Electrophotography inventions

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

20090257759 - System and method for controlling ordering of printing supplies based on a service contract: A system and method for managing customer orders associated with at least one printer device for consumable supplies under a contract. The method includes receiving printer usage data from at least one printer indicative of consumption of at least one consumable supply and calculating for each printer device based on... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20090257760 - Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium: A control apparatus which makes it possible to realize a configuration for processing a plurality of print jobs efficiently without waste while meeting needs for performing a glossing process on prints. When a sheet printed in a first process is fed from a sheet feeder, the printing apparatus executes a... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090257761 - Developer conveying device, developing device, process unit, and image forming apparatus: A black developer is conveyed in a first conveyance chamber in a rotation axis direction while agitating with rotation of a first screw member. A black-toner-concentration detecting sensor detects a toner concentration of the black developer by having contact with the black developer conveyed inside the first conveyance chamber. An... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257762 - Image forming apparatus: In accordance with an embodiment of the embodiment of the invention, an image forming apparatus includes: an electrostatic image-bearing member; and a developing device. The developing device includes a developer-carrying member disposed to face the electrostatic image-bearing member, and a developer carried on the developer-carrying member. The developer includes a... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090257763 - Development device: A development device is provided with: a development roller that rotates while carrying a two-component developer in a development tank accommodating the two-component developer; a tubular developer conveyance path having therein a conveyance mechanism that conveys the two-component developer in an axial direction of the development roller; a developer supply... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090257764 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with an image bearing member for transferring an image to a transfer material using a developer, a transfer roller arranged in contact with the circumferential surface of the image bearing member for forming a transfer nip portion, and a displacing drive part for displacing... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090257765 - Image forming device and image forming device control method: A technique capable of preventing deterioration of image quality resulting from a band-shaped toner image created on a photosensitive surface in order to prevent so-called carrier attraction is provided. An image forming method involving an abutting and separation step that allows a first image carrier (YMC) and a second image... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090257766 - Image forming apparatus and control method for the same: An image forming apparatus having a normal paper mode and a thick paper mode includes a scanning unit 6 which scans an image of an original, a process unit 55 which forms the image scanned by the scanning unit 6 onto a sheet P for image formation, and a fixing... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090257767 - Image fixing device using a belt-driving method, and image forming apparatus using the same image fixing device: An image fixing device, having a belt-driving method to drive an endless belt which is entrained about at least two supporting members, including: a first supporting member on which a light transmitting area is provided; a heater which is housed within the first supporting member; a sensor which is mounted... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090257768 - Image forming apparatus having heat-fixing unit: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion; a fixing portion having a fixing nip portion which heats and fixes the unfixed image and an discharge roller which discharges the recording material, wherein in the case where the recording material is the plain paper which is equal to or... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090257769 - Fixing device: A fixing device configured to fix a toner image on a moving printing medium includes: a fixing heat generator that generates heat by electromagnetic induction; a fixing medium that rotates and is heated while being carried by the heating medium; and a pressing member that presses a back surface of... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090257770 - Fixing device and temperature control method therefor: A fixing device includes a fixing belt, exercitation coils for induction-heating the fixing belt, power supplies that supply high-frequency power to the excitation coils, an output power detecting circuit that detects output electric energy of the power supplies, a power control circuit that controls the output electric energy of the... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090257771 - Image forming apparatus for managing billing destination: Upon registration of such document data that a general affairs department issues a request to print out the document data to a sales department, the document data is registered in a billing management box designated as a registration destination in an MFP allocated to the sales department. The MFP adds... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090257772 - Image forming apparatus: In a case where a display unit displays a setting screen having a first display area to display a draft graphical image in accordance with draft setting and a second display area to display a finished graphical image in accordance with sheet setting, and a user designates a position to... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20090257773 - Fuser assemblies, electrophotographic apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on support sheets: Fuser assemblies for fusing toner on support sheets, electrophotographic apparatuses, and methods of fusing toner on support sheets are disclosed. The fuser assembly includes a fuser belt; a thermally-insulated enclosure surrounding at least a portion of the fuser belt; a conveyor for conveying the support sheet to a nip at... Agent: Prass LLP

20090257774 - Methods for increasing printer cartridge compatibility: A method of making an aftermarket printer cartridge, the aftermarket printer cartridge substantially resembling an original market printer cartridge, the original market printer cartridge comprising a key set attached to a toner hopper, the key set comprising an arched structure and at least one elongated structure attached to the arched... Agent: Future Graphics Imaging Corporation

20090257775 - Pin driver: The present invention also includes a method of remanufacturing a printer cartridge, the printer cartridge comprising printer cartridge components fastened together by a pin, the method comprising the steps of providing a device, the device comprising a shaft configured to apply pressure to the pin; a drive means for driving... Agent: Karin Peterka, Future Graphics Imaging Corporation

20090257777 - Electrophotographic photoconductor and image forming apparatus provided with the same: An electrophotographic photoconductor containing at least a charge generation material and a charge transport material on a conductive support, the electrophotographic photoconductor comprising a diamine compound represented by the formula (1), and also a polyarylate resin having a structural unit represented by the following formula (I).... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090257776 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor, image-forming apparatus, and electrophotographic cartridge:

20090257778 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having a color mode and a monochromatic mode, which includes: a transmission member, which can be switched between a transmitted state where a motor transfers a drive force to a single photoreceptor drum and a non-transmitted state where the motor does not transfer the drive force... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090257779 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for forming image on a recording medium includes a photosensitive member, a motor, a belt, and a drive member to rotate the belt, the drive member including a driven coupling. The apparatus also includes a drive coupling to rotate by a driving force generated by the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090257780 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus that includes an image carrier, a charging unit, a latent-image forming unit that forms a latent image for each color by exposing the surface of the image carrier charged by the charging unit, and a plurality of developing units that sequentially develops latent images formed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257781 - Developer storing apparatus, image forming unit and image forming apparatus: A developer storing apparatus includes a developer storing portion for receiving and storing a developer, a developer carrying member rotatably disposed in the developer storing portion and configured to carry the developer in the developer storing portion in a predetermined direction, an agitating member rotatably disposed in the developer storing... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090257782 - Image forming apparatus: A toner containing section contains toner, and includes a toner stirring member penetrating the toner containing section for stirring the toner. A rotation member is attached to the toner stirring member and revolves around a rotational shaft of the toner stirring member. A pushing member revolves around the rotational shaft... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257783 - Image forming apparatus and developing device: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, an electrostatic latent image forming portion configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member, and a developing device configured to develop the electrostatic latent image to form a developer image and the developing device is comprised a... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090257784 - Image forming apparatus, process cartridge and developing device: An image forming apparatus includes a charger to charge an image carrying member, an optical device to irradiate a light onto the image carrying member to form an electrostatic latent image, a developing device to develop the electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member to form a developed image... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090257785 - Toner cartridge and developing device and image forming apparatus using the same: An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor drum, a charger, an exposure device, a developing device, a toner cartridge for supplying toner to the developing device, a transfer device and a fusing device. The toner cartridge includes a toner container, a toner discharge port, a toner agitator, a toner discharger... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090257786 - Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developing device includes a toner carrying member and an electric-field forming unit. The electric-field forming unit forms electric fields having different characteristics at a first area of the surface of the toner carrying member located within a developing area and a second area of the surface of the toner... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257787 - Hsd wires using fibrous carbon nanomaterial yarns: A Hybrid Scavengeless Development electrophotographic printing system is provided wherein the electrode wires contain carbon nanotube yarn. The use of carbon nanotube yarn alleviates the problem of fundamental strobing image defects, because the electrodes made from the carbon nanotube yarn can be put at a higher tension to density set... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20090257788 - Developing apparatus and electrophotographic image-forming apparatus: A developing apparatus is provided which can suppress a fluctuation in image density in a discontinuous printing mode provided with a pause period. The developing apparatus includes a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum, a developer bearing member for carrying and conveying the developer and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090257790 - Conductive coating, method for preparing a coating, roller, and method for manufacturing a roller and using a coating: A conductive coating is described, suitable for coating a developer, charge or transfer roller in a developing apparatus to give a charge providing layer. The coating comprises a conductive polymer in a matrix. A roller is also described, suitable for a developing apparatus comprising, from the centre to the periphery,... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20090257789 - Developing roller, developing apparatus comprising the developing roller, and method for providing the developing roller: Developing roller comprising a conductive mandrel with at least an elastic conductive base layer and a charge providing layer. The base layer is located closer to the mandrel than the charge providing layer. The base layer is roughened before the charge providing layer is applied to the base layer.... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20090257791 - Developing unit, processing unit, and image forming apparatus: A developing unit includes a brush member that includes a base member and a plurality of raisings that are erected on a surface of the base. The brush member traps toner within the raisings and causes a flicker movement in the raisings of the brush so that the toner trapped... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257792 - Image formation method and image forming apparatus: d

20090257793 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion forming a toner image on a recording material, and a fixing portion heating and fixing the toner image formed on the recording material to the recording material, wherein the apparatus has a cleaning mode in which the fixing portion is cleaned,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090257795 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same: A fixing device is provided that suppresses loss in heat radiation from both ends in a longitudinal direction which is a direction corresponding to an axial direction of a fixing roller in a heating member so as to be able to uniform distribution of a temperature in the longitudinal direction... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090257794 - Image heating apparatus and endless belt used for image heating apparatus: The image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording medium includes an endless belt that includes a base layer made of a metal material; a heater that contacts with an inner surface of the endless belt; and a backup member that forms a nip portion together with... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090257796 - Nanotechnology based image reproduction device: An image reproduction device (e.g., a photocopy machine) uses carbon nanotube material and a microwave generator(s) to heat internal rollers to “set” image colorant/toner. The ability to rapidly heat the nanotube material with relatively low-power microwave generators permits the development of power efficient image reproduction devices. The principle of heating... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20090257797 - Cleaning unit, image forming apparatus using the same, and cleaner: A cleaning unit includes a cleaner. The cleaner includes: a support member; a toner scraping member; and a toner storing mechanism. The toner storing mechanism includes: a toner catching member provided in a vicinity of a leading end of the toner scraping member so as to catch the toner scraped... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090257798 - Powder transporting device and image forming apparatus: A powder transporting device includes a drop path that allows powder to drop, a first crushing member that is located in the drop path and crushes the powder cohesion in the drop path by reciprocating along the drop path, and a second crushing member that located in the drop path... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090257799 - Powder container, cleaning device, and image forming apparatus: A powder container includes a first container to contain powder falling from an opening located in an upper portion of the powder container, a second container that contains the powder and is located in the first container, on a route through which the powder that falls from the opening, a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257800 - Position detection apparatus, paper thickness detection apparatus, belt position detection apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A position detection apparatus includes: a moving member in contact with a detection object that moves following movement of the detection object; and a support member that rotatably supports the moving member; a detection unit that detects a positional change of the moving member, the moving member being acted on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090257802 - Curl correction device and image formnig apparatus: A curl correction device that corrects curl, including: a curl correction shaft that drives to carry a sheet; a first supporting member that supports the curl correction shaft; a curl correction roll that holds the sheet between the curl correction shaft and the curl correction roll and presses the sheet... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090257801 - Image forming apparatus and curl straightening device: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet conveyance section that conveys a sheet; an image forming section that forms an image on the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance section according to an image signal; a sheet heating section that heats the sheet on which the image is formed by... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090252506 - Fixing apparatus, printing apparatus, and computer readable medium storing a program for detecting twine: The present invention provides a fixing apparatus including: a pair of rotating bodies that transports a recording medium on which an image is formed by using an image forming material, by sandwiching the recording medium; a heating section that heats at least one of the pair of rotating bodies; a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090252507 - Image forming method, image forming program, and image forming apparatus: An image forming method for printing on tab paper with a main body for a text and an tab for an index, comprising the steps of: 1) acquiring index information on the index to be printed on the tab, and 2) printing the index information acquired in the step 1)... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090252508 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a process including at least a developing section and an image bearing body. A calculating section calculates a number of the dots formed on the image bearing body. A rotation calculating section calculates a number of rotations of the image bearing body for forming the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090252509 - Image forming apparatus: An image heating apparatus includes a coil; a rotatable image heating member capable of generating heat by a magnetic flux generated by the coil to heat an image; a temperature detecting member for detecting a temperature of the image heating member; electric power supply control means for controlling electric power... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090252511 - Analysis apparatus and analysis method: A recording-medium-type setting unit selects a type of a recording medium to be analyzed on the basis of information input with an input unit. A threshold-value setting unit sets a threshold value on which the determination of whether the calculation result is output in a file is based for each... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090252510 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge: Provided is an image forming apparatus containing: an image-bearing member; a toner removal unit configured to remove a toner remained on the image-bearing member; a coating unit configured to coat a surface of the image-bearing member with a lubricity imparting agent; a unit configured to change a coated state of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090252512 - Image forming apparatus and method: In an image forming apparatus including plural exposure units each deflecting a light beam from a light source by means of an oscillation mirror in resonant oscillations and scanning the deflected light beam on a latent image carrier thereby forming a latent image on the latent image carrier, every one... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090252514 - Developing apparatus: A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying member rotatably provided for carrying a developer; a regulating member that has conductivity, and is provided to be capable of being in contact with the developer carrying member for regulating a amount of the developer carried by the developer carrying member; a power... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090252513 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device and image forming apparatus are provided, wherein high quality images, in which generation of development hysteresis (ghost image) is alleviated, are obtained over a long period using a hybrid development method comprising a toner-supplying developer supporting member and a toner-collecting developer supporting member. Bias voltage is applied... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090252515 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an alternating-current high-voltage power supply generating an alternating-current bias for detection of the remaining amount of toner. The alternating-current high-voltage power supply includes a piezoelectric transformer, a piezoelectric-transformer driving unit, a piezoelectric-transformer driving-signal generating unit, a voltage detecting unit, a voltage setting unit, and an... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090252516 - Image forming apparatus and method for controlling image forming apparatus: Related is an image forming apparatus by electrophotography having a function of performing adjustment of image quality when performing image formation. The image forming apparatus includes a detection portion for detecting a fixing temperature of a fixing apparatus; a storage portion for storing an application history of a development bias;... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090252517 - Transfer device and image forming apparatus using the same: As a projection extending member is arranged adjacently to a projection, a sensor S1 produces an “ON” state output when an eccentric cam starts turning even in non-printing mode. The time from when the eccentric cam starts turning until sensor S1 changes its output from “ON” to “OFF” becomes longer... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090252519 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for forming an image includes a first control table and a second control table. The first control table includes information on widths of a recording sheet, categorized into a plurality of groups of different widths thereof in a direction perpendicular to a sheet transport direction. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090252518 - Variable speed fusing: Systems and methods are described that facilitate reducing temperature droop during an initial portion of a print job by reducing fuser speed to increase fuser-to-paper interaction while fuser heat is absorbed by the paper during a temperature transient. For instance, during a first N pages of a print job, where... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090252520 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus equipped with the fixing device: Provided is a fixing device including: a first mode which is a combination mode of the heating of the heating belt and the rotation stop of the heating belt and a second mode which is a combination mode of the heating of the heating belt and the rotation of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090252521 - Image fixing apparatus: An image fixing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an integration circuit which is provided in a signal path from said comparison circuit to said relay drive circuit and integrates a signal input to said integration circuit, wherein an integral value of the signal input to said integration circuit... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090252524 - Print management apparatus, print management method, computer-readable recording medium, and computer program: A print management apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate, from a document including a clear toner page on which both colored toner and clear toner are used and an insert page on which the colored toner is used without the use of the clear toner, a clear toner... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090252523 - Printing system, job processing method, and storage medium: In order to build a convenient printing environment which can meet various needs associated with double-sided printing (e.g., a reduction of the load on the operator) from users upon double-sided printing and can cope with the POD environment, a user request associated with a double-sided printing job to be executed... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090252522 - Recording apparatus, computer, and recording system: A recording apparatus connected to a computer executes jobs in a desired order at the time of carrying out plural jobs transmitted from the computer. A printer for carrying out plural jobs transmitted from the computer and recording an image on a recording medium registers the jobs transmitted from the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090252525 - Image forming apparatus: A first air blowing portion including an upper duct and a first fan blows air along a first surface of a sheet passing through a sheet conveying path in a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction, and a second air blowing portion including a lower duct and a second... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090252526 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a cleaning portion for collecting waste toner, which is the toner that was supplied to form a toner image on a toner image bearer but has not transferred to the recording medium and remains on the toner image bearer after the transfer stage; a waste... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090252527 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body; a first rotating body having a first end supported on the apparatus body rotatably about an axis so that the first rotating body is rotatable between an adjacent state and a distant state in which a second end is more distant from... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090252528 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a first body formed with an opening; a second body which is rotatable about an axis between an open posture and a closed posture; a swingable member which includes one end swingably supported on the second body, and another end opposite to the one end,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090252529 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A process cartridge is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes an image bearing member, a developing member for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the image bearing member and a cleaning member having a blade contacted to the image bearing member... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090252531 - Developer supplying cartridge, developer receiving cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developer supply cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes a developer accommodating portion of accommodating a developer; a discharging opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion to a developer receiving opening of a developer receiving cartridge provided with developing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090252530 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, and a process cartridge removably mounted to the apparatus body. The process cartridge includes a photosensitive cartridge including a photosensitive member, and a developing cartridge including a developer carrying member, which is contactable with the photosensitive member, and which carries developer. The... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090252532 - Red surface emitting laser element, image forming device, and image display apparatus: A red surface emitting laser element includes a first reflector, a second reflector including a p-type semiconductor multilayer film, an active layer between the first reflector and the second reflector, and a p-type semiconductor spacer layer between the active layer and the second reflector, the p-type semiconductor spacer layer having... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090252533 - Document management system, image forming apparatus and document management method: A document management system of the invention is a document management system in which identification information is embedded and an image is printed, and includes a print management unit to generate information relating to printing and including at least information of distribution destinations of printed materials on which the image... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090252534 - Image forming apparatus: According to an embodiment of the present invention, color drift is prevented from occurring in a color image by detecting a position of a rotation informing mechanism integrally held by one of first, second, and third gears to detect a phase change in full rotation of at least one gear,... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090252535 - High strength, light weight corona wires using carbon nanotube yarns: Exemplary embodiments provide materials and devices for a corona charging. Specifically, carbon nanotube yarns can be used as corona wires (or coronode) in a corotron-type or scorotron-type charging device. The carbon nanotube yarns can provide small diameters, and desired electrical, mechanical and thermal properties. The carbon nanotube yarns can have... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20090252536 - Printing apparatus: The present invention relates to a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a plurality of rollers, a micro light source set, an optical photoconductive drum, an imaging lens assembly, and a print unit. The micro light source set includes multiple micro light sources arranged in a row for producing multiple... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090252537 - Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same: An optical deflector includes a driving mirror, which is driven to rotate and has a deflecting surface for deflecting an incident light. Gratings are formed on the deflecting surface, each grating having a shape that makes the intensities of light beams diffracted at a positive order and a negative order... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090252538 - Developer units, electrophotographic apparatuses and methods of supplying developer material to photoconductive members: Developer units, electrophotograhic apparatuses, and methods of supplying developer material to photoconductive members in electrophotographic apparatuses are disclosed. An embodiment of the developer units for supplying a developer material to a photoconductive member, comprises a magnetic roll having an outer surface; a first auger adjacent the magnetic roll, the first... Agent: Prass LLP

20090252539 - Toner hopper, developing unit and image forming apparatus: A toner hopper contains toner supplied from a toner container and supplies the toner to a developing device. The toner hopper includes: a container tank for containing the toner; a carrying screw which is disposed in the container tank and is rotated so as to carry the toner in the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090252540 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus include: a plurality of photosensitive drums; a latent image forming unit for forming an electrostatic latent image on each photosensitive drum; a developing unit for developing each electrostatic latent image; a transferring unit for superimposing and transferring the developed images onto a moving record medium; a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090252541 - Toner transfer belt with textured surface for enhanced transfer and method of forming textured surface: An intermediate toner transfer belt includes an endless member made of a layer of a material having an endless functional surface adapted to transfer a toner image. The layer of material is textured so as to define a multiplicity of protruding portions of the material spaced apart from each other... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090252542 - Image fixing system with improved lubrication: Disclosed is an image fixing system for use in an image forming system. The image fixing system of the present invention includes a heated member and a pressure member. Further disclosed is a lubricant for use in the image fixing system. The lubricant includes a fluorinated oil. Further, the lubricant... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090252543 - Method for conducting water transfer printing process on baking tray: A method for conducting a water transfer printing process on a baking tray comprises steps of: cleaning an inner object-supporting and an outer surface of the baking tray and forming a crystalline protective film thereon; oven-drying the cleaned baking tray; spray-coating the inner object-supporting surface with a silicone and baking... Agent: Wang Law Firm, Inc.

20090252544 - Cleaning apparatus, image forming apparatus including the same, and process cartridge including the same: When an imaginary sphere having a diameter of (D−σ) contacts the photosensitive body and the blade, θ is an angle defined by a tangent line at a contact point between the sphere and the photosensitive body and a tangent line at a contact point between the sphere and the blade,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090252545 - Image forming system and image forming apparatus: An image forming system that binds sheets into a booklet inhibits Z-folding of a sheet and mixing of a sheet of a different size when a binding mode corresponding to a binding process other than a stapling process is selected by a user. When the Z-folding of a sheet and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C