Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 03/07

20070070095 - Inkjet image forming system and method of increasing a printing speed thereof: An inkjet image forming system and method of increasing a printing speed thereof. According to the system and method, at least a portion of a first lead time of a first process that includes processing printing data in a host and transmitting the printing data to an inkjet image forming... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070096 - One-molding frame of image forming apparatus: A one-molding frame of an image forming apparatus includes a feeding part to feed sheets of paper one by one, a printing unit with a printing module provided along a paper feeding passage to form an image on the paper fed from the feeding module, and an ejecting unit with... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070097 - Liquid jet head and a liquid ejecting instrument including such a liquid jet head: An embodiment of the present invention relates to liquid jet heads, and to liquid ejecting instruments including such liquid jet heads. The liquid ejecting instruments may be formed by ink jet printers or self-contained writing devices and in particular, to those devices that employ a non-contact method of transferring ink... Agent: Jones Day

20070070098 - Methods and apparatus for image transfer: A method and apparatus for imprinting high quality images on non-planar surfaces, including the surfaces of various types of three-dimensional articles, such as baseball bats, formed from a number of different types of materials. In the preferred method of the invention, the non-planar surfaces of the three-dimensional articles are printed... Agent: James E. Brunton, Esq.

20070070099 - Methods and apparatus for inkjet printing on non-planar substrates: A sensor apparatus for an inkjet printing device is provided. The sensor apparatus may include 1) at least one print head adapted to deposit ink on a top surface of a substrate, wherein the substrate is in motion relative to the print head, 2) at least one sensor adapted to... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070070100 - Inkjet image forming apparatus and method of compensating for defective nozzle: An inkjet image forming apparatus and method of compensating for a defective nozzle in an inkjet image forming apparatus are provided. By analyzing firing states of nozzles firing ink at a compensated position, which is a position printed with the defective nozzle, and at positions adjacent to the compensated position,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070070101 - Liquid droplet jetting apparatus: An ink-jet printer includes an ink-jet head which includes a nozzle, a main liquid droplet trapping section 30 which traps only a main liquid droplet, and a cover member which surrounds a space in which a satellite liquid droplet which is jetted from a nozzle at the same time when... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070102 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a prescribed pattern in a first direction and a plurality of pressure generating elements provided to correspond with the plurality of nozzles respectively, wherein liquid is ejected toward a recording medium from the nozzles... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070103 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer including a plurality of heads, wherein each head is provided with a drive signal generating circuit for creating a drive signal to drive each head, according to the control signal conforming to each head received from a relay board, image data, and a timing signal for determining... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070070104 - Head driving device, inkjet printer comprising the same, and data processing method thereof: A head driving device, an inkjet printer comprising the same and data processing method of an ink jet printer are provided, in which a nozzle driving unit turns on/off a plurality of thermal elements that correspond to a plurality of nozzles and heat ink discharged from the nozzles, a data... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070070105 - Methods and apparatus for adjusting pixel fill profiles: For use in a color filter inkjet printing system that may be part of a flat panel display manufacturing system, methods and apparatus for adjusting a pixel fill profile are provided. The methods include application of, and the apparatus are adapted to apply, pressurized gas to at least one ink-filled... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070070106 - Inkjet printer: A inkjet printer including a plurality of heads installed in a staggered arrangement, and a relay board for receiving image data, a control signal conforming to each head, and a timing signal for determining timed intervals to emit ink particles from the control unit of the inkjet printer, and for... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070070107 - Methods and systems for inkjet drop positioning: Methods and apparatus for inkjet inkjet drop positioning are provided. A first method includes determining an intended deposition location of an ink drop on a substrate, depositing the ink drop on the substrate using an inkjet printing system, detecting a deposited location of the deposited ink drop on the substrate,... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070070110 - Apparatus and method of testing printhead nozzle: An apparatus and method of testing a printhead nozzle includes a power supply unit to supply a power to the printhead, a capacitor to stabilize a voltage of the power supply unit so that the power supply unit supplies a constant power to the printhead, a voltage sensing unit to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070108 - Ink jet printer having print head with partial nozzle redundancy: An ink jet printer has a print head with partial nozzle redundancy. All of the nozzles are used for printing, but at a less than maximum available ejection output. When a failed or impaired nozzle is identified, the normal ejection output is increased for neighboring nozzles, so that pixels to... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070070111 - Inkjet image forming apparatus and method of compensating for defective nozzle thereof: An inkjet image forming apparatus and a method of defective nozzle compensation in the inkjet image forming apparatus. The method includes detection of an occurrence and a position of the defective nozzle in a nozzle unit, when the defective nozzle is detected, analyzing image information on image data which are... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070109 - Methods and systems for calibration of inkjet drop positioning: Methods and apparatus for inkjet inkjet drop positioning are provided. A first method includes determining an intended deposition location of an ink drop on a substrate, depositing the ink drop on the substrate using an inkjet printing system, detecting a deposited location of the deposited ink drop on the substrate,... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070070112 - Liquid ejection apparatus and air bubble determination method: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head including a nozzle which ejects liquid, a pressure chamber provided to correspond to the nozzle, a pressure generating element which is disposed on a first wall surface of the pressure chamber and adjusts pressure in the pressure chamber, and a determination... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070113 - Recording apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a recording head that performs recording on a recording medium and a recording medium transporting unit that is disposed on the upstream side of the recording head and transports the recording medium toward the recording head. The recording apparatus also includes a recording medium discharging unit... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070070114 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus including: an ink-jet head having a plurality of nozzles which are open in a surface thereof so as to provide a nozzle opening surface and through which ink is ejected, the plurality of nozzles being divided into a plurality of nozzle groups: and a plurality of... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070115 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus including: an ink-jet head having a plurality of nozzles which are open in a surface thereof so as to provide a nozzle opening surface and through which ink is ejected; and a cap which is operable to cover the nozzle opening surface of the ink-jet head... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070116 - Inkjet printer: Included are a recording medium feeder which feeds a recording medium, a printer which carries out a printing for the fed recording medium by ink discharged from a nozzle surface formed on a print head, and a cleaner (50) which cleans the nozzle surface, wherein the cleaner (50) includes a... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070070117 - Spitting method of an array-type inkjet image forming apparatus: A spitting method of an array-type inkjet image forming apparatus which prints one or more papers and then ejects ink several times to keep nozzles in the optimal condition for printing, in which the number of spitting dots is in proportion to the number of resting dots of each of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070119 - Inkjet printer having removably constrained printhead ics: An inkjet printer is provided having at least one printhead module of at least two inkjet printhead integrated circuits, a casing in which the at least one printhead module is removably mounted, and a printer body arranged to removably receive the casing. The printhead module has a first side which... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070118 - Position detecting device, liquid ejecting apparatus and method of detecting smear of scale: A position detecting device for detecting a position of an object, includes a light emitting portion that emits light, a light receiving portion that receives the light from the light emitting portion, and a scale that is arranged between the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion, and includes... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070070121 - Array head type printer and printing method using the same: An array head type printer and a printing method using an array head type printer are provided. The array head type printer includes an array head with a plurality of unit heads for spraying ink according to received printing data, and a head control unit for distinguishing between used unit... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070070120 - Image forming apparatus having hybrid inkjet head and inkjet head wiping device: An image forming apparatus having a hybrid inkjet head and an inkjet head wiping device includes an array type inkjet head, the first guide part, a carrier, a shuttle type inkjet head, a paper delivery unit, a controller, and a wiping device. The array type inkjet head prints an image... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070122 - Methods for making micro-fluid ejection head structures: Methods of making micro-fluid ejection head structures. One of the methods includes providing a substrate having a plurality fluid ejection actuators on a device surface thereof. The device surface of the substrate also has a thick film layer comprising at least one of fluid flow channels and fluid ejection chambers... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070070123 - Ink repellent coating on charge device to improve printer runability and printhead life: An ink jet printhead includes a drop generator having an attached orifice structure forming a jet array adapted to use ink jet fluids with a charge device disposed opposite the jet array forming a gap. The charge device includes a dimensionally stable, non-porous substrate layer having a high load to... Agent: David A. Ovais Patent Legal Staff

20070070124 - Nozzle assembly incorporating a shuttered actuation mechanism: A nozzle assembly is provided for an inkjet printer. The assembly includes a wafer arrangement defining an ink supply channel. A border is constructed on the wafer arrangement and bounds the ink supply channel. A cover layer is constructed on the border to define a nozzle chamber. The cover layer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070125 - Inkjet head and method of manufacturing inkjet head: An inkjet head including: a head chip having; driving walls composed of piezoelectric element, wherein shear deformation is caused by applying voltage so as to jet ink, channels arranged alongside the driving walls alternatively to contain ink, outlet and inlet ports respectively provided on a front and rear surface of... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070070126 - Methods and apparatuses for implementing multi-via heater chips: A heater chip for use in a printing device that includes a first heater array with a left side and a right side and a first ink via placed on the left side of the first heater array. The chip also includes a second heater array with a left side... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070070127 - Inkjet printhead and method of manufacturing the same: An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same includes a substrate, an ink chamber to contain ink having a predetermined depth in an upper side of the substrate and an ink feedhole to supply the ink to the ink chamber provided in a lower side of the substrate,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070128 - Piezoelectric element, droplet-ejecting head, droplet-ejecting apparatus, and method of producing a piezoelectric element: The present invention provides a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric body and top and bottom electrodes holding the piezoelectric body therebetween, wherein an interlayer dielectric is interposed between the piezoelectric body and the top electrode in an area other than the active area of the piezoelectric body, and the top... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070070129 - Liquid transporting apparatus and liquid transporting head: An ink transporting head includes a plurality of common channels, a plurality of common electrodes formed on each of the common channels, a plurality of individual channels branched from each common channel, a plurality of individual electrodes arranged on each of the individual channels, and an insulating layer which is... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070130 - Colorant presentation for pad printing: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing colorant to a colorant cup apparatus that is adjacent to a pad printing cliché. The fluid colorant is fed from a colorant container through a feed conduit to the cup and an inline viscometer external to the colorant container measures the... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070070131 - Sealing structure: A sealing structure includes a first and a second passage-forming member having respective surfaces where fluid inlet ports and fluid outlet ports, or vice versa, are respectively open, and an elastic member interposed between the surfaces and including: a plate-like body which has an inlet-side and an outlet-side surface and... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070133 - Ink supply unit for a printhead in an inkjet printer: An ink supply unit is provided for supplying ink to a printhead in a printer. An elongate manifold defines a plurality of sets of ink passages and further defines a recess in which the printhead can be received so that the ink passages are in fluid communication with respective ink... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070132 - Inkjet delivery module: A cabinet for housing an ink supply is provided for use with an inkjet printing system. The cabinet, ink supply, and related structures are set apart from inkjet print heads in the inkjet printing system. Accordingly, the cabinet provides a location to store and supply quantities of ink and may... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070070134 - Liquid supplying member, method of manufacturing the same, and liquid ejection apparatus incorporating the same: In a liquid supplying member, for supplying liquid from a liquid container to a liquid ejection head which are provided in a liquid ejection apparatus, a plurality of elastic members, each of which is elongated in a first direction so as to have a first face and a second face,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070135 - Fluid container having a fluid absorbing material: A fluid container includes a body having a depth extending between a base interior surface and an opening of the fluid container. The fluid container also includes a capillary material compression structure having an extension depth extending from the opening to a capillary material where the capillary material compression structure... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070070136 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes a cartridge case enclosing an ink chamber; an ink supply path extending from the ink chamber to an exterior of the ink cartridge; an ink filling path extending from the ink chamber to an area outside of the ink chamber; and a plug member provided in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070070137 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes a cartridge case enclosing an ink chamber; and a path extending from the ink chamber to an exterior of the ink cartridge. The path varies in diameter at different locations along the path; a first diameter of the path in one or more narrow sections is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070070138 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes a cartridge case enclosing an ink chamber; a path extending from the ink chamber to an exterior of the ink cartridge; a valve member provided in the path, the valve member having a first state in which communication between the ink chamber and the exterior of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070070139 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes a cartridge case enclosing an ink chamber; a path extending from the ink chamber to an exterior of the ink cartridge; a valve member provided in the path, the valve member having a first state in which communication between the ink chamber and the exterior of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070070140 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes a cartridge case enclosing an ink chamber; a path extending from the ink chamber to an exterior of the ink cartridge; a valve member provided in the path, the valve member having a first state in which communication between the ink chamber and the exterior of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070070147 - Ink cartridge arrangements: An ink cartridge arrangement includes an ink cartridge comprising an ink chamber, and an ink cartridge packaging system. The ink cartridge packaging system includes an enclosure, and the ink cartridge is disposed within the enclosure. Moreover, a difference between a first pressure within the ink chamber and a second pressure... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070141 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes an enclosure, and the enclosure includes a first wall, a second wall opposite the first wall, a third wall connected to each of the first wall and the second wall, and a fourth wall connected to each of the first wall and the second wall. The... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070143 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber comprising a first wall, and an ink dispensing portion disposed within the ink chamber. The ink dispensing portion has a dispensing chamber formed therein, and a first end of the dispensing chamber is positioned adjacent to the first wall. The ink dispensing portion... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070144 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber, an ink supply portion, and a supply chamber positioned adjacent to the ink supply portion. The supply chamber is configured to be in fluid communication with the ink chamber and the ink supply portion, and the ink supply portion is configured to dispense... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070145 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber, a communication path configured to dispense ink from an interior of the ink chamber to an exterior of the ink chamber, and a valve member disposed within the communication path. The valve member is configured to selectively open and close the communication path.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070146 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber including one or more walls, and the one more walls include a film. The ink cartridge also includes one ore more ribs disposed within the ink chamber. Specifically, the one or more ribs contact the film of the one or more walls, and... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070148 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a particular wall having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and an ink supply portion positioned at the particular wall and adjacent to the second end of the particular wall. The ink cartridge also includes a translucent portion extending outward from... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070149 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a first case having a wall having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The wall has a first opening and a second opening formed therethrough, the first opening has a first center, and the second opening has a second center. The... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070150 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a first wall having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and a second wall connected to and perpendicular to the first wall. The ink cartridge also includes an ink supply portion positioned at the first wall adjacent to the second end... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070151 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a case which includes a particular wall having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and a protrusion extending from the second end of the particular wall in a predetermined direction. The case also includes an air intake portion, and an ink... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070152 - Ink cartridges: A method of manufacturing an ink cartridge system includes the steps of using a first mold to make a first case member a first ink cartridge, using a second mold to make a second case member of the first ink cartridge, using the first mold to make a first case... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070153 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber, and a translucent portion configured to be in fluid communication with the ink chamber. The translucent portion has an inner space formed therein, and the translucent portion includes a first wall, a second wall opposite the first wall, and a third wall connected... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070154 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a first case, and a second case enclosed within the first case. The second case includes a particular wall, and a translucent portion extending from the particular wall in a predetermined direction, Moreover, the translucent portion has an inner space formed therein. The ink cartridge also... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070155 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a first case having a particular opening formed therethrough, and a second case enclosed within the first case, in which the second case includes a particular wall. The ink cartridge also includes a signal blocking portion provided at the particular wall and extending in a predetermined... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070142 - Methods of forming cartridges, such as ink cartridges: A method of forming a cartridge includes the steps of positioning a movable member within a chamber, enclosing the chamber, and dispensing a liquid within at least a portion of the chamber. The method also includes the steps of positioning a first portion of the enclosed chamber within a first... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070156 - Printing-fluid container: A printing-fluid container includes a reservoir having a leading surface with an outer perimeter. Redundant interface elements are recessed from the leading surface interior the outer perimeter.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070070157 - Inkject printer ink cartrigde: The present invention relates to an inkjet printer ink cartridge, which configures a sponge-free ink-filling device into a combined structure of a case and an ink outlet base body, which is then attached onto a printed circuit by PECVD. A stand having a recess on the ink outlet base body... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070070160 - Coloring composition and inkjet recording ink composition: Condition 2: (the number of CO2M groups contained in the dye compound)/p>0.5, with the proviso that Mw represents a molecular weight of the dye compound represented by the formula (1); and p represents the total number of ionic hydrophilic groups substituted on the dye compound represented by the formula (1).... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070070158 - Ink composition for inkjet and method for preparing the same: Disclosed is an ink composition for inkjet recording. The ink composition for inkjet recording comprises a dispersion medium, a colorant, and a lipophilic substance. The ratio of the content of the colorant to the content of the lipophilic substance is from 1/2 to 1/24. The ink composition for inkjet recording... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070159 - Ink composition, ink set and recording method: An ink composition includes: a coloring material having an azo group bound to a heterocyclic group; an aqueous medium; and at least one of an acetylene diol and an ethylene oxide adduct of the acetylene diol, wherein an average value of an addition molar number of the at least one... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070070161 - Inkjet printer incorporating a print mediul cartridge storing a roll of print medium: An inkjet printer includes a print medium cartridge arranged to store a print medium roll. The print medium roll includes a former carrying a wound length of a print medium and an ink supply core which can be received within the former. A platen supports the print medium during feeding... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070162 - Ink jet recording apparatus and recording method: An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet recording apparatus and a recording method that can prevent jetting defect, due to ink that adhered to recording head being cured, and conduct image recording with high resolution, by suppressing light that reaches the recording head to a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070070163 - Liquid application device, inkjet recording apparatus, and method of controlling liquid application device: The present invention provides a liquid application device, an inkjet recording apparatus and a recording apparatus, which are capable of performing an adequate application initial operation according to the length of waiting time and power-off time, as well as a method of controlling the liquid application device. In the present... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070070164 - Moldable fibrous construction incorporating non-woven layers: A composite construction incorporating one or more non-woven layers at least partially formed from heat fused monoaxially drawn tape fiber elements of discrete length. The non-woven layers are provided with a mat structure covering across at least one surface. The mat structure covering is formed at least partially from interwoven... Agent: Milliken & Company, (m-495) Legal Department

20070070165 - Coating tool: The invention provides a coating tool in which an oily ink and a backflow inhibiting material contacting with said ink are contained, wherein the above mentioned ink containment tube has a boundary which contacts with said oily ink and said backflow inhibiting material, the above mentioned oily ink contains polyvinyl... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070070166 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of forming wide images, includes: an exposing unit having a plurality of LED (light-emitting diode) heads arranged alternately in a main scanning direction, in which the resolution of an LED row formed in at least one of the plurality of LED heads is higher than... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070070167 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming unit which forms an image by discharging droplets from a recording head onto a recording medium; a conveyance belt which conveys the recording medium, a surface of the conveyance belt facing the recording head being treated with a liquid repelling treatment in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070168 - Thermal printer and method for operating same: A printer that applies donor material from donor patches on a donor web to a receiver medium using a thermal printhead that generates heat and a method for operating such a printer are provided. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a print order requesting the printing of a quantity... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20070070170 - Device and method for optical scanning: An optical scanning device and method are provided for marking an optically sensitive layer. The device can include an optical source capable of emitting a beam. At least one pivot can be configured to enable the beam to travel through a beam output arc. In addition, a mirror surface can... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070070171 - Image forming apparatus: There are described a turning unit that turns the recording medium fed from a fixing unit, which fixes toner transferred to a recording medium and has a heating roller for heating toner, by approximately 90° with respect to a feeding direction of the recording medium, and a discharge roller that... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070070169 - Laser positioning in an optical disc drive: Various apparatuses and methods for laser positioning in an optical disc drive are provided. In one embodiment, a laser positioning apparatus is provided in which an assembly is employed to position a first laser beam generated by a first laser relative to a first side of an optical disc site... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070070172 - Image forming device: An image forming device includes a main frame of the image forming device having a body, a drum shaft which is positioned and supported by the body of the main frame of the image forming device, a photoconductive drum which is provided removably in the main frame of the image... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070070173 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device outputs a light beam from a light source through an emission window in an optical housing to scan a surface to be scanned. The optical scanning device includes a shutter member that closes or opens the emission window.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070070174 - Laser printhead having a mechanical skew correction mechanism: An imaging apparatus is provided comprising a frame having a portion upon which a printhead is adapted to be mounted. The printhead may comprise a housing including a main body, at least one flexible mounting beam extending from the main body, and at least one structural member coupled to the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070070175 - Optical printhead: An optical printhead for a medium including material that forms an optically visible spot in response to energy of a predetermined wavelength, the optical printhead includes a laser configured to impart energy of the predetermined wavelength to the material through a fixed-focus lens arrangement.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070070176 - System and method for controlling a multi-function digital media drive: A multi-function digital media drive, has an optical pickup unit (OPU) configured to read data from or write data to a data layer of a digital medium, the OPU being associated with an OPU sled arrangement; an optical print head (OPH) configured to write to a labeling layer, the OPH... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070064022 - Printing a calendar using a mobile device: A system for printing a calendar on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the calendar on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064023 - Printing a ticket using a mobile device: A system for printing a ticket on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the ticket on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064024 - Printing a web page using a mobile device: A system for printing a web page on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the web page on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064021 - Retrieving a ringtone via a coded surface: A method of retrieving a ringtone using a print medium, comprising the steps of: determining a print media identifier from the print medium using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device, the print media identifier having been linked to the ringtone; and, retrieving, using the mobile telecommunications device, the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064025 - Image forming apparatus: There is described an image forming apparatus, which includes: a hard disc drive to store consecutive image data into a physically-continuos region on a hard disc; and a controlling section to control data accessing operation for said hard disc drive in such a manner that, with regard to at least... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070064027 - Fixing control method and device: A fixing control method and device are provided. An initial temperature change ratio of a fixer that is initially heated by applying a power supply voltage is detected. The initial temperature change ratio is compared with a reference change ratio and it is then determined whether a low power supply... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070064026 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: an object liquid deposition device which deposits an object liquid containing coloring material onto a recording medium; a treatment liquid deposition device which deposits a treatment liquid that insolubilizes the coloring material onto the recording medium; and a control device which controls the treatment liquid... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064028 - Ink level detecting device functioning as cover opening sensor and ink-jet image forming apparatus having the same: An ink level detecting device also functions as a cover opening sensor, and an ink-jet image forming apparatus having the ink level detecting device functions in the same way. The ink level detecting device detects an ink level in an ink container mounted on an ink container mounting unit, and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070064029 - Method for determining a printhead gap in an ink jet apparatus that performs bi-directional alignment of the printhead: A method for determining a printhead gap between a printhead and a sheet of media in an ink jet apparatus that performs bi-directional alignment of the printhead includes determining a first amount of bi-directional misalignment of the printhead at a first unknown printhead gap; changing the printhead gap from the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070064032 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a transport belt rotating around rollers that transports a sheet by attaching the sheet thereto by an electrostatic force, an image forming unit which forms an image on the sheet transported by the transport belt by ejecting ink droplets... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070064031 - Image processing method, program, image processing device, image forming apparatus and image forming system: An image processing method for producing and processing image data based on input data which image data are sent to an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a paper form on which apparatus a recording head for ejecting a liquid drop of recording liquid is mounted and which... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070064033 - Ink-jet printhead: An ink-jet printhead including a substrate, in which an integrated circuit for a driving logic circuit to selectively drive the nozzle, and a logic circuit to input/output printing data to/from a fuse array, are formed. The printhead further includes an electrode which is used for wirings of the integrated circuit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070064030 - Numerical jet machine for the application of a coating onto a substrate: The invention concerns a contactless numerical printing machine for products of average fluidity, such as varnish, glue, and conducting or scratchable ink, onto a substrate of variable thickness and dimensions. The machine includes a special device for printing without contact by projection. The projected materials are materials of average fluidity... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070064035 - Enabling increased print speed by eliminating nozzle firing sequencing: The velocity of a printhead scanning across a sheet of paper or other print medium is varied on the basis of whether masking patterns for selectively activating nozzle of the printhead include activations in consecutive pixel locations of the masking pattern. The pixel locations are “firing opportunities” as defined by... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20070064034 - Ink jet break-off length controlled dynamically by individual jet stimulation: A jet break-off length control apparatus for a continuous liquid drop emission system is provided. The jet break-off length control apparatus comprises a liquid drop emitter containing a positively pressurized liquid in flow communication with at least one nozzle for emitting a continuous stream of liquid. Resistive heater apparatus is... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070064036 - Information processing apparatus, association method: An information processing apparatus includes a first information acquisition part, a second information acquisition part, and an information generation part. The first information acquisition part acquires first operation information with respect to an operation of a user on a first medium surface. The second information acquisition part acquires second operation... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070064039 - Apparatus and method of detecting abnormal condition of printhead: An apparatus and method of detecting an abnormal condition of a printhead includes a voltage stabilizing unit to stabilize a voltage of a power supplied to the printhead, a voltage measuring unit to measure the stabilized voltage, and an abnormal condition detecting unit to compare the measured voltage in a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070064040 - Apparatus and method to prevent printhead malfunction: An apparatus and method of preventing a malfunction of a printhead. The method can include sensing a trend of a change of an operation state output singal representing operation state of a heater driver control unit; checking whether the sensed trend is equal to a predetermined trend of a change,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070064043 - Correction table generation method and method of controlling correction table generation apparatus: In a multi-valued printer that uses discontinuous index patterns, if a tone correction table is generated using sampled density patches, a table which is different from a table to be obtained and has no inflection point is obtained, and the print density characteristics after tone correction suffer discontinuity. To solve... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070064038 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores a correction amount used to correct color unevenness of an image according to a plurality of halftone screening conditions; and a correction unit that corrects an input image according to the correction amount stored in the storage unit. The stored... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070064037 - Ink jet break-off length measurement apparatus and method: A jet break-off length measurement apparatus for a continuous liquid drop emission system is provided. The jet break-off length measurement apparatus comprises a liquid drop emitter containing a positively pressurized liquid in flow communication with at least one nozzle for emitting a continuous stream of liquid. Heater resistor apparatus is... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070064042 - Liquid-droplet jetting apparatus: An ink-jet printer has a line-type ink-jet head which has a nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles arranged in an array in a scanning direction; an auxiliary head which is movable in the scanning direction and which has a plurality of nozzles arranged in an array in the scanning... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070064041 - Liquid-droplet jetting apparatus and method of recovering liquid-droplet jetting head: A liquid-droplet jetting apparatus for jetting liquid droplet includes a first liquid-droplet jetting head having a plurality of first nozzles arranged in a predetermined direction; a movable body movable in the predetermined direction relative to the first liquid-droplet jetting head; a driving mechanism which drives the movable body in the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070064044 - Inkjet printhead comprising a substrate assembly and volumetric nozzle assemblies: An inkjet printhead includes a substrate assembly and a plurality of nozzle assemblies arranged in an array on the substrate assembly. Each nozzle assembly includes an anchor extending from the substrate assembly. A thermal bend actuator is connected to the anchor and includes a pair of spaced apart beams. A... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064046 - Ink jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a rubber member in an ink flow passage. The rubber member is made of a rubber composition including a rubber base polymer selected from ethylene-propylene diene rubber polymer and isobutylene-isoprene rubber polymer, and at least one trapping agent selected from calcium carbonate, silicon dioxide, talc,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070064045 - Inkjet image forming apparatus having cap member: An inkjet image forming apparatus includes an array inkjet head, a cap member, and a pressure regulator. The array inkjet head has a nozzle unit and a plurality of nozzle plates disposed on the nozzle unit and the cap member has a plurality of inside caps to enclose the corresponding... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070064047 - Printing up to edge of printing paper without platen soiling: Images are printed up to the edges of printing paper while preventing ink droplets from depositing on the platen. According to the present invention, an area R for ejecting image-forming ink droplets is specified for a region lying beyond the edges of a printing paper P. The pixels of an... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070064048 - Array type printhead and inkjet image forming apparatus having the same: An array printhead and an inkjet image forming apparatus having the same are include a first member, a second member, a third member, and a support member. The first through third members and the support member sequentially overlap and couple to each other. The first member supplies ink of different... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070064049 - Ink jet head nozzle plate manufacturing method, ink jet head nozzle plate manufacturing apparatus, ink jet head nozzle plate, ink jet head, and ink jet recording apparatus: A method for efficiently and stably manufacturing a nozzle plate wherein nozzle openings are accurately formed. According to an ink jet head nozzle plate manufacturing method for emitting a laser beam through lenses onto the face of a nozzle plate to form a plurality of nozzle openings, these lenses are... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Suite 1231

20070064050 - Ink-jet ink, ink-jet ink set and ink-jet recording method: By employing an ink-jet ink and an ink-jet set characterized in that in an ink-jet ink incorporating at least water, an organic solvent, and a polymer compound having a plurality of side chains on a hydrophilic main chain, the polymer in which at least a part of the side chains... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070064051 - Liquid-ejecting head, liquid-ejecting apparatus, and method for manufacturing liquid-ejecting head: The present invention is applicable to, for example, a thermal printing head to form shallow grooves M by removing the insulating films 21, 24, 30, and 33 along at least the rows of the energy transducers.... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

20070064052 - Liquid transporting apparatus, actuator unit, and method of producing liquid transporting apparatus: A piezoelectric layer with an individual electrode and a contact point formed thereon, and an FPC having a substrate on which a wiring is formed are in this order arranged on a surface of a channel unit having a pressure chamber. A first through hole is formed in an area,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070064053 - Processing apparatus for an inkjet printer: A processing apparatus for an inkjet printer includes a bus. A processor runs a control program of the apparatus. A DMA controller is connected to the data bus to control address transfers in a number of channels. A control program memory is connected to the data bus to store the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064054 - Polyester flex circuit constructions and fabrication methods for ink-resistant flex circuits used in ink jet printing: Flex circuits for use in ink jet printers. In particular, flex circuits for use in ink jet printers that include a polyester material layer supporting a plurality of metal conductors, with the polyester material being a material suitable for use in an ink environment with lower ink permeability and low... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20070064057 - Printhead module for an inkjet printhead assembly incorporating a printhead integrated circuit: A printhead module is provided for an inkjet printhead assembly. The printhead module includes a support defining a plurality of internal ink chambers. An elongate ink distributor is mounted to the support. A subassembly includes a micro-electromechanical integrated circuit (IC) configured to eject ink and mounted to the distributor so... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064056 - Printhead module with a micro-electromechanical integrated circuit configured to eject ink: A printhead module is provided for an inkjet printhead assembly. The printhead module includes a support. An elongate carrier is mounted to the support. The carrier defines a plurality of transverse ribs and an ink channel located between the ribs. A subassembly includes a micro-electromechanical integrated circuit (IC) configured to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064055 - Printhead with multiple printhead integrated circuits having aligned nozzle rows: An inkjet printhead that has a support member for mounting it into a printer body adjacent a media feed path. A plurality of printhead IC's are mounted contiguously adjacent each other along the support member. Each of the printhead IC's has an array of nozzles, the array of nozzles on... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064058 - Inkjet printer with heater that forms symmetrical bubbles: An thermal inkjet printhead that has a plurality of nozzles 3 and a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle respectively, wherein bubbles generated in the chamber eject drops of an ejectable liquid through the nozzle. At least one heater element 10 disposed in each bubble forming chamber 7... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064059 - Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording head cartridge: An ink jet recording head comprising a discharge port for discharging an ink; and a sealing tape for sealing the discharge port; wherein the sealing tape includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer constituted of an acrylic crosslinked polymer formed by crosslinking an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester copolymer with a metal chelate compound,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070064060 - Method of forming openings in substrates and inkjet printheads fabricated thereby: A method of forming an opening through a substrate includes defining an area on a first surface of the substrate where the opening is to be formed, the area having a center region flanked by edge regions. A top layer having a substantially closed space located over the area is... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070064061 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection head comprises: a plurality of nozzles through which liquid is ejected; a plurality of pressure chambers which accumulate the liquid to be supplied to the nozzles; a plurality of pressure generating devices which apply pressure to the liquid inside the pressure chambers to eject the liquid through... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064062 - Liquid ejection head and manufacturing method thereof: The liquid ejection head includes: a first SOI substrate which has a first active layer, a first dielectric layer and a first supporting layer; a second SOI substrate which has a second active layer, a second dielectric layer and a second supporting layer, the second active layer being bonded to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064063 - Printer including an ink-jet recording head: An ink-jet recording head having no piezoelectric element in a part where no piezoelectric element is required and including an individual electrode lead-out part having such a cross section that allows smooth power supply is provided. The ink-jet recording head includes an individual electrode having an individual electrode main body... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070064064 - Inkjet printer having ink distribution to printhead ics: An inkjet printer is provided having at least one printhead module removably mounted to a body of the printer. The printhead module has at least two printhead integrated circuits mounted to a support member via respective ink distribution members which distribute ink from the support member to inkjet nozzles of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064065 - Method for drop breakoff length control in a high resolution ink jet printer: An inkjet printing system having a plurality of inkjets, wherein the inkjets are disposed in a row and directed toward a media, wherein the printhead includes a drop generator having an orifice plate, wherein the orifice plate has nozzles with a first and second group forming an inkjet, wherein the... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070064066 - Continuous ink jet apparatus and method using a plurality of break-off times: A continuous liquid drop emission apparatus is disclosed comprising a liquid drop emitter containing a positively pressurized liquid in flow communication with a plurality of nozzles formed in a common nozzle member for emitting a plurality of continuous streams of liquid. A jet stimulation apparatus is provided comprising a plurality... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070064067 - Ink jet printing device with improved drop selection control: An ink jet printing system includes a printhead generating a plurality of continuous ink jets that are in a row and directed toward a print receiving medium. The printhead contains a drop generator and an orifice plate that includes a plurality of nozzles to form the continuous ink jets. The... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070064068 - Continuous ink jet apparatus with integrated drop action devices and control circuitry: A continuous liquid drop emission apparatus is provided. The liquid drop emission apparatus is comprised of a liquid chamber containing a positively pressurized liquid in flow communication with at least one nozzle for emitting a continuous stream of liquid and a jet stimulation apparatus adapted to transfer pulses of energy... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070064070 - Liquid jet apparatus and cleaning method for liquid jet head: The apparatus has valve units capable of blocking respectively liquid feed paths connecting a liquid storage unit and a liquid jet head, and control unit. The control unit has a function for executing a pressure reduction step of putting the valve unit corresponding to the kind of liquid to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070064069 - Pressure damping ink filter: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a pressure damping ink filter for use with an ink jet printer. The pressure damping ink filter includes at least one flow control member and a filter. The flow control member, in combination with any pressure damping provided by the thickness of the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070064071 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a communication path coupled to an ink supply portion and configured to dispense ink from an interior of an ink chamber to an exterior of the ink chamber via an opening, and the communication path has a center line. The ink cartridge also includes a movable... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070064072 - Set of ink cartridges, ink cartridge and ink jet printer: Ink cartridges 10a to 10d have different patterns from each other in positional relationship between projections 12a to 12d and insertion parts 16a to 16d, respectively, and cartridge holders 20a to 20d have different patterns from each other in positional relationship between slits 22a to 22d and ink introducing tubes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070064073 - Multi-color inkjet ink set to prevent color bleeding: A multi-color inkjet ink set includes a first ink composition including a first colorant and a heterocyclic amine compound, and a second ink composition include a second colorant having an, in which the acid moiety of the second colorant within the second ink composition reacts with the heterocyclic amine compound... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070064076 - Exit roll for an image forming device: An exit roll for use in an image forming device. The exit roll may include a body and a kicker section each configured to mount to a shaft. The kicker section may include a plurality of fingers spaced around the periphery. Each of the fingers may include a first section... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr.IPLaw Department

20070064074 - Printing a gambling ticket using a mobile device: A system for printing a gambling ticket on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the ticket on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064075 - Printing a membership using a mobile device: A system for printing a membership on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the membership on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064077 - Image forming apparatus and ejection state determination method: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection device which ejects ink through nozzles, the ink containing coloring material; a treatment liquid ejection device which ejects treatment liquid through nozzles, the treatment liquid being a colorless transparent liquid containing infrared-absorbing material and having at least one of an action of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064078 - Platen and liquid ejecting apparatus: A plate-shaped main body, has a first face formed with a recess portion defined by a bottom face and side walls and a second face which is opposite to the first face. The plate-shaped main body is formed with a through hole connecting the bottom face and the second face.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070064079 - Media linefeed error compensation method: In a method for compensating for media linefeed errors in a media feed apparatus, a first correction parameter is applied during a first length of a media feed operation and a second correction parameter, which differs from the first correction parameter, is applied during a second length of the media... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070064080 - Storage housing for storing recording head: A storage housing for storing a recording head having inside and outside surfaces and operable to perform a recording operation by an ink which is supplied to the recording head through an ink inlet opening in the inside surface and which is ejected through nozzles opening in the outside surface.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070064081 - Image forming apparatus: To provide an image forming apparatus suppressing color slippage without using a mirror with high flatness, when a reflective surface of the mirror used in an optical system of, for example, yellow is formed in a completely flat surface, and a curvature R of the reflective surface of the mirror... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070064082 - Image forming unit and image forming apparatus: An image forming unit is provided in which, through making a distance limiting member to limit a distance between an exposing unit and an image carrying body be able to contact and separate with respect to the image carrying body by a contact/separation enabling section, it is eliminated that developer... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070064083 - Thermal print head temperature estimation system: A method estimates the temperature of a thermal print head element during printing. In one embodiment, the temperature is estimated using the resistance of the thermal print head element, which typically changes with the print head element temperature. The change in resistance of the print head element is exploited to... Agent: Robert Plotkin, PC

20070064084 - Image forming apparatus and method: An image is formed by thermally transferring dyes of a thermal transfer sheet onto a print recording medium, and then a protection layer is formed on the formed image. The transport speed of the print recording medium in the event of thermal transferring the dyes onto the print recording medium... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070064085 - Apparatus and methods for forming optically visible marks on a rotating media: An embodiment includes disposing optically visible marks along one or more spiral segments on a rotating medium, where the one or more spiral segments include a plurality of seams, and locating the seams at different angular locations on the rotating medium.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070064086 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus utilizing a light-emitting diode (LED). The image forming apparatus includes: an LED head including an LED array that has a plurality of dots, in which a resolution a (dpi) of the LED array and a resolution b (dpi) in a main scanning direction at an image... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070064087 - Optical scanning device, image forming apparatus, optical scanning correcting method, and image forming method: A beam detecting unit detects at least one of a position of an optical beam in a sub scanning direction and a position of the optical beam in a main scanning direction. A color-misalignment correcting unit changes an optical-beam irradiating position on a photosensitive element based on a result of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070064088 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for forming color images comprising at least two or more colors, having a function of magnification correction of image size by one page unit, the image forming apparatus including: an image carrier; a polygonal mirror rotator independently provided for each color; and a controller which simultaneously... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070057976 - Position detector and liquid ejecting apparatus incorporating the same: A light emitter is operable to emit light. A light receiver is adapted to receive the light emitted from the light emitter, and operable to output a signal in accordance with an amount of the received light, thereby detecting a position of an object. At least one transparent member is... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070057977 - Flat panel electrostatic discharge protection device: A circuit for reducing the risk of electrostatic damage to flat panel displays during manufacture and use. A plurality of common voltage coupling points is provided for each of the plurality of driver integrated circuit, arranged to minimize the maximum distance between a signal line and a common voltage coupling... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070057980 - Manufacturing system and controller, controlling method, controlling system, and control program for the manufacturing system: A manufacturing system, located at a manufacturing system site, includes a discharger for discharging a liquid material having fluidity onto a substrate, communication means for transmitting and receiving data through a communication line, and monitoring means for monitoring the state of the discharger and for outputting data obtained by the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070057978 - Printer and printing method: A program execution unit determines a kind of an error and an error recovery method referring to an error recovery content management table and an error recovery method setting table, which are previously stored in a memory, from a kind of an error detected in a print language analysis step... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070057979 - Waveform shaping interface: A method and system of facilitating development of fluids having a variety of elemental compositions are disclosed. A graphical user interface allows user interaction with a lab deposition system to control fluid drop ejection of fluids through multiple nozzles. Fluid drop ejection and drop formation can vary from fluid to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070057981 - Method and apparatus to execute a spitting service on a wide array print head of an image forming apparatus: A method and apparatus to perform a spitting service on a wide array print head includes detecting dot counts of print heads after a predetermined page is printed, determining spitting service levels corresponding to the detected dot counts, and executing spitting services for the print heads according to the spitting... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070057982 - Method of authenticating a consumable: A method of authenticating a consumable used in an imaging device includes the steps of providing the consumable with a memory; monitoring usage of the consumable; determining whether the consumable has reached a usage threshold; and, if the consumable has reached the usage threshold, then performing the further steps of:... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070057983 - Printer: A printer comprises: an inkjet head including nozzles for discharging ink; a holding member which holds a print medium; a moving mechanism which moves the holding member and/or the inkjet head so as to move the inkjet head relative to the holding member in a main scanning direction and a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070057984 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method which are capable of stabilizing the amount of ink ejection and of printing a high-definition image by selecting a driving condition with heat conductivity of an electrothermal converter being taken into consideration. The heat conductivity... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070057986 - Printing apparatus, printing program, printing method, image processing apparatus, image processing program, image processing method, and recording medium having the program recorded thereon: An apparatus includes: a print head having nozzles which can print different sized dots; a unit acquiring image data having M-value density information (M≧3) per pixel; a unit acquiring information regarding density unevenness of the nozzles; a unit performing N-valued processing (M>N≧2) on the acquired image to generate N-valued data;... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070057985 - Recording apparatus and recording method: In a recording apparatus using a recording head which can eject ink droplets having different sizes, there is a problem the recording image quality is decreased or mist is generated when the recording is performed to a predetermined area of a recording medium In the ink droplets having the different... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070057989 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: To detect differences in the main-scanning length of each beam on a photosensitive member, patterns for correction are formed on the photosensitive member using only beams (L1, LN) at both ends among a plurality of beams aligned in a sub-scanning direction. The patterns are transferred onto an intermediate transfer belt... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070057988 - Method and apparatus for a printer cartridge tester: A handheld device for testing printer cartridges that interfaces with a computer for processing of test results is provided. Multiple testing devices may be coupled to the computer. In one embodiment, each testing device includes a base board and an adaptor board. The base board includes a host processor and... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070057987 - Printing apparatus, print medium, printing method and program: A printing apparatus includes, a specifying unit that specifieds a position of a pringing region of a document image on a medium; an information generating unit that generates positional information indicating a respective part positions on the medium based on a size of the medium and the position of the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070057990 - Liquid ejection device: A liquid ejection device includes: a liquid ejection head which includes an ejection surface and an ejection port formed at the ejection surface, ejects a droplet of liquid from the ejection port, and allows the liquid to land on an object; an elastic absorbing member which comes into contact with... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070057991 - Ink jet image forming apparatus: An ink jet image forming apparatus includes a print head which has a same width as a sheet of paper and includes a nozzle portion having a plurality of nozzles, a wiping unit which removes foreign materials from the nozzle portion, and a collection portion which stores the foreign materials... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070057992 - Method for forming layer: In a method for forming a layer using a droplet discharging device that discharges droplets from a plurality of nozzles while relatively moving a surface in a first direction with respect to a head including the plurality of nozzles, the method for forming a layer comprises: a) respectively arranging a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070057993 - Ink cartridge assembly and inkjet image forming apparatus having the same: An ink cartridge assembly and an inkjet image forming apparatus having the same include a first ink cartridge and a second ink cartridge. The first ink cartridge has a shuttle type printhead to eject ink to form an image on a printing medium while reciprocating to the width direction of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070057994 - Inkjet printhead having row of nozzle actuators interleaved with nozzles of adjacent row: A printhead for a drop on demand inkjet printer that has an array of nozzle assemblies 10 formed on a substrate 16 in a series of adjacent rows. Each nozzle has a nozzle opening 24 in communication with a nozzle chamber 34. The nozzle 22 is displaceable toward the substrate... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070057995 - Hybrid ink jet image forming apparatus having a platen formed with a maintenance unit: A hybrid ink jet image forming apparatus is provided. The hybrid ink jet image forming apparatus includes: a shuttle printing head which linearly reciprocates perpendicular to a feeding direction of a paper to form an image; an array printing head which includes a nozzle portion having the same width of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070057996 - Ink jet printing apparatus and printing method: High image quality is maintained even on front and rear ends of a printing medium where deterioration in the image quality is more likely to occur due to reduction in conveyance accuracy of the printing medium. In printing on the front and rear ends, the printing medium being not supported... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070057997 - Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording head using pigment ink as discharged ink includes a nozzle member having a nozzle for discharging ink. The nozzle member has an ink-repellent layer forming a discharge port face having a discharge port that is an open end of the nozzle. The ink jet recording head further... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070057998 - Nozzle plate and manufacturing process thereof: A nozzle plate and the manufacturing process thereof are provided. The nozzle plate manufacturing process is as follows: first, a substrate is provided whereon a metal layer has been formed; then, a patterned photoresist layer is formed on the metal layer; next, a nozzle layer is formed on the metal... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070057999 - Electrostatic actuator, liquid discharge head, liquid cartridge, imaging apparatus, micro pump, and optical device: An electrostatic actuator is disclosed that includes a deformable oscillating plate that is deformed by electrostatic force, an electrode that is arranged opposite the oscillating plate via a gap formed by sacrificial layer etching, a connection path that is connected to the gap, an atmosphere connecting hole that connects the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070058000 - Modular printhead with closely spaced rows in media feed direction: An ink jet printhead assembly includes a chassis. A number of printhead modules are mounted on the chassis. Each printhead module includes an ink distribution member that is attached to the ink reservoir. An elongate printhead integrated circuit is arranged on the ink distribution member to receive ink fed from... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070058002 - Liquid jetting head, liquid jetting apparatus, and method of manufacturing the liquid jetting head: The present invention relates to a liquid jetting head, a liquid jetting apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the liquid jetting head. The invention can be particularly adopted to an ink jet printer of a thermal system. A treatment for building up a coating type insulating material film and a... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070058001 - Method of manufacturing ink jet recording head: Provided is a method capable of manufacturing an ink jet recording head with a high degree of accuracy even though the density of an ink passage pattern is increased. The method of manufacturing an ink jet recording head according to the present invention comprises the steps of forming an ink... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058004 - Liquid ejection head and method of manufacturing liquid ejection head: The method manufactures a liquid ejection head comprising a pressure chamber which accommodates liquid, a diaphragm which forms a portion of the pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element which is disposed on the diaphragm and deforms the pressure chamber through the diaphragm to pressurize the liquid in the pressure chamber so... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070058003 - Through-hole forming method, and piezoelectric device manufacturing method and piezoelectric device manufactured thereby: In a method of forming a part of a through-hole for a piezoelectric substrate having an excitation electrode and a leading electrode which are formed on a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate and are made of a thin metal film in order to establish a conductivity, the method includes:... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070058007 - Inkjet printer having ink distribution to fixedly attached printhead ics: An inkjet printer is provided having at least one printhead module removably mounted to a body of the printer. The printhead module has at least two printhead integrated circuits mounted to a support member via respective ink distribution members which distribute ink from the support member to inkjet nozzles of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070058008 - Inkjet printer having selectable ink distribution channels to printhead ics: An inkjet printer is provided having at least one printhead module removably mounted to a body of the printer. The printhead module has at least two printhead integrated circuits adhesively mounted to a support member via respective ink distribution members which distribute ink from the support member to inkjet nozzles... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070058006 - Liquid discharging head and an image formation apparatus: A liquid discharging head and an image formation apparatus are disclosed. The liquid discharging head includes a base member that has a joining surface, to which a piezoelectric device is joined, and a bottom surface. The width of the joining surface in longitudinal directions of a liquid chamber is less... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070058005 - Liquid-jet head and liquid-jet apparatus: A liquid-jet head includes: head main bodies each including at least a nozzle plate in which nozzle orifices are formed, each of the nozzle orifices being that from which liquid droplets are ejected; a passage-forming substrate, the nozzle plate being joined to one surface of the passage-forming substrate, and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070058009 - Ink supplying container and image forming apparatus: An ink supplying container is disclosed. In the ink supplying container, when the internal pressure of an ink container is made a positive pressure which is higher than atmospheric pressure so that nozzles of a recording head are cleaned and recovered by discharging a small amount of ink, a volume... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070058010 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection head comprises: a nozzle from which liquid is ejected; a pressure chamber which accommodates the liquid to be ejected from the nozzle; a pressurizing device which deforms to pressurize the liquid in the pressure chamber to eject the liquid from the nozzle; and a nozzle flow channel... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070058012 - Liquid container and inkjet recording apparatus: A recording apparatus having a diaphragm valve disposed between an ink tank and a recording head, in which closing and opening the valve produces a flow of ink. The ink tank includes two independent connection ports adjacent to one end at the bottom and a structure being configured to restrict... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070058011 - Method of cleaning an inkjet cartridge: A recycled ink jet cartridge and a process of cleaning an ink jet cartridge is disclosed which includes a process for penetrating and cleaning a flow pipe located above the print head assembly just below a mesh filter. The cartridge is cleaned and reconditioned during the process. The present invention... Agent: James R. Thein

20070058013 - Method for selecting water-based ink and wetting solution for ink-jet recording: wherein Vs indicates a rising speed of the water-based ink at an intermediate position before and after the water-based ink rising when an inner wall of the capillary is in a dry state, and Vi indicates a rising speed of the water-based ink when an inner wall of the capillary... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070058017 - Ink unit including ink and ink-wetted member: An ink unit comprising: an ink utilized for an inkjet recorder; and a wetted member that contacts with the ink, wherein the ink comprises a pigment dispersedly held in a medium, and the pigment contains particles having a size of 200 nm or larger in 2 volume percent or less,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070058015 - Inkjet ink and ink set: The present invention pertains to a yellow ink for inkjet printing and, in particular, to a yellow ink comprising a combination of specific yellow colorants. The present invention further pertains to an ink set comprising this yellow ink. The ink and ink set are particularly advantageous for printing on plain... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070058016 - Inkjet ink and ink set: The present invention pertains to an inkjet ink comprising performance additives and to an ink set comprising this ink, wherein the performance additives alleviate bleed in multicolor printed elements.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070058014 - Process for printing textile fibre materials in accordance with the ink-jet printing process: An ink-jet printing process for printing textile fiber materials, wherein the fiber materials are printed with an aqueous ink comprising (I) at least one disperse dye, and (II) glycerol, said ink having a viscosity of from 5 to 20 mPas at 25° C., and wherein said ink is applied to... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

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