Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 10/06

20060238553 - Droplet ejectiing method and droplet ejection apparatus, thin film forming method and device, and electronic device: A drive signal is applied to a pressure-generating element to create pressure that corresponds to the drive signal inside a cavity, and liquid stored in the cavity is ejected as droplets. To enable stable droplet ejection even when a highly viscoelastic material is used, the drive signal contains a first...

20060238554 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle; a pressure-changing unit for changing pressure of liquid in the nozzle in such a manner that the liquid is ejected from the nozzle; a level-data setting unit for setting a selected level data from a plurality of level data, based...

20060238555 - Reducing ink bleed artifacts: A method for forming a modified digital image by modifying an input digital image having a black input color channel corresponding to a black colorant and one or more additional input color channels corresponding to additional colorants, each color channel having an (x,y) array of image pixel values, to form...

20060238556 - Printhead integrated circuit with electromechanical actuators incorporating heatsinks: A printhead integrated circuit that has an array of nozzles and corresponding micro-electromechanical actuators for ejecting ink there through. Each of the micro-electromechanical actuators having an activation arm that is configured for thermal expansion by resistive heating in response to an electrical activation signal. The actuator also having a heat...

20060238558 - Ink jet printing head and ink jet printing apparatus using the same: Disclosed is a printing head having connection terminals for performing an electrical connection of signals including drive signals of print elements by contacting connection terminals in an apparatus side when the head is mounted onto an ink jet printing apparatus. It is made to guarantee connections of all terminals by...

20060238557 - Methods and apparatuses for use in inkjet pens: Methods and apparatuses are provided for use inkjet pens. One method includes, during an initial stage of pen life, drawing ink from an ink reservoir through a standpipe, and, during an extended stage of pen life, allowing external air to enter into the standpipe through a standpipe bubbler and drawing...

20060238559 - Inkjet printer cartridge with even distribution of compressed air: An inkjet printer cartridge including an elongate body housing a printing fluid storage and adapted to be received within an inkjet printer cradle, a pagewidth printhead attached to the body and in fluid communication with the printing fluid storage, and an air distribution assembly arranged to evenly distribute compressed air...

20060238560 - Inkjet printhead assembly having selectively capped ink delivery channels: An inkjet printhead assembly is provided having a casing removably mounting at least one printhead module which has an elongate support member longitudinally supporting a plurality of printhead integrated circuits and a capping member capping one longitudinal end of the elongate support member. The support member has a plurality of...

20060238561 - Printing system and method: Various embodiments of a printing system including a vacuum duct are disclosed....

20060238562 - Print head cleaning member: A print head cleaning member allowing simplification of the structure and downsizing is obtained. This print head cleaning member comprises a spent ink cartridge and a cleaning component including a mounting portion of resin for mounting the cleaning component on the ink cartridge and a cleaning portion. The ink cartridge...

20060238563 - Wiping unit for liquid droplet ejection head; liquid droplet ejection apparatus equipped therewith; electro-optical device; method of manufacturing the same; and electronic device: A wipe-off unit is provided with a cleaning liquid ejection member in a manner to be positioned below a horizontal surface coincident with a nozzle surface and on a sheet feeding side relative to a pressing roller. A wiping sheet is fed from below to the pressing roller through a...

20060238564 - Waste ink liquid absorber and inkjet-type recording apparatus including the same: The present invention provides a waste ink liquid absorber for a waste ink tank of an inkjet-type recording apparatus, which comprising: an impregnation liquid containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a water-hardly-soluble resin; a water-soluble resin; and both of a moisturizing agent and a base; the...

20060238566 - Connection unit for connecting and holding belt and carriage, recording apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus: A connection unit connects and holds an endless belt which is wound between a drive pulley and a driven pulley, and a carriage on which a recording head is mounted and which is reciprocated in a main scanning direction. A holder is formed on the carriage. An elastic connector is...

20060238565 - Inkjet image forming apparatus that reduces image quality degradation: An inkjet image forming apparatus to reduce an effect of missing or inoperable nozzles by ejecting ink at an oblique direction with respect to a direction along which paper is transferred through the apparatus using a print head that executes a reciprocal pendulum movement. The inkjet image forming apparatus reduces...

20060238567 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus including a recording head detachably attached on a carriage and a preliminary-discharge receiving unit. The recording head is movable such that an ink discharge surface is movable by a detachable/attachable moving distance in the direction of ink discharge when the recording head is detached from and attached...

20060238568 - Printing system: Disclosed is a continuous ink jet printer that includes an ink jet printing nozzle for a first color positioned to deposit ink drops on a substrate, and a deflection element located proximate an output trajectory of the first ink jet printing nozzle and operative to deflect the ink drops in...

20060238570 - Pagewidth printhead assembly with ink distribution arrangement: A pagewidth printhead assembly is provided. The assembly comprises: an ink conduit structure defining a plurality of ink conduits converging at centrally positioned ink outlets; a pagewidth printhead mounted centrally on the ink conduit structure, the integrated circuits being in fluid communication with the ink outlets; and an ink distribution...

20060238569 - Printhead assembly with adjustably positioned modules: A printhead assembly is provided comprising at least one printhead module comprising at least two printhead integrated circuits, each of which has nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media, a support member supporting and carrying the printing fluid for the at least two printhead...

20060238571 - Printhead integrated circuit with coupled arrays of transistor drive circuits and nozzles: A printhead integrated circuit that has an elongate wafer substrate with three or more columnar arrays of nozzle arrangements fabricated on the elongate wafer substrate. Each columnar array extends parallel to the longitudinal extent of the elongate wafer substrate. Each of the columnar array of nozzle arrangements providing ink drops...

20060238572 - Modular printhead assembly with carrier for maintaining data and power connections: A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer includes an elongate carrier. A number of printhead modules are mounted on the carrier. Each printhead module includes an ink delivery assembly and a printhead chip mounted on the ink delivery assembly. Flexible printed circuit board assemblies are attached to the carrier and...

20060238573 - Monolithic fluid ejection device and method for fabricating the same: A method for fabricating a monolithic fluid ejection device. The method includes providing a substrate with a signal transmitting circuit and a heating element. A protective layer is formed to cover the signal transmitting circuit and a heating element. A first patterned resistive layer is formed to define a predetermined...

20060238574 - Printhead chip with high nozzle areal density: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble therein....

20060238575 - Monolithic ink-jet printhead having a metal nozzle plate and manufacturing method thereof: A monolithic ink-jet printhead includes a substrate having an ink chamber to be supplied with ink to be ejected on a front surface thereof, a manifold for supplying ink to the ink chamber on a rear surface thereof, and an ink channel in communication with the ink chamber and the...

20060238576 - Inkjet printhead chip: An inkjet printhead chip includes a substrate, transistors, isolation structures, a dielectric layer, a resistive layer and conductive sections. Each transistor includes a gate, a source, a drain and a gate oxide disposed between the gate and the substrate. The isolation structures are on the substrate surface and isolate the...

20060238577 - Fluid ejection assembly: A fluid ejection assembly includes a first layer, and a second layer positioned on a side of the first layer. The second layer has a side adjacent the side of the first layer and includes a drop ejecting element formed on the side and a fluid pathway communicated with the...

20060238578 - Fluid ejection assembly: A fluid ejection assembly includes a first layer, and a second layer positioned on a side of the first layer. The second layer has a side adjacent the side of the first layer and includes barriers defining a fluid chamber on the side, a drop ejecting element formed within the...

20060238579 - Liquid drop discharge head and manufacture method thereof, micro device, ink-jet head, ink cartridge, and ink-jet printing device: A liquid drop discharge head includes a chip 21 that is formed by separation of a silicon wafer 20. The silicon wafer 20 has a first direction and a second direction which are mutually intersected. The chip 21 is separated from the silicon wafer 20 by etching the wafer along...

20060238580 - Printing container fill indicator: Methods and apparatuses are provided for use with printing devices. One apparatus includes a housing forming a reservoir that is suitable for holding a printing material therein, and having an outlet feature configured to allow the printing material to be withdrawn from the reservoir and an inlet feature configured to...

20060238581 - Ink-feeding device: An ink supply device includes an ink tank for containing ink inside and a tank holder for holding the ink tank in a detachable manner. The tank holder includes a control tank, a circulation needle, and an air supply needle. The control tank allows the ink and air to circulate...

20060238582 - System for securely refilling inkjet printer cartridges: A method for refilling a removable inkjet cartridge including the steps of: mating the removable inkjet cartridge to a complementary inkjet cradle, mating a refill cartridge to the removable inkjet cartridge, verifying the authenticity of the removable inkjet cartridge, verifying the authenticity of the refill cartridge; and subsequently operating the...

20060238584 - Ink cartridge replacement lid: An ink jet cartridge lid has a body having a first planar side and a second planar side opposite the first side. The first side has a raised portion having a first angled end wall and a second angled end wall. A third, side wall and a fourth, side wall...

20060238583 - Ink supply with ink/air separator assembly that is isolated from ink until time of use: An ink container has a first chamber configured to contain ink, a second chamber configured to enclose an ink-air separating membrane consisting of a wet side portion and a dry side portion, and a structure configured to connect the first and second chambers. A sealing arrangement which is associated with...

20060238586 - Phase change ink transfix pressure component with single layer configuration: An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium having a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image; an imaging member for accepting the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and transferring...

20060238585 - Phase change ink transfix pressure component with three-layer configuration: An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium having a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image; an imaging member for accepting the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and transferring...

20060238588 - Ink set, ink jet printer cartridge and ink jet printing apparatus using the same: An ink set includes at least two color inks having different colors, in which each color ink includes colorants, surfactants, organic solvents, and water, and a difference between dynamic surface tensions of the at least two color inks is 20 dyne/cm or less at 10 ms and 1000 ms. An...

20060238587 - Method: A method of printing onto one or more sides of a mesh fabric, such a polyester mesh typically used for flags and banners, using a drop on demand ink printer, wherein the printer is operated at a fluid pressure of between 1 and 3.5 bar and that the image forming...

20060238589 - Water-based ink set for ink-jet recording and ink-jet recording method: m

20060238590 - Water-based ink set for ink-jet recording and ink-jet recording method:

20060238592 - Image forming method and inkjet recording apparatus: The image forming method comprises: a treatment liquid deposition step of depositing, on a recording medium, a treatment liquid which reacts with a water-based emulsion-type ink comprising a water-based ink solvent, a pigment-based coloring material and at least one constituent material of a radiation-curable monomer, a radiation-curable oligomer, and a...

20060238591 - Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording method: A recording head is operable to eject ink toward a recording medium. A carriage mounting the recording head is operable to carry the recording head in a first direction. At least one infrared ray heater is provided on the carriage so as to oppose the recording medium. An input energy...

20060238593 - Phase change ink transfix pressure component with dual-layer configuration: An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium having a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image; an imaging member for accepting the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and transferring...

20060238594 - Duplex printing: An apparatus and a method for duplex printing are disclosed. The apparatus includes a print zone where printing is performed and a duplex module configured to change the orientation of the media sheet. The duplex module is positioned so as to receive the media sheet from the print zone, trailing...

20060238596 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a conveyance belt for conveying a recording medium; a cleaning roller kept in contact with the conveyance belt to clean the conveyance belt; and a controller for controlling the cleaning roller so as to be able to select between two modes for its driving, wherein...

20060238597 - Printing system for multi-width double-side printing: A printing system is provided having a receiving arrangement for receiving a supply of single width roll media, a transport mechanism for transporting the roll media from the media supply along a transport path, a pair of printheads arranged on the transport path downstream of the media supply receiving arrangement...

20060238595 - Shingling printing method and inkjet image forming apparatus using the same: A shingling printing method and an inkjet image forming apparatus. The shingling printing method includes feeding the paper in a forward direction and performing a printing operation, feeding the paper in a reverse direction, moving the inkjet head in a main scanning direction, and repeatedly performing each of the operations...

20060238598 - Laser scan unit assembly and an image forming apparatus having the same: A laser scan unit for an image forming apparatus is provided that compensates for an error of the irradiating position of a laser beam on a photoconductive medium, such as the error caused by processing errors or assembling errors of component parts. The laser scan unit includes a frame, a...

20060238599 - Developer cartridge for image-forming device: A developer cartridge provided in an image-forming device has a developer side casing that includes a toner-accommodating chamber and a developing chamber; and a plate wall disposed in the developing chamber for partitioning a thickness-regulating blade from the toner-accommodating chamber. When a thickness-regulating blade scrapes excess charged toner off the...

20060238600 - Information on consumables: A printing apparatus using a consumable providing at least one of an image receiving tape, the consumable carrying a tag holding parameter information identifying the width of the tape and status information including the amount of tape remaining in the consumable, the printing apparatus comprising: printing means for printing an...

20060238601 - Thermal type image forming apparatus: A thermal type image forming apparatus which has a recording head with a plurality of thermal spots facing a recording medium to heat the recording medium. The thermal spots are selectively activated to form images on the recording medium. A support structure has a flat pressing plate pressing the recording...

20060238602 - Imaging method and apparatus for imaging a printing plate: A laser is used for digitally imaging a printing plate. Conventional UV printing plates, as are used in mask film imaging, are generally not suited for computer-to-plate (CTP) imaging methods. Here, the imaging method and the corresponding imaging apparatus permit the use of the conventional and more beneficial UV plates...

20060238604 - Multi-beam image forming apparatus and image forming method using the same: A multi-beam image forming apparatus and a method using the same. The image forming apparatus includes: an image process module to divide first image data into a plurality of second image data; a light scanning unit to scan the plurality of second image data using a plurality of laser beams;...

20060238603 - System and method for printing on light-sensitive media: Systems and methods for printing on a print medium having a light-sensitive labeling layer are disclosed. The system includes a light source adapted to generate a light beam and a reflective surface adapted to deflect the light beam from the light source to a light-sensitive labeling layer of a print...

20060238605 - Collimation assembly with an adjustment bracket capable of flexing when receiving a light source: A collimation assembly is associated with a printhead housing for generating a substantially collimated laser beam. The collimation assembly comprises: a collimation housing mounted to the printhead housing to support a collimation lens; an adjustment bracket positioned adjacent the collimation housing; and a light source generating a light beam. The...

20060238606 - Image recording apparatus: A projection optical system has first to fourth lens groups (51) to (54) provided in this order from a SLM, a mirror (32) having an opening is provided between the first lens group (51) and the second lens group (52), and an aperture plate (132) is provided between the third...

20060232615 - Device and method for electrophoretic liquid development: In an electrographic printing device, an image generating system generates an electrical charge image on an image carrier element. The electronic charge image is made visible by a developer station via charged ink particles, the image being subsequently transferred onto a final image medium and fixed thereon. A speed control...

20060232616 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle; a pressure-changing unit for changing pressure of liquid in the nozzle in such a manner that the liquid is ejected from the nozzle; a first level-data setting unit for setting a selected first level data from a plurality of first...

20060232617 - Printer with cap mechanism: A printer with a cap mechanism. The printer comprises a print head comprising a nozzle, a cap module comprising a cap and a hole, and a positioning module comprising a pin. When the print head moves in a first direction to push the positioning module, the pin escapes from the...

20060232618 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus in which it is possible to set proper correction data by eliminating an erroneous operation of an operator is constructed. A code indicating the type of used printing paper P is formed on a test chart TC. When the correction data is generated, a printing paper type...

20060232619 - Printer system, printer, and image registration method: A printer, image registration method, and printer system improve image data processing efficiency by tracking and storing the identical image data that is registered and stored in a printer. The image registration device has a graphics register for registering images in a printer. The graphics register sends the image data...

20060232620 - Image forming apparatus and its control method, and computer program and computer readable storage medium: A shifting amount of color compensation amount is calculated based on a shifting amount of color obtained from a shifting amount of color storage unit for each image forming unit, and shifting amount of color compensation in the pixel unit is performed by executing address conversion using the calculation result....

20060232621 - Image recording apparatus and image recording method: An image recording apparatus includes a conveying mechanism for conveying a recording medium in a conveying direction, and a scanning carriage including a recording head for and a detector. The detector detects a first edge and a second edge of the recording medium in a leading edge detection region and...

20060232622 - Liquid ejection inspecting apparatus, liquid ejection inspecting method, printing apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and liquid ejection system: A liquid ejection inspecting apparatus includes: (A) a sensing section; (B) a detection section; and (C) a determination section. The sensing section is arranged in a state of non-contact with a liquid ejection nozzle for ejecting a liquid. The sensing section has a sensing surface arranged in a direction in...

20060232623 - Imaging head elevator: Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for lifting an imaging head are disclosed....

20060232624 - Image forming apparatus and liquid removal capability setting method: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which ejects liquid onto a recording medium to form a desired image on the recording medium; a conveyance device which moves at least one of the recording medium and the ejection head so as to move the recording medium in a conveyance...

20060232625 - Head capping device and liquid ejecting apparatus incorporating the same: A head capping device is adapted to seal a nozzle formation face of a liquid ejecting head in which a nozzle orifice from which liquid is ejected is formed. A capping unit includes: a cap, adapted to be abutted against the nozzle formation face to seal the nozzle orifice; a...

20060232626 - High volume pagewidth printing: A print assembly (14) for pagewidth inkjet printing that includes an elongate carrier that is mountable on a support structure (12) of a printer (10) in an operative position with respect to a platen (106, 108) of the printer. A number of printhead chips (186) are positioned on the carrier....

20060232628 - Liquid-discharging recording head and liquid-discharging recording apparatus having the head: In a liquid-discharging recording head, external-signal input terminals are provided on a recessed first face and a second face that is higher than the first face. ID contact pads directly connected to information storage elements provided in the liquid-discharging recording head are arranged in a row on the first face...

20060232627 - Power distribution routing to reduce chip area: An ejector chip (e.g., a heater chip) has at least one fluid (e.g., ink) via, and an elongated actuator (e.g., a resistive heating element) between an edge of the chip and the via. The chip also has a conductive trace connected to the actuator. The chip also has a bondpad...

20060232629 - Inkjet nozzle that incorporates volume-reduction actuation: An inkjet nozzle includes a substrate defining an ink chamber. A cover is mounted to the substrate and covers the ink chamber. The cover comprises a rim through which ink can be ejected. A plurality of fixed support arms supports the rim. A plurality of movable actuator arms are each...

20060232630 - Inkjet printhead having inkjet nozzle arrangements incorporating lever mechanisms: An inkjet printhead includes a substrate that defines a plurality of ink supply channels. Drive circuitry is positioned on the substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement has a static structure mounted on the substrate and a dynamic structure in co-operative arrangement with...

20060232631 - Mems device with movement amplifying actuator: A micro-electromechanical liquid ejection device includes a substrate that defines a liquid inlet channel. Drive circuitry is positioned on the substrate. A nozzle chamber structure is positioned on the substrate and defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the liquid inlet channel and a liquid ejection port in fluid...

20060232632 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus includes a carriage and an electrode. The carriage is for moving a nozzle. The electrode moves with the carriage, and is adapted to attract an electrically-charged ink droplet ejected from the nozzle but not landing on a medium....

20060232633 - Board for inkjet printing head and inkjet printing head using the same: Provided is a configuration for connecting common wires (a common power supply wire for connecting a plurality of printing elements commonly to a power supply and a common ground wire for connecting the plurality of printing elements commonly to a ground) to the outside, which configuration does not obstruct a...

20060232634 - Circuit routing scheme for an ink jet printhead that has increased reisitance to corrosion: The present invention includes as one embodiment an ink jet printhead having a circuit with plural resistors and a power bus. The printhead includes a metal stack formed within the circuit, which is comprised of a first metal layer and a second metal layer and at least one power via....

20060232635 - Inkjet printhead with heat generating resistor: An inkjet printhead includes a substrate having an ink chamber which is filled with ink to be ejected, a nozzle plate formed on the substrate in a position corresponding to the ink chamber, and a heat generating resistor installed in the ink chamber and formed of TiNx, where x ranges...

20060232636 - Inkjet printhead: An inkjet printhead includes a substrate having an ink feed hole formed therethrough and a plurality of ink drop generators formed on the substrate. The drop generators define a stagger pattern, and the ink feed hole defines a sidewall that is shaped so as to match the stagger pattern. In...

20060232637 - Liquid discharge recording head and liquid discharge recording head cartridge including the same: A liquid discharge recording head includes a substrate having a liquid supply opening facilitating supplying liquid and heating resistors for generating energy for discharging the liquid, a flow path member having discharge openings and flow paths including first and second flow paths that are adjacent each other, the second flow...

20060232638 - Actuator, liquid drop discharge head, ink cartridge, inkjet recording device, micro pump, optical modulation device, and substrate: An actuator includes a vibration plate area displaced by an electrostatic force, and electrodes facing each other via a first space in the vibration plate area The first space is formed by a sacrificial layer process using a sacrificial layer removing hole. A barrier as a fluid resistance is formed...

20060232640 - Liquid ejection head, method of manufacturing same, and image forming apparatus: The method manufactures a liquid ejection head having a diaphragm which forms a portion of pressure chambers connected to nozzles ejecting liquid, and piezoelectric elements which deform the diaphragm. The method comprises the steps of: applying a photosensitive resin on at least a portion of each of electrodes of the...

20060232639 - Piezoelectric element, liquid-jet head and liquid-jet apparatus: Disclosed are a piezoelectric element which can obtain a large strain with a low drive voltage, a liquid-jet head and a liquid-jet apparatus. The piezoelectric element includes: a lower electrode; an upper electrod; and a piezoelectric film which is made of lead zirconate titanate (PZT), and which has perovskite crystals...

20060232641 - Liquid transporting apparatus and method of producing liquid transporting apparatus: A piezoelectric actuator for a liquid transporting apparatus includes a drive plate having a base portion which is arranged, on an upper surface of a vibration plate covering a pressure chamber; outside of an end portion in a longitudinal direction of the pressure chamber, and a drive portion which extends...

20060232642 - Multicolor thermal imaging method and thermal imaging member for use therein: A multicolor direct thermal imaging method and an imaging member for use therein, wherein a multicolor image is formed in a thermal imaging member having at least two different image-forming compositions capable of forming two different colors. Heat is used to form an image in the first color at a...

20060232643 - Image recording apparatus and bottle holder: A bottle holder of an image recording apparatus, which holds removably an ink bottle including an ink outlet, has an ink outlet connecting part for connecting the ink outlet, a guide having a guide surface that contacts the ink bottle to guide the ink bottle along a predetermined axis when...

20060232644 - Ink jet device with individual shut-off: An ink jet print head includes an ink delivery system and a plurality of ink jet modules connected to the ink delivery system, the plurality of ink jet modules including a first ink jet module and a second ink jet module. The ink delivery system includes a first cut-off device...

20060232646 - Liquid container: A liquid container of the invention has a container body including a storage space and a liquid feed port and a liquid injection port which are installed on the container body. The liquid feed port is structured so as to interconnect the storage space and the liquid ejecting head with...

20060232645 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: The apparatus includes a portable liquid ejecting unit for independently performing by itself a liquid ejection operation to an object, and a stationary unit to be equipped with the liquid ejecting unit so that the stationary unit is separably united with the same. The liquid ejecting unit has a liquid...

20060232647 - Ink cartridge: The present invention makes it possible to improve the alignment accuracy of the Joint section of an ink cartridge with an ink supply route of an inkjet head. Based on this, the present invention provides an ink cartridge capable of preventing ink leakage with high reliability and constructed inexpensively in...

20060232648 - Ink cartridge: e

20060232649 - Ink cartridge for inkjet printer: An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer includes a top cover, a bottom wall, a handle, an ink chamber, an air inlet, an ink supply port. The air inlet is disposed at the top of the ink chamber, such that the ink chamber is communicated with the atmosphere. A labyrinth...

20060232650 - Water based ink for ink jet recording and ink jet recording method:

20060232651 - Water-based ink for ink-jet recording and ink-jet recording method:

20060232652 - Liquid ejection apparatuses, method for forming dots, method for forming identification code, and method for manufacturing electro-optic devices: A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejecting portion that ejects a liquid droplet containing dot forming material onto a dot forming section defined on an ejection target surface. A radiating portion radiates an energy beam onto the ejection target surface for at least partially suppressing spreading of the liquid droplet...

20060232653 - Ink-jet printer: An ink jet printer has two first driven rollers (A) disposed at a most upstream position in a secondary scanning direction, two first driven rollers (B) disposed at an intermediate position in the secondary scanning direction, and a single first driven roller (C) disposed at a most downstream position in...

20060232654 - Image forming apparatus: In a laser beam printer, an optimized output power of a laser beam can be obtained without using an expensive laser driving IC. A first comparator device 35 compares an output voltage of a photodiode 32 with a first reference voltage and a second comparator device 36 compares the output...

20060232655 - Electrostatic actuator, liquid-jet head, liquid-jet apparatus, device including electrostatic actuator, method for manufacturing liquid-jet head: An electrostatic actuator includes a silicon diaphragm, an opposing electrode opposing the diaphragm with intervention of a gap therebetween, and an insulating layer formed on a surface of the diaphragm, opposing the opposing electrode. A voltage is applied between the diaphragm and the opposing electrode. The insulating layer has a...

20060232656 - Thermal printer, print head, printing method and substrate for use therewith: A print head 110 has a ceramic substrate 116 with a thermal bead 115 and a built in separating structure 114, 124 that is either a polished edge 114 or a second bead. The edge 114 or the bead 124 can provide a peel structure that can be used to...

20060232657 - Imaging head mount: Various embodiments of an imaging head mount are disclosed....

20060232658 - Heat accumulation correcting method, thermal printer, and computer-executable program: r

20060232660 - Optical scanner and image forming apparatus: An optical scanner is capable of effectively correcting a difference with respect to the sub-scanning direction between the positions of optical spots for scanning photoconductor drums of a tandem type color image forming apparatus. The optical scanner includes an optical axis adjusting part. The optical axis adjusting part uses a...

20060232659 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: A light flux emitted from a light source is split into two by a light flux splitting unit, and these are respectively made incident on upper and lower tiers of polygon mirrors of a deflecting unit which coaxially rotates two polygon mirrors one on the other while being shifted in...

20060232661 - System and method for correcting scan position errors in an imaging system: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for correcting scan position errors in an imaging system. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes determining an image beam velocity error as a function of a position within a scan line of an image, and using the image...

20060227156 - Inkjet printhead having a pre-determined array of inkjet nozzle assemblies: An inkjet printhead comprises a plurality of sets of inkjet nozzles. Each nozzle comprises a nozzle head from which ink can be ejected and an ink ejection actuator tail extending from the nozzle head. Each set comprises a first row of the nozzle heads and a second row of the...

20060227157 - Enhanced printer reliability using extra print module: Methods and apparatus for extending the reliability and usefulness of a fullwidth printhead by providing a redundant temporary replacement printhead module that can be positioned to compensate for missing or faulty jet nozzles. In order to take advantage of a single extra printhead module and to be able to compensate...

20060227158 - Print control data generating apparatus, print system, printer, and print control data generating method: A print control data generating apparatus includes: a print image generator that generates a first print image having a size not larger than that of a print paper as a print image in a marginless printing; a print image modification unit that generates outside print images provided outside of the...

20060227160 - Printing apparatus, printing program, printing method, image processing apparatus, image processing program, image processing method, and recording medium having the program recorded therein: A printing apparatus includes: an acquirer acquiring M-ary (M≧3) image data; a divider dividing the acquired image data into pixel areas; a calculator calculating total concentration values of pixels in the divided pixel areas; a storage unit storing a pixel area dot constitution table designating the total concentration value of...

20060227159 - Printing method, printing system, and print control apparatus: A printing method includes: (A) creating print data by rearranging an order in which a plurality of pieces of pixel data which make up image data are arranged; and (B) based on the print data, alternately repeating a dot-forming process for forming, on a medium, a row of dots along...

20060227161 - Printing apparatus and printing system: The present invention is a printing apparatus having: an antenna for communicating wirelessly with an element that is provided on an ink container; and an attach/detach section to and from which a storage medium can be attached and detached. The antenna is a flat antenna, the antenna is capable of...

20060227163 - Roll brushing apparatus, inkjet head cleaning system including the same and method of using thereof: A roll brushing apparatus for cleaning an inkjet head including a case, a roll brush connected to the case through an axle, and a roll brush cover encompassing a portion of the roll brush. During cleaning the inkjet head, the roll brush is rotated at approximately less than 50 RPM...

20060227162 - System and method for maintaining solid ink printheads: A maintenance assembly and method for insulating printer/copier solid ink printheads. The maintenance assembly includes a car movably supported for travel along a maintenance path interposed between a first printhead and an ink receiving surface from a home position to a completion position and a wiper extending from the car...

20060227164 - Bearing: Embodiments of an apparatus including a rolling contact bearing are disclosed....

20060227166 - Ink cartridge attachment/detachment device, recording apparatus, and liquid ejection apparatus: An ink cartridge attachment/detachment device (1) includes a cartridge holding mechanism (30) that holds an ink cartridge (11) upon insertion of the ink cartridge (11) by a first predetermined stroke, and a power transmitting and converting mechanism (32) that ensures pressing force required for loading the ink cartridge (11) by...

20060227165 - Method of printing: A method of printing utilising a printing apparatus having a base, a printing station where a print head is mounted, the print head including a plurality of printing elements which are selectively energisable to generate an image on a substrate upon there being relative movement between the substrate and the...

20060227168 - Inkjet printhead integrated circuit with rows of inkjet nozzles: An inkjet printhead integrated circuit includes a substrate that defines a plurality of ink passages. An array of control and drive circuits is positioned on the substrate, each control and drive circuit having a drive transistor that includes a series of parallel traces. An array of inkjet nozzles is arranged...

20060227167 - Nozzle assembly layout for inkjet printhead: A printhead assembly includes an ink storage and distribution assembly connectable to an ink supply. An elongate printhead integrated circuit is mounted on the ink storage and distribution assembly to receive ink therefrom. A housing is positioned on the ink storage and distribution assembly. A pair of busbars is mounted...

20060227170 - Inkjet nozzle assembly incorporating actuator mechanisms arranged to effect rectilinear movement of a working member: An inkjet nozzle assembly includes a substrate. A drive circuitry layer is positioned on the substrate An inkjet nozzle is mounted to the substrate and defines an ink chamber. The nozzle includes a fixed portion that extends from the substrate, and a movable portion that defines an ink ejection port...

20060227169 - Inkjet nozzle incorporating a cleaning structure: An inkjet nozzle comprises a substrate defining an ink supply channel. A wall is mounted to the substrate and surrounds the ink supply channel. A support is mounted to the substrate and an actuator arm extends from the support. A movable cover is fast with the actuator arm and defines...

20060227171 - Inkjet printhead with grouped nozzles and a nozzle guard: A printhead for inkjet printing includes a substrate. A plurality of nozzles is arranged on the substrate in groups. The substrate defines groups of ink supply passages to supply an ink of a particular color to respective nozzles of each group. A nozzle guard is arranged with respect to the...

20060227172 - Printer having loaded electrical connections: A printer is provided having at least one printhead module which has at least two printhead integrated circuits having nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media, a support member supporting and carrying the printing fluid for the printhead integrated circuits, and an electrical connector...

20060227175 - Ink jet printhead with active and passive nozzle chamber structures arrayed on a substrate: A printhead includes a substrate that defines a plurality of ink inlet channels. A drive circuitry layer is positioned on the substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is positioned on the support. Each nozzle arrangement includes a wall portion bounding a respective ink inlet channel. A crown portion defines an...

20060227174 - Inkjet head: An inkjet head includes a flow path unit and a reservoir unit. The reservoir unit stores ink and includes an ink flow path, a reservoir flow path and an ink drop flow path. The reservoir flow path includes a main flow path formed with plural tributary communication ports, and plural...

20060227176 - Printhead having multiple thermal actuators for ink ejection: An inkjet printhead is provided comprising a substrate defining chambers for storing ink, with each chamber having an ink ejection port and actuators arranged to bend upon actuation to displace the port thereby ejecting ink therefrom. Each actuator incorporates a conductive resistive heating element encased within a material having a...

20060227173 - Printhead systems having multiple ink chambers with balanced and short ink paths: Ink delivery systems achieve balanced ink flow by positioning two or more ink chambers around ink ejection mechanisms in a printhead. A plurality of pie-shaped ink chambers may be arranged in a circle above an ink ejection mechanism, which provides short ink paths from each ink chamber, and ink paths...

20060227177 - Diaphragm plate with partially-etched port: A printhead assembly that includes a partially-etched port structured to be opened by application of pressure to the port area, one or more leaflets being depressed into an internal chamber communicating with the open port....

20060227178 - Thermoelastic inkjet actuator with a heat conductive layer: A thermoelastic actuator to be arranged in an inkjet printer comprises an active heater layer and at least one passive thermal conductor layer. A thermal insulator is located between the heater layer and said at least one thermal conductor layer. The at least one thermal conductor layer is also embedded...

20060227179 - Droplet deposition apparatus: A drop on demand ink jet printer, has a passive component defining ink ejector chambers with respective ejection nozzles; and an actuator component comprising a body with an opening and an actuator structure located within the opening. The actuator structure is formed of piezoelectric material by molding from a slurry...

20060227180 - Piezoelectric vibration plate: A piezoelectric vibration plate for a print head of a piezoelectric inkjet printer includes a vibration layer, a piezoelectric layer, two electrodes and a frame. The piezoelectric layer is formed on the vibration layer. The two electrodes are formed between the vibration layer and the piezoelectric layer. The frame is...

20060227181 - Ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet recording apparatus configured as a multi-function device is provided. The multi-function device can have four ink tanks, which store black ink, cyan ink, yellow ink and magenta ink. The multi-function device may have greater than four sub-tanks, which can be held in a scanning carriage and configured...

20060227183 - Ink jet recording apparatus and method: An ink jet recording apparatus with color reproducibility is described. A printer including an ink jet recording apparatus according to one or more aspects of the invention has ink tanks for storing basic color inks and sub-tanks. The basic color inks can be supplied to basic color sub-tanks by a...

20060227184 - Micro-electromechanical valve having transformable valve actuator: A micro-electromechanical valve is provided having a channel defined by a substrate and circuitry thereon so as to terminate at an aperture, a closure member arranged to be displaceable between first and second positions at which the aperture is respectively covered and uncovered and fluid is respectively inhibited and permitted...

20060227185 - Modular printhead assembly with a carrier of a metal alloy: A modular printhead includes an elongate carrier. An elongate fluid transporter can be received in the carrier and defines a plurality of channels that can each transport a respective type of fluid. A plurality of printing modules is configured is mounted to the elongate ink transporter so that each printing...

20060227182 - Printhead filter systems and methods for manufacturing the same: Ink delivery systems for an ink jet printer and methods for manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the system comprises a separable ink tank, a printhead body having an opening, ink ejectors associated with the printhead body, and a retainer engaged with the tower portion of the printhead body and...

20060227186 - Device for storing and simultaneously refilling with different colour inks a cartridge of a colour printhead: A container in which is arranged a housing borne by an upper wall of the container suitable for storing a colour cartridge to be refilled. The container has at least three tanks containing the different colour inks. The three tanks are substantially shaped as concentrical cylinders. More particularly, the outer...

20060227187 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge is disclosed and includes a hollow ink tank body, a cover member connected to the body, a pressure regulator mounted on the bottom of the body, a tank disposed under the body and connected to the bottom thereof, and a hollow tube. The body is defined with...

20060227188 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes a hollow ink tank body, a cover member connected to the hollow ink tank body, a hollow tube and a pressure regulator arranged inside the hollow ink tank body. The cover member has an air vent penetrating therethrough, and a first through-hole protrusion adjacent to the...

20060227189 - Ink filling structure: An ink filling structure includes a case, a guiding element received in the case for controlling flowage of the ink, a washer positioned between the guiding element and the case, and an elastic element connecting with the guiding element for providing the guiding element with an elastic force to push...

20060227190 - Liquid container and liquid filling method: A liquid container includes: a container body attachable to a container attachment portion of an apparatus side; a liquid chamber, provided in the container body, for accommodating a liquid therein; a liquid supply hole connectable to a liquid receiving portion of the apparatus side; a liquid leading path for leading...

20060227192 - Static eliminating solid ink container: A static eliminating container is provided for storing and supplying a quantity of solid phase-change ink pastilles. The static eliminating container includes (a) a closed end; (b) an open end opposite the closed end; (c) at least one cylindrical member connecting the closed end to the open end and having...

20060227191 - System and method for insulating solid ink printheads: An insulating assembly and method for insulating printer/copier solid ink printheads. The insulating assembly includes printhead insulators having thermal insulation capable of moving along insulator paths interposed between the printheads and an ink receiving surface for insulating the printhead front faces. The method includes moving insulating assemblies along insulator paths...

20060227193 - Solid ink pastilles: A particulate composition of solid phase change ink is comprised of sub-granular size pastilles composed of at least a salt, an ink vehicle compound, a viscosity modifying amide compound and a colorant, and each sub-granular size pastille of the particulate composition is at most the size of very coarse sand,...

20060227194 - Inkjet recording apparatus and control method of inkjet recording apparatus: The inkjet recording apparatus having: a color ink recording head to jet color ink toward a recording medium; an invisible ink recording head to jet invisible ink toward the recording medium; a light irradiating device to irradiate light toward the recording medium to cure ink; a moving section to reciprocate...

20060227195 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes upstream and downstream transport rollers for transporting a recording paper sheet. The upstream transport roller is disposed on the upstream side of a recording head while the downstream transport roller is disposed on the downstream side of the recording head. When forming an image on...

20060227196 - Electrophoretic display: The display device comprises a driver (10, 16) which supplies drive pulses to the pixels (18) to bring the pixels (18) in a predetermined optical state corresponding to image information to be displayed. A controller (15) controls the driver (10, 16) to successively supply a drive pulse (Vni) and a...

20060227197 - Modular elongate image processing device: A modular image processing device includes a camera module configured to capture images to be printed. A flash module is configured to generate a flash on operation of the camera module. A printer module configured to receive image data from the camera module and to print the captured images. The...

20060227198 - Electronic bow correction and registration control for a printer: An image-forming apparatus comprising an electrophotoconductive imaging member; a first charger for forming an electrostatic charge on the imaging member; a first array exposure device for imagewise modulating the electrostatic charge on an area of the member; a developer for forming a first visible image with a pigmented toner; second...

20060227199 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus of the present invention installs electrodes in the neighborhood of a laser beam emitting window of a laser optical unit (hereinafter, abbreviated to LSU), applies a bias voltage to the electrodes, and forcibly adheres toner, developer, and dust floating in a machine body to the electrodes...

20060227200 - Light guide: In embodiments, light from a light guide is used to generate a signal....

20060227201 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an exposure unit, a developing unit and a transferring unit that transfers a visualized image of developer to an image recording medium. The exposure unit includes a light emitting unit, a detecting unit that detects a quantity of light, a reference voltage generating portion that...

20060227202 - Image forming apparatus and image correction method: An image forming apparatus includes a counter that counts the accumulated number of predetermined printed recording sheets and an image correction controller that performs an image correction operation when the accumulated number of recording sheets reaches a predetermined number. The image forming apparatus is configured to advance an execution timing...

20060227203 - Wide format rob assembly: Wide format multiple ROB assembly. Raster Output Bar assembly comprises one or more individual image bars mounted onto their own sub-assemblies. Wide format ROB is assembled at the factory onto a datum structure from individual sub-assemblies staggered to achieve a desired wide format. The sub-assemblies are adjustably positioned on the...

20060227204 - Thermal transfer media and method of making and using same: There is disclosed thermal transfer media containing both fixed and variable printed information, and method of making and using such a thermal transfer medium. The fixed information is printed in one or more fixed-information zone(s) preferably on a web during a long production run and thereafter as the need arises...

20060227205 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a control unit for controlling a plurality of fixing units independently of one another regardless of a state of an image forming unit, and a receiving unit for receiving image forming requests, and has a control sequence, in which when not all of a recording...

20060227206 - System for recording image onto label layer of optical disc: The present invention provides a system and method for recording an image onto a label layer of an optical disc. The optical disc also includes a data layer thereon that has a pregroove, in which a plurality of predetermined address codes are marked. Firstly, the system locates a first position...

20060227207 - Light beam scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises a light generator (e.g., laser) generating a scanning light beam and a driver driving the light generator depending on a drive signal to be provided. In this apparatus, data formed of image information at each pixel of each line along a main scan direction of...

20060221102 - Recording apparatus: To provide a recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium having a flat image recording surface, the recording apparatus including: a rotary driving device which rotationally drives the recording medium; and an ink-jet head having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink onto the image recording surface...

20060221103 - 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 formed in a pressure chamber (9c) from which ink is to be ejected and electrodes formed...

20060221104 - Liquid ejection apparatus: According to an aspect of the invention, a liquid ejection apparatus including a head unit is provided. The head unit is movable on an object at least in two-dimensional directions. The head unit includes an ejecting portion and a radiating portion. The ejecting portion ejects droplets onto the object. The...

20060221106 - Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a nozzle which ejects liquid; a pressure chamber which is connected to the nozzle and filled with the liquid to be ejected from the nozzle; an actuator which causes the liquid to be ejected from the nozzle by applying a pressure change to the liquid...

20060221105 - Printing apparatus, printhead, and driving method therefor: An object of this invention is to drive different types of printing elements arranged in a printhead by proper powers without increasing the number of signal lines between the printhead and a printing apparatus main body, complicating the circuit configuration, and decreasing the printing speed. For this purpose, time division...

20060221108 - Ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a conveying mechanism configured to sequentially convey recording sheets, and a detector including a light source and a light-receiving element. The detector is configured to detect an edge position of each of the recording sheets. The apparatus also includes an ink jet recording head...

20060221107 - Inkjet printhead for printing with low density keep-wet dots: An inkjet printhead with a plurality of nozzles, a bubble forming chamber corresponding to each of the nozzles respectively, the bubble forming chambers adapted to contain ejectable liquid, a heater element positioned in each of the bubble forming chambers respectively for heating the ejectable liquid to form a gas bubble...

20060221109 - Technique for creating print data utilized by an ink jet printer: This specification discloses a computer program product for creating print data utilized by an ink jet printer. The ink jet printer comprises an ink jet head moving in a predetermined direction with respect to a print medium. The computer program product includes instructions for ordering a computer to perform a...

20060221110 - Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection head comprises a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting droplets of liquid toward an ejection receiving medium are arranged two-dimensionally in conditions satisfying the following relationships: L_pitch=L×k/(n−1), where: k≦m+1; L_pitch is a distance in a first direction on the nozzle surface between a...

20060221111 - Image-recording device: An image-recording device includes a conveying portion, a carriage, a recording head, a sensor, and an edge-detecting portion. The carriage reciprocates along a scanning direction. The recording head is supported on the carriage. The sensor is supported on the carriage at a position shifted from the recording head in the...

20060221112 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus including: (A) an ink-jet head which includes: a channel unit having a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure chambers that respectively communicate with the plurality of nozzles; and an actuator unit which is disposed on the channel unit and to which drive signals are...

20060221114 - Mems fluid sensor: A fluid sensor for detecting fluid in a chamber, has a MEMS sensing element of conductive material with a resistance that is a function of temperature, and electrical contacts for connection to an electrical power source for heating the sensing element with an electrical signal, so that control circuitry can...

20060221113 - System and method for printhead management: A method performed by an inkjet printing system is provided. The method comprises detecting an amount of use of a printhead and providing a request to service the printhead to a user in response to detecting the amount of use....

20060221116 - Liquid-jet head unit and liquid-jet apparatus: Disclosed are a liquid-jet apparatus, and the liquid-jet head unit including: a liquid-jet head in which nozzle orifices for ejecting ink droplets are arranged in parallel lines; and a head case fixed to the liquid-jet head. A linear expansion coefficient in a reference direction, which is a direction in which...

20060221115 - Methods for bonding radiation curable compositions to a substrate: A method for improving adhesion of a radiation curable layer to a semiconductor chip utilizing a silane adhesion promoter, without crosslinking the silane adhesion promoter prior to application of the radiation curable layer onto the surface of the semiconductor chip....

20060221117 - Image forming method, pattern forming method and liquid-applying apparatus which make use of liquid compositions: In an image forming method which imparts two or more kinds of liquid compositions onto a recording medium to form an image on the recording medium, the image forming method has the steps of: preparing a plurality of liquid compositions which include at least a first liquid composition containing a...

20060221118 - Inkjet head and inkjet printer with the same: An inkjet head for discharging ink to print an image and an inkjet printer with the same are provided. The inkjet head includes an ink cartridge filled with ink. The inkjet head has a nozzle portion with a nozzle for discharging ink. A cap bracket is connected to the ink...

20060221120 - Cap members and liquid ejecting devices comprising cap members: A cap member for covering a plurality of nozzle arrays disposed in a nozzle plate of a liquid ejecting head includes a first lip, at least one second lip, and a main body. The first lip has an annular shape and is configured to abut against the nozzle plate to...

20060221121 - Ink-jet printing apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium: An object of this invention is to prevent prolongation of the time taken for a suction recovery operation while suppressing wasteful consumption of ink in the suction recovery operation. An ink-jet printing apparatus includes a plurality of caps which, when a plurality of nozzles of an ink-jet head are divided...

20060221119 - Orifice plate protection device: An orifice plate sealing tape for an orifice plate of a micro-fluid ejection device and methods for sealing an orifice plate with the sealing tape. The sealing tape includes a flexible polymeric backing film and a radiation cured adhesive applied to a surface of the orifice plate. The adhesive is...

20060221122 - Inkjet head cleaning system and inkjet head cleaning method: An inkjet head cleaning system including a solvent shower to spray a solvent toward a lower surface of the inkjet head for dissolving contaminants of the lower surface, a suction apparatus apart from the solvent shower to suck the dissolved contaminants, and an air blower apart from the suction apparatus...

20060221123 - Moving chassis: In one implementation, an apparatus includes a device slideably engaged with a chassis to move the chassis in two directions that are substantially orthogonal....

20060221125 - Liquid droplet ejection head, liquid droplet ejection apparatus and image recording method: The liquid droplet ejection head has a plurality of nozzles arranged in a fixed arrangement pattern two-dimensionally in a first direction and a direction oblique to the first direction. The nozzles compose a projected nozzle row in the first direction when supposing that the nozzles are projected so as to...

20060221126 - Printer having removably mounted modular printhead and drive electronics: A printer is provided having at least one printhead module having at least two printhead integrated circuits which have nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media, a support member supporting and carrying the printing fluid for the at least two printhead integrated circuits, and...

20060221124 - Reflex printing with process direction stitch error correction: A reflex printing device having multiple print heads mounted at different locations around the circumference of the drum at different “angles” and an encoder disk mounted on the drum to allow for detection of the drum position as a function of time. An image defect due to a misalignment in...

20060221127 - Printhead assembly and inkjet printer with the same: A printhead assembly to eject ink onto an intermediate transfer medium to form an image and an inkjet printer with the same are provided. The printhead assembly has a plurality of printheads disposed around the intermediate transfer medium to eject ink thereto; a supporting body to connect the plural printheads...

20060221129 - Hydrophobically coated printhead: A printhead comprising a plurality of nozzles formed on a substrate is provided. Each nozzle comprises a nozzle chamber, a nozzle opening defined in a roof of the nozzle chamber and an actuator for ejecting ink through the nozzle opening. At least part of an ink ejection face of the...

20060221128 - Method of hydrophobically coating a printhead: A method of hydrophobizing an ink ejection face of a printhead, whilst avoiding hydrophobizing nozzle chambers and/or ink supply channels is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) filling nozzle chambers on the printhead with a liquid; and (b) depositing a hydrophobizing material onto the ink ejection face of...

20060221131 - Method of redirecting ejected ink droplets: A method of redirecting ejected ink droplets from a printhead is provided. The method compries the steps of: (a) providing a printhead assembly comprising: a printhead including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets onto a print medium, the plurality of nozzles being formed on an ink ejection surface...

20060221132 - Nozzle guard suitable for redirecting ejected ink droplets: A nozzle guard for a printhead is provided. The nozzle guard has a plurality of channels therethrough, each channel corresponding to a respective nozzle on the printhead such that, in use, ink droplets ejected from each nozzle pass through their respective channel towards a print medium. The channels have hydrophobic...

20060221130 - Printhead assembly suitable for redirecting ejected ink droplets: A printhead assembly suitable for redirecting ejected ink droplets is provided. The printhead assembly comprises: a printhead including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets onto a print medium, the plurality of nozzles being formed on an ink ejection surface of the printhead; and a nozzle guard positioned over...

20060221133 - Liquid discharge head and method for manufacturing the same: A liquid discharge head comprising: a discharge element substrate including an orifice plate having a discharge port for discharging a liquid, and a supply port opened in the reverse side of the surface forming the discharge port for supplying a liquid into the discharge port; a support member having a...

20060221139 - Ink jet print head and ink jet printing apparatus: The present invention is intended to alleviate stresses that occur in a bonding surface between the heater substrate and the base plate due to effects of heat history in the ink jet print head manufacturing process and to heat produced during the printing operation. To this end, the present invention...

20060221136 - Inkjet printhead heater elements with thin or non-existent coatings: A thermal inkjet printhead with a heater element disposed in each of the bubble forming chambers wherein, the heater element has a protective surface coating that is less than 0.1 μm thick while still being capable of ejecting more than 1 billion drops without failure. Removing most or all of...

20060221137 - Inkjet printhead with low thermal product layer: A thermal inkjet printhead with generally planar heater elements disposed in respective bubble forming chambers such that they are bonded on one side to the chamber so that the other side faces into the chamber. Each heater element receives an energizing pulse to heat ejectable liquid above its boiling point...

20060221138 - Nozzle plate and method of manufacturing nozzle plate: The method manufactures a nozzle plate in which a liquid-repelling film is formed on a surface of a nozzle forming substrate having nozzle holes for ejecting liquid droplets, the surface being on a droplet ejection side of the nozzle forming substrate. The method comprises the steps of: a spreading step...

20060221134 - Printhead heaters with a nanocrystalline composite structure: Nanocrystalline composite films can be superhard and can facilitate removal of the SiC and Ta anti-cavitation wear coatings. Improved oxidation resistance can also be achieved with some nanocrystalline composites, facilitating removal of the Si3N4 oxidation prevention coating. By removing or reducing the protective coatings, the heater element requires much less...

20060221135 - Self passivating transition metal nitride printhead heaters: A thermal inkjet printhead with heater elements formed from a self passivating transition metal nitride, but it oxidizes readily. By introducing an additive that allows the metal nitride to self passivate, the heater element forms a surface oxide layer, where the oxide has a low diffusion coefficient for oxygen so...

20060221140 - Low profile printhead: An inkjet printhead having a housing having a top face and a bottom face, an ink ejection device and a contact circuit. The contact circuit is affixed to the housing in a substantially horizontal orientation and is in communication with the ink ejection device. The contact circuit is configured to...

20060221141 - Heater chip for inkjet printhead with electrostatic discharge protection: An inkjet printhead heater chip includes a resistor layer, a dielectric layer on the resistor layer and a cavitation layer on the dielectric layer. A grounded-gate MOSFET electrically attaches to the cavitation layer to protect the dielectric layer from breakdown during an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event. Protection typically embodies the...

20060221142 - Ink-jet printer head: A measurement electrode for capacitance measurement is disposed so as to be opposed to a common electrode with a second and a third piezoelectric plates in between and to be opposed to all ink pressurizing chambers with a first piezoelectric plate in between. The capacitance of the piezoelectric plate disposed...

20060221143 - Liquid ejection head: The liquid ejection head comprises: a pressure chamber which accommodates liquid to be ejected through an ejection aperture; a diaphragm which constitutes a wall of the pressure chamber; a supply port which is formed as an opening section in a portion of the diaphragm; a supply flow channel which is...

20060221144 - Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus: The liquid ejection head has nozzles for ejecting liquid in which a plurality of pressure chambers are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix configuration. The liquid ejection head comprises: pressure generating devices which are disposed so as to correspond to the pressure chambers and generate pressure for ejecting the liquid in...

20060221146 - Ink jet apparatus: A fluid reservoir apparatus including a housing having input ports in a rear portion of the housing and output ports in a front portion of the housing, fluidic chambers and fluidic channels extending from the input ports to the output ports, a heater structure disposed in the housing, a plurality...

20060221145 - Ink jet device with ink deaerator: An ink jet device includes an ink jet print head and a deaerator having an ink passage, a membrane and a vacuum chamber. The ink passage has an exit connected to the ink jet print head and an inlet, and the membrane has a first side and a second side....

20060221147 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a carriage, an ink tank and a flexible ink supply member. The carriage is provided with an ink channel which supplies the recording head with ink that is supplied from the ink supply member and a valve body which controls the supply...

20060221148 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink channel supplying the recording head with ink and a valve body controlling the supply of ink to the recording head in the ink channel. The ink channel has a valve accommodation room and a valve opening formed in a wall...

20060221150 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer for jetting ink that is substantially free of solvent, the printer containing a printhead having an ink chamber with an ink inlet and an ink outlet, an ink supply reservoir in fluid connection with the chamber via the ink inlet, an electromechanical transducer in operative connection with...

20060221149 - Liquid discharging head cartridge: A liquid discharging head cartridge that prevents a discharging head from being damaged due to exposure to liquid held in a liquid container during storage including the distribution period of a liquid discharging head cartridge, and ensures the reliability of the liquid discharging operation by the discharging head. An ink...

20060221155 - Ink tank: An ink cartridge contains an ink absorbent in an ink chamber, to absorb and hold ink by a capillary force. The ink absorbent has a cutout in its lower portion, to form a compartment without the ink absorbent. An ink detection zone is defined in the compartment, for an ink...

20060221151 - Ink tank and ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink cartridge is provided with a storage chamber storing ink and an ink absorbent chamber containing an ink absorbent that absorbs the ink from the storage chamber through an interconnection slot. An ejection opening is formed through the ink absorbent chamber to supply the ink to a recording head....

20060221152 - Ink tank and ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink cartridge for supplying an ink to an ink jet type recording head is made of a paper box formed with an ink chamber. Inner wall surfaces of the ink chamber are processed to have water-repellency. The ink chamber is partitioned into a storage chamber storing the ink and...

20060221154 - Ink tank, ink-jet recording apparatus and method of manufacturing ink tank: An ink tank consists of a case body and a top lid. The case body consists of an inner case having an ink chamber and an outer case. The ink chamber is parted into an absorbent chamber containing ink absorbents, and a storage chamber storing ink. A space is provided...

20060221153 - Liquid storage container and liquid ejection recording apparatus having the container mounted thereon: A reliable ink cartridge that reduce printing nonconformity even during high speed inkjet-recording with multiple nozzles by alleviating rapid external impact applied from the outside of the ink cartridge. Within a casing of an ink cartridge, a flexible bag forming an ink reservoir is accommodated. Between the surface of the...

20060221156 - System and method for delivering phase change ink to multiple printheads: A system and method for delivering phase change ink to a plurality of printheads is provided. The system includes an ink source having a housing for holding solid phase change ink, an ink melter assembly having a heated ink contact portion for melting the solid phase change ink and a...

20060221157 - Apparatus and methods for water-based ink printing: A printer that includes at least one printhead mounted to a carriage of a printing system, and a secondary ink container mounted to the carriage and which holds an ink and is in fluid communication with the at least one printhead. A pressure source in fluid communication with the secondary...

20060221158 - Aqueous recording solution for ink jet printing, ink set and ink jet printing device: wherein R1 represents a substituent, L1 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, R2 and R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, n represents an integer of 1 or more, and M represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent cation, provided that R1, R2 and...

20060221160 - Medium position determining devices and image recording devices: A medium position determining device includes a sensor, and a scanning carriage that is configured to move in a reciprocating manner in a scanning direction, in which the sensor is mounted to the scanning carriage. The device also includes a controller that is configured to move the scanning carriage and...

20060221159 - Parallel printing architecture with parallel horizontal printing modules: An integrated printing system is provided that includes at least one substantially horizontally aligned printing module including an entrance media path and an exit media path; and at least one interface media transport including at least two substantially horizontal media transport paths, wherein the horizontal media transport paths are positioned...

20060221161 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: a print head with a nozzle surface on which a plurality of nozzles that eject ink are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix; and a rotating drum which is disposed to face the nozzle surface so that the ink ejected from the print head are deposited...

20060221166 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which ejects liquid onto a recording medium to form a desired image on the recording medium; a conveyance device which moves at least one of the recording medium and the ejection head so as to move the recording medium in a conveyance...

20060221165 - Image recording device: An image recording device includes a conveying mechanism disposed in a predetermined conveying path including a plurality of rollers for conveying a recording medium by a predetermined conveying distance while nipping the recording medium, and a recording unit for recording an image to the recording medium. The device also includes...

20060221162 - Printer: The present invention provides a low-profile printer. The printer has a claw installed on a plane which face an exposure surface of an instant film sheet, a single-rotation cam which completes a sequence of operations, and a three-rotation cam which rotates three times while the single-rotation cam makes a single...

20060221164 - Recording apparatus: There is disclosed a recording apparatus including: feeder rollers including a drive roller; an endless feeder belt wound around the feeder rollers to be circulated around the feeder rollers by operation of the drive roller such that a path of circulation of the feeder belt includes a feeder-belt straight travel...

20060221163 - Registration device and image forming apparatus with the same: A registration device includes a feed roller which presses one surface of a sheet to feed the sheet. A cartridge unit is placed opposite to the feed roller and includes a follower roller to support the other surface of the sheet. An image forming unit forms an image on the...

20060221168 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a first opening and closing device provided in an apparatus body and openable and closable with respect to the apparatus body, an operating member operable by a user to open the first opening and closing device, a first recess for receiving the hand of the...

20060221167 - Power conditioning system co-located with a print head for reducing noise, power dissipation, and/or overheating: The present invention provides an assembly that includes a print head and a power conditioning circuit in a common frame. The co-location of the print head and power conditioning circuit in the frame alleviates added signal noise and power dissip