Electrophotography inventions 12/06

20060291871 - Image forming apparatus monitoring system and method, program and storage medium: A system remotely monitors at least one image forming apparatus. The system receives first operation information and second operation information concerning the image forming apparatus. The system is capable of detecting a frequent occurrence of failures in the image forming apparatus based on the first operation information. The system is... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060291872 - Anti-counterfeiting identification system and method for consumables: Provided is an article of manufacturer with anti-counterfeit properties a consumable, having taggant nanoparticles dispersed within it. Each taggant nanoparticle has at least one known physical characteristic such as, the taggant nanoparticles being a predetermined combination of nanoparticles providing at least two different taggant physical characteristics as a taggant code... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060291873 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises: a rotary unit having a plurality of development devices provided around a rotary shaft, the development device including a constituent unit, wherein the plurality of the development devices move to a development position where the development devices sequentially oppose an image carrier by rotation of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060291874 - Image forming apparatus having duplex printing capability and paper discharging method thereof: An image forming apparatus having a duplex printing capability includes a paper discharging unit to discharge a printed sheet of paper to a paper discharge plate, and a duplex printing unit. The duplex printing unit includes a paper reversing unit to reverse a printing side of the one-side printed sheet... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060291875 - Image forming apparatus: Upon occurrence of jamming in an apparatus, an electrification unit 4 ceases electrification of a surface of a photosensitive drum 3 and, simultaneously, an exposure unit 5 starts to expose the entire surface in a width direction to light. Further, a development unit 6 forms a toner adhesion region T... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20060291876 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, in which a consumption article can be attached to and detached from a main body, has a device that makes an access to a memory provided on the consumption article, a device that determines whether or not an access failure has occurred during the access to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20060291877 - Effective surface resistivity through image analysis: A method for determining the approximate surface conductivity of a photoreceptor surface. The method involves forming a latent image of a series of lines of different widths on the surface, developing the image, and then printing the image. Based on which lines print, the surface conductivity can be computed once... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060291878 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a rotary unit having a plurality of development devices provided around a rotary shaft, the development device having a constituent unit, wherein: a plurality of the development devices sequentially move to a development position, where the development devices oppose an image carrier by rotation of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060291879 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a rotary developing device having N developer carriers on an rotation orbit and moving the N developer carriers to a development position opposite to the image carrier, and a toner concentration sensor that measures... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060291880 - Image forming apparatus capable of counting consumable consumption amount, and control method and control program therefor: An image forming apparatus which is capable of accurately performing a video count process based on image data and thus maintaining the quality of images even where DMA transfer processing is used. An image forming device performs a process using a consumable material. A first controller controls the image forming... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20060291881 - Image-forming device: An image-forming device includes: an image-forming unit; a sensor; a storing unit; a reference ratio determining unit; an estimated ratio determining unit; and a density correcting unit. The image-forming unit is capable of forming a plurality of density patches corresponding to a plurality of reference densities. The sensor detects the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20060291882 - Imaging machine using a large area electron multiplier: The imaging machine which may form part of a photocopier, scanner or the like has a light source, a platen (21) consisting of an upper, light transparent plate (23) and beneath the upper plate an image collector unit (25) and an image data processor (30). The image collector unit (25)... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060291883 - Image formation apparatus and controlling method of fixing roller: An image formation apparatus and a method of controlling a fixing unit thereof. The image formation apparatus includes: a fixing unit of applying a heat for fixing a toner on a sheet, and having a heating element mounted at one side of the fixing unit; a switch of controlling supplying... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060291884 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that includes: a reading unit; an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet; a fixing unit; a mode selecting unit that selects a first mode from plural modes, in the first mode of which a document is read by the reading unit and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20060291885 - Self-lubricating residual toner cleaning apparatus: A self-lubricating residual toner cleaning apparatus is provided and includes (i) a cleaning blade member for removing charged loosened residual toner particles having a first polarity from a toner image bearing surface at a first point; (ii) a disturber fiber brush, mounted at a second point for loosening residual particles... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20060291886 - Control apparatus system: A control apparatus system which enables reduction of costs and time for development. An image forming apparatus implementing the control apparatus system has an image output section including a plurality of functional units having different functions. The image output section has an ASIC that is provided in each of the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20060291887 - Image output method: An image output method includes the step of waking up a printing unit and enabling the printing unit to perform a warm-up process while starting a printing control program for the printing unit. Thus, the time of waiting for the printing unit to output image data after a user sends... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060291889 - Digital copy machine and display controlling method thereof: A digital copy machine, including a display panel to display at least one menu to allow for a setting up of a copy function and to display a layout of copy output, a display controller which changes a screen displayed on the display panel according to a selection of a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060291888 - User interface and computer readable medium storing computer program: Disclosed is a user interface to carry out a book printing in which one sheet is associated with a plurality of pages of a book, wherein the user interface is capable of setting different print modes for the sheets constituting the book.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060291890 - Printer and duplex printing mode controlling method thereof: A printer, including a printing unit to print print data on print medium. The printer includes a memory to temporarily store the print data supplied from a user terminal, a controller to temporarily cancel a duplex printing mode of the printer and to control the printing unit to print the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060291891 - Electrophotographic power supply configuration for supplying power to a fuser: A power supply control system for a fuser assembly in an electrophotographic apparatus includes a power supply and a fuser assembly. The power supply includes a first electrical path designated for a fuser assembly that operates at a first voltage and a second electrical path designated for a fuser assembly... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20060291892 - Fusing roller and fusing device using the same: A fusing roller and a fusing device using the fusing roller. The fusing roller applies heat to a toner image and fuses the toner image onto a piece of paper and is heated by a coil connected to an external power source. The fusing roller includes a pair of end... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20060291893 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that includes: a process cartridge that includes a power supplied member; a casing that includes an accommodating section for detachably accommodating the process cartridge; and a power supplying member that is provided in the accommodating section and is abutted on the power supplied member of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20060291894 - Fuser cooling fan control method and image forming apparatus having the same: A method and apparatus for fuser cooling fan control is provided. An image forming apparatus so configured comprises a fixing unit, a cooling fan for cooling the fixing unit, a detecting sensor for measuring ambient temperature and humidity of the image forming apparatus, and a controller for recognizing ambient temperature... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291895 - Developing apparatus and assembly method of developing apparatus: The blade back seal, which integrally comprises the side portions extending in the vertical direction at the longitudinal end portions of the leaf spring member and the connecting portion for connecting the side portions at the longitudinal center portion of the leaf spring member, is interposed between the leaf spring... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20060291896 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image recording device having an eject tray on a top thereof, and recording an image on a recording medium corresponding to input image data and discharging the recording medium onto the eject tray; an image reading device mounted over the image recording device to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060291897 - Image formation device: A plurality of process cartridges are provided at a device main body. The process cartridges are arranged in tandem in a vertical direction, and are each mountable/removable by being withdrawn in a horizontal direction. A transport belt is disposed near side portions of the process cartridges. The transport belt transports... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291898 - Image forming device and process cartridge: An image forming device including: plural process cartridges which are provided in a device main body so as to be installable and removable in a lateral direction, and which are disposed in a vertical row; a belt body disposed so as to face the process cartridges, and able to withdraw... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291900 - Image forming device and process cartridge: An image forming device of the present invention has: a plurality of process cartridges which are provided in a device main body so as to be installable and removable in a lateral direction, and which are disposed in a vertical row; cartridge guides formed at the device main body, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291899 - Methods and systems for mounting an imaging media cartridge to a printer: A printing system that receives an imaging media cartridge includes a rail and a dock to install the imaging media cartridge. The imaging media cartridge includes a housing that has pivots along an alignment axis substantially parallel to the rail. The imaging media cartridge further includes a roller that slides... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20060291901 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: a conveyance unit including a belt member stretched across at least a drive roller and a driven roller and conveys a recording medium and a casing that axially supports the drive roller and the driven roller; a body frame disposed with an image carrier for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291903 - Image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus in which the developing portion is provided with a mechanism capable of forming the developing agent image and recovering residual developing agent left remained on the image carrier, and the electrification portion of the image-forming unit disposed at the second stage further provided with a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060291902 - Image forming apparatus and method for forming image: The ratio of the particles of developing agent having a particle diameter of not more than A×0.5(μm) (wherein A is a 50% average particle diameter (μm)) and the ratio of the particles of developing agent having a particle diameter of not less than A×1.5(μm) (wherein A is a 50% average... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060291904 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that includes: a developing unit; a transfer unit; and a photosensitive drum assembly. The photosensitive drum includes: a photosensitive drum; a driven section, which is provided integrally with the photosensitive drum; and a driving section, which transmits a driving force to the driven section to rotate... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060291905 - Electron emitter, charger, and charging method: Provided are an electron emitter continuously emitting electrons stably even in the atmosphere, a charger using the electron emitter, and a charging method using the charger. The electron emitter includes a electron emitting element consisting of a first electrode, a second electrode, and a semiconductor layer formed therebetween, and a... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20060291906 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developers, an exposure unit forming a plurality of latent images on a photosensitive medium, and a power transmission unit simultaneously driving two of the developers that store toners having different polarities and colors. A charging unit converts toner images having different... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291907 - Liquid electrophotographic imaging device and methods: An embodiment includes developing unit having a first developer roller and a second developer roller in contact with the first developer roller. The first developer roller is adapted to transfer developed liquid developer to the second developer roller, and the second developer roller is adapted to transfer the developed liquid... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060291908 - Liquid development apparatus, liquid development method and image forming apparatus: An objective of the present invention is to provide a liquid development apparatus that can form a uniformly thin layer of high-density liquid developer on the development roller, thereby forming images free of uneven density or toner fog, and another objective is to provide an inexpensive and compact liquid development... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060291909 - Process cartridge for image forming apparatus: A process cartridge of an image forming apparatus including a development cartridge including, a development cartridge housing with a toner inlet port therein, and a toner inlet port cover movably formed at the development cartridge housing, to open and close the toner inlet port, having a rib at a leading... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060291910 - Toner cartridge having control board mounted therein and electrophotographic image forming apparatus using the same: A toner cartridge has a control board mounted therein and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus using the same. The toner cartridge includes a toner tube having a mounting part on which a control board is mounted, a control board cover for covering the mounting part to mount the control board... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291911 - Carrier, developer, image forming apparatus and process cartridge: A carrier including a manganese ferrite core material having a layer on its surface such that 0.1≦K≦30, where K=(S/M)×100, S and M represent the standard deviation and average of M2/(M1+M2), respectively, M ranging from 0.05 to 0.45, and M1 and M2 represent the content of iron and manganese, respectively, in... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060291912 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus prints an image on paper. A developing roller supplies toner to an electrostatic latent image on a photoconductive drum to form a toner image. A developing blade forms a thin layer of toner on the developing roller. A transfer unit transfers the toner image onto the... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20060291913 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a belt member stretched across at least two rollers; a protrusion disposed, such that it protrudes along the traveling direction of the belt member, on an inner surface of one edge side of the belt member; an engagement portion that is formed in an end... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291914 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of providing a sufficient vibration based on the natural frequency of the components of the transfer section and providing adequate control for this purpose, thereby enhancing and maintaining the transfer efficiency. The aforementioned image forming apparatus includes a vibration application device for applying vibration to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060291915 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing section and a guiding section. The guiding section includes first and second guiding members. The first guiding member is in a first conveyance path for a first recording sheet having a first width and contacts the first recording sheet to guide the first... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20060291917 - Fixing device: In a fixing device incorporated in an image forming apparatus and operable to fix a toner image on a recording medium, a first rotative member and a second rotative member form a nip portion therebetween, at which the toner image is fixed on the recording medium. A separator separates the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291916 - Image forming apparatus having print media-releasing member and fusing apparatus having same: An image forming apparatus having a print roller, in which a circumferential elastic contact part of the print roller contacts and presses a print medium to convey the print medium, the apparatus comprises a push roller pressing the print roller to elastically deform the circumferential elastic contact part; and a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060291918 - Image forming apparatus and method for forming image: An image forming apparatus comprising a fixing portion provided with a cleaning member having a resinous covering layer comprising a resin which is of the same series as a binder resin and has an MI which is not less than 1.3 times as high as that of the binder resin,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060291919 - Low mass fuser apparatus with substantially uniform axial temperature distribution: An energy transfer device may include a fuser roll, a pressure roll, the pressure roller and the fuser roll being part of a marking system, and a heat pipe, the heat pipe being in contact with at least one of the fuser roll and the pressure roll. A method of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20060291920 - Rotary roller structure and fuser of image forming apparatus employing the same: A fuser of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus fuses a toner image to a recording medium by applying heat and pressure. The fuser includes first and second rollers that are elastically biased against each other and that rotate while facing each other. An elastic layer is provided on at least... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291921 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus using the same: A fusing apparatus and an image forming apparatus using the fusing apparatus are provided. The fusing apparatus includes a fusing roller having a heat generating unit and a pressing unit having a fusing belt supported by at least two pressing members that circulates and contacts the fusing roller by the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291922 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus using the same: A fusing apparatus and an image forming apparatus using the fusing apparatus are provided. The fusing apparatus includes a fusing roller having a heat generating unit and a pressing unit having a fusing belt and at least two pressing members supporting the fusing belt to rotate and contact the fusing... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291923 - Fixing roller for an image forming apparatus: A fixing roller of an image forming apparatus includes a roller body having a pipe form. A coil assembly is mounted within the roller body and has an induction coil, and an inside and outside thereof are coated with insulators. A pressing pipe is mounted to the roller body to... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291924 - Fusing unit and fusing apparatus using the same: A fusing unit and a fusing apparatus using the fusing unit are provided. The fusing unit includes a pipe-shaped fusing roller, an internal pipe inserted into an inner portion of the fusing roller, a heating unit disposed between the fusing roller and the internal pipe to surround the internal pipe... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291925 - Heating roller and image fixing apparatus using the same: A heating roller includes an exterior aluminum pipe preferably coated with a Teflon layer. A primer layer is disposed inside the exterior aluminum pipe. An outer insulating layer is disposed inside the primer layer. A heating coil is disposed inside the outer insulating layer. An inner insulating layer is disposed... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291926 - Flash fixing device and image forming device: A flash fixing device is disclosed. The flash fixing device has a group of main flash lamps which emit main flash light for fixing a toner image on a recording medium; an auxiliary flash lamp provided at a position corresponding to between a pair of flash lamps of the group... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060291927 - Glossing subsystem for a printing device: A glossing subsystem is provided that receives duplexed output media that has been selectively marked on a first side and a second side. The glossing subsystem includes: a first glossing unit that selectively provides a first gloss level to a first side of the duplexed output media; and, a second... Agent: John P. Comely Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060291928 - Cleaning unit and electrophotographic image forming apparatus including the same: A cleaning unit and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus including the cleaning unit that prevents a cleaning blade from overturning is disclosed. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning blade that contacts an outer circumference of an object to be cleaned with a predetermined pressure, and thus removes material remaining on... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291929 - Document carrying device, document reading device, and image forming device: A document transporting device (30) serves as a platen cover to expose and cover platens (21A,21B). A document holder (5) is mounted on a predetermined mounting portion of the device (30). A lateral end of the document holder (5) is withdrawn from a predetermined position where the end is located,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060291930 - Printing system: A printing system is provided that includes one or more printing modules, the one or more printing modules including a media web transport input; a media web image transfer point; a media web transport output; a primary image transfer system; a secondary image transfer system; and an intermediate image transfer... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060291931 - Image formation device: An image formation device is equipped with a withdrawably provided paper supply cassette. A display portion and a cover-like opening/closing portion are also provided. The display portion is formed at an upper portion of a withdrawal side of the paper supply cassette and shows information relating to the paper supply... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291932 - Image tracking control algorithm: An image-to-sheet closed loop registration system tracking the image drum position and/or velocity and coordinating movement of the sheet into the transfer nip based on such information.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060285857 - Printing platform: Described herein is a printing platform having one or more marking modules for reproducing an image on a substrate; a print media source processing unit that supplies the substrate; a finisher that provides finishing capabilities for the substrate; and a platform manager that automatically removes electrical power from at least... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060285858 - Document feeding apparatus and method: A document feeding apparatus includes a first delivery roller delivering a document sheet discharged from a fixing unit, a second delivery roller discharging the document sheet to a paper delivery tray, a motor driving the second delivery roller, a lever installed at the downstream, or upstream, side of the first... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060285859 - Backup of replaceable device information in an image-forming apparatus: A backup system, apparatus and method to provide a backup of information associated with replaceable devices in an image forming apparatus, such as a color printer. The information may include information representing use of the replaceable devices. The image forming apparatus may include a system memory for storing the replaceable... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20060285861 - Development device and toner replenishment method: A development device is provided with a development vessel, a toner box, a toner amount detection sensor, and a control section. The development vessel accommodates toner to be supplied to an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier. The toner box replenishes toner into the development vessel. The toner amount... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060285860 - Image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus administration system: An image forming apparatus including an electrostatic image forming device, which forms an electrostatic image on an image bearing member, a developing apparatus, which develops the electrostatic image by a development bias being applied to a developer carrying member carrying a developer, a distance changing device, which changes the closest... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060285863 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling same: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus whereby waiting time (downtime), which is required for forming an image by automatic adjustment relating to image formation density or image formation position, is made shorter than in the prior art. When an image having a size equal to or less than a prescribed... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060285864 - Image forming device that performs density detection: During a first rotation of a photoconductor, latent electrostatic images for color correction processing patterns are formed on the photoconductor, and the latent electrostatic images are developed into the color correction processing patterns in each of four colors, and then densities of the patterns on the photoconductor are detected. During... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060285862 - Image-formation control apparatus, method for calibrating image forming apparatus, and program: An image-formation control apparatus is connected to an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a medium with a plurality of color materials. The image-formation control apparatus includes a receiving unit and a first calibration unit. The receiving unit receives an image formation command, which is to be executed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060285865 - Method and apparatus for controlling transfer voltage in image forming device: A method and apparatus for controlling a transfer voltage applied to a transfer roller in order to transfer a toner image formed on an intermediate transfer member to a medium in a multi-path type electrophotographic image forming device are provided. An amount of toner transferred from the photoconductive member to... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060285866 - Method of controlling fusing speed of image forming apparatus: Provided is a method of controlling a fusing speed of an image forming apparatus. Determination is made as to whether a sheet of paper to be printed is a special-purpose sheet. Determination is made as to whether a length l of the sheet of paper is shorter than a distance... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060285867 - Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively controlling power supply for energy saving: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of load units, a power supply device, and a control mechanism. The plurality of load units has an image forming mechanism serving as one of the plurality of load units and a specific load component. The power supply device has a first power... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060285868 - Computerized action tool and method of use: Disclosed herein is a computer system which includes a plurality of objects stored in a memory, a plurality of actions such as printing actions stored in the memory, and an action tool. Application of the action tool executes a subset of the plurality of actions on a subset of the... Agent: Diane F. Covello, Esq. Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20060285869 - Sheet-processing system: A sheet-processing system can perform a plurality of jobs in parallel. While process 1 and process 2 are being processed simultaneously, a job display screen is segmented into two such that segmented job display screens for process 1 and process 2 are simultaneously displayed in a touch panel display frame... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060285870 - Image forming machine: When a sheet jams in an image forming machine with a detachable unit having at least the image carrier device, it is necessary to detach the unit to remove the sheet when the image carrier device is charged with electric charge. When the unit is detached and re-attached, spark discharging... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20060285872 - Belt cleaning device and image forming apparatus: A belt cleaning device includes a cleaning roller, a backup roller, and a roller-pressing-state setting mechanism. The cleaning roller is disposed in confrontation with a surface of a belt. The backup roller is disposed in confrontation with the cleaning roller with the belt interposed between the cleaning roller and the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20060285871 - Image-forming device: The present invention provides an image-forming device having a developer-carrying member, an image-carrying member, a belt, and a cleaning unit. The developer-carrying member has an outer surface including a thin layer forming region for carrying a thin layer of developer. The thin layer forming region has a first width in... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20060285873 - Image forming method and apparatus for effectively performing a cleaning operation of a transfer member: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member configured to bear an image on a surface thereof, a transfer unit configured to transfer the image formed on the surface of the image bearing member onto a recording medium, a bias applying unit configured to apply a bias voltage to... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060285874 - Air drag cooler for sheet transport apparatus: In a sheet transport system for a reproduction machine, the transport system defining a transport channel through which the sheet travels in a transport direction, an improvement comprises one or more plenums associated with the transport channel, each plenum connectable to an air flow supply, and one or more openings... Agent: David M. Lockman Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20060285875 - Image formation device: An image formation device at which a pair of first side plates and a pair of second side plates are provided. Process cartridges are installed between the first side plates. Other apparatus to be disposed in a main body of the device is installed between the second side plates, which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060285876 - Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components: A method of remanufacturing a replaceable consumable unit includes providing the replaceable consumable unit including a first electronic circuit, with the first electronic circuit being at least partially inoperable; providing a second electronic circuit; communicatively connecting the second electronic circuit to the first electronic circuit; and intercepting, by the second... Agent: William L. London

20060285877 - Cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus having an electronic element: A cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus comprises a charge roller to which a predetermined voltage is applied; a photosensitive drum charged by the charge roller by rotating in contact with the charge roller; an electronic element for wireless communication which is positioned at a predetermined distance from... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060285880 - Image forming device and detachably loaded process unit: A developing unit is detachably mounted on a photosensitive unit to form a combined unit called process unit. In use, the process unit is loaded into an electrophotographic image forming device. A rotational shaft of the photosensitive drum projects out from the photosensitive unit. When the process unit is loaded... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060285878 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, the process cartridge being transportable with the electrophotographic image forming apparatus while being set in the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the process cartridge including a frame; an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060285879 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus including an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a process device actable on the drum, a cartridge positioning portion for engaging a main assembly positioning portion to position the cartridge with respect to a direction crossing the direction... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060285881 - Transfer assembly and a method for mounting: A photoreceptor module located within a housing. The photoreceptor module includes a photoreceptor belt, a belt support to maintain the belt in a desired configuration, and a transfer assembly. The transfer assembly is operably positioned in close proximity to the belt, and may be moved away from the belt while... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20060285882 - Method for forming image and image forming apparatus: The developing agent is selected to have a distribution of adhesive force to the surface of an image carrier, which is configured such that the ratio of the developing agent having an adhesive force which is not less than 2.5 times as high as an average value of a distribution... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060285883 - Multi-pass image forming apparatus and image forming method using the same: Provided are a multi-pass image forming apparatus and an image forming method using the same. The multi-pass image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developers for forming a plurality of electrostatic latent images using toners having different polarities and colors in one development process and for forming a multi-color image... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060285884 - Image forming apparatus and method for forming image: Disclosed is an image-forming apparatus comprising a rotary developing device including a casing having absolute value of the surface potential of not larger than 300 V.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060285885 - Toner cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A toner cartridge and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus using the same are provided. The toner cartridge includes: a toner bottle air-tightly storing a toner; a first shutter sliding in a longitudinal direction of the toner bottle; and a second shutter sliding in a circumferential direction of the toner bottle... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060285886 - Developer unit: A developer unit having a toner reservoir and a toner application device. The toner application device applies toner to a developer and the developer can be brought into a planar contact with an OPC (photo conductor drum). In order to improve the transfer of toner in the contact area between... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20060285887 - Endless belt drive controlling apparatus and image forming apparatus: An endless belt drive controlling apparatus includes an endless belt and its drive unit, a first detector that detects a belt mark, a second detector that detects a detected angular displacement error of an encoder generated due to a variation in a thickness of the endless belt, a first calculating... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060285888 - Device and method for electrically charging a transport belt using a contact lip made of a rubber material: A device for electrically charging a transport belt for transport of recording media in a transfer printing area of an electrographic printer or copier as well as a method for charging. In a direction transverse to a running direction of the transport belt, a contact element is arranged bearing against... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20060285889 - Fixing unit and image forming apparatus: A fixing unit that includes; a heating roller; a pressurizing roller opposed to the heating roller and urged toward the heating roller; a unit case that rotatably supports both ends in a longitudinal direction of the heating roller, the unit case being open at one side of the heating roller... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20060285891 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device including: a heating roller; a pressurizing roller, pressed against the heating roller; a belt extension member, arranged on an upstream side of a medium delivery direction with respect to the pressurizing roller; a belt, wound around outer peripheries of the pressurizing roller and the belt extension member,... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20060285893 - Image forming apparatus, fixing unit, and image forming method using induction heater: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism configured to form a toner image on a recording medium according to image data and a fixing mechanism configured to fix the toner image on the recording medium. The fixing mechanism includes an induction heater, a heat generator, and a position... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060285892 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus comprising first and second belts for forming a nip for heating an image on a recording material; a first pressing pad for pressing the first belt at the nip; a first roller, provided spaced from the first pressing pad with a gap therebetween, for pressing the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060285890 - Method and apparatus for electrostatographic printing with generic color profiles and inverse masks based on receiver member characteristics: A color electrostatographic printer apparatus applies respective color separation toner images to a receiver member to form a color image. A fuser assembly fuses the color image. A clear toner overcoat is then applied to the fused color toner image using a generic inverse mask that is based on receiver... Agent: Mark G. Bocchettti Patent Legal Staff

20060285896 - Fuser member including an electrically conductive polymer layer, a resistive layer, an electrically conductive layer, and current elements: A fuser member adapted to fuse toner onto the surface of a recording medium as the recording medium passes a nip area of the fuser member comprises a electrically conductive polymer layer, a resistive layer, and an electrically conductive layer. The fuser member further comprises a current supply element and... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20060285895 - Fuser member including an electrically conductive polymer layer, a resistive layer, an electrically conductive layer, and current supply and return rolls: A fuser member adapted to fuse toner onto the surface of a recording medium as the recording medium passes a nip area of the fuser member comprises a electrically conductive polymer layer, a resistive layer, and an electrically conductive layer. The fuser member further comprises a current supply roll and... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20060285894 - Multilayer fuser member including current elements: A fuser member adapted to fuse toner onto the surface of a recording medium as the recording medium passes a nip area of the fuser member comprises a electrically conductive polymer layer, a resistive layer, an electrically conductive layer, a primer layer, and a release layer. The fuser member further... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20060285897 - Lubricity maintaining image forming apparatus and process cartridge: An image forming apparatus comprises an image bearer that carries a toner image, and a lubricant supplying device that supplies lubricant to the surface of the image bearer. A lubricant supplying device is provided in the image forming apparatus and includes a lubricant block and a brush roller. The brush... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060285898 - Cleaning device, and process unit and image forming apparatus including the cleaning device: A cleaning device including an elastic blade whose tip is contacted with a surface of a rotating member in such a manner as to counter the rotated member to remove particles of a toner on the rotated member; and a holder configured to support the elastic blade, wherein a nip... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060285899 - Waste toner vibration device: A magnetic vibration motor waste toner system configured to agitate and settle material in a waste toner container to allow for more even distribution of the material and increased material density.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060285900 - Image forming apparatus and sheet processing apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming section that adheres toner to a sheet to form a toner image, a discharge unit into which the sheet is discharged, a conveying unit that conveys the sheet on which the toner is adhered by the toner image forming section and... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060285901 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that enables a document ejected after image information reading is finished, and a printed sheet on which an image has been formed based on this image information, to be removed easily while the distinction between the two is clearly maintained. According to an image forming apparatus... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060285902 - Automatic document feeder: An automatic document transfer device or feeder for double-sided reading of a document is provided. An automatic document feeder includes an input tray configured to receive a document, an output tray positioned either above or below the input tray, transfer elements for transferring a document from the input tray to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20060285903 - Image forming apparatus with transfer attitude correcting section: An image forming apparatus has a transfer attitude correcting section for correcting a transfer attitude of the transfer sheet to receive the toner image and for conveying the corrected transfer sheet to the transfer section with a timing to match with the movement of the toner image. The transfer attitude... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20060285905 - Image forming apparatus and method having both-sides printing function: An image forming apparatus includes: a main body including a paper-feeding unit supplying paper, an image forming unit forming an image on the paper from the paper-feeding unit, and a paper-ejecting unit ejecting the paper from the image forming unit; and a paper-feeder cartridge detachably mounted on the main body... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060285904 - Sheet supplying device and image forming device: A sheet supplying device, which supplies a sheet to an image forming section, has a sheet feeding roller, a sheet stacking section, and a guiding member. The sheet feeding roller sends sheets out one-by-one. The sheet stacking section can be stacked with plural sheets and pushes a sheet against the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060280513 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a developer reservoir, a detector, a computing section, a display unit, and a controller. The developer reservoir holds developer therein. The detector detects when the developer decreases to a first amount (i.e. toner-low level) The computing section computes current accumulated developer usage. The current accumulated... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20060280514 - Developing unit, image forming device, and developing bias control method: An image forming device includes a developing unit, which is removably inserted in the image forming device, and the developing unit includes an accumulating chamber, a developing member, and a storage medium. The accumulating chamber accumulates developer. The developing member moves the developer onto an image carrier and carries out... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20060280515 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: A condition determination unit (102) determines a to-be-used copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image from a first copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image generated using a latent pattern designed as a pattern that becomes visible upon copy and a background pattern designed as a pattern that becomes invisible upon copy and a second copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image generated using the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060280516 - Articulating user interface panel: A printer includes an articulating user interface panel. The articulating user interface panel moves between a closed position and an open position.... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20060280517 - Warm-up of multiple integrated marking engines: A printing device includes: multiple marking engines that during operation place marks on output media; and, a power supply that selectively supplies selected levels of power to the marking engines for selected times so as to ready the marking engines for operation from a dormant state. Power from the power... Agent: John P. Cornely Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060280518 - Charging roller and image forming apparatus: A charging roller, adapted to face an image carrier at a predetermined charging gap and charge the image carrier in a non-contact state, including: a conductive shaft, provided with a pair of annular concave portions formed on an outer circumferential surface at both ends thereof; a conductive layer, formed on... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20060280519 - Multi-component charging station with surge protector: A charging station is provided for charging portable electronic devices. In one preferred embodiment of the invention, the charging station includes a surge protector located within the charging station. The charging station includes a base for housing the surge protector, a removable base cover that can be placed over the... Agent: Bryan Cave LLP

20060280520 - Image forming apparatus: A fixing unit 8 is fitted with a rail 28 along which a rail guide provided inside an image forming apparatus can slide. This allows the fixing unit 8 to be extracted out of the image forming apparatus. When the fixing unit 8 is extracted out of the image forming... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20060280521 - Paper delivering device and image forming apparatus: A paper delivering device to deliver printing paper, including: a lower frame; an upper frame rotatably coupling with the lower frame by a hinge part and rotating between a driving position in which the upper frame is disposed to parallel with respect to the lower frame with putting a delivery... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060280522 - Electrophotographic apparatus: According to an embodiment, an image shift can be decreased by a photoconductor belt which has a photosensitive layer formed on the surface of a cylindrically formed belt, a pair of rollers which is placed to apply tension to a photoconductor belt, and rotates the photoconductor belt in a specified... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060280523 - Belt driving apparatus, image forming apparatus, belt driving method, and computer-readable medium for driving a belt: A belt driving apparatus is disclosed, that uses feedback signals for executing feedback control of a motor that drives the rotation of a belt. The belt driving apparatus includes a first sensor for detecting an index of a scale formed along a peripheral direction of the belt, a second sensor... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060280524 - Compact charging method and device with gas ions produced by electric field electron emission and ionization from nanotubes: In accordance with the invention, there is an electrophotographic charging device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode adjacent the first electrode, a plurality of nanotubes adhering to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, and a voltage supply electrically connected to the first electrode and... Agent: Min, Hsieh & Hack LLP C/o Portfolioip

20060280525 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and method: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus is provided which includes a first developing unit which forms a monochrome image in a two-component development method and includes a photosensitive medium on which an electrostatic latent image is formed by a first exposure unit. Additionally, a plurality of second developing units are provided... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060280527 - Developer and color image forming apparatus using the same: A developer and a color image forming apparatus are provided. The color image forming apparatus includes a development cartridge including a photosensitive drum and a container which stores toner. A toner cartridge is configured to attach to and detach from the development cartridge which contains the toner. A toner transfer... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060280526 - Toner cartridge and mechanism for opening and closing a toner discharging opening: A toner cartridge and a developing unit are used in an image forming apparatus. The toner cartridge includes a toner chamber, an inner shutter, and an outer shutter. The toner chamber holds toner therein and has an opening through which the toner is discharged into the developing unit. The inner... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20060280528 - Developer for electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A developer for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a toner charging roller is provided. The developer includes: a developing roller which faces a photosensitive medium and rotates to transfer toner to the photosensitive medium to develop the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive medium; a supply roller which faces... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060280529 - Image forming method and apparatus for effectively conveying developer: A developing device includes a developer bearing member configured to bear a developer on a surface thereof, a developer supplying member configured to supply the developer to the developer bearing member, a regulating member configured to regulate the developer supplied on the surface of the developer bearing member to form... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060280530 - Image forming method and apparatus with sensors for detecting an amount of light with respect to an endless moving member: An image forming apparatus includes a housing including a cover configured to cover an opening provided in the housing, a transfer unit configured to move a loop-shaped moving member, a portion of which, across an entire width in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction thereof, being exposed through the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060280531 - Transfer-detack assembly for a xerographic printer: An apparatus applies a charge to an imaging member, such as a photoreceptor in a xerographic printer. A shield is disposed to be operatively interposed between a non-imaging portion of the imaging member and a portion of the corona member, the shield being at least partially conductive, and in one... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20060280532 - Auger for use within an image forming device: Embodiments for a toner auger for use in an image forming device. The image forming device includes a channel through which toner is moved. The auger is positioned within the channel and has an axis of rotation and at least one offset section extending radially outward from the axis of... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20060280533 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body; an image forming section disposed in the apparatus body; a conveyor belt that forms a first conveyance path between itself and the image forming section; a cover that is axially supported by a support shaft such that the cover is pivotable with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060280534 - Apparatus for and method of creating a duplex scan using a single pass adf: A duplexing auto-document feeder for an all-in-one device having an input tray for stacking a plurality of sheets in feeding communication with a unidirectional feedpath including a simplex path and a duplex path. An image sensor is aligned with first and second platens along the unidirectional feedpath and a selectively... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20060280535 - Print media preheating system and method of use: A print media preheating system and method of preheating print media that includes an upper heating plate that is arranged to heat a pre-printed side of the print media with a pressure of the upper heating plate on the print media being relieved by lifting the upper heating plate away... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom P.C.

20060280536 - Sheet conveyance apparatus: A sheet convayance apparatus includes a switchback path in which a sheet is conveyed, paired sheet edge stop rollers arranged along the switchback path, capable of being rotated forwardly or reversely, and a controller for controlling a drive of the paired sheet edge stop rollers so that a collision of... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20060275044 - Image forming apparatus: A density counting unit of an image forming apparatus for forming a monochromatic image or a color image represented by a plurality of color components on a photosensitive member includes: first totaling means for totaling pixel values of monochromatic component of each pixel of an image when a monochromatic image... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20060275045 - Sheet material discrimination apparatus, sheet material information output apparatus, and image forming apparatus: Provided is a sheet material discrimination apparatus including: an impact force applying member for colliding with the surface of a sheet material, an impact force receiving member for receiving the impact force applying member through the sheet material, a detecting unit for outputting an electric signal corresponding to an impact... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060275046 - Method and apparatus for reducing sheet material curl induced in a fusing operation: A fuser assembly within an image forming apparatus having a paper path along which substrates travel through the image forming apparatus comprises a heating member and a backup member cooperating with the heating member to form a nip therebetween for fusing images onto substrates passing through the nip. Also provided... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20060275047 - Image forming apparatus and control method for the same: For a network printer function and a network scan function, a trial using mode whose use frequency is limited can be set. When the preset trial using mode is finished, the use of the tried function is permitted according to setting of an exclusive key.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060275048 - Image forming apparatus and intake/exhaust system: The image forming apparatus according to the present invention carries out intake and exhaust so as to generate air flow between a photoconductor drum and a charger in a long side direction of the charger. As a result, it is possible to always exhaust O3, NOx, and the like caused... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060275049 - Roller with mechanical properties influenced by rotation: A roller capable for use as a developer roller in a printer including a roll body having a surface, wherein the roller provides a first surface flexibility (SF1) when the roller rotates in one direction and a second surface flexibility (SF2) when said roller rotates in a second direction.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20060275051 - Method and apparatus for converting process cartridges to fit various types of printing machines: A method for modifying a process cartridge includes providing the process cartridge comprising a waste bin having physical characteristics. The method further includes altering the physical characteristics of the waste bin to form an altered process cartridge.... Agent: William L. London

20060275050 - Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components: Systems and methods of remanufacturing an imaging cartridge include providing the imaging cartridge adapted to receive a signal from an imaging device and apply the signal to a component of the imaging cartridge, and attaching a signal modification element to the imaging cartridge to form a modified imaging cartridge, the... Agent: William L. London

20060275052 - Process cartridge, photosensitive member cartridge, developer cartridge and developer cartridge for use in image forming apparatus: A photosensitive member cartridge, including a photosensitive member, is provided with a lock device and a protection wall for the lock device. A developer cartridge includes a developer containing chamber and an inlet. The inlet is disposed so that the protection wall for the lock device at least partially overlaps... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20060275053 - Image forming apparatus having a detachable cartridge including a photoconductive drum with axis shaft having a minimal rotational eccentricity, and a method of assembling the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism and an image bearing member. The image forming mechanism is configured to form an image. The image bearing mechanism is detachably provided to the image forming apparatus. The image bearing mechanism includes an image bearing member configured to bear the image... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060275054 - Development cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus using the same: A development cartridge and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus using the same are provided. The development cartridge includes a reception unit including at least one auger. A toner supply unit is disposed on the reception unit and connects a toner cartridge with the reception unit. A transfer means transfers the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060275055 - Electrographic development method and apparatus: The invention relates generally to processes for electrographic image development. An electrographic development apparatus is provided wherein a film is adjacent a cylindrical toning shell and a mixture of toner and carrier is particles disposed on the cylindrical toning shell in contact with the film. The cylindrical toning shell is... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20060275056 - Belt driving controller, belt rotating device, and image forming apparatus: A belt driving controller is disclosed. The belt driving controller executes driving control of a belt that is wound around plural sustaining rollers by controlling a driving sustaining roller that transmits driving force to the belt. The belt driving controller executes the driving control of the belt by controlling the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060275057 - Color image forming apparatus: An image forming method includes forming toner images on first and second image bearing members; transferring a first toner image on the first image bearing member and a second toner image on the second image bearing member, in mutually superposed manner, onto a recording material; heating the first and second... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060275058 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: colored toner image forming devices each developing an electrostatic image with colored toner to form a colored toner image; a transparent toner image forming device developing an electrostatic image with transparent toner to form a transparent toner image; a transfer device superimposing and transferring the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060275059 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes: a transfer roller that transfers an image formed on a photoconductor drum onto continuous paper pressed against the photoconductor drum; and guide rollers that regulate the position of the continuous paper with respect to the photoconductor drum.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060275060 - Image forming apparatus and fixing device: An image forming apparatus comprising including a pressing roller to press a sheet of printing paper, further comprising: and a heating roller to press against each other with a sheet of printing paper to be transferred therebetween to rotate against the pressing roller, leaving a moving path of the sheet... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060275061 - Fuser having reduced axial temperature droop: An apparatus is provided for fixing toner to a substrate including a heated fusing roller having a fusing surface. A heater element is located inside the fusing roller. A nip forming member cooperates with the fusing roller to define a fusing nip. A passive temperature control structure including a pair... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20060275062 - High frequency fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus comprising a heating roller, a coil provided in the heating roller and configured to generate a high-frequency magnetic field, and capacitors and that constitute a resonant circuit, jointly with the coil. The resonant circuit is excited, sequentially (or alternately) at a plurality of frequencies which are nearly... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060275063 - Oil-less fuser member: A fuser member includes a substrate and an outer layer comprising a polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material is post-halogenated to provide a post-halogenated polymeric material. The fuser member is advantageously used without a release oil applied to the outer layer.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20060275064 - Information processing apparatus, control method for use in copying an original document, program, and storage medium: A method and apparatus for restricting a copying operation of an original document comprising obtaining copy information added to an original document, copying the original document based on the copy information, and updating the copy information added to the original document based on the copying of the original document.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division