Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 09/06

20060209099 - Method and apparatus for image forming using an ink-jet printing system: An ink-jet printing system includes an ink carriage, an ink-jet print head, a guiding member and a supporting member. The ink carriage is detachably provided to the ink-jet printing system. The ink-jet print head is mounted on the ink carriage. The guiding member is configured to support the ink carriage...

20060209098 - Radiation curable ink-jet ink containing an alpha hydroxy ketone as photoinitiator: A process for preparing an inkjet printed matter, which comprises the steps of applying an ultraviolet curable inkjet ink composition comprising a photopolymerizable monomer, oligomer or prepolymer; a colorant and a compound of the formula (I) or (II) or (Ia) or (IIa) or mixtures thereof, and optionally a reactive diluent...

20060209100 - Illuminated ribbon cartridge: A printer cartridge may define an internal cavity. The cartridge may have a body and a cover defining the internal cavity, and a light source may be disposed inside of the cartridge internal cavity. The light source may shine light through a notch formed in the body to illuminate a...

20060209101 - Systems and methods for measuring uniformity in images: A method for measuring spatial uniformity in an image is provided and includes printing a test pattern from an image forming device having a plurality of strips and rows of fiducials proximal thereto. The method further provides for correcting of distortions in an image caused by printing and scanning artifacts...

20060209102 - Off-radial-axis circular printing device and methods: Method and apparatus for printing onto a rotating media is described. According to one embodiment, the printing system includes a print head that is laterally displaced from a radial printing radius, a rotating mechanism to rotate the media, and a controller to print onto an annular print area. The annular...

20060209103 - Liquid ejector and liquid ejecting method: A liquid ejecting apparatus can array dots in line even when nozzles are arranged in line and ink droplets are ejected from a plurality of liquid ejecting parts with a time difference. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head in which the liquid ejecting parts are arranged in line in...

20060209104 - Image forming apparatus having improved operability and maintainability: An image forming apparatus includes a removable image forming unit including at least a carriage having an ink jet head, and a recording medium conveyance member, and includes a gap adjustment mechanism including a carriage travel lever unit having first and second levers separably engaged with each other. The second...

20060209106 - Document management apparatus, document management method, program for implementing the method, and document management system: A document management apparatus which is capable of replacing a plurality of kinds of marks with a mark having a common meaning without editing the marks to output consistent printing results in an efficient manner. A mark information management table in which a plurality of kinds of marks are classified...

20060209107 - Liquid droplet spraying apparatus, method of forming a pixel pattern using the same and display substrate having the pixel pattern: A liquid droplet spraying apparatus sprays a liquid droplet onto pixel regions arranged in a matrix shape. The liquid droplet spraying apparatus includes a first spraying section and a second spraying section. The first spraying section sprays a first liquid droplet onto a pixel region, the first spraying section moving...

20060209105 - Method and apparatus of flexibly controlling print throughput and quality: A method and an apparatus of flexibly controlling printing speed and quality are disclosed. The method controls the inkjet printhead module under the draft print mode. According to the moving distance of the inkjet printhead module, the apparatus generates the address sequence reset signal. According to the address sequence reset...

20060209108 - Method of driving liquid-drop-ejecting recording head, and liquid-drop-ejecting recording device: A liquid-drop-ejecting recording head carries out image recording by applying a jetting pulse having a binary digital driving waveform to a piezoelectric element, providing a vibration wave to liquid accommodated in an accommodating chamber, and ejecting a liquid drop from a eject opening. The liquid-drop-ejecting recording head classifies each pixel...

20060209109 - Printing device, program for controlling printing device, method of controlling printing device, printing data creating device, program for controlling printing data and method of creating printing data: A printing device which prints an image on a printing medium by a printing head, the printing head having a plurality of nozzles for forming a dot on the printing medium, the printing device includes: a printing unit that executes a printing process for reducing deterioration of a printed image...

20060209110 - Printer having image dividing modes: A printer includes at least one controller having first mode configured to control printing of an image including a sequence of columns by controlling printing a first column in the sequence and a fourth column in the sequence with a first printhead, a second column in the sequence and a...

20060209111 - Printing apparatus, printing method, storage medium, and printing system: A printing apparatus includes a carry mechanism, a nozzle, an element, a drive signal outputting section, a temperature sensor, a cap, and a controller. The carry mechanism carries a medium. The nozzle performs a moving-and-ejecting operation of ejecting ink toward the medium while moving relative to the medium during an...

20060209112 - Liquid jetting device and liquid jetting method: The number of liquid droplets ejected toward a region outside a medium, which becomes a necessary evil when forming dots all the way to the edges of the medium by ejecting liquid droplets, can be decreased without greatly impairing the formation of dots at the edges. A liquid ejection apparatus...

20060209113 - Printing control device, printing control method, and media with printing control program recorded thereon: When the disposition of dots is determined based on image data that indicates the recording density of each pixel, the following procedure is taken: disposition is determined with respect to one kind of dots or a combination of two or more kinds of dots that will have the greatest influence...

20060209114 - Paper sheet delivery control and inkjet type image-forming apparatus: In multi-passage inkjet printing of an image for detecting the deviation of recording medium by changing the angle of stepwise rotation, the formed image can have a black streak or a white streak visually observable depending on the stepwise rotation angle, as shown in the drawings (a) to (g) in...

20060209115 - Printer having adjustable ink delivery system pressure: An ink delivery system for a printer includes an ink reservoir, a printhead assembly, a pump configured to provide ink from the ink reservoir to the printhead assembly at a selected pressure, and a controller configured to adjust the selected pressure based on a characteristic of an image to be...

20060209116 - Inkjet printer and multifunctional machine: An inkjet printer including a plurality of inkjet heads for recording a one or more colors on a document, a determining part for determining whether a first test-jetting operation is required to be executed by one of the plural inkjet heads designated to record a predetermined color on the document,...

20060209117 - Methods and architecture for applying self-assembled monolayer(s): The present invention is drawn to methods and architecture for depositing one or more self-assembled monolayer(s) onto a print nozzle orifice plate surface. In particular, the servicing fluid includes a self-assembled monolayer-forming agent and is applied using a wiper. The wiper is configured to service and maintain an orifice plate...

20060209118 - Capping member, cleaning member, piping member, ink tank member, and uv curable ink jet recording apparatus fitted with the above members: An ink jet recording method comprising a step of jetting an ink to a recording material via an ink jet recording apparatus, wherein the ink is cationically polymerizable ink, and apparatus includes a UV ink jet recording head fitted with a nozzle to eject UV ink; a capping member to...

20060209119 - Liquid jetting apparatus: The liquid jetting apparatus includes a head member having a nozzle, a supporting member that that can support a medium, a scanning mechanism that can cause the head member to relatively move with respect to the medium, and a liquid jetting unit that can jet liquid from the nozzle. An...

20060209120 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit, nozzles, a recording unit, a cap unit, a first moving mechanism, a first ink receiving unit and a second moving mechanism. The first moving mechanism reciprocates the cap unit between a capping position and a non-capping position apart. The first ink receiving...

20060209121 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus, including: a printing head having a plurality of nozzle holes which emit ink; and a capping device to collect ink ejected from the nozzle hole by covering the nozzle hole of the printing head, wherein the capping device has an interconnected cell type porous elastic member...

20060209122 - Wiper: Embodiments of a wiper are disclosed....

20060209123 - High density reinforced orifice plate: A method for forming a high resolution reinforced polymer orifice plate with jet array for an ink jet begins by electroforming an array of cells onto a base forming a cell assembly. The base has a smooth reflective surface. The cell assembly is coated with a polymer forming a filled...

20060209124 - Liquid droplet discharge apparatus: In a liquid droplet discharge apparatus that prevents deterioration in the precision of ink droplet landing positions resulting from deformation of long members due to changes in the temperature environment, long members to which plural head units are attached are fixed at one end but slidably supported at the other...

20060209125 - Color image processing apparatus: A color conversion section in an image processing apparatus converts input colors at positions of interest in input color document data to a limited number of colors, on the basis of page layout information that is updated on a page-by-page basis and delivered from a page layout analysis section, a...

20060209126 - Adhesive agent and inkjet head and manufacturing method thereof: Disclosed is an adhesive agent which is curable and has flexibility at low temperature, and further has resistant to solvent type ink. The adhesive agent includes a base and an activator, wherein the base includes at least any one of: bisphenol F epoxy compound; bisphenol F epoxy compound mixed with...

20060209127 - Droplet ejection head, method of producing the same, and droplet ejection apparatus: The invention provides a droplet ejection head having a nozzle plate provided with a nozzle for ejecting droplets and a water-repellent film provided on the nozzle plate. The water-repellent film contains an inorganic ultraviolet absorbing agent. A method of producing the droplet ejection head and a droplet ejection apparatus provided...

20060209128 - A method for the manufacture of a piezoelectric element: A piezoelectric element with stable and excellent piezoelectric properties is made by: a step of forming a diaphragm 30 (31, 32) on a substrate 20 (S1); a step of forming a bottom electrode 33 on the diaphragm 30 (S2); a step of forming a first piezoelectric layer 43a on the...

20060209130 - Mist spraying apparatus and image forming apparatus: The mist spraying apparatus comprises: a liquid chamber into which liquid is filled; a coil which is applied with an electrical signal to generate a magnetic filed, the electrical signal having a frequency corresponding to an ultrasonic wave; a diaphragm which is vibrated by the magnetic field generated by the...

20060209129 - Mist spraying apparatus and method, and image forming apparatus: The mist spraying apparatus comprises: a pressure chamber into which liquid is filled; a charging electrode which is in contact with the liquid and charges the liquid; a vibration generating device which converts the liquid into droplets by applying vibrational energy to the liquid inside the liquid chamber, thereby generating...

20060209131 - Ink-jet printhead substrate, driving control method, ink-jet printhead and ink-jet printing apparatus: A heater/driver array that includes heaters for generating thermal energy utilized to discharge ink and driver circuits for driving these is mounted on a substrate. The heaters are formed into a plurality of groups and are driven by block drive on a per-group basis. A block selection signal of driving-signal...

20060209132 - Inkjet printhead having isolated nozzles: A printhead suitable for minimizing cross-contamination between nozzles is provided. The printhead comprises a substrate, which includes a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets onto a print medium. Each nozzle has a nozzle aperture, which is defined in an ink ejection surface of the substrate. The printhead also comprises...

20060209133 - Method of printing which minimizes cross-contamination between nozzles: A method of printing from a printhead, whilst minimizing cross-contamination of ink between adjacent nozzles is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a printhead comprising a substrate, which includes a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets onto a print medium, each nozzle having a nozzle aperture...

20060209134 - Method of fabricating a printhead having isolated nozzles: A method of fabricating a printhead having isolated nozzles is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a substrate, the substrate including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets onto a print medium, each nozzle having a nozzle aperture defined in an ink ejection surface of the...

20060209135 - Drop ejection device: Disclosed devices include a channel having a wall with a plurality of spaced apart projections extending therefrom. The projections substantially prevent intrusion of a liquid into the projections....

20060209138 - Liquid ejection head: The liquid ejection head comprises: a plurality of pressure chambers which are provided correspondingly to a plurality of ejection holes formed on a first wall defining the pressure chambers, the ejection holes being two-dimensionally arranged and ejecting liquid toward a liquid receiving medium, the pressure chambers accommodating the liquid to...

20060209137 - Liquid ejection head, image forming apparatus and method of manufacturing liquid ejection head: The liquid ejection head comprises: a plurality of ejection ports which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers which are respectively connected to the ejection ports; a plurality of piezoelectric elements which respectively deform the pressure chambers, the piezoelectric elements being arranged on sides of the pressure chambers opposite to...

20060209136 - Liquid-jet head and liquid-jet apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid-jet head and a liquid-jet apparatus each capable of stabilizing liquid ejection characteristics in favorable states, and also capable of preventing destruction of a vibration plate. Disclosed is a liquid-jet head including a passage-forming substrate where pressure generating chambers communicating...

20060209139 - Electrical connection substrate, droplet discharge head, and droplet discharge apparatus: An electrical connection substrate includes a substrate main body in which an electrical connection through port is formed, and connection target members arranged on both sides of the substrate main body, respectively. The connection target members are electrically connected to each other through the electrical connection through port, and the...

20060209140 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus, including a recording head including plural nozzles to jet ink and a ink chamber communicating with each of the plural nozzles, a hermetically closed ink tank, a hermetically closed ink supplying flow path to supply ink to the ink chamber, a hermetically closed ink discharging flow...

20060209141 - Liquid ejection head and method of manufacturing liquid ejection head: The liquid ejection head comprises: a plurality of pressure chambers which contain liquid and are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix configuration; a plurality of nozzles which connect to the pressure chambers and eject the liquid; a diaphragm which forms one face of the pressure chambers; a plurality of piezoelectric elements...

20060209142 - Liquid supply apparatus and method, and inkjet recording apparatus: The liquid supply apparatus supplies liquid for ejection to a liquid ejection head. The apparatus comprises: a tank which stores the liquid; a liquid supply channel through which the liquid in the tank is conveyed to the liquid ejection head; a flow rate determination device which determines a flow rate...

20060209145 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge is provided with a hollow cartridge body which can be attached to and detached from a cartridge attaching unit formed in an ink jet recording device, an ink storage chamber formed inside the cartridge, an ink supply port which can open in order to supply the ink...

20060209143 - Method and apparatus for recovering ink from inkjet cartridges: The invention provides an apparatus and method for the recovery of ink from inkjet cartridges. The apparatus includes means (1) for breaking the ink cartridges into pieces, thereby releasing any ink and compressible material or sponge from within the otherwise substantially sealed cartridges; a washing stage (2) whereby ink is...

20060209144 - Seal for inkjet orifices: An absorbent material is employed as a seal over the printhead nozzles. The absorbent is uni-axial to prevent ink migration laterally, implemented by a lattice of absorbent matter surrounded by ink barriers. Such an absorbent can be sufficiently effective to limit ink migration that a simple tape may be used...

20060209148 - Heater and drip plate for ink loader melt assembly: A melt assembly that includes a drip plate; and a self regulating heating device thermally connected to the drip plate, wherein the heating device is a positive temperature coefficient material (PTC material). Also, a drip plate having an open interior into which a heating device may be inserted or molded....

20060209146 - Ink jet apparatus: A method of operating a drop generating printhead including heating the printhead, providing melted phase change ink to the printhead, allowing the printhead to cool, and while the printhead is cooling, pressurizing the phase change ink in the printhead with a pressure that is sufficient to substantially maintain meniscuses at...

20060209147 - Magnetic wire application apparatus, method thereof and printed material including magnetic wire: A magnetic wire application apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a drum using a solid ink; a magnetic wire application unit that applies a magnetic wire on the image formed on the drum by the image forming unit using the solid ink; and an image...

20060209149 - Water-based pigment dispersion, production method thereof, water-based pigment ink, production method thereof, ink record, inkjet recording apparatus, and inkjet recording method: The object of the present invention is to provide a water-based pigment dispersion containing a pigment, a dispersing agent, a resin emulsion, and water, the water-based pigment dispersion is subjected to a heat treatment. The present invention also provides a water-based pigment ink containing the water-based pigment dispersion, a dispersing...

20060209150 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection head 30 is secured to a lower surface of a carriage 29. A nozzle plate 31, a drying laser radiation device 38, and a baking laser radiation device 39 are adjacently arranged at the lower surface of the liquid ejection head 30. A plurality of nozzles N...

20060209151 - Image forming apparatus: A transfer member and a downstream-side neutralizing electrode make a contact with a rear portion of an intermediate transfer belt within a contact region. A transfer voltage with an opposite polarity to a regularly charged polarity of a toner is applied to the transfer member. A voltage with a same...

20060209156 - Driving apparatus: In a driving apparatus, a drive force interruption/transmission device transmits or interrupts a drive force from a drive source, a load unit is operated by the drive force transmitted from the drive force interruption/transmission device, a torque control unit varies the output torque of the drive source, a drive force...

20060209154 - Image forming apparatus having conveying portion that conveys recording medium along slanting direction: A main casing has one side and another side opposite the one side. A cover is provided on the one side and is configured to open and close the one side. A conveying portion is supported on the cover inside the main casing for conveying a recording medium along a...

20060209153 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus is disclosed wherein an image is recorded on a recording medium based on image information by ejecting liquid droplets from a liquid droplet ejecting head. A liquid droplet ejecting head is provided which has an ejection region substantially corresponding to a width of the recording medium....

20060209155 - Method and device for continuously feeding media in image forming apparatus: Provided are a method and device for calculating a distance between conveyed media based on a feeding speed of the media selected by a user and continuously picking up and feeding the media based on the calculated distance. The method involves selecting a distance between the media along the print...

20060209152 - Web: Various embodiments of a web are disclosed....

20060209157 - Connection: The invention relates to a connection (32) of two components that abut on the faces thereof. The aim of the invention is to create a connection that permits a stable connection of the aforementioned type, particularly of flat components, with a high level of precision of the position with regard...

20060209158 - Illuminated ribbon shield: A ribbon shield for a time clock may be provided which may be placed within a printing chamber along with a printing mechanism. The ribbon shield may also incorporate a light source (e.g., electroluminescent lamp) to illuminate the printing chamber and an inserted time card to aid an employee in...

20060209159 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a plurality of exposure apparatuses that perform exposure using light emitted from a plurality of organic electroluminescence elements as exposure light, wherein light-emitting intensity of the plurality of organic electroluminescence elements is different among the plurality of exposure apparatuses, such as, for example, between a...

20060209160 - Thermal head printer and printing method in thermal head printer: A thermal head printer includes a platen, a thermal head having a heating element, a heating-value arithmetic unit, a heating-value comparator, an excess-value counter, and a heating-value controller. The thermal head printer performs a printing operation by conveying a recording medium between the platen and the thermal head and heating...

20060209161 - System and method of employing indicia on web material and web material using same: A donor web for use in a thermal transfer printer comprises a foil having a transfer side and a non-transfer side. A layer of thermal transfer material is disposed on the transfer side of the foil material. Indicia is ink-jetted to the foil. The indicia includes information pertaining to at...

20060209165 - Exposure apparatus: d

20060209163 - Laser printer apparatus: A motor feeding a sheet of paper is arranged inside a frame, and below the motor, a motor cover having a detecting portion for detecting presence/absence of a cartridge is attached on a base member. A signal caught by the detecting portion is transmitted through a wire to a substrate...

20060209164 - Laser printer apparatus: In a laser printer apparatus, a top cover is arranged to cover a base member, a fixing unit, and a laser scanning unit. At a raised portion formed for reinforcement at an end portion of the base member on the side of fixing unit, a plurality of openings are formed...

20060209162 - Light emitting unit and image forming device: An image forming device having an OPC to receive light and to form a latent image includes a light source part to scan the light to the OPC, a light source plate to support the light source part, a collimator lens disposed on a scanning path of the light, a...

20060209166 - Image forming system employing effective optical scan-line control device: An optical scanning characteristic control method is applied to an optical scanning system in which a beam is deflected, and the deflected beam is converged and directed toward a scanning surface, so that optical scanning of the scanning surface is performed by an optical spot formed thereon by the deflected...

20060209167 - Color image forming apparatus: The color image forming apparatus has mirrors 33, 35 and 37 that reflect the laser beams in order to guide the laser beams to optimum positions when the laser beams are guided from light sources (LD) to photoconductor drums 58, and in an optical system for the monochrome mode, the...

20060209168 - Optical multi-beam scanning device and image forming apparatus: The present invention can be adapted to improve optical efficiency even when a light source is disposed without restricting a polarization direction or an orthogonal direction with respect to an optical axis of a light beam from the light source. A multi-beam optical scanning device of the present invention includes...

20060209169 - Light scanning unit and electrophotographic image forming apparatus having the same: A light scanning unit that scans light that corresponds to image information and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus having the same. The light scanning unit includes a housing in which a transparent window is formed, a light scanning portion disposed inside the housing to scan light to an outside of...

20060209170 - Clock signal generation circuit, optical scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus: The present invention discloses a clock signal generation circuit for generating one or more clock signals for performing a scanning operation by scanning a light beam from a light source to a scan target. The clock signal generation circuit includes a determination circuit for determining authenticity of start information in...

20060209171 - Optical beam scanning device and image forming apparatus: It is an object of the present invention to reduce deterioration of performance due to an attachment error of an optical deflecting device in an optical beam scanning device. The optical beam scanning device of the present invention has a single optical deflecting device, a pre-deflection optical system that allows...

20060209172 - Process and mechanism to label removable media: A method for writing labels to an optical medium is disclosed. The optical medium includes a label reflecting layer and a label recording layer. The method includes deforming a location within the label recording layer wherein deforming the location within the label recording layer causes a corresponding portion of the...

20060203016 - Printing device and printing method: A printing apparatus which can print with a printing resolution optimum to print data using a head wherein an ink droplet can be deflected to a plurality of directions from each ink discharging portion. The printing apparatus includes a head (a plurality of heads (11)) which includes a plurality of...

20060203017 - Remaining-liquid-amount display apparatus and remaining-liquid-amount display method: A remaining-liquid-amount apparatus for displaying an amount of conductive liquid (ink) remaining in a container includes electrode units which are arranged along a direction in which the liquid level falls when the amount of liquid in the container decreases and which conduct current when the electrode units are in contact...

20060203018 - Thermal transfer printing system and method with improved print quality and printhead life in cold ambient temperature conditions: A method of controlling a thermal transfer printhead by selectively activating the printhead heater elements at customized pulse widths specifically developed for low temperature printing applications (less than 5° C.). Through the application of specific control signal modulation levels to each of five control signals that are dependent on heater...

20060203019 - Inkjet recording apparatus and method: The inkjet recording apparatus comprises: an ink ejection head in which a plurality of ink ejection ports ejecting ink are arranged; a treatment liquid ejection head in which a plurality of treatment liquid ejection ports ejecting treatment liquid are arranged; a banding information acquisition device which acquires information identifying a...

20060203020 - Distributing print density: Embodiments for distributing print density are disclosed....

20060203024 - Image forming apparatus and method: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection device which ejects droplets of a radiation-curable ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which causes the ink ejection device and the recording medium to move relatively to each other in a relative movement direction by conveying at least one of...

20060203023 - Image processing method and appartus, and image recording apparatus: The image processing method for an image recording apparatus that records an image on a recording medium by means of dots including a dot with a minimum dot size larger than a recording distance determined in accordance with resolution, the image processing method comprises the steps of: setting the recording...

20060203022 - Printing system, printing method, and adjustment method: A printing system includes a head, a carry unit, a memory, and a controller. The head has nozzles and ejects ink droplets corresponding to pixel data from each of the nozzles. The carry unit carries a medium. The memory stores position information that indicates a relationship between a position of...

20060203021 - Printing using a subset of printheads: Embodiments of printing using a subset of printheads are disclosed....

20060203026 - Image recording apparatus: The image recording apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head which ejects liquid onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which relatively conveys the recording medium with respect to the liquid ejection head, by moving at least one of the recording medium and the liquid ejection head; a liquid removal device...

20060203025 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and control method and program of the same: There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting liquid to a printing material, having a platen for supporting the printing material, an ejection head for ejecting the liquid to the printing material by reciprocating on the printing material supported by the platen, an optical sensor reciprocating together with the...

20060203027 - Delaying printing: Embodiments of delaying printing are disclosed....

20060203028 - Apparatus and method for print quality control: A method is provided for print quality control. To carry out this method, a printing apparatus with optical detection capability is used. This apparatus includes: advance mechanism for advancing a print medium through a print zone; a carriage assembly having at least one pen for ejecting ink droplets onto the...

20060203029 - Image recording apparatus: A double-sided printable image recording apparatus comprising: a conveying means for conveying a recording medium, a fixed recording head for ejecting an aqueous ink and a treating liquid having nature of aggregating a colorant contained in the aqueous ink to a recording medium conveyed by the conveying means, which is...

20060203030 - Ink-jet recording apparatus and method for driving the same: An ink-jet recording apparatus has a pick-up roller for supplying to a conveyor mechanism an uppermost one of record media on a supporter, an elevator for moving up and down the supporter, a pump for forcibly ejecting ink within an ink-jet head, a drive shaft that is rotated both in...

20060203031 - Inkjet wiping fluid: An inkjet wiping fluid configured to reduce ink puddling on an inkjet surface includes a non-wetting material....

20060203032 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a recording head and a cap. The conveyance unit conveys a recording medium. The recording head includes a nozzle formation surface formed with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink toward the recording medium being conveyed by the conveyance unit. The cap...

20060203033 - Inkjet apparatus and a method of controlling an inkjet mechanism: A method of controlling an inkjet mechanism having an inkjet head movable between a capped position and a print position comprises the steps of receiving a first switch signal indicative of the inkjet head moving into the vicinity of one of the positions of the inkjet head as the inkjet...

20060203034 - Ink jet printing apparatus: An ink jet printing apparatus carrying out printing using a plurality of ejecting portions for ejecting different kinds of inks respectively, wherein a condition for wiping of an ejection face provided with ink ejection openings of a plurality of ejecting portions is appropriately determined and an defective ejection due to...

20060203035 - Media transmission method and apparatus: A media transmission method and apparatus enable direct media transmission between terminals in a network by providing each terminal with information about the other terminal during signaling for media transmission, so that data transformation in an exchange system is not needed. As a result, media transmission quality is improved, and...

20060203036 - Annular nozzle structure for high density inkjet printheads: A method for fabricating an orifice plate with high density arrays of nozzles entails disposing a photoresist layer on a glass with a metalized layer forming a photomask blank and patterning the photomask blank with one or more openings. Second openings are formed by etching through the initial openings into...

20060203037 - Inkjet head and inkjet recording device: There is provided an inkjet head including a nozzle plate in which a plurality of nozzles from which ink is ejected are formed. The nozzle plate has a nozzle surface on which nozzle orifices corresponding to the plurality of nozzles are formed. The nozzle surface has surface roughness Rz in...

20060203038 - Electroformed flow channel for an inkjet drop generator: A method for fabricating a drop generator with a uniquely formed nonconductive mandrel, which when encapsulated with electroplated metal, shapes and defines the internal ink channel entails identifying a non-conductive dimensionally stable structure with a shape adapted to define a fluid cavity for the drop generator for an ink jet...

20060203039 - Ink jet head having an electrostatic actuator and manufacturing method of the same: An inkjet head having an electrostatic actuator and a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. The inkjet head having an electrostatic actuator, comprising a stator, on which is formed a plurality of comb pattern shaped first protrusion parts and second protrusion parts in both directions, and a rotor consisting...

20060203040 - Structure and method for connecting flexible printed circuit board to inkjet print head: A plurality of lands and a plurality of conducting wires connected independently to each land are formed on one side surface of an insulating substrate of a flexible printed circuit board. Through-holes are formed through the insulating substrate for exposing the lands to the other side surface. Solder is provided...

20060203041 - Ink jet recording head and ink jet recorder: To provide an ink jet recording head with a decreased initial deflection amount of a diaphragm and an ink jet recorder comprising the ink jet recording head. An ink jet recording head which has a flow passage formation substrate 10 where pressure generation chambers 12 communicating with nozzle openings are...

20060203042 - Liquid droplet ejecting head and liquid droplet ejecting device: A liquid droplet ejecting head comprising: a piezoelectric element substrate including an diaphragm and a piezoelectric element; a liquid pool chamber that pools liquid supplied to a pressure chamber and which is provided opposite a pressure chamber filled with liquid with the piezoelectric element substrate placed in between; an upper...

20060203043 - Liquid ejection head, method of manufacturing same, and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection head comprises: a pressure chamber which is connected to an ejection port ejecting liquid; an actuator which is disposed inside the pressure chamber and deforms due to prescribed driving; a holding member which holds the actuator; and a shielding member which, when a surface of the actuator...

20060203044 - Liquid ejection head, image forming apparatus and method of manufacturing liquid ejection head: The liquid ejection head comprises: a plurality of ejection ports which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers which are connected respectively to the ejection ports; a plurality of piezoelectric elements which are disposed on a side of the pressure chambers reverse to a side adjacent to the ejection ports...

20060203045 - Attachment, liquid container, and liquid supply apparatus: An attachment is mounted on a cartridge holder of a printer as a replacement of an ink cartridge. An ink outlet member having a link passage is separably secured to an attachment body. Ink is supplied from the exterior to the ink outlet member through an ink supply tube. When...

20060203047 - Liquid supply unit and inkjet recording apparatus with liquid supply unit: A liquid supply unit includes a main tank, a sub-tank, a pressure supply mechanism, an air communication hole, an air-permeable film and an excess pressure dispersion unit. The main tank stores liquid. The sub-tank is provided in a jet device, which ejects liquid droplets, and connected to the main tank....

20060203046 - Top feed droplet generator: An ink jet droplet generator body for an ink jet droplet generator comprising an orifice plate with a plurality of nozzles forming a jet array entails a throughbore with an entrance and exit port, the throughbore provides a path through that flows fluid from a fluid supply to the first...

20060203049 - Image forming device with holder for detachably mounting ink cartridge thereon: To prevent leakage of ink in an ink tank from an air inflow port formed in an ink cartridge, an accommodating section in which an ink absorbing member is disposed is provided outside the ink cartridge so that the ink absorbing member opposes the air inflow port of the ink...

20060203051 - Ink cartridge: A manipulating rod is provided on an air intake valve so as to project through an air intake port. A protective member is provided with a projection, which causes the manipulating rod to move so as to open the air intake valve, in response to a motion for detaching the...

20060203052 - Ink cartridge and method for producing the same: The invention provides an ink cartridge including a molded article including a polypropylene-based resin composition, the polypropylene-based resin composition including: (A) a polypropylene-based resin polymerized by a gas-phase method and having a weight-average molecular weight of 2.0×105 to 2.5×105; and (B) a hydroxide of an alkali earth metal, and a...

20060203050 - Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor: An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink...

20060203053 - Liquid container: A liquid container includes, in a container body 3, an ink containing portion 5, an ink supply.portion 7, an ink leading path 9 for leading an ink stored in the ink containing portion 5 to the ink supply portion 7, and an atmosphere communication port 4, and an ink end...

20060203048 - Plug: One embodiment of a plug includes a multi-lobed plug including a part line positioned within a recess between said multi-lobes....

20060203054 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus comprises a main body, a print head, and a cable. The main body includes an ink container for storing ink, an ink supply pump for supplying the ink, and an operation control section. The print head includes a nozzle for expelling the ink supplied from the...

20060203056 - Ink set, treating liquid, recording liquid, image recording apparatus and image recording method: To provide an ink set including a recording liquid and a treating liquid capable of obtaining a high-quality-image printed matter. To provide the high-quality-image printed matter by using the ink set including the recording liquid and the treating liquid, where the component and property of the treating liquid and the...

20060203055 - Treatment liquid for ink jet, treatment liquid tank for ink jet, ink set for ink jet, ink tank for ink jet, ink jet recording method, and ink jet recording apparatus: The invention provides a treatment liquid for ink jet, which includes at least an organic acid having a pKa value of 4.5 or less, a nonionic substance, and water, wherein: (I) the treatment liquid has a pH value of 1.5 to 5.5, (II) the nonionic substance has a weight-average molecular...

20060203059 - Ink composition, ink cartridge, inkjet recording method, and recorded matter: It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink composition with which the indoor storage stability (gas resistance) of an image produced with an ink composition featuring a phthalocyanine-based cyan dye can be increased without causing any additive precipitation or bronzing. The present invention provides an ink...

20060203058 - Ink set and ink jet recording method: wherein n=1 or 2 for the first and second ink compositions, respectively; h°1 and h°2 differ from each other by no more than 15°; and ΔL*1>ΔL*2. An ink jet printing method that employs the ink set is also disclosed, as well as a printed image prepared with the ink set....

20060203061 - Ink set, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, ink jet recording apparatus, and image forming method: To provide an ink set which achieves an improvement in gradation of a monochrome image and the realization of a high black density, and which solves gloss unevenness occurring upon formation of an image by means of at least three kinds of black inks different from one another in carbon...

20060203057 - Ink-jet inks having surfactants below the critical micelle concentration and associated methods: Compositions and methods for ink-jet printing having increased slewing decap time and reduced clogging are disclosed and described. An ink-jet ink composition can include a colorant and a liquid vehicle having a surfactant. The surfactant can have a critical micelle concentration with respect to the ink-jet ink composition. In addition,...

20060203060 - Liquid jet recording apparatus, liquid jet head and recording liquid: A liquid jet head includes a nozzle element having nozzles from which a recording liquid is ejected to a recording medium, wherein the recording liquid contains fine particles of a pigment, wherein the fine particles of the pigment contained in the recording liquid are no less than 1% by weight,...

20060203063 - Droplet ejection apparatus and droplet ejection head: A moving distance is determined based on the time required by a deposited fine droplet to reach a target dot diameter and the velocity at which a movable stage is moved. An aperture is located at a position spaced from a nozzle, which ejects a droplet, by a distance equal...

20060203062 - Method and media for printing aqueous ink jet inks on plastic surfaces: Single coatings onto non-absorbent substrates on which aqueous ink jet inks are jetted with subsequent application of heat, without the use of reactive species in the ink and in the media used as a substrate coating. The heating rapidly drives the water of the ink into the coating, with the...

20060203065 - Method for forming dots, method for forming identification code, and liquid ejection apparatus: An acceptable duration is defined as the time necessary for allowing the diameter of a microdroplet that has reached the substrate to become a maximum acceptable droplet diameter. A scanning speed is set in such a manner that the microdroplet that has been received by the substrate reaches a radiating...

20060203064 - Photomask, manufacturing method thereof, and manufacturing method of electronic device: A method of manufacturing a photomask includes: ejecting droplets of a liquid containing a light-shielding material at predetermined positions on a substrate using a droplet ejection method, and drying the liquid to form a light-shielding pattern on the substrate, the light-shielding pattern containing the light-shielding material....

20060203066 - Image formation apparatus: An image formation apparatus that comprises: a plurality of laser diodes that form color-component images that correspond to a plurality of color components onto a plurality of corresponding photosensitive drums respectively; and a transfer belt onto which the color-component images that are formed on the respective photosensitive drums are transferred;...

20060203068 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus in which an original reading portion is disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, a feed portion is disposed in a lower portion of the apparatus main body, and a printing portion is disposed between the original reading portion and the feed portion...

20060203069 - Inkjet printing apparatus: An inkjet type fabric printing apparatus is provided with an inkjet head, a platen and a positioning member. The inkjet head reciprocally moves in main scanning direction and auxiliary scanning direction relative to a fabric (e.g., clothes). The platen holds the fabric to extend on a plane parallel with the...

20060203067 - Recording medium processing apparatus: The apparatus has a carriage that holds a head, a carriage-driving mechanism having a motor, and a holding mechanism configured to press a recording medium to a medium-holding base. The holding mechanism has a pair of arm members and a pushing member secured to the arm members. A spring urges...

20060203070 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus in which a plurality of color component images of different colors, which include a reference color (e.g. black) serving as a reference and adjustment colors (e.g. cyan, magenta and yellow) to be adjusted, are formed on respective photosensitive drums and then transferred to a transfer belt....

20060203071 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: It is determined whether a low density area in which pixels having density less than a predetermined density exist in succession is included in an image signal or not, and if the low density area exists, an image is formed by irradiating the laser light in a first condition for...

20060203072 - Feedback control apparatus and method for an emissive printhead: The present invention uses an open loop feedback technique to control emissive pixels of a printhead of a printer. The open loop feedback technique involves measuring the light intensity of the emissive pixel, comparing the measured value to a preset threshold value, and adjusting the input voltage to the OLED...

20060203073 - Recording apparatus and data processing method for recording apparatus: A host device sends, as setting data, data including a registration adjustment value corresponding to a relative distance between nozzle arrays in a scanning direction. A recording apparatus includes a recording buffer 4 that stores recording data of each nozzle array in association with a recording position in a scanning...

20060203074 - Recording apparatus, data processing method for recording apparatus, and recording system: To accelerate processing that generates recording data at a host computer, a host device sends, as setting data, data including a first registration adjustment value corresponding to a relative distance in a scanning direction between respective nozzle arrays and a second registration adjustment value corresponding to an inclination of each...

20060203075 - System and method for thermal transfer print head profiling: A thermal transfer print head is disclosed. The print head includes a housing configured and dimensioned to be installable within the printer, a plurality of resistive heating elements positioned on an external surface of the housing and in thermal contact with a printable media, the resistive heating elements receive electrical...

20060203076 - Method and apparatus for analyzing an imaging material to enable adjustment to the development of the imaging material: A method and apparatus for analyzing a test image on an imaging material and using that analysis to adjust a device(s) and/or method for developing a main, i.e., desired, image on an imaging material. The apparatus and method can be useful for so-called digital or analog imaging materials....

20060203077 - Beam light scanning apparatus, image forming apparatus, and beam light scanning method: A beam light scanning apparatus capable of speeding up transfer of image data used for scan with a beam light while suppressing an increase of the parts cost. The beam light scanning apparatus includes a laser oscillator for emitting a beam light for scan, and a unit for processing and...

20060203078 - Feedback control apparatus and method for an emissive printhead: The present invention uses an interrupted loop feedback technique to control emissive pixels of a printhead of a printer. The interrupted loop technique involves varying the input voltage to the organic light emitting diode (OLED) of the pixel until the pixel emits the desired intensity of light. The input voltage...

20060203079 - Optical member holding device, and optical scanning device provided with the same: A device for holding a laser diode (LD) and a collimate lens. A laser unit includes an LD supporting section supporting the LD, and a lens supporting section supporting the lens positioned opposite to the LD. A connecting portion connects the lens supporting section to the LD supporting section. An...

20060197785 - Ink jet printer and a method of computing conveyance amount of a conveyance roller of the ink jet printer: A method of computing a conveyance variance from a difference of two adjustment patterns in order to measure a variance in a conveyance amount occurring while a sheet is conveyed. By using this method, the variance that occurs during one rotation of the roller occurring because of the roller accuracy,...

20060197786 - Recording device and recording control method: A recording device counts the number of pulsed signals applied to drive a recording head after the device determines that ink tanks have been interchanged. The recording device compares the number of pulsed signals counted after the interchange of the ink tanks with a predetermined threshold to change the energy...

20060197787 - Image forming apparatus and droplet ejection control method: The image forming apparatus comprises a recording head which ejects droplets of a liquid onto a recording medium, the liquid containing fine particles of an organic pigment manufactured by the steps of: flowing a solution of an organic pigment dissolved in an alkaline or acidic aqueous medium through a channel...

20060197788 - Film forming apparatus and method of driving same, device manufacturing method, device manufacturing apparatus, and device: A film forming apparatus and a method of driving this apparatus control vibrations imparted to a liquid, by a discharge waveform (a first signal) that causes liquid drops to be discharged and by a micro vibration waveform (a second signal) that does not cause liquid drops to be discharged and...

20060197789 - Ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet recording apparatus comprises an ink jet recording head in which a volume of a pressure chamber is caused to vary by deflecting actuators according to drive signals applied between an electrode relative to a pressure chamber from which ink is ejected and actuators relative to two pressure...

20060197791 - Method of testing inkjet head, testing system, and inkjet printer: A testing method includes sorting inkjet heads into a plurality of groups on the basis of known information about ink flow, preparing basic driving waveform data corresponding to each of the groups and modification data that partially modifies the basic driving waveform data to individually store them in advance in...

20060197790 - Recording apparatus: A serial signal for generating a plurality of recording waveform signals is transmitted serially from a signal transmission circuit to a head river. A serial-parallel converting circuit parallely converts the serial signal and generates a plurality of kinds of the recording waveform signals. A selector in the head driver selects...

20060197792 - Printing apparatus: An apparatus for maintaining an inkjet printer printhead in a working state, the printer defining an array of orifices from which in use jets of ink are projected. The apparatus may have a means for applying a pressure pulse to ink with the printhead sufficient to discharge ink from each...

20060197793 - Printing system, printing system control program and printing system control method, and print data generating system, print data generating program and print data generating method: A printing system which prints an image with a print head having a plurality of nozzles capable of forming a dot includes a section acquiring first image data including pixel data constituting the image, which shows a pixel density value of M (M≧3), a section storing nozzle information of each...

20060197794 - Recording method, recording apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium: A recording start position is obtained effectively with high precision and in a short time. A recording method for recording on a recording medium, includes the steps of: positioning a sensor in a one edge side in a movement direction of the sensor; carrying the recording medium in a predetermined...

20060197796 - Analog encoder: An analog encoder of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that includes an input mechanism, a digital signal processing mechanism, and an output mechanism. The input mechanism is to receive and digitize different analog encoder signals. The digital signal processing mechanism is to generate inverse analog encoder signals from...

20060197795 - Inkjet recording apparatus: The inkjet recording apparatus comprises: a recording head including nozzles which discharge droplets of ink onto a recording medium for printing, the ink containing fine particles of an organic pigment manufactured by the steps of: flowing a solution of an organic pigment dissolved in an alkaline or acidic aqueous medium...

20060197797 - Cleaner: Embodiments of a cleaner are disclosed....

20060197799 - Ink jet printing apparatus, and device and method for recovering ejection performance of ink jet printing apparatus: This invention is intended to provide an ink jet printing apparatus capable of maintaining the ink ejection performance in good condition at all times even when a large number of ink droplets are used to form an image. To this end, the ink jet printing apparatus of this invention includes...

20060197798 - Print-head maintenance device for use in an inkjet printer: A maintenance device for shielding a print-head includes a casing having a first traveling path and a second traveling path transverse to the first traveling path, a sliding member disposed back and forth along the first traveling path; and a shielding unit including a seat movable back and forth along...

20060197800 - Printing device: A printing device has a printer head that contains a first device for applying the ink onto a substrate. The first device includes ink nozzles for applying the ink. A second device is provided for moving the printer head from its home position into a working area and back. A...

20060197801 - Recording apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A guide shaft extends in a first direction. A carriage reciprocately carries the liquid ejecting head in the first direction while being guided by the guide shaft. A moment generator is disposed between the carriage and the...

20060197802 - Liquid droplet ejection apparatus: The liquid droplet ejection apparatus comprises: a first color ink nozzle group in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting ink droplets of a first color are disposed; a second color ink nozzle group in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting ink droplets of a second color are disposed; and a...

20060197803 - Apparatus and method for electrostatically charging fluid drops: A continuous printing apparatus includes a printhead including a first row of nozzles and a second row of nozzles. The first row of nozzles are spaced apart from the second row of nozzles by a distance A. The nozzles of the first row and the nozzles of the second row...

20060197804 - Electrostatic inkjet head: An electrostatic inkjet head and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. With an electrostatic inkjet head, comprising a deformable diaphragm comprised in a face of an ink chamber, one or more first protrusions protruding from a face of the diaphragm, a structurally fixed electrode facing the diaphragm, and one or more...

20060197805 - Adjusting power: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for adjusting power are disclosed....

20060197806 - Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus and liquid droplet ejecting method: An apparatus for ejecting liquid droplets, including: ejecting head main body having a plurality of nozzle rows; a pressure generation chamber; a pressurization section for giving pressure to the pressure generation chamber; and plural drive circuits corresponding to the nozzle rows, each drive circuit including: a first storage section for...

20060197807 - Micro-fluid ejection device having high resistance heater film: A process for making a fluid ejector head for a micro-fluid ejection device. In one embodiment, the process comprises depositing a thin film resistive layer on a substrate to provide a plurality of thin film heaters. The thin film resistive layer comprises a tantalum-aluminum-nitride material consisting essentially of AlN, TaN,...

20060197808 - Liquid ejection head and manufacturing method thereof: The method manufactures a liquid ejection head comprising: a plurality of nozzles which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers which are connected to the nozzles and are filled with the liquid; a diaphragm constituting at least one wall face of the pressure chambers; and a plurality of piezoelectric elements...

20060197809 - Inkjet recording head: An inkjet recording head includes a nozzle plate, chamber plate, and a diaphragm plate. The nozzle plate includes a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets, a plurality of connecting channels in communication with the nozzles and pressure chambers. The nozzles are formed in a row at a uniform pitch....

20060197810 - Continuous ink jet printing apparatus with integral deflector and gutter structure: A continuous stream ink jet printer is provided having an ink droplet forming mechanism for ejecting a stream of ink droplets having a selected one of at least two different volumes toward a print medium and a droplet deflector and ink conduit which are integrally formed to the printhead for...

20060197811 - Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid: Disclosed is a liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a head (11) in which a...

20060197812 - Liquid droplet ejecting unit, image forming apparatus and valve: A liquid droplet ejecting unit is disclosed wherein plural liquid droplet ejecting sub-units are provided which are arrayed in a direction substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction of a recording medium. Further, plural valves are provided which connect the respective liquid droplet ejecting sub-units and a liquid feed path. The...

20060197813 - Ink pack and ink cartridge: There is provided an ink pack, which is provided with a film bag that has a sealed chamber therein and is formed of a flexible film member having a form of a bag, and a tap that has an ink flow channel therein and is welded to one edge of...

20060197815 - Coloring liquid, ink tank, recording unit, recording apparatus and recording method: A coloring liquid can form an image showing a high color developability and a high vividness as well as an excellent water fastness when used as recording material with a recording technique such as ink-jet printing. An ink tank, a recording unit, a recording apparatus and a recording method are...

20060197816 - Ink compositions containing ethylene glycol monobutyl ether: An ink composition comprising: a) 5 to 30 parts ethylene glycol mono butyl ether; b) 0 to 40 parts diethylene glycol mono butyl ether and/or triethylene glycol mono butyl ether; c) 0.1 to 20 parts pigment; and d) 20 to 84.9 parts water; wherein the ink has a viscosity of...

20060197814 - Inkjet ink, inkjet ink set, inkjet ink tank, inkjet recording method, and inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet ink containing at least a pigment, a water-soluble solvent, at least two types of surfactant, and water, wherein: (I) at least one type of nonionic surfactant, and at least one of an anionic surfactant and/or an amphoteric surfactant are contained as the surfactants; (II) the nonionic surfactant has...

20060197817 - Actuated pressure roller in media transport: An apparatus for transporting a sheet recording medium (12) has an entrance drive roller (16) paired with a corresponding entrance pressure roller (18) to form an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet recording medium (12) into a scanning section (20) between the entrance nip (14) and an exit nip...

20060197819 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus such as an inkjet printer, deformation of a thick recording paper sheet such as a postcard in the conveyance thereof is prevented by a simple and inexpensive structure. A rectangular aperture corresponding to a size of the postcard is formed on a first tray portion,...

20060197818 - Image recording apparatus and inkjet apparatus for double-side recording: The inkjet apparatus for double-side recording, comprises: liquid ejection heads which are disposed on either side of a recording medium and face each other across the recording medium, the liquid ejection heads ejecting liquid onto recording surfaces of the recording medium; conveyance devices which hold the recording medium in such...

20060197820 - Print media stacking unit and image forming apparatus with the same: A paper stacking unit and an image forming apparatus having the same, the paper stacking unit including: a base frame supporting a print media, a cover pivotally connected to the base frame and supporting the print media together with the base frame, and a plate connected to the cover for...

20060197821 - Apparatus for image correction of a laser printer and method for the same: An apparatus for image correction of a laser printer and its method. The apparatus and method are applied to a laser printer using laser or light-emitting diode (LED) beam-scanning technology for performing a printing procedure thereof. The method disposes a sensing unit inside the laser printer, uses multiple sensors of...

20060197822 - Illumination device, image reading device, and image forming apparatus: An illumination device that illuminates an original document by propagating an illuminating light beam output from each of a plurality of light emitting diodes from a first end surface of a light guide to a second end surface of the light guide. Assuming that A is a dimension from the...

20060197823 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member to operate at a linear velocity of at least 300 mm/sec, which includes an electroconductive substrate, a charge blocking layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, a moiré prevention layer located overlying the charge blocking layer, and a photosensitive layer located overlying...

20060197824 - 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...

20060197825 - Tandem image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes image-forming process cartridges arranged in tandem; a color-information acquiring unit configured to acquire color information representing a color of an image to be formed by each of the image-forming process cartridges; an image-information distributing unit configured to distribute print information for the color to an...

20060197826 - Pulsed laser printing: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to pulse laser printing. In general, in one implementation, an apparatus includes: a laser operable to produce a pulsed printing beam; an optics assembly operable to focus and direct the pulsed printing beam; and electronics communicatively coupled with the laser and the...

20060197827 - Laser beam printer apparatus including motor cover: A laser beam printer apparatus includes a frame body including side plates formed to support a toner cartridge from a lateral direction and a horizontal plate, a motor secured on the inside of the side plate and having at least a portion arranged above the horizontal plate, and a motor...

20060197785 - Ink jet printer and a method of computing conveyance amount of a conveyance roller of the ink jet printer: A method of computing a conveyance variance from a difference of two adjustment patterns in order to measure a variance in a conveyance amount occurring while a sheet is conveyed. By using this method, the variance that occurs during one rotation of the roller occurring because of the roller accuracy,...

20060197786 - Recording device and recording control method: A recording device counts the number of pulsed signals applied to drive a recording head after the device determines that ink tanks have been interchanged. The recording device compares the number of pulsed signals counted after the interchange of the ink tanks with a predetermined threshold to change the energy...

20060197787 - Image forming apparatus and droplet ejection control method: The image forming apparatus comprises a recording head which ejects droplets of a liquid onto a recording medium, the liquid containing fine particles of an organic pigment manufactured by the steps of: flowing a solution of an organic pigment dissolved in an alkaline or acidic aqueous medium through a channel...

20060197788 - Film forming apparatus and method of driving same, device manufacturing method, device manufacturing apparatus, and device: A film forming apparatus and a method of driving this apparatus control vibrations imparted to a liquid, by a discharge waveform (a first signal) that causes liquid drops to be discharged and by a micro vibration waveform (a second signal) that does not cause liquid drops to be discharged and...

20060197789 - Ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet recording apparatus comprises an ink jet recording head in which a volume of a pressure chamber is caused to vary by deflecting actuators according to drive signals applied between an electrode relative to a pressure chamber from which ink is ejected and actuators relative to two pressure...

20060197791 - Method of testing inkjet head, testing system, and inkjet printer: A testing method includes sorting inkjet heads into a plurality of groups on the basis of known information about ink flow, preparing basic driving waveform data corresponding to each of the groups and modification data that partially modifies the basic driving waveform data to individually store them in advance in...

20060197790 - Recording apparatus: A serial signal for generating a plurality of recording waveform signals is transmitted serially from a signal transmission circuit to a head river. A serial-parallel converting circuit parallely converts the serial signal and generates a plurality of kinds of the recording waveform signals. A selector in the head driver selects...

20060197792 - Printing apparatus: An apparatus for maintaining an inkjet printer printhead in a working state, the printer defining an array of orifices from which in use jets of ink are projected. The apparatus may have a means for applying a pressure pulse to ink with the printhead sufficient to discharge ink from each...

20060197793 - Printing system, printing system control program and printing system control method, and print data generating system, print data generating program and print data generating method: A printing system which prints an image with a print head having a plurality of nozzles capable of forming a dot includes a section acquiring first image data including pixel data constituting the image, which shows a pixel density value of M (M≧3), a section storing nozzle information of each...

20060197794 - Recording method, recording apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium: A recording start position is obtained effectively with high precision and in a short time. A recording method for recording on a recording medium, includes the steps of: positioning a sensor in a one edge side in a movement direction of the sensor; carrying the recording medium in a predetermined...

20060197796 - Analog encoder: An analog encoder of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that includes an input mechanism, a digital signal processing mechanism, and an output mechanism. The input mechanism is to receive and digitize different analog encoder signals. The digital signal processing mechanism is to generate inverse analog encoder signals from...

20060197795 - Inkjet recording apparatus: The inkjet recording apparatus comprises: a recording head including nozzles which discharge droplets of ink onto a recording medium for printing, the ink containing fine particles of an organic pigment manufactured by the steps of: flowing a solution of an organic pigment dissolved in an alkaline or acidic aqueous medium...

20060197797 - Cleaner: Embodiments of a cleaner are disclosed....

20060197799 - Ink jet printing apparatus, and device and method for recovering ejection performance of ink jet printing apparatus: This invention is intended to provide an ink jet printing apparatus capable of maintaining the ink ejection performance in good condition at all times even when a large number of ink droplets are used to form an image. To this end, the ink jet printing apparatus of this invention includes...

20060197798 - Print-head maintenance device for use in an inkjet printer: A maintenance device for shielding a print-head includes a casing having a first traveling path and a second traveling path transverse to the first traveling path, a sliding member disposed back and forth along the first traveling path; and a shielding unit including a seat movable back and forth along...

20060197800 - Printing device: A printing device has a printer head that contains a first device for applying the ink onto a substrate. The first device includes ink nozzles for applying the ink. A second device is provided for moving the printer head from its home position into a working area and back. A...

20060197801 - Recording apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A guide shaft extends in a first direction. A carriage reciprocately carries the liquid ejecting head in the first direction while being guided by the guide shaft. A moment generator is disposed between the carriage and the...

20060197802 - Liquid droplet ejection apparatus: The liquid droplet ejection apparatus comprises: a first color ink nozzle group in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting ink droplets of a first color are disposed; a second color ink nozzle group in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting ink droplets of a second color are disposed; and a...

20060197803 - Apparatus and method for electrostatically charging fluid drops: A continuous printing apparatus includes a printhead including a first row of nozzles and a second row of nozzles. The first row of nozzles are spaced apart from the second row of nozzles by a distance A. The nozzles of the first row and the nozzles of the second row...

20060197804 - Electrostatic inkjet head: An electrostatic inkjet head and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. With an electrostatic inkjet head, comprising a deformable diaphragm comprised in a face of an ink chamber, one or more first protrusions protruding from a face of the diaphragm, a structurally fixed electrode facing the diaphragm, and one or more...

20060197805 - Adjusting power: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for adjusting power are disclosed....

20060197806 - Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus and liquid droplet ejecting method: An apparatus for ejecting liquid droplets, including: ejecting head main body having a plurality of nozzle rows; a pressure generation chamber; a pressurization section for giving pressure to the pressure generation chamber; and plural drive circuits corresponding to the nozzle rows, each drive circuit including: a first storage section for...

20060197807 - Micro-fluid ejection device having high resistance heater film: A process for making a fluid ejector head for a micro-fluid ejection device. In one embodiment, the process comprises depositing a thin film resistive layer on a substrate to provide a plurality of thin film heaters. The thin film resistive layer comprises a tantalum-aluminum-nitride material consisting essentially of AlN, TaN,...

20060197808 - Liquid ejection head and manufacturing method thereof: The method manufactures a liquid ejection head comprising: a plurality of nozzles which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers which are connected to the nozzles and are filled with the liquid; a diaphragm constituting at least one wall face of the pressure chambers; and a plurality of piezoelectric elements...

20060197809 - Inkjet recording head: An inkjet recording head includes a nozzle plate, chamber plate, and a diaphragm plate. The nozzle plate includes a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets, a plurality of connecting channels in communication with the nozzles and pressure chambers. The nozzles are formed in a row at a uniform pitch....

20060197810 - Continuous ink jet printing apparatus with integral deflector and gutter structure: A continuous stream ink jet printer is provided having an ink droplet forming mechanism for ejecting a stream of ink droplets having a selected one of at least two different volumes toward a print medium and a droplet deflector and ink conduit which are integrally formed to the printhead for...

20060197811 - Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid: Disclosed is a liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a head (11) in which a...

20060197812 - Liquid droplet ejecting unit, image forming apparatus and valve: A liquid droplet ejecting unit is disclosed wherein plural liquid droplet ejecting sub-units are provided which are arrayed in a direction substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction of a recording medium. Further, plural valves are provided which connect the respective liquid droplet ejecting sub-units and a liquid feed path. The...

20060197813 - Ink pack and ink cartridge: There is provided an ink pack, which is provided with a film bag that has a sealed chamber therein and is formed of a flexible film member having a form of a bag, and a tap that has an ink flow channel therein and is welded to one edge of...

20060197815 - Coloring liquid, ink tank, recording unit, recording apparatus and recording method: A coloring liquid can form an image showing a high color developability and a high vividness as well as an excellent water fastness when used as recording material with a recording technique such as ink-jet printing. An ink tank, a recording unit, a recording apparatus and a recording method are...

20060197816 - Ink compositions containing ethylene glycol monobutyl ether: An ink composition comprising: a) 5 to 30 parts ethylene glycol mono butyl ether; b) 0 to 40 parts diethylene glycol mono butyl ether and/or triethylene glycol mono butyl ether; c) 0.1 to 20 parts pigment; and d) 20 to 84.9 parts water; wherein the ink has a viscosity of...

20060197814 - Inkjet ink, inkjet ink set, inkjet ink tank, inkjet recording method, and inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet ink containing at least a pigment, a water-soluble solvent, at least two types of surfactant, and water, wherein: (I) at least one type of nonionic surfactant, and at least one of an anionic surfactant and/or an amphoteric surfactant are contained as the surfactants; (II) the nonionic surfactant has...

20060197817 - Actuated pressure roller in media transport: An apparatus for transporting a sheet recording medium (12) has an entrance drive roller (16) paired with a corresponding entrance pressure roller (18) to form an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet recording medium (12) into a scanning section (20) between the entrance nip (14) and an exit nip...

20060197819 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus such as an inkjet printer, deformation of a thick recording paper sheet such as a postcard in the conveyance thereof is prevented by a simple and inexpensive structure. A rectangular aperture corresponding to a size of the postcard is formed on a first tray portion,...

20060197818 - Image recording apparatus and inkjet apparatus for double-side recording: The inkjet apparatus for double-side recording, comprises: liquid ejection heads which are disposed on either side of a recording medium and face each other across the recording medium, the liquid ejection heads ejecting liquid onto recording surfaces of the recording medium; conveyance devices which hold the recording medium in such...

20060197820 - Print media stacking unit and image forming apparatus with the same: A paper stacking unit and an image forming apparatus having the same, the paper stacking unit including: a base frame supporting a print media, a cover pivotally connected to the base frame and supporting the prin