Electrophotography inventions 01/07

20070019970 - Method of controlling image forming apparatus using write protection and image forming system: A system and method are provided for controlling an image forming apparatus and include a supplies information storage unit, which is included in supplies of an image forming apparatus and which has a writable first storage area and a second storage area providing write protection, and which stores information regarding... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070019971 - Image forming device adjusting conveying gap between consecutively fed sheets: A laser printer forms images on a recording sheet fed from a paper cassette. A conveying gap between consecutively fed recording sheets is adjusted such that a conveying gap between consecutively fed thin sheets is larger than a conveying gap between consecutively fed thick sheets.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070019972 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes a surface treatment unit for performing surface treatment using a belt on a surface of a recording sheet, a discriminating unit for detecting whether the sheet exists in the treatment unit and discriminating whether the sheet is the surface-treatable recording sheet, a site identifying unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070019973 - Image reading apparatus: The present invention provides an image reading apparatus which controls conveyance of an original in accordance with the temperature of a conveyance roller for conveying the original, and which performs appropriate conveyance by determining the presence of an abnormality in a temperature detection operation. A copying apparatus uses a temperature... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070019974 - 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 having a heat generating unit and electrode members at both ends thereof. A power supply unit contacts the electrode members and supplies current thereto. A blocking member is disposed... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070019975 - Image forming apparatus and control method for image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including an image forming device which forms images on an image carrier and forms the images in a plurality of image formation regions on an intermediate transfer body controls image adjustment and image formation execution in the plurality of image formation regions on the intermediate transfer... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070019976 - Image forming method and apparatus with improved conversion capability of amount of toner adhesion: An image forming method and apparatus capable of implementing accurately and constantly an improved conversion of the amount of toner adhesion over the entire range of the amount of adhesion. The method includes the steps of computing a normalization value as a relative output ratio of the regular reflection output... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070019977 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device includes a heating member disposed with an internal heating source and a pressuring member that presses against the heating member. The fixing device is configured to be attachable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus body, and includes: brackets that retain the heating member; pressuring levers... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070019978 - Fixing unit for electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A fixing unit for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is provided. The fixing unit includes a heating roller and a pressing roller provided opposite to form a fixing nip and apply pressure to a recording medium passing through the fixing nip. A heating roller holder rotatably supports heating roller shafts... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070019979 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises a belt fixing unit and a controller. The belt fixing unit includes a moving fixing belt heated by a heater, a pressure member provided inside the fixing belt, a pressure roller provided opposite to the pressure member through the fixing belt to form a nip... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070019980 - Developing apparatus and method for supplying voltage to a developing apparatus: A developing apparatus and method are provided. In one exemplary embodiment the apparatus includes a voltage supply portion, a voltage switching portion and a central processing portion for controlling the switching. The voltage supply portion supplies a voltage to a plurality of developers. The voltage switching portion provides a voltage... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070019981 - Sheet carrier and image formation apparatus: In a sheet carrier of an image-forming apparatus, a gate, a carrier guide and a cover are cooled by air exhausted from an exhaust port of a guiding guide and an exhaust hole of the gate, and dew condensation is prevented. A recording paper where a full color toner image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070019982 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus provided with a photosensitive member, a charging device for charging the photosensitive member, a developing device for developing an electrostatic image formed on the photosensitive member by a developer, a cleaning blade for removing the developer residual on the photosensitive member, a rubbing member provided upstream... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070019983 - Image forming apparatus having transfer belt: An image forming apparatus has a transfer belt including a transfer belt that transfers a toner image transferred from a photographic drum. A vibrator-bar is disposed inside of the transfer belt to contact the back side of the transfer belt. Preferably, the vibrator-bar applies ultrasonic vibrations. A cleaning blade and... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070019985 - Image forming process module and image forming apparatus having the same: An image forming process module is provided having an integrated photoreceptor unit and development unit, and an image forming apparatus having the same. The image forming process module includes a photoreceptor unit having at least one photoreceptor on which an electrostatic latent image is formed. A development unit is installed... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070019984 - Organic photoconductor, process cartridge and image forming apparatus both employing the same: An image forming apparatus has an organic photoconductor having a surface layer containing fluorine-containing resin particles whose number average primary particle size is not less than 0.02 μm and is less than 0.20 μm; a charging device to charge by bring an charging member in contact with the organic photoconductor;... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070019987 - Integrated toner cartridge: A toner cartridge with an integrated construction reduces the cost of production as well as reducing the chance of failure during use. The toner cartridge includes a waste bin having a leading end that can be sculpted to mate with the cartridge-receiving cavities of a large number of printers. Additional... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20070019986 - Two part cartridges with force biasing by printer: A two part cartridge having a photoconductor part (1) and a toner part (5) having no force biasing element on either part. The two parts fit together so that a developer roller (7) in the toner part contacts a photoconductor drum (3) in the other part. When the two parts... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070019988 - Release fluid additives: The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to release fluids or agents that are useful in release coating in toner-based technologies. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to the addition of metal chelating agents to release fluids to prevent byproduct reactions from the fusing process that would otherwise decrease fuser member life... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070019989 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and process cartridge: wherein T0 (kgcm) represents the rotation torque of the image bearing member when the cleaning blade is not in contact therewith, Toff, the rotation torque when the cleaning blade contacts the image bearing member and the toner is not thereon, Ton, the rotation torque when the cleaning blade contacts the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070019991 - Image forming apparatus: A controller of an image forming apparatus determines whether switching of a monochromatic recording mode to a color recording mode is necessary or not. In the case where the controller determines that the switching is necessary, the controller controls stepping motors of respective image forming units corresponding to respective colors... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070019990 - Image forming apparatus and process unit: An image forming apparatus of the present invention attaches a process unit to a body frame, thereby fits a third coupling into a second coupling of a drive transfer device, forms the Oldham structure, absorbs a shift between axial centers of a belt side shaft and a belt drive shaft,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070019992 - Image forming apparatus using speed reduction device with elastic bodies: In an image forming apparatus using a speed reduction device with elastic bodies, the rotational speed of a motor is reduced by the speed reduction device using the elastic bodies. The rotational speed of the speed reduction device is detected by an output rotation sensor, and the rotational variation components... Agent: Ditthavong & Mori, P.C.

20070019993 - Image forming apparatus and method of detecting home position error: An image forming apparatus and a method of detecting a home position error are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing units, a cam shaft, and a plurality of cams that are formed on the cam shaft to correspond to the respective developing units. A power transmitting... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070019994 - Electrophotographic color image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic color image forming apparatus is provided having a plurality of developing units that respectively include developer rollers to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoconductor by applying toner to the electrostatic latent image. A plurality of toner cartridges respectively include agitators and are arranged in a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070019995 - Hybrid type developing apparatus and developing method: There are provided a hybrid type developing apparatus and method. There is provided a hybrid type developing apparatus which forms a magnetic brush comprised of non-magnetic toner and a magnetic carrier on a circumference of a magnetic roller using a magnetic force, forms a uniform toner layer on the circumference... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070019996 - Method and apparatus for improving image transfer in liquid electrostatic printing: A method for improving image transfer in one-shot liquid electrostatic printing, comprising providing at least one layer of toner to an intermediate transfer member, and selectively applying a wetting substance to said at least one toner layer, prior to transfer of said image to a final substrate.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

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20070019999 - Image forming apparatus having improved home position sensing structure of transfer belt, and method of disposing home position sensing apparatus of transfer belt for image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer belt having a light penetrating portion formed at one side of an edge portion of the transfer belt, a protection tape adhered to both sides of the edge portion to cover the light penetrating portion, and a guide member attached to one side... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070019997 - Print blankets for use in electro-statographic printing and methods of using same: A print blanket for use in electrostatic printing, comprising a body portion; and, an image transfer layer comprising a non-silicone fluoroelastomer.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070020000 - Image forming apparatus with moveable cleaning or transfer member: An image forming apparatus includes a belt member, a secondary transfer member which is abutted against the belt member to secondary transfer a toner image to a recording medium and a contact/separation mechanism which brings the secondary transfer member into contact with a first widthwise end portion in the belt... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070020001 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a transferring section for transferring an image to an image receiving medium, a primary fixing section for fixing the image by pressurizing the medium and a secondary fixing section for fixing the image. Conveying lengths of the medium from a transfer position to image fixing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070020002 - Release agent application apparatus and method: A release agent application apparatus includes a liquid-permeable member, a first release agent metering member abutting the liquid-permeable member, and a pump operatively connected to the liquid-permeable member to pump the release agent therethrough.... Agent: David M. Lockman Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20070020003 - Fixing unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A fixing unit and an image forming apparatus are provided. The fixing unit applies heat and pressure to a print medium on which a toner image is formed and fixes the toner image on the print medium. The fixing unit includes a heating roller including a heating source, at least... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070020004 - Fuser systems and methods: Embodiments use an apparatus comprising a media path that is adapted to transport media sheets within the printing apparatus. Fuser rolls are positioned along the media path, and the fuser rolls are adapted to fuse marking material on the media sheets as the media sheets pass the fuser rolls. A... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20070020005 - Cleaning unit and image forming apparatus: This invention relates to a cleaning unit comprising: a cleaning blade that keeps a front end of rubber material in contact with the surface with a pressure so as to scrape residual toner left on the surface of the photoreceptor and a fiber body having multiple fibers in contact with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070020006 - Cartridge for image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a rotating photosensitive drum, a cleaning blade having a cleaning edge part which makes contact with an outer surface of the photosensitive drum along an axial direction of the photosensitive drum and a bracket having a contact surface where the bracket makes contact with the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070020007 - Image forming apparatus and auto document feeder providing enhanced usability: An image forming apparatus includes an auto document feeder, a scanner, a paper tray, and an image forming mechanism. The auto document feeder feeds an original sheet having an image and includes an original tray configured to load the original sheet having the image and a detecting mechanism configured to... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070020008 - Apparatus for positioning a trailing edge of sheets: An apparatus positions sheets preferably moving in a combination folding machine and defines a trailing edge range. A trailing edge of the sheet is to be positioned in a transport direction, depending on the dimensions of the sheet. The apparatus has positioning devices, by which the trailing edge can be... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070014580 - Image forming apparatus and paper error indicating method for the same: An image forming apparatus includes an illuminant which is disposed in a cover or a paper feed cassette to be opened in order to remove a paper error when a paper error occurs. The image forming apparatus includes a body; a jam sensing unit for detecting whether a printing medium... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070014581 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises an image acquiring section for acquiring the image to be printed, an attribute information acquiring section for acquiring attribute information of the recording sheet to be used for printing the image acquired by the image acquiring section from the IC tag attached to the recording... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070014583 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt that moves while keeping contact with a photosensitive element at a transfer position, a control pattern forming unit that forms a control pattern on the intermediate transfer belt, a control pattern detecting unit that detects the control pattern; a deformation preventing... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070014582 - Magnetic document authentication feature to be detected by the human sense of touch: In order to check the authenticity of a banknote or other such document it is printed with two patches of magnetisable ink, and each patch is magnetised to present a multipole sequence of alternating polarity. If the document is folded to bring the two patches together and then rubbed to... Agent: A. Blair Hughes Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff

20070014584 - Calibration apparatus and method for charging unit of image forming device: System and methods may calibrate an AC rms voltage applied to a coronode of a charging device to achieve a predefined operating current at a target value of DC shield voltage. The target value of DC shield voltage may be set to be substantially below an over-voltage condition. System and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070014585 - Sheet transporting apparatus and printing apparatus: A sheet transporting apparatus includes: a heating roller and a pressure roller that heats and presses a toner image to fix the toner image onto the sheet; a pressure roller detection unit that detects a contact posture of the rollers; a sheet meander correction mechanism that corrects a meander of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070014586 - Image forming device and method of controlling the image forming device: In an image forming device including a system control unit, an image formation unit forming an image on a recording sheet using a predetermined process, an image forming control unit controlling image formation, and a power supply unit supplying power to the image formation unit, the image forming control unit,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070014587 - Charger, process unit and image forming apparatus: According to the present invention, at a position where a cleaning member of a corona discharge member reaches the movement end and a belt with teeth is stopped in driving, a drive pulley slides in contact with a slip area of the belt with teeth, thus although the belt with... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070014588 - Charging device, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the charging device: A charging device including: a charging roller having a metal cylinder and an elastic layer located on the metal cylinder; a cleaner configured to clean the charging roller, which includes an electroconductive brush roller including a roller having a shaft; and hair located overlying the roller, wherein the hair includes... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070014589 - Image forming apparatus: A sheet storing portion storing a stack of recording sheets and sequentially supplying recording sheets to an image forming portion has a tray pullout frame that can be pulled out to the front side of the apparatus and a sheet tray provided in the tray pullout frame. The sheet tray... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070014590 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus comprises a dividing section which divides a plurality of pages into some groups, each of which includes at least one page; an inputting section which inputs different text strings for each group; a creating section which creates a composite image of a page image and a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070014591 - Developer apparatus, image forming apparatus and toner supplying method: An image forming apparatus includes a first mixer 24a that conveys developer in the first direction while stirring the developer. Recycled toner delivered from a delivery opening 116b of a photosensitive drum cleaner 116 is supplied to an upstream side of the first chamber that contains the toner that is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070014592 - Ergonomic toner cartidge: A toner cartridge with a handle formed centrally in a trailing end of the cartridge. The handle is dished to comfortably accept a hand and is adapted such that a user will recognize that said handle is dedicated to receiving the user's hand. The cartridge is therefore installed and removed... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20070014593 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and method: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes: an image receptor on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a magnetic roller for forming a magnetic brush having a non-magnetic toner and a magnetic carrier by magnetic force; a donor roller facing the image receptor and receiving a toner from the magnetic... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070014594 - Doctor blade for toner cartridge developer roller: This invention provides a metering blade that confronts the developer roller of a toner cartridge with a working face and associated upstream corner that is accurately controlled with respect to the developer roller to achieve a desired gap therebetween. More particularly, the quality of toner metering is determined through an... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070014595 - Method and apparatus for transferring multiple toner images and image forming apparatus: A method of transferring a plurality of toner images formed on a plurality of image carriers of different colors onto a sheet-type recording medium includes forming a mark image for adjusting a transfer position on each of the image carriers as a toner image; transferring the mark images to a... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070014596 - Image forming method and apparatus for transfer and fixing image with one process: An image forming method and apparatus includes a first image carrying member, a first transfix unit, a second image carrying member, and a second transfix unit. The first image carrying member carries a first toner image thereon. The first transfix unit receives the first toner image from the first image... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070014597 - Brush member and transfer device and image forming apparatus using the same: In an image forming apparatus, a transfer brush with length of raised bristles on the surface of a metal holder equal to or smaller than 5.8 millimeters is used. Alternatively, a transfer brush with a maximum bristle inclination amount of raised bristles in a brush unit including a plurality of... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070014598 - Transport device and image-formation device: A system that prevents the engagement of an intermediate gear and a driven gear from releasing due to a force from the driven gear without increasing an arrangement angle is described. A surface receiving a load acting on a rotation axis of a second groove that is used as an... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070014599 - Fixing device: A fixing apparatus can prevent an excessive rise in temperature of a paper non-passage area due to diverted flow of magnetic flux from a paper passage area of a heat-producing element to a paper non-passage area thereof has a small configuration, A center core is rotated by a rotation section,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070014600 - Image forming apparatus, fixing unit, and image forming method with improved heating mechanism: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism to form a toner image on a recording medium according to image data and a fixing mechanism to fix the toner image on the recording medium. The fixing mechanism includes a fixing member and an external heater. The fixing member applies... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070014601 - Fixing device: In a fixing apparatus using an induction heating type of heating apparatus, there are provided an excitation apparatus that generates magnetic flux, an opposed core located opposite the excitation apparatus, a fixing belt that is induction-heated by the aforementioned magnetic flux, and magnetism masking elements that block magnetic paths corresponding... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070014602 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A fixing device and an image forming apparatus including the fixing device includes a core pipe which is made to be thin to a predetermined thickness or less and having a strength that increases while being aging-treated based on the use time of the fixing device, and a fixing belt... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070014603 - Fixing unit with heat-resisting resin base member and image forming toner for use in the fixing unit: A belt fixing unit, an image forming apparatus, and a toner material are disclosed capable of obviating undesirable fixing belt deformation and low image quality. The belt fixing unit includes a fixing roller, a heating roller, a fixing belt, and a pressing roller in contact with the fixing roller to... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070014604 - Printer: A printer includes a surface treatment section which subjects an image recording medium to a surface treatment by conveying the image recording medium on a belt-shaped surface treatment means while the image recording medium is abutted against the belt-shaped surface treatment means, a position adjusting section which is disposed upstream... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070014605 - Cleaning and spots blade lubricating method and apparatus: A cleaning and spots blade lubricating apparatus and method, the apparatus for the method includes (a) a pre-clean charging device including a first bias having a first polarity; (b) a cleaning device having (1) a cleaning mode including a second bias having a second polarity opposite the first polarity, and... Agent: Xerox Corporation Patent Documentation Center

20070014606 - High load low load cleaning blade assembly: A high load low load cleaning blade assembly provided for cleaning a toner image bearing surface includes a blade member having a first edge mounted to a frame, a second and opposite edge for contacting and loading against the toner image bearing surface, and a blade width connecting the first... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070014607 - Charged particles cleaning apparatus having a biased manifold: A charged particles cleaning apparatus for cleaning and removing charged particles from a surface includes (a) a housing; (b) a surface scrubbing member mounted within the housing for contacting the surface and frictionally removing charged particles therefrom; (c) an air blower for pulling an air stream out of the housing;... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070014608 - Scanning method and an image-processing device including the same: An original comprises a first page and a second page as disposed face-down on the platen surface of an image-processing device. The platen is scanned to form a platen image. The positions of two diagonally-opposite corners of the original are determined based on a fixed platen reference point. An original... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070014610 - Image forming device with multimode duplexer: An image forming device in a color printer or the like includes duplex printing. Multiple media sheets are moved through a media path which includes a primary path and a duplex path. Various parameters of the image forming device control the interpage gap between sheets. Parameters include peek-a-boo duplexing, sharing... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070014609 - Image recording system: An image recording system is configured in which a plurality of image recording apparatuses provided with a recording medium storage portion are disposed in a line, and a recording medium storage means shared by these image recording apparatuses is provided, and a recording medium that has been recorded by the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070014611 - Image forming system, image forming method and image forming program: In the image forming system, there is provided an image processing section which determines a rotation standard for rotating image information so that an orientation of an image which is to be formed on an output medium on which prescribed post processing is not to be conducted agrees with an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070009270 - Image forming apparatus, sheet feeding device, image forming system, and sheet finisher: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section to form images, a sheet feeding section to feed sheets to the image forming section, a sheet ejection section to supply sheets to the connected sheet finisher, a communication section to communicate with the connected sheet finisher, and a controller to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070009271 - Image forming apparatus: A machine (1) has a sheet size determiner (111) to determine the length of a recording sheet. A speed setter (112) sets the transport speed of a fixing roller in a transfer unit and the transport speed of a discharge roller at a discharge port. A fixing roller driver (1311)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070009272 - Image forming apparatus to control voltage of development unit: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing units to form a color image using at least a two pass developing process by developing electrostatic latent image with toners having different colors and polarities when performing a first pass of the developing process, and an exposing unit to form... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070009274 - Fusing device for instantly controlling power: A device for fusing and fixing a transferred toner of a predetermined image onto a print paper is provided. In particular, a fusing device which can instantly control induced current provided to a fusing unit in an image printing apparatus which heats the fusing unit using the induced current is... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070009275 - Image forming apparatus: This is an image forming apparatus for surely detecting that a recording medium collides with a recording head, regardless of the type and lift-up shape of the recording medium. A recording medium carried out of a recording medium tray by a pair of pick-up rollers is sent to an image... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070009273 - Image forming apparatus with heating unit control function: An image forming apparatus having a heating unit control function in accordance with the present invention energizes one of a plurality of heating units designated by a sequence counter to be energized, halts energize of the heating unit if the time counter finishes the count of the heating period assigned... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070009276 - Method and system for improving the throughput of a high capacity document printer: Programming of the input and output paper handling setup of a high speed reprographic system can adversely affect the throughput of the system. A method or system includes a control system that examines the proposed setup and then determine if any of these options results in a loss of throughput.... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070009278 - Image forming apparatus: A machine (1) has an image former (200) for forming an image on a recording sheet. Movable trays are provided for receiving the recording sheets. A job manager (104) stores information concerning the tray for receiving the recording sheet, and a moving mechanism (605) moves the tray to a recording... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070009279 - Image forming apparatus and controlling method thereof: An image forming apparatus has a job information acquiring unit for acquiring job information which includes job-related sheet size information, a confirmation-output size determining unit for determining the size of a sheet for confirmation output according to the job information, a job information position designating unit for specifying a portion... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070009277 - System and method for modifying print jobs for differing media: A system and method for modifying a print job based on an analysis of the media to which the print job is to be printed. In one embodiment, a printer includes a controller operable to receive a signal representing a print job such that the controller is operable to interpret... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20070009280 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes: an electronic part attachment member including a plurality of electronic parts; and an electric connection unit provided on the electronic part attachment member, the electric connection unit including: a first power source terminal that supplies a drive power source to the electronic parts; and a plurality... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070009281 - Developing cartridge: In a developing cartridge, the contact plate of the electrode member is disposed to contact the developing bias terminal within a plane of projection when a driven coupling part is projected in a first direction. A first axis line, which is an axis of the developing roller shaft, and a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070009282 - Image forming apparatus and developing cartridge: In a developing cartridge, the contact plate of the electrode member is disposed to contact the developing bias terminal within a plane of projection when a driven coupling part is projected in a first direction. A first axis line, which is an axis of the developing roller shaft, and a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070009283 - Air processing apparatus and image forming system: An air processing apparatus is provided with an air processing apparatus main body to which a plurality of office apparatuses are connectable, a suction air interface for connecting the office apparatuses and the air processing apparatus main body together so that air in the office apparatuses can be received into... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070009284 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that includes: a sheet conveying belt that conveys a sheet to a position opposed to an image carrier; a cleaning unit that cleans the sheet conveying belt; a first driving unit that drives the sheet conveying belt; a second driving unit that drives the cleaning unit,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070009285 - Method for handling an endless belt for an electrophotographic printer, and a storage unit having a retaining device for this endless belt: In a method and system for handling of an endless belt for an electro-photographic printer or copier, an endless belt is borne with aid of a first, a second, and a third cylindrical body. The first cylindrical body is inserted through a loop of the endless belt. The second cylindrical... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070009286 - Drum support bushing with orienting features: A photoconductive drum may be located and supported in an image forming apparatus via bushings at each end of a drum axle. The bushings may be produced from a single die cavity and may include orientation features which may be employed to key the bushings with a housing, such as... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070009287 - Development cartridge, development device, and image formation apparatus: There is provided a development cartridge capable of switching development colors in a plurality of development cartridges without using development rack. A development cartridge of the present invention has a part of a drive member for switching development colors.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070009288 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with a body; a developing unit formed inside the body; a toner accommodation unit mounted inside the body and provided with at least two or more cartridges; and a toner supply unit for supplying toner discharged from each cartridge of the toner accommodation unit... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070009289 - Image forming apparatus including a developer replenishing device for a two-ingredient type developer: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a developing unit for developing a latent image formed on an image carrier with a two-ingredient type developer, i.e., a toner and carrier mixture. A toner replenishing device replenishes toner stored in a toner storing portion to the developing unit. A... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070009290 - Drive control device and image forming apparatus: A drive control device controls a rotation speed of a rotatable member. A rotation drive member drives the rotatable member. A plurality of objects to be detected are provided in the rotatable member. A detector detects the objects to be detected, which are rotating with rotation of the rotatable member,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070009291 - Device and manufacturing method thereof: A process is simplified in a device in which desired materials are arranged in desired regions. After forming a film including a second material and a third material on a substrate having a first material on the surface, the second material and the third material are transferred utilizing the surface... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070009292 - Fusing unit and fusing apparatus of image forming apparatus using the fusing unit: A fusing unit and a fusing apparatus using the fusing unit and an image forming apparatus having the fusing apparatus are provided. The fusing unit includes a pipe-shaped fusing roller provided with a pipe-shaped internal pipe surrounded by a heating unit generating heat, a plurality of end caps disposed at... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070009293 - Image forming method and apparatus for effectively removing toner: A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade configured to remove toner adhered on a surface of an image bearing member, and a contact and separation mechanism configured to contact and separate the cleaning blade to and from the surface of the image bearing member, the contact and separation mechanism including... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070009294 - Toner for electrostatic latent image development and image forming method: c

20070009295 - Developer collecting apparatus: A developer collecting apparatus includes a positioning frame for determining a mounting position of a photoreceptor onto a casing; a waste developer container in which waste developer eliminated by cleaning section is stored; and a container mounting section for mounting the waste developer container so as to be removable from... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070009296 - Auto document feeder: An auto document feeder which loads and feeds a document to a read position provided on a read surface of a reader, the auto document feeder including a conveying device having an upstream roller placed upstream of the read position and a downstream roller placed downstream of the read position,... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070009297 - Scanning auxiliary frame: A scanning auxiliary frame includes a frame and a window sash hinged on the frame. There is a torsional spring close to the hinged location of the frame and window sash. The window sash is urged by the torsional spring and opened in normal condition when it is not retained... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070009298 - Sheet bundle conveyance apparatus and bookmaking apparatus: A sheet bundle conveyance apparatus includes a tray arranged substantially horizontally below a discharge outlet of an image forming apparatus. The tray, including a drive device for lowering the tray to a sheet configuration position, is configured to rise and lower a predetermined distance between a sheet stacking position and... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070003292 - Control system and method for mitigating transients in a machine due to occasional maintenance or service: A control system and method of predicting how a machine will respond to occasional or periodic service, and adjusting the machine accordingly to account for the change in machine behavior due to the service, mitigates transients in machine performance. A prediction of the service effect is fed forward to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070003293 - System for authenticating modules installed in machines, such as printing apparatus: A method of operating a machine, such as a digital printing apparatus, comprises installing into the machine a module having a first random number generator associated therewith, and, incidental to installing the module, initiating a second random number generator associated with the machine. The series of random numbers from each... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070003294 - Density determination method, image forming apparatus, and image processing system: A density signal value determination method, an image forming apparatus, and an image processing system are configured to automatically and optimally determine the density of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image that includes a latent image and a background image. In a density signal value determination method, a test sheet, on which... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070003295 - Image-processing device, image forming device, electronic equipment, and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming system having a pickup roller (36a) that extracts and supplies a recording paper (P) housed in a paper cassette (33), a photosensitive drum (31b) that forms an image on the recording paper (P) supplied by the pickup roller (36a), and the like.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070003296 - Toner near empty state detection system: In an image forming apparatus of a type wherein toner is replenished to a developing unit by turning or rotating a toner bottle, a phenomenon that a toner replenishment amount per turn of the bottle (replenishing rate) is decreased as the toner remaining quantity in the bottle is decreased, is... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070003297 - System for active toner concentration target adjustments and method to maintain development performance: A closed-loop toner concentration adjustment system extends xerographic process control performance with a system and method including a first controller to adjust toner concentration (TC) in a developer of the imaging device to alter a DMA level of the imaging device, the TC being adjusted based on a TC target... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070003298 - Fuser image stress analysis system: Ememplary embodiments include systems and methods to operate an image forming apparatus including at least one or more images of an image reproduction job to be performed using the image forming apparatus and an image reproduction device having a useful life consumed by the image forming apparatus in performing the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070003299 - Transfer device, waste toner transporting device and image forming apparatus: A transfer device includes a pair of transfer frames, a belt member, a pair of transfer roller levers which are respectively arranged on inner sides of the transfer frames pivotably, a transfer roller which is provided between first ends of the transfer roller levers rotatably, a pair of first urging... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070003300 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The image forming apparatus of this invention is capable of detecting a resistance value of an intermediate transferring member at the stabilized sensitivity irrespective of the influences of environmental conditions, disturbing elements, etc. and contributing to the promotion of the image quality when forming images. The image forming apparatus is... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070003301 - Method and system for roller pair adjustment: A method and system for nip gap adjustment of a roller pair such as is used in a printing device with a fusing station for fusing a substance to a substrate and a sheet transfer path for transporting the substrate through the device. The roller pair may be located along... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20070003302 - Image quality measurements using linear array in specular mode: A method and system for controlling a printing device's tone reproduction curve, which may minimize contouring and help maximize the number of shades or colors available for an output image.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003303 - Feed forward mitigation of development transients: A development system for an electrophotographic system including: a magnetic brush roll speed selector for selecting a rotational speed for a magnetic brush roll in a development system of the electrophotographic system; and a controller, responsive to the rotational speed, for adjusting xerographic actuators to maintain DMA within a predefined... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070003304 - Sublimable image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: A sublimable image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The apparatus comprises a main body having an image forming unit provided therein, and an access opening through which a recoding medium goes in and out during an image forming process, and a display unit disposed... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070003305 - Current measurement circuit for transformer with high frequency output: A current measurement circuit for measuring the output of a power supply having a signal generator inputting a signal to an input winding of a transformer exhibiting a parasitic capacitance capable of being modeled by an equivalent parasitic capacitor coupled between a hot terminal of an output winding of the... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20070003306 - Adjustment of print job to reduce color toner usage: It is determined whether a print job to be output on a color laser-printing device is to have reduced color toner usage. In response to determining that the print job is to have reduced color toner usage, the print job is adjusted so that the print job consumes less color... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070003307 - Image selecting method and apparatus: An image selecting method and apparatus are provided to enable a user to conveniently select an image for use as a watermark. The image selecting method includes: checking whether an image of an image file dragged from a first operating window to a second operating window can be displayed on... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070003308 - Method and apparatus for controlling printing jobs of image forming device when off-line: Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling printing jobs in a terminal such as a PC connected to an image forming apparatus when a printing job is requested while the image forming apparatus is off-line. The method includes receiving a printing job request from an application program, detecting whether... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070003309 - Developer cartridge and image forming apparatus having the same: A developer cartridge, including: a removable cartridge main body installed in an image forming apparatus main body; a rotating photosensitive drum installed inside the cartridge main body; an information storage unit provided in the photosensitive drum; and a connecting unit connecting the information storage unit and a controller installed at... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070003312 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a main motor that drives a photosensitive element; a polygon motor that drives a polygon mirror; a main motor drive circuit that drives the main motor; a polygon motor drive circuit that drives the polygon motor; a package; and a board, wherein: the package is... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070003310 - Image forming apparatus and retreat method of switch unit of image forming apparatus: The present invention has been made to provide a technique by which a switch unit that is disposed on the side surface of an apparatus body and shuts off, at maintenance time, power supply to predetermined electric components provided in the apparatus does not interfere with pull-out operation of a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070003311 - Image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and developing cartridge: An image forming apparatus that includes: an image carrier; a developing cartridge detachably mountable with respect to the image carrier; a processing device to which voltage acting between the image carrier and the processing device is applied; and a first electrode, wherein the developing cartridge further includes: a developing roller... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070003313 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with a cooling fan for cooling toner boxes within the apparatus. The outlet of the cooling fan and the toner boxes are connected by flexible tubes, respectively. This makes it possible to connect the cooling fan with the toner boxes even if there is... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070003314 - Image forming apparatus capable of effectivelly cooling down a recording medium after a fixing process with heat: An image forming apparatus capable of effectively cooling down a recording medium heated by a toner fixing unit includes a cooling mechanism having a duct, a radiating fin, and a heat pipe. The duct includes two air flow structures, each including an air inlet, an air supply path, an air... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003315 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus: An image forming method including charging a rotating latent image bearing member with a rotating charger selected from the group consisting of contact chargers and short range chargers; irradiating the rotating latent image bearing member with imagewise light to form an electrostatic latent image on the latent image bearing member;... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070003317 - Image forming apparatus and processing unit: A working part of a cleaning unit is moved with a processing unit, when the processing unit is inserted into and removed from a main body. A driving part of the cleaning unit stays in the main body regardless of the movement of the processing unit.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070003316 - Image forming apparatus with cleaning device and cleaning method: In an image forming apparatus including a cleaning device having a cleaning blade arranged so as to make contact with and separate from a cleaned surface, an occurrence of excessive cutting when the cleaning blade makes contact with the cleaned surface is prevented. The image forming apparatus includes the cleaning... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070003318 - Cleaning blade seal: An apparatus for a printing device includes a roller, a sealing member defining a generally C-shaped indentation, and a cleaning blade positioned against the roller. The cleaning blade includes an end portion positioned in the generally C-shaped indentation.... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20070003319 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus may include photoconductors, developing rollers, and cases, each configured to hold developer to be supplied to a corresponding photoconductor from a corresponding developing roller, and each having an elongated opening in which the developing roller is disposed. Also included are a side seal member disposed... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070003320 - Photosensitive drum with improved shutter structure and image forming apparatus having the same: A photosensitive drum unit includes a photosensitive drum, a shutter having a rotation axis shaft which opens and closes to selectively enable access to the photosensitive drum, and a coupler, wherein a linear motion thereof causes a rotational motion of the shutter about the rotation axis shaft. The coupler is... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070003321 - Drive connection mechanism, and image forming apparatus having the drive connection mechanism: A drive connection mechanism has a sliding unit which is fixed to a drive shaft extending through the photoconductive drum, a convex coupling gear which has three coupling members fixed slidably to splines formed in the periphery of the sliding unit, a compressing spring which energizes the coupling gar, and... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070003322 - Charge generating device: A charge generating device comprising a discharge electrode; and a conductive shield comprising a nonconductive substrate coated with one or more materials selected from the group consisting of gold, platinum, lead, titanium and alloys thereof.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003323 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable developing device incorporating first developer units, a second developer unit disposed outside the rotatable developing device, a photoconductor on which a toner image can be formed by contact of each of the first and second developer units, and a driving motor for rotating... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070003324 - Method and system for improved implementation of maintenance routines in a productive system: The presently described embodiments relate to improving system productivity where maintenance purge routines are required through use of a digital front end (DFE) job scheduler. This approach utilizes knowledge of future jobs to maximize productivity. So, even if a low coverage area job is being processed, and a purge routine... Agent: Joseph D. Dreher Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070003325 - Developer filling apparatus and developer filling system having the same: A developer filling apparatus includes a developer supply container for containing a developer and compressed air, the developer supply container includes a developer discharge mechanism, the developer discharge mechanism including a developer outlet opening for discharging the developer and compressed air, and a valve structure disposed at the developer outlet... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070003326 - Developing device and image forming device: A developing device including a first developing roller and a roller drive mechanism is disclosed. The first developing roller comprises a tubular sleeve, on the surface of which developer is supplied, and a magnetic roller that comprises a drawing magnetic pole for drawing developer and a peel-off magnetic pole for... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070003328 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and method of developing an image: A hybrid type developing apparatus of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes: an image receptor on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a magnetic roller for forming a magnetic brush of non-magnetic toner and magnetic carrier by using magnetic force; a donor roller which faces the image receptor and... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070003327 - Toner supply members for an image forming device: Embodiments for toner supply members, particularly toner supply member properties and architectures for controlling toner layer thickness supply to the developer member in image forming devices. In one embodiment the toner supply members have a foamed elastic body.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070003330 - Developing roller and developing cartridge having the same: A developing roller and a developing cartridge having the same include a conductive elastic body thicker at opposite ends of a developing roller shaft than at an axial center portion of the developing roller shaft such that print defects are prevented regardless of resilient deformation or thermal deformation of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070003329 - Developing roller including carbon nanotubes for electrophotographic device and method for fabricating the developing roller: A development roller for electrophotographic device and a method of making the development roller are disclosed. The development roller according to the present invention includes a central shaft and a roller body. The roller body is composed of an elastic polymer material as a primary material and carbon nanotubes in... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070003331 - Development roller: A development roller is provided which can ensure a desired surface roughness and roller hardness even when an elastic layer has not sufficient solvent resistance and which can be preferably used for a long period of time without generating any peeling of a coating film during a continuous long operation.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070003332 - System and method for correcting color registration: A method and apparatus for correcting a color registration are provided for improving the quality of images of an image forming apparatus. A surface condition is estimated of an intermediate transfer belt used to correct a color registration. A determination is made as to whether an abnormal section exists on... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070003333 - Image forming apparatus and brush member used in the same: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an endless moving member configured to receive the image thereon from the image bearing member, and a brush member that includes a fiber portion including a plurality of fibers arranged in a standing condition with respective fiber tips held in contact... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003334 - Image forming apparutus, fixing unit, and image forming method with cleaning mechanism: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism for forming an image on a recording medium with a developer according to image data and a fixing mechanism for fixing the developer forming the image on the recording medium. The fixing mechanism includes a pressing member, a fixing member, a... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003335 - Heat pipe fusing member: A fusing member is formed from an evacuable inner tube with a cylindrical wall. The evacuable inner tube is inserted into an outer tube and the inner tube is pressurized to expand the inner tube such that the wall is in contact with the outer tube. An amount of a... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070003336 - Image forming apparatus including a cleaning mechanism capable of efficiently removing residual toner: An image forming apparatus which includes an image carrier configured to form a latent image and a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the image carrier and including a fur brush having a brush bunch with a radially-spreading top end portion. And the cleaning mechanism further includes a solid lubricant configured... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003337 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a cleaning brush positioned upstream of a blade nip in the direction of movement of the surface of a photoconductive drum. To prevent toner from accumulating at the blade nip, the surface of the photoconductive drum is moved in the direction... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003338 - Image forming apparatus and toner collection method to be used for the same: A technique can prevent problems from arising due to the toner scraped off from the surface to be cleaned and improve the serviceability of a cleaning device in an image forming apparatus comprising the cleaning device whose cleaning blade can be brought into contact with and moved away from the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070003339 - Modular printer and scanner adf duplexer feedpath including second tray: A modular duplexing housing for an all-in-one device which may be added at a final stage of assembly in order to convert a simplex printing unit into a duplex printing and duplex ADF scanning unit. The modular duplexing unit includes a duplexing feedpath which may be positioned for feeding communication... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070003340 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, control program, and computer-readable program: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of restricting copying using, as a master copy, a copy of a produced work such as a book. An MFP is provided with a printing permission/prohibition judging section and an output paper sheet selection section. The printing permission/prohibition judging section judges... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070003341 - Image processing device, image processing method, program, and recording medium: In an image processing device which extracts predetermined information from a paper document in which the predetermined information is embedded, and performs a predetermined process in accordance with the extracted information and a request from a user, an attribute judgment unit determines an attribute of the paper document from the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070003342 - Automatic document feeder with a single drive roller: An automatic document feeder with a single drive roller including a drive roller wheel is provided. The single drive roller is the only drive roller in the automatic document feeder. The single drive roller also includes a drive roller shaft extending through the center of the drive roller wheel. The... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070003344 - Duplex automatic document feeding apparatus and a duplex document feeding method: A duplex automatic document feeder (DADF) includes a pickup roller, an image reading unit, and a discharge roller, and includes first, second, third, and fourth document feeding paths. When performing duplex scanning in the DADF, the document is fed from the pickup roller to the image reading unit through the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070003343 - Duplexing adf using a paperpath shorter than the length of paper to be duplexed: An improved apparatus for duplex scanning using a paper path shorter than the length of paper to be duplexed allows a smaller duplexing ADF footprint, without decreasing scan quality. The apparatus includes a friction drive system which allows rollers to rotate with an exit shaft when exit said shaft rotates... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070003345 - Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus: On a relay guide neighboring with a paper supply tray, a guide rib rotated and projected from a guide face is installed, and the width of sheets is controlled, thus an occurrence of skewing of various sheets supplied from a paper supply tray is prevented, and the conveyability of sheets... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070003346 - Bookmaking apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same: A bookmaking apparatus creates a booklet by accurately positioning a sheet bundle of varied thickness and a cover sheet fed at cross-over directions. The bookmaking apparatus includes an intersecting first path and a second path, a sheet bundle conveyance device, a cover sheet conveyance device, a first and second path... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP