Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 03/06

20060066646 - Image forming apparatus and method: The image forming apparatus comprises: a recording head which includes a plurality of nozzles through which droplets of liquid are ejected to and deposited on a recording medium to form dots on the recording medium, the nozzles being arranged in a nozzle row; a conveyance device which causes the recording...

20060066647 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus capable of performing a non-margin recording operation without a margin on a recording medium and providing a waiting time between a moment of termination of a movement of a carriage in one of opposite directions and a moment of initiation of a subsequent movement of the carriage...

20060066649 - Method and apparatus for recording images on deformed image-recordable object: In an image-recording apparatus for recording at least two images at desired positions on an image-recordable object: positions of a plurality of reference marks which are arranged in advance on the image-recordable object and common to the at least two images are detected; each of recording positions of the at...

20060066648 - Printing system and client device for the same, printing device, printing method, printing program and recording medium for the same: A printing system includes: a printing device that prints, using ink, an image including a plurality of pixels each assigned with any one of a plurality of tone values; a server device that distributes printing data of a printing image, and first data that represents a total number of pixels...

20060066650 - Method and apparatus for printing using a plurality of basic colorants and at least one high fidelity colorant: A method of printing using a plurality of basic colorants and at least one high fidelity colorant includes obtaining system variables that impact high fidelity color printing; and printing with an optimized usage of the plurality of basic colorants and the at least one high fidelity colorant based on a...

20060066652 - Liquid ejection apparatus and method for controlling liquid ejection apparatus: An ink jet printer as an liquid ejection apparatus includes two ink channels which are independent from each other and communicate an ink tank and a pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle, a pump pressurizing ink in one of the ink channels, and a mode switching section capable of switching...

20060066651 - Method and system for avoiding bottom of page printing artifacts: Method and devices for reducing printing artifacts. In one embodiment, a method includes directing ink onto a medium, the medium having a trailing edge; tracking the position of the medium in relation to a nip roller; adjusting the direction of ink onto the medium a first time when the trailing...

20060066653 - Image forming apparatus and method: The image forming apparatus comprises: a first liquid ejection device which ejects droplets of a first liquid; a second liquid ejection device which ejects droplets of a second liquid; and a liquid volume ratio control device which controls a liquid volume ratio of the first liquid and the second liquid...

20060066654 - Print media detection in an imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a controller and a media detection device mechanically engaged with a print media. The media detection device has a movable indicator having a surface with distinct reflectance characteristics. A reflectance sensor is communicatively coupled to the controller. The reflectance sensor reads a reflectance of the surface...

20060066655 - Printhead die warming: A method for printing with a plurality of dies. A plurality of dies is provided, with each die having a plurality of drop generators that are configured to eject drops of a same colored fluid. The drops from each die have a corresponding nominal drop weight at a reference temperature...

20060066656 - Method for reducing dot placement errors in imaging apparatus: A method for reducing dot placement errors in an imaging apparatus includes printing with a printhead having a plurality of nozzles a plurality of printhead alignment patterns, each printhead alignment pattern being printed at a different predefined printhead firing frequency of a plurality of printhead firing frequencies; and determining a...

20060066658 - Methods for determining unidirectional print direction for improved quality: A method of determining unidirectional print direction for optimal quality on an ink jet printer capable of bidirectional printing includes printing a first plurality of indicators on a recordable medium, wherein the first plurality of indicators are printed in a first direction; printing a second plurality of indicators on the...

20060066657 - Systems and methods for print head defect detection and print head maintenance: A method for detecting a defect in an inkjet print head within an inkjet marking device includes marking images on a rotating intermediate substrate according to an image sequence, marking a test image on at least one blank portion of the intermediate substrate, the blank portion resulting from the image...

20060066660 - Long term maintenance for ink jet printhead: A method of performing periodic maintenance on a printhead in an ink jet printer, includes the steps of: applying electrical power to the ink jet printer at a start time; determining an elapsed time since the start time; comparing the elapsed time with a determinate time period; and performing a...

20060066659 - Process for protectively coating hydraulic microcircuits against agressive liquids, particularly for an ink jet printhead: Process for protectively coating against aggressive liquids hydraulic microcircuits made in a resin (32), particularly for an ink jet printhead, consisting of: a9 disposing of a silicon substrate (20) comprising a sacrificial layer (26) of copper, deposited on the substrate and defining the inner shape of the hydraulic microcircuits (35,...

20060066662 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection device which ejects ink comprising a coloring material dispersed or dissolved in a solvent onto a recording medium; a treatment liquid application device which applies a treatment liquid which produces a charged aggregate of the coloring material by reaction with the ink...

20060066661 - Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus: The present invention provides an ink jet recording method and an ink jet recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium by using an ink containing a coloring agent and a liquid composition containing a component for coagulating and/or thickening the ink. The method is characterized in that...

20060066663 - Ink jet printer and method of wiping an ink discharging plane: An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head, a wiper and a transferring device. The ink jet head has an ink discharging plane. A plurality of ink openings for discharging ink toward a print medium and a liquid opening for discharging liquid are formed on the ink...

20060066664 - Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having an ejection port surface on which ejection ports for ejecting liquid are formed; a wiping device having a blade member which wipes and cleans the ejection port surface; a sliding device which causes the blade member to slide relatively with...

20060066665 - Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having an ejection port surface on which ejection ports for ejecting liquid are formed; a wiping device having a blade member which wipes and cleans the ejection port surface; a sliding device which causes the blade member to slide relatively with...

20060066666 - Inkjet printer spit cup assembly: A first inkjet printer spit cup assembly includes a spit cup having a mounting hole and inner teeth, includes a cylindrical post attached to a base portion and positioned in the mounting hole, and includes a wing. The wing and inner teeth are adapted to permit rotation, and to prevent...

20060066667 - Ink-jet recording apparatus and recording method therefor: A recording head has a dot formation element array including a pluarlity of dot formation elements arranged in a first direction. A platen is operable to hold a recording medium in a position opposite to the recording head. The platen has a hole formed in a substantially center area in...

20060066668 - System for independent translational motion on two axes using one motor: A system for independent translational motion on two axes using one motor is described. In one configuration, a modified dual Scotch Yoke using slots resembling the letter J is utilized to drive both the maintenance station and ink jet head of a mailing machine....

20060066669 - Method for performing edge-to-edge transition during printing with an imaging apparatus: A method of printing on a print medium includes using a first quantity of nozzles of a printhead to print a first set of scan lines of a plurality of scan lines at an edge of the print medium; using a second quantity of nozzles of the printhead to print...

20060066670 - Inkjet printing head and inkjet printer using the same: An inkjet printing head is disclosed. The inkjet printing head comprises a nozzle unit having a length in the main scanning direction corresponds to a paper width, the nozzle unit comprising a plurality of nozzle sections split in a main scanning direction, one or more of the plurality of nozzle...

20060066671 - Image processing and ink-jet recording apparatus for carrying out processing for reducing amount of ink delivered from recording apparatus to recording medium: When image data output to an ink-jet recording apparatus for performing color recording using inks of a plurality of colors is to be processed, input image data is converted into data corresponding to colors of inks and gamma correction is applied to the data corresponding to colors of inks. In...

20060066672 - Ink-jet printhead and manufacturing method thereof: An ink-jet printhead and a manufacturing method thereof include a substrate on which an ink chamber having a predetermined volume is formed, a passage for supplying ink to the ink chamber which is formed on a bottom of the ink chamber, a nozzle plate which includes a nozzle corresponding to...

20060066673 - Printhead assembly with a mounting channel having a silicon core: The present invention relates to a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a metal body defining a channel and a silicon core located within the channel. One or more printhead modules mounted to the silicon core are also provided. In one embodiment, each printhead module may include an integrated circuit...

20060066675 - Inkjet head with conductive elastic member for electrical continuity between remote contacts in same: An inkjet head for ejecting ink droplets is disclosed which includes: a nozzle unit having metal thin plates and a piezoelectric device, adapted to eject the ink droplets; a printed circuit board supplying to the piezoelectric device a drive signal for causing the nozzle unit to eject the ink droplets;...

20060066676 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection head comprises: a nozzle surface on which a plurality of nozzles are arranged; a diaphragm on which a plurality of piezoelectric elements are arranged; a plurality of pressure chambers which are defined between the nozzle surface and the diaphragm, each of the plurality of pressure chambers applying...

20060066677 - Liquid ejection head, manufacturing method thereof, and image forming apparatus: The liquid discharge head comprises: a plurality of ejection ports which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers which communicate respectively with the plurality of ejection ports; a plurality of piezoelectric elements which deform the plurality of pressure chambers respectively and are provided on a side of the pressure chambers...

20060066674 - Liquid-jetting apparatus and method for producing the same: A liquid-jetting apparatus comprises a nozzle plate formed with nozzles, a pressure chamber plate for forming pressure chambers, and a piezoelectric actuator arranged therebetween. A surface of the nozzle plate, which is opposed to the pressure chamber plate, has an insulating property. Wiring sections, which are formed on the surface...

20060066678 - Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus: The invention provides an ink jet recording head in which an element substrate provided in a head unit and constituted of plural drive elements is driven to discharge ink droplets from plural nozzles. In the ink jet recording head, the head unit has a substantially parallelogram shape, and plural head...

20060066679 - Micro-electromechanical liquid ejection device having symmetrically actuated ink ejection components: A micro-electromechanical liquid ejection device includes a substrate that defines a liquid inlet. Integrated drive circuitry is positioned on the substrate. A nozzle chamber assembly defines a nozzle chamber and a liquid ejection port in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber. The nozzle chamber assembly incorporates a liquid ejection component...

20060066680 - Micro-electromechanical liquid ejection device with motion amplification: A micro-electromechanical liquid ejection device includes a substrate that defines a liquid inlet channel. Drive circuitry is positioned on the substrate. A nozzle chamber structure is positioned on the substrate and defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the liquid inlet channel and a liquid ejection port in fluid...

20060066681 - Power and ground buss layout for reduced substrate size: A semiconductor substrate for a micro-fluid ejection device. The substrate includes plurality of micro-fluid ejection actuators disposed adjacent a fluid supply slot in the semiconductor substrate. A plurality of power transistors, occupying a power transistor active area of the substrate, are disposed adjacent the ejection actuators and are connected through...

20060066683 - Inkjet head inspection device: An inkjet head inspection device inspects an inkjet head including plural nozzles that eject ink droplets, plural ink reservoirs that contain the ink to be ejected from the plural nozzles, and plural piezoelectric elements that exert pressure on the ink reservoirs to force the ink droplets out of the nozzles....

20060066685 - Liquid ejecting apparatus, method for manufacturing liquid ejecting apparatus, and ink-jet printer: An ink-jet head includes a common liquid chamber, a plurality of pressure chambers, a plurality of nozzles which eject ink, a plurality of individual ink channels communicating with the common liquid chamber, the pressure chambers and the nozzles, and a piezoelectric actuator which selectively varies the volume of the plurality...

20060066689 - Liquid ejection head and manufacturing method thereof: The liquid ejection head comprises: a plurality of ejection ports which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers which respectively communicate with the ejection ports; a plurality of piezoelectric elements which respectively deform the plurality of pressure chambers and are provided to faces of the pressure chambers opposite to faces...

20060066688 - Liquid ejection head, image forming apparatus, and liquid ejection head manufacturing method: The liquid ejection head comprises: a core substrate of which base material is fiber, the core substrate being provided with a plurality of ejection ports and a plurality of pressure chambers which communicate respectively with the plurality of ejection ports; a diaphragm which is attached to one surface of the...

20060066687 - Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection head comprises: a plurality of ejection ports through which liquid is ejected; a plurality of pressure chambers which are connected respectively to the ejection ports; a common liquid chamber in which the liquid to be supplied to the pressure chambers is accumulated; a plurality of supply flow...

20060066686 - Liquid ejection head, method of manufacturing same, and image forming apparatus comprising same: The method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head comprising a diaphragm which serves as portions of pressure chambers connected to nozzles through which liquid is ejected, and piezoelectric bodies which deform the diaphragm, the method comprises: an electrical wire forming step of removing at least a part of a silicon...

20060066682 - Multiple head concentric encapsulation system: A multi-headed ink-jet system adapted to eject encapsulated liquids is provided, which includes a plurality of concentric piezoelectric members. Each concentric piezoelectric member has a chamber configured to carry a liquid therethrough, and each concentric piezoelectric member is in liquid communication with an exit port provided in a concentric orifice....

20060066684 - Piezoelectric actuator, method for producing the same and ink-jet head: A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric actuator includes a first step of providing, on an insulating layer, a first electrode which has a recess formed on a surface of the first electrode; a second step of forming a piezoelectric layer on the surface of the first electrode; and a third...

20060066691 - Inkjet head: An inkjet head has: a channel unit having a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure chambers respectively communicating with the nozzles; and an actuator unit stuck onto the channel unit and having a piezoelectric sheet, a plurality of individual electrodes respectively arranged to positionally correspond to the pressure...

20060066690 - Inkjet printer head: An inkjet printer head for performing recording by ejecting ink onto a recording medium, has: a cavity unit including a plurality of nozzle holes for ejecting the ink, a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with each of the nozzle holes, and a manifold that temporarily accumulates the ink that is...

20060066692 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection head comprises: a nozzle through which liquid is ejected; a pressure chamber which is connected to the nozzle; a diaphragm which pressurizes the pressure chamber; and a laminated piezoelectric element which causes the diaphragm to deform and is formed on the diaphragm by means of a thin...

20060066693 - Multi-nozzle ink jet head: A multi-nozzle ink jet head formed through semiconductor processes. The multi-nozzle head has a head substrate in which are formed a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure chambers, a diaphragm that acts as a common electrode and covers the plurality of pressure chambers, piezoelectric body layers that are...

20060066694 - Structure for holding ink cartridge: A support structure for ink cartridge eliminates potential obstacles in replacement of an ink cartridge, thereby facilitating the replacement. The support structure includes a carriage (2) which has a rear wall (2a) for supporting a rear surface of an ink cartridge (1), a base for supporting a bottom surface of...

20060066695 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus ejects liquid retained in a liquid container from a liquid ejection head. The apparatus includes a liquid supply needle having an outlet line that can be connected to the interior of the liquid container, a liquid supply line connecting the outlet line of the liquid supply...

20060066696 - Ink container and mounting method of the ink container: An ink container capable of being simply mounted in a holder with a small working space includes a rib-like guide portion for determining a mounting path during mounting of the ink container in a head cartridge at a side surface. The head cartridge includes a holder portion provided with a...

20060066697 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which includes a plurality of nozzles to eject a liquid to deposit the liquid on a recording medium being conveyed relatively to the ejection head to form an image on the recording medium; a tank which stores the liquid to be supplied...

20060066698 - Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid tank: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection unit which ejects a liquid; a liquid storage unit which stores the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection unit; a plurality of flow passages through which the liquid flows; and a switching unit which holds a removable filter to trap...

20060066699 - Ink set, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, ink-jet recording apparatus, and image formation method: An ink set, which is an ink set (A) obtained by combining a plurality of aqueous inks (a) and is used together with an aqueous ink (B) containing a water-insoluble coloring material, wherein respective aqueous inks constituting the ink set (A) contain at least one water-soluble organic solvent serving as...

20060066700 - Edge-to-edge printing: A method of and apparatus for printing a borderless image from original image data on a medium having medium dimensions and at least one medium tolerance. The method comprises the acts of determining a ratio between two dimensions of the original image data, determining a sum between the at least...

20060066701 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which forms an image on an ejection receiving medium, by ejecting liquid having electrorheological properties onto the ejection receiving medium; a holding device which holds the ejection receiving medium on a surface facing a liquid ejection surface of the ejection head; a...

20060066703 - Image recording apparatus and image recording method: The image recording apparatus comprises: a recording head which ejects a recording liquid having properties of being cured by irradiation of radiation, onto a recording medium; a relative conveyance device which causes the recording head and the recording medium to move relatively to each other in a relative conveyance direction;...

20060066702 - Ink-jet application method and display device producing method: By using an ink-jet application method, a solid content having a desired thickness contained in an application solution is formed in a desired region of a substrate by repeating an applying process and a drying process more than once. In the applying process, the application solution is sprayed and applied...

20060066704 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which ejects droplets of a radiation curing liquid; an intermediate transfer medium on which an image is formed by the droplets ejected from the ejection head; an evaporation device which evaporates the droplets deposited on the intermediate transfer medium; a preliminary curing...

20060066705 - Automatic edge guide assembly: An automatic edge guide assembly comprises a sheet feeding mechanism, a slide housing mounted within the sheet feeding mechanism and an edge guide slidably connected to the slide housing. The edge guide is biased by a first biasing force and a second biasing force, wherein the first force is greater...

20060066706 - Ink jet printer: Rollers between which an endless belt is wound have a pair of first grooves looping around a rotational axis of each roller. A pair of second grooves is formed in an upper face of a support plate that supports an inner face of the endless belt, these second grooves extending...

20060066707 - Ink jet recording element: The present invention relates to an ink jet recording element having very good dye keeping properties in time. Said ink jet recording element comprises a support and at least one ink-receiving layer, said ink-receiving layer comprising at least one hydrosoluble binder and at least one aluminosilicate polymer obtainable by a...

20060066708 - Line head and image forming apparatus: A line head includes pixel circuits each of which has a plurality of light-emitting elements and circuit elements arranged in a line, and that make the light-emitting elements emit light selectively, based on selecting signals and data signals; selecting circuits that generate the selecting signals based on clock signals input...

20060066709 - Line head and image forming apparatus: A line head includes pixel circuits each of which has a plurality of light-emitting elements and circuit elements arranged in a line, and which allow the light-emitting elements to selectively emit light, based on selection signals and data signals; data lines that are arranged adjacent to the pixel circuits along...

20060066710 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that forms images, while continuously conveying, a long flexible recording medium in a constant conveyance direction on a conveyance path, the image forming apparatus comprising: a belt conveyance mechanism that is disposed on the conveyance path and is configured by an endless belt wound between at...

20060066711 - Thermal printer and thermal printing method: The recording sheet is virtually divided into a recording area and an unrecording area in a main scan direction. Unrecording area printing heat energy is Esi calculated by subtracting printing heat energy Epi for a line to be printed from maximum printing heat energy Epmax for printing each line in...

20060066712 - Image forming apparatus and scanning unit: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member and a scanning lens. The photosensitive member bears a latent image thereon and defines a main scanning direction. The scanning lens transmits a light beam scanningly deflected in the main scanning direction for exposing the photosensitive member to the light beam to...

20060066713 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: an optical scanning unit for deflecting and scanning a light on a photosensitive body, the optical scanning unit having: a light source for emitting the light; a deflection section that deflects the emitted light; a driving section that drives the deflection section; and a temperature...

20060066715 - Image forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus for forming an image on a long flexible recording medium carried continuously in a specified transportation direction, including: at least two rollers over which the long flexible recording medium is stretched; a tension setting portion for stretching the long flexible recording medium horizontally by keeping the tension...

20060066714 - Method and apparatus for drawing visible image on optical disk by vibrating laser beam focus: A method is designed for drawing a visible image on an optical disk recordable by means of an optical pickup which irradiates an optical beam onto the optical disk through an objective lens of the optical pickup. The method is carried out by the steps pf rotating the optical disk...

20060055716 - Ink jet head, control method therefor, and ink jet recording apparatus: The present invention provides a control method for controlling an ink jet head. The inkjet head includes an ejection port substrate having ejection ports for ejection of the droplets, ejection electrodes respectively being located in a position corresponding to each of the ejection ports, and a guard electrode formed in...

20060055715 - Ink jet recording method, recording apparatus, and recorded object: In an ink jet recording apparatus, it is detected whether or not an ejection has been performed at least one time while printing an image, with respect to each nozzle, within a predetermined period (preliminary on-paper ejection cycle corresponding to the checking area C1), and the nozzle which has performed...

20060055714 - Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid ejection method: Even when ejection characteristics of ink droplets are dispersed between unit heads and when arrangement accuracies of unit heads are dispersed, stripe unevenness is alleviated by correction corresponding to each unit head. In a liquid ejection apparatus having a line head (10) arranged by juxtaposing a plurality of (unit) heads...

20060055717 - Line-type ink-jet recording apparatus: A line-type ink-jet recording apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism, a passage unit, a plurality of actuators, and an actuator controller. The actuator controller supplies an ejection signal to each of the actuators so that ink is ejected from n ejection openings communicating with a same one of the common ink...

20060055719 - Ink jet system: An ink jet injection system performs detecting an ink injection condition by ejecting ink droplets so as to form a detecting pattern on a recording medium. When the detecting pattern is formed, the ink droplets are ejected at almost the same position in the state in which the transportation of...

20060055718 - Liquid-discharging device and printing system: The present invention relates to a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a movable head provided with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a liquid; a carry unit for carrying a medium in a predetermined carrying direction; and a sensor for detecting an edge of the medium, the liquid ejecting apparatus controlling...

20060055721 - Apparatus and methods of detecting relative position of rf signature on print media: The presence of a radio frequency signature (88) on a cut sheet of print media (28) is detected by a radio frequency interrogating device (94) to determine it's relative left/right position on the print media (28). Either the leading edge (124) or trailing edge (126) of the print media (28)...

20060055720 - Method for intra-swath banding compensation: A method of intra-swath banding compensation in an imaging apparatus utilizing an ink jet printhead that reciprocates in a main scan direction, the ink jet printhead having a nozzle array with a plurality of nozzles, includes printing with the plurality of nozzles in the main scan direction a pattern of...

20060055722 - Pattern forming method, method of manufacturing electronic apparatus, and method of manufacturing substrate: A pattern forming method is a method of forming a pattern on a surface of an object by using a droplet discharge device that discharges a first droplet and a second droplet from nozzles. The pattern forming method includes when coordinates on the object surface are represented by integers m...

20060055724 - Fluid ejection device structures and methods therefor: Methods of forming a fluid channel in a semiconductor substrate may include applying a material layer to at least one surface of the semiconductor substrate. The method may further include manipulating the material layer to form a surface topography corresponding to a channel, the surface topography being configured to control...

20060055723 - Planarization layer for micro-fluid ejection head substrates: A substantially inorganic planarization layer for a micro-fluid ejection head substrate and method therefor. The planarization layer includes a plurality of layers composed of one or more dielectric compounds and at least one spin on glass (SOG) layer having a total thickness ranging from about 1 microns to about 15...

20060055725 - Position information apparatus and methods for radial printing: Methods and apparatus for determining angular position information and the printing of individual ink objects at target print sectors disbursed around an annular surface on a circular spinning media such as on a CD, dynamically during the radial printing process, are described. Mechanisms for computing the instantaneous angular position and...

20060055726 - Method for removing liquid in the gap of a printhead: A method for removing liquid in a gap of an ink jet printhead comprising a drop generator, with an outlet valve, orifice plate and charge plate, wherein a cross flush valve is additionally used to form a cross flush pressure in the drop generator, then actuators are used to vibrate...

20060055727 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a head part having a jet opening part configured to jet ink, a moisture retention cap configured to maintain moisture by covering the jet opening part, and a suction part configured to suction ink situated at the jet opening part. A suction cap having the...

20060055728 - Tube pump and inkjet recording apparatus: A tube pump includes a housing section formed with a recession having an inner surface in an arc shape, a tube that is disposed along the inner surface at a mid portion of the tube and feeds UV-curable ink, a press member that is disposed on an opposite side to...

20060055729 - Printhead wiper cleaning mechanism for an imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a maintenance station mounting a printhead wiper having a waste ink collection surface. A printhead carrier carries a printhead and a printhead wiper cleaning mechanism for cleaning the printhead wiper. The printhead wiper cleaning mechanism includes a hook member for contacting the waste ink collection surface...

20060055730 - Ink jet recording apparatus: The present invention provides an ink jet recording apparatus which has a recording head having at least one nozzle which ejects liquid droplets of ink to record an image on a recording medium. The ink jet recording apparatus includes a mist collecting device for collecting a mist that does not...

20060055731 - Ink jet head, ink jet printer and method for manufacturing ink jet head: The present invention provides an ink jet head which can prevent non-discharge due to face wetting. In the ink jet head according to the present invention which has an ink nozzle for discharging ink and in which the ink is discharged from a discharge port communicated with the ink nozzle...

20060055733 - Double-action micro-electromechanical device: A double-action micro-electromechanical device includes a substrate. Integrated drive circuitry is positioned on the substrate. An actuator having an elongate actuator arm has a fixed end fast with the substrate and a free end displaceable with respect to the substrate. A pair of heater elements is connected to the drive...

20060055732 - Method of working small recess portion, method of fabricating liquid ejection head and liquid ejection head: The invention is directed to a method of working a small recess portion. In the method, prior to press-forming small recess portions arrayed in a row by pressing a predetermined number of pieces of aligned male dies to a metal base plate, the metal base plate is previously formed with...

20060055734 - Liquid ejection apparatus and electric field application method: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: an ejection head which ejects a droplet of electrorheological liquid toward an ejection receiving medium; an electric charge application device which applies electric charge onto a surface of the droplet deposited on a first surface of the ejection receiving medium substantially simultaneously as the droplet...

20060055735 - Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of liquid ejection elements arrayed in a flat area on a substrate. Each liquid ejection element includes a liquid chamber, a heating element disposed in the liquid chamber, and a nozzle. The heating elements are disposed alternately on a first and second lines...

20060055736 - High efficiency thermal ink jet printhead: There is disclosed an inkjet 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 gas...

20060055737 - Ink jet printhead and relative manufacturing process: The chambers (42) and each corresponding ink feeding duct (56), made in a structural layer of photosensitive resin (38), are delimited by a flat bottom wall (36) made of a protective layer (34, 36) of tantalum and gold and an upper wall (44), consisting of a substantially concave surface, including...

20060055738 - Inkjet printhead heater chip with asymmetric ink vias: An inkjet printhead heater chip has an ink via asymmetrically arranged in a reciprocating direction of inkjet printhead movement. The ink via has two sides and a longitudinal extent substantially parallel to a print medium advance direction. A column of fluid firing elements exists exclusively along a single side of...

20060055739 - Filter plate usable with an ink jet head, an ink jet head with the filter plate, and a method of fabricating the filter plate: A filter plate usable with an ink jet head, an ink jet head with the filter plate, and a method of fabricating the filter plate are provided. The filter plate includes a filter substrate having a filter hole region. Filter holes having angled line shapes extend through the filter substrate...

20060055741 - Ink-jet head: An ink-jet head in which an ink emitting surface (front surface) for emitting ink from ink channels partitioned by piezo-electric driving walls is opposite to an ink supplying surface (rear surface) for supplying ink to the ink channels, wherein the printed circuit board which covers the ear parts of ink...

20060055740 - Inkjet recording head, inkjet printer, and droplet jetting apparatus: An inkjet recording head includes an ejector substrate in which plural droplet ejectors are arranged. Each droplet ejector includes a pressure chamber that houses ink, a drive element that acts on the ink in the pressure chamber to generate pressure waves and a nozzle which communicates with the pressure chamber...

20060055743 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus comprising same: The liquid ejection head comprises: a nozzle plate which has a plurality of ejection apertures through which a liquid is ejected; a plurality of pressure chambers which are connected respectively to the ejection apertures; a plurality of liquid supply flow channels which supply the liquid respectively to the pressure chambers;...

20060055742 - Liquid ejection head, image forming apparatus and method of manufacturing liquid ejection head: The liquid ejection head comprises: a plate which has a plurality of ejection ports which eject a liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers connected respectively to the ejection ports; a plurality of piezoelectric elements which respectively deform the pressure chambers, the piezoelectric elements being provided on a side of the...

20060055744 - Ink jet recording head and method of manufacturing the same: An ink jet recording head is formed by laminating a nozzle plate, ink pool plates, a through plate, an ink supply path plate, a pressure chamber plate and a vibrating plate in order. These members of the head are bonded to each other with an adhesive. An inner wall of...

20060055745 - Piezoelectric element, liquid droplet ejection head, and liquid droplet ejection apparatus: A metal oxide layer is disposed on the lower potential side when an electric field in a predetermined direction is applied to the piezoelectric body which is deformed by an applied electric field, and compensates for the oxygen vacancies which are generated in the piezoelectric body by applying the electric...

20060055746 - Inkjet printing method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for inkjet printing by means of a plurality of inkjet nozzles arranged in at least one row and having spaced, parallel nozzle axes for emitting liquid ink drops towards the substrate, and multi-level charging and deflecting plates controlled to deflect individual drops to selected locations on...

20060055747 - Method and apparatus for forming and charging fluid droplets: A continuous inkjet recording apparatus forms a continuous stream of droplets from a jetted fluid. A charge electrode is employed to characterize droplets selected for printing from droplets that are not selected for printing. The charge electrode is sized and optionally positioned such that a specific droplet scheme can be...

20060055749 - Ink reservoir for automatic recording, writing, and drawing devices: An ink reservoir or tank for automatic recording, writing, and drawing devices, particularly ink-jet systems, such as printers and plotters, wherein a sleeve or bandage is arranged within the ink reservoir. The ink pouch and the printing device are entirely or partially surrounded by the sleeve or bandage. In addition,...

20060055748 - Reusable cartridge for inkjet printer: A cartridge for an inkjet printing apparatus. A case of molded plastic includes a downwardly-projecting nose section. An opening in the bottom of the nose section is surrounded by an upstanding stand pipe internal to the cartridge. An insert holds a filter and includes a tube section and an upper...

20060055750 - Inkjet recording ink and method of inkjet recording: These objects of the present invention can be achieved by an inkjet recording ink comprising an aqueous medium containing a yellow dye, particularly, a yellow dye represented by formula (1), having spectral absorption characteristics such that the maximum absorption wavelength is in the region from 390 to 470 nm and...

20060055752 - Method of inkjet recording: An ink-jet recording method for recording images on a base material by jetting UV-setting ink-jet ink which contains at least color materials, UV-polymeric compound, and photo-induced polymerization initiator in a water-based medium onto the base material, wherein ultraviolet rays are applied to the jetted inks within a contact time in...

20060055751 - Monoazo compounds and inks containing them: Y is OH, CO2H, SO3H or PO3H2; and n and m each independently have a value of 0 or 1; provided that the compound of Formula (1) is free from fibre reactive groups. Also an ink-jet printing ink, an ink-jet printing process, a printed material and an ink jet printer...

20060055753 - Recording liquid, liquid cartridge, liquid discharge apparatus and method of liquid discharge: According to the present invention, an ink (2) containing an EO adduct of a dihydric alcohol, having a hydrocarbon group with 9 or less carbon atoms and having an I/O ratio ranging between 1 and 1.37, is supplied via nozzles (42a) in the form of liquid droplets i onto a...

20060055754 - Inkjet recording device: An inkjet recording device is disclosed that is capable of precisely defining the gap between a conveyance belt and a recording head and maintaining good flatness of the conveyance belt and a recording medium being conveyed. A guide unit is arranged to push a portion of the conveyance belt from...

20060055755 - Liquid absorbing member and ink jet recording apparatus: The present invention provides a liquid absorbing member for absorbing excessive ink components from an ink image formed on a recording medium by an ink jet recording method, in which the liquid absorbing member contains fibrous matter, and the fiber thickness of fibers composing the fibrous matter is in a...

20060055756 - Wide format printer with a plurality of printhead integrated circuits: A wide format printer includes an elongate support structure interposed between a pair of legs. A wide format printhead assembly is mounted on the support structure. The printhead assembly includes a series of elongate printhead integrated circuits oriented to span a wide format printing zone and to carry out a...

20060055757 - Ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet recording apparatus which includes a recording head, and forms an image by ejecting printing liquid including a volatile organic compound (VOC) from the recording head onto a recording medium, wherein the ink jet recording apparatus includes a volatile organic compound decomposer for decomposing the volatile organic compound....

20060055758 - Page-width inkjet printer with printhead-transfer roller arrangement: A page-width inkjet printer includes a chassis. A print media feed assembly is mounted on the chassis. A page-width inkjet printhead is mounted on the chassis downstream of the feed assembly. A tubular print transfer roller is operatively positioned with respect to the printhead to receive and transfer print from...

20060055760 - Label printer with label supply feed control: A label printer assembly has a support for a supply roll of labels on a flexible web which is fed into an ink jet printer for printing onto a label without contacting the label. After printing, the web carrying the printed label is fed beyond a tear strip to permit...

20060055759 - Mechanism for temporarily stocking recording sheet material and printer equipped with the same: Disclosed are a sheet material stocking mechanism providing a large stocking capacity with a small space and a printer equipped with such a stocking mechanism. A thermal printer is composed of a roll accommodating unit (2) retaining a heat sensitive adhesive sheet (1) wound into a roll, a printing unit...

20060055762 - Ink-jet recording sheet: An ink-jet recording sheet containing a support having thereon a porous ink receptive layer containing: a hydrophilic polymer; inorganic particles having an average diameter of not more than 100 nm, a nonionic surface active agent; and a cationic surface active agent....

20060055761 - Method for manufacturing a flexographic printing master: A method for manufacturing a flexographic printing master comprising the steps of: (a) providing an ink-receiver surface; (b) jetting a curable jettable fluid on the ink-receiver surface characterized in that the curable jettable fluid comprises at least one photo-initiator, at least one monofunctional monomer, at least 5 wt % of...

20060055763 - Image processing apparatus: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which utilizes a first-type color material and a second-type color material which differ in reflection response to light falling within a predetermined wavelength range; which generates a code image from the first-type color material in accordance with data to be coded; which...

20060055764 - Compact mobile reconnaissance system: The present invention provides a compact mobile reconnaissance device that is designed to be deployed in hostile, dangerous, or difficult to access environments, to absorb shocks, to be resistant to adverse environmental conditions, and to transmit video and audio streams related to events at which it has been deployed to...

20060055765 - Light scanning device: A light scanning device capable of scanning a light beam on a photosensitive surface includes a light receiving system configured to receive the light beam and output a light receiving signal and a synchronizing signal generating system configured to generate a synchronizing signal with which light scanning is synchronized. The...

20060055766 - Image forming system, image forming method and image forming apparatus: An image forming system including: at least one image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets on the basis of image data; at least one temporary containing apparatus disposed downstream of the image forming apparatus for temporarily containing therein the sheets on which the images have been formed; a separating...

20060055767 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a first writing control device configured to control a writing of a first latent image, a second writing control device configured to control a writing of a second latent image, and a criterion timing determination device configured to determine a criterion timing for a series...

20060055768 - Laser printer for braille: A laser printer for Braille that obviates the need for embossing mechanisms and specialized paper. A laser printer for Braille according to the present teachings increases an amount of a toner that adheres to an area of a paper that corresponds to the Braille element. The increased amount of toner...

20060055769 - Optical writing apparatus and image forming apparatus: An optical writing apparatus includes a deflecting part having a deflection plane for deflecting a plurality of light beams, a synchronization detection mirror for reflecting the plurality of light beams from the deflecting part, a synchronization detection part for detecting the timing for deflecting the plural light beams reflected from...

20060050095 - Marking device and method for golf ball: A marking device comprises an ink jet printer (6) using an on-demand system. The printer (6) includes a body (18), a head (22), a slide table (24), a tray (26), an ink vessel (28), a solvent vessel (30), a pump (32) and a rest (34). The head (22) has a...

20060050096 - Ink ejection method, ink ejection apparatus, and image forming apparatus comprising same: The ink ejection apparatus comprises: a plurality of ink ejection heads which are provided corresponding to a plurality of colors to record a color image onto a recording medium by performing one relative movement with respect to the recording medium, the ink ejection heads having a plurality of nozzles for...

20060050097 - Printing method and printing system: The invention relates to a printing method that repeats in alternation a carrying operation of carrying a medium in a carrying direction, and a formation operation of forming an image on the medium by ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles that are aligned in the carrying direction and that...

20060050098 - Page width print head with a cooling member, and an ink cartridge and inkjet printer with the same: A page width print head having a cooling member, and an inkjet printer provided with the same. The page width print head assembly includes a head having an ink-feed hole to receive ink from an ink cartridge, ink channels in fluid communication with the ink-feed hole, a plurality of nozzles...

20060050099 - Image recording apparatus: In an image recording apparatus, reference patterns are provided on a surface of a transport belt that transports a recording medium such as paper attracted thereto to image recording sections defined by recording heads. It is arranged such that the reference patterns are detected while being transported as the transport...

20060050102 - Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic equipment: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table. The liquid droplet...

20060050101 - Method for correcting an amount of ejected ink in line head inkjet printer: A method for correcting an amount of ejected ink in a line head inkjet printer, includes measuring an amount of ink ejected from each block including at least one nozzle, a plurality of nozzles formed in an inkjet head, the plurality of nozzles divided into the blocks; and obtaining a...

20060050103 - Optional part for apparatus, apparatus having optional part, access device, method for distributing optional part and ink cartridge: Disclosed are a method for preventing shoplifting of an optional part without causing trouble to a retail store and inconvenience to a consumer and a method for enabling a storage device of the optional part to be customized as desired on the way of a distribution channel from a manufacturer...

20060050100 - Recording head driving device and driving method: A recording head driving device and driving method are disclosed. At an inkjet recording head, ejector groups, at which ejectors which respectively eject ink drops are disposed two-dimensionally, constitute units. The units are disposed, with respect to one direction, such that partial regions of end portions of ejector groups disposed...

20060050104 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a maintenance recovery mechanism for maintaining and restoring a condition of a recording head. An opening larger than an outline of a frame of the maintenance recovery mechanism is formed in a side plate to which an end of a guide rod...

20060050105 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer includes: (a) a head unit having ejecting portions and operable to eject a plurality of kinds of inks through the ejecting portions; (b) a discharger for discharging the inks through the ejecting portions; and (c) a communication controller. The discharger includes: (b-1) a cap selectively placeable in...

20060050106 - Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic equipment: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table facing a drawing...

20060050107 - Liquid-discharge recording head: A liquid-discharge recording head includes large nozzles for discharging large liquid drops and medium and small nozzles for discharging medium and small liquid drops that are smaller than the large liquid drops. The large nozzles are arranged on one side of an ink-supply opening and the medium and small nozzles...

20060050108 - Ink jet printhead chip with predetermined micro-electromechanical systems height: An inkjet printhead chip includes a wafer substrate (12). A CMOS drive circuitry layer is positioned on the wafer substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is positioned on the wafer substrate and the CMOS drive circuitry layer. Each nozzle arrangement includes nozzle chamber walls and a roof wall that define...

20060050110 - Liquid ejection recording head: A compact liquid ejection recording head capable of forming high-quality images at high speed includes large nozzles for ejecting large droplets, medium nozzles for ejecting medium droplets, and small nozzles for ejecting small droplets. The large nozzles are arranged on one side of an ink supply port, while the small...

20060050109 - Low bonding temperature and pressure ultrasonic bonding process for making a microfluid device: A piezoelectric ceramic inkjet print head is made by an ultrasonic bonding process. Specifically, there are disclosed several improved features of ink jet print heads, including a more cost-effective bonding process using an ultrasonic bonding technique, an improved piezoelectric ceramic crystal pattern, and improved print head-piezoelectric electrical contacts. Further, there...

20060050111 - Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus: The liquid ejection head comprises: a nozzle through which liquid is ejected, the nozzle having an inertance Mn; a pressure chamber which accommodates the liquid to be ejected through the nozzle; a pressurizing device which applies pressure to the liquid accommodated in the pressure chamber by deforming the pressure chamber...

20060050112 - Fluid drop ejection system capable of removing dissolved gas from fluid: A drop ejection system includes a drop ejection head and a reservoir. An air pump produces a partial vacuum above a fluid body in the reservoir to remove dissolved air or vapor in the fluid....

20060050113 - Inkjet printer head having arrangement for even distribution of ink into ink inlets: An inkjet printer head includes: (a) a head unit having a plurality of ink inlets and operable to eject an ink which is supplied through the ink inlets from an ink source, for performing a recording operation; (b) an ink channel held in communication with the ink source; (c) a...

20060050114 - Ink cartridge for ink-jet recording apparatus and method for manufacturing the same: An ink cartridge for ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink tank usable in an ink-jet recording apparatus and a water base ink filled in the ink tank. In the ink cartridge, the ink tank is formed of polyolefin containing a sorbitol derivative as a crystal-nucleating agent, and the pH of...

20060050121 - Activated light curable inkjet ink and image formation method: An activated light curable inkjet ink comprising: a photo-initiator, photo-polymerizable compound dispersant and modified silicone oil, wherein, when 0.1 percent by mass of the modified silicone oil is added to said activated light curable inkjet ink containing no modified silicone oil, a surface tension at 25° C. is reduced by...

20060050117 - Image recording process, image recording apparatus and liquid composition: Disclosed herein is an image recording process for recording an image on a recording medium, which comprises the step of recording the image on the recording medium with an ink, and applying a liquid composition comprising an amphiphilic block copolymer and a solvent to at least one of a region...

20060050116 - Ink jet ink and recording method: A UV-setting ink-jet ink containing at least color materials, UV-polymeric compound, and photo-induced polymerization initiator in a water-based medium, wherein the concentration of oxygen dissolved in the ink is 0.1 to 2 ppm at 25°. This structure of this invention can provide UV-setting ink-jet inks which can always be ejected...

20060050118 - Ink jet printer, ink jet recording method, and recorded matter: U

20060050119 - Ir transparent cyan inkjet ink: The present invention pertains to a cyan dye-based inkjet ink having substantially no absorption in the near-infrared region of the spectrum (near-IR transparent). The invention further pertains to a dye-based inkjet ink set comprising this near-IR transparent cyan ink....

20060050120 - Ir transparent inkjet ink set: The present invention pertains to an ink set comprising at least four different colored visible inks, for example BGMY, wherein none of the visible inks absorb significantly in the near infrared region (IR transparent)....

20060050115 - Process for dyeing or printing textile fibre materials with gloss pigments: The present invention relates to a process for dyeing or printing textile fibre materials, wherein a gloss pigment A or B is used comprising A(a) a core consisting of a substantially transparent or metallically reflecting material and A(b) at least one coating substantially consisting of one or more silicon oxides...

20060050122 - Ultraviolet rays emitter: An ultraviolet rays emitter for irradiating ultraviolet rays on an ink of an ultraviolet curing type which is adhered onto a recording medium includes a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements for emitting ultraviolet rays and a support member for mutually supporting these semiconductor light emitting elements in a matrix...

20060050123 - Image recording device and image recording method, and image receiving layer transferer element and image forming medium using them: In an apparatus for forming an image on an image receiver, in order to solve at least one problem that an ink sheet may be attached to an image receiving layer in a thermal transfer recording and that the image receiving layer may be transferred to an image receiver insufficiently...

20060050124 - Image forming apparatus, recording liquid, conveyor belt, recording liquid cartridge: An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium by ejecting a recording liquid to the recording medium at a recording part is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a conveyor belt for conveying the recording medium to the recording part, the conveyor belt satisfying a relation...

20060050125 - Image recording device: An image recording device includes plural retaining units each of which retains a recording medium on circumference thereof, a printing head that forms an image on the recording medium, a loop unit that retains the plural retaining units on a closed path, a first driving unit that drives each of...

20060050128 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer containing a print zone and an inkjet printhead for printing a substrate in the print zone, a supply unit for storing and delivering the substrate for printing, and a transport unit for transporting the substrate from the supply unit to the print zone, in which printer the...

20060050126 - Inkjet recording device: The present invention provides an inkjet recording device for forming an image on a recording medium with an inkjet recording head. The inkjet recording device is provided with a conveyance section and a switchback section. One face of the recording medium is adhered to the conveyance section and the conveyance...

20060050129 - Method of printing a substrate with an inkjet printer, and an inkjet printer suitable for performing this method: The invention relates to a method of printing a substrate using an inkjet printer which includes a holder to rotatably receive a roll on which the substrate is wound, a downstream print zone and an inkjet printhead for printing the substrate at the print zone, a transport means for engaging...

20060050127 - Recording apparatus: A feeding roller is adapted to feed a recording medium to a recording section provided in a recording apparatus. A shaft portion of the feeding roller is made of synthetic resin and formed with a hollowed portion. A roller portion is formed on an outer periphery of the shaft portion....

20060050130 - Inkjet recording medium: An inkjet recording medium obtained by forming a coating layer containing a pigment and a binder on the surface of a base material and coating layer is subsequently pressed onto a heated mirror finished surface to dry to form an ink absorbing layer through a cast coating method, wherein pigment...

20060050131 - Hand held printer correlated to fill-out transition print areas: The invention relates to a hand-held and hand-operated printing device having a print head assembly comprised in a housing for a hand-held and hand-operated printing controlled by a processor, and a method therefore. The position of the printing device on a print medium is sensed in relation to pixels to...

20060050132 - Ion print head and image forming apparatus using the same: An ion print head and image forming apparatus using the same includes at least one discharge cell array structure having microelectrodes to form an electrostatic latent image on an insulation layer of an electrostatic drum by selectively applying charged particles to the insulation layer. The at least one discharge cell...

20060050133 - Luminous device and optical fixing device: A luminous device comprises an array of LEDs aligned in a plural number “m” of lines which extend in a main scan direction, and are apposed in a sub scan direction orthogonal to the main scan direction. The array is grouped into a number of blocks to be driven block...

20060050134 - Line head module and image forming apparatus: A line head module faces a photoconductor drum, and is disposed such that light-emitting elements are arranged parallel to a rotational axis of the photoconductor drum to carry out exposure on the photoconductor drum, and the photoconductor drum is rotatably disposed. The line head module includes a line head having...

20060050135 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes LED heads protected from scratching. An optical head is mounted on an inner side of a lid pivotally mounted to a body of the apparatus. A protector is mounted to the lid. A mechanism is operatively coupled to the lid such that when the lid...

20060050136 - Method and system for creation of secure documents using digital embossing of thermal media with thermal print heads: A method and system for thermal printing of secure documents. A contact thermal printing system includes: a) thermal print head having at least one heater element; and b) a thermal printer controller. The printer controller is programmed to: 1) move the print head in a predetermined pattern while the print...

20060050137 - Thermal development apparatus: An image processing section is disposed in a thermal development apparatus. The image processing section implements a 180-degree rotation process on one of right and left mammo image data supplied from a CR apparatus. An exposing section implements an exposing process based on the mammo image data after an image...

20060050138 - Light source control apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same: A light source control apparatus for controlling the output of a light source for forming an electrostatic latent image on an image carrying member in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the light source control apparatus according to the present invention including a storing unit that stores first drive control data...

20060050139 - Light beam scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: A beam detection sensor detects power of a laser beam from one of a plurality of light sources for each scanning of a scanning section to provide a light power signal. A laser control circuit compares a value of the light power signal with a predetermined value, adjusts a terminal...

20060044330 - Method and apparatus for forming a conveyor belt with an inked image: In one embodiment, a method for forming a conveyor belt having an inked image includes providing at least one belt segment and applying one or more inks to said at least one belt segment to form an embedded image in a surface layer thereof. The resultant image is chemically bonded...

20060044331 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus including: a line head type recording head having nozzles for jetting ink to a recording medium; a moving apparatus for moving the recording head relative to the medium in a nozzle arrangement direction; a conveyance apparatus for conveying the medium reciprocally, relative to the recording head...

20060044332 - Printer ink identification system and method: A printer ink identification system including a detector, an excitation source and a controller. The detector is adapted to detect an excitable feature of an ink forming an indicium on an article. The excitation source is adapted to cause excitation of the excitable feature of the ink. The controller is...

20060044333 - Print apparatus and printing method: The present invention provides a print apparatus and a printing method which enable high-grade images to be output at high speed without the need to drastically reduce the number of printing elements used to print leading and trailing end portions of a print medium. A first mask pattern used to...

20060044334 - Adjustment method of printing positions, a printing apparatus and a printing system: By using an ink jet head, which has for each color two parallel columns of nozzles arranged side by side in the main scan direction and shifted from each other by one-half the pitch at which the nozzles are arranged in each column, odd-numbered rasters and even-numbered rasters making up...

20060044337 - Image forming apparatus and drive control method for liquid ejection head: The image forming apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head which includes a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure generating elements provided correspondingly to the plurality of nozzles, the pressure generating elements being applied with drive signals to eject recording liquid from the corresponding nozzles; a plurality of driving...

20060044336 - Inkjet type recording apparatus and control method of the same: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a carriage having a printing head and moving in a main scanning direction, an exterior cover, and a detection part configured to detect an opening or closing state of the exterior cover. The carriage is returned to a home position when opening of the exterior...

20060044335 - Method of edge-to-edge imaging with an imaging apparatus: An edge-to-edge imaging method includes generating a reflectance profile of a mid-frame of an imaging apparatus by taking optical readings along the mid-frame with no print media present in a direction substantially orthogonal to the sheet feed direction, the reflectance profile distinguishing between the media support surface and the waste...

20060044339 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and image forming program: An image forming apparatus, for forming an image by using distribution of plural types of dots, including: a first section, for making comparison between a pixel value of a target pixel and a value in a dither matrix stored in advance, and determining, whether a dot having the highest density...

20060044338 - Ink jet printing method and ink jet printing system: A mask pattern is employed for multi-pass printing. The mask pattern is the sum of a first mask pattern, relative to a first location that includes areas wherein dots are to be printed when a density value is smaller than a predetermined value, and a second mask pattern, relative to...

20060044340 - Self-cooling thermal ink jet printhead: 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. 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...

20060044341 - Fluorescent ink detector: A printer luminescent ink sensor for a printing device including a radiant energy source; and a photodetector located downstream from a print head of the printing device. The photodetector is adapted to detect luminescent energy from an indicium printed by the print head, upon exposure to radiant energy from the...

20060044343 - Ink jet nozzle arrangement that incorporates in a movement sensor: An ink jet nozzle arrangement for ejecting ink includes a substrate that defines an ink inlet. Integrated circuitry is positioned on the substrate. A nozzle chamber structure is positioned on the substrate and defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet and an ink ejection port in...

20060044342 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: The present invention allows for creating high quality images by coping with a variety of kinds of print mediums without having to prepare large-sized, large-capacity power supply and ink supply source. For this purpose, this invention detects the number of printing elements to be driven in a predetermined check area...

20060044344 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus including: a recording head which has a nozzle surface in which nozzles are open and which ejects ink toward a recording medium; and a wiper blade which wipes the nozzle surface to remove substances adhering thereto, by a relative movement of the wiper blade and the...

20060044345 - Multimode printhead: A printhead capable of printing in multiple print modes is herein disclosed. The printhead includes multiple pens that are movable independent of one another. The collective line of the multiple pens is wider than a sheet of recording media upon which an image is to be printed and provides for...

20060044346 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program product: An image processing apparatus includes: a color paper/color ink register registering information on m kinds of color papers and information on n kinds of color inks, both which are usable for multicolor-printing a multicolor original image, in a color paper/color ink list; a color combinator listing up all combinations of...

20060044347 - Inkjet printer head and method of fabricating the same: An inkjet printer head includes a substrate having an ink-feed hole to supply ink stored in a cartridge to an ink chamber and a restrictor in fluid communication with the ink chamber, an oxide layer formed on the substrate, a heater disposed on the oxide layer above the restrictor and...

20060044348 - Acoustic driver assembly with restricted contact area: An acoustic driver assembly for use with any of a variety of cavitation chamber configurations, including spherical and cylindrical chambers as well as chambers that include at least one flat coupling surface. The acoustic driver assembly includes at least one transducer, a head mass and a tail mass. The end...

20060044349 - Methods of fabricating nozzle plates: A method of making flow feature structures for a micro-fluid ejection head. The method includes the steps of laser ablating a nozzle plate material to provide an elongate fluid chamber and fluid supply channel therein for connecting the fluid chamber with a fluid supply. The fluid chamber has a first...

20060044350 - Recording head and recording apparatus: A recording head has a channel forming member and an element substrate. A discharge port through which liquid is discharged is formed in the channel forming member. An energy generating element for discharging the liquid is formed in the substrate. A gap forming member is arranged above the channel forming...

20060044351 - Ink jet nozzle assembly including displaceable ink pusher: An ink jet printhead chip includes a substrate (116). Drive (156) is positioned in the substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements (122) is positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement includes nozzle chamber walls (150) and a roof wall (130) that define a nozzle chamber and an ink ejection port...

20060044353 - Liquid discharge head and method of manufacturing the same: The object is to suppress penetration of dust and foreign particles into a nozzle of an ink jet recording head, and to manufacture and make functional a structure therefor in an economic manner and with high reliability. An ink discharge energy generating element which generates energy for discharging ink is...

20060044352 - Substrate and method of forming substrate for fluid ejection device: A method of forming an opening through a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side includes abrasive machining a first portion of the opening into the substrate from the second side toward the first side, and abrasive machining a second portion of the opening...

20060044355 - Combined circuit unit and an inkjet printer: A combined circuit unit is developed by combining a rigid printed circuit board and a flexible printed circuit film. The combined circuit unit is very compact in its shape, yet, maintains high cooling capability of an electronic circuit device. A driver IC that generates heat is mounted on the flexible...

20060044354 - Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, and method for manufacturing liquid discharge head: The present invention relates to a liquid delivery head, a liquid delivery device, and a process for production of the liquid delivery head, which are applicable to ink-jet printers of thermal type in which heating elements and transistors to drive them are integrally formed on the same substrate. The transistors...

20060044356 - Thermal ink jet printhead with cavitation gap: An inkjet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements (53, 10) 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 bubble (12) therein. The...

20060044357 - Low ejection energy micro-fluid ejection heads: A micro-fluid ejection device structure and method therefor having improved low energy design. The devices includes a semiconductor substrate and an insulating layer deposited on the semiconductor substrate. A plurality of heater resistors are formed on the insulating layer from a resistive layer selected from the group consisting of TaAl,...

20060044358 - Ejection head and image forming apparatus: The ejection head comprises: a wall member which forms a pressure chamber and has an ejection aperture through which droplets of a liquid are ejected onto an ejection receiving medium, the pressure chamber accommodating the liquid to be ejected from the ejection aperture; a diaphragm which causes a volume of...

20060044360 - Liquid transport apparatus and method for producing the same: A liquid transport apparatus includes an actuator and a flow passage unit having discharge ports. The flow passage unit is formed by stacking plates. Flow passage-forming holes, which are formed through the respective plates, are communicated with each other to form a flow passage. The respective plates have mainstream areas...

20060044359 - Piezoelectric actuator having piezoelectric layer and vibration plate with groove, liquid transporting apparatus, and method of manufacturing liquid transporting apparatus: A method of manufacturing an ink-jet head according to the present invention includes a step of providing a vibration plate in which grooves associated with respective pressure chambers are formed on a surface of the vibration plate, and a piezoelectric layer forming step of forming a piezoelectric layer by depositing...

20060044361 - Liquid transport device and method for manufacturing liquid transport device: A liquid transport device comprises a channel unit and a piezoelectric actuator. The channel unit has pressure chambers. The piezoelectric actuator changes the volume of the pressure chambers. The piezoelectric actuator consists mainly of a vibration plate, a piezoelectric layer and an anisotropic conductive layer, which is formed between the...

20060044363 - Inkjet head: An inkjet head includes a flat cable having: (a) first drive wires connecting first output terminals and a first driver circuit; (b) first controller wires extending from the first driver circuit; (c) second drive wires connecting second output terminals and a second driver circuit; and (d) second controller wires extending...

20060044362 - Inkjet printer head and method of fabricating the same: An inkjet printer head and method of fabricating the same includes a substrate having an ink-feed hole formed at a bottom surface of the substrate, a lower chamber formed at a top surface of the substrate, and a restrictor to fluid communicate between the ink-feed hole and the lower chamber,...

20060044364 - Ink jet head: An ink jet head comprising: a common ink chamber for storing an ink supplied from an ink supply part; an ink supply path for supplying the ink stored in the common ink chamber; a pressure chamber to which the ink is supplied via the ink supply path; and a nozzle...

20060044365 - Ink jet apparatus: A container including a first tank for receiving a liquid, a second tank that is selectively pressurizable, a check valve for permitting fluid flow from the first tank to the second tank, and a manifold structure having a first port fluidically coupled to the first tank and a second port...

20060044366 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head, a first support device, and a connecting device. The ink jet head is connected with an ink cartridge that stores ink, and the ink jet head discharges the ink supplied from the ink cartridge. The first support device is...

20060044368 - Bulk-capacity continuous feed printer ink container pack: A bulk-capacity continuous feed printer ink container pack includes corresponding number of ink containers and ink supply lines. One end of each ink supply line is connected to output hole of the ink container, and the other end is connected to a refillable ink cartridge of a printer. The structure...

20060044371 - Ink container for ink jet printer, holder for the container, carriage for the holder and ink jet printer: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a...

20060044370 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer is provided with a carriage, a pair of ink cartridges, an ink jet head, an ink tank, and an ink replenishment device. The pair of ink cartridges stores ink of same color. The carriage alternately supports each the ink cartridge. The ink jet head is supported...

20060044369 - Ink-jet head device, ink-jet device, and ink-supplying method of ink-jet head device: In an ink-jet head device, a main tank, a sub tank and an ink-jet head are mounted in this order in a carriage, with the main tank placed at the top. The main tank, sub tank and ink-jet head are connected to one another by a three-way ink conduit. At...

20060044367 - Printer, printhead, apparatus and method for air-free ink delivery: A printer having an ink delivery system with an air purge to ambient. A vent sealing material is disposed in an air vent. The vent sealing material is pervious to air when dry and impervious to air when wetted by the ink. Also, when wet, the vent sealing material forms...

20060044372 - Thermal ink jet with chemical vapor deposited nozzle plate: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements (10) corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element (10) is configured to heat a bubble f