardly on the platen.
Further, a preheater for preliminarily heating the medium to be forwardly carried toward below the traveling path of the printing head on a rear part of the platen and a print heater for heating the medium that has been carried onto the platen, on which the inkjet droplets ejected from the nozzles of the printing head are landed, are provided.
A solvent ink is used as ink supplied to the printing head for ejecting the ink droplets. Further, heat control means for controlling heating temperature of the preheater and the print heater for heating the medium so that the surface temperature of the medium to be carried onto the central part of the platen, on which the inkjet droplets ejected from the nozzles of the printing head are landed, may be 30 to 70� C. is provided.
In the inkjet printer of the invention, by being thus arranged, the medium to be forwardly carried toward below the traveling path of the printing head on the rear part of the platen can be preliminarily heated by the preheater. Further, subsequently, the medium that has been carried onto the platen, on which the inkjet droplets ejected from the nozzles of the printing head are landed, can be heated by the print heater. Accordingly, by those preheater and print heater, the medium can be heated so that the surface temperature of the medium to be carried onto the central part of the platen, on which the inkjet droplets ejected from the nozzles of the printing head are landed, may be 30 to 70� C.
At that time, after the medium immediately before carried onto the central part of the platen is heated preliminarily by the preheater, subsequently, in order to further fully heat the medium that has been carried onto the central part of the platen by the print heater, the medium that has been carried onto the platen, on which the inkjet droplets ejected from the nozzles of the printing head are landed, can be heated constantly and reliably without excess or deficiency so that the surface temperature thereof may be temperature of 30 to 70� C.
On the surface of the medium that has been heated in an appropriate manner so that the surface temperature thereof may be desired temperature of 30 to 70� C., ink droplets of the solvent ink ejected from the nozzles of the printing head to which the solvent ink is supplied can be landed. Furthermore, the ink droplets of the solvent ink landed on the surface of the medium can be dried promptly without permeating the medium broadly in the surrounding parts of the landed points while keeping the state in which they are fixed in dots having small diameters in the landed parts on the surface of the medium that has been heated in an appropriate manner at 30 to 70� C. Thus, pictorial diagrams and characters formed by arrangement of plural solvent ink dots and having water resistance and weather resistance with no smear can be printed on the surface of the medium clearly.
Here, the reason for that the heating temperature of the medium surface is set to 30 to 70� C. is, in the case where the heating temperature of the medium surface is set to less than 30� C., the heating temperature that the ink droplets of the solvent ink landed on the medium surface receives from the medium becomes insufficient. Further, the ink droplets are not promptly dried on the medium surface, but permeate the medium broadly in the surrounding parts of the landed points. Furthermore, smear occurs in the pictorial diagrams and characters printed on the medium surface. Alternatively, in the case where the heating temperature of the medium surface is set to more than 70� C., if the medium is a vinyl chloride film having low heat resistance that is softened at temperature of 45� C. or more or the like, the degree of the softening becomes higher and the medium can not be carried on the platen smoothly. If the medium is a polyester film having high heat resistance or the like, even when the medium is heated so that the surface temperature thereof may become nearly 60� C., the medium is never disturbed to be carried on the platen. In order to enable almost all media from the medium having low heat resistance to the medium having high heat resistance to be carried on the platen without any trouble, those media is desirably heated so that the surface temperature thereof may be 70� C. or less at maximum. Further, the reason for that the medium is thus heated so that the heating temperature of the surface thereof may be 30 to 70� C. is derived from experimental results obtained by practically printing pictorial diagrams and characters on the surfaces of various media using the solvent ink.
In the inkjet printer of the invention, the temperature control means may be arranged so as to be able to independently control the heating temperature of the preheater and print heater, respectively.
In this case, each of the heating temperature of the medium carried on the rear part of the platen and heated by the preheater and the heating temperature of the medium carried onto the central part of the platen and heated by the print heater may be adjusted in an appropriate manner according to the kind and thickness of the medium and the ambient temperature at which the printer is placed. Furthermore, the temperature of the surface part of the medium carried onto the central part of the platen, on which the inkjet droplets ejected from the nozzles of the printing head are landed, can be heated constantly at desired temperature of 30 to 70� C. in an appropriate manner.
In the inkjet printer of the invention, the temperature control means may be arranged so as to be able to integrally control the heating temperature of the preheater and print heater, respectively.
In this case, since means for controlling the heating temperature of the preheater and means for controlling the heating temperature of the print heater are not provided separately, the temperature control means can be simplified.
In the inkjet printer of the invention, it is preferred that a major component of 40% by weight or more of the solvent ink to be supplied to the printing head consists of one or more of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate.
The ethylene glycol monobutyl ether or propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate is advantageous in the point where they are less toxic to the human body and have weak odors. Further, they are also advantageous in the point where flash points thereof are high and risks in handling are smaller.
Accordingly, if one or more of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate is used as a major component of the solvent ink, the influence of toxicity on the human body by the solvent ink can be suppressed, the odor of the solvent ink can be suppressed, and the handling risk of the solvent ink can be suppressed.
Further, the reason for that the major component of 40% by weight or more of the solvent ink consists of one or more of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, is that it is confirmed that the pictorial diagrams and characters can be printed without smear but with high quality on the surface of the medium using the solvent ink while providing fixing stability from various experimental results if the major component of 40% by weight or more of the solvent ink consists as described above.
By the way, the major component of the solvent ink used for the printer of the invention is not limited to one or more of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, but other kinds of solvents having characters such as low toxicity to the human body, weak odors, high flash points, low handling risk, etc. can be used for the major component of the solvent ink used for the printer of the invention.
In the inkjet printer of the invention, the control of heating temperature of the preheater and the print heater for heating the medium by the heat control means may be arranged so as to be changed and adjusted by an additional operation panel to a printer or a host computer for printer control.
In this case, the heating temperature of the preheater and the print heater for heating the medium by the heat control means can be changed and adjusted by an additional operation panel to the printer or the host computer for printer control according to the kind and thickness of the medium carried on the platen or the ambient temperature at which the printer is placed. Accordingly, various kinds of media such that softened at low temperature can be constantly carried on the platen smoothly by the carrying means.
In the inkjet printer of the invention, refresh mode means for moving the printing head to a maintenance station and trial-discharging (flushing) ink droplets from the nozzles of the printing head so as to prevent the solvent ink from being solidified and causing clogging within the nozzles of the printing head may be provided.
In this case, in the process of printing pictorial diagrams and characters using the solvent ink, using the refresh mode means, the printing head can be moved to the maintenance station and ink droplets can be trial-discharged from the nozzles of the printing head. Accordingly, the solvent ink may be prevented from being solidified and causing clogging within the nozzles of the printing head. Further, missing dots (refers to the state in which no ink dot exists in positions where ink dots should exist) can be prevented from occurring in parts of pictorial diagrams and characters printed on the surface of the medium using the clogged printing head.
In addition, in the inkjet printer provided with the refresh mode means, the refresh mode means may have a structure for moving the moving the printing head to a maintenance station and trial-discharging ink droplets from the nozzles of the printing head at regular time intervals.
In this case, at regular time intervals in the process of printing pictorial diagrams and characters using the solvent ink, using the refresh mode means, the printing head can be moved to the maintenance station and ink droplets can be forced to be trial-discharged from the nozzles of the printing head. Accordingly, the solvent ink can be ensured to be prevented from being solidified within the nozzles of the printing head and causing clogging of the nozzle because of the failure to move the printing head to the maintenance station and trial-discharging ink droplets from the nozzles of the printing head in the process of printing pictorial diagrams and characters using the solvent ink.
In the inkjet printer of the invention, drying means for drying the ink droplets adhering to the landed points of the surface of the medium carried onto the front part of the platen from below the printing head may be provided.
In this case, the droplets adhering to the landed points of the surface of the medium carried onto the front part of the platen from below the traveling path of the printing head in partly undried conditions can be dried completely by the drying means. Further, the droplets adhering to the landed points of the surface of the medium in partly undried conditions, which is carried onto the front part of the platen and taken up in a roll form or the like by the take-up means at the front side of the platen can be prevented from adhering to other parts of the medium and contaminating the medium with the ink.
FIGS. 1 and 2 are a side sectional view and a front view showing the schematic structure of an inkjet printer of the invention,
FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing the schematic structure of another inkjet printer of the invention, and
FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing the schematic structure of a conventional inkjet printer of the invention.
Next, the invention will be described according to the drawings.
An inkjet printer shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 has printing means 10 for traveling a printing head 14 above a central part 22 of a platen in horizontal directions (frontward and rearward directions in FIG. 1) and carrying means 60 for carrying a medium 30 that has been carried onto the platen 20 forwardly on the platen 20. The printing head 14 has a structure for ejecting ink droplets by the piezo system or the like from nozzles 12 aligned on the lower surface thereof, and is supported travelably in the horizontal directions by a head drive belt 16. The carrying means 60 is constituted by a feed roller 62 and a press roller 64 provided so as to be opposed with the platen 20 therebetween above and below thereof. It has a structure in which the medium 30 is sandwiched between the feed roller 62 and the press roller 64 and the feed roller 62 is rotated forwardly (in a direction of an arrow in FIG. 1), and thereby, the medium 30 that has been carried onto the platen 20 can be carried forwardly on the platen 20.
Further, a preheater 40 for preliminarily heating the medium 30 to be forwardly carried toward below the traveling path of the printing head 14 on a rear part 24 of the platen and a print heater 70 for heating the medium 30 that has been carried onto the central part 22 of the platen 20 below the traveling path of the printing head 14, on which the inkjet droplets ejected from the nozzles 12 of the printing head are landed, are provided. The preheater 40 and the print heater 70 employ electric heaters using ceramics and nichrome wires. The preheater 40 has a structure disposed at the inner side of the rear part 24 of the platen for conducting the heat generated by the preheater 40 via the platen 20 to the medium 30 being carried on the rear part 24 of the platen so as to preliminarily heat the medium 30. The print heater 70 has a structure disposed at the inner side of the central part 22 of the platen for conducting the heat generated by the print heater 70 via the platen 20 to the medium 30 carried onto the central part 22 of the platen so as to heat the medium 30.
As ink to be supplied to the printing head 14 for ejecting ink droplets, solvent ink is used.
Further, heat control means 80 for controlling heating temperature of the preheater 40 and the print heater 70 for heating the medium 30 so that the surface temperature of the medium 30 to be carried onto the central part 22 of the platen 20, on which the inkjet droplets ejected from the nozzles 12 of the printing head are landed, may be 30 to 70� C. is provided. The heat control means 80 is constituted by a combination of a sensor for sensing heat generation temperature of the preheater 40 and the print heater 70 and an electronic circuit for controlling the heat generation temperature thereof or the like.
At the rear side of the platen 20, rewinding means 90 for rewindably supporting the medium 30 taken up in a roll form is provided.
At the front side of the platen 20, take-up means 100 for taking up the printed medium 30 to be fed out forwardly from a front part 26 of the platen in a roll form is provided.
The inkjet printer shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is formed as described above, and, when the inkjet printer is used, the medium 30 taken up in a roll form and supported by the rewinding means 90 at the rear side of the platen 20 is rewound, and the medium 30 is carried forwardly on the rear part 24 of the platen toward below the traveling path of the printing head 14 by the carrying means 60. At that time, the medium 30 being carried toward below the traveling path of the printing head 14 on the rear part 24 of the platen is heated by the preheater 40 to make it in a preliminarily heated state. The preheater 40 effectively acts in the case where the medium 30 carried onto the central part 22 of the platen can not be heated to sufficient and suitable temperature only by the print heater 70 because the medium 30 is thick or the ambient temperature at which the printer is placed is low, or the like. Further, subsequently, the medium 30 that has been preheated by the preheater 40, which is carried onto the central portion 22 of the platen below the traveling path of the printing head 14 from above the rear part 24 of the platen and carried onto the central portion 22 of the platen on which the ink droplets ejected from the nozzles 12 of the printing head are landed, is fully heated again by the print heater 70.
Then, by those preheater 40 and print heater 70, the medium 30 can be heated constantly in an appropriate manner without excess or deficiency so that the surface temperature of the medium 30 carried onto the central portion 22 of the platen, on which the ink droplets ejected from the nozzles 12 of the printing head are landed, may be desired temperature of 30 to 70� C.
Subsequently, on the surface of the medium 30 that has been heated in an appropriate manner so that the surface temperature thereof may be desired temperature of 30 to 70� C., ink droplets of solvent ink ejected from the nozzles 12 of the printing head to which the solvent ink is supplied are landed.
Then, the ink droplets of the solvent ink landed on the surface of the medium 30 can be dried promptly without permeating the medium 30 broadly in the surrounding parts of the landed points while keeping the state in which they are fixed in dots having small diameters in the landed parts on the surface of the medium 30 that has been heated in an appropriate manner at 30 to 70� C. Thus, pictorial diagrams and characters formed by arrangement of plural solvent ink dots and having water resistance and weather resistance with no smear can be printed on the surface of the medium 30 clearly.
As describe above, the medium 30 on the surface of which the pictorial diagrams and characters formed by arrangement of plural solvent ink dots has been printed is carried out from the central part 22 of the platen on the front part 26 of the platen by the carrying means 60. Then, the medium 30 is taken up in a roll form by the take-up means 100 at the front side of the platen 20.
In this inkjet printer, the temperature means 80 may have a structure that can independently control the heating temperature of the preheater 40 and the print heater 70, respectively. Further, each of the heating temperature of the medium 30 carried on the rear part 24 of the platen and heated by the preheater 40 and the heating temperature of the medium 30 carried onto the central part 22 of the platen and heated by the print heater 70 may be adjusted in an appropriate manner according to the kind of the medium 30, the thickness thereof, the ambient temperature at which the printer is placed, or the like. Furthermore, the surface part of the medium 30 carried onto the central part 22 of the platen, on which the inkjet droplets ejected from the nozzles 12 of the printing head are landed, may be heated constantly at desired temperature of 30 to 70� C. in an appropriate manner.
By the way, the temperature control means 80 may have a structure that can control the heating temperature of the preheater 40 and the print heater 70 integrally. Further, the structure of the temperature control means 80 may be simplified.
In the inkjet printer, as the solvent ink supplied to the printing head 14, ink having a major component of 40% by weight or more consisting of one of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate or mixture of them may be used.
As described above, the influence of toxicity on the human body by the solvent ink may be suppressed, the odor of the solvent ink may be suppressed, and the handling risk of the solvent ink may be suppressed.
In addition, as described above, the major component of 40% by weight or more of the solvent ink may be one of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate or mixture of them and thereby, pictorial diagrams and characters may be printed without smear but with high quality on the surface of the medium using the solvent ink while providing fixing stability.
The composition of the solvent ink supplied to the printing head 14 other than the major component includes, for example, an organic pigment of 3% to 7% by weight and a resin of 15% by weight or less, and a solvent of one or more kinds of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate, propylene glycol, cyclohexanon, etc.
As the organic pigment, for example, Pigment Red 88, 181, 122, 202, 207, 209, Pigment Blue 15, 15:1, 15:2, 16, 68, Pigment Yellow 108, 196, 138, 128, 129, 180, 181, or Carbon Black is used. One or more of those organic pigments are added to the solvent ink according to the color to be printed using the solvent ink.
As the resin added to the solvent ink, silicon-contain resin, vinyl resin, ester resin, or fluorine-contain resin is used.
Next, using the solvent ink having such composition, by the inkjet printer provided with the above described preheater 40 and print heater 70, experimental examples in the case where pictorial diagrams and characters are printed on various kinds of media 30. In any experimental example, the inkjet printer is placed within a room in a normal temperature condition of the room temperature at about 15 to 20� C. In the following tables, the medium heating temperature of the preheater indicates heating temperature on the surface of the medium 30 carried on the rear part 24 of the platen by the preheater 40, the medium heating temperature of the print heater indicates heating temperature on the surface of the medium 30 carried onto the central part 22 of the platen, on which the inkjet droplets ejected from the printing head 14 are landed, by the print heater 70. Image quality (definition, with or without smear, etc.) in each of the following tables is on a zero-to-ten scale, and the highest point is ten. “OFF” in each of the following tables indicates the state in which the preheater 40 and the print heater 70 are not energized and the heating of the medium 30 by the preheater 40 or the print heater 70 is being stopped.
As the medium, MacMarc: 9829-00 (a product name of a medium manufacturer) is used.
of preheater
of print heater
As the medium, Transparent PVC Film P-245RC: LINTEC (a product name of a medium manufacturer) is used.
As the medium, PVC Viewcal 880C: LINTEC (a product name of a medium manufacturer) is used.
As the medium, Tarpaulin SJT-V200F: HIRAOKA (a product name of a medium manufacturer) is used.
As the medium, MPI2010WHITE/PERM/90: Avery (a product name of a medium manufacturer) is used.
As the medium, MPI3000/PERM/90: Avery (a product name of a medium manufacturer) is used.
As the medium, PVC Film P-243RW: LINTEC (a product name of a medium manufacturer) is used.
As the medium, TACKPAINT: SEKISUI CHEMICAL (a product name of a medium manufacturer) is used.
According to the respective tables shown in these experimental examples 1 to 8, it is known that the image quality of the pictorial diagrams and characters printed on the surface of the medium 30 is improved by preliminarily heating the medium 30 by the print heater 70 for printing the pictorial diagrams and characters with the preheater 40, and heating the medium 30 on which inkjet droplets ejected from the printing head 14 are landed.
In this inkjet printer, the control of heating temperature of the preheater 40 and the print heater 70 for heating the medium 30 by the heat control means 80 may be changed or adjusted by an additional operation panel (not shown) to a printer or a host computer 120 for printer control to which a printer is connected. Further, the heating temperature of the medium 30 by the preheater 40 and the print heater 70 controlled by the heat control means 80 may be changed or adjusted by an additional operation panel (not shown) to a printer or a host computer 120 for printer control to which a printer is connected according to the kind and thickness of the medium 30 carried on the platen 20, the ambient temperature at which the printer is placed, or the like. Furthermore, various kinds of media 30 such that softened at low temperature in various thicknesses may be constantly carried on the platen 20 smoothly by the carrying means 60.
In the inkjet printer, as shown in FIG. 2, refresh mode means 140 for moving the printing head 14 to a maintenance station 130 at the side part of the platen 20 and trial-discharging (flushing) ink droplets from the nozzles 12 of the printing head so as to prevent the solvent ink from being solidified and causing clogging within the nozzles 12 of the printing head may be provided. The refresh mode means 140 may be constituted by an electronic circuit of the host computer 120 for printer control etc. Further, in the process of printing pictorial diagrams and characters on the surface of the medium 30 using the solvent ink, using the refresh mode means 140, the printing head 14 may be moved to the maintenance station 130 and ink droplets may be trial-discharged from the nozzles 12 of the printing head into a receiving tray 110 provided in the maintenance station 130 or the like. Accordingly, the solvent ink may be prevented from being solidified within the nozzles 12 of the printing head and causing clogging of the nozzles 12. Further, missing dots may be prevented from occurring in parts of pictorial diagrams and characters on the surface of the medium 30 printed using the clogged printing head 14.
Furthermore, in that case, the refresh mode means 140 may adopt a structure for moving the printing head 14 to the maintenance station 130 and trial-discharging ink droplets from the nozzles 12 of the printing head at regular time intervals. Then, at regular time intervals in the process of printing pictorial diagrams and characters on the surface of the medium 30 using the solvent ink, using the refresh mode means 140, the printing head 14 may be moved to the maintenance station 130 and ink droplets may be forced to be trial-discharged from the nozzles 12 of the printing head. Accordingly, the solvent ink may be ensured to be prevented from being solidified within the nozzles 12 of the printing head and causing clogging of the nozzle 12 because of the failure to move the printing head 14 to the maintenance station 130 and trial-discharging ink droplets from the nozzles 12 of the printing head in the process of printing pictorial diagrams and characters on the surface of the medium 30 using the solvent ink.
In the inkjet printer, as shown in FIG. 3, drying means 150 for drying the ink droplets adhering to the landed points of the surface of the medium 30 carried out onto the front part 26 of the platen from below the traveling path of the printing head 14 may be provided. The drying means 150 may employ a blow drier, an infrared drier, and a heater drier using ceramics, nichrome wires, or the like singly or in combination. Further, the droplets adhering to the landed points of the surface of the medium 30 carried out onto the front part 26 of the platen from below the traveling path of the printing head 14 in partly undried conditions may be dried completely by the drying means 150. Further, the droplets adhering to the landed points of the surface of the medium 30 in partly undried conditions, which is taken up in a roll form or the like by the forward take-up means 100 from the front part 26 of the platen may be prevented from adhering to other parts of the medium 30 taken up in a roll form or the like and contaminating the medium 30 with the ink.
As described above, the inkjet printer of the invention is suitable for printing pictorial diagrams and characters on the surface of the medium for outdoor display advertisement or the like that requires water resistance and weather resistance with high image quality and fixing stability. Similarly, the inkjet printer is suitable for printing pictorial diagrams and characters on the surface of the medium for various industries that require water resistance.
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So my today I noticed that I couldn’t access Electra after rebooting my device. So I deleted it, re-installed it and re-enabled the jaikbreak. Now my tweaks seem to work, but I cannot open Cydia, it just crashed immidiatly if I try opening it. So, is there any way to re-install/fix Cydia on my device?
If that doesn't work, reboot and try running electra with tweaks off. if it works, then one of your tweaks are causing it.
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