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

20070058018 - Image forming method: A method of forming an image containing the step of: ejecting droplets of as ink-jet ink comprising water, a colorant and a polymer through a nozzle of an ink-jet head onto an image recording medium, wherein the polymer comprises a hydrophilic main chain and a plurality of side chains which... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070058019 - Ink fixing method, ink fixing apparatus, and printer: To provide a highly human- and environment-friendly ink fixing method that is excellent in energy efficiency, operability and ink-fixing property and has a simple process, an ink fixing apparatus that is excellent in energy efficiency, operability and ink-fixing property and is a highly human- and environment-friendly, simple and compact apparatus,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058021 - Image forming apparatus and method: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection head which deposits radiation-curable ink onto a recording medium; a radiation curing device which irradiates the deposited radiation-curable ink on the recording medium with radiation to cure the deposited radiation-curable ink; and a correction device which performs correction processing of a volume... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070058020 - Method for printing a substrate with radiation curable ink, and an ink suitable for application in the said method: A method for printing a substrate with radiation curable ink supported on a substrate which includes the steps of providing an inkjet print head at an operating temperature, jetting droplets of the curable ink from the inkjet print head onto the substrate, controlling the interaction between the ink and the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070058022 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming device which includes an intermediate transfer body having a transfer surface on which an image is formed according to a first image data, the image forming device performing a transfer of the image onto a recording medium from the transfer surface; a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070058023 - Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same: An image forming apparatus includes a main body, an image forming section disposed in the main body to form an image on paper, and a reciprocation section for enabling the paper to exit and re-enter the main body while the image is formed by the image forming section. A driver... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070058024 - Recording apparatus and liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection head is operable to eject a liquid droplet toward a target position. A transporter feeds a first target medium toward the target position in a first direction. An ejector ejects the first target medium to the outside of the apparatus. The ejector includes a first roller and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070058025 - Recording apparatus and liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection head is operable to eject a liquid droplet toward a target position. A transporter feeds a first target medium toward the target position in a first direction. An ejector ejects the first target medium to the outside of the apparatus. The ejector includes a first roller and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070058026 - Recording apparatus and liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection head is operable to eject a liquid droplet toward a target position. A transporter feeds a first target medium toward the target position in a first direction. An ejector ejects the first target medium to the outside of the apparatus. The ejector includes a first roller and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070058027 - Image forming apparatus and information processing method: The object of the present invention is to easily select a file when a user prints. In order to achieve this object, according to this invention, an information processing method in an image forming apparatus which stores a printing history in a print process, includes the steps of displaying accessible... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070058028 - Thermal activation apparatus and printer: To smoothly transport a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet having a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface, while a damage or peeling off of the heat-sensitive adhesive layer is suppressed. A thermal activation apparatus includes a thermal head for heating a heat-sensitive adhesive layer, a platen roller for thermal activation opposed to... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070058029 - Thermal activation apparatus and printer: A thermal activation apparatus includes a thermal head for thermally activating a heat-sensitive adhesive layer of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet by heating, and a platen roller for thermal activation opposed to the thermal head for thermal activation. The thermal head for thermal activation is energized by a spring, whereby the... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070058030 - Integrated circuit that emits light, optical head that incorporates the integrated circuit, and image forming apparatus that uses the optical head: Each of a plurality of driver circuits includes a first 3-terminal switch element, a second 3-terminal switch element, and a 3-terminal light emitting element driven by the first 3-terminal switch element. The first 3-terminal switch element in a first circuit of adjacent driver circuits is driven by one of first... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070052737 - In car entertainment unit including printer: An in-car entertainment unit provides a radio, a CD player and/or a DVD player, a display and a printing unit. The printing unit comprising includes a printhead, a replaceable cartridge containing a stack of print media sheets and an ink reservoir for supply of ink to the printing unit. The... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070052738 - Ink-jet printing apparatus and preliminary discharge control method for the apparatus: In an ink-jet printing apparatus which includes a plurality of printing heads each having an array of ink discharging elements, preliminary discharge of driving the elements of at least one printing head is performed a predetermined number of times as a unit in performing preliminary discharge of discharging ink irrelevant... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070052739 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a liquid receiving member, a liquid receiving member moving mechanism, and a liquid ejection head moving mechanism. The liquid ejection head has a nozzle surface in which liquid ejection nozzles are formed. The liquid ejection head ejects liquid from the liquid... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070052741 - Residual ink amount detection module for ink jet recording, ink tank with the module, and ink jet recording device: An ink remaining amount detecting module (20) has a support substrate (21), an information storage element (22) provided on a first surface (21b) of the substrate (21), and external contact electrodes (24) provided on a second surface (21c) of the substrate (21). Two through-holes (21a) are formed in the substrate... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070052740 - System for refilling inkjet cartridges: Systems and methods for refilling inkjet printer cartridges are described. The system includes at least one rotary valve that contains a plurality of ports and a common port. The system further includes at least one pump in liquid communication with the common port of the rotary valve. At least one... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070052742 - Color filter manufacturing apparatus, medium, and method with scheduled printing: A color filter manufacturing apparatus, method, and medium ink-jet printing through an ink-jet period schedule of heads, in which one head driver or a plurality of head drivers generate an ink-jet control signal for each head in accordance with the schedule data, with the heads being provided on a head... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070052743 - Waveform data-processing device and waveform data-processing method: The present invention provides a waveform data-processing device. This waveform data-processing device is equipped with a generation component and a sequencing component. The generation component, on the basis of each of a plurality of waveforms which are specified by respective durations and amplitudes, generates a plurality of waveform data sets.... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20070052744 - Printing method and printing apparatus: A timing signal generator generates an ejection timing signal each time a printing paper travels a predetermined distance relative to a head, and a driving signal generator inputs a driving signal based on writing data to the head each time an ejection timing signal is generated. In the course of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070052745 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An ink jet printer 20 of the present invention can carry out a head check on whether or not ink is normally ejected from nozzles 23, by having a voltage detection circuit 54 detect electrical change resulting from ejecting of charged ink droplets onto an ink receiving area 52. When... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070052747 - Array type inkjet printer system and control method thereof: An array type inkjet printer system having a print head with a plurality of nozzles formed therein in the horizontal scan direction includes a resolution adjusting unit for reducing a resolution in the horizontal scan direction of print data by a predetermined rate; a rendering unit for rendering the print... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070052746 - Method for controlling an ink jet printer: The firing frequency of a print head is related to the moving speed of the print head and the printing resolution in the left and right directions. A driving duration is calculated based on the relation of these three parameters. When a nozzle of the print head starts to be... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070052748 - Test system for an inkjet refilling station: Systems and methods for testing inkjet printer cartridges are disclosed. An embodiment includes a plurality of adapters, where each adapter is configured to electrically connect to a predetermined inkjet printer cartridge configuration, and at least one receiver configured to electrically connect to the plurality of adapters. The system further includes... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070052749 - Ink discharge device for preventing cap from clogging: The present disclosure provides an ink discharge device of a printing device. The ink discharge device contains a first cap, a second cap, and a pump. The first cap is utilized to cap a first nozzle area of the printing device has a first connecting terminal and a second connecting... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070052750 - Maintenance and recovery device of a liquid discharge apparatus and an image forming apparatus: A maintenance and recovery device of a liquid droplet discharge apparatus improves a performance of discharging droplets of a liquid having a high-viscosity. A liquid droplet discharge head (34) discharges droplets of a recording liquid from a nozzle. A suction cap member (92a) caps a nozzle plane of the liquid... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070052752 - Device for depositing layers of material to form 3-d objects: A device for depositing layers of material to form three dimensional objects using a plurality of printheads that can print multiple layers simultaneously and different materials into the same layer, wherein some of the printheads can be maintained at a temperature that differs from the operating temperature of the other... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070052751 - Liquid drop discharge method and discharge device; electro optical device, method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacture therof;color filter method of manufacture thereof; and device for manufacturing thereof; and device incorporating backing,: A liquid drop discharge device provides a head unit 420 which discharges filter element material relative to each of various colors of color filters. The head unit 420 is composed of an ink jet heads which are arranged on one end of a print substrate plate having a shape of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070052753 - Liquid drop discharge method and discharge device; electro optical device, method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacture thereof; color filter method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacturing thereof; and device incorporating backin: A liquid drop discharge device provides a head unit 420 which discharges filter element material relative to each of various colors of color filters. The head unit 420 is composed of an ink jet heads which are arranged on one end of a print substrate plate having a shape of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070052754 - Method of manufacturing ink jet head and ink jet head: To provide an ink jet head having a good stability of ejection and a method of manufacturing the ink jet head, a method of manufacturing an ink jet head that includes a cavity and a nozzle connected to the cavity and ejects fluid contained in the cavity from an ejection... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070052755 - Modular ink jet printhead assembly with obliquely overlapping printheads: A modular printhead assembly includes an elongate chassis. A plurality of elongate printhead modules is serially arranged along and engaged with the chassis. Each end of each printhead module is shaped so that each adjacent pair of printhead modules forms a complementary fit. Each printhead module includes an elongate printhead... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070052756 - Droplet ejection head driving method, droplet ejection head and droplet ejection device: A droplet ejection head driving method applies a driving voltage waveform to pressure-generating means, thus pressurizing a liquid in a pressure chamber and causing a droplet to be ejected. The driving voltage waveform includes a first voltage change process, which expands the pressure chamber, and a second voltage change process,... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20070052757 - Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof: A system of electronically active inks is described which may include electronically addressable contrast media, conductors, insulators, resistors, semiconductive materials, magnetic materials, spin materials, piezoelectric materials, optoelectronic, thermoelectric or radio frequency materials. We further describe a printing system capable of laying down said materials in a definite pattern. Such a... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20070052758 - Inkjet printhead with ink supply through cmos layers: An inkjet printhead fabricated on a wafer substrate. The wafer has a drop ejection side and a liquid supply side with a plurality of nozzles, drop ejection actuators corresponding to each nozzle respectively and drive circuitry deposited in CMOS layers formed on the drop ejection side of the wafer. Liquid... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070052759 - Inkjet printhead and method of manufacturing the same: An inkjet printhead includes a substrate including a plurality of restrictors formed in an upper surface thereof and an ink feedhole formed in a lower surface thereof, a chamber layer stacked on the substrate and comprising a plurality of ink chambers corresponding to the plurality of restrictors including ink to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070052760 - Printhead with heater suspended parallel to plane of nozzle: An inkjet printhead with planar nozzle apertures and a chamber corresponding to each of the nozzles respectively. The chambers are adapted to contain a liquid and a heater. associated with each of the bubble forming chambers respectively. The heater has electrodes for connection to a power supply and a heater... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070052761 - Clearing silicate kogation: Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with clearing silicate based kogation from heating resistors employed in ink jet printing are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a silicate kogation clearing logic configured to pulse the heating resistor at a high frequency and low pulse width to heat the resistor... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070052762 - Print head and method for manufacturing the same: In the prior art, ejection openings are formed of different materials having respective wettability levels Thus, ink may disadvantageously be drawn toward a more wettable material and ejected obliquely. Further, if ejection is carried out with a horizontally dripping liquid adhering to ejection opening edges and an edge of a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070052763 - Liquid droplet ejection head and image forming apparatus: The liquid droplet ejection head comprises: a nozzle which ejects a droplet of a liquid containing microparticles; a pressure chamber which connects with the nozzle; a piezoelectric element which varies a volume of the pressure chamber; a common liquid chamber which stores the liquid that is to be supplied to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052764 - Method of manufacturing liquid ejection head, and image forming apparatus: The method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head comprises the steps of: forming a plurality of piezoelectric elements on a diaphragm; stacking an intermediate plate which includes recess sections for covering the piezoelectric elements and drive wires connected to the piezoelectric elements, on a surface of the diaphragm on which... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052765 - Piezoelectric actuator, ink-jet head, method of producing piezoelectric actuator, and method of producing ink-jet head: A method for a piezoelectric actuator and an ink-jet head uses, for forming a lower electrode on a vibration plate, metal-nano particles which can start to sinter with a low temperature as a conductive material; and uses, for forming a piezoelectric layer, an aerosol deposition method requiring no calcination step.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070052766 - Continuous fluid jet ejector with anisotropically etched fluid chambers: A fluid ejection device, a method of cleaning the device, and a method of operating the device are provided. The device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface located opposite the first surface. A nozzle plate is formed over the first surface of the substrate and... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070052767 - Process for refilling inkjet cartridges: Embodiments provide a method of refilling an inkjet printer cartridge. The method includes providing an inkjet printer cartridge and lowering the pressure surrounding the cartridge below atmospheric level. A first volume of ink is directed into the cartridge at the reduced pressure. The method further includes at least partially raising... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070052770 - Fluid reservoir connector: A fluid reservoir connector for dispensing a fluid from a fluid container to a reservoir is described. The reservoir includes a tank and a like mounted to the top of the tank. A needle includes a tip end and an opposite end, and the needle traverses the housing and is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070052769 - Ink tank and recording apparatus: An ink tank includes a stirrer supported in a freely moveable manner near an inner wall of an ink storage chamber. When the stirrer moves closest to the inner wall, a predetermined gap is formed between opposing surfaces of the inner wall and the stirrer.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070052768 - Liquid container: A liquid container having a liquid containing portion adapted to contain a liquid, a supplying portion facilitating supplying the liquid from the liquid containing portion to outside, and an agitating member configured to agitate the liquid, in which the agitating member has a bending portion.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070052775 - Gas purging unit and inkjet head having the same: A gas purging unit and an inkjet head with the same. The gas purging unit has an exhaust chamber with a connecting hole to communicate with an ink passage and an exhaust hole that communicates with an outside. A gas permeable membrane is installed at the connecting hole. A negative... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070052778 - Ink cartridge: A joint member is made of an elastic member whose cross sectional shape is an almost M-character shape and which has: an inserting portion formed with an opening portion and a slit; an outer edge portion as an outer peripheral portion of the joint member; and a supporting fixing portion... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20070052776 - Ink reservoir: Embodiments provide an ink reservoir system. The ink reservoir system includes a housing configured to hold ink and comprising a first opening and a second opening. The ink reservoir system further includes a fluid connector that traverses the first opening and communicates ink from inside the housing to a refilling... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070052771 - Ink tank and recording apparatus using ink tank: An ink tank includes a tank case and a stirrer. The proximal end of the stirrer is supported by the inner surface of the tank case in a pivotal manner. When the stirrer moves close to the inner surface of the ink tank, the stirrer is substantially parallel to the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070052772 - Liquid container: A liquid container includes a housing, a flexible film, a liquid reservoir configured to directly store liquid therein and defined by the housing on one side and the flexible film on the other side, a liquid supply port provided in the liquid reservoir and configured to supply liquid to a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070052773 - Liquid container: A liquid container includes an air-tight liquid-storage chamber or reservoir, a movable member for agitating liquid, and a protrusion portion for supporting the movable member. The movable member and the protrusion portion are disposed in the liquid-storage chamber. The movable member includes a first end that is linearly movable along... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070052774 - Liquid container: A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an apparatus, the mounting portion including a first locking portion and a second locking portion, the liquid container including a casing for containing liquid and a supply port for supplying the liquid to an ink jet head, the liquid container... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070052777 - System for cleaning inkjet cartridges: Embodiments provide a system and method for cleaning inkjet cartridges. The system includes a fixture configured to mount an inkjet cartridge where a printhead of the inkjet cartridge is mounted to a cleaning plate. The cleaning plate includes one or more orifices connected to a vacuum source and one or... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070052779 - Ink supplying unit and inkjet image forming apparatus including the same: An ink supplying device and an inkjet image forming apparatus including the same. The ink supplying device includes an ink containing unit, a printhead forming an image by ejecting ink onto a printing medium, the ink flowing from the ink containing unit into the printhead through an ink path, and... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070052780 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: A cavity unit for use in an ink-jet recording head, including a plurality of plate members which are stacked on each other and which have at least one ink-introducing passage which introduces an ink, at least one filter portion which removes foreign matters from the introduced ink, at least one... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070052781 - Microfluidic manipulation of fluids and reactions: The present invention relates generally to microfluidic structures, and more specifically, to microfluidic structures and methods including microreactors for manipulating fluids and reactions. In some embodiments, structures and methods for manipulating many (e.g., 1000) fluid samples, i.e., in the form of droplets, are described. Processes such as diffusion, evaporation, dilution,... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, Pc

20070052782 - Ink circulation device having degassing function: An ink circulation device including an ink tank containing ink to be supplied to a printhead, a first chamber installed within an ink circulation path between the printhead and the ink tank to allow the ink to pass from the ink tank to the printhead, and a second chamber divided... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070052784 - Ink composition, ink cartridge including the same, and inkjet image forming apparatus including the ink cartridge:

20070052783 - Ink for inkjet printing ink set for inkjet printing inkjet recording material and producing method for inkjet recording material and inkjet recording method: wherein R1, R2 and R3 each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, and at least two of R1, R2 and R3 are mutually connected to form a cyclic structure; L represents a divalent connecting group; and at least one of R1, R2, R3 and L... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070052785 - Ink-jet image forming method: A method of forming an ink-jet image comprising the steps of: i. ejecting ink compositions from an ink-jet head onto a recording medium; and ii. forming an image, wherein a) the recording medium is a porous type medium having a porous ink absorbing layer on a non-water absorptive support, b)... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070052786 - Active energy ray curable inkjet apparatus: An active energy ray curable inkjet apparatus 100 comprising: an inkjet head 45 adapted to discharge ink, which is curable by active energy rays, to a recording medium S; and a displacement unit 43 adapted to cause the recording medium S and the inkjet head 45 to perform relative displacement,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070052787 - Method for fixing functional material apparatus for fixing functional material, device fabrication method, electrooptical device, and electronic equipment: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for fixing a functional material with good accuracy in a prescribed position on a fixing surface. In order to attain this object, the present invention provides a method for fixing a functional material, comprising a droplet ejection step... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070052788 - Tote for wallpaper roll having foldable handle: A consumer tote for a roll of wallpaper is provided having an exterior which has an access flap, a core access opening and, when the access flap is closed, a gap between the access flap and an adjacent edge of the exterior, an interior for rotatably locating a core in... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070052789 - Image generating apparatus: An image generating apparatus applicable to a structure employing an ink sheet cartridge having an outwardly exposed ink sheet, capable of suppressing ejection of the ink sheet cartridge in printing and capable of suppressing reduction of printing quality is obtained. This image generating apparatus comprises an ink sheet cartridge, a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070052790 - Ink composition, inkjet recording method, printed material, process for producing lithographic printing plate, and lithographic printing plate: An ink composition is provided that includes a cationically polymerizable compound (a), a compound (b) that generates an acid when exposed to radiation, a colorant (c), and a salt of a weak acid having a pKa of 4 to 8 (d). There is also provided an inkjet recording method that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070052791 - Methods and systems for thermal-based laser processing a multi-material device: A method and system for locally processing a predetermined microstructure formed on a substrate without causing undesirable changes in electrical or physical characteristics of the substrate or other structures formed on the substrate are provided. The method includes providing information based on a model of laser pulse interactions with the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20070046701 - Droplet ejecting apparatus and current control method: A droplet ejecting component of the present invention includes an ejecting component having a charge and discharge characteristic, an applying component being provided with a transistor, and an increasing component. The ejecting component ejects a droplet. When a control signal is inputted, the applying component applies an application voltage to... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070046703 - Electrically-chargeable element control device, liquid ejection device, and method for controlling electrically-chargeable element: An electrically-chargeable element control device includes a plurality of coils, a switch circuit, and a controller. One end of each of a plurality of the coils is connected to a power supply. The switch circuit is connected to an other end of each of a plurality of the coils and... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070046702 - Method and apparatus of dot counting in an image forming apparatus: A method and apparatus of dot counting. The apparatus includes a nozzle portion having a length corresponding to a width of a printing medium, a dot counting unit to group head nozzles by position and to count a discharged dot count per line for each group, a control unit to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070046704 - Droplet ejecting apparatus and droplet ejecting method: In a droplet ejecting system, after an ink droplet is ejected a reverberation pressure change is amplified to obtain an appropriate amount of reverberation pressure change, and the ink droplet is reliably separated from a meniscus when ejecting the ink droplet. To this end, voltage including an ejecting pulse for... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070046705 - Detecting defective ejector in digital lithography system: A digital lithography system prints a large-area electronic device by dividing the overall device printing process into a series of discrete feature printing sub-processes, where each feature printing sub-process involves printing both a predetermined portion (feature) of the device in a designated substrate area, and an associated test pattern in... Agent: Bever, Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20070046707 - Image processing method, program, image processing apparatus, and image forming system: A disclosed image processing method is for generating and processing image data to be sent to an image forming apparatus including a recording head for ejecting droplets of a recording liquid, the image forming apparatus forming an image on paper based on input data. The image processing method includes: color... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070046706 - Printing device, printing program, printing method and image processing device, image processing program, image processing method, and recording medium on which program is recorded: A printing device includes a printing head having nozzles for printing different size dots, a unit storing information representing a printing state of two nozzles printing two adjacent lines, a unit acquiring M value image data (M≧3), a unit correcting a pixel value of at least one pixel corresponding to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070046708 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a conveying unit for conveying a recording medium, a conveying motor for driving the conveying unit, an encoder for outputting a signal in accordance with the operating amount of the conveying unit, and a generating unit for generating an interruption signal when the conveying motor is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070046709 - System, method, and program for alternating sheets of media: Systems, methods, and programs for adjusting marking data for use with alternately stacked multi-thickness media. The systems, methods, and programs input marking data and determine an orientation of sheets of the multi-thickness media that is alternated within a stack. The systems, methods, and programs adjust, for each sheet whose orientation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070046711 - Method for controlling a printhead: A method for controlling a printhead for printing and maintaining a desired operating temperature of the printhead during the printing, the printhead having a plurality of ink ejectors and a plurality of addresses employed for ejecting ink from the plurality of ink ejectors, wherein each address of the plurality of... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070046710 - System for continuous heating of an ink jet printhead in an ink jet apparatus: In an ink jet apparatus having a printhead carrier for carrying an ink jet printhead configured to receive a serial data steam over a serial data channel, a method for performing printhead heating of the ink jet printhead includes performing pre-swath heating of the ink jet printhead by sending serial... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070046715 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head including a plurality of nozzles, the liquid ejection head ejecting a first liquid containing a coloring material through the nozzles onto a recording medium while the liquid ejection head and the recording medium are relatively moved in a first direction; an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046716 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided which suppresses a change in posture of a carriage at the time of forming an image without using a biasing force of a spring. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion that forms an image on a recording medium by traveling of... Agent: Eugene Ledonne Reed Smith LLP

20070046712 - Ink short detection: Embodiments of ink short detection are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070046714 - Method of detecting a state of a printhead and an image forming apparatus using the same: A method of detecting a state of a printhead and an image forming apparatus using the same. The image forming apparatus includes a power supply unit to generate power, a printhead unit having a plurality of heaters to generate heat according to a respective plurality of heat driving signals, a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070046713 - Sensor and recording apparatus using the same: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a sensor for measuring the distance between the sensor and a measuring surface, which includes a light-emitting element and a plurality of light-receiving elements. The light-receiving elements are arranged so that the light axes thereof do not cross one another.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070046717 - Film forming apparatus and method of film formation: A film forming apparatus includes a film forming chamber for performing a film formation; an exhaust unit connected to the film forming chamber to discharge a gas out of the film forming chamber; a holder provided in the film forming chamber to hold a process-objective material; a jetting nozzle provided... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070046719 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: an applying device that applies a first liquid containing a diffusion preventing agent for a coloring material, onto a recording medium; a droplet depositing device that deposits a second liquid containing the coloring material, onto the recording medium onto which the first liquid has been... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046720 - Image forming apparatus and method, and ink set: The image forming apparatus comprises: a treatment liquid deposition device which deposits treatment liquid onto a recording medium, the treatment liquid containing a polymerization initiator and particles introducing electrorheological properties; an electric field application device which applies an electric field to the treatment liquid having been deposited on the recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046718 - Method for forming a layer, method for manufacturing an active matrix substrate, and method for manufacturing a multilayered wiring substrate: A method for forming a layer comprises (a) disposing a first droplet to two parts on an underlayer surface so as to form two dot patterns isolated each other on the underlayer surface, (b) fixing the two dot patterns to the underlayer surface, (c) giving lyophilicity with respect to a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070046721 - Cleaning device of liquid jet apparatus, liquid jet apparatus, and cleaning method: A cleaning device mounted on a liquid jet apparatus having a liquid jet head for ejecting liquid in order to clean the liquid jet head is provided. The cleaning device includes: a capping unit having a function of sealing a nozzle forming surface of the liquid jet head and a... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070046722 - Capture member and ink jet printer: The present invention provides a capture member for directly capturing ink droplets ejected to an area other then a recording medium, among ink droplets ejected from a printer head for ink jet recording, wherein said member comprises a porous plastic produced by sinter molding of plastic particles, and contains an... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070046723 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A printer functioning as a liquid ejection apparatus includes a recording head having nozzles, a flushing sheet feeding mechanism, and a cleaning mechanism. The flushing sheet feeding mechanism feeds a flushing sheet for absorbing ink, which is ejected from the nozzles, from a non-flushing position separated from the recording head... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070046724 - Wiper and cleaning device, and inkjet image forming apparatus including the same: A wiper, a cleaning device, and an inkjet image forming device including the wiper and the cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a carrier moving in a lengthwise direction of a nozzle unit, the length of the nozzle unit corresponding to a width of a printing medium, a driving element... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070046725 - Printing method, printing system, and storage medium storing program: A printing method includes setting an initial position according to a length of a medium in a carrying direction; carrying the medium to the initial position that has been set; and arranging in the carrying direction on the medium a plurality of dot rows each constituted by a plurality of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070046727 - Liquid-jet head, liquid-jet apparatus and method for producing liquid-jet head: A liquid-jet head, including: a plurality of head bodies each furnished with a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles formed therein; a joining member, adhered to the nozzle plate via an adhesive agent, for binding and fixing the plurality of head bodies; an opening formed in a region of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070046726 - Method of manufacturing nozzle plate, method of manufacturing liquid ejection head, and matrix structure for manufacturing nozzle plate: The method manufactures a nozzle plate, and comprises: a patterned resist formation step of forming a patterned resist on a flat surface of a matrix substrate, the patterned resist having a shape corresponding to a diameter of nozzle holes in a nozzle plate to be formed, the patterned resist having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046728 - Printhead assembly having clamped components: A printhead assembly is provided having at least one printhead module of at least two printhead integrated circuits having nozzles for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media and a support member supporting and carrying the printing fluid to the printhead integrated circuits, a support frame supporting the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070046729 - Inkjet printhead assembly with an ink distribution molding: A printhead assembly includes a printhead which, in turn, includes a molding. The molding defines a recess in which an integrated circuit (IC) configured to eject ink can be received. The molding defines a quartet of separate ink passages each in fluid communication with the IC. An elongate support member... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070046730 - Inkjet printhead and method of manufacturing the same: An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same. In the inkjet printhead, a substrate includes an ink chamber formed in a top surface to contain ink to be ejected, an ink feedhole formed in a bottom surface to supply the ink to the ink chamber, and a restrictor... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070046731 - Liquid ejection apparatus and ejection control method: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: an ejection port through which liquid is ejected; a heating device which is arranged near the ejection port; an ultrasonic wave generating element which generates and applies an ultrasonic wave to the liquid near the ejection port so as to be ejected through the ejection... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046732 - Inkjet printhead and method of manufacturing the same: An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same. In the inkjet printhead, a substrate includes an ink chamber formed in a top surface to contain ink to be ejected, an ink feedhole formed in a bottom surface to supply the ink to the ink chamber, and a restrictor... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070046733 - Liquid discharge head: A liquid discharge head includes a substrate which has a heating resistive element for generating a bubble in a liquid; and a first wall member which faces the heating resistive element, a discharge port which discharges the liquid being provided in the first wall member, the first wall member forming... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070046735 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection head comprises: a nozzle plate including a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles from which liquid is ejected are formed, the nozzles being arranged two-dimensionally; a pressure chamber forming plate in which a plurality of pressure chambers connected to the nozzles are formed; an elastic... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046736 - Liquid jetting head and method for producing the same: An ink-jet head includes a channel unit in which a plurality of pressure chambers are formed; and a piezoelectric actuator which includes a vibration plate, a piezoelectric layer formed on an upper surface of the vibration plate, and an electroconductive layer formed on an upper surface of the piezoelectric layer.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070046737 - Liquid-droplet jetting apparatus and liquid transporting apparatus: A piezoelectric actuator includes a channel unit having a manifold and pressure chambers; a vibration plate covering the pressure chambers and the manifold; a piezoelectric layer formed on an upper surface of the vibration plate; individual electrodes formed on an upper surface of the piezoelectric layer; and contact points each... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070046734 - Piezoelectric member, piezoelectric member element, liquid discharge head in use thereof, liquid discharge apparatus and method of manufacturing piezoelectric member: A piezoelectric member of uniaxial crystal or uniaxial crystal and the piezoelectric member has perovskite type oxide described to be ABO3 in a general formula with a main component of the A being Pb and a main component of the B containing at least three kinds of elements selected from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070046739 - Array type printhead and inkjet image forming apparatus including the same: An array type printhead includes a first member including a plurality of inflow holes through which inks of different colors flow, a second member including a plurality of channels formed on a top surface thereof to receive the inks of different colors from the plurality of inflow holes of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070046738 - Structure and liquid droplet discharge apparatus: A structure of the present invention includes a base plate and a formation unit. The formation unit is bonded and fixed to and retained on the base plate by a first adhesive. The first adhesive is disposed at least in the vicinities of end portions of a peripheral edge of... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070046741 - Droplet ejection apparatus and ink-jet recording apparatus: A droplet ejection apparatus is provided of which maintenancibility is improved while liquid stored therein is prevented from being wasted at the time of maintenance. The apparatus includes a main tank storing the liquid, a head unit including a sub-tank that temporarily stores the liquid fed from the main tank... Agent: Eugene Ledonne Reed Smith LLP

20070046742 - Ink container, ink jet recording apparatus, ink filling method, and ink filling device: An ink cartridge is formed with an ink outlet, which is connected to an ink jet type recording head through an ink supply path. Ink filling openings are formed around the ink outlet. To refill the ink cartridge with ink, the ink filling openings are connected through an ink filling... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046740 - Sublimation pen for use in a dye sublimation printing system, and method of use of the dye sublimation printing system: A sublimation pen or cartridge for use in a dye sublimation printing system, which is to be used with sublimation inks of the type comprising at least a liquid carrier and solid-form pigments insoluble in the liquid carrier. The sublimation pen comprises a pen main body, an ink inlet provided... Agent: Lesperance & Martineau

20070046744 - Droplet ejection apparatus and inkjet recording apparatus: A droplet ejection apparatus includes: a head unit having at least one sub-tank that stores liquid, and an ejection head that ejects the liquid supplied from the sub-tank in a form of droplets; a head unit mover that moves the head unit; an absorber stored in the sub-tank, and made... Agent: Eugene Ledonne Reed Smith LLP

20070046743 - Ink container: Provided is an ink container suitable for forming a stable high-quality print image and obtaining stable operation of a printing device by enabling precipitates of coarse-grained ink etc. standing in an ink container body to be left in the ink container body and by eliminating troubles due to the supply... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070046745 - Recording apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus: A printer shaped like a slim box includes a carriage which reciprocates in a main scanning direction on its front section. Ink cartridges separately from the carriage are detachably provided in an ink cartridge unit in a row in the main scanning direction above a main scanning area of the... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070046746 - Heating apparatus for a solid ink: A heating apparatus for a solid ink includes a heating unit to melt ink sticks of different colors, the heating unit being mounted to one side of an ink stick loader and provided with a plurality of heating parts in one body. The heating unit has a heating plate with... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070046747 - Air removal device for ink supply mechanism, ink supply mechanism, and inj-jet printer: An air removal device for ink supply mechanism is provided which ensures separation of ink from an air permeable membrane after removal of air is completed. The air removal device includes an ink chamber, an air discharge passage, an air permeable membrane, a pump, and a movable member. The movable... Agent: Eugene Le Donne, Esq

20070046748 - Ink set and inkjet recording method and recorded matter using the ink set: An ink set includes at least a magenta ink composition and a light magenta ink composition. The light magenta ink composition is formed with a pigment density lower than a pigment density of the magenta ink composition. A pigment used in the magenta ink composition is C.I. Pigment Violet 19,... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070046749 - Water-based ink set for ink-jet recording and ink-jet recording method: A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording is provided which is capable of: reducing graininess in a low-density printed part in a cyan direction without reducing the color reproduction range in the cyan direction in a high-density printed part; extending the color reproduction range in a blue direction and/or a... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070046750 - Water-based ink set for ink-jet recording and ink-jet recording method: A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording is provided which is capable of: reducing graininess in a low-density printed part in a cyan direction without reducing the color reproduction range in the cyan direction in a high-density printed part; extending the color reproduction range in a blue direction and/or a... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070046751 - Water-based ink set for ink-jet recording and ink-jet recording method: A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording is provided which is capable of: reducing graininess in a low-density printed part without reducing the color reproduction range in red and magenta directions in a high-density printed part; extending the color reproduction range in the red direction; improving the vividness of the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070046752 - Water-based ink set for ink-jet recording and ink-jet recording method: A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording is provided which is capable of: reducing graininess in a low-density printed part without reducing the color reproduction range in red and magenta directions in a high-density printed part; extending the color reproduction range in the red direction; improving the vividness of the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070046753 - Apparatus and method for discharging protecting medium: Provided is an apparatus and method for discharging a protecting medium. The apparatus includes a media checking unit for checking whether a fed medium is a protecting medium which protects a printing media; and a discharge controller for discharging the fed medium if the fed medium is a protecting medium.... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070046754 - Inkjet cartridge with ink reservoir core and releasable housing: A print roll unit includes an elongate ink reservoir core defining a plurality of ink chambers which each extend along the core. The chambers are isolated to store respective inks. A roll of print media includes a tubular former in which the core can be received and a length of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070046756 - Inkjet printer with folding input tray: An inkjet printer includes a body defining a print media path along which print media can pass. A disposable printhead assembly is arranged within the body and is configured to print upon print media passing along the print media path. A print media input tray is pivotally mounted with respect... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070046755 - Print media cartridge incorporating a power supply: A print media cartridge includes a roll of print media comprising an elongate and tubular core. A length of print media is wound upon the core. A power supply is located within the core. The power supply may include a pair of elongate batteries arranged end to end within the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070046758 - Image recording unit and image recording apparatus: A recording unit according to the present invention includes a holding member, a recording element held on the holding member, an ink supply section held on the holding member, and a guiding portion provided in the holding member. The guiding portion guides a recording medium so as to prevent the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070046759 - Inkjet printer with cartridge connected to platen and printhead assembly: 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. A platen supports the print medium during feeding from the roll. An inkjet printhead assembly is arranged in register with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070046757 - Spitting device for inkjet head of image forming apparatus: A spitting device for an inkjet head includes an array type inkjet head on which nozzle units are formed, and a platen which is disposed opposite to the nozzle units of the inkjet head. The platen includes ink outlets and printing medium guide ribs formed thereon, and supports a back... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070046760 - Firearm targets and methods for manufacturing firearm targets: Firearm targets and methods for manufacturing firearm targets are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a target includes a substrate, a release layer on the substrate, and an ink layer on the release layer such that the release layer is positioned between the ink layer and the substrate. The ink layer... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070046761 - Image forming apparatus with image density adjustment: The image forming apparatus including a heat roller fixing apparatus for heat-fixing an image obtained through development using toner to a recording medium, and a density sensor for detecting density of the image after the fixing, the image forming apparatus serving to adjust image density based on image density detected... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070046762 - Film donor device for laser induced thermal imaging: A laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) apparatus and a method of making an electronic device using the same are disclosed. The LITI apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate support, a contact frame, and a laser source or oscillator. The LITI apparatus transfers a transferable layer from a film donor device... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070046763 - Image forming apparatus: There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of easily determining the direction of setting printing paper in a paper feed cartridge with an extremely simple structure. In the image forming apparatus 1 comprising: a paper feed cartridge 2 for placing printing paper P with an absorbing layer made of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070046765 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, comprising: an optical recording head having a light emitting element array including two or more sets of light emitting element blocks arranged in a line in a main scanning direction, each block including a given number of light emitting elements arranged in a line in... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070046764 - Ink-jet recording device: An ink-jet recording device includes: an ink-jet head that ejects an ink toward a recording medium, the ink curable by irradiating with an actinic energy ray to form an image on the recording medium, and a mist adsorbing portion that is disposed in the vicinity of the ink-jet head and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070046766 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus in which image deterioration is unlikely to occur even if dirt attaches to the polygon mirror surface over time and reflectance is reduced, the image forming apparatus comprising light source units, an optical deflector for deflectively scanning light beams from the light source units, an optical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070046767 - Image forming method and apparatus: An image forming method using an image forming apparatus including: a latent image carrier whose surface is driven in a sub scanning direction; a deflector which scans a beam spot reciprocally in a main scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the sub scanning direction on the surface of the latent image... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070046768 - Scan linearity correction parameters addressing rom address bits: This invention relates to an efficient way to calibrate and control a raster output scanner (ROS). The scan non-linearity of a ROS may be measured and an appropriate calibration curve setting for the ROS may be determined. The setting and other scan line parameters may then be used as an... Agent: Min, Hsieh & Hack LLP C/o Portfolio

20070046769 - Apparatus to adjust alignment between scanning lines of laser printer and method thereof: An apparatus and method to adjust an alignment between scanning lines of a laser printer. The apparatus may include a laser scanning unit having a plurality of laser diodes and an adjustment unit to adjust a plurality of video data using an integer part and a decimal fraction part to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070046770 - Laser induced thermal imaging apparatus and laser induced thermal imaging method: A laser induced thermal imaging apparatus and a laser induced thermal imaging method. A laser induced thermal imaging apparatus has electromagnets in an adhesion frame and a substrate stage to closely adhere a donor film to a substrate. The laser induced thermal imaging apparatus includes a process chamber including a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070046771 - Device and method for digital exposure: The invention relates to a device for exposing light-sensitive materials, with an electronic picture memory (2) for storing a master image, with an exposure unit which comprises a light source (22), an electronically activatable light modulator (21) for representing a part picture (24) of the master image (2), and imaging... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070046772 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An exposing unit optically writes respective color-separated image data on a photosensitive drum to form a latent image by using both a forward direction scanning and a backward direction scanning. A writing control unit outputs input pixel data to the exposing unit a plurality of times for enlarging and printing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.