Electrophotography inventions 11/08

20080292327 - Image forming device: An image forming device of the present invention includes searching section that is configured to search whether a sheet of paper having a suitable size for an essential print object in order to print out the essential print object. In addition, the image forming device includes selecting section and printing... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080292328 - Image-forming machine: An object of the present invention is, in an image-forming machine equipped with plural paper feeders that feed paper to a drum unit at different paper feed speeds due to the difference in the shapes of paper traveling routes, to control the image-forming machine so as to select a paper... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080292329 - Driver apparatus, sheet arrangement management method, sheet arrangement management program: A driver apparatus that causes an image processing apparatus to execute predetermined image processing on a sheet includes a sheet discriminating unit that discriminates a type of a sheet to be subjected to the predetermined image processing, an arrangement-information acquiring unit that acquires arrangement information associated with the sheet discriminated... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080292330 - Image forming apparatus: In the recovery sequence after detecting recording medium conveyance jam or after detecting empty of recording medium in the sheet feeding tray, by applying a bias having the same polarity as that of the bias of the secondary transfer, remaining toner on the intermediate transfer member is transferred onto the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080292331 - Developing apparatus, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A developing apparatus usable with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the apparatus including a developer accommodating container, a developer chamber including a developer carrying member carrying and feeding a developer supplied from the container to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a stirrer stirring the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080292333 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that forms a latent image on an image carrier based on image data, the apparatus includes: a first calculating unit adapted to calculate an exposure amount of a pixel of interest included in a partial region configured of a plurality of pixels that constitute the image... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080292332 - Image forming device, and method and computer readable medium therefor: An image forming device includes a container accommodating toner, a light emitting unit emitting light to be transmitted through the container, a light receiving unit receiving the light transmitted through the container, an efficiency determining unit determining a light receiving efficiency based on a light intensity of the light received... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080292334 - Image forming apparatus, method of controlling same and image forming system: Detachable sheet feeding units are connected to an image forming apparatus. A transmitting unit transmits a feeding instruction via a signal line to a sheet feeding unit that is to perform sheet feeding. A first sheet detector, which is placed in the sheet feeding unit, detects a sheet that has... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080292335 - Color image forming apparatus and color image forming method: A color image forming apparatus includes a color-shift-detection-image forming unit, a color shift detector, a recording-material color-shift correcting unit and a conveyance-unit color-shift correcting unit. The color-shift-detection-image forming unit selectively forms a color-shift detection image on a recording medium or a first conveyance unit. The color shift detector detects color... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080292336 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: In an image forming apparatus of the present invention, a developing unit for magenta contains magenta-type toner for pseudo full-color image forming whose chromaticity point is shifted closer to yellow hue on a chromaticity diagram, in comparison with genuine-magenta toner for full-color image forming, and likewise, a developing unit for... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080292337 - Image forming apparatus and printing control method therefor: The present invention is an image forming apparatus having no two-sided printing mechanism in which, by setting a front side printed paper sheet in a manual paper feed section, the paper sheet is taken from the manual paper feed section and a back side printing is executed. At this moment,... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080292338 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an image forming member, a transferer, a toner image detector, and a controller. The transferer transfers the toner image from the image carrier directly or indirectly onto a recording medium transported by a surface moving member. The toner image detector detects a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292340 - Image density correction method and image forming apparatus using the same: In an image density correction method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an image density correction is carried out by obtaining an actual toner amount through obtaining a density of a between-sheet patch image having been formed during continuous printing, reconstructing relational characteristics in which the actual... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080292339 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying a toner image; toner image forming means for forming a toner image on the image bearing member; detecting means for optically detecting a mark bonded on the image bearing member; adjusting means for adjusting the toner image forming means... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080292344 - Drive circuit, light emitting diode head, and image forming apparatus: A drive circuit includes a drive element for driving a driven element; a correction data input section for adjusting a drive current of the driven element; a resistor having an end portion connected to ground; and a control voltage generation section for generating a direction value of the drive current.... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080292341 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a charging apparatus arranged to charge the photosensitive drum, and a developing apparatus arranged to supply toner to an electrostatic latent image in a development region, thereby developing the electrostatic latent image to a toner image. The image forming apparatus further includes... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080292343 - Image forming apparatus: In an early-middle stage of a photosensitive drum life cycle, an image forming apparatus uses only a second semiconductor laser having an oscillation wavelength 660 nm to perform writing of an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum surface. In a middle-late stage of the photosensitive drum life cycle, the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080292342 - Method and apparatus for forming image: In an image forming apparatus, a separating unit separates each laser beam into a first laser beam used for measuring light intensity and a second laser beam used for scanning a photosensitive element, a photoelectric converting unit measures a light intensity of each of the first laser beams and outputs... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292345 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus having the same: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive body on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, an exposure device to irradiate light to the photosensitive body to form the electrostatic latent image, a developing device to adhere a developer to the photosensitive body to form a visible image, a transfer... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080292346 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus and an image forming method are provided which form high-quality fixed images having no fogs and the like defects, in which apparatus and method a toner entering a pressure-contact area between rollers is prevented from scattering. A control is performed on preheating conditions for preheating an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080292347 - Fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus: A fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus are disclosed. The fixing apparatus includes two or more heaters with temperature detecting function that generate heat with electric current and detect temperature; a heating unit that includes the heater with the temperature detecting function; a film, a surface of which slides... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292348 - Fixing apparatus and temperature control method: In a fixing apparatus having a first roller 1 which includes a first heater L1 and a second heater L2 arranged in difference ranges from each other in the direction of rotation axis and an auxiliary heater L4 arranged in a range including the ranges where the first and second... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080292349 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member with an image bearing surface adapted to move in a given direction and carry a toner image thereon. A main cleaning device is opposed to the image bearing surface and electrically removes residual toner remaining on the image bearing surface. A... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080292350 - Tetris - based system for scheduling functions in a printing apparatus: In a printing apparatus having a rotatable imaging member and means for performing a selected one of a plurality of operations on a portion of the rotatable imaging member, a set of metaphorical “bricks” are used to schedule operations. For an operation of a first type, a first brick is... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080292351 - Image forming apparatus and electric appliance: A thermoelectric conversion element converts thermal energy of a user into electric power. A holding unit holds the electric power converted by the thermoelectric conversion element, and outputs the electric power. A switching unit switches between a first mode in which electric power is supplied to all units of an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292352 - Image printing apparatus: This invention is directed to an image printing apparatus which prints an original image as image information on a recording sheet and performs postprocessing on the recording sheet after printing operation. According to the image printing apparatus of the invention, image printing conditions include conditions concerning postprocessing to be executed... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080292353 - Image forming apparatus: When discontinuing image forming, the image forming is discontinued after conducting image forming up to the separation of the set in the course of image forming, and then, the jobs in which image forming is not finished including a job in execution are stored in a nonvolatile storing medium before... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080292354 - Cleaning device, image forming apparatus, method for controlling cleaning device, control program, and computer-readable storage medium: A cleaning device 70 includes: contact and release system 63 which switches a position of a cleaning roller between a position where the cleaning roller 62 is in contact with a charging roller 61 and a position where the cleaning roller 62 is separated from the charging roller 61; and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080292355 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a process cartridge which is mounted on a pull-out type cartridge tray to enable front access. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an urging unit for urging and moving the cartridge tray toward a front of a main assembly of the apparatus and a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080292356 - Image forming apparatus and process unit: An image forming apparatus capable of reliably positioning a process unit in a main image forming apparatus body, without impairing ease of mounting/dismounting of the process unit achieved by a simple structure. A convex section that projects towards the insertion side is provided on the process unit, an engagement section... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292357 - Image forming apparatus, computer-readable medium, image forming system, and image forming method: An image forming system, etc., which provides a user or the like with great convenience is achieved. For example, an image forming apparatus is usable as a color image forming apparatus for forming color images and is usable as a monochrome image forming apparatus for forming monochrome images, and by... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080292358 - Optical scanning unit and electro-photographic image forming apparatus including the same: An optical scanning unit that includes a first optical device that forms collimated light from light radiated from a light source, a second optical device that focuses the collimated light onto a deflector, and an imaging optical device that focuses light deflected by the deflector onto an exposure object. The... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080292359 - Image forming device: An image forming device includes an exposure unit having an exposure surface, an opposed surface facing the exposure surface, a first side surface connecting the exposure surface with the opposed surface, and a second side surface facing the first side surface, a positioning mechanism positioning the exposure unit with respect... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080292360 - Optical sensor and image forming apparatus including same: An optical sensor includes a light-emitting element for directing light to an image, a light-receiving element for receiving light reflected by the image, a normal detection optical path for allowing the light emitted by the light-emitting element and the light reflected from the image to follow a normal detection optical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292361 - Toner used for image forming apparatus: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of stably producing high quality images with time, without causing missing a central part of a thin line, however, with keeping an appropriate flowability of a toner. The toner used in the image forming apparatus is a toner which contains a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292362 - Developing apparatus: A developing apparatus is described. The developing apparatus includes a transport member including a plurality of electrodes forming a traveling wave electric field by successively applied voltages and a casing storing a toner transported by the transport member, wherein the activity of the toner based on the following measuring method... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080292363 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a developer cartridge detachably mounted on the developing unit, a developing case in which a developing member and a first supply member are provided, a developer supply passage to supply a developer stored in the developer cartridge to the developing case,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080292364 - Image forming apparatus, developing apparatus and developing roller for the image forming apparatus: A developing apparatus usable with an image forming apparatus may include a magnetic roller having disposed therein at least one magnet, and a developing roller rotatably disposed to face the magnetic roller and having a magnetic portion to contain a magnetic material that can be magnetized by a magnet of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080292365 - Image forming apparatus and developing device: An image forming apparatus is characterized in that an absolute value of a difference between a first coefficient of variation in a number distribution of the particle diameter of a toner carried on a developing roller and a second coefficient of variation in a number distribution of the particle diameter... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080292367 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device and an image forming apparatus which can form a printing image having high resolution and a high quality level, while resolving various problems resulted from the use of small particle size toner particles are provided. The developing device includes a toner constituted of resin base particles containing... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080292366 - Developing roller, charging roller, conductive roller and method for producing the same: This invention relates to a conductive roller such as a developing roller, a charging roller or the like provided with a resin coating calyer on a surface of an elastic layer, and more particularly to a conductive roller having the resin coating layer using an ultraviolet-curing type resin or an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080292370 - Image forming apparatus: A light receiving portion is configured to receive a light that varies with time while a mark formed on an object moves across a detection area. The position of the mark on the object is determined based on comparison of a time-varying level of said light with at least one... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080292369 - Imaging forming apparatus and method of controlling same: An image forming apparatus has a function for adjusting the position at which a toner image is formed on a printing material, based upon amount of light reflected from a toner image that has been formed on an image carrier. The light-emitting unit emits light that irradiates the image carrier,... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080292368 - System and method for determining and correcting color separation registration errors in a multi-color printing system: A system and method for determining a color separation registration error in a multi-color printing system are provided. The system and method provide for instructing first and second color separations to mark a substrate with first and second fine-periodic-patch images to determine color separation registration error(s). The system and method... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20080292371 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus includes an image-bearing member supporting a toner image, a transfer portion at which the toner image on the image-bearing member is transferred on a sheet; and first and second guides that guide the sheet to the transfer portion and respectively have first and second contact portions so... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080292374 - Fixing device and electro photographic apparatus using the same: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fixing device including: a heating roller that generates a heat and is formed to have a mold releasing property; a pressure belt that is brought into contact with the heating roller and is driven according to a rotation... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080292372 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A fixing device to fix an image to a print medium, including: a pressing roller, which is driven to rotate; a heat transferring unit facing the pressing roller, and contacting the pressing roller at a fixing nip position, to heat to a print medium disposed at the fixing nip position;... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080292373 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the fixing device: A fixing device and an image forming apparatus including the fixing device. The fixing device includes a fixing member having a dielectric body to fix a toner image onto a recording medium by heating and melting the toner image onto the recording medium, a dielectric heating portion to heat the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080292375 - Pigment-adhering apparatus for a printer device: A pigment-adhering apparatus for the printer device is provided. The pigment-adhering apparatus includes a pressing roller having two contacting components and a feeding component between the two contacting components. The feeding component transports an printed object to be printed and the pressing roller provides a pressure to a heat conducting... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP 2099 Gateway Place

20080292376 - Thermal fixing device and image forming device: The contact rate between a heater 1 and a heater holder 2 is made higher at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the heater than at the center. Alternatively, the per-unit-length volume of the heater holder 2 in the longitudinal direction is made larger at the both ends in... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080292377 - Fixing device, and image forming apparatus provided with the same: A fixing device includes: a fixing roller; a support roller arranged apart from the fixing roller; an endless fixing belt wound around the fixing roller and the support roller; a pressing roller for applying a pressure force to the fixing roller while the fixing belt being sandwiched between the fixing... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080292378 - Doctor device and blade exchange method for doctor device: A doctor device includes a blade contacting a roll, a blade holder for holding the blade, and a moving device for moving the blade in such a direction that the blade moves toward the roll or away from the roll. The blade includes a first blade edge located on a... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080292379 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product: An order changing unit changes an image forming order from a first page order of an original document to a second page order that is different from the first page order. A conveying unit conveys a recording medium on which an image is formed by an image forming unit to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080285985 - Apparatus and method to supply developer: Embodiments of an image forming apparatus, developer supplying apparatus and methods thereof may control a developer conveying speed in accordance with image print conditions, environmental status and/or developer amount to substantially maintain a stable amount or supply amount of developer. The developer may include bi-component developer having toner and carrier.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080285986 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with a photoconductor to have an electrostatic latent image formed thereon, a developing device for developing the electrostatic latent image with a toner, a toner replenishing device for replenishing the toner into the developing device, and a controller for controlling an image developing operation... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080285987 - Electrophotographic device utilizing multiple laser sources: An electrophotographic device has first and second laser sources, each controllable to emit a laser beam, a scanning device arranged to direct the beams so as to sweep in a scan direction across a photoconductive surface and a controller configured to control the electrophotographic device. In at least one print... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080285988 - Image forming apparatus and recording-medium feeding method: An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a recording medium, an image forming unit configured to form an image on the recording medium, a paper feed unit configured to supply the recording medium from the storage unit, a conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080285989 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a transfer belt and a plural number of image forming units. The transfer belt has a sucking/feeding surface for sucking and feeding a sheet of transfer medium, and the sucking/feeding surface faces downward slanting from a vertical direction. The plural number of image forming units... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080285990 - Image forming apparatus, method of gamma correction and storage medium storing gamma correction program: An image forming apparatus is configured to control the density of an output image based on an inherent gamma characteristic of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a patch image forming unit that forms patch images having multiple gradation values, a measuring unit that measures the density or lightness of each... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080285991 - Image forming apparatus: An electrostatic latent image is formed by exposing the same exposure point on a photosensitive drum to a laser beam having an emission wavelength of 420 nm and a laser beam having an emission wavelength of 780 nm. The exposure is performed in a pulse-height modulation manner by changing a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080285992 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor member; a LED head that includes a plurality of light emitting diodes arrayed in a line along a rotating axial direction of said photoreceptor member and that is modulated in response to image signals, so as to expose said photoreceptor member while said... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080285993 - Image forming apparatus: An apparatus is configured to charge an image bearing member in a charging section, develop an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member, and transfer a toner image formed on the image bearing member to a transfer medium in a transfer section. The apparatus includes a charging auxiliary apparatus... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080285994 - Image forming apparatus and control device: A low cost image forming apparatus capable of detecting a moving speed or meandering of a revolving endless belt with high accuracy to thereby prevent the color shift includes: a revolving endless belt sequentially superimposing and transferring toner images formed on a plurality of photoconductive drums directly thereon or onto... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080285995 - Transfer voltage control method of image forming apparatus: A transfer voltage control method of an image forming apparatus includes supplying a first measurement voltage to a first transfer member and a second transfer member, measuring a variation in resistance of the first transfer member by supplying a second measurement voltage to the first transfer member during a first... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080285996 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and heating control method for fixing device: A fixing device includes a heat roller having a degaussing alloy material, an induction heating member for exciting the heat roller, an inverter circuit for giving power at a predetermined frequency to the induction heating member, and a control unit, and when driving at a first drive frequency and fixing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080285997 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium: An image forming apparatus, an image forming method, and a storage medium. The image forming apparatus includes a memory, a frame creator to create at least one rendering frame in the memory, a renderer to render rendering data on the at least one rendering frame based on print data, and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080285998 - Image forming apparatus capable of reducing temperature difference of a photosensitive body: An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive body; a driver to drive the photosensitive body; a supporting bracket to support the driver; and a heat insulator disposed between the supporting bracket and the driver to shield the photosensitive body from heat generated by the driver.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080285999 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus comprising an image-forming means for forming a toner image and for transferring it onto a recording medium by an electrophotographic system, a fixing means for heat-fixing the toner image onto the recording medium, and a discharge conveying passage for conveying the recording medium onto which the toner... Agent: Michael A. Makuch Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080286000 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus, cartridge, and cartridge holding member: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus to which a cartridge is detachably mountable to form an image on a recording medium, the electrophotographic image forming apparatus including: a mounting portion to which the cartridge is detachably mountable; a cartridge holding member which holds the cartridge to move the cartridge to the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286001 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, to which apparatus a process cartridge is detachably mountable, wherein said process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum unit and a developing unit, wherein said photosensitive drum unit includes a photosensitive drum, and said developing unit is rotatably engageable... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286002 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with a box-shaped apparatus main body internally including an image forming assembly and a sheet feeding assembly, an apparatus front cover located on the front surface of the apparatus main body and having a plurality of unit cover members that can be opened forward... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080286004 - Cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A cartridge that can be accurately positioned and stably held with respect to a main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus without deteriorating operability for mounting and detaching the cartridge from the apparatus main body even if a reduction in cost and a reduction in size of the apparatus... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286005 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device includes a storage portion for retaining developer; a light guide member for forming a plurality of optical paths passing through the storage unit to detect an amount of the developer in the storage portion; a plurality of window members formed in a wall of the storage portion... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080286003 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus which allows a locking operation to be easily performed even when a lock mechanism for a developing cartridge is provided at a position hard of access for a user. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a cartridge door opening and closing an opening portion for... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286006 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus and an image forming method are provided, in which a drum itself forms an electrostatic latent image on a surface of the drum by charging plates included in the drum surface among plates of capacitors of a plurality of cells based onprint data, wherein the cells... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080286007 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus and an image forming method are provided, in which a drum itself forms an electrostatic latent image corresponding to print data that is to be printed, on a surface of the drum, the electrostatic latent image is developed so as to generate a developed image, the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080286008 - Titanylphthalocyanine crystal and method of producing the titanylphthalocyanine crystal, and electrophotographic photoreceptor, method, apparatus and process cartridge using the titanylphthalocyanine crystal: A titanylphthalocyanine crystal having an X-ray diffraction spectrum having plural diffraction peaks and a primary particle diameter not greater than 0.2 μm, wherein a maximum diffraction peak is observed at a Bragg (2 θ) angle of 27.2±0.2°; main peaks are observed at 9.4°, 9.6° and 24.0°; and a minimum diffraction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080286009 - Light scanning apparatus, image forming apparatus equipped with such light scanning apparatus, and control method or image forming method for such image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, includes: a latent image carrier whose surface includes an effective image region spanning across a predetermined width in a main scanning direction and is driven in a sub scanning direction approximately orthogonal to the main scanning direction; a latent image former which has a light source... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080286010 - Color electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus which simplifies a configuration in which a rotary is rotated to change over respective developing devices to a development position to reduce the costs and save the space, and which simplifies the changeover operation to reduce an operating time. The image forming apparatus sequentially... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286011 - Color electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus surely moves and stops each developing device supported by a rotary in a development position without an independent driving motor for rotating the rotary. By the rotation of the rotary, the V number of developing devices supported by the rotary are sequentially replaced and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286012 - Developer storage case and image forming apparatus: A developer storage case includes: a storage case that includes: a developer storage space that stores a developer therein; and a discharge opening that discharges the developer stored in the developer storage space, the storage case defining an opening through which a developer passes into the developer storage space; a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080286013 - Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming apparatus: A developer container has a main part accommodating a developer therein and is detachably attached to a main part of an image forming apparatus. The developer container comprises an outlet provided at a side of the developer container to discharge the developer from the developer container. An input unit is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080286014 - Developer storage case and image forming apparatus: A developer storage case includes: a storage case that includes a discharge opening formed in the horizontal direction side surface thereof, that is formed in a flat shape having a horizontal direction width larger than the vertical direction height thereof, and that stores a developer therein; a delivery member that... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080286015 - Development device and image forming apparatus: The development device includes a toner carrier, a toner supplier, and a surface electrical potential controller. When the toner supplier supplies toner particles to the toner carrier, the toner carrier carries toner particles to adhere to a latent image formed on the latent image carrier and has a time constant... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080286016 - Regenerated elastic roller manufacturing process, regenerated elastic roller, electropohotographic process cartridge, and electropohotographic image forming apparatus: A regenerated elastic rollers manufacturing process is provided. The process includes the step of removing an agglutinated stain of toner adhered to the surface of an elastic roller including a mandrel and an elastic layer. The step further includes the steps of: (1) pressing a pressing roller against the surface... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080286017 - Belt fixing unit: A belt fixing unit has a fixing roller and a pressing roller that are provided in a pair midway along a transport passage through which paper having a toner image formed thereon is transported from bottom to top approximately in a vertical direction and that fix the toner image on... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080286018 - Image forming apparatus and fusing unit thereof: An image forming apparatus and a fusing unit thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive body on which to form an electrostatic latent image, an exposure device to irradiate light to the photosensitive body to form the electrostatic latent image, a developer adhering device to adhere a developer to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080286019 - Pressure roll for fusing operation: Washers are used for a pressure roll in a fusing system of an electrophotographic system that improve the functionality and durability of the pressure roll. These washers are made up of a rigid ring section having flexible (less rigid) fingers projecting from the inner periphery of the ring. This provides... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080286020 - Cleaning device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A blade, including: a cut surface provided by obliquely cutting a part of a tip surface to set an angle forming a tip ridge portion of the blade as an obtuse angle, wherein the tip ridge portion is configured to be pressed to a surface to be cleaned.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080286021 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus according to the invention has a nozzle plate having a nozzle hole for ejecting ink, a wiper blade for cleaning the nozzle plate, a blade holder holding the wiper blade, and a wiper base containing and holding the blade holder. When the wiper blade abuts on... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080286022 - Sheet post-processing apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same: A sheet post-processing apparatus (1) includes a first stapler (4) and a second stapler (5) for stapling the stack of sheets on a stack tray (61), a first moving frame member (10) on which the first stapler (4) is mounted rotatably, a second moving frame member (11) on which the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080279568 - Image forming apparatus, component, component checking method, control program, and storage medium: With this invention, compatibility between an image forming apparatus and a component mounted on the image forming apparatus is precisely checked. A cartridge as the component stores its ID (first information) and an ID (second information) of the image forming apparatus that can use the cartridge. The image forming apparatus... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080279570 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, which includes a plurality of image forming portions transferring a yellow image, a magenta image, a cyan image, and a black image formed on a plurality of photoconductor drums to a sheet conveyed on a conveying belt, a marking unit forming marks on the conveying belt,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279569 - Method of adjusting print magnification in digital duplex printing: A method of adjusting print magnification in digital duplex printing in which the difference in print magnification from front to back side is measured on a text sheet and the percentage difference calculated. Provision is made for user inputs for adjusting the digital image print magnification laterally and longitudinally whereupon... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080279571 - Method for processing medium, image processing apparatus, and printer apparatus: A printer apparatus is disclosed. The printer includes a medium feeding passage for conveying a medium; print head for performing a spacing and for performing a printing processing on the medium; a detector for detecting a first end position in a widthwise direction of the medium at a first position... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080279572 - Image forming apparatus: A scanning start timing for an optical scanning unit is adjusted according to detection values of belt position detecting units arranged upstream and downstream from a primary transfer position in a movement direction of an endless type belt to thereby transfer an image onto a proper position without being affected... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080279573 - Image forming system, image forming device, post-processor, and program: An image forming system includes an input unit for input of setting information, an image forming unit, a conveying unit, a control unit, and a jam detecting unit, wherein a set of a plurality of different kinds of special sheets disposed in a predetermined order is used. When occurrence of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080279574 - Sheet feeder and jam detecting method: A transporter is adapted to transport a sheet in a transport direction in a transport path that includes a detecting range. A measurer is disposed at an upstream end of the detecting range in the transport direction, and is operable to measure a moving distance of the sheet. A detector... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080279575 - Image forming apparatus and control method of the same: A transfer unit transfers a toner image formed on an image carrier onto a recording medium. A fixing unit includes a fixing roller and a pressure roller for fixing the toner image onto the recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium. At least one driving unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279577 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing member having an outer peripheral surface brought in pressure contact with a sheet, an induction coil along the member, and a high frequency power source section that heats the heat generating layer of the fixing member by supplying an alternating current to the induction coil. A magnetic flux... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080279576 - Image fixing apparatus, image forming apparatus using the same, and image fixing temperature control method thereof: An image fixing apparatus that senses temperature of a heater and controls the temperature accurately includes a pair of fixing rollers, a heater housed inside at least one of the pair of fixing rollers, and a sensor integrally formed with the heater to detect temperatures of the heater from a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080279578 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, for which a heated roller fixing device is employed but for which a savings in power can still be obtained, is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device 109, which is a heated roller fixing device that requires pre-heating in the stand-by state; an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080279579 - Electrophotographic color image heating apparatus: A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a movable member supporting a plurality of process cartridges in juxtaposition and movable between positions inside and outside a main assembly in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of a drum of the cartridge when cartridges are supported, a common electroconductive member extended... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080279580 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has: a housing; a member to be cooled provided inside the housing, the member to be cooled in which heat builds up; an airflow producing portion provided in a predetermined position of the housing for taking in air outside the housing; an air guide member for... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080279581 - Powder conveyance device, process unit, and image forming device: A powder conveyance device is disclosed that enables plural powder conveyance paths to be easily and reliably attached and detached. The powder conveyance device includes a first housing including a first powder conveyance path, and a second housing including a second powder conveyance path, the first housing and the second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279582 - Electrophotographic apparatus: The present invention is an apparatus for refurbishing a fusing member. The apparatus includes a fusing member that contacts the toner image on a receiver medium and fuses the toner image to the receiver medium. The fusing member has an outer contact surface of a fluorothermoplastic resin The apparatus includes... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080279583 - Photosensitive member cartridge, developer cartridge and process cartridge: A developer cartridge including a frame, a developer carrying member, and an input gear member is provided. The frame includes a first side wall and a second side wall, and the first side wall and the second side wall extend in a length direction. The developer carrying member extends from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080279584 - Supporting apparatus for a photosensitive drum: For supporting a cylindrical photosensitive drum, a high-precision high-strength supporting apparatus is disclosed to include a sleeve member and a shalt member. The sleeve member has an outer wall for attaching to the photosensitive drum, an inner wall within which an axial hole is defined, a first retaining portion positioned... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080279585 - Image forming apparatus: A holding unit turns, while holding a latent image writing unit, centered on a turning axis that is arranged on a main body of an image forming apparatus between an opening position and a closing position with respect to the main body. A positioning unit arranged on the main body... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080279586 - Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A developing device that supplies developer to an image carrier. In a developing device having a developer carrier that is driven in rotation by drive force applied to a gear provided on the shaft section thereof, the developer carrier being pressed in the direction of the image carrier, the effect... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279587 - Digital multi-color printing machine: A printing unit for a digital multi-color printing machine, in particular for an electrophotographically operating, preferably sheet-printing printing machine, said printing unit comprising at least one transfer element (11), preferably an imaging cylinder (31) and/or a cylinder bearing a rubber blanket, for the transfer of a printing image. The invention... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080279588 - Conductive member, process cartridge including same, and image forming apparatus including the process cartridge: A conductive member includes a conductive supporting member provided facing an image bearing member and including a continuous or discontinuous fixing groove provided in the vicinity of each of both ends of the conductive supporting member in a peripheral direction thereof, an electrical resistance adjusting layer formed on the conductive... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080279589 - Transfer unit and image forming apparatus using the unit: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units and a plurality of transfer units. The image forming units have corresponding image carriers and charging units. The image forming units form toner images of different colors on the corresponding image carriers. The transfer units face the corresponding image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279590 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes an ink image forming section, an irradiation section, an intermediate transfer section, a transfer section, a recoding medium feed section and a discharge section. When forming an image, the ink image forming section is irradiated with light by the irradiation section according to image information... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080279591 - One-component toner and image forming method: The present invention is to provide a nonmagnetic one-component toner containing a colorant, and a binder resin, wherein metal oxide fine particles are fixed on a toner surface with an adhesion strength of 95% to 99%, the toner has a direct current resistance of 1E7 Ω·cm to 1E9 Ω·cm, and... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080279592 - Developing agent storage device and image forming apparatus having same: A developing agent storage device for storing a refill developing agent includes toner particles, carrier particles, an inner layer of the developing agent storage device. The toner particles and carrier particles compose the refill developing agent. The inner layer is provided as a wall contacting the refill developing agent. An... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279594 - Developer supply container and image forming apparatus: A developer supply container includes a container body, a developer conveyance member, and a clog prevention member. The container body includes an outlet port and contains and contains developer therein. The developer conveyance member includes a rotational shaft and a conveyance-member body. The conveyance-member body is supported by the rotational... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080279593 - Toner bottle unit and image forming apparatus: A toner bottle unit detachable to an image forming apparatus includes an opening/closing device for making an opening of a toner bottle by removing a cap from the opening and closing the opening by attaching the cap. An opening/closing operation device is provided to swing from an open position, in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279595 - Toner cartridge: t

20080279596 - Low graininess printing and micr printing with scmb and ea-scmb systems: A specific magnet roll design for high speed semi-conductive magnetic brush (SCMB) development systems for magnetic image character recognition (MICR) printing is provided. The resulting magnetic field distributions include a more uniform radial field and enhance solid area development and halftone graininess without or substantially without bead carryout issues. In... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080279597 - Apparatus and method for development of potential images, produced on an intermediate image carrier, for an electrographic printing or copying device: In a system or method for development of potential images of images to be printed and generated on an intermediate image carrier using a developer fluid comprising charged toner particles and developer fluid in an electrographic printing or copying device, a feed device is provided comprising as function elements at... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080279598 - Developing roller: A developing roller for providing a magnetic brush for a printer or copier according to embodiments of the present invention has a substantially cylindrical outer surface. The outer surface comprises a regular or irregular array of a number of isolated areas, each isolated area being provided by a recess in... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080279599 - Color image forming apparatus, color image forming method, computer program product: An out-of-color registration table containing a correspondence of amounts of out-of-color registration detected by an out-of-color-registration amount detector and machine states detected by a machine state detector is prepared. The out-of-color registration table is updated when there is a change in the current machine state.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279600 - Image fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same: An image fixing apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the same, the image forming apparatus including: a main body, in which a conveyance path for a printing medium is formed; a first unit arranged on the conveyance path, a second unit arranged on the conveyance path, downstream from the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080279601 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion which forms a toner image on a sheet; a fixing rotary member pair which fixes the toner image onto the sheet; a reversing rotary member pair capable of performing a refeeding operation in which, in order to form a toner image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273882 - Image forming apparatus and information processing method thereof: In an image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a monitoring device for monitoring the operating states of a plurality of image forming apparatuses, the operating amount of a part is detected, information about the operating amount is stored in relation to the part, and the stored information is sent... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080273883 - Consumable unit and image forming apparatus for controlling the same: A consumable unit and an image forming apparatus for controlling a consumable includes a first memory that stores consumable item information regarding the consumable and provides the consumable item information through password authentication, and a second memory that rewrites recycling prevention information, which indicates that recycling is impossible, a limited... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080273884 - Image forming system, image forming device, post-processor, and program: An image forming system includes an input unit for input of setting information, an image forming unit, a conveying unit, a control unit, and a jam detecting unit, wherein a set of a plurality of different kinds of special sheets disposed in a predetermined order is used. When occurrence of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080273885 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier, a latent image forming unit, a developing unit, a toner supplier, a toner concentration detector, a prediction calculator, and a toner supply controller. The toner supplier includes a single driving source and supplies toner to a two-component developer at a predetermined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080273887 - Apparatus and method for forming image: When an image forming apparatus, after a feeding error of a recording material occurs in a fixing device, re-forms on the recording material an image corresponding to image data which image was formed on a sheet which caused the feeding error, an image forming condition is caused to be different... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080273886 - Image forming apparatus: Example embodiments reduce the number of data input/output lines by carrying on a single signal line input signals to the image forming control means from a plurality of detection means and drive signals output to a plurality of drive means from the image forming control means, provide versatility for coping... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080273888 - Development apparatus, image forming apparatus, and developer transfer method: There is provided a technique in which in a development apparatus to perform replacement of developer, the amount of developer can be stably kept irrespective of a change in a physical property of the developer. There are included a development apparatus that circulates and conveys a developer supplied at a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080273889 - Image forming apparatus and method using liquid development in which toner density is determined based on patch image density: A CPU 113 executes a control program stored in a memory 116 thereby forming a plurality of patch images with a developing bias increased for each of the patch images; detecting a density of each of the patch images by means of a patch sensor 17; and comparing the image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080273890 - Fixing apparatus, image forming apparatus and fixing method: A fixing apparatus of the invention includes a heating roller, a fixing roller, a fixing belt that is wound around the heating roller and the fixing roller and circulates between the heating roller and the fixing roller, a pressing roller to press the fixing roller through the fixing belt, a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080273891 - Image forming apparatus: There is described an image forming apparatus equipped with a cleaning unit to clean a belt-type transfer member. The cleaning unit includes: a conductive opposing roller that contacts an inner surface of the intermediate transfer member; a first conductive blush member and a second conductive blush member, both of which... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080273892 - Electrically conducting structure and electrical apparatus provided with electrically conducting structure: An electrically conducting structure includes: an electrically conductive bar member; a frame member supporting the bar member; and a conducting metal plate, provided with a base portion for mounting the conducting metal plate to the frame member and provided with a contact portion, extending out from the base portion and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080273893 - Substrate transfer member cleaning method, substrate transfer apparatus, and substrate processing system: A substrate transfer member cleaning method that enables foreign matter attached to a substrate transfer member to be completely removed without bringing about a decrease in the throughput. A cleaning agent containing a cleaning substance in two phases of a vapor phase and a liquid phase and a high-temperature gas... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080273894 - System and method for separating and repairing a laser toner cartridge: Systems and methods for precision separation of the toner hopper section from the roller section of a spent plastic toner cartridge along the seam joining the two sections and without loss of significant amount of the plastic material that forms the cartridge, resulting in separated components that facilitate re-assembly to... Agent: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

20080273895 - Toner supplying container and image forming apparatus: A toner supply container, detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, for supplying toner to the main assembly of the image forming apparatus, the toner supply container includes a main body for accommodating the toner; a discharging opening for permitting discharging of the toner accommodated in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273896 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: A light source emits a light beam for forming an electrostatic latent image on a plurality of image carriers charged by a charging unit. A polygon mirror deflects the light beam from the light source in a main scanning direction. A developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image formed on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080273897 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: l

20080273898 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that is more capable of preventing the occurrence of image quality deterioration caused by defective charging of a photoreceptor than the conventional one. As a charging device, there is used a member which has: a conductive sheet that causes the surface thereof applied with a predetermined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080273899 - Toner cartridge: A toner cartridge includes a container defining a central axis and a toner-guiding member. The container is provided at one end thereof with an opening having a radius. The toner-guiding member is provided with an annular connecting portion connected with the container, an outlet at one end thereof, a longitudinally-extending... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080273900 - Movable metering skive for a development station of a reproduction apparatus: A magnetic brush development station for a reproduction apparatus has a housing forming, at least in part, a reservoir for developer material; a developer roller mounted within the housing for delivering developer material to a dielectric support member in a development zone; a transport mechanism for transporting developer material from... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080273901 - Developing device and image forming apparatus using the same: To provide a developing device capable of preventing excess charge of the toner particles so as to prevent occurrence of failure caused by an decrease in toner flying property between the developing roller and photoconductor or a change in development characteristics, a developing device according to the present invention develops... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080273902 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: A pattern forming unit forms a pattern for correcting a position shift of an image. A detecting unit detects the pattern. A measuring unit measures a time from a start of a control signal for controlling timing to start forming the image until a detection of the pattern. A control... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080273903 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: A pattern forming unit forms a color-misalignment detection pattern on an image carrier. A light-intensity detecting unit detects the color-misalignment detection pattern formed on the image carrier by irradiating the image carrier with a light and detecting light intensity of a reflected light from the image carrier. A color-misalignment-amount detecting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080273904 - Image heating apparatus and rotatable heating member used for the same: Disclosed is an image heating apparatus. The image heating apparatus includes a rotatable heating member for heating an image on a recording material in a nip portion, and a heating unit for heating the heating member from the outside thereof. With this structure, a warm-up time period or a first... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273905 - Image heating apparatus: A manufacturing method for an image heating apparatus for heating an image on a recording material by a heat from a heat generating element for producing heat by a magnetic flux generated by magnetic flux generating means, the apparatus including a magnetic flux confining member for confining a magnetic flux... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273906 - Printing roll having a controllable heat absorbing internal surface: A roll useful in fusing marking material to a print sheet includes a coating disposed on at least a portion of the inner surface thereof. A lamp disposed inside the roll supplies radiant energy to the inner surface. The coating changes its absorptivity (such as color) as desired, to obtain... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080273907 - Positional-deviation correction apparatus, method of controlling positional deviation, and image forming apparatus: A first correction pattern and a second correction pattern are formed on an endless conveyor belt. The first correction pattern is located ahead of the second correction pattern on the conveyor belt with respect to the direction of movement of the conveyor belt. A sensor detects positional information of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080273908 - Sheet discharging device and image forming apparatus: A sheet-discharging device includes an upper discharging roller, a lower discharging roller, and a protruding member. The protruding member allows discharging of a sheet to outside from the nip between the upper discharging roller and the lower discharging roller, and prevents taking-in of a sheet that has already been discharged.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080273909 - Method of printing with a print assembly having a binding assembly: Provided is a method of printing with a print assembly having first and second print engines arranged in an opposing in-line sequential configuration along a paper path. The method includes the steps of drawing a sheet of paper into the first print engine, printing image data onto the sheet via... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd