Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 02/06

20060038838 - Handheld computing device incorporating a pagewidth inkjet printer: A handheld computing device includes a body with a user interface and processing circuitry. A pagewidth inkjet printer is arranged within the body. A display is mounted on the body and is connected to the processing circuitry. A pivot assembly is interposed between the body and the display to permit...

20060038839 - Method of determining a driving signal of an ink-jet printer head using an image forming device: A method of determining an optimal driving signal of a printer head using an image forming device. The method includes printing a test pattern using a plurality of driving signals having different driving voltage magnitudes and driving time spans, and determining a driving signal that prints the test pattern stably...

20060038840 - Printing apparatus and printing system: A printing apparatus that can prevent unexpected operation of an element is to be achieved. The printing apparatus is provided with: a drive signal generating circuit that can generate a plurality of drive signals, an element to which the plurality of drive signals can be applied and that performs operation...

20060038842 - Ink jet printing apparatus and print position setting method: An ink jet printing apparatus and a print position adjusting method capable of easily adjusting a relative print position between nozzle lines are provided. Images are printed on a print medium in a drive mode A and a drive mode B by using a print head which has a first...

20060038841 - Symmetric nozzle arrangement: A printhead module comprising at least first and second rows of print nozzles that extend along at least part of a pagewidth to be printed, each nozzle including first circuitry of a first type and second circuitry of a second type, such that, in plan view, the first and second...

20060038843 - Method of encoder signal compensation and apparatus thereof: An encoder signal compensation method and the apparatus thereof are described. The encoder signal compensation method includes the following steps. First, encoder output signals are read to calculate compensation parameters. Subsequent encoder output signals are compensated according to the calculated compensation parameters and the compensated encoder output signals are utilized...

20060038844 - Image forming device, image forming method, printing instruction device, printing instruction method and image processing system: An MFP provided as an image forming device reads the paper management information including the information of a department which is authorized to use paper, which is stored on an IC tag provided on the paper, and the paper management information thus obtained is stored in the storage unit. Also,...

20060038847 - Ink jet printing apparatus and method for controlling ink jet printing apparatus: It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink jet printing apparatus that can print high quality images under simple control. The present invention includes a conveying roller disposed upstream of a printing section to convey a print medium, a pinch roller that rotates in cooperation with...

20060038845 - Inkjet recording apparatus and method for estimating the amount of waste ink in the inkjet recording apparatus: A print buffer for storing recording data is divided into a plurality of segments and the amount of recording data causing a recording head to perform a recording operation is counted on a segment-by-segment basis. A recording medium is compared to the print buffer with respect to a scanning direction...

20060038846 - Printing apparatus and printing method: When conveying tables for conveying the printing medium are selected to perform interlace printing, the occurrence of unevenness in an image which results from switching of the tables is prevented. It is determined whether a phase of the conveying table is a transfer inhibition phase in transfer to a printing...

20060038848 - Method and printhead capable of searching for an optimal temperature of an ink jet chip of a printhead before printing: A method for searching for an optimal temperature of an ink jet chip of a printhead before printing includes controlling the printhead to print a swath of data according to a predetermined swath density, measuring the temperature of the ink jet chip after printing of the swath of data, and...

20060038850 - Data processing apparatus, data processing method, ink jet printing apparatus, and ink jet printing method: A present invention reduces the generation of periodic uneven print density in the image in a main scanning direction. The present invention focuses attention on a fact that, when a printing head including a plurality of nozzle arrays for ejecting different inks is used to print an image and when...

20060038849 - Printhead having first and second rows of print nozzles: A printhead module comprising at least first and second rows of print nozzles that extend along at least part of a pagewidth to be printed, each nozzle including first circuitry of a first type and second circuitry of a second type, such that, in plan view, the first and second...

20060038851 - Micro-fluid ejection devices and method therefor: A micro-fluid ejection head structure having multiple arrays of fluid ejection actuators. The structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first array of fluid ejection actuators for ejecting a first fluid therefrom, and a second array of fluid ejection actuators for ejecting a second fluid therefrom. The first array of...

20060038853 - Fluid chamber configuration within an inkjet printhead: An inkjet printer has a plurality of ink ejection nozzles. Each nozzle includes a paddle (5) located in a chamber (2) which is moveable in a forward direction between a rest state and an ejection state, for ejecting fluid from the chamber through an outlet port (11) as it moves...

20060038852 - Mems fluid actuator: The present invention is directed to printing a pattern, such as an image or other indicia, onto a surface, and more specifically to printing a pattern onto a surface utilizing at least one microelectromechanical system (MEMS) actuator. The present invention in exemplary form makes use of Joule heating to actuate...

20060038855 - Inkjet print head with a high efficiency heater and a method of fabricating the same: An inkjet print head with a high efficiency heater includes a substrate having an ink-feed hole extending therethrough to receive ink stored in a cartridge, a flow path layer to define an ink chamber in fluid communication with the ink-feed hole, a nozzle plate having a nozzle to discharge the...

20060038854 - Micro-electromechanical actuator assembly with heat conductive pathways: A micro-electromechanical actuator assembly includes a substrate that defines a fluid reservoir. An actuator is positioned in the reservoir and has a region of bend material and a heater. The heater is positioned so that heating of the actuator results in differential thermal expansion of the actuator to generate movement...

20060038857 - Thermal ink jet printhead with symmetric bubble formation: An inkjet printhead (1) which a plurality of nozzles (3) and one or more heater elements (10) corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling. Each heater element has two opposite sides and is suspended...

20060038856 - Thermal ink jet with thin nozzle plate: An inkjet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles (46) and one or more heater elements (10) corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid (11) in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble therein. The...

20060038858 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An ink non-ejection detecting circuit device for an inkjet recording apparatus is disclosed which comprises a bridge circuit including a piezoelectric head having a piezoelectric element, a first resistor connected in series to the piezoelectric head, a capacitor provided outside the piezoelectric head, and a second resistor connected in series...

20060038859 - Piezoelectric actuator: A first portion F is positioned above the center of the pressure chamber 16. A pair of second portions S are disposed on either side of the first portion F. The electrodes 24, 25 are positioned in the second portion S to the side farthest in the thickness direction from...

20060038860 - Droplet forming method for mixed liquid and droplet forming device, and ink jet pringting method and device, and ink jet pringing electrode-carrying nozzle: The invention provides an ink jet printing method for printing a color image on a printing object by using a plurality of inks, wherein ink nozzles 9a through 9d which house the plurality of inks, respectively, and a dilution nozzle 8 which houses a dilute solution that can dilute the...

20060038862 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer includes an ink-supply tube, a damper for temporarily storing ink at a midway of the ink-supply tube, an ink-feed pump, an ink detection section for detecting whether an ink amount in the damper is not smaller than a predetermined amount, and a control section for controlling the...

20060038861 - Inkjet printing device: The invention relates to an inkjet printing apparatus (1) with at least one printing head (2). Several tanks (3, 4) for inks and/or a cleaning medium are arranged in front of a connection opening (7) for the printing head (2), and the tanks (3, 4) are connected by feed lines...

20060038865 - Ink cartridge for inkjet recording apparatus: An ink cartridge used in an inkjet recording apparatus, including and ink storing section having an ink outlet section, and an outer case, wherein the outer case includes a casing section to store the ink storing section, a positioning member to secure the ink outlet section, a first cushioning member...

20060038864 - Inkjet cartridge for inkjet recording apparatus, inkjet recording apparatus and method of supplying ink: An ink cartridge for inkjet recording apparatus including: an ink pack including an ink feeding section of thermoplastic resin; a bag-like ink accommodation section of multilayer thermoplastic film materials; an ink filled in said ink pack; a positioning control member for controlling a position of said ink feeding section; and...

20060038863 - Refillable chemical cartridge for photoprocessing equipment: A refillable chemical cartridge includes a flexible, foldable non-metallized bag and a two-part refillable cartridge housing. The bag includes a fitment and a septum that allow the bag to be filled with a liquid chemical to a full volume and allow the liquid chemical to be removed from the bag....

20060038866 - Ink jetting inks for food application: Edible ink formulations for printing onto edible substrates and snack pieces. Methods are provided showing how to print on edible substrates and on snack pieces at high line speeds....

20060038867 - Inkjet ink with long latency: The present invention pertains to inkjet ink with long latency and, more particularly, to an aqueous inkjet ink comprising a specified combination of 1,6-hexandiol and 2-pyrrolidone....

20060038868 - Printing device with radiation source: A printing device and method containing a carriage supporting print heads with a plurality of discharging elements to the image-wise forming of image dots of a marking substance on an a print medium, wherein the carriage is moveable in reciprocation in a main scanning direction and is also relatively displaceable...

20060038869 - Phase change ink imaging component with thermoset layer: An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating with a thermoset, and an optional heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus....

20060038870 - Image formation apparatus: An image formation apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium to be recorded, having a recording head for discharging a liquid drop of recording liquid, which apparatus includes a part configured to perform a paper ejecting operation after standby until curl of the recording medium to be recorded...

20060038871 - Fusible inkjet media including solid plasticizer particles and methods of forming and using the fusible inkjet media: A fusible print medium for use in inkjet printing. The fusible print medium includes a substrate and a fusible layer, the fusible layer comprising at least one organic pigment and at least one solid plasticizer. A method of producing the fusible print medium and a method of producing a photographic...

20060038872 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus generates a PWM signal corresponding to input image data and controls a timing of a light source to emit a light beam based on the PWM signal in order to perform tone reproduction. The image forming apparatus includes a data processing unit configured to generate the...

20060038873 - Image quality detecting apparatus, image forming apparatus and method, and image quality controlling apparatus and method: An image quality detecting apparatus detects image quality based on a specified image pattern formed on an image carrier. This apparatus includes a light-emitting device that radiates a spotlight on the image carrier, a lens, a scanning unit that scans the image pattern with the spotlight, and a photoelectric conversion...

20060038874 - Image recorder: Positioning of a printing plate in an image recorder is performed by the same method used for punching positioning holes for printing press in the printing plate. Specifically, the positioning for image recording is performed with reference to an edge of the printing plate on the same side as the...

20060038875 - Multi-layer optical information recording medium: A multiple-layer optical information recording medium is provided. An information recording layer that is the farthest from the reading side is denoted by L0, L1, L2, . . . and L5 information recording layers are successively formed in the direction of the optical axis. Five spacers having thicknesses t0 to...

20060033763 - Imaging apparatus having a programmable throughput rate: An imaging apparatus includes a print engine for printing on a print medium. A device is communicatively coupled with the print engine. The device is programmed to set a throughput rate for the print engine. A controller reads the device, and operates the print engine at the throughput rate designated...

20060033765 - Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method: An inkjet recording apparatus having a recording head unit having nozzle lines driven with multi-phase drive, a moving unit to move the recording head unit in a scanning direction crossing the nozzle lines, a clock generating unit, and a recording head control section. The recording head control section includes a...

20060033764 - Printing apparatus, printing system, printing method, and program: This invention allows for a high-density image printing by using ink jet print heads capable of ejecting ink. For this purpose, a plurality of same color print heads capable of ejecting the same color ink are controlled according to the same print data. Drive timings for the same color print...

20060033766 - Liquid ejecting device: The present liquid ejecting device adjusts the cross-talk amount to a range of ±15%, by providing: a recording head having actuators which generate the ejection energy for ejecting the liquid from a plurality of nozzles for each of the plurality of nozzles; a drive circuit to generate the drive signal...

20060033768 - Liquid jetting device and drive voltage correction method: A liquid jetting device having: a recording head including a jetting energy generating element; a drive circuit generating drive signal for the element; a liquid detection sensor detecting a jetting characteristic value of liquid jetted from a nozzle; a drive voltage adjustment unit adjusting a voltage value of the drive...

20060033767 - Varying printing speed based upon the differentiation between porous and swellable media via ink/toner dry time profiles: This invention relates to a method for varying a printing speed based upon ink/toner dry time profiles, comprising the steps of: determining a gloss reading of an ink/toner located on a media; determining an actual ink/toner dry time profile for the media; determining the type of media; and adjusting, if...

20060033769 - Dual-axis media-positioning sensor: A media-positioning sensor assembly in one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that includes a mechanism and a media-positioning sensor. The mechanism moves back and forth over media along a first axis. The media advances past the mechanism along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The media-positioning sensor...

20060033770 - Print-control method, printing system, and print-control apparatus: Quality of a printed image is improved while minimizing the amount of memory used. For example, a print-control method includes: a first print-control step of repeatedly performing a unit image formation operation of forming a unit image in a unit area on a medium by ejecting ink from nozzles arranged...

20060033771 - Parallel printing architecture with containerized image marking engines: An integrated printing system is provided and includes at least two image marking engines and at least one media feeder module. The printing system further includes a first forward generally horizontal interface media transport between the at least two image marking engines and the at least one feeder module for...

20060033772 - Method and apparatus to reduce the effect of inkjet drop satellites in bi-directional multi-pass printing: A printing system and a method for printing in a multi-pass, bi-directional mode is provided. The method includes printing some boundary portions of an image in a first pint-direction such that a non-printed area is traversed before a printed area and printing other boundary portions of the image in the...

20060033773 - Liquid jet head unit and liquid jet device: Provided is a liquid jet head unit and a liquid jet device which are capable of improving precision in aligning nozzle orifices and accordingly printing quality. Included are: a liquid jet head having a nozzle plate provided with nozzle rows constituted of nozzle orifices through which liquid droplets are ejected,...

20060033774 - Printhead assembly with relative thermal expansion inhibition: A printhead assembly includes an elongate support member. An elongate ink delivery member is mounted in the support member and defines a number of ink delivery conduits extending along the support member and a series of patterned holes in fluid communication with the ink delivery conduits. A series of printhead...

20060033775 - Image processing apparatus having flat flexible cable with adjusted configuration: An image processing apparatus having a flat flexible cable with adjusted configuration for obtaining digital image data of an object is provided. The image processing apparatus includes: a casing; a carriage module disposed in the casing and movable relative to the object for picking up and converting image of the...

20060033776 - Micro-electromechanical liquid ejection device: A micro-electromechanical liquid ejection device includes a wafer substrate that incorporates drive circuitry and that defines a liquid inlet. A nozzle chamber structure is positioned on the wafer substrate and defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the liquid inlet and a liquid ejection port in fluid communication with...

20060033777 - Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection head mounted in a liquid ejection apparatus for ejecting liquid includes a first substrate including a pressure generating element for applying pressure to the liquid, a second substrate including a control circuit for controlling the drive of the pressure generating element, an external wiring member for electrically...

20060033780 - Circuit board for ink jet head, method of manufacturing the same, and ink jet head using the same: An ink jet head circuit board is provided which has heaters to generate thermal energy for ejecting ink as they are energized. This circuit board is so constructed as to reduce wire resistances for the heaters while at the same time preventing an increase in the size of the board...

20060033778 - Ink jet head circuit board, method of manufacturing the same and ink jet head using the same: An ink jet head circuit board is provided which has heaters to generate thermal energy for ink ejection as they are energized. This circuit board has the heaters formed with high precision to reduce their areas. It also has provisions to protect the electrode wires against corrosion and prevent a...

20060033779 - Ink jet head circuit board, method of manufacturing the same and ink jet head using the same: An ink jet head circuit board is provided which has heaters to generate thermal energy for ink ejection. This board has the heaters formed with high precision to reduce their areas. It has provisions to protect the electrode wires against corrosion and prevent a progress of corrosion. The substrate is...

20060033781 - Printhead assembly with thermal equalization characteristics: A printhead assembly includes a support member of a composite material that defines at least one ink reservoir. A printhead integrated circuit is mounted on the support member. A substrate material of the printhead integrated circuit and the composite material both have substantially the same coefficient of thermal expansion....

20060033782 - Ink jet head circuit board, method of manufacturing the same and ink jet head using the same: An ink jet head circuit board is provided which has heaters to generate thermal energy for ink ejection as they are energized. This circuit board reduces areas of the heaters to achieve higher printing resolution and image quality. This board also prevents a degradation of thermal energy efficiency and reduces...

20060033783 - Fluid ejection device: A fluid ejection device comprises an orifice structure with an orifice. A fluid reservoir is on the exterior surface of the orifice structure. A barrier portion is between the fluid reservoir and the orifice....

20060033784 - Method of making an inkjet printhead: A method of making an inkjet printhead comprises forming a first patterned layer 20 on a surface of a first substrate 10, forming a second patterned layer 28 on a surface of a second substrate 100, bonding the first and second layers in intimate face-to-face contact, and removing the second...

20060033785 - Baffled ink supply for reducing ink accelerations: A printhead comprises a plurality of nozzle chambers that house an ink ejection actuator for ejecting ink from said nozzle chamber. An ink jet supply unit connects directly to the printhead which includes a storage chamber for holding ink and for communicating ink to the nozzle chambers. The ink supply...

20060033786 - Image forming apparatus with dust collector: An image forming apparatus provided with a dust collecting part includes an ink cartridge having a wide array type ink jet head that is capable of ejecting ink over an entire lateral line that is perpendicular to a conveying direction of a recording medium at a time, and a main...

20060033791 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes a container; an ink reservoir provided in the container; an opening provided in the container, the opening being situated in the container so that the opening can communicate with the ink reservoir through a fluid path; and a stop fitted in the opening, the stop having...

20060033788 - Ink cartridge and image forming apparatus: An ink cartridge includes an ink containing section including an ink absorbing body made of a porous material for retaining ink. The ink cartridge satisfies 200≦N·R≦320, where N is the cell density, expressed in the number of pores per inch, of the ink absorbing body before the ink absorbing body...

20060033789 - Ink cartridge and ink-jet printer: An ink cartridge has an ink tank in which the ink is stored, and a shutter mechanism which is arranged in the ink tank. The shutter mechanism includes a lever which is supported swingably and which has one end provided with a shutter and the other end provided with a...

20060033787 - Ink cartridge and wet-type electrophotographic image forming apparatus having the same: An ink cartridge and a wet-type electrophotographic image forming apparatus having the ink cartridge, wherein the ink cartridge is detachably mounted with respect to an image forming apparatus body and supplies a developing unit with ink. The ink cartridge includes a housing including an inflow inlet into which the ink...

20060033790 - Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor: An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink...

20060033792 - Printing method, printing apparatus, and printing system: The present printing method includes the steps of: (A) when a first pigment ink that contains a moisturizing agent and a second pigment ink that contains more moisturizing agent than the first pigment ink have been ejected from a head in a state where a medium is present in a...

20060033793 - Coupling agent patterning: A method includes ejecting a coupling agent onto a substrate. A structure includes. a substrate and a pattern of a coupling agent applied to the substrate....

20060033794 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The image forming apparatus comprises: a print head including a plurality of nozzles which eject droplets of a radiation-curable ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which causes the print head and the recording medium to relatively move to each other in a relative conveyance direction of the recording...

20060033795 - Printing apparatus and printing method: It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing apparatus and a printing method which can perform an appropriate printing operation on a print medium while keeping an ink ejection range to a minimum required even when the print medium transported is deviated from a theoretical position,...

20060033796 - Unbacked fabric transport and condition system: An unbacked transport and conditioning printing system for printing a pattern on a fabric is disclosed. The system includes a fabric characterization and tension control subsystem for gathering information on variations in the fabric and an irregularity detection subsystem for detecting irregularities in the fabric, as well as, crease detection...

20060033797 - Combined ink and media cartridge: A combination cartridge apparatus includes a housing, an inkjet pen and a media cartridge. The combination cartridge is configured to hold the inkjet pen and media cassette adjacent to each other external of a printer. The inkjet pen and media cassette are configured to separate when the cartridge is installed...

20060033798 - Printer module for a printing array: A printer module for use with like printer modules to form an array of printer modules includes a housing that defines a print media inlet and a print media outlet. A chassis is positioned in the housing. A print engine is mounted on the chassis to carry out a printing...

20060033800 - Exposure apparatus: An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to a light pulse via a mask. The apparatus includes an array of photoelectric converters to detect the light pulse, and a read circuit to read electrical signals from the array. The read circuit reads electrical signals from a part of the photoelectric...

20060033799 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: Disclosed is an optical scanning device which includes a light source device, a deflecting system for deflecting a light beam emitted from the light source device, and a scanning optical system for scanning a surface to be scanned, with the light beam deflected by the deflecting system, wherein the scanning...

20060033801 - Method and apparatus for adjusting alignment of image forming device: A method and apparatus for adjusting the alignment of an image forming device using two thermal heads, wherein the method includes the steps of (a) printing first and second predetermined patterns on the medium by using the first and second thermal heads, respectively, (b) detecting a distance difference of print...

20060033802 - Thermal type image forming apparatus and method of removing jammed medium therefrom: A thermal type image forming apparatus has a rotating cam which moves a thermal print head to a contact location. The rotating cam moves the thermal print head to contact locations so that the thermal print head contacts a platen roller at a first open location where the thermal print...

20060033803 - Thermal image forming apparatus including cooling fan: A thermal image forming apparatus includes a thermal printing head moves between a first position that faces a first surface of a printing medium and a second position that faces a second surface of a printing medium. A heat sink is combined with the thermal printing head. A cooling fan...

20060033804 - Apparatus for forming image and method of controlling same apparatus in self-diagnostic manner: An apparatus for forming an image is disclosed which includes a scanner motor rotatably driving a polygon mirror; a laser light emitter emitting laser light; a generator detecting the laser light reflected off from the polygon mirror, thereby generating a first periodic signal; a generator detecting rotation of the scanner...

20060033805 - Exposure head: Provided is an exposure head, including: an array substrate having a plurality of organic EL elements arranged in an array on one face; and a plurality of circuit chips having a circuit for driving the organic EL element, and in which the forming face of the circuit is serially arranged...

20060033806 - Optical signal generating apparatus, optical signal generating method, and image forming apparatus: An information recording apparatus for recording image information on an image forming body, the apparatus including: a light source for emitting light; a light valve of diffraction grating type, for modulating the light emitted from the light source according to the image information, the light valve comprising a plurality of...

20060033807 - Image forming device:

20060028496 - Personal digital assistant with print cartridge dock: A personal digital assistant includes a body. A display is pivotally fastened to the body. The body includes a bay for receiving a print media cartridge....

20060028497 - Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording ink for that method: An inkjet recording method including the steps of: ejecting an ink having viscosity from 5 to 20 mPa.s from a nozzle of an inkjet head toward a recording medium; forming a main droplet and at least one satellite out of the ink; controlling a drive voltage of the inkjet head...

20060028498 - Systems and methods for varying dye concentrations: Systems and methods for varying dye loads. A fluid ejection apparatus includes a reservoir and an assembly. The reservoir stores ink with a first dye load and the assembly receives the ink with the first dye load from the reservoir. To obtain ink with higher dye load, the assembly evaporates...

20060028499 - Ejecting method and ejecting apparatus: In an ink jet apparatus for manufacturing a color filter 1, ink jet heads 22 having a plurality of nozzle 27 are disposed in a linear manner. Filter element member is ejected to a motherboard 12 from a plurality of nozzles 27 four times so as to form the filter...

20060028500 - Line head inkjet priner: A line head inkjet printer includes an inkjet head, a controller and a storage unit. The controller generates n kinds of waveforms used to eject different amounts of ink from the nozzles (3≦n (natural number)). The storage unit stores a combination of m kinds of waveforms selected from the n...

20060028501 - Method for processing an image: A method for processing image data includes the step of dithering a contone layer of the image data. A black bi-level layer of the image data is composited over the contone layer. An infrared tag is rendered to an infrared layer of the image data....

20060028502 - Method for optimizing ink jetted from nozzles of a printhead of a printer: A method for optimizing ink jetted from nozzles of a printhead of an ink jet printer. Before printing a swath, the nozzles of the printhead jet a predetermined number of ink drops towards an absorption substance at the maintenance station of the printer. The predetermined number corresponds to a swath...

20060028503 - Droplet discharge apparatus: An object of the invention is to provide a droplet discharge apparatus which does not cause defective discharge due to drying, solidification, or the like of a composition in discharging the composition from a nozzle. One feature of the invention is to comprise a nozzle portion provided with a nozzle...

20060028504 - Printhead assembly incorporating a capping arrangement: A printhead assembly includes a support. At least one printhead is mounted on the support and has an array of inkjets. A capping system is mounted on the support for capping the inkjets. The capping system includes a cap for capping the inkjets and a moving arrangement for moving the...

20060028505 - Liquid jet head: End portions on one side of respective heads in a head unit are inserted and arranged in respective spaces between end portions on the other side of respective heads in an adjoining head unit....

20060028506 - Printhead assembly with an elongate ink delivery member: A printhead assembly for an ink jet printer includes an elongate channel member having a floor and a pair of opposed side walls. An elongate elastomeric ink delivery member has longitudinally extending delivery conduits and is positioned on the floor. One end of the ink delivery member is engageable with...

20060028507 - Line head inkjet printer: A line head inkjet printer includes an inkjet head, a storage unit, and a controller. The inkjet head includes a flow path unit and individual electrodes. The flow path unit is formed with pressure chambers communicating with nozzles. The individual electrodes correspond to the pressure chambers. The storage unit stores...

20060028508 - Print head nozzle formation: Techniques are provided for forming nozzles in a microelectromechanical device. The nozzles are formed in a layer prior to the layer being bonded onto another portion of the device. Forming the nozzles in the layer prior to bonding enables forming nozzles that have a desired depth and a desired geometry....

20060028509 - Pulse jet print head assembly having multiple reservoirs and methods for use in the manufacture of biopolymeric arrays: Pulse jet printhead assemblies having multiple reservoirs and multiple printhead dies, as well as methods for their use in the deposition of fluids, typically fluids containing a biopolymer or precursor thereof, onto a substrate surface, are provided. The subject printheads are characterized by having a multiple printhead die printhead and...

20060028510 - Method of fabricating an inkjet print head using a photo-curable resin composition: A method of fabricating an inkjet print head including forming an energy-generating element to eject ink on a substrate. A chamber layer and a nozzle layer having a nozzle corresponding to the energy-generating element are formed on the substrate. At least one layer of the chamber layer and the nozzle...

20060028511 - Fluid ejector having an anisotropic surface chamber etch: A fluid ejecting device and method of forming same are provided. The fluid ejecting device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface located opposite the first surface. A nozzle plate is formed over the first surface of the substrate. The nozzle plate has a nozzle through...

20060028512 - Inkjet nozzle arrangement with ink flow control: An inkjet nozzle arrangement includes a substrate that defines an ink supply channel. Integrated circuitry is positioned on the substrate. An ink chamber structure is positioned on the substrate and defines an ink chamber in fluid communication with the ink supply channel and an ink ejection port in fluid communication...

20060028513 - Ink jet recording head and producing method therefor: A producing method for a liquid discharge head having a pressure generation chamber communicating with a discharge port for discharging a liquid, a piezoelectric element provided corresponding to the pressure generation chamber, and a vibration plate provided between the pressure generation chamber and the piezoelectric element, the method including: a...

20060028514 - Uninterrupted ink supply system for digital printers or \"uiss\": This invention consists of an ink tank that supplies printing fluids to digital printers and allows for uninterrupted printing, while delivering ink at stable or constant pressure so to insure high print quality. The tank's innovative design incorporates an In-feed or pressure stabilization chamber, a storage chamber and a supply...

20060028515 - Apparatus for refilling ink cartridges: The Invention is an apparatus for refilling ink cartridges, such as ink cartridges for ink jet printers. The cartridge is attached to a table. The table is rotatable with respect to a base through a series of stations. The stations include guides to locate an aperture in the ink cartridge...

20060028517 - Ink cartridge for use with recording apparatus and ink jet recording apparatus: An ink cartridge in which on one surface of a cartridge case, there are provided a positioning means used in case that the ink cartridge is attached to a recording apparatus, an ink outlet port from an ink pack, an inlet port of the pressurized air and a connection terminal...

20060028518 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus comprises a print head, disposed to a horizontally movable carriage, for printing a recording medium, a print cartridge disposed in a detachably attachable manner to said print head, and a member disposed in a range including an operating range for attaching and detaching said print cartridge, wherein...

20060028516 - Printing cartridge with two-dimensional encoding formations: A printing cartridge for an inkjet printer includes a housing which is engageable with the printer. An ink supply arrangement is positioned in the housing and is connectable to an ink feed arrangement of the printer to feed ink to the printer when the housing is engaged with the printer....

20060028519 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer including a stationary frame; a tank supporter which is provided in the stationary frame and which supports at least one ink storing tank storing at least one sort of ink; a recording head which records an image on a recording medium by ejecting a droplet of...

20060028521 - Ink composition and ink-jet printing method using the same for improving ink-jet print quality: An ink-jet recording method comprising the step of ejecting a water-based inkjet ink onto a substrate printed material coated with a fixation layer causing a rapid reaction between the ink composition and the fixation layer on top of the substrate. The fixation layer on top of the substrate contains an...

20060028520 - Metal-cyanine dye having axial ligands which reduce visible absorption: The present invention provides an IR-absorbing metal-cyanine dye, said metal having at least one axial ligand bound thereto, wherein said axial ligand comprises a moiety suitable for reducing intermolecular interactions between adjacent dye molecules, thereby minimizing absorption of visible light. Dyes of this type are especially suitable for use in...

20060028522 - Printer: A first frame supports one of a platen and a dot-impact type print head. A second frame supports the other one of the platen and the print head. The second frame is supported by the first frame so as to be pivotable between a first position and a second position....

20060028523 - Ink jet recording apparatus: There is described an ink jet recording apparatus for properly adjusting the ink amount to be emitted onto a recording medium, to realize a reproduction of a high-resolution image free of sandy parts and uneven parts on the image surface. The inkjet recording apparatus includes: a recording head to emit...

20060028524 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a transport unit that conveys a recording medium and a recording head unit that records an image on the recording medium conveyed by the transport unit. The transport unit includes a straight transport unit that straightly conveys the recording medium. The transport unit also includes a...

20060028526 - Conveyance belt and belt conveyance device: A conveyance belt includes a base member and an elastic member. The base member includes at least one member. The base member has an annular shape. The elastic member is fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the base member by an adhesive agent. The base member defines a plurality...

20060028525 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a chassis, a roller rotatably supported in the chassis, a motor for driving the roller in either of first and second rotational directions, a motive gear that receives driving force from the motor, a driven gear that meshes with the motive gear, and a pivot...

20060028527 - Inkjet recording medium: An inkjet recording medium comprising a support having thereon an interlayer and an ink-absorbing layer in that order, wherein: a C value of the support is not less than 50, the C value being a scale of image clarity; a 60° specular glossiness of the support is not less than...

20060028528 - Interchangeable module for a portable printer and system for operating the same: A printer that includes a core printer assembly which includes subassemblies capable of printing on media, and a modular assembly of additional electronic devices that supplement to core printer operation, such as different card readers or wireless communication devices. The core printer includes a main circuit board that is connected...

20060028530 - Image forming device, image forming method, and image processing system: A printer as an image forming device establishes the same password for multiple confidential printing jobs received within a specified time period from the same user and sends them back to the source of the transmission. The printer approves the execution of the particular confidential printing job when the entered...

20060028529 - Vertical desktop printer: A desktop printer having a relatively small “footprint” on a desktop is provided comprising a base and a print engine connected together by a substantially vertically extending body of the printer. A media supply and collector are provided on surfaces of the body so as to be substantially vertically disposed,...

20060028531 - Method and apparatus for forming dye sublimation images in solid plastic: Method for forming a dye sublimation image in a substrate, particularly a plastic substrate, and apparatus to perform the method. According to the method taught by the present invention, a substrate is disposed on a perforated platen and a dye carrier having an image formed thereon of a dye sublimation...

20060028532 - Method and apparatus for determining the mechanical sinusoidal deflection angle of an oscillating mirror in a laser printer: A laser printer includes a light source, a photosensitive drum, an oscillating mirror, a beam detector, and a control circuit. The light source shines a light beam towards the oscillating mirror, which reflects the light beam towards the photosensitive drum. The beam detector detects light reflected from the oscillating mirror....

20060028533 - Optical scanning unit and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning unit, includes a light source having a plurality of light emitting sources, a vibration mirror part configured to reciprocatingly scan a light beam emitted from the light source where a torsion bar is a rotational axis, and a recording control part configured to output image information for...

20060028535 - Line head and image forming apparatus including the same: A line head includes an element substrate having light-emitting elements arrayed thereon and a sealing substrate that seals the light-emitting elements on the element substrate. A recess is formed on a portion of the substrate where light emitted from the light-emitting elements exits, and the recess is formed to include...

20060028534 - Line head module and image forming apparatus: A line head module includes a line head in which a plurality of organic EL elements is arranged, a lens array made by arranging lens elements that form an image of light from the line head. A first chamber formed on the side of the lens array of the line...

20060028536 - Polarization-direction-controlling element and exposure device: A polarization-direction-controlling element comprising a 1/2 wavelength plate disposed with a crystal optical axis tilted at substantially 45 degrees with respect to a polarization direction of a beam of light separated by a polarization-separating element with a part of a laser beam transmitted, is provided on the optical path of...

20060023005 - Compact front-operable image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a substantially flat top face and a slanted front face, the bottom side of which recedes backward. The image forming apparatus may includes a paper discharge tray disposed at a lower portion of the slanted front face, the paper discharge tray protruding...

20060023006 - Ejection tray, sheet supply and ejection device, image forming apparatus, and information display device: An ejection tray includes a container that contains a plurality of stacked recording sheets printed by a printing unit of an image forming apparatus, a movable cover mounted on the container, and a sorting member that sorts out a desired recording sheet from the recording sheets stacked in the container....

20060023007 - Motor control device, motor control method, and program: A motor control device includes: an operation amount setting unit that sets an operation amount of a motor for driving a driving target according to a predetermined driving signal; and a control unit that generates the driving signal. The control unit generates an initial driving signal such that a velocity...

20060023008 - Pagewidth printer having a printer controller with page expansion and control circuitry: A pagewidth printer includes a pagewidth printhead. A feed mechanism feeds print media through the printhead so that the printhead can carry out a pagewidth printing operation on the print media. A printer controller controls operation of the printhead. The controller has a printed circuit board that includes a central...

20060023009 - Liquid container, ink jet recording apparatus, apparatus and method for controlling the same, apparatus and method for detecting liquid consumption state: The invention provides a method of controlling an ink jet recording apparatus on which a liquid container is to be detachably mounted, the liquid container having a piezoelectric device for detecting the liquid. The method includes the steps of: detecting a characteristic value of the piezoelectric device by a detection...

20060023010 - Inkjet recording device: An inkjet recording device includes a nozzle module, a switching unit, a waveform generating unit, an image recognizing unit and a pulse width modulating unit. The image recognizing unit determines an ejection condition of the ink droplet ejected from the nozzle while referring to ejection data indicating a type of...

20060023013 - Drive circuit of piezoelectric element, driving method thereof, liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus: The drive circuit drives a plurality of piezoelectric elements connected in a matrix connection, each of the piezoelectric elements having a first electrode and a second electrode, and the drive circuit comprises: a drive signal generating device which generates a drive signal with voltage of a single polarity to be...

20060023012 - Print head driving apparatus usable with an ink-jet printer and semiconductor circuit board to implement the print head driving apparatus: A print head driving apparatus capable of enhancing integration of a semiconductor circuit board in which the print head driving apparatus. The print head driving apparatus includes a selecting unit to selectively drive a plurality of nozzles in the print head, a primitive signal receiving unit to receive a serial...

20060023011 - Suppression of artifacts in inkjet printing: A method of printing is provided. The method includes providing a travel path comprising a direction of motion of a printhead relative to a recording medium, the printhead having a linear array of nozzles positioned at a nonzero angle relative to the travel path; associating a pixel area of the...

20060023015 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which ejects droplets having electro rheological effects onto a recording medium; a holding device which holds the recording medium, the holding device being disposed at a position facing an ejection side surface of the ejection head, the recording medium interposing between the...

20060023014 - Inkjet recording apparatus and recording method: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a nozzle row aligned with a plurality of nozzles and a carrying mechanism capable of carrying a record medium by a multiple of an arbitrary natural number of a unit carry amount in a direction in parallel with the nozzle row....

20060023016 - Print cartridge temperature control: A print cartridge temperature control apparatus and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, ink passes from a first chamber, across a printhead, and to a second chamber to control the temperature of the printhead....

20060023017 - Exposure-energy-density and dynamic effect based uniformity correction for led printheads: A method for calibrating a printer including a light-emitting diode (LED) printhead for non-uniformity on an image plane. The LED recording elements are arranged in a plurality of arrays. A plurality of characteristics (102, 104, 106, 108, 110) associated with each recording element are measured and from the measured characteristics...

20060023018 - Print inspection device, printer provided with the same and print inspection method: A carriage, which moves an inkjet head group composed of a plurality of inkjet head arrays laid approximately perpendicular to a printing paper transport direction, carries a line CCD. The line CCD has a reader element array composed of a plurality of reader elements laid in the same direction as...

20060023019 - Printer assembly with a capping arrangement: A printer assembly includes an ink supply mechanism that incorporates a printhead. A platen is operatively connected to the ink supply mechanism. A capping mechanism is mounted on the platen and has an elongate capping arm for moving towards the printhead into a capped position and away from the printhead...

20060023020 - Head cleaning member for ink jet printer: To provide a head cleaning device for ink jet printers, which permits refresh operation of the recording head to be performed easily and quickly, and which has simple and compact structure. A head cleaning device which is used in an inkjet printer between a recording head and a recording medium...

20060023021 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes an ink jet head which ejects ink toward a recording medium to record an image thereon, a paper feed unit which feeds the recording medium, a recording medium conveyance unit which conveys the recording medium, an intake fan provided at the recording medium conveyance unit...

20060023022 - Ink jet recording apparatus: Even in the case where preliminary ejection is performed by a recording head having an array of pigment ink ejection outlets and an array of dye ink ejection outlets in which a length of the pigment ink ejection outlet array is longer than a length of the dye ink ejection...

20060023025 - Apparatus and method for controlling printing time: The invention provides a printing control system for controlling a print-head. The printing control system includes a motor controller, a time-delaying generator coupled to the motor controller, and a timer coupled to the delay time generator. The motor controller is used for calculating the moving speed of the print-head reaching...

20060023024 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a serial recording head having nozzles which jet photocurable ink; a light source which irradiates light onto the ink that landed on a recording medium and cures the ink; a primary scanning mechanism that reciprocates a carriage on which the recording head and the light...

20060023023 - Printing using traveling printheads: A printing device adapted to print upon a printing media. The printing device has a printing media transport adapted to transport the printing media along a media path; a printhead transport adapted to transport one or more printheads along the media path; and one or more printheads coupled to the...

20060023026 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer includes a plurality of recording heads for jetting inks of a plurality of kinds onto a recording medium, a light emitting device for irradiating light onto ink having reached the recording medium, a driving device for moving the plurality of recording heads and the recording medium relatively...

20060023028 - Head of inkjet printer and method of manufacturing the same: A head of an inkjet printer is formed by bonding of a heater substrate and a nozzle plate. In order to bond the heater substrate where a heater thin film and a protecting film are vapor-deposited, and the nozzle plate where a nozzle is formed, an intermediate layer is formed...

20060023027 - Method and apparatus for printing: A method and apparatus for delivering solvent free marking material to a receiver is provided. A printhead includes a discharge device having an inlet and an outlet with a portion of the discharge device defining a delivery path. An actuating mechanism is moveably positioned along the delivery path. A material...

20060023030 - Liquid ejection head and method of manufacturing the same: A liquid ejection head for ejecting droplets of a solution, in which charged particles are dispersed, by exerting electrostatic forces on the solution has an insulating ejection substrate in which through holes are bored to form ejection openings for ejecting the droplets; an insulating support substrate arranged while facing the...

20060023029 - Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus, and drive control method: l

20060023031 - Apparatus and method of inkjet printing on untreated hydrophobic media: An apparatus and method of thermal inkjet printing is provided. The apparatus is adapted to be used with an inkjet ink including a pigment(s), an aqueous vehicle, and a sufficient amount of polymeric binder and/or humectant(s) to wet and directly adhere to non-porous, uncoated, untreated, hydrophobic media. The ink is...

20060023032 - Actuator with reduced drive capacitance: Techniques are provided for reducing the amount of power required to activate a piezoelectric actuator of a microelectromechanical structure. An insulating layer is deposited on a piezoelectric layer. The insulating layer is etched to remove a portion of the layer and expose the piezoelectric layer in the etched areas. An...

20060023034 - Ink-jet head with ink blockage prevention device: An inkjet head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of pressure chambers corresponding to the nozzles and connected to the nozzles, a common ink chamber for supplying ink to the pressure chambers, a supply passage for supplying ink to the common ink chamber, a plurality of connection passages corresponding...

20060023033 - Inkjet head including plates bonded together by adhesive: An inkjet head including (a) an ink channel unit and (b) an actuator unit which are superposed on each other. The ink channel unit has (a-1) nozzles, (a-2) first recesses which are held in communication with the nozzles and which are formed in a recessed surface of the ink channel...

20060023035 - Apparatus for ejecting droplets: An apparatus for ejecting droplets comprises a reservoir, a pressure applicator, a nozzle hole, and a main droplet catcher. In the reservoir, liquid is reserved. The pressure applicator applies pressure to the liquid reserved in the reservoir. The nozzle hole communicates with the reservoir and has an ejection opening that...

20060023036 - Method and apparatus for reducing nozzle failure in stored inkjet printheads: An inkjet printhead and a method for increasing the shelf life thereof are herein disclosed. The inkjet printhead has one or more nozzles for dispensing a colorant. These nozzles are fluidically connected to a reservoir. A first colorant substantially fills the nozzles while a second colorant is reserved in the...

20060023038 - Air-driven delivery assembly: An air-driven delivery assembly for delivering marking material to a print head includes a supply reservoir configured to contain a quantity of marking material, a containment chamber coupled to the supply reservoir, and a low pressure source coupled to the containment chamber wherein activation of the low pressure source draws...

20060023037 - Clamping device for ink cartridges: An ink cartridge for insertion into a cartridge holder has an ink supply tube coupled therewith for delivering ink to the cartridge from a remote source, and a clamping device on said cartridge is operable to open the supply tube when the cartridge is introduced into the holder and to...

20060023040 - Inkjet pen adapter: A pen adapter is configured, in one example, to include a body having an internal surface defining a set of negative datum features configured to interlock with a first set of positive datum features. An external surface of the pen adapter is configured to define a second set of positive...

20060023039 - Microfluidic cartridge with reservoirs for increased shelf life of installed reagents: A microfluidic cartridge that includes at least one reservoir for storing a reagent or the like for an extended period of time. In one illustrative embodiment, at least part of a wall of a reservoir includes a hydrophobic material, such as a polymonochlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) homopolymer and/or copolymer. The hydrophobic material...

20060023044 - Fixing fluid and inkjet ink sets comprising same: The present invention pertains to a substantially colorless, oxysilyl groups-containing fixer fluid which, when applied over or under an inkjet ink, can enhance the properties of a printed image. The invention also pertains to an ink set comprising the fixer fluid, and a printing method employing the ink set....

20060023043 - Inkjet ink, printed matters, and inkjet recording method: (wherein R is a monovalent organic group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 may be the same or different and are individually hydrogen atom or alkyl group, alkyl sulfonyl group or alkoxy group each having 1 to 3 carbon atoms)....

20060023042 - Liquid composition for ink jet, ink set for ink jet, ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus: It is an object to provide a liquid composition for ink jet which contains at least an organic acid having an acid dissociation constant pKa of 4.5 or less, a water-soluble solvent, and water, further comprising at least one of compounds selected from the following group, and this is utilized...

20060023041 - Printing mechanism and method of ink formulation: One method of ink formulation may include providing a shipping material in a reservoir of a printing mechanism, placing a concentrated ink in communication with the reservoir, and mixing the shipping material and the concentrated ink together to create a print-ready ink....

20060023046 - Droplet application method, droplet application device, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: A droplet application method for discharging and applying a plurality of droplets onto a substrate, comprises repetition of: providing light energy to a droplet that has been applied; and applying another droplet onto the droplet to which the light energy has been provided....

20060023045 - Inkjet printer: The ultraviolet ray irradiation device 9 comprises the cover member 16 to cover the ultraviolet ray light source 15, and an ultraviolet ray reflectance of a surface which is an inner surface of the cover member 16 and reflects the ultraviolet ray radiated from the ultraviolet ray light source 15...

20060023051 - Conveyance control device, conveyance system and image forming system: The conveyance control device includes a detector that detects the conveyance distance of an object by a conveyance device, a section determiner that determines to which section within an object a reference point of the object belongs, and a target setter, based on a determination result of the section determiner,...

20060023048 - High speed serial printing using printheads: A printing device adapted to print upon a printing media. The printing device has a printing media inserter, a media path, and a plurality of printheads, positioned serially in the media path. Each of the printheads is adapted to print upon the printing media moving along the media path. The...

20060023053 - Image-recording apparatus: A plurality of nip rollers are provided under a driving roller approximately in a direction of a drive shaft of the driving roller. Respective shafts of the nip rollers are arranged so that the rotary shafts are inclined toward a downstream side in a transport direction of a recording medium...

20060023049 - Inkjet printer: An ink jet printer including fixed heads HD1 to HD5 which are arranged opposed to a recording surface PP of a recording medium P placed on a transporting belt V and transported. The ink jet printer has a recording area formed by arranging plural nozzles for ejecting ink droplets in...

20060023047 - Methods and system for identifying a print medium in a consumables cartridge having a pre-printed border thereon: A consumables cartridge having a supply of a print medium having a pre-printed border, and an identification identifying the print medium with the pre-printed border, where the identification is readable by a printing device in which the consumables cartridge is installed....

20060023052 - Platen for marginless image recording and image recording apparatus with such a platen mounted therein: An image recording apparatus has a platen supporting the under side of a sheet conveyed in a conveying direction. The platen has upstream ribs and a downstream rib, between which a marginless recording region lies. The platen also has first ribs, second ribs and third ribs, respectively supportable of front...

20060023050 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus for effecting recording by a recording head on a recording material which is fed by a plurality of pairs of feeding rollers, the recording apparatus, includes a first feeding roller for feeding the recording material with a first feeding force; a second feeding roller for feeding the...

20060023054 - Gaming cloth and method of printing gaming cloth: A gaming cloth comprises a cloth with a playing surface (10) having a design (12) printed thereon. At least 30% of the area of the playing surface is printed with a camouflage design (14) as defined by the function ΔE2<k ΔE1, where ΔE1, is a measure of the complexity of...

20060023055 - Accumulator drum and method of use for an image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprising an accumulator drum for receiving toner images from a plurality of imaging units and transferring the toner images to a receiving media. The basic components of the image forming apparatus comprise an accumulator drum having a plurality of imaging units with photoconductive drums positioned about...

20060023056 - Optical scanning apparatus: The optical scanning apparatus includes a light amount reducing filter such as a neutral density filter which has transmittance ηnd satisfying an expression ηnd=(W1/W0)/(ηAOM×ηref×ηtra) and a light amount reducing function using absorption or reflection and which is disposed between a laser light source and an AOM on an optical path...

20060023057 - Method and apparatus for adjusting an image alignment for an image forming apparatus: A method and apparatus for adjusting an image alignment of an image forming apparatus that uses a thermal print head for applying heat to first and second sides of a medium for printing are provided. In the apparatus and method, a first printed area on the first side of the...

20060023058 - Laser process apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device: To mass-produce semiconductor devices with high reliability in short time by suppressing the generation of vibration at the laser irradiation and moving a laser beam having homogeneous energy profile in one direction. A substrate is sucked onto a surface of a cylindrical rotator along the curvature of the rotator, the...

20060023059 - Seamless stitching of multiple image fields in a wide-format laser printer: Systems and methods are described for stitching multiple images together in a printer to form a single, seamless, composite image. The use of multiple laser sources and multiple scan lenses with one or more scanner assemblies and various image stitching methods achieves seamless image stitching in a manner that provides...

20060023060 - Dynamic correction of field curvature from a scanner: Systems and methods are described that dynamically correct field curvature and other focus errors in imaging systems that use rotating scanners to scan an image field. The dynamic correction controls the focusing of an image field such that focus is maintained across the width of a photosensitive element as a...