Pretreatment device and pretreatment information setting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10919318-B2
Application number	US-201816141376-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2018
Priority date	Dec 27, 2017
Publication date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021

Abstract

A pretreatment device includes a pretreatment portion, a reception portion, a processor and a memory. The pretreatment portion performs a pretreatment on a recording medium. The reception portion receives recording medium information that the recording medium has. The memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform processes including: setting, for the pretreatment portion, pretreatment information relating to the pretreatment, on the basis of the recording medium information received by the reception portion; and causing the pretreatment portion to perform the pretreatment on the basis of the set pretreatment information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pretreatment device comprising:
a pretreatment portion configured to perform a pretreatment on a recording medium;
a reception portion configured to receive recording medium information that the recording medium has;
a processor; and
a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform processes including:
setting, for the pretreatment portion, pretreatment information relating to the pretreatment, on the basis of the recording medium information received by the reception portion; and
causing the pretreatment portion to perform the pretreatment on the basis of the set pretreatment information,
wherein the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting a pretreatment area on the recording medium on the basis of the recording medium information.

2. The pretreatment device according to claim 1 , wherein
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting the pretreatment area on the basis of print data corresponding to the recording medium information.

3. The pretreatment device according to claim 2 , wherein
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting the pretreatment area on the basis of arrangement information of an image with respect to the recording medium included in the print data.

4. The pretreatment device according to claim 1 , wherein
the pretreatment portion includes an application portion configured to apply a pretreatment agent,
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting, for the application portion, application treatment information as the pretreatment information, on the basis of the recording medium information.

5. The pretreatment device according to claim 4 , wherein
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting, for the application portion, at least one of a type of the pretreatment agent and an application amount of the pretreatment agent, as the application treatment information.

6. The pretreatment device according to claim 1 , wherein
the pretreatment portion includes a heat treatment portion configured to perform heat treatment on the recording medium, and
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting, for the heat treatment portion, heat treatment information on the basis of the recording medium information.

7. The pretreatment device according to claim 6 , wherein
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting, for the heat treatment portion, at least one of a heat treatment temperature, a heat treatment time period and a number of times of heat treatment, as the heat treatment information.

8. The pretreatment device according to claim 6 , wherein
the heat treatment portion includes a heat press portion, and
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes, setting, for the heat treatment portion, at least one of a heat press temperature, a heat press time period, a heat press pressure and a number of times of a heat press operation, as the heat treatment information.

9. The pretreatment device according to claim 1 , wherein
the recording medium information includes at least one of material information, which is information relating to a material of the recording medium, and manufacturing information, which is information relating to manufacture of the recording medium, and
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting, for the pretreatment portion, the pretreatment information on the basis of at least one of the material information and the manufacturing information.

10. The pretreatment device according to claim 9 , wherein
the material information includes color information of the recording medium, and
the computer-readable instructions further perform processes including:
determining whether to perform the pretreatment on the basis of the color information; and
causing the pretreatment not to be performed when it is determined that the pretreatment is not to be performed.

11. The pretreatment device according to claim 1 , wherein
the recording medium information includes an identifier, and
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting, for the pretreatment portion, the pretreatment information on the basis of the identifier.

12. The pretreatment device according to claim 11 , wherein
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes, setting, for the pretreatment portion, the pretreatment information corresponding to the identifier included in the recording medium information acquired from a storage portion and received by the reception portion, the storage portion being configured to associate and store the identifier and the pretreatment information.

13. The pretreatment device according to claim 1 , wherein
the recording medium information includes an identifier, and
the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting a pretreatment area on the basis of print data corresponding to the identifier included in the recording medium information acquired from an external device and received by the reception portion, the external device being configured to associate and store the identifier and the print data.

14. The pretreatment device according to claim 13 , wherein
the external device is a server.

15. The pretreatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a print portion configured to perform printing on the recording medium.

16. A pretreatment information setting method for a pretreatment device including a pretreatment portion configured to perform a pretreatment on a recording medium, a reception portion configured to receive recording medium information, and a control portion configured to control the pretreatment device, the method comprising the steps of:
using the control portion to set, for the pretreatment portion, pretreatment information relating to the pretreatment, on the basis of the recording medium information received by the reception portion; and
using the control portion to cause the pretreatment portion to perform the pretreatment on the basis of the set pretreatment information,
wherein the setting of the pretreatment information for the pretreatment portion includes setting a pretreatment area on the recording medium on the basis of the recording medium information.

17. A pretreatment device comprising:
a pretreatment portion configured to perform a pretreatment on a recording medium;
a reception portion configured to receive recording medium information that the recording medium has;
a processor; and
a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform processes including:
setting, for the pretreatment portion, pretreatment information relating to the pretreatment, on the basis of the recording medium information received by the reception portion; and
causing the pretreatment portion to perform the pretreatment on the basis of the set pretreatment information,
wherein the recording medium information includes at least one of material information, which is information relating to a material of the recording medium, and manufacturing information, which is information relating to manufacture of the recording medium,
the setting of the pretreatment information for t

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Tamaki Shuichi
• Watanabe Takeshi
• Sato Kenji

Classifications

• B41J3/4078 Primary

  Printing on textile · CPC title

• B41J11/0015

  for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114) · CPC title

• B41J11/009

  Detecting type of paper, e.g. by automatic reading of a code that is printed on a paper package or on a paper roll or by sensing the grade of translucency of the paper · CPC title

• D06P5/30

  Ink jet printing · CPC title

• D06C15/10

  between flat plates of a press · CPC title