Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 01/06

20060017754 - Track labeling on a medium: A method for labeling a plurality of tracks on a medium is disclosed. The method detects one or more contiguous blank pixels at the conclusion of a data set representing a first track. An ending position for the first track is set at a last non-blank pixel. At least a...

20060017756 - Ink box detection system and method thereof: An ink box detection system and method thereof are provided for detecting an ink box installed in an ink jet apparatus. The ink box has an identification circuit to generate a reference voltage. The detection system includes a voltage divider resistance with a power supply, a connector for connecting the...

20060017755 - Liquid container and method for detecting remaining quantity of liquid: The invention is directed to a liquid container and a method for detecting a remaining quantity of liquid that can precisely detect that the liquid is completely consumed. A bag shaped main pack 11 for storing liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming device 5 and a bag shaped...

20060017757 - Method of supplying a liquid material onto a base, a droplet ejection apparatus, a base with a plurality of color elements, an electro-optic apparatus and an electronic apparatus: A method of supplying a liquid material in the form of droplets onto a base 10A includes the steps of: preparing a base 10A; forming a plurality of partitions 18R, 18G and 18B on the base 10A, each of the plurality of partitions 18R, 18G and 18B being adapted to...

20060017758 - Method and system for reducing ink consumption required for printing: A printing system that dynamically adjusts the resolution at which printing will occur based on the lightness or darkness of the medium upon which the image will be printed is provided. The reflectivity of the medium upon which an image is to be printed is determined, and hence the relative...

20060017759 - Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording method includes: forming a color image with color inks by while scanning a recording head multiple times on a same recording area, forming a thinned-out image, the recording head having a plurality of nozzle sections for jetting the color inks, wherein a nozzle pitch is from 10...

20060017760 - Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording method includes: forming a color image with color inks by while scanning a recording head multiple times on a same recording area, forming a thinned-out image, the recording head having a plurality of nozzle sections for jetting the color inks, wherein a nozzle pitch of the recording...

20060017761 - Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording method and apparatus includes: forming a color image with color inks and an invisible ink by while scanning a first recording head multiple times on a same recording area of the recording medium, forming a thinned-out image, and jetting an invisible ink from a second recording head...

20060017762 - Device to determine a print medium type, image forming apparatus having the same, and method of determining a print medium type: A device to determine a print medium type, an ink-jet printer having the same, and a method of determining a print medium type using the same. The device includes a media sensor including a single light-emitting unit to emit a first incident light having and a single light-receiving unit to...

20060017765 - Droplet jetting apparatus and display device manufacturing method: A droplet jetting apparatus includes an actuator becoming deformed by a voltage application; an elastic body adhered to the actuator and becoming deformed in response to a deformation of the actuator; an ink chamber filled with ink, jetting a droplet of the ink in response to a deformation of the...

20060017764 - Method and apparatus for controlling print head of image forming device using encoder: Provided are a method and an apparatus for controlling a print head of an image forming apparatus by using an encoder in which the operation of a motor is controlled by using an electrical signal attached to an idle roller and a period at which the print head prints an...

20060017763 - Method for inspecting whether a printhead of a printer conforms to a specification: A method for inspecting whether a printhead of a printer conforms to a specification. The method includes detecting if the number of damaged nozzles of the printhead is two. If the number of damaged nozzles of the printhead is two, then detect whether the two damaged nozzles can be tolerated...

20060017766 - Inkjet head having arrangement for preventing clogging of filter with adhesive: An inkjet head including: (a) a passage defining unit having (a-1) pressure chambers and (a-2) inlets opening in its an inlet defining surface and held in communication with the pressure chambers; (b) a filter plate disposed on the inlet defining surface of the passage defining unit; (c) a frame fixed...

20060017767 - Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording method and apparatus comprising: forming a color image with color inks and an invisible ink by while scanning a first recording head multiple times on a same recording area, forming a thinned-out image, and jetting an invisible ink from a second recording head in accordance with an...

20060017768 - Device for cleaning ink injection nozzles: This invention relates to a device for cleaning the ink ejection nozzles of an inkjet printer head of a mail handling machine, comprising, on the one hand, a scraping means arranged in a path of travel of the mail items opposite the ink ejection nozzles and actuated by a mail...

20060017769 - Washing solution for inkjet printer head and washing method using the solution: There is proposed a washing solution for washing an inkjet printer head which performs printing by feeding an ink comprising at least two kinds of polymerizable compounds each differing in viscosity, a photopolymerization initiator, and pigment. This washing solution is characterized in that it contains not less than 50 parts...

20060017770 - Liquid recovery containers and liquid ejection apparatus: First, second, and third ink absorbing bodies are accommodated in a container of a recovery reservoir in this order from the side corresponding to a bottom surface of the container, so that an introduction chamber is defined in the middle of a recovery space. A lid having a shutter plate...

20060017771 - System and a method for variable velocity printing: A method for variable velocity printing includes printing a first swath at a first velocity, and printing a second swath at a second velocity. Thus, different swaths of a single print job can be printed at different swath velocities. By varying the swath velocity between swaths, mechanical vibrations that can...

20060017772 - Pagewidth inkjet printhead incorporating power and data transmission circuitry: A pagewidth inkjet printhead includes an elongate ink distribution assembly connectable to an ink supply. A printhead chip is mounted on the ink distribution assembly to receive ink from the ink distribution assembly. A cover is fast with the ink distribution assembly. Power and data transmission circuitry is interposed between...

20060017773 - Adaptive image improvement: A method includes improving an input image generally to compensate for the differences between how an image sensor views an object and how the human visual system views the object and generating a printout of the improved image at a faster print speed than that which would generate a printout...

20060017774 - Ink jet head substrate, ink jet head, and method of manufacturing an ink jet head substrate: An ink jet head substrate, an ink jet head and a method of manufacturing an ink jet head substrate are provided. The ink jet head substrate includes a substrate having an ink ejection region. An interlayer insulating layer is formed on the substrate. A plurality of pressure-generating elements that generate...

20060017775 - Substrate structure for forming an alignment film thereon by ink-jet printing and liquid crystal panel formed by using the same: A substrate structure for forming an alignment film thereon is described, which includes a substrate and an adjusting unit formed on a non-display area of the substrate. Further, the adjusting unit is composed of a bump, a groove, or a combination thereof. When an alignment agent is ink-jet printed, the...

20060017776 - Increasing key combinations for inkjet cartridges: A method for providing a plurality of key combinations for a printer consumable which includes providing a printer consumable with a multiple projection key module having a plurality of keys and configuring the plurality of keys within the key module to provide a printer consumable key combination. The printer consumable...

20060017777 - Printhead assembly for a pagewidth inkjet printer incorporating an ink storage assembly: A printhead assembly for a pagewidth ink jet printer includes an ink storage assembly that defines at least one ink storage chamber. An elongate mounting member is mounted on the ink storage assembly to be in fluid communication with the, or each, ink storage chamber. At least one printhead module...

20060017778 - Inkjet print head and manufacturing method thereof: an inkjet print head wherein the surface (front surface) for ejecting ink droplets coming from an ink channel partitioned by a drive wall composed of a piezoelectric device is arranged opposite to the surface (back surface) for supplying ink coming to the ink channel. The connection electrode for driving the...

20060017779 - Inkjet recording head: An inkjet recording head including a channel unit which includes an electrically conductive member and has a plurality of pressure chambers which communicate with a plurality of nozzles, respectively; a plurality of individual electrodes which are associated with the plurality of pressure chambers, respectively; and a flexible flat cable including...

20060017780 - Method of ejecting ink droplet and apparatus for ejecting ink droplet: A method of ejecting at least one droplet of an ink through a nozzle by applying a drive pulse signal having pulses to an actuator which changes a capacity of an ink chamber, for forming a dot corresponding to one picture element with a result of ejection of the droplet,...

20060017781 - Micro-electromechanical actuating mechanism with built-in test circuit: A micro-electromechanical actuating mechanism includes a substrate. Integrated circuitry is positioned on the substrate and includes drive circuitry. An actuator is arranged on the substrate to be electrically connected to the drive circuitry and is reciprocally displaceable with respect to the substrate on receipt of a current pulse from the...

20060017782 - Method for manufacturing electrostatic attraction type liquid discharge head, method for manufacturing nozzle plate, method for driving electrostatic attraction type liquid discharge head, electrostatic attraction type liquid discharging apparatus, and li: First, through a coating step, a photolithography step and an etching step, a plurality of electrodes 142, 142, . . . are formed on a base plate 141. Next, a resist layer 143b is formed on the base plate 141 so as to cover all of the electrodes 142, 142,...

20060017783 - Inkjet printing device that includes nozzles with volumetric ink ejection mechanisms: An ink jet printing device includes a substrate that defines a plurality of ink supply passages. Drive circuitry is positioned on the substrate. A plurality of nozzle chamber structures is arranged on the substrate. Each nozzle chamber structure defines a nozzle chamber and an ink ejection port in fluid communication...

20060017784 - Printhead assembly with a laminated stack of ink distribution layers: A printhead assembly includes a carrier that spans a printing zone. An elongate ink distribution assembly is mounted to the carrier and defines at least one ink inlet and includes a laminated stack of structural layers. A first layer is in fluid communication with the, or each, ink inlet. A...

20060017785 - Ink jet head including a filtering member integrally formed with a substrate and method of fabricating the same: An ink jet head having a filtering member integrally formed with a substrate and method of fabricating the same are provided. The ink jet head includes a plurality of pressure-generating elements disposed on a substrate to generate pressure to provide ink ejection. An ink-feed passage extending through the substrate is...

20060017786 - Inkjet printhead: An inkjet printhead includes: a cavity unit having aligned nozzles, pressure chambers correspondingly aligned, and a common-chamber member having a common chamber connected, at an introduction place, to an ink source to receive and distribute ink to the pressure chambers, and extending along the pressure chambers row to overlap each...

20060017788 - Fluid delivery component: A fluid delivery component includes a shell with a bladder. The bladder bag may have at least one dimension greater than a corresponding dimension of the shell. The bladder may include a plurality of nested bags and/or may include a pillow-shaped bag....

20060017789 - Inkjet printer cartridge refilling machine and method of operation thereof: An inkjet printer cartridge refilling machine (1) is provided comprising first mounting means (18) on which an empty printer cartridge can be mounted, nozzle means (12) adapted to extend into the printer cartridge and deliver ink to the printer cartridge, a second mounting means (23) adapted to releasably mount a...

20060017787 - Liquid supply system, fluid communicating structure, ink supply system, and inkjet recording head utilizing the fluid communicating structure: A liquid (ink) supply system having a closed structure with respect to an inkjet recording head is configured such that a gas hindering a recording operation and a liquid supply operation can be rapidly and smoothly eliminated from a liquid supply system without involving any complication in structure. An ink...

20060017790 - Seal ring and ink cartridge using thereof: The invention involves seal rings useful for ink cartridges. The invention also involves ink cartridges having such seal rings. The seal ring comprises a tube-shaped, elastic part having an insertion opening at its lower end for receiving an ink supply needle. The top of the insertion opening includes a top...

20060017791 - Compositions and inks containing disazo dyes: A process for printing an image on a substrate comprising applying thereto a composition comprising a liquid medium and a compound of Formula (1) A-N═N-L-N═N-A wherein: each A independently is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; and L is an optionally substituted, optionally metallised 1,8-dihydroxynaphthylene group; provided that: (i) at most...

20060017792 - Phthalocyanine compound, ink, ink jet recording method and image forming method: An ink comprising a compound represented by formula (I) as defined in the specification....

20060017793 - Track transitioning for disc labeling: In various embodiments, an optical disc drive, programs embodiment in computer readable media, and related methods for writing a label to an optical disc using an optical disc drive. In one embodiment, a label is written on the optical disc, the label being embodied in a plurality of tracks that...

20060017794 - Medium feeding device and recording apparatus or liquid ejecting apparatus incorporating the same: A medium feeding device is adapted to be attached to a recording apparatus to feed a recording medium thereto or adapted to be attached to a liquid ejecting apparatus to feed a target medium thereto A first tray is provided with a hopper adapted to support the recording medium or...

20060017795 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and data control device: The apparatus is adapted to deflect a light beam from a laser light source for each of the color components by means of a deflection mirror surface which oscillates, thereby making the light beam reciprocally scan in a main scanning direction. In this apparatus, however, only a light beam SL...

20060017796 - Image-forming apparatus and print media recognition method therefor: An image-forming apparatus and print media recognition method therefor, wherein the apparatus comprises a first light-emitting element for emitting light to a print medium at a predetermined first incident angle, a second light-emitting element for emitting light to the print medium at a predetermined second incident angle, and a light-receiving...

20060017798 - Electro-photographic image forming device capable of controlling print speed and control method thereof: An electro-photographic image forming device that is capable of controlling a print speed and a method for controlling the same, wherein the electro-photographic image forming device has an engine mechanism including a laser scanning unit, a developing unit, a transfer roller, and a fixing unit. The electro-photographic image forming device...

20060017797 - Semiconductor laser driving circuit and image recording apparatus: A semiconductor laser driving circuit for driving a semiconductor laser as an exposure light source is used in an image recording apparatus for recording an image using a light beam from the laser. The light beam emitted from the laser is subjected to pulse modulation in correspondence with a command...

20060017800 - Exposure system: An exposure system includes a plurality of kinds of light emitting element arrays, each formed of a plurality of light emitting elements which are arranged in one row in one direction, which are arranged substantially normal to said one direction and emits light in different wavelength ranges, and a sub-scanning...

20060017799 - Flexible media magnetic laser printer: A flexible media magnetic laser printing system. In a particular embodiment, the system includes case and a laser printing device disposed at least partially within the case. The laser printer device includes a print material applicator and a fuser. At least one reservoir of magnetic print material is coupled to...

20060017801 - Image recording apparatus: In an image recording apparatus, an exposure control circuit includes: a clock selecting circuit for respectively outputting different scanning clocks corresponding to each laser light sources based on information on oscillation wavelengths of laser beams; and laser driving circuits for operating synchronously with the respective scanning clocks to output modulation...

20060017802 - Method and apparatus for compensating for scanning skew: A method and apparatus for compensating for scanning skew formed in an electrophotographic color image forming device. The method includes the step of making a scanning light that forms a scanning line ascend or descend in a sub-scanning direction within a range of one dot, and scanning the ascending or...

20060017803 - Optical disk device: Provided is an optical disk device for performing label recording by irradiating a light beam onto a label recording face of an optical disk, which is at a position different from that of a disk recording face, wherein label recording on the label recording face is performed by using tracking...

20060012617 - Color image recording apparatus: Select a recording element corresponding to a predetermined number of dots for each color forming the same pixel from each color recording head, calculate a shift amount of each color image data based on the respective relative positions of recording element of each color recording head forming the selected same...

20060012618 - Method and apparatus for adjusting the alignment of printing: Provided are a method and apparatus for adjusting the alignment between a first media surface and a second media surface in a printing device that prints by heating the first and second media surfaces using a single thermal head. The method includes the operations of printing a first pattern on...

20060012619 - Environmental protection ink cartridge control: The present invention provides an environmental protection ink cartridge control chip, wherein the control chip is structured to embody a CPU control circuit, a data bus and a plurality of memory chips. The control chip is installed on an ink cartridge, and transmits signals to a printer by means of...

20060012620 - Liquid detecting method and liquid detecting system: A liquid detecting method of detecting liquid in a liquid container used on a liquid ejector by use of a liquid sensor. There are included a head cleaning step of performing a head cleaning operation after maintaining for a predetermined time or longer a state there is no flow of...

20060012621 - Recording device, recording method, memory medium for storing program, and computer system: A recording apparatus of the present invention includes a head 21 having a plurality of nozzle groups (21A to 21C), and each nozzle group has a plurality of nozzles that are arranged with a predetermined nozzle pitch (k·D). The recording apparatus forms dots on a medium by repeating alternately an...

20060012622 - Liquid droplet ejection head and image forming apparatus: The liquid droplet ejection head comprises: first nozzles which eject droplets of a first liquid to an ejection receiving medium; second nozzles which eject droplets of a second liquid to the ejection receiving medium; first pressure chambers which are connected to the first nozzles and filled with the first liquid...

20060012623 - Method of generating halftone print data that accommodates overlapping printhead chips: A method of generating halftone print data for overlapping end portions of a pair of consecutive printhead chips in an array of two or more printhead chips where an end portion of a first printhead chip overlaps an end portion of a second printhead chip, each printhead chip including a...

20060012624 - Method and apparatus to create a waveform for driving a printhead: A method provides an optimized set of waveforms for driving a printhead in greyscale printing wherein the waveforms include a pulse train of N pulses, wherein N is an integer, each pulse having a length LN, a time P(N-1)(N) existing between two adjacent pulses. The method includes: optimising a cost...

20060012626 - Postage meter system having a controlled level of ink: A method of disabling operation of a disposable print module that has an ink reservoir and a plurality of ink ejection nozzles including unused nozzles, and that serves to be mounted on a base of a postage meter, the method including the following steps: forming, in a prior step, a...

20060012625 - Print system capable of detecting an abnoraml print condition: A print system includes a print module for printing an image, a motor module for driving the print module, a detecting module for detecting a physical parameter of a component of the print system, and a control module electrically connected to the detection module for controlling the print system, generating...

20060012627 - Method of ink jet recording and recorded matter: To provide an inkjet recording method which not only prevents bleeding, but also drastically improves the color development of ink, while avoiding deterioration of fixing properties, overcomes the problem of strike-through of coloring ink on a recording medium, and is capable of high-speed printing. The recording method in which recording...

20060012628 - Transportation pad for ink cartridge: A device for protecting and sealing ink nozzles of an ink jet cartridge includes a sealing member having a contact portion with a curvilinear contact face for sealing against the nozzles. The cartridge nozzle includes a nozzle plate surrounding the associated ink nozzles which may be in rows. A transport...

20060012629 - Liquid ejection apparatus with liquid wiper device: An inkjet printer includes a recording head ejecting ink from a nozzle plate surface, a plurality of wipers moving in a predetermined movement direction with respect to the recording head for wiping the liquid from the nozzle plate surface, and a movement device for moving the wipers in the movement...

20060012630 - Ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet recording apparatus provided with recording heads 4 that eject light hardening type ink on to the recording medium P, a light source 5 that emits light on to said light hardening type ink ejected onto said recording medium P, and a carriage 3 in which are mounted...

20060012631 - Ink jet recording apparatus, recording head and ink jet recording method: An ink jet recording apparatus having: a recording head having a plurality of nozzles formed thereon to jet ink; a feeding device to feed a recording medium; and a control unit to control ink jetting from the nozzles of the recording head so that the recording head is driven with...

20060012632 - Printhead assembly with ink distribution assembly and printhead integrated: A printhead assembly for a pagewidth inkjet print engine includes an elongate duct assembly dimensioned to span a print zone, the elongate duct assembly having at least one ink duct that extends a length of the duct assembly and at least one ink inlet in fluid communication with the, or...

20060012633 - Liquid droplet discharge head, manufacturing method thereof, and image forming apparatus: is a ratio between an area M and an area S′; the area M is an area of the adhesive running off to the channel at joining assuming that no adhesive escape groove is provided on the periphery of the channel, the area M being a projected area on a...

20060012635 - Print assembly for a wide format printer: A print assembly for a wide format printer includes a housing. An elongate chassis is positioned in the housing and is mountable on a support structure to be positioned above a substrate. A platen assembly is mounted on the chassis and is configured to extend substantially along a length of...

20060012634 - Print cartridge adapter: One embodiment of a print cartridge adapter includes an external surface dimensioned to be received within a print cartridge port of a printing mechanism, and a cavity dimensioned to receive at least a portion of a print cartridge therein....

20060012636 - Pressure enhancing formations in an ink jet printhead: A printer has at least one ink jet printhead including a substrate that defines a plurality of ink inlet channels. A plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements is positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement includes a nozzle chamber positioned on the substrate and having a fixed portion that is fast...

20060012637 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which ejects a droplet of liquid onto a recording medium; an electric field generating device which generates an electric field, the electric field generating device being arranged in a position facing an ejection face of the ejection head across the recording medium;...

20060012638 - Ink cartridge with an adhesive insulation layer, method of fabricating the same, and image processing apparatus employing the same: An ink cartridge with an adhesive insulation layer and method of fabricating the same are provided. The ink cartridge includes a cartridge main body, a head chip mounted on an upper surface of the cartridge main body, and a flexible printed circuit electrically connected to the head chip and attached...

20060012639 - Liquid ejection element and manufacturing method therefor: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a liquid ejection element substrate for a liquid ejection element for ejecting liquid through an ejection outlet, the liquid ejection element substrate including an energy generating element for generating energy for ejecting the liquid and an electrode for supplying electric power to the energy generating...

20060012640 - Liquid ejection element and manufacturing method therefor: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a liquid ejection element including a liquid flow path which is open at an ejection outlet for ejecting liquid, and an energy generating member for generating energy usable for ejecting the liquid from liquid flow path through the ejection outlet, the manufacturing method, includes a...

20060012641 - Liquid ejection element and manufacturing method therefor: A method for forming an element substrate which includes a substrate, an ink supply port penetrating substrate and energy supplying means for supplying ejection energy to ink introduced through ink supply port, the method includes a step of forming the energy supplying means on the substrate, then; a step of...

20060012642 - Ink jet printhead with conformally coated heater: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles (3) and one or more heater elements (10) corresponding to each nozzle (3). Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a...

20060012643 - Sealed fluidic interfaces for an ink source regulator for an inkjet printer: A method of assembling a print head that includes the steps of: (a) providing a print head base including a nozzle and at least one ink channel; (b) mounting in fluid communication with the at least one ink channel of the print head base an ink regulator that includes: (i)...

20060012645 - Discharge head and image forming apparatus: The discharge head comprises: a nozzle plate having a discharge aperture through which a droplet of liquid is discharged onto a discharge receiving medium; a pressure chamber which stores the liquid discharged from the discharge aperture; a diaphragm which deforms so as to change a volume of the pressure chamber,...

20060012644 - Ink jet head, piezo-electric actuator, and method of manufacturing them: An ink jet head is provided with a channel body and a piezo-electric actuator connected with the channel body. The channel body is provided with a plurality of ink flow channels. Each of the ink flow channel has a pressure chamber and a nozzle connected with the pressure chamber. The...

20060012647 - Inkjet recording head having dynamic vibration absorber: An inkjet recording head includes a base member, an ink channel unit, a plurality of piezoelectric elements, and a dynamic vibration absorber. The ink channel unit is formed with a plurality of nozzle holes and a plurality of ink pressure chambers. The ink channel unit includes a diaphragm that defines...

20060012646 - Piezoelectric actuator, ink jet head, and method of manufacturing them: An inner electrode 3 that also functions as a diffusion preventing layer is formed between a metal plate 2 and a piezoelectric layer 4. With this configuration, the layer that functions as both the electrode and the diffusion preventing layer can be formed in a single process, and consequently the...

20060012649 - Inkjet head unit: An inkjet head unit includes a printhead comprising: a flow-path unit having nozzles and pressure chambers communicated therewith; an actuator unit having a piezoelectric sheet extending across the chambers and having thereon individual electrodes positioned correspondingly to the chambers and a common electrode on the side opposite to the individual...

20060012648 - Piezoelectric element: A piezoelectric element including an upper electrode, a piezoelectric and/or electrostrictive material and a lower electrode, characterized in that the piezoelectric and/or electrostrictive material is a composite oxide constituted by ABO3 as general formula and the piezoelectric and/or electrostrictive material has a twin crystal....

20060012650 - Liquid-supplying member, liquid-injection apparatus, mounting method, fluid-carrying tube, and manufacturing method of fluid-carrying tube: A connection part is attached to an end of a liquid delivery tube, the connection part being provided with a flow path for changing the flowing direction of a liquid. A method for attaching the connection part to the liquid delivery tube comprises the steps of: preparing a pin having...

20060012651 - Inkjet cartridge: An inkjet cartridge includes a cartridge body provided with an ink storing space to store ink therein, a lid mounted on an upper portion of the cartridge body to seal the cartridge body, a head chip mounted on a lower portion of the cartridge body to eject the ink stored...

20060012652 - Printing cartridge with a print roll incorporating an ink supply: A printing cartridge includes a housing. A print roll is mounted in the housing to carry a roll of print media. The print roll includes a print roll former that contains an ink supply arrangement. The ink supply arrangement includes an elongate body in which one or more elongate ink...

20060012657 - Aqueous fluorescent ink, image recording method and recorded image: The invention is to provide an aqueous ink, a recorded image and a recording method capable of improving an image fastness and a color-developing property of a recorded image, and is featured in that components of the aqueous ink are so prepared as to realize, at least on a surface...

20060012655 - Ink set for inkjet printing: An ink set for inkjet printing includes a cyan ink having a first lightness value, a magenta ink having a second lightness value, and a blue ink having a third lightness value, wherein the cyan ink and the magenta ink mix to form a composite blue having a fourth lightness...

20060012656 - Inkjet head, method for producing inkjet head, inkjet recorder and inkjet coater: An inkjet head for jetting an ink from a nozzle 6 which is formed on the main body 1 of the nozzle of a metal member, wherein an SiO2 film 2 comprising SiO2 as the main component is formed on the surface of the nozzle main body 1 at least...

20060012653 - Metal complexes of azo dyes and their uses in ink-jet printing:

20060012654 - Pigment dispersion with polymeric dispersant: The invention provides a pigment dispersion for an ink jet ink composition in which the pigment dispersion contains pigment particles having a median particle size of 200 nm or less, and a random graft copolymer dispersant containing a hydrophilic monomer type, a hydrophobic monomer type having a molecular weight of...

20060012658 - Printer having improved recording medium feeding mechanism: A printer includes a print head including nozzles that eject ink on a recording medium sheet, first and second rollers provided on a sheet feeding path for feeding the sheet therealong, a platen provided between the first and second rollers for guiding the sheet on the sheet feeding path, and...

20060012659 - Inkjet printer for printing on goods: The present invention relates to an inkjet printer for printing on goods, wherein said printer comprises a computer for controlling the operation process, at least one replaceable tank in the shape of a bottle filled with a previously known quantity of a liquid, an intermediate container arranged in the printer...

20060012660 - Hand operated printing device: The invention relates to a sensor and assembly comprised in a housing for a hand-held and hand-operated printing device controlled by a processor, and a method therefor. It provides a hardware solution to speed up a print-out with said assembly....

20060012661 - Halftone processing method in laser printer and apparatus using the same: A halftone processing method for correcting the variation in light intensity on a photoconductive drum and an apparatus using the same, wherein the method includes the steps of preparing a plurality of dithering functions, detecting the position where image data for forming an electrostatic latent image is scanned on the...

20060012662 - Method, system, and computer readable medium for digital proofing: A method, system, and computer readable medium for digital proofing comprises producing a digital proof on at least one substrate, wherein the substrate has been surface-treated with at least one coating, wherein an overall appearance of the substrate is unaltered by the coating, and wherein the substrate is adapted to...

20060012663 - Thermal printer and printing method: A thermal printer and a printing method are provided. The thermal printer includes a thermal printhead for applying a predetermined amount of heat to a thermal recording paper to develop a print layer provided on the thermal recording paper; a feeding roller for feeding the thermal recording paper, a platen...

20060012664 - Printing method and apparatus using shuttle thermal print head: A printing method and apparatus using a shuttle thermal print head (TPH), which can print by moving the TPH in a transverse direction. The apparatus and printing method include (a) printing an image on a medium using the TPH while feeding the medium in a positive longitudinal direction; (b) moving...

20060012665 - Print media and photo printer: A print media and a photo printer with improved print quality are provided. The print media includes a printing area, and a mark area formed at one side of the printing area and having first marks formed at regular intervals in a printing direction. The photo printer can measure an...

20060012666 - Method of printing thermal media by aligning image: A method for printing on a thermal medium by aligning test patterns comprises the steps of feeding a thermal medium to a print starting position of the medium beyond a predetermined distance from a heating elements of a thermal printhead; printing a first test pattern when a front edge of...

20060012667 - Filling an area of an image marked on a material with a laser: A system converts graphic images, such as those created by graphics applications, to a format that can be efficiently printed on a material by a laser printing system. An image can be converted to a set of locations by defining progressively smaller contours of the image, and a material can...

20060012668 - Spatial optical memory: A device for storing photons between one and a plurality of reflected surfaces, and the storage of information, in particular in the form of digital data, being provided by creating at least one circulating memory using the storage device as a delay line. Each device consists of one or a...

20060012669 - Laser scanning optical unit used in image forming apparatus: A image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photoreceptors and laser scanning optical units corresponding to the photoreceptors. Each of laser scanning optical units includes a laser light source, a deflector disposed so as to be rotatable about an axis parallel to the conveyance direction of a transfer belt, a...

20060012670 - Line head and image forming apparatus incorporating the same: A plurality of first light emitters are arrayed on the substrate in a first direction so as to form a light emitter array. Each of the first light emitters has a first dimension in the first direction. A plurality of second light emitters are arrayed on the substrate in the...

20060007252 - System and method for reproducing colors on a printing device: A method and a system for outputting an image having a specific color on an output device, the method including (a) analyzing the image; (b) creating a model for the output device, based on the analysis, wherein the model encompasses the specific color and is made in a particular space...

20060007253 - Expendables container capable of measuring residual amount of expendables: This invention is an apparatus configured to receive expendable from an expendable container with a piezoelectric element attached. This apparatus has a detection signal generation circuit configured to charge and discharge the piezoelectric element, and generate a detection signal including information representing a cycle of remaining vibration of the piezoelectric...

20060007254 - Inkjet printer: Installed are intermediate tank 12 with damping function against pressure fluctuation for temporarily storing ink in a position within ink supplying pipe 9a which supplies ink from main tank 11 to recording head 7, liquid supplying pump 23 between main tank 11 and intermediate tank 12 for supplying ink to...

20060007256 - Area coverage modulation image forming method: An image forming method includes a first process for outputting a first image from a first output device, using a group of 1 bit data of respective dots of an area coverage modulation image, and a second process for outputting another image from another output device with an output method...

20060007255 - Document with indexes and associated document reader system: A document with indexes and associated document reader system. The document is constructed by printing plural pixels and divided into plural areas. Each of the areas has plural indexes respectively consisting of a group of indexing dots to represent an area code corresponding to the area. The indexes and the...

20060007257 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: a conveyance device which performs relative movement of an ejection head and a recording medium by conveying at least one of the ejection head and the recording medium in a uniform relative movement direction; the ejection head which includes ink ejection ports two-dimensionally arranged, the...

20060007258 - Inkjet printhead incorporating a memory array: A thermal inkjet printhead 100 of the present invention includes a heating element 110, an ink chamber, control circuitry 108, an ink reservoir, and a memory array 106. The control circuitry 108 causes the heating element to generate thermal energy thereby causing ink within the ink chamber to generate bubbles...

20060007260 - Liquid ejection head and ejection abnormality determination method: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: an ejection head which has an ejection element, the ejection element including an ejection aperture through which a droplet of liquid is ejected onto an ejection receiving medium, a pressure chamber which is connected to the ejection aperture and accommodates the liquid to be ejected...

20060007259 - Liquid sensor and liquid container including the sensor: The invention relates to a liquid sensor which can certainly judge the existence of liquid, and a liquid container including the sensor. The liquid sensor has: a vibration cavity forming base portion 40 having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, in which a cavity 43...

20060007261 - Method of reading a two-dimensional code carrying image processing instructions: A method of reading a two-dimensional code carried on an article in the form of an array of dots that represent image processing instructions includes the step of scanning the article with a scanner of an image processing device to generate a number of pixels represented by each dot. A...

20060007262 - Capping device for capping a print head: A capping device for capping a print head of a printer includes a cap for capping the print head, a supporting structure for mechanically engaging and disengaging the cap with the print head, and an elastic structure installed inside the cap. The top of the cap is lower than the...

20060007263 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus capable of high-quality recording without smudging recording media and the interior of the recording apparatus even when a frameless recording operation using reactive ink that coheres with each other when mixed together is performed. The ink-jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a first nozzle...

20060007264 - System and method for assuring proper pen loading: An inkjet printer assembly includes an inkjet carriage assembly having a plurality of side walls and an end wall, the inkjet carriage assembly including a pen guide track extruding from at least one of the side walls and a plurality of datum features formed in the inkjet carriage assembly, and...

20060007265 - Modular printing device with peripheral connectors: A modular printing device includes a chassis that defines a print media feed path. A housing encloses the chassis and defines feed and discharge openings to and from the print media feed path. The chassis and the housing are elongate and pen-like in size. A feed mechanism is mounted on...

20060007266 - Pagewidth inkjet printhead assembly with an integrated printhead circuit: An inkjet printhead assembly includes an elongate chassis that spans a printing zone. An ink supply arrangement is mounted on the chassis and has an ink distribution assembly and a housing enclosing the ink distribution assembly. At least one elongate integrated printhead circuit is mounted on the ink distribution assembly...

20060007268 - Micro-electromechanical fluid ejection device with through-wafer inlets and nozzle chambers: A micro-electromechanical fluid ejection device includes a substrate. Drive circuitry is arranged on an outlet side of the substrate. A plurality of nozzle chambers and corresponding fluid inlets is etched into the substrate. A plurality of support structures is positioned on the substrate to cover respective nozzle chambers. Each support...

20060007267 - Printhead integrated circuit having heater elements with high surface area: There is disclosed an inkjet printhead integrated which comprises drive circuitry, a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas...

20060007269 - Inkjet printing mechanism with a displaceable platen assembly: An inkjet printing mechanism includes an elongate chassis that spans a print area. An elongate ink distribution assembly is mounted on and extends a length of the chassis. The assembly has an inlet side, an outlet side, a plurality of ink paths that converge laterally to a longitudinally extending central...

20060007270 - Methods of fabricating fit firing chambers of different drop wights on a single printhead: Inkjet printheads capable of printing smaller and larger drop-weight quantities of ink, and methods of manufacturing the inkjet printheads, are disclosed. The inkjet printhead includes a substrate. One or more portions of the substrate may be etched such that the substrate might have different thicknesses. A thin-film layer is connected...

20060007271 - Printhead: Ink jet printheads and printhead components are described....

20060007272 - Recording head, carriage and image forming apparatus: A recording head is provided with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a fluid, a plurality of pressure-applied chambers arranged in a predetermined direction and each communicating with a corresponding one of the nozzles, and a common chamber having a plurality of wall surfaces and configured to supply the fluid...

20060007273 - Method and system to deposit drops: A system to deposit drops on a substrate includes a dispenser to dispense the drops, a shutter disposed between the dispenser and the substrate to focus the drops, and a screen, disposed between the dispenser and the shutter, configured to provide a charge to the drops....

20060007275 - Ink cartridge and inkjet printer using the same: An ink cartridge and an inkjet printer using the same. The ink cartridge includes a cartridge case having an ink storing space, negative pressure forming foam inserted into the cartridge case, and a filter pipe installed on a bottom surface of the cartridge case, wherein the bottom surface of the...

20060007276 - Ink distribution structure for a printhead: A laminated ink distribution structure for an inkjet printhead, the printhead having an ink supply molding for supplying a plurality of different colored inks to the laminated ink distribution structure, and printhead integrated circuit (IC) with an array of ink ejection nozzles for ejecting ink supplied by the laminated ink...

20060007274 - Printing ink delivery control mechanism: An embodiment of the invention provides a mechanism for controlling at least one ink transmission module, which controls a supply of ink using received control rotation. The mechanism includes an input, to receive control rotation. The mechanism also includes an output, to selectively transfer the control rotation to the ink...

20060007279 - External ink supply bag and method of filling the same: An ink reservoir bag of flexible, plastic sheet material for an ink delivery system for an ink cartridge is constructed of two sheets of plastic material having peripheral edges bonded together to provide an ink chamber therebetween and has separate fill and exit ports opening into the chamber and respectively...

20060007278 - Ink delivery system for the continuous refill of ink jet cartridges: An ink delivery system for an ink cartridge comprises an ink reservoir bag of flexible, plastic sheet material, an ink cartridge and flexible tubing connecting the bag and cartridge in flow communication with one another. The bag is constructed of two sheets of plastic material having peripheral edges bonded together...

20060007277 - Negative-pressure control device for ink-supply system: A negative-pressure control device for an ink-supply system comprises a box, an ink-jet head, an adapter and a set of releasable check valve mutually communicated. The box has thereon a water outlet, and is provided therein with a liquid level gauge to control and maintain a constant level of the...

20060007283 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes at least one wall; an ink chamber capable of storing ink, the ink chamber being bounded, at least in part, by the at least one wall; an ink supply opening configured to permit communication between the ink chamber and an area outside of the ink chamber;...

20060007280 - Ink cartridge component: An ink cartridge component comprises a body member having a sump portion for supporting a print head and a peripheral wall portion extending from the sump portion. The peripheral wall portion and the sump portion define a volume forming an ink chamber of the ink cartridge. A recessed region is...

20060007281 - Ink jet apparatus: A fluid reservoir apparatus including first and second opposing thermally conductive walls, an elastomeric heater compressed between the first and second opposing thermally conductive walls, wherein the elastomeric heater has an uncompressed thickness that is greater than a distance between the first and second opposing thermally conductive walls, and a...

20060007284 - Ink-jet printer: An ink-jet printer including: a head unit for performing recording by ejecting ink onto a recording medium to be fed; an ink cartridge for storing the ink; a heat sink which is in contact with a driver IC that drives the head unit and which cools the driver IC; and...

20060007282 - Nozzle tape used with inkjet cartridge: A nozzle tape for an inkjet cartridge is attached to the inkjet cartridge including a head chip, a cartridge body provided with a head chip-mounting portion spaced apart from edges of the head chip by a predetermined extent, and at least one bead member protruded along the edges of the...

20060007285 - Print media cartridge with integral print media and collapsing ink supply chambers: A cartridge for use with a digital printing device includes a casing that incorporates an ink storage portion and a print media storage portion. The ink storage portion includes at least one ink chamber in which ink of a particular color is stored and that defines a print media exit...

20060007286 - Cartridge for ink jet recording and method for producing the same: The present invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording cartridge provided with a recording element substrate on the bottom surface, wherein the cartridge can be integrated with the recording element substrate precisely without causing any damage on the substrate, has a high barrier capacity, and can work...

20060007288 - Aqueous ink, set of reaction liquid and aqueous ink, and image forming method: An aqueous ink, by which stable ink-jet recording can be conducted irrespective of printing environment, a substantially even image having abrasion resistance can be formed, no image soiling is caused even upon double-side printing, and a high-quality image improved in unclearness at a contour portion of the image and free...

20060007289 - Liquid composition, set of liquid composition and ink, ink jet recording apparatus, and image forming method: To suppress curling phenomenon of a recording medium to which a liquid composition is applied while securing ejection stability. A liquid composition for used in an image recording method including the steps of applying an ink containing a colorant in a dissolved state or a dispersed state to a recording...

20060007287 - Wetting agent combinations for inkjet printing: An inkjet ink includes an ink vehicle including humectant co-solvents and a fluorosurfactant, and a colorant in the vehicle...

20060007290 - Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording method: An ink jet recording apparatus in which a UV curable ink is ejected from nozzle holes of an ink jet head. The ejected ink is attached onto a recording surface of a recording medium (recording paper), and is cured by irradiation with ultraviolet light. The ink jet head, or a...

20060007292 - Image creation and cutting apparatus: A printer is disclosed for cutting-out a printed image on an item being processed while traveling in a first direction. The printer comprises a cutting head coupled for movement in a second direction, an ink head detachably coupled to the cutting head for movement in the second direction, and a...

20060007291 - Item printing system: An item printing system for printing imprints on moving items, comprising: an item transport path through which items are in use transported in a transport direction; an item transport unit for transporting items through the item transport path; a printing unit for printing imprints on items transported through the item...

20060007293 - Method of printing thermal media by aligning image: Provided is a method of printing thermal media by aligning an image using a printer in which a thermal printhead, a feeding roller, and an edge detection sensor are sequentially disposed in a print proceeding direction. The method includes the steps of feeding a thermal medium having a first surface...

20060007294 - Printer: A roll sheet is unwound and fed with its side edge being positioned in a reference point of the thermal head, and then subjected to printing by the thermal head. Coil springs are placed at positions respectively dividing substantially equally a length from a center to each end of the...

20060007295 - Thermal transfer printer: In a thermal transfer printer, before a thermal head transfers an ink component of a yellow region on a recording paper, the thermal head is preheated up to a transfer temperature and by sublimating a black ink component constituting a mark pattern during preheating, records used information in the mark...

20060007296 - Modular printer: A modular printer having a media take-up assembly, a support block assembly, a printhead assembly, a stepper motor assembly and a display assembly is provided. A support housing having a plurality of recesses formed on an internal wall of the modular printer is also provided. Each of the recesses is...

20060007297 - Device transfer method: A device transfer method is provided. The device transfer method is disclosed by which, when a laser ablation technique is used to selectively exfoliate devices arranged on a substrate, the energy is transmitted efficiently to transfer the devices with a high degree of accuracy and at a high speed. A...

20060001684 - Bulk ink delivery system for ink jet printers and the like: A bulk ink delivery system for ink jet printers and the like includes one or more cartridge housings which conform to the shape of a manufacturer's standard, ink-filled cartridge so that the cartridge housing may be substituted for the ink-filled cartridge normally associated with the printer. Inside the housing is...

20060001685 - Controlling direction of satellite droplet ejection in ink jet printer: b

20060001686 - Data processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: Print setting is executed using, as print setting items associated with printing, a setting item on the paper type of printing paper used for printing and a setting item which designates whether to execute manual duplex printing. When execution of manual duplex printing is set, the print page order of...

20060001693 - Apparatus and method for printing according to the type of print media using a printer having wide printhead: An apparatus and method for printing according to the type of print media when a printer having a wide printhead is used for printing is disclosed. The method comprises picking up the print medium and feeding the medium toward under the wide printhead; determining a type of the fed medium;...

20060001688 - Area based optical proximity correction in raster scan printing: Methods and apparatus for correcting defects, such as rounded corners and line end shortening, in patterns formed via lithography are provided. Such defects are compensated for “post-rasterization” by manipulating the grayscale values of pixel maps....

20060001692 - Droplet discharge inspection apparatus and method: An inspection apparatus includes an inspection body that has a non-conductive substrate, a droplet receiving portion for receiving a droplet that is provided on the substrate, and a plurality of electrodes that are exposed on an inner surface portion of the droplet receiving portion. The droplet receiving portion has a...

20060001689 - Ground structure for temperature-sensing resistor noise reduction: An inkjet printhead. The inkjet printhead includes a temperature-sensing resistor with a low voltage end which is connected to a ground structure that at least partially encloses the temperature sensing resistor....

20060001691 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having an image forming part that forms an image on a recording medium measures, downstream of the image forming part in a transport path of the recording medium, speckles on the recording medium, and generates measured speckle data that represents speckles measured; stores the generated measured...

20060001690 - Image reproduction: A method of reproducing an image, comprising: creating a, or using an already existing, bitmap-input image; finding zones in the input image containing text; determining colors of pixels, characters, or larger text items in the text zones; reproducing the image, wherein pixels, characters or larger text items with a color...

20060001687 - System and method for ink jet printhead detection: The invention provides a system and method for detecting the presence of an ink jet printhead when a printhead controller fails to properly identify an installed printhead using a printhead identification device. The system includes a printhead including heater resistors and control elements, and a controller connected to the printhead...

20060001694 - Polyimide thickfilm flow feature photoresist and method of applying same: A polyimide photoresist for thick film flow features adheres to a polyimide nozzle plate or other materials, without the use of an adhesive material between the two surfaces. Further, the photoresist can utilize an acrylate UV initiator, which can reduce the potential for HF to interact with the ink, and...

20060001695 - Inkjet printer: A printing head including a nozzle unit having a length corresponding to a width of a paper and prints an image on the paper by projecting ink onto the paper while staying stationary. The nozzle unit is divided into a plurality of nozzle sections. A plurality of cap members is...

20060001696 - Inkjet printer including shifting guide: An inkjet printer is provided including a printing head which includes a nozzle unit with a length that corresponds to a width of paper to eject ink on the paper at a fixed position for printing an image. A capping unit ascends and descends between capping and uncapping positions. A...

20060001697 - Self aligning printhead carrier bearings for an imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a printhead carrier configured for movement along an X-axis. The printhead carrier includes a carrier housing having a first bearing pocket and a second bearing pocket. The first bearing pocket and the second bearing pocket are spaced apart along the X-axis. A Z-axis passes through a...

20060001698 - Integrated black and colored ink printheads: An improved ink jet printhead and method therefor. The printhead includes a single semiconductor substrate with ink ejection devices and a nozzle plate adjacent to the semiconductor substrate, the nozzle plate with first ink ejection nozzles for ejecting first ink drops having a first volume and second ink ejection nozzles...

20060001699 - Apparatus and method for performing mechanical printhead alignment in an imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a printhead carrier configured for mounting a printhead cartridge and a cam rotatably coupled to the printhead carrier, the cam having a cam surface positioned opposite the datum pad, the cam surface being positioned for direct contact with the datum pad. A rotation of the cam...

20060001700 - Flexible circuit corrosion protection: A flexible circuit having improved corrosion resistance and method therefor. The flexible circuit includes, a polymeric support substrate, a conductive layer providing tracing attached to a first surface of the support substrate, and lead beams in electrical communication with the tracing for attaching the flexible circuit to a micro-fluid ejection...

20060001701 - Inkjet printhead and process for producing the same: An inkjet printhead and process for producing the same, having at least an auxiliary actuator being added in the inkjet printhead structure, is able to increase the frequency response thereof and to increase the positioning precision and structure rigidity of the inkjet printhead by using a single wafer bonding step...

20060001702 - Micro-electromechanical fluid ejection device with an array of nozzle assemblies incorporating fluidic seals: A micro-electromechanical fluid ejection device includes a substrate. Drive circuitry is positioned on the substrate. A plurality of fluid supply channels is defined in the substrate. An array of nozzle assemblies is positioned on the substrate. Each defines nozzle chambers in fluid communication with the fluid supply channels. Each has...

20060001703 - Die attach methods and apparatus for micro-fluid ejection device: A micro-fluid ejection device structure, a multi-fluid cartridge containing the ejection device structure, and methods for making the ejection device structure and cartridge. The ejection device includes an ejection head substrate having a fluid supply side and a device side and containing two or more fluid flow paths therein for...

20060001704 - Multi-fluid ejection device: A multi-fluid body and an ejection head substrate connected in fluid flow communication with the multi-fluid body for ejecting multiple fluids therefrom. The multi-fluid body includes at least two segregated fluid chambers. Independent fluid supply paths lead from each of the fluid chambers providing fluid to multiple fluid flow paths...

20060001705 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus includes: a common liquid chamber that stores electrically conductive liquid; plural liquid transfer paths extending from the common liquid chamber to a print medium; a liquid deriving and transferring unit that selectively derives liquid from the common liquid chamber to the plural liquid transfer paths and transfers...

20060001706 - Ink delivery system: An ink delivery system comprises a first container. A second container, at least a portion of which is flexible, contains a supply of ink to be supplied to a print head of a printer. The second container is received within the first container and the second container defines an outlet...

20060001707 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes an ink cartridge having an ink storage section and an ink outlet port; a holder to which the ink cartridge is detachably attached; a recording section to which the ink is supplied through an ink tube coupled to the holder; a cartridge coupling section being...

20060001715 - Air bubble removal in an ink jet printer: An ink jet printer including a carriage which is movable relative to a sheet of paper, a recording head which is mounted on the carriage and records an image on the sheet by ejecting a droplet of ink toward the sheet, one or more ink tanks which store the ink...

20060001717 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes a bottom wall, a first surface having a first intersection with the bottom wall, a second surface having a second intersection with at least one of the bottom wall and the first surface, an ink chamber bounded, at least in part, by the bottom wall, the...

20060001710 - Ink cartridge having cleaning solution injecting unit and ink-jet printer having the same: An ink cartridge usable with an ink-jet printer includes a case having spaces to store ink and a cleaning solution separately, an ink injecting unit to inject ink, and a cleaning solution injecting unit to inject cleaning solution, wherein the cleaning solution injecting unit is disposed on one side of...

20060001712 - Ink cartridge having projections formed on outer surface of its casing: An ink cartridge including: a casing having an ink chamber for storing the ink; and a plurality of projections projecting from an outer surface of the casing and spaced apart from each other. The plurality of projections preferably includes at least three projections which are arranged at substantially the same...

20060001708 - Ink cartridge with pocketed lid: An ink cartridge having ink reservoirs and foam located in a pocketed lid that fits into a cartridge body. Each pocket has an orifice located such as to deliver ink to as ejection device. The ink reservoirs are filled with ink when the pocketed lid is apart from the cartridge...

20060001709 - Ink cartridge, ink cartridge unit and inkjet printing head: A seal (8) which is produced from an elastomer and comprises a contact plate (9) which rests against the outside of the housing and forms a sealing surface (10) surrounding an outlet orifice (12) is inserted into an orifice (7) at the lower end of a housing (2) of an...

20060001713 - Inkjet print cartridge having an adhesive with improved dimensional control: A method for manufacturing an inkjet print cartridge and an inkjet cartridge produced thereby are disclosed. An inkjet print cartridge in accordance with one aspect includes a component of the inkjet print cartridge and an applied adhesive on at least a portion of the component, wherein the applied adhesive is...

20060001711 - Inkjet printhead with multiple ink reservoirs: Some embodiments of the present invention provide an inkjet printhead comprising a housing and at least four ink reservoirs located in the housing. The housing can include an outer surface adapted to be covered by a chip in fluid communication with each of the at least four ink reservoirs. In...

20060001716 - Liquid container and recording apparatus: A liquid container containing ink, which is detachably mountable to a carriage, the improvement residing in the provision of an optical medium to which information is writable using visible light and from which the information is readable....

20060001714 - Liquid container having liquid consumption detecting device: A liquid container, comprising: a housing containing therein liquid; a liquid supply opening formed in the housing for withdrawing the liquid from the housing; a liquid sensor mounted on the housing for detecting a level of the liquid which is variable in accordance with a consumption of the liquid; and...

20060001718 - Inkjet printhead assembly: An inkjet printhead assembly includes: a channel structure defining inside thereof an ink supply channel connected to an ink supply source accommodating ink; a filter member having a filtering area where a plurality of filter holes are formed through the thickness, and a fixing area having a plurality of recesses;...

20060001719 - Inkjet-recording ink composition and image-forming process: A photopolymerization-curable inkjet-recording ink composition, comprising an ethylenic unsaturated monomer, a colorant, and a photopolymerization initiator containing an organic dye and an organic boron compound. The ethylenic unsaturated monomer is preferably a compound which polymerizes to form a polymer having an oxygen permeability coefficient at 25° C. of 2.6×10−13 [m3(STP)·m/(s·m2·kPa)]...

20060001720 - Printing apparatus and information processing apparatus, control method thereof, program, and storage medium: A printing apparatus executes a print process of body text and a 2-sided print process of tab paper sheets by a single operation at an information processing apparatus. After one face of each tab paper sheet undergoes a print process, the printed tab paper sheets are set on a tray...

20060001721 - Dryer: Structures and methods are disclosed for at least partially forming an image on a media disposed on a platen, directing air from a dryer at the platen, and circulating the air from the platen back to the dryer....

20060001722 - Phase-change ink jet printing with electrostatic transfer: A printing machine, comprising an intermediate medium; an ink jet printhead, for dispensing phase-change ink droplets at selected locations of a surface of the intermediate medium, the selected locations corresponding to an image to be printed; a receiver source, for providing a receiver; and a transfer station, for electrostatically transferring...

20060001723 - Automatic rotating media stripper carriage for a printer and method for maintaining a printer: A printer assembly including a mechanism for rotating a stripper carriage includes a drum blade for stripping media from a drum and a transfix roller blade for stripping media from a transfix roller of an imaging device. The media stripper carriage is accessed and rotated so that a user may...

20060001724 - Sheet feeding/conveying method and sheet feeding/conveying apparatus: A sheet material feeding apparatus includes feeding means for contacting to the sheet material which is in a stand-by state and picking the sheet material up; separating means for press-contacting to the sheet material picked up by the feeding means to single out the sheet material; registration means for stopping...

20060001725 - Ink jet recording medium: The invention provides an inkjet recording medium where an ink receiving layer is provided on a support body. The ink receiving layer is formed from a coating liquid which includes at least one type of water soluble multi-valent metal salt, and at least a aqueous dispersion of a cation modified...

20060001726 - Printable conductive features and processes for making same: Processes for forming conductive features from one or more inks and conductive features formed from the processes. In one aspect, the process includes a step of applying a first ink comprising a metal precursor to at least a portion of a first substrate to form an at least partially coated...

20060001727 - Controllable thermal warming device: A controllable thermal warming device for delivering heat including a thermal ink heating element removably secured to any suitable structure, including, for example, a blanket, clothing, consumer product, farming product, restaurant product, HVAC product, building construction products, hospital and other medical products, and vehicle. The device comprising a substrate and...

20060001728 - Print instruction device and printing apparatus: When a printing requirement is made, in the case where the internal temperature of a printer is equal to or lower than 40° C., print data is to be generated using a LUT for a normal state (S170), while in the case where the temperature is higher than 40° C.,...

20060001729 - Paper feeder for roll-shaped recording paper: Roll holders are respectively attached to both ends of a recording paper roll. An edge index is rotatably attached to one of the roll holders. The edge index is provided with an arrow-shaped indicia and a high-reflection member. The edge index is set to a rotational position where the indicia...

20060001730 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a chassis, a head portion pivotably supported on the chassis, a platen roller rotatably supported on the chassis opposite the head portion, a plurality of elastically deformable support rods supported on the chassis, a U-shaped rotary member pivotably supported to the chassis by unrotatably engaging...

20060001731 - Light source for image writing apparatus and production method for light source: An image forming apparatus includes a light source provided with a converting means for converting the advancing direction of light emitted from the light source, whereby the direction in which the light source is disposed can be determined regardless of a direction in which light is emitted. The advancing direction...

20060001732 - Light beam scanning apparatus: A light beam position detecting device detects the passage positions of a plurality of light beams for scanning the surface of a photosensitive drum. The light beam position detecting device has a sensor pattern for generating an output which is continuously changed in a wide range with a variation in...

20060001733 - Exposure device, led print head, and image forming apparatus having the exposure device and the led print head: A shape or position of a shielding member is set corresponding to an image focusing property of each rod lens element to prevent an MTF from deteriorating, to provide a clear exposure image, and to prevent a defective image such as having a vertical streak or the like, from occurring...

20060001734 - Image printing apparatus and image printing method: In a multibeam-type image printing apparatus, a process of adjusting a beam scanning position at which a photosensitive body is scanned is simplified. More specifically, consumption of a developing agent such as toner or the like is suppressed, and the time required for the adjustment process is shortened. A test...

20060001735 - Apparatus and method for optical image formation control: An image forming apparatus for forming images with an electrophotographic system. The image forming apparatus includes a laser drive unit configured to control a laser light, and an image data transfer control unit configured to control image data from to the laser drive unit. The apparatus also includes a polygon...