CN-121989564-A - Multi-mode printing system and method applied to same

Abstract

The application provides a multi-mode printing system and a method applied to the multi-mode printing system. The printer body comprises a spray head mounting assembly, the spray head assembly comprises a printing spray head, an ink box assembly is used for loading first ink and/or second ink, the first ink and the second ink are different, the multi-mode printing system can be switched between a first printing mode and a second printing mode, the first printing mode is used for supplying the first ink to the printing spray head mounted to the spray head mounting assembly, the second printing mode is used for supplying the second ink to the printing spray head mounted to the spray head mounting assembly, the first ink can be used for executing 2D printing or 2.5D printing, the second ink can be used for executing 3D printing, and therefore functional requirements of 2D printing, 2.5D printing and 3D printing are compatible in a single device, repeated configuration of the device is reduced, and flexibility and operation efficiency of use are improved.

Inventors

• ZHANG SIWEI
• LIANG YUHAO
• HE JIAQIANG
• XIONG RUI
• TAN HUABIN
• LUO XIAOCHENG

Assignees

• 广州黑格智造信息科技有限公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20260226

Claims (20)

1. 1. A multi-mode printing system, comprising: A printer body including a nozzle mounting assembly; a nozzle assembly including a printing nozzle; An ink cartridge assembly for loading a first ink and/or a second ink, the first ink and the second ink being different; the multi-mode printing system is switchable between a first printing mode in which the ink cartridge assembly supplies a first ink to a printing head mounted to the head mounting assembly and a second printing mode in which the ink cartridge assembly supplies a second ink to a printing head mounted to the head mounting assembly, wherein the first ink is at least usable to perform 2D printing or 2.5D printing and the second ink is at least usable to perform 3D printing.
2. 2. The multi-mode printing system of claim 1, wherein, The spray head assembly comprises a first printing spray head and a second printing spray head; The first print head is used to perform a first print mode and the second print head is used to perform a second print mode.
3. 3. The multi-mode printing system of claim 1, wherein, The ink cartridge assembly includes a first ink cartridge and a second ink cartridge; In a first printing mode, the first ink cartridge supplies a first ink to a printing head mounted to the head mounting assembly, and in a second printing mode, the second ink cartridge supplies a second ink to a printing head mounted to the head mounting assembly.
4. 4. The multi-mode printing system of claim 1, wherein, The spray head assembly comprises a first printing spray head and a second printing spray head; The ink cartridge assembly includes a first ink cartridge and a second ink cartridge; In a first printing mode, the first ink cartridge supplies a first ink to a first print head mounted to the head mounting assembly, and in a second printing mode, the second ink cartridge supplies a second ink to a second print head mounted to the head mounting assembly.
5. 5. The multi-mode printing system of claim 2 or 4, wherein, One of the first and second print heads is selectively mounted to the head mounting assembly, or The first and second print heads are mounted to the head mounting assembly simultaneously.
6. 6. A multi-mode printing system as claimed in claim 3 or 4, wherein, One of the first ink cartridge and the second ink cartridge is selectively mounted to the printer body, or The first ink cartridge and the second ink cartridge are mounted to the printer body at the same time.
7. 7. The multi-mode printing system of claim 1, wherein, The spray head assembly comprises only one printing spray head, the system further comprises a first cleaning assembly, and/or a second cleaning assembly, wherein the first cleaning assembly is used for cleaning the printing spray head when the first printing mode is switched to the second printing mode or the second printing mode is switched to the first printing mode The ink box assembly only comprises one ink box, and the system further comprises a second cleaning assembly, wherein the second cleaning assembly is used for cleaning the ink box when the first printing mode is switched to the second printing mode or the second printing mode is switched to the first printing mode.
8. 8. The multi-mode printing system of any of claims 1-7, wherein, Also comprises a liquid adding component, The priming assembly communicates with the cartridge assembly to supply ink to the cartridge assembly.
9. 9. The multi-mode printing system of any of claims 2-4, wherein, The device also comprises a control device and a type identification device, wherein the type identification device is in communication connection with the control device and is used for determining: The head mounting assembly of the printer body currently mounts either a first printing head or a second printing head, and/or The printer body is currently mounted with a first ink cartridge or a second ink cartridge.
10. 10. The multi-mode printing system of claim 8, wherein, The device also comprises a control device and a type identification device, wherein the type identification device is in communication connection with the control device and is used for determining: The head mounting assembly of the printer body currently mounts either a first printing head or a second printing head, and/or The printer body is currently provided with a first ink box or a second ink box, and/or Whether the liquid adding component is connected with the ink box component.
11. 11. The multi-mode printing system of claim 8, wherein, The ink cartridge assembly includes at least two containing units for loading inks of different properties; The priming assembly includes at least two storage containers for loading ink corresponding to ink in the at least two containing units.
12. 12. The multi-mode printing system of claim 1, wherein, The ink cartridge assembly includes a first level sensor for detecting a level of liquid in the ink cartridge assembly.
13. 13. The multi-mode printing system of claim 8, wherein, The liquid adding component comprises a second liquid level sensor, and the second liquid level sensor is used for detecting the liquid level position of liquid in the liquid adding component.
14. 14. The multi-mode printing system of claim 11, wherein, The liquid feeding subassembly still includes the casing, the casing includes first slot and second slot for the first slot that loads first storage container is provided with first location sign, and the second slot that loads second storage container is provided with the second location sign, first location sign is different with the second location sign.
15. 15. The multi-mode printing system of claim 14, wherein, Any one of the first positioning mark and the second positioning mark is selected from at least one of a visual mark, a touch mark, an electronic mark or a physical foolproof structure.
16. 16. The multi-mode printing system of claim 8, further comprising at least one of: a first ink tube detachably or non-detachably connecting the first print head and the first ink cartridge; a second ink tube detachably or non-detachably connecting the second print head and the second ink cartridge, or And the third ink tube is detachably or irremovably connected with the ink box and the liquid adding assembly.
17. 17. The multi-mode printing system of claim 16, wherein, Further comprising at least one valve mounted to at least one of the first ink tube, the second ink tube, the third ink tube, the first ink cartridge, the second ink cartridge, or the priming assembly, and configured to close to prevent ink leakage or open to allow ink circulation.
18. 18. The multi-mode printing system of claim 16, further comprising: the male head body of the first ink tube is detachably connected to the female head body of the first ink cartridge, or The male head body of the second ink tube is detachably connected to the female head body of the second ink cartridge, or The male body at one end of the third ink tube can be detachably connected to the female body of the ink cartridge assembly, and the male body at the other end of the third ink tube can be detachably connected to the female body of the liquid adding assembly.
19. 19. The multi-mode printing system of claim 5, wherein, The spray head installation assembly comprises a base, an electrical interface and a quick-release fixing module, wherein the electrical interface and the quick-release fixing module are installed on the base; when one of the first and second printing heads is selectively mounted to the head mounting assembly, the electrical interface is electrically connected with the first or second printing head, and the quick release fixing module fixes the first or second printing head.
20. 20. The multi-mode printing system of any of claims 1-4, wherein, The first ink comprises at least two of cyan ink, magenta ink, yellow ink, black ink, white ink or transparent ink; The second ink includes at least two of cyan ink, magenta ink, yellow ink, black ink, white ink, transparent ink, or a support material.

Description

Multi-mode printing system and method applied to same Technical Field The invention relates to the technical field of printing equipment, in particular to a multi-mode printing system capable of being compatible with multiple printing modes (such as 2D printing, 2.5D printing and 3D printing) and a method applied to the multi-mode printing system. Background The current printing equipment can be divided into three major categories of plane printing (2D printing), texture relief printing (2.5D printing) and three-dimensional printing (3D printing) equipment according to function positioning, but the functions of the existing printing equipment are more than single characteristic, the plane printing equipment is only focused on two-dimensional image-text output, the relief printing deposits inks with different thicknesses on plane or curved media to form texture structures with different height differences, so that the texture structures are different in vision and touch as a whole, and the three-dimensional printing equipment is used for forming three-dimensional entities. The functional barriers cause the limitation of use when the user simultaneously relates to the output of plane image-text information and the construction requirement of a three-dimensional entity in an actual scene or the same user has the requirement of producing a product with two-dimensional image-text, a relief texture product and a three-dimensional entity product, two to three sets of independent printing equipment are required to be purchased and configured respectively, so that the cost of the required equipment is increased. The existing printing equipment does not effectively break through the functional compatibility bottleneck of planar printing, relief printing and three-dimensional printing, and flexible switching and collaborative use of three printing modes on the same equipment are difficult to realize, so that a user has to accept a 'one-machine-needed' low-efficiency configuration mode, and the application potential of the printing technology is limited. Disclosure of Invention The application provides a multi-mode printing system and a method applied to the multi-mode printing system, which are used for solving the technical problems that printing equipment in the prior art has single function and cannot be compatible with multiple printing modes. In order to achieve the above purpose, the application adopts the following technical scheme: There is provided a multi-mode printing system comprising a printer body comprising a head mounting assembly, a head assembly comprising a printing head, an ink cartridge assembly for carrying a first ink and/or a second ink, the first ink and the second ink being different, the multi-mode printing system being switchable between a first printing mode in which the ink cartridge assembly supplies the first ink to the printing head mounted to the head mounting assembly and a second printing mode in which the ink cartridge assembly supplies the second ink to the printing head mounted to the head mounting assembly, wherein the first ink is at least usable to perform 2D printing or 2.5D printing, and the second ink is at least usable to perform 3D printing. In some embodiments, the spray head assembly includes a first print spray head for performing the first print mode and a second print spray head for performing the second print mode. Different printing modes are executed through different printing spray heads, so that the printing modes can be conveniently and quickly switched, two printing modes executed by the same spray head are reduced, the working procedures of cleaning and the like are needed when the mode is switched, and the printing efficiency is improved. In some embodiments, the ink cartridge assembly includes a first ink cartridge that supplies a first ink to a print head mounted to the head mounting assembly in a first print mode and a second ink cartridge that supplies a second ink to a print head mounted to the head mounting assembly in a second print mode. Different ink is supplied through different ink cartridges, so that corresponding ink cartridges can be quickly called when the printing mode is switched, two printing modes are executed by the same ink cartridge, the working procedures of cleaning, material replacement and the like are needed when the mode is switched, and the printing efficiency is improved. In some embodiments, the spray head assembly includes a first print spray head and a second print spray head, the ink cartridge assembly includes a first ink cartridge and a second ink cartridge, the first ink cartridge supplies a first ink to the first print spray head mounted to the spray head mounting assembly in a first print mode, and the second ink cartridge supplies a second ink to the second print spray head mounted to the spray head mounting assembly in a second print mode. Different printing modes are executed through different printing spray heads, d