Electrophotography inventions

20090279904 - Enhancing mono printing speed on a single pass color laser printer: A mono optimized color laser printer. The mono optimized color laser printer includes a provision in which mono toner cartridges may be inserted at each of four toner locations. The mono optimized color laser printer includes a mono optimization module which detects when mono toner cartridges are inserted into the... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090279905 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a unit, which is detachably attachable to a main body of the apparatus and has a portion to be detected, and a detecting device which detects the portion to be detected in the unit. It is determined that the unit is in an unused state... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279906 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes at least one image carrier and a recording medium conveyor forming a transfer nip therebetween, a conveyance member disposed closest to the transfer nip on an upstream side of the transfer nip to convey the recording medium to the transfer nip, and a conveyance control... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090279907 - Reuse method and image forming apparatus: In a reuse method for reusing a reusable device and a sensor of a first image forming apparatus having a first process linear velocity in a second image forming apparatus having at least one second process linear velocity different from the first process linear velocity, the reusable device and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090279908 - Apparatus for image formation: An apparatus for image formation comprises a fixing member, a pressing member, a heating member, a sensor, and a controller. The heating member heats at least one of the fixing and pressing members during a heating operation. The sensor senses the surface temperature of at least one of the fixing... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090279909 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor: An image forming apparatus includes an exposure mechanism to form a latent image by exposure, a latent-image carrier to hold the latent image, a charging mechanism to charge the latent-image carrier evenly, a development device to develop a latent image on the latent-image carrier into a toner image, a transfer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090279910 - Image forming apparatus and control method for controlling the same: An image forming apparatus including a latent image bearing member a surface of which is rotated, a charging device, an irradiating device, a developing device, a transfer device, and a control unit. The control unit controls the image forming apparatus to perform subsequent image formation in accordance with a subsequent... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090279911 - Method for calibrating bid current in electro-photographic printer: A method for calibrating the BID current in an electrophotographic printer includes the steps of measuring electrode capacitance of an empty BID unit, installing the BID unit in an electrophotographic printer, comparing the measured capacitance with a calibration curve to determine the proper current for the BID unit, and adjusting... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090279912 - Transfix roller load controlled by force feedback: A printing device has an image receptor adapted to have an image formed thereon. The printing device also includes a transfer roller and a motor. A transfer roller load mechanism moves the transfer roller into contact with the image receptor in response to the motor output. A controller manipulates the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Xerox

20090279913 - Printing apparatus and control method: A printing apparatus includes a memory used for storing a preset temperature value indicating a preset temperature of a heating portion controlled by a CPU when print processing including transfer processing and fixing processing is performed in association with a plurality of types of sheets that are usable by the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090279914 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a cleaning blade in contact with at least one of a first rotation body and a second rotation body which rotate in contact with each other, so as to clean a circumferential surface of the rotation body, and a control section to control the first... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090279915 - Method and apparatus for generating a spread spectrum signal in a printer power supply unit: A method and apparatus that generates a spread spectrum signal in a printer power supply unit is disclosed. The method may include receiving an enable signal to power on the printer power supply unit, generating an initial power signal for the printer power supply unit based on the signal received... Agent: Prass LLP

20090279916 - Toner container and toner replenishing method: A toner container for replenishing toner to an image forming apparatus including: a container main body which comprises a toner storage section and a toner outlet; a cap that covers the toner outlet; and a seal member that is interposed between the container main body and the cap to prevent... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090279917 - Resilient driving force member: A resilient driving force member 10 having at least one helical spring 16, each helical spring 16 having an support member 14 connected to one end thereof and an engaging portion 20 connected to the other end, the engaging portion extending further from an axis X central to the turns... Agent: GccIPPty Ltd

20090279918 - Image forming apparatus provided with transfer and separation device: An image forming apparatus having: a drum-shaped image carrier; a transfer and separation device which comprises: a conveyor belt for conveying a transfer material; a transfer roller for supporting the conveyor belt; and a nip regulating roller that is disposed downstream of the transfer roller in a conveyance direction of... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, P.C. 16th Floor

20090279919 - Scanning optical device and image forming apparatus using the same: where Ra_ave is the mean axial reflectivity of a reflecting element or elements at a light path having a least number of reflecting element or elements, Rb_ave is the mean axial reflectivity of reflecting elements at a light path having a largest number of reflecting elements, ΠRa_i is the integrated... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090279920 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: An optical scanning device includes a synchronism detecting element for detecting a light beam scanningly deflected by a deflecting surface of an optical deflector, to determine an image-writing start position of the light beam on a scan surface in a main-scan direction, and a synchronism detecting optical element for directing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279921 - Toner container, production method for toner product and toner replenishing method: A toner container for replenishing toner to an image forming apparatus, including: a container main body having a toner outlet and a toner conveyance device which conveys the toner toward the toner outlet through rotation; a cap which covers the toner outlet and has a toner ejecting section; a toner... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090279922 - Developer station with smoothing device and method for operating a developer station: In a developer station for a printer or copier, a rotating developer roller is provided having a mixture of toner particles and ferromagnetic carrier particles accumulated on a surface of the developer roller as a layer, and a transfer zone at which the toner particles are transferred away from the... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090279923 - Roller for use with image forming apparatus: A developing device of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus has a first roller and a second roller disposed in a peripheral contact with the first roller to define a contact region therebetween so that the first roller is capable of supplying and collecting a toner to and from the second... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090279924 - Annular body, annular body stretching device and image forming apparatus: The invention provides an annular body having an inner surface including a base material layer, the base material layer having a resin and a conductive agent, and the inner surface comprising a carbonized region. The invention further provides an annular body stretching device having: the annular body; and a stretching... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090279925 - Belt for image forming apparatus: A belt for an image forming apparatus having at least an elastic layer on a substrate composed of polyimide resin. The elastic layer is composed of an imide-modified elastomer. This enables the belt for an image forming apparatus achieving high image quality, high speed printing and excellent durability. The imide-modified... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090279926 - Image forming apparatus: b

20090279927 - Transferer and image forming apparatus: A transferer, including a guide member having a plate-shaped guide face and leading a transfer material after a toner is transferred thereonto, wherein the guide member has an edge pointing to the feeding direction of the transfer material and having plural comb-like structures perpendicular to the feeding direction thereof.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090279928 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station for forming an image, a registration member, a registration motor, and a fixing unit. The registration member is configured to feed the recording medium in appropriate timing such that a recording medium is aligned with the toner image formed in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090279929 - Fixing device, and image forming apparatus equipped therewith: A fixing device includes: a fixing member that touches an unfixed toner image formed on a sheet; a pressing member that causes the sheet to come in pressure contact with the fixing member; a pressing belt that is interposed between the fixing member and pressing member to rotate; a lubricant... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090279930 - Protective material and image forming apparatus using the protective material: A protective material block including a metal soap, wherein the surface of the protective material block has an X-ray diffraction pattern wherein a ratio (P2/P1) of a maximum peak height (P2) on a surface separation of from 3.6 to 5.0 Å to a maximum peak height (P1) on a surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090279931 - Printer having straight media path: A printer is provided having a media path along which media is transported, at least one pagewidth printhead arranged to print on the media on the media path, and a binder arranged on the media path for binding the printed media. The printhead and the binder are arranged so that... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090274472 - Replaceable printer component with electronic tag: A replaceable printer component including an electronic tag and an angled protective ramp. The electronic tag is attached to a surface of the replaceable printer component. The angled protective ramp extends from the surface of the replaceable printer component adjacent the electronic tag. The angled protective ramp has a height... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090274473 - Conveyer-member control device, image forming apparatus, and drive control method: A detecting unit detects a conveying speed of a conveyer member. A driving unit drives the conveyer member. A first control unit performs a first feedback control of the conveying speed based on detected conveying speed and a predetermined target conveying speed. A second control unit detects a rotation speed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090274474 - Electrostatic charging apparatus, and image forming assembly and image forming apparatus which employ the same: An electrostatic charging apparatus, includes: an endless-shaped electrostatic charging belt having electrical conductivity, the electrostatic charging belt being arranged in a state of having a predetermined contact zone being in contact with a moving to-be-charged body and moving in the same direction as a moving direction of the to-be-charged body;... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090274475 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, including: an image carrier; an image forming section to form a toner image on the image carrier; a transfer section to transfer the toner image formed on the image carrier to an intermediate transfer body or a recording sheet; a cleaning section to remove not transferred... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090274477 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus capable of suppressing variation in image density: A fixing device includes a rotatable first nip formation member, a rotatable second nip formation member, a first heater, a second heater, and a controller. The second nip formation member is provided under the first nip formation member to contact the first nip formation member to form a fixing nip... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090274476 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member configured to bear a toner image on a surface thereof, a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image on the image bearing member to a sheet, a fixing unit configured to heat and fix the toner image on the sheet... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090274478 - Image forming apparatus and sensing device thereof: An image forming apparatus and a sensing device thereof. The sensing device includes a sensor, and a cleaning unit adapted to be operated by a moving printing medium and used to clean the sensor. The sensing device is operable according to delivery of a printing medium, to remove pollutants attached... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090274479 - Web fed charging roll cleaner: An apparatus for applying an electrical charge to a charge retentive surface, wherein a bias charge roll member is situated proximately to a surface to be charged such as, a photoreceptor having a cleaning system which includes a web material in contact with the bias charge roll to remove containments... Agent: Patent Documentation Center Xerox Corporation

20090274480 - Web fed charging roll cleaner: An apparatus for applying an electrical charge to a charge retentive surface, wherein a bias charge roll member is situated proximately to a surface to be charged such as, a photoreceptor having a cleaning system which includes a web material in contact with the bias charge roll to remove containments... Agent: Patent Documentation Center Xerox Corporation

20090274481 - Developing unit: A developing unit is provided, which include: a developer carrier; a housing; and a side sealing member disposed between an end part of the developer carrier and a portion of the housing adjacent to a supply port. The side sealing member includes an upstream side seal and a downstream side... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090274482 - Developing unit and side seal member: A developing unit is provided, which includes: a developer carrier; a housing; and a side sealing member disposed between an end part of the developer carrier and a portion of the housing adjacent to a supply port. The side sealing member includes an elastic member having an integral base part... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090274484 - Frame and image forming apparatus using the frame: A frame for an image forming apparatus including at least one functional unit includes a front member, a rear member, a base member, and a pair of elevated supporters. The front and rear members at least support the functional unit. The base member supports at least the rear member. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274483 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a main body in which a cassette unit to accommodate a plurality of sheets of paper, a toner cartridge unit to contain toner, an imaging unit to flow into the toner contained in the toner cartridge unit, a transfer unit which transfers an image formed... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090274485 - Development device comprising process cartridge and image formation apparatus comprising development device: A process cartridge capable of lowering the line pressure of an abutment section of a layer thickness regulating member and thus reducing the stress on toner when the toner passes the abutment section. Toner adhering to the surface of a supply roller is supplied and applied to the surface of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274486 - Drive roller for imagae forming device: A drive roller is adapted for use with an image forming device that includes a conveyer belt trained on the drive roller. The drive roller includes an elongated roller body and symmetrical first and second threads. The roller body has a first segment that has an annular first surrounding surface,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090274487 - Charging member, charging device including the charging member, process cartridge including the charging device and image forming apparatus including the process cartridge: A charging member is provided in which a minute gap between an image support body and the charging member is set widely but even so the charging member does not abnormally discharge easily, the charging member includes a conductive support body 903, an electrical resistance adjustment layer 902 disposed on... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090274488 - Image forming device: An image forming device includes a photoconductive body, an exposure unit configured with a plurality of light emitting elements aligned in a predetermined direction, the exposure unit being adopted to expose the photoconductive body to light emitted by the light emitting elements, a frame configured to support both sides of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090274489 - Developing apparatus usable with image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus having the same, method to prevent developer from flowing out the developing apparatus: A developing apparatus usable with an image forming apparatus includes a developer carrier includes a plurality of magnetic poles and a case to rotatably support the developer carrier, the case storing developer is supplied to the developer carrier, and a magnetic pole changing apparatus disposed at an end of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090274491 - Developing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing device capable of facilitating toner delivery upward. The cartridge includes a developing roller, a toner supply roller disposed therebelow, a toner container disposed below the toner supply roller and defining an internal space for accommodating the toner. The container has an upper portion formed with an elongated opening... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090274490 - Xerographic imaging modules, xerographic apparatuses, and methods of making xerographic imaging modules: Xerographic imaging modules, xerographic apparatuses including the xerographic imaging modules and methods of making the xerographic imaging modules are disclosed. An embodiment of the xerographic imaging modules includes a photoreceptor roll having a photoconductive surface, a donor roll adjacent the photoreceptor roll for supplying toner to the photoconductive surface, and... Agent: Prass LLP

20090274493 - Air discharging apparatus and image forming apparatus: An air discharging apparatus to discharge pressurized air at a predetermined timing is disclosed. The disclosed air discharging apparatus includes an air pump including a cylinder and a piston configured to reciprocate in the cylinder; an opening and closing member provided at an air discharge opening of the air pump... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090274492 - Sheet separator and fixing unit using the same and image forming apparatus incorporating the fixing unit: A sheet separator using air includes a plurality of nozzles and a guide member. The plurality of nozzles, through which compressed air is ejected against a nip portion where a plurality of rotating members meets, presses each other, and carries a sheet of a recording medium therebetween, is disposed downstream... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274495 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus capable of adjusting amount of oil applied for fixing: A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member, a pressing member, a motor, and an oil applier. The pressing member contacts the fixing member. The oil applier includes an application roller and an oil supply mechanism. The application roller applies oil to one of the fixing member and the pressing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090274497 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus capable of effectively circulating and applying oil for fixing: A fixing device includes a rotatable first nip formation member, a rotatable second nip formation member, and an oil applier. The second nip formation member is provided under the first nip formation member to contact the first nip formation member. The oil applier includes an oil pan, an oil receiver,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274496 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and image fixing method capable of stably applying oil for fixing without adhering oil to sheet: In a fixing device, a controller switches a pressing member between a pressure application state to contact the pressing member against a fixing member and a pressure release state to separate the pressing member from the fixing member. The controller starts rotation of the pressing member before the pressing member... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274494 - Image forming apparatus capable of stably applying oil for fixing: An image forming apparatus includes an oil input device and a fixing device including a fixing member, a pressing member, and an oil applier. In the oil applier, an oil application member applies oil supplied from an oil supply mechanism to one of the fixing member and the pressing member.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090274498 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus with improved mechanism for stably applying oil for fixing: A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressing member, and an oil applier. In the oil applier, an oil application member applies oil supplied from an oil supply mechanism to one of the fixing member and the pressing member. In the oil supply mechanism, an oil storage member is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090274499 - Extended zone low temperature non-contact heating for distortion free fusing of images on non-porous material: A system for heated gas fusing of toner on non-porous substrates is provided. The system uses (1) an extended fusing zone held at lower temperatures than needed for a roll nip or radiant fuser, and (2) a very low melt toner which can be fused at greatly reduced temperatures compared... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090274500 - Cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus: An cleaning apparatus includes: a first brush roll for removing toner from an image carrier; a second brush roll for removing the toner from the image carrier; a first recovery device for recovering the toner deposited on the first brush roll; a second recovery device for recovering the toner deposited... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090274501 - Counterfeit deterrence using full width array scans: Systems and methods are described that facilitate counterfeit deterrence in a printer or the like. A final image is scanned from a photoreceptor belt before or after transfer of the image to a print medium or from the print medium itself prior to output, and the scanned image data is... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090274502 - Hinge apparatus for cover of image forming apparatus: A hinge apparatus for a cover of an image forming apparatus has a hinge body with supporting brackets, movably inserted into a coupling hole positioned in a main body of the image forming apparatus, a hinge cam connected to the cover and pivotably connected to the supporting brackets, and a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090274503 - Xerographic station deskew mechanism: h

20090263145 - Diagnostic method and system for modular printing systems: Disclosed are methods and systems to diagnose modular printing systems having two or more interchangeable modules. In addition, methods and systems are provided to generate instructions for configuring the interchangeable modules within the printing system to produce optimal results.... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090263146 - Toner level sensing: A method and system to sense an amount of material such as toner in a container held in a horizontal position within a machine, such as a printing machine. A level sensor senses an amount of material within a dispensing unit which causes the level sensor to issue a signal.... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090263147 - Waste toner collector, image forming apparatus, and waste toner collection container: An image forming apparatus, including an image former forming a toner image on an image bearer; a transferer transferring the toner image onto a recoding medium; a cleaner collecting a waste toner remaining on an image bearer after transferred; a waste toner collection container accumulating the waste toner therein; a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090263148 - Control apparatus and recording medium: A control apparatus for controlling an image forming system is provided. The image forming system includes transparent toner image forming device configured to form a transparent toner image on a sheet on which a color toner image has been fixed and includes fixing device configured to fix the transparent toner... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090263149 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus according to the present invention transfers a toner image that is formed upon an image forming body by way of an image forming operation to a print paper P when the print paper (P) is conveyed toward a fixing device (8) via a transfer material (40)... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090263150 - Image forming apparatus and image quality correction method used therein: An image forming apparatus includes multiple image forming units to form different single-color images with respective different color developers and a control system to selectively perform a multicolor image forming operation, a specific-color image forming operation, a multicolor image quality correction operation, and a specific-color image quality correction operation. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090263151 - Image forming apparatus, printing method applicable to image forming apparatus, and computer program for implementing a printing process carried out by image forming apparatus: According to the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus capable of setting plural printing modes including a normal mode for printing on a recording medium having a normal thickness other than recording media having specific thicknesses including a thick recording medium and a thin recording medium, the... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090263152 - Image forming apparatus and authentication method: An image forming apparatus including applications and system side software for providing system side services to the applications is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: an authentication module for displaying an authentication screen on an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, wherein the authentication module allows the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090263154 - Cleaning device and image forming apparatus using the same: An intermediate transfer belt cleaning unit includes a cleaning blade put in sliding contact with the surface of a circulating intermediate transfer belt and a blade holder for holding the blade, the cleaning blade having a length extending across the width of the intermediate transfer belt, the blade holder being... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090263153 - Cleaning sheet, transfer member provided with cleaning function, and method for cleaning substrate processing apparatus: The transfer member provided with a cleaning function includes a transfer member and the cleaning layer provided on at least one surface of the transfer member. The cleaning layer has a microasperity shape having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.05 μm or less and a maximum height Rz of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090263155 - Image forming apparatus, method of supporting fixing unit and method of adjusting position of fixing unit: In an image forming apparatus, a fixing unit is supported by a unit holder attached to a structure frame. The structure frame includes a first upright panel and a second upright panel. A protrusion is provided on the first upright panel and a guide groove that receives the protrusion is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090263156 - process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus: A process cartridge comprising a photosensitive drum and at least one process member extending between two positioning members. In particular, the process cartridge is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus. The a process cartridge is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, and contains a first positioning member, a... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20090263157 - Image forming apparatus having tension-providing mechanism for belt: To enable not only releasing pressurization by a pressurization mechanism for pressurizing a belt thereby preventing a deformation therein but also easily and securely releasing the pressurization mechanism held in the pressure release state, thereby facilitating the installation operation of an apparatus. A pressurization mechanism for pressurizing a belt is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090263158 - Belt driving device and image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, during a rotation of an intermediate transfer belt performed after a contact-state-changing rotation in which the number of photoconductors contacting the intermediate transfer belt has changed, a control unit of a belt driving device controls the driving speed of a belt driving motor based on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090263159 - Image forming apparatus:

20090263160 - Charging device and image forming apparatus: There is provided a charging device having high durability, of which controllability of charged potential of a photoreceptor is hardly impaired even with a some amount of contaminants such as a toner so that control of charged potential of a photoreceptor can be stably carried out to fall in an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090263161 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: a cylindrical photoconductor; a laser scanning section for forming an electrostatic latent image on a peripheral surface of the photoconductor; an image development section for developing the electrostatic latent image by using a toner; a toner storage section for storing the toner to be supplied;... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090263162 - Printed circuit board printing system: The invention provides a printed circuit board (PCB) printing system. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a liquid electrophotographic printing device. At least one supplier of electrically conductive ink supplying electrically conductive ink to the electrophotographic printing device is also provided. In addition, at least one supplier of dielectric... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090263163 - System and method for adjusting ink drying level during a printing process: A system for adjusting air supply applied to evaporate carrier liquid during a one shot process printing job, comprises at least one air supply unit, at least one air knife unit configured for directing air toward at least a separation of the image, wherein each separation includes a single color... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090263165 - Developer cartridge, image forming unit and image forming apparatus: A developer cartridge includes an outer barrel member, an inner barrel member rotatably provided with respect to the outer barrel member, and a regulating member rotatably provided with respect to the inner barrel member. The regulating member includes a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion. The inner barrel... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090263164 - Developer supply system and image forming apparatus incorporating same: A developer supply system includes a container, a memory, and a positioning mechanism. The container has a deformable bag formed of flexible material to accommodate developer therein. The memory is attached to a given planar surface of the deformable bag to store information for communication to the image forming apparatus.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090263166 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carrier members each configured to carry a latent image, a plurality of electrostatic chargers each configured to charge the image carrier member uniformly, a plurality of developing devices each configured to develop the latent image formed to the image carrier member... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090263167 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes plural image forming sections for forming toner images of different colors. A patch toner image forming section forms patch toner images side-by-side onto a moving transfer body by using the image forming sections. A spread clock signal output section spreads a clock signal having a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090263168 - Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus: The fixing apparatus includes: a fixing member having base and conductive layers and fixing a toner onto a recording medium when the conductive layer is heated by electromagnetic induction; a magnetic field generating member generating an alternating-current magnetic field crossing the conductive layer; and a magnetic field inducing member arranged... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090263169 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: An aspect of the invention provides a fixing device that comprises: an endless fixing belt; a first rotating body arranged at an inner side of the fixing belt; and a heater arranged to face an inner surface of the fixing belt and configured to heat the fixing belt and to... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090263170 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same: A fixing device includes a fixing belt for fixing an unfixed toner image onto a recording medium, a planar heating member for heating the fixing belt, and a pressure roller. The heating member includes a ceramic heat generating element having a PTC characteristic, and a high-thermal-conductive heat diffusion member. The... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090263171 - Planar heat generating element, fixing device including the same, and image forming apparatus including the same: A planar heat generating element includes an insulating layer and a resistance heat generator formed on one surface in a thickness direction of the insulating layer, for generating heat under a passage of electric current therethrough, the resistance heat generator constituting a plane of certain configuration as a whole and... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090263172 - Clear marking material printing to compensate for pile height differential: A method of printing an image on a substrate comprises determining a pile height differential for the image. A clear marking material is added to the image printed on the substrate in response to the determined pile height differential. Adding the clear marking material substantially reduces the pile height differential... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP