Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 06/06

20060139383 - Element substrate for recording head, recording head, and recording apparatus: The structure of a recording head and a control sequence of a recording apparatus that compensate for a change in a recording element characteristic due to a temperature change of the recording head without increasing the number of terminals of the recording head are provided. Devices for individually heating and...

20060139382 - Method and apparatus for driving printer head and image formation: Provided are a method and apparatus for driving printing elements of a printer head in an image forming apparatus. The method includes calculating a number of driving groups among multiple driving groups in which at least a first predetermined number of printing elements are driven for each print line. The...

20060139381 - Method and apparatus for embedding information in an image: A method and apparatus for embedding information in an image during relative movement between a print medium and an ink jet print head is provided. A plurality of first lines are printed and a plurality of second lines are printed. Each of the first lines includes a plurality of first...

20060139380 - Printer controller for causing expulsion of ink from nozzles in groups, starting at outside nozzles of groups: A printer controller for supplying one or more control signals to a printhead module, the printhead module including at least one row that comprises a plurality of sets of n adjacent nozzles, each of the nozzles being configured to expel ink in response to a fire signal, such that: (a)...

20060139384 - Liquid storing container and recording apparatus: A liquid storing container having a liquid storing chamber for storing liquid, the liquid container includes a plurality of light-transmissive prisms for forming interfaces with the liquid or gas in the liquid storing chamber; wherein each of the prisms includes at least one surface contactable to the liquid in the...

20060139385 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus of a serial recording type which comprises a recording head, a carriage and a conveying device. The recording head is capable of selectively ejecting ink toward a recording medium. The carriage with the recording head mounted thereon reciprocatingly moves in specified directions. The conveying device intermittently...

20060139386 - Printhead module having nozzle redundancy for faulty nozzle tolerance: A printhead module comprising a plurality of rows, each of the rows comprising a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink, wherein the printhead module includes at least first and second rows configured to print ink of a similar type or color, and being configured such that, in the event a...

20060139387 - Printer controller for providing data and command via communication output: A printer controller for outputting to a printhead module: dot data to be printed with at least two different inks; and control data for controlling printing of the dot data; the printer controller including at least one communication output, each or the communication output being configured to output at least...

20060139388 - Printer controller for supplying dot data to at least one printhead module having faulty nozzle: A printer controller for supplying dot data to at least one printhead module, the at least one printhead module comprising a plurality of rows, each of the rows comprising a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink, wherein the printhead module includes at least first and second rows configured to print...

20060139389 - Printing device, print program, printing method, image processing device, image processing program, image processing method, and storage medium storing the same program: A printing device includes: an N-ary data generating unit that N-arizes (N≧2) image data, which is a set of M-ary pixel values (M>N) forming an image, for each pixel and thus generates N-ary image data; a print data generating unit that generates print data in which a dot size corresponding...

20060139390 - Temperature control system for a sheet support plate of a printer: A temperature control system for a sheet support plate of a printer which has at least two power supplies for powering different sub-systems of the printer, the temperature control system containing at least one heater and a power management system adapted to use spare power capacities of the two power...

20060139391 - Ink-jet head and image recording apparatus: An ink-jet head which includes: a flow passage unit having plural nozzles and pressure chambers respectively communicating with the nozzles, the pressure chambers being arranged along a planar surface; an energy transfer unit which is fixed to the planar surface and transfers ejection energy to ink in the pressure chambers;...

20060139392 - Detection apparatus: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for detecting an ink drop crossing a plane of light....

20060139394 - Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method for complement recording: An inkjet recording apparatus which utilizes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles arrayed on the head. The present invention complements a point where an image is to be formed by a defective nozzle utilizing other nozzles while preventing the uneven use of nozzles provided in a recording head....

20060139393 - Mounting structure of liquid sensor and liquid container: A mounting structure of a liquid sensor comprising: a vibration cavity forming base portion which has a first surface and a second surface opposed to each other and in which a cavity for receiving a medium as a detection target is formed to be open toward the first surface side...

20060139395 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer is provided, which intermittently dispenses cleaning liquid onto ink that is adhered to an endless belt that carries printing sheets. A cleaning liquid dispenser is driven by a rotator that rotates in association with the rotation of the endless belt. The rotation position of the rotator...

20060139396 - Ink jet printing apparatus having enhanced print head maintenance: A method for ink jet printing includes moving one or more receivers along a printing pass, ejecting ink drops from a first ink jet print head on a first receiver region of the one or more receivers in the printing pass, ejecting ink drops from a second ink jet print...

20060139397 - Maintenance apparatus of recording head: A maintenance apparatus of a recording head is appressed against a head main body of a recording head during cleaning processing, and an air current which performs suction and removal flows in a direction crossing an ink discharge direction and travels along a nozzle surface to suck foreign particles or...

20060139398 - Cleaning device for ink-jet printers: A cleaning device is mounted on either of the sides of an ink-jet printer. The cleaning device uses the power source of a paper delivering motor to transmit power to the cleaning units so that the cleaning units rotate to perform cleaning and scrubbing operations for an ink-jet print head....

20060139399 - Ink recording apparatus: An ink recording apparatus is operable to eject ink to a medium transported in a transport path in a transport direction. An ink head includes a nozzle on a bottom surface opposed to the transport path, and is operable to eject the ink from the nozzle to the medium. A...

20060139401 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer includes a housing, a first guiding device and a second guiding device, a first chassis, and a second chassis. The first guiding device and the second guiding device are disposed in parallel in the housing. The first chassis and the second chassis are movably disposed on...

20060139400 - Printhead carriage: A printhead carriage including a body that is guided and driven for reciprocating movement in a printer, a mounting plate for a printhead assembly, and a suspension structure adjustably connecting the mounting plate to the body, the suspension structure having a framework of hinge plates having elastic hinges and at...

20060139402 - Printing system: A DSC 10 compares number of objects to be printed in a printing job set by itself to number of objects that have already been printed on a single printing paper described in a printing state notice issued from a printer 30 with respect to the DSC 10 to thereby...

20060139403 - Method of sealing the nozzles: A method of sealing a nozzle. First, a device comprising a chamber, a nozzle, and a nozzle plate is provided, wherein the nozzle plate is installed on the chamber and the nozzle passes through the nozzle plate and connects the chamber. The chamber is then filled with ink. Residual ink...

20060139404 - Opening detection device and method thereof: An opening detection device. The device includes a substrate, a structural layer formed on the substrate, and an opening detection circuit above or below the structural layer comprising a conductor situated where an opening is subsequently formed and a conductive wire connecting the conductor. A method of detecting an opening...

20060139405 - Printer with a detachable printhead: A printer containing a printhead that is detachably mounted on a support plate and is held thereon at two rigid support points located on a first side of the printhead and one elastic support point located on a second side of the printhead opposite to said first side, each of...

20060139406 - Method for manufacturing pattern formed body: The main object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a pattern formed body by the electric field jet method, capable of stabilizing the discharge amount and the discharge direction of a liquid. The present invention achieves the object by providing a method for manufacturing a...

20060139407 - Method of manufacturing an inkjet head through the anodic bonding of silicon members: In a method of manufacturing an inkjet head, a silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer is produced on the surface of first silicon member formed from single-crystal silicon. Next, a glass layer formed of borosilicate glass or the like is sputtered onto the surface of the silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer. A silicon...

20060139409 - Electrostatic actuator, droplet discharging head, droplet discharging apparatus, electrostatic device, and method of manufacturing these: To provide an electrostatic actuator, etc. which is capable of miniaturizing the size, and preventing moisture, etc. from entering a gap in an effective manner. An electrostatic actuator includes an electrode substrate 10 having individual electrodes 12 as fixed electrodes, and a cavity substrate 20 having diaphragms 22 as movable...

20060139408 - Inkjet printer:

20060139410 - Liquid discharge recording head and ink jet recording apparatus: A liquid discharge recording head includes a recording element with a discharge port for discharging liquid and an electrically connecting portion arranged adjacent to the discharge port and receiving an electric signal for controlling the discharge of the discharge port. The liquid discharge recording head further includes a flexible wiring...

20060139411 - Device and structure arrangements for integrated circuits and methods for analyzing the same: An integrated circuit having a plurality of devices. The plurality of devices have a plurality of device characteristics. A sectional cut through the integrated circuit reveals the plurality of device characteristics....

20060139412 - Inkjet recording head substrate and drive control method, inkjet recording head, inkjet recording head cartridge and inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording head substrate having an electrothermal transducer for generating thermal energy used to discharge ink and a drive element for driving the electrothermal transducer mounted thereon includes a first circuit portion for outputting selection signals for selecting the electrothermal transducer to be driven at a amplitude level of...

20060139413 - Liquid discharge head: The present invention provides an ink jet recording head which, when a smaller liquid droplet is obtained, can suppress or reduce stagnation of liquid in a second discharge port portion, prevent an offset meniscus in a discharge port, reduce unstable satellite(s) and realize stable discharging with less image deterioration and...

20060139414 - Piezoelectric device, piezoelectric actuator, piezoelectric pump, inkjet recording head, inkjet printer, surface acoustic wave device, thin-film piezoelectric resonator, frequency filter, oscillator, electronic circuit, and electronic instrument: A piezoelectric device includes: a substrate; a first conductive layer formed over the substrate, the first conductive layer including at least one buffer layer formed of a (001) preferentially oriented lanthanum-based layered perovskite compound; a piezoelectric layer formed over the first conductive layer and including a piezoelectric having a perovskite...

20060139415 - In jet head and method of manufacturing thereof: When all metal plates for forming a passage unit of an ink jet head are bonded together by metal bonding, a top metal plate will warp, and an actuator unit cannot be fitted in a uniform manner to this warped top metal plate, and if the actuator units are not...

20060139416 - Fine droplet ejecting device and ink jet recording apparatus using the same: The fine droplet ejecting device includes a ejection unit having an ejection port, and for continuously ejecting fine droplets by applying an electrostatic force to a solution or ink having an electrical charge containing at least fine particles and a medium, a deflecting unit for deflecting the fine droplets ejected...

20060139419 - Ink jet recording apparatus: A liquid jet recording apparatus includes a liquid jet head including discharge ports, element substrates, a base substrate, common liquid chambers, and a head liquid chamber. The apparatus also includes a first liquid supply path that leads from a liquid reserve tank to a liquid indraft orifice provided on the...

20060139418 - Liquid container, ink jet recording apparatus and liquid filling method: A liquid container includes a liquid containing portion for containing ink; a liquid introduction portion for introducing the ink into the liquid containing portion; a liquid discharge portion for discharging the ink to an outside from an inside of the liquid containing portion; a gas-liquid separation film; a gas-liquid blocking...

20060139417 - Method and system for supplying ink and ink container: The Abstract as it appears in the enclosed English language translation is the more accurate and faithful translation of the original Abstract as it was filed in the PCT International application, and it is therefore requested that the Abstract be changed to this Abstract that more accurately identifies this invention,...

20060139423 - Ink cartridge and recording apparatus: An ink cartridge which supplies ink to a recording apparatus, comprises an ink cartridge body for storing ink therein, a supply system for supplying the ink stored in the ink cartridge body to the recording apparatus, and an identification system that is provided for the ink cartridge body and includes...

20060139424 - Ink cartridge for ink jet recording device: An ink cartridge for an ink jet recording device, includes: a container having an ink supply port; at least two ink chambers partitioned in the container, one being located substantially in an upper section and the other being located substantially in a lower section; an ink suction passage connecting a...

20060139420 - Ink cartridge, housing therefor, ink bag, ink-jet recording apparatus, ink container, and image-forming apparatus: An ink cartridge includes an ink containing part and first through third housings. The ink containing part includes a holding member with an ink supply opening part and a sealed ink filling opening part. The first housing includes a holding part holding the holding member of the ink containing part....

20060139421 - Liquid container and recording apparatus: A liquid container that can present various information using illumination of a light-emitting unit includes an IC package having a storage element and the light-emitting unit. The storage element stores information used for controlling the amount of light emitted from an LED included in the light-emitting unit, so that variation...

20060139422 - Liquid container, liquid supply system and recording apparatus using the liquid container, and circuit module for liquid container and substrate: The power consumption of the entire recording apparatus is decreased in the structure that the recording element and the light emitting portion are provided on the ink tank, processes according to the amount of the residual ink is performed by communicating information stored in the recording element to the main...

20060139425 - Ink for ink jet-recording curable through irradiation with a radioactive ray and method for preparing lithographic printing plates using the same: An ink jet-recording ink capable of being cured through the irradiation with a radioactive ray, in which the ink jet-recording ink comprises a coloring material, a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator system, wherein the polymerization initiator system comprises a polymerization initiator and at least one co-sensitizing agent selected from...

20060139428 - Ink jet ink, method for producing ink jet ink, ink jet recording method and ink cartridge:

20060139429 - Ink jet ink, method for producing ink jet ink, ink jet recording method and ink cartridge: An ink jet ink includes at least a coloring material. The coloring material is composed of at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Direct Yellow 86, C.I. Acid Yellow 23, C.I. Direct Yellow 173, C.I. Direct Yellow 132 and C.I. Direct Yellow 59, and a compound represented...

20060139426 - Ink, ink set, processing solution, recording method, recording medium, ink tank, and recording device: Provided is an ink at least containing a colorant and an ionic liquid, which is favorably used in the inkjet process. Also provided is an ink set consisting of the ink and/or a processing solution at least containing a flocculant. Also provided is a recording method and a recording device...

20060139427 - Production process of inkjet ink composition and inkjet ink composition: A process for producing an inkjet ink composition is provided and includes dispersion-treating a coloring material in a non-aqueous solvent with a dispersant having no coloring material-dispersing property, the coloring material being covered with a resin insoluble in the non-aqueous solvent. An inkjet ink composition produced by the production process...

20060139431 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer includes a pair of rollers whose axes of rotation are parallel to each other. An endless conveyor belt is stretched between the pair of rollers. The conveyor belt conveys a print medium in the conveyance direction attendant upon rotations of the pair of rollers. The conveyor belt...

20060139432 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer includes a conveyance belt including a groove, a conveyance mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a control unit, and a judgment unit. After the cutting mechanism cuts the printing medium, the judgment unit judges whether or not a cut position of the printing medium will be located in a...

20060139430 - Sheet feeding device and image recording apparatus equipped with the sheet feeding device: A sheet feeding device including: a sheet-feed roller driven by a drive source; and a spur roller which is opposed to a portion of the sheet-feed roller in an axial direction thereof and which is to be biased toward the sheet-feed roller, the spur roller and the sheet-feed roller cooperating...

20060139433 - Apparatus, method, and program for color image forming capable of efficiently correcting displacement: A color image forming apparatus includes a pattern forming mechanism configured to form a pattern for fine adjustment and a pattern for rough adjustment on a transfer medium, a detection mechanism configured to detect the pattern formed thereon, a displacement calculation mechanism configured to obtain a predetermined value and preset...

20060139434 - Exposure head controller, exposure head and image formation device: Provided is an exposure head controller that controls, via pulse width modulation control, the emission quantity of each light emitting element in an exposure head having a light emitting element array formed by arranging a plurality of light emitting elements in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction...

20060139435 - Printing device: The invention relates to a printing device for printing sheet elements (1) that are serially fed to the printing device, in particular product labels made of temperature-sensitive paper or paper substitute materials, comprising a feed device for feeding the sheet elements to a print head which acts on the sheet...

20060139436 - Thermotransfer printer, and method for controlling activation of printing elements of a print head thereof: In a printer and a method for control of the print head thereof operating according to the thermotransfer principle, the print head having a number of printing elements for which an energy quantity to be supplied to one of the printing elements is determined in a determination step and the...

20060139437 - Ink sheet cartridge: An ink cartridge has a supply core tube that supplies an ink sheet rolled around the supply core tube and a take-up core tube that takes up the ink sheet supplied from the supply core tube. The supply core tube and the take-up core tube are rotatably supported by a...

20060139438 - Thermal printer: A thermal printer includes an upstream conveying device and a downstream conveying device that are respectively arranged upstream and downstream of a recording device. The upstream conveying device conveys a recording sheet while a first half of a print region that is adjacent to a print start edge of the...

20060139439 - Inner drum-type multibeam exposure method and inner drum exposure apparatus: An inner drum-type multibeam exposure method includes: (a) controlling deflection, with light-deflecting means, of at least one of a plurality of light beams, which are respectively independently modulated in accordance with image signals and emitted from a light source side; (b) making the deflection-controlled light beam incident at scanning means...

20060139440 - Optical scanner and image forming apparatus: An optical scanner includes more than two light sources, a rotatable deflecting unit that commonly deflects the light beams emitted by the light sources. An optical unit guides a corresponding one of deflected light beams to a corresponding surface to be scanned. The optical system units are disposed symmetrically around...

20060139441 - Multi-beam image forming apparatus: A multi-beam image forming apparatus includes: first and second semiconductor laser arrays each having n laser elements; a multi-beam generation unit that generates 2n laser beams by synthesizing laser beams generated by the first and second semiconductor laser arrays; a beam detection unit that generates synchronous detection signals to obtain...

20060139442 - Polygon mirror drive motor and laser mirror radiation device: To enable preventing any unevenness in a synchronous signal itself from being caused owing to errors of placement of various components so as to deteriorate a detection accuracy; and by applying the above measures, consequently to provide a polygon mirror drive motor, with which it is possible to detect a...

20060132513 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head has a head face on which nozzles adapted to eject liquid toward a first face of a target medium are arranged. The liquid ejecting head is adapted to move in a first direction A conveyance guide member is adapted to support a second face of the...

20060132512 - Printhead module capable of printing a maximum of n channels of print data: A printhead module capable of printing a maximum of n of channels of print data, the printhead being configurable into: a first mode, in which the printhead is configured to receive print data for a first number of the channels; and a second mode, in which the printhead is configured...

20060132514 - Peripheral device control system, printing device, peripheral device control method, and program: An application in an image processing apparatus presents information about ink installed in a peripheral device, such as the shape, color, size, arrangement direction, and a remaining ink level of an ink tank, in a visually realistic manner using accurate graphics. The image processing apparatus acquires ink information about, in...

20060132515 - Printhead-to-media spacing adjustment apparatus and method: An apparatus for adjusting the printhead-to-media spacing in an inkjet printer is disclosed. The apparatus includes a carriage rod that is fixed in position relative to a media support and a carriage for supporting at least one printhead. The carriage has a contact surface that abuts the carriage rod to...

20060132516 - Printer controller for causing expulsion of ink from nozzles in groups, alternately, starting at outside nozzles of each group: A printer controller for supplying one or more control signals to a printhead module, the printhead module including at least one row that comprises a plurality of adjacent sets of n adjacent nozzles, each of the nozzles being configured to expel ink in response to a fire signal, the method...

20060132517 - Printing system and method of printing an image in a fixed head printing system: A method of printing an image in a fixed head printer system includes sensing a medium speed of a medium traveling in proximity to a plurality of ink printheads. A maximum optical density of the printer system at the sensed medium speed is determined. The firing frequency of the plurality...

20060132519 - Method and apparatus with vernier technique for registration of ejector module: Alignment of an ejector module in a printhead is achieved along a lateral direction by arranging first and second partially overlapping pluralities of nozzles, determining an alignment pair between first and second nozzles within their respective pluralities, and assigning the alignment pair as boundaries for print actuation. The first and...

20060132520 - Multiple-function inkjet printing system with single motor for carriage and scan head motion: A multiple-function inkjet printing system includes a media transport assembly which routes a print medium through the inkjet printing system, a carriage assembly which holds an inkjet print head assembly and traverses the print medium, a scan assembly connected to the carriage assembly which holds a scan head and traverses...

20060132518 - Printhead module having interleaved shift registers: A printhead module including: at least one row of print nozzles; at least first and second shift registers for shifting in dot data supplied from a data source, wherein each shift register feeds dot data to a group of nozzles, and wherein each of the groups of the nozzles is...

20060132521 - Printer controller for controlling a printhead with horizontally grouped firing order: A printer controller for controlling a printhead comprising at least one monolithic printhead module, the at least one printhead module having a plurality of rows of nozzles configured to extend, in use, across at least part of a printable pagewidth of the printhead, the nozzles in each row being grouped...

20060132522 - Printheads and systems using printheads: A printing apparatus comprises a jetting assembly including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting droplets on a substrate moving relative to the jetting assembly, a mechanism for increasing the displacement of the jetting assembly relative to the substrate, and a sensor configured to activate the mechanism for increasing the displacement...

20060132523 - 2 dimensional laser-based optical printer encoder: The present invention is a printer that includes an optical encoder that accurately represents the actual motion of the paper in both X and Y directions. The optical encoder uses a coherent or quasi-coherent illumination source. A detector may be used to capture images produced from the reflected light off...

20060132524 - Image forming apparatus having position detection mechanism: In an image forming apparatus having a recording head including a plurality of nozzle arrays for ejecting each ink droplet per color for plural colors respectively onto a transported recording medium, a positioning mechanism of the image forming apparatus having a detection mechanism for preventing a printing quality on a...

20060132530 - Detection method of interval of recorded positions: A method for detecting an interval of recorded positions, including the steps of recording a first pattern group in such a way that the recording heads scan a recording medium so that recording elements record a pattern having repeatedly dark density area and light density area perpendicular to a scanning...

20060132528 - Method and apparatus for reducing misalignment of print on printhead: A print alignment method comprises detecting a skew direction of the printhead, receiving column data, corresponding to columns of printhead nozzles, dividing column data into N sections, selecting individual N column data, when the skew is to the right, the printhead receives the first section of first column data, the...

20060132526 - Method for forming a combined printhead alignment pattern: A method for forming a combined printhead alignment pattern includes printing a row of spaced blocks which accommodates both the collection of multiple printhead alignment data pertaining to printhead alignment as between a plurality of printheads and the collection of bi-directional alignment data pertaining to bi-directional alignment for at least...

20060132529 - Positioning system: A positioning system includes adjustment means for accurately positioning a positioning device relative to a frame. The adjustment means makes a sliding contact with a dedicated lever which makes contact with the frame. The contact surfaces of the dedicated lever are specially shaped in order to obtain a linear behavior...

20060132525 - Printer controller for at least partially compensating for erroneous rotational displacement: A printer controller for supplying dot data to at least one printhead module and at least partially compensating for errors in ink dot placement by at least one of a plurality of nozzles on the printhead module due to erroneous rotational displacement of the printhead module relative to a carrier,...

20060132527 - Test card for ink jet printers and method of using same: A card for testing print heads includes a first layer having a first height and longitudinal length and a second layer located on top of the first layer having a second height and longitudinal length smaller than the first length. Also, a method of determining ink drop velocity including providing...

20060132531 - Fluidic structures: Various fluidic techniques can employ ducting structures, such as microstructures, that extend between other components, such as plate-like structures. A ducting structure can, for example, include an inlet opening toward or near one plate-like structure, an outlet opening toward or near another plate-like structure, and a duct in which fluid...

20060132532 - Image-forming apparatus and method for controlling the same: An image-forming apparatus includes a first monitor which detects whether a non-paper-medium supplier is attached to the main body of the image-forming apparatus. When a normal copying process is selected, the copying process is stopped immediately if the first monitor determines that the non-paper-medium supplier is attached and an error...

20060132533 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejection head capable of ejecting a liquid droplet from a nozzle opening provided in a nozzle surface; a capping member capable of sealing the nozzle opening with a capping member being in close contact with a nozzle surface; a flushing control unit for...

20060132534 - Ink jet printhead garage configured to perform maintenance functions: A printhead garage for receiving an ink jet printhead cartridge includes a chassis defining an opening for receiving the ink jet printhead cartridge when the ink jet printhead cartridge is not installed for use by the imaging apparatus for printing. A maintenance assembly is coupled to the chassis and configured...

20060132536 - Flexible member having tensioning members: Several embodiments of apparatus and methods are disclosed. One or more of the disclosed example devices includes a flexible member having first and second tensioning members....

20060132535 - Liquid-jetting device: An ink jet recording apparatus (11) includes a slide member (44) slidably supported at a cartridge holder (12a) and a lock claw member (49) rotatably supported at the cartridge holder (12a). The slide member (44) slides along an insertion direction of an ink cartridge (23) with respect to the cartridge...

20060132537 - Printheads and systems using printheads: In general, in one aspect, the invention features an apparatus, including a jetting assembly that has a plurality of nozzles capable of ejecting droplets, and a first reservoir and a second reservoir, the first and second reservoirs being in fluid communication with the jetting assembly and with each other....

20060132538 - Method for compensating for induced artifacts on an image to be printed: A method for compensating for induced artifacts on an image to be printed includes processing the image to be printed. An image region of the image susceptible to at least one artifact is identified. An imaging process is modified to reduce an effect of the at least one artifact on...

20060132541 - Coating method, liquid supplying head and liquid supplying apparatus: A coating method is provided for forming a liquid-repellent coat on a predetermined partial region of an inner surface of each through-hole of a nozzle plate. The nozzle plate is provided in an ink-jet head of an ink-jet printer. The coating method comprises the steps of forming a coat preform...

20060132539 - Ink jet head and its manufacture method: An ink jet head is formed of a nozzle material compound of a condensation product comprising a hydrolysable silane compound having a fluorine-containing group and a photo-polymerizable resin composition....

20060132540 - Printheads and systems using printheads: In general, in one aspect, the invention features an apparatus, including a jetting assembly that has a plurality of nozzles capable of ejecting droplets, a frame configured to position the jetting assembly within the apparatus, and an element that forms a seal between the frame and the jetting assembly....

20060132542 - Apparatus and method for improved electrostatic drop merging and mixing: An apparatus for merging and mixing two droplets using electrostatic forces includes a substrate on which are disposed a first originating electrode, a center electrode, and a second originating electrode. The electrodes are disposed such that a first gap is formed between the first originating electrode and the center electrode...

20060132543 - Low cost piezo printhead based on microfluidics in printed circuit board and screen-printed piezoelectrics: In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, a printhead includes a printed circuit board having at least one base layer, with at least one electrical trace, at least one fluidic passage and at least one fluidic chamber as part of the printed circuit board. The at least...

20060132544 - Laser tacking and singulating method and system: A method, and an apparatus employing the method, of using a laser to secure a composite film to a substrate. The method includes the acts of positioning the composite film adjacent the substrate, and heating at least a portion of the composite film with the laser and thereby tack the...

20060132545 - Ink ejecting head and method for making the same: An ink ejecting head includes a nozzle sheet having nozzles for ejecting droplets; a head chip having an energy generator opposing each of the nozzles; a barrier layer interposed between the nozzle sheet and the head chip for forming the space for a liquid chamber; a pad provided in a...

20060132547 - Liquid transporting apparatus and method of manufacturing liquid transporting apparatus: In a liquid transporting apparatus, when a thickness of a vibration plate is Tv (mm), a coefficient of elasticity of the vibration plate is Ev (kg/mm2), a thickness Tp of a piezoelectric layer is Tp (mm), a coefficient of elasticity of the piezoelectric layer is Ep (kg/mm2), a length of...

20060132546 - Piezo-driven micro-droplet jet generator: A piezo-driven micro-droplet jet generator comprises an ejection seat, having an ejection plate with a plurality of ejection holes; a membrane, having a front side facing the ejection seat and a rear side; a piezoelectric plate, placed at the rear side of the membrane, at least partly touching the membrane...

20060132548 - Recording head for inkjet recording device: An ink jet recording head unit includes a plurality of nozzle elements, a plurality of piezoelectric elements and a driving unit. The plurality of piezoelectric elements is provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of nozzle elements. Each piezoelectric element has a positive pole and a negative pole. Each piezoelectric...

20060132549 - Method for producing actuator device, and liquid-jet apparatus: A method for producing an actuator device, comprising the steps of: forming a vibration plate on one surface of a substrate; and forming piezoelectric elements, each of which composes a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode, on the vibration plate, and wherein the step of forming the...

20060132551 - Inkjet head and process of manufacturing the inkjet head: An inkjet head including an ink channel unit defining a network of ink channels which provides at least one common ink chamber and a plurality of nozzles held in communication with the at least one common ink chamber. The ink channel unit includes a laminated structure body that is provided...

20060132552 - Inkjet printhead and method of producing the same: An inkjet printhead including a cavity unit formed by laminating plates including a first plate through which through-holes are formed, and a second plate laminated on one surface of the first plate, the cavity unit having: a common ink chamber accommodating ink; pressure chambers to which the ink is distributed...

20060132550 - Piezoelectric actuator, method for producing piezoelectric actuator, liquid transporting apparatus, and method for producing liquid transporting apparatus: Thickness of a piezoelectric layer 31 is measured and widths of individual electrodes 32 are determined based on an amount of deviation of the measured thickness of the piezoelectric layer 31 from a predetermined reference thickness set in advance for the piezoelectric layer 31. Individual electrodes 32 of the determined...

20060132553 - Bridging wick and method for an inkjet printhead: Some embodiments of the present invention provide an inkjet printhead within which a removable ink cartridge can be installed. Upon installation, the ink cartridge can be coupled to one or more wicks in the printhead for establishing fluid communication between one or more chambers in the ink cartridge and nozzles...

20060132558 - Hydraulic resistor for ink supply system: A hydraulic resistor for counteracting pressure pulses in an ink supply system of an shuttling inkjet printing system has a variable resistance, dependent upon mass-flow rate during low inkflows and during pressure transients having high ink flows. At least two ink channels are provided of which only one is relevant...

20060132556 - Ink jet applicator: An ink jet applicator includes an ink jet head having nozzle via which liquid droplets are jetted, a seal mechanism sealing the nozzle using a pressure vessel; a solution supply mechanism supplying a solution to the nozzle at a predetermined pressure....

20060132554 - Ink-feeding device and pressure-generating method: An ink-feeding device is provided in which the pressure applied to the ink in the printing head can be adjusted arbitrarily irrespective of the relative positions of the ink container and the printing head. Inside the sub-tank 80, a pressure-adjusting pump 82 is installed for applying a suitable pressure to...

20060132559 - Liquid distribution unit, ink-jet recording apparatus and image forming apparatus: A liquid distribution unit for use between a container of a liquid and an apparatus supplied with said liquid, said liquid distribution unit includes a hollow body, a single inlet port provided in the hollow body for connection to the container, the hollow body being supplied with the liquid from...

20060132557 - Liquid package, liquid droplet ejection device, electro-optic device, and electronic equipment: A liquid package includes a bag in which is sealed a liquid that is degasified at a pressure higher than a saturated vapor pressure of a solvent in the liquid....

20060132555 - Method of liquid filling of cartridge, liquid filling device, and cartridge: A method of refilling liquid into a cartridge according to the present invention is a method of liquid refilling, through which liquid is refilled into a used cartridge (1) in a liquid jet apparatus, comprising: a film removing process, in which an injection hole film (90) adhered around an air...

20060132563 - Inkjet cartridge: An inkjet cartridge having a plurality of ink reservoirs and a plurality of nozzle rows without variations in lengths of ink flow paths communicating the ink reservoirs with the nozzle rows. An inkjet cartridge includes a tank part having a plurality of ink reservoirs and a head part having nozzle...

20060132562 - Liquid container: A liquid container is provided with an atmospheric air communicating port communicated with atmospheric air in an upper portion thereof, and a liquid supply port for supplying ink contained in the liquid container to a recording head in a lower portion thereof. A negative pressure producing member for retaining ink...

20060132560 - Wall mountable printer with removable cartridge: A printer unit is provided comprising a print engine incorporating a removable pagewidth printhead for printing on print media and a body arranged to house the print engine and to be mountable to a substantially vertical surface so as to suspend the printer unit. Such a wall mountable printer is...

20060132561 - Wick for an inkjet printhead: Some embodiments of the present invention provide an inkjet printhead within which a removable ink cartridge can be installed. Upon installation, the ink cartridge can be coupled to one or more wicks in the printhead for establishing fluid communication between one or more chambers in the ink cartridge and nozzles...

20060132564 - Meltable ink suitable for use in an inkjet printer provided with a carbon duct plate: A meltable ink which is solid at room temperature and liquid at elevated temperature, used in combination with an inkjet printhead for the image-wise transfer of the ink to a receiving material, wherein the printhead contains a number of ink ducts, each ink duct leading to an opening for jetting...

20060132568 - Aqueous ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, ink jet recording apparatus and image forming method: An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous ink which can form a more excellent image in bleeding resistance, character quality and print density than the image formed by using an aqueous ink containing a conventional self-dispersion pigment and a salt. The aqueous ink includes a self-dispersion...

20060132566 - Dotsize control fluid for radiation curable ink-jet printing process: A radiation curable ink-jet printing process is disclosed, exhibiting consistent image quality on a wide variety of different ink-receivers. The ink-jet printing process comprises the steps of: a) providing an ink-receiver; b) providing a surface layer on at least a portion of the ink-receiver with a dotsize control fluid; c)...

20060132565 - Mixtures of anionic and cationic inks: This invention relates to an ink jet ink set comprising a commonly colored first aqueous ink and second aqueous ink, wherein the first ink has a cationic coloring agent and the second ink has an anionic coloring agent. It further provides a method of printing said inks....

20060132567 - Water-based ink set for ink-jet recording and ink-jet recording method: The water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes a cyan ink and a blue ink, or a cyan ink and a green ink. The cyan ink is a light cyan ink having a lightness (L*) of about 60 or more in the L*a*b* colorimetric system. A normal cyan ink having...

20060132569 - Certification medium issue system and certification medium issue method: In a certification medium issue system, an issue process is executed to write each data in a storage unit of an ID card in a rewritable state. A confirmation process is executed to confirm the data written in the storage unit of the ID card subjected to the issue process....

20060132570 - Curable phase change ink composition: Ink composition that comprises one or more radiation curable oil soluble components and one or more thermal solvents are provided, as well as methods of preparing such ink compositions and methods of using such ink compositions are provided....

20060132571 - Printheads and systems using printheads: A printing apparatus comprises a jetting assembly including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting droplets on a substrate; an enclosure defining a print zone within which the jetting assembly prints on the substrate, the enclosure including an inlet for introducing a material associated with controlling an environment of the enclosure....

20060132574 - Electrostatic attraction device and image forming apparatus using the same: An electrostatic attraction device is disclosed that attracts and transports a recording medium by applying an electric field to a surface of an endless belt member with use of a charger while rotating the belt member. The electrostatic attraction device comprises a separation claw holding unit separately provided from the...

20060132573 - Image forming apparatus and adjusting method of image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a carriage where a recording head configured to jet a liquid drop of recording liquid is provided, and a conveyance belt configured to convey a recording medium. The carriage is moved in a main scanning direction along a guide member and the recording medium is...

20060132575 - Inkjet printer and recorded product produced thereby: An inkjet printer, comprises a conveying section to holding and conveying a recoding material, and an ink jet print head to jet an ink for the recoding material; wherein the conveyance section has and endless conveying member including an endless base member whose outer peripheral surface is covered with fluororesin...

20060132572 - Liquid ejecting device and method of controlling liquid ejection in liquid ejecting device: A liquid ejecting head has a plurality of nozzles which are operable to eject liquid toward a medium. A transporter is operable to transport the medium relative to the liquid ejecting head in a first direction. The transporter is provided with a plurality of first holes adapted to receive the...

20060132576 - Optical media with laminated inkjet receptor: Aspects of the present invention relate to an inkjet printable optical recording medium for sale to consumers. The optical medium includes an optical recording media and an inkjet receptive laminate. The optical recording media includes at least a transparent base material. The inkjet receptive laminate is bonded to the optical...

20060132577 - Circuit topology for high-speed printed circuit board: A circuit topology for high-speed printed circuit board includes a driving circuit, and a number of receiving circuits. The driving circuit is mounted on the printed circuit board and coupled to a node via a transmission line. The receiving circuits receive signals transmitted from the driving circuit. Each receiving circuit...

20060132578 - Led array package structure and method thereof: According to the method, a trench structure is formed in a substrate. LED arrays and driver ICs are located in the corresponding trenches. An insulating layer is formed over the substrate, the LED arrays and the driver ICs. A photolithography process forms an electrical connection structure between the LED arrays...

20060132579 - Flexible electrophoretic-type display: An electrophoretic-type display device including an array of microcells, where each microcell is formed by a microwell containing a quantity of ink and a polymer-based membrane connected to upper edges of the microwell. The membrane is formed by curing an aqueous or hydroalcoholic sealing solution that is overcoated on the...

20060132580 - Method and apparatus for reducing print time: A thermal dye transfer printer reduces print time by printing sequential color section from a donor web onto a receiver sheet while the donor web and receiver sheet travel in forward or reverse directions relative to a printer head. A first colored image is formed on the receiver by printing...

20060132581 - Thermal printer and method for correcting the energizing time data for heating elements in the thermal printer: A thermal printer comprises: a ROM 11 for storing a heat history correction table; a RAM 12 for storing the density-related energizing time data for the first and second preceding lines printed immediately before the current line to be printed and the density-related energizing time data before a correction for...

20060132582 - Imaging processing method by adjusting heating time: A method for image processing by adjusting heating time includes providing a first heating table corresponding to a relationship between a first color density and a first heating time and a second heating table corresponding to a relationship between a color degree and a second heating time based on a...

20060132583 - Thermal printer temperature management: Systems and methods for providing thermal printhead thermal history temperature management by preprocessing target images are described. In one example, a thermal compensation process is applied to a target image to provide offset values in order to create a compensated image that is later printed without local printhead thermal compensation....

20060132584 - System and method for feeding and cutting media for continuous printing: The present invention provides a feeder cutter that pulls media from a continuous roll of media and feeds it to a print engine. The feeder cutter includes a number of subsystems that draw media from the media source, present the media to the print engine and maintain tension on the...

20060132585 - Thermally sensitive medium and methods and systems for forming an image on a thermally sensitive medium: A thermally sensitive medium includes at least one layer of temperature-activated dye, and antenna molecules disposed in the layer of temperature-activated dye for converting radiant energy into thermal energy. A system for forming an image on a thermally sensitive medium includes a radiant energy source for selectively heating portions of...

20060132586 - Heat-dissipating member and thermal head attached to heat-dissipating member: A heat-dissipating member includes a heat-dissipating section which is plate-shaped and which is attachable to a heat source directly or indirectly and also includes a plurality of heat-dissipating projections extending from the heat-dissipating section. The heat-dissipating projections are formed by louvering the heat-dissipating section so as to have predetermined heights....

20060132587 - Laser printer with reduced banding artifacts: A laser scanning assembly generates a laser beam and scans the laser beam through a plurality of scan lines to form desired dots. Each scan line is positioned to overlap an adjacent scan line and each dot includes a plurality of segments. The scanning assembly scans the laser beam through...

20060132588 - Optical disc having layers corresponding to different colors and sensitive to optical beam wavelengths: For at least some layers of a number of stacked layers of an optical disc that correspond to different colors, an optical beam is selectively impinged on a region of the optical disc. The optical beam has a wavelength to which the layer is uniquely sensitive as compared to other...

20060132589 - Laser induced thermal imaging apparatus, laser induced thermal imaging method using the apparatus, and method of fabricating organic light emitting display using the apparatus: A laser induced thermal imaging apparatus, and a laser induced thermal imaging method and a method of fabricating an organic light emitting display using the apparatus are provided. The laser induced thermal imaging apparatus includes a chuck for fixing an acceptor substrate. A lamination unit for laminating a donor film...

20060132590 - Scanner system: Apparatus for holding flat plates of varying sizes, including a base section having a flat surface and including plurality of interconnected channels formed on the surface thereof; at least one port connecting to the channels; a vacuum source connected to the at least one port; and an intermediate plate covering...

20060132592 - Beam illumination system and method for producing printing plates: Images are transferred to printing plates by illuminating light-responsive materials with patterns corresponding to the images to be printed. The present invention provides for the transferring of an image by the combined flux from two or more beams of light. Particular embodiments ablate the mask printing plates for CTP systems...

20060132591 - Mask making method, mask making device, and mask drawing device: Laser light in a pattern reflected by a two-dimensional array micromirror 106 that is controlled on the basis of mask data of a mask pattern data output device 107 forms an enlarged pattern 110. This enlarged pattern is projected in a reduced manner onto a mask substrate 109 through a...

20060132593 - Constant angular velocity disk label printing: A visible light characteristic changing layer is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical medium. The optical medium is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit, which may be rotated at a constant angular velocity, while the...

20060125853 - Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method: The invention provides an inkjet recording apparatus and an inkjet recording method that can reduce unevenness in the concentration that may appear on a recorded image due to a higher recording duty or other recording conditions. A recording head has first and second nozzle arrays discharging ink droplets. The first...

20060125850 - Method of compensating missing nozzle and printer using the same: A method of compensating a missing nozzle of a printer and a printer using the same. The method includes determining adjacent nozzles corresponding to the missing nozzle, and compensating the missing nozzle by generating dots having an increased size through the adjacent nozzles and generating dots having a normal size...

20060125852 - Printing device and print image processing device: A printing device includes a print head having a plurality of nozzles capable of ejecting ink on a print medium and of forming one or more types of ink dots on the print medium; an ink dot setting unit that determines an ink dot setting for each pixel of image...

20060125851 - Thermal transfer image forming apparatus using low voltage differential signaling, and method of forming image using the same: Provided are an image forming apparatus having a thermal head which prints an image on a medium by applying heat to the medium, and a method printing the image using the image forming apparatus, that decrease the number of data lines between the control unit and the thermal head since...

20060125855 - Printer controller for supplying data to one or more printheads via serial links: A printer controller for receiving first data and manipulating the first data to produce dot data to be printed, the print controller including at least two serial outputs for supplying the dot data to at least one printhead, wherein each of the serial outputs is configured to supply dot data...

20060125854 - Printhead module having two shift registers: A printhead module including: at least one row of print nozzles; at least two shift registers for shifting in dot data supplied from a data source to each of the at least one rows, wherein each print nozzle obtains dot data to be fired from an element of one of...

20060125856 - Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus and a method of driving a liquid droplet ejecting head: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus having: a pressurizing device; a pressure generation chamber whose volume expands or contracts by a movement of the pressurizing device; a liquid droplet ejecting head having a nozzle communicating with the pressure generation chamber; and a drive signal generator which generates the drive signal for...

20060125859 - Printer controller for supplying data to a printhead module having a dropped row: A printer controller for supplying data to a printhead module including at least one row of printhead nozzles, at least one row including at least one displaced row portion, the displacement of the row portion including a component in a direction normal to that of a pagewidth to be printed,...

20060125858 - Printer controller for supplying data to a printhead module having one or more redundant nozzle rows: A printer controller for supplying dot data to a printhead module comprising at least first and second rows configured to print ink of a similar type or color, at least some nozzles in the first row being aligned with respective corresponding nozzles in the second row in a direction of...

20060125857 - Printhead module having a communication input for data and control: A printhead module for receiving dot data to be printed using at least two different inks and control data for controlling printing of the dot data, the printhead module including a communication input for receiving the dot data for the at least two colors and the control data....

20060125860 - Printing device, printing device control, program and method, and printing data generation device, program and method: A printing device including: an image data acquisition unit acquiring image data corresponding to pixels of the image; a printing data generation unit generating, based on the acquired image data, printing data including information about dot formation details based on the pixels for each of the nozzles; a nozzle information...

20060125861 - Printer comprising two printhead modules and at least two printer controllers: A printer comprising: a printhead comprising first and second elongate printhead modules, the printhead modules being parallel to each other and being disposed end to end on either side of a join region; at least first and second printer controllers configured to receive print data and process the print data...

20060125862 - Liquid jetting device, liquid jetting method, and liquid jetting system: A liquid ejecting apparatus is provided with a liquid ejecting section that ejects a plurality of types of liquid toward a medium, wherein among the liquids that are ejected from the liquid ejecting section and that reach a region that is outside the medium, an ejection amount of some types...

20060125863 - Printer controller for controlling a printhead module based on thermal sensing: A printer controller for supplying dot data to a printhead module having a plurality of nozzles for expelling ink, the printhead module including a plurality of thermal sensors, each of the thermal sensors being configured to respond to a temperature at or adjacent at least one of the nozzles, the...

20060125864 - Using a consumable component with an apparatus: A consumable component designed to be usable with an apparatus has a surface that includes a non-reflective area forming a predefined pattern in a reflective material. Electromagnetic energy reflected from the surface and read by the apparatus contains a predefined characteristic. The apparatus is programmed not to consume the consumable...

20060125865 - Inkjet printing system: In an inkjet printing apparatus which generates satellites droplets, problems in an image attributable to the satellites are mitigated as far as possible. For this purpose, each parameter is adjusted to satisfy a relationship such that the distance between positions of placement of a main droplet and a satellite substantially...

20060125866 - Adjusting image-formation mechanism swath so that bar codes are formed within a single swath: A method of an embodiment of the invention determines whether at least a portion of an image to be formed on a media sheet on a swath-by-swath basis by an image-formation mechanism includes one or more bar codes having a height that is less than a height of a swath...

20060125870 - Defect detection device of a print head and method of detecting defect of a print head: A defect detection device of a printer head, and a method of detecting defects, including first to Nth actuators providing a driving force for ejecting ink to ink chambers; a vibration signal generator generating vibration signals for vibrating the first to Nth actuators; a first switch receiving the generated vibration...

20060125869 - Ink jet recording apparatus and method and program for checking nozzles thereof: A recording head includes an ink-discharging surface and nozzles. The ink-discharging surface is provided with ink-discharging ports of the nozzles. A light-emitting element and a light-receiving element are disposed opposite each other close to the ink-discharging surface. The light-receiving element outputs a detection signal. A reflector is provided on the...

20060125868 - Liquid-ejection testing method, liquid-ejection testing device, and computer-readable medium: A liquid-ejection testing method comprises following steps (A) to (D): (A) A step of making a conductive detection member be opposed, in a non-contact state, to a plurality of liquid ejecting nozzles that are to be tested, the detection member being opposed in a direction that intersects with a direction...

20060125867 - Printing system: It is an object of the invention, where image file(s) are sent directly to printer(s) from digital camera(s) or other such peripheral equipment and printing of same is automatically carried out thereat, to cause reprinting to be properly carried out following printing error(s). Camera(s) 10 and printer(s) 20 support DPOF...

20060125872 - Head substrate, recording head, head cartridge and recording apparatus therewith: An ink-jet recording head substrate which is mounted with electrothermal transducers producing thermal energy used for discharging ink and which drives the electrothermal transducers, comprising: a production circuit operating on a first voltage and producing a selection signal indicating driving or non-driving of the electrothermal transducer; a conversion circuit for...

20060125871 - Substrate for ink jet recording head, driving control method, ink jet recording head, and ink jet recording apparatus: A substrate for an ink jet recording head, the substrate provided with an electrothermal transducer for generating thermal energy used for discharging ink and a driving circuit for driving the electrothermal transducer, the substrate having a logical circuit for outputting, at a second voltage amplitude level based on an input...

20060125873 - Printer and printing method: A printer includes a printing part that prints inputted printing information on paper while moving by gravity and supports that support the printing part and the printing medium facing each other so that the printing part is movable in the gravity direction. The printing part corrects the inputted printing information...

20060125874 - Maintenance apparatus used with an inkjet printer: An inkjet printer driving a maintenance apparatus using a power to a feed roller. In the inkjet printer, the maintenance of the maintenance apparatus is started by a carriage. The maintenance apparatus includes a maintenance member which cleans and covers the nozzle of a print head, a maintenance cam which...

20060125875 - Wiper blade member for ink jet recording head, ink jet recording apparatus having wiper blade and ink jet recording method: The invention provides a wiper blade member maintaining a high water repellency even for a pigment ink, and an ink jet recording apparatus equipped with such wiper blade member. The wiper blade member of the invention for eliminating a deposition an ink discharge face of the ink jet recording head...

20060125876 - Printer comprising two uneven printhead modules and at least two printer controllers, one of which sends print data to both of the printhead modules: A printer comprising: a printhead comprising first and second elongate printhead modules, the printhead modules being parallel to each other and being disposed end to end on either side of a join region, wherein the first printhead module is longer than the second printhead module; at least first and second...

20060125877 - Liquid ejection head: A liquid ejection head has an element substrate on which a plurality of heaters for generating energy for ejecting liquid droplets are disposed, a nozzle forming member laminated on the main surface of the element substrate and including a plurality of nozzles each having an ejection port for ejecting liquid...

20060125878 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head. The ink jet head comprises an ink passage body and an actuator. The ink passage body comprises a nozzle, an ink chamber communicating with the nozzle, and a pressure chamber located between the nozzle and the ink chamber. The...

20060125879 - Electrostatic actuator, droplet discharge head and method for manufacturing the droplet discharge head, droplet discharge apparatus, and device: To provide an electrostatic actuator that generates high pressure under a given voltage and includes an insulating film exhibiting excellent insulation resistance, a droplet discharge head that includes the electrostatic actuator and a method for manufacturing the droplet discharge head, a droplet discharge apparatus that includes the droplet discharge head...

20060125880 - Ink nozzle: The present invention relates to an ink nozzle. The ink nozzle includes a lever terminating with a piston head at one end and a first magnetic pole at the other end. The first magnetic pole defines a plurality of apertures through which ink can be ejected. The ink nozzle also...

20060125881 - Substrate for inkjet recording head and inkjet recording head using the same: Limitations on the number of recording elements capable of being simultaneously driven are relaxed so that driving voltage fluctuation falls within an allowable range. The substrate includes arrays of recording elements, common power supply wires extended from portions near one end portions of the arrays to portions near the other...

20060125882 - Fluid-ejection devices and a deposition method for layers thereof: Atomic layer deposition forms a cavitation layer of a print head....

20060125883 - Thermal ink jet printhead with low heater mass: 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 forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas...

20060125885 - Layer with discontinuity over fluid slot: In one embodiment, a fluid ejection device comprises a substrate having a first surface, and a fluid slot in the first surface. The device further comprises a fluid ejector formed over the first surface of the substrate, and a chamber layer formed over the first surface of the substrate. The...

20060125884 - Method of manufacturing liquid discharging head, and liquid discharging head: The present invention provides an ink jet recording head forming method which can be improved in a discharging characteristic. The method includes at least the step of forming an ink flow path pattern on a substrate by a photodecomposable positive type resist resin, the step of once executing each of...

20060125886 - Inkjet recording head: An inkjet recording head for ejecting ink in ink channels by deformation of the piezoelectric element, comprising: a partition wall, formed by making grooves in an actuator substrate made of a polarized piezoelectric element, for forming longitudinal side surface of a plurality of ink channels; a cover plate adhered on...

20060125887 - Fluid reservoir and ink pen assembly: In one embodiment, a reservoir for holding a fluid includes a housing defining an enclosed tank having a first corner between first walls that intersect at an angle less than 90° and a second corner between second walls that intersect at an angle less than 90°. The second corner is...

20060125888 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge including: an ink chamber storing ink; a communication chamber communicating the ink chamber with the exterior of the ink cartridge; a valve member disposed in the communication chamber such that the valve member is displaceable between a first position to shut off communication between the ink chamber...

20060125890 - Ink jet cartridge: An ink jet cartridge. The ink jet cartridge includes a housing having a chamber, an absorbing member installed in the chamber, and a cover having a first opening therethrough and a protrusion formed on the cover surface toward the absorbing member around the first opening....

20060125891 - Ink tank and ink jet printer incorporating the same: An ink chamber is formed with a vent port allowing atmospheric air to enter therein and an ink outlet from which ink is taken out. An optical member has an ink contact face capable of contacting with ink contained in the ink chamber. The ink contact face includes a detection...

20060125889 - Ink tank, recording head and package including the ink tank and the recording head: A package is formed including an ink tank in a bag. A cap is attached to an ink supply port of the ink tank. In the cap including an adsorption material made of zeolite, the adsorption material is arranged in a position in the cap where the adsorption material does...

20060125893 - Inkjet cartridge and method of fabricating the same: An inkjet cartridge and a method of fabricating the same. The inkjet cartridge includes a cartridge body to store ink therein, a head attached to the cartridge body to eject the ink stored in the cartridge body externally, a flexible printed circuit board attached to the cartridge body to be...

20060125892 - Inkjet printhead with bubble handling properties: Some embodiments of the invention provide a printhead having a chip feed extending between an ink reservoir and printhead nozzles, wherein the chip feed has an inlet, and outlet, and one or more projections or recesses in a transition surface of the chip feed. The transition surface and the projection...

20060125894 - Ink comprising casein: A process for printing a porous substrate comprising ink jet printing a colorant and casein onto the substrate to give a print in which the colorant and casein are in contact with each other....

20060125896 - Ink tank, ink jet recording method, and ink tank regeneration process: The present invention aims to provide an ink tank which can elongate the lifetime of ink jet recording apparatus and further stores therein an ink which can achieve superior image characteristics such as image fastness. The present invention provides an ink tank which comprises an ink storage portion storing an...

20060125895 - Reaction liquid, set of ink composition and reaction liquid, and image recording method: A reaction liquid containing a reactive substance that reacts with at least one component in an ink composition containing a coloring material in a dispersed state, in which the reactive substance is a polyvalent metal compound having multiple reactive sites in one molecule, a set of ink and a reaction...

20060125897 - Ink-jet printer: An ink-jet printer includes a printing head having a nozzle unit for discharging ink onto recording media. A first drying unit primarily dries ink discharged by the nozzle unit. A second drying unit is set at a temperature higher than that of the first drying unit to secondarily dry the...

20060125898 - Isochronous double sided ink jet printer: The present invention provides an isochronous double-sided ink jet printer, which can print on both sides of the lamp house material. Said printer comprises: supply roller motor, winding roller motor, guide beam, guide beam adjusting bracket, printing heads, front printing head carriage, back printing head carriage, printing material bearing band...

20060125899 - Manufacture of tape measures: A process for printing onto a measuring tape comprising the steps of passing an elongate strip through a printing station having a support over which the strip passes, means to hold the strip taut as it passes over the support and means for monitoring the amount of motion of the...

20060125901 - Method and apparatus for transporting a receiving substrate in a duplex ink jet printing unit: A duplex ink jet printing apparatus for printing on a first side of a receiving sheet and a second side of a receiving sheet, opposite to the first side, includes: a first transportation device for transporting the receiving sheet along a first path, with the first side up; a second...

20060125900 - Printing method using quill-jet: A system for depositing a material is described. The system uses at least one cantilever, and more typically a plurality of cantilever to transfer small amounts of material from a source of material to a substrate surface. One application for the system is a printing system in which the material...

20060125902 - Process and materials for marking plastic surfaces: Single coatings onto non-absorbent substrates on which aqueous inkjet inks are jetted with subsequent application of heat or other forms of energy to further cross-link the coating onto the substrate and to fuse the ink-jet ink image to give good quality water resistant colored reproductions. Optionally a protective layer is...

20060125903 - Printing a bar in a bar code: In one embodiment, a method for printing a bar in a bar code includes computing a print resolution for printing the bar using Bar Width, Dot Size and Number of Dots where Bar Width is a desired width of the bar, Dot Size is a nominal dimension of each dot...

20060125904 - Safety circuit for image forming apparatus: A safety circuit for an image forming apparatus includes a main switch configured to allow power supply from a main power source to be switched in an ON/OFF fashion, an openable/closable cover, a cover switch configured to be turned OFF when the cover is opened and be turned ON when...

20060125905 - Direct xerography system: A system for printing is described. The system uses at least one cantilever, and more typically a plurality of cantilever to transfer charge, either to or from a dielectric surface. The resulting charge distribution represents an image. Toner deposited over the dielectric surface is attracted to the charged portions of...

20060125906 - Quill-jet printer: A system for depositing a material is described. The system uses at least one cantilever, and more typically a plurality of cantilever to transfer small amounts of material from a source of material to a substrate surface. One application for the system is a printing system in which the material...

20060125907 - Image recording apparatus: In medical image recording apparatus, exposure section forms a latent image on film by exposing film based on a testing exposure signal for correction of density characteristics of the leading edge and/or the trailing edge of film, and heat development section heat-develops to visualize the latent image and records it...

20060125908 - Method and apparatus of driving a thermal print head to form an image: A method and apparatus are provided for driving heaters of a thermal print head in a thermal image transfer. The method divides each of the heaters, which consecutively print at least two color images, into a predetermined number of groups of multiple heaters. The heaters in each group consecutively printing...

20060125909 - Heat-sensitive recording medium: m

20060125910 - Packaging structure of led-multiplexer/driver hybridzation for led printer head: The present invention discloses a packaging structure of LED-multiplexer/driver hybridization for LED printer head. In order to connect the LED-multiplexer module to the LED chip without wire bonding, a multiplexer chip, made of silicon material, has multiplexer circuit on one side and a through engraved U-shape trench on the other...

20060125911 - Image display medium, process for forming image, and multicolor image-forming apparatus: An image display medium that includes a photoconductive layer containing a photochromic compound and an electron accepting compound; and a substrate, in which the photochromic compound contains a fulgide compound, and the electron accepting compound contains a compound selected at least from: a) a phosphonic acid compound having analiphatic group...

20060125912 - Stitching prevention in multibeam imaging for exposing printing plates: A method of exposing imaging data onto a sensitized medium including exposing K sets of N of tracks on to the medium according to a corresponding part of imaging data, each successive set being a pixel distance apart in a fast scan direction. The method further includes exposing L sets...

20060125913 - Writing of photo-induced structures: A method of writing a photo-induced structure into a photosensitive material substrate, the method comprising the steps of creating an interference pattern utilising at least two light beams, exposing the substrate to the interference pattern for photo-inducing material changes in the substrate, and creating an irregularity in the interference pattern...

20060114276 - Ink jet recording head, liquid storage container and ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet recording head is detachably attached to an ink jet recording apparatus including a carriage operable to reciprocally move and an optical encoder scale. An ink jet recording head, a liquid storage container, or an ink jet recording apparatus includes at least one of a light emitting element...

20060114277 - Self-calibration of power delivery control to firing resistors: A fluid ejection device having an internal power supply path and a power regulator providing an offset voltage from the internal power supply path voltage. A self-calibration circuit in the inkjet printhead determines a regulation band of the power regulator defined by a lower set point offset voltage and an...

20060114278 - Liquid-ejecting method and liquid-ejecti