Riso Kagaku Corporation

Manabu Iwamoto

Kenji Oshima

Takashi Isozaki

Masakatsu Arai

Hirotaka Kaneda

In an ink supply method and system and an ink container where the ink is automatically supplied in the stencil printing, to permit suitable detection of empty of the ink container even if the kind of ink which has not been set is employed. A parameter representing an inkless time corresponding to the kind of ink (viscosity of ink) is stored in the storage means () provided on the ink container (), the parameter is read out from the storage means () and the inkless time is set on the basis of the parameter, whereby it is recognized that the ink container is exhausted when the time for which the ink in the ink fountain () is not detected by an ink amount detecting means () becomes longer than the inkless time.

System for supplying ink and ink container

In a stencil printing method where a plurality of kinds of ink containers filled with ink of different colors are installed in a system body of a stencil printer and the ink in the ink container is supplied to a printing drum to carry out stencil printing, to easily set color information of the printing drum for determining whether the color information of the ink container conforms to the printing drum without necessity of operator's input. The color information stored in the storage means () of the ink container () installed in the system body () of the stencil printer is read out to a color information setting means (), and at the same time, the color information setting means () confirms whether the color information has been already stored in the storage means () of the printing drum (). When the color information has not been yet stored in the storage means () of the printing drum (), the color information read out form the storage means () of the ink container () is stored in the storage means () of the printing drum ().

Method of and system for stencil printing and ink container

To make the stencil printing at a stabilized density from the start of printing in a stencil printing where a plurality of kinds of inks different from each other in volatility and/or viscosity are used. Information representing the volatility and/or viscosity of ink is stored in a storage means of an ink container, while the stored information representing the volatility and/or viscosity of ink is read out, and at the same time, the ceasing time from interruption of printing to resumption of the same is measured, and the printing pressure is controlled according to the ceasing time and the information representing the volatility and/or viscosity of ink.

Stencil printing system with print pressure controlling means

Stencil printing system with rotational speed control of the print drum

An image forming system includes a mounting portion in which an expendable provided with a memory in which distinguishment information representing whether the expendable is compatible is stored is removably installed. The distinguishment information stored in the memory of the expendable installed in the mounting portion is read out, and operation of a predetermined object is controlled on the basis of a control information according to the distinguishment information when the distinguishment information read out represents that the expendable is compatible. A control information input mechanism for inputting control information of the object when the distinguishment information read out represents that the expendable is incompatible is further provided and the operation of the object is controlled on the basis of the control information input by the control information input mechanism when the distinguishment information read out from the memory of the expendable represents that the expendable is incompatible.

Image forming system

Method of and system for forming image and an expendable

The Abstract as it appears in the enclosed English language translation is the more accurate and faithful translation of the original Abstract as it was filed in the PCT International application, and it is therefore requested that the Abstract be changed to this Abstract that more accurately identifies this invention, and as it has been faithfully re-translated by our Japanese associate and translator.

Method and system for calculating ink residue and ink container

A stencil making and printing machine outputs a busy signal indicative that the stencil making and printing machine is a busy state, and then, gives the busy signal as an answer to the external computer system via the controller for a predetermined time after the stencil making process and for a predetermined time after a printing process, and thereby, an intervention operation from the external computer system is limited. By doing so, the present invention provides a stencil making and printing system and a stencil making and printing machine, which can improve an operability of stencil making and printing process, and has a high processing efficiency.

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Amimachi, Japan

Manabu Iwamoto