Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 11/07

20070273717 - Multi-function peripheral device: A multi-function peripheral device is provided. The device includes a first printing unit, a second printing unit, and a scanning unit, wherein the second printing unit and the scanning unit are juxtaposed above the first printing unit, and a paper exit disposed on the device is shared by the first... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070273719 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of ejecting liquid: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a pressure generating unit capable of changing a pressure of liquid contained in the pressure chamber; a liquid ejecting head capable of discharging liquid droplets from a nozzle opening by actuating the pressure generating unit; a passage extending from a common liquid chamber through a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070273720 - Ink jet printing apparatus and printing method: By suppressing deviation of dot-formation positions stemming from insufficient accuracy in conveying a printing medium due to eccentricity of a conveying roller, a printed image in which unevenness is less visible is obtained. An accumulated amount of conveyance errors is decreased by narrowing a nozzle-use range and reducing a conveyance... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070273722 - Image recording method and image recording apparatus: Rectangular patterns are recorded on a substrate along a direction in which the substrate is moved and a direction perpendicular to the direction. Line widths of the rectangular patterns are measured, and mask data are established for obtaining amounts of light to correct changes in the line widths. When exposure... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070273721 - Method for obtaining an image, and an ink jet printer for performing the method: A method and apparatus for obtaining an image consisting of multiple ink droplets placed at a plurality of locations on a receiving substrate, using an inkjet printer containing an ink chamber having an ink droplet ejection site, and a transducer operatively associated with said chamber, wherein each of the ink... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070273723 - Image generating apparatus: This image generating apparatus comprises a control portion printing a print image by predicting an ambient temperature in an apparatus body substantially reaching a constant level after continuously printing the same print image from the data quantity of the print image and adding a heat quantity corresponding to the difference... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070273724 - Printhead cleaning device for a large printer: A printhead cleaning device for a large printer provided at a lateral side of a printing rail of the printer, it comprises a base and a swinging platform, wherein the base has four peripheral sides forming a receiving space, the swinging platform is movably and pivotally connected to the base;... Agent: Troxell Law Office, PLLC

20070273725 - Waste liquid tank, liquid ejection device, and image forming apparatus: A waste liquid tank that holds waste recording liquid is disclosed. In the waste liquid tank, a waste liquid wetting liquid that forms a liquid layer on the surface of the waste recording liquid is placed in the form of a liquid.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070273726 - System and methods for fluid drop ejection: A drop ejection device includes three or more orifices disposed in a two-dimensional pattern in a nozzle plate, a fluid conduit coupled to the three or more orifice, and an actuator configured to actuate the fluid in the fluid conduit to eject separate fluid drops out of the three or... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070273728 - Micro-fluidic structure and method of making: A microfabricated structure and method of making that includes forming a first layer of material on a substrate, forming patterned sacrificial material having a predetermined shape on the first layer of material, and forming a second layer of material over the first layer and the patterned sacrificial material, which is... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20070273730 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head which is formed by joining a liquid introducing member for introducing liquid and a base body by welding includes an introduction hole which is formed in a front end of the liquid introducing member and an extending section which is tilted to extend from the exterior... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070273731 - Method for driving an ink jet head having piezoelectric actuator: A method for driving an ink jet head (10) having a piezoelectric actuator (103) includes the steps of: (a) transmitting a negative electrical pulse (31) to drive the piezoelectric actuator to transform in a manner such that ink is filled into an ink chamber (102) of the ink jet head;... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070273733 - Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet recording head for ejecting, through an ink ejection outlet, ink introduced through an ink supply port includes a first ink flow path in fluid communication with the ink supply port; a second ink flow path which is branched from the first ink flow path at a branch... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070273735 - Ink tank for ink jet recording device: There is disclosed an ink tank capable of inhibiting penetration of a gas even in an ink storage section made of a resin, having such a flexibility as to easily apply a negative pressure to ink, having an excellent resource protective property and applicable even to a small and inexpensive... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070273737 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting head: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first flow path for supplying liquid, a second flow path that communicates with the first flow path, a filter disposed to face communication holes of the first and second flow paths, and an air bubble locking section that locks an air bubble in the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070273718 - Liquid droplet forming method and liquid droplet forming device: A droplet forming method, for forming a droplet 27, constituted of a sample liquid 21, on a substrate 5 by applying a pulse voltage P between the sample liquid 21, retained in a nozzle 3, and the substrate 5, disposed opposite a tip of the nozzle 3, to discharge the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070273727 - Modular printer with opposing print media entry and exit slots: The present invention relates to a modular printer. The modular printer includes at least two modules each defining oppositely located complementary connectors to facilitate interconnection of the modules in any order. Each module includes a serial bus including power and data lines to enable communication between the modules. One of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070273729 - Printer with low voltage vapor bubble generating heaters: An inkjet printer that has a printhead with a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements 10 corresponding to each nozzle, configured to operate at low voltage and low current. Each heater element 10 vaporises a printing fluid 11 to form a bubble 12 therein. The generation of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070273732 - Liquid ejecting head and method for assembling same: To provide a liquid ejecting head that has a simple structure for attaching an introduction needle holder to a case member and whose width in the main scanning direction can be reduced, and a method for assembling the same. A case member includes a head unit attachment portion to which... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070273736 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber; a communication chamber that is capable of communicating with the ink chamber; a valve that is movable; a support disposed within the communication chamber, the support including a valve seat and an opening exposing a bottom of the valve at an approximately central... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070273734 - Retention device for ink cartridge and recording apparatus having the same: A retention device for an ink cartridge for engaging and retaining a locking lever when the ink cartridge is attached to a carriage such that a contact between conductive connection portions of a cartridge-side substrate of the ink cartridge and contact terminals of a connector is in a desired state,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070273738 - Image processing apparatus, printing apparatus and image processing method: Lattice point data of each lattice point on W-C line in a color separation table reproducing primary color C is determined so that C ink monotonically increases from W point to C point. Also, particular color G for toning is used to monotonically increase from the halfway of W point... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070273739 - Digital ink jet printing method and apparatus: A method and apparatus a digital ink-jet printer are presented. A radiation-curable ink is continuously applies to successive locations on a substrate along a print line extending across the substrate. Concurrently with the continuous application of the radiation-curable ink along the print line, first curing radiation of a predetermined first... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070273740 - Ink jet printing system for printing colored images on contact lenses: The present invention provides a method for making colored contact lenses and an apparatus for implementing the method of the invention. The apparatus of the invention comprises a securing means for holding a contact lens or a portion of a mold for making the contact lens, a printer head, wherein... Agent: Ciba Vision Corporation Patent Department

20070273741 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises an image retention medium, a charging unit, a latent image forming unit, a developing unit that uses a toner holding a color forming or non-color forming state with the application of color forming information by light, a color forming information application unit, a transfer unit,... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070273742 - Direct thermal printer: A direct thermal printer device that can be used in any application using thermal printers. A direct thermal printer creates images on thermally active medium by applying light energy or radiant thermal energy created by a thermal heat source to create the heat necessary for generating an image on the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070273743 - Double-side printer system and control method thereof: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a double-side printer system in which two thermal heads printing print data on a front face and a back face of a thermal recording paper in which thermo-sensitive layers are formed on both sides are provided, and when these thermal heads are... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070273744 - Thermal printer and paper recognition method: A thermal printer has a first thermal head, a second thermal head, and a feeding mechanism. The feeding mechanism feeds one of thermal papers which include a double-sided thermal paper having thermosensitive layers formed on both sides thereof and a single-sided thermal paper having a thermosensitive layer formed on one... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070273745 - Image generating apparatus: This image generating apparatus comprises an ink sheet cartridge storing an ink sheet. When sensing arrival of the rear end of the ink sheet, the image generating apparatus cleans the print head by rotating the print head between a printing position and a nonprinting position (separate position) thereby dropping foreign... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070273746 - Multiple media, multiple print head method and apparatus: A printer having multiple media supplies and multiple print heads and method for using the same is provided. More particularly, each print head included in the printer may be associated with one of the media supplies. Printer control electronics, a power supply, and interconnections to a computer or other device... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070273747 - Image forming apparatus: A first optical scanning device for scanning image data of colors (yellow, magenta, cyan and black) which serve as the basic for formation of color image employs an optical system having optical characteristic stable to changes in temperature in common, the optical system being incorporated in a single optical box.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070273748 - Light scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: A light scanning apparatus has a base member, a first engagement portion that engages with a bearing member having a bearing portion of a rotary shaft that rotates a rotational polygon mirror to thereby position the bearing member, a second engagement portion that engages with a bearing member having a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070268319 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method, digital information storage medium, and reversible display recording medium: To provide an image processing apparatus which preferably obtains information concerning a record condition or erasure condition varying by each reversible display recording medium. The image processing apparatus which forms an image on the reversible display recording medium containing the record condition or erasure condition varying by each manufacturer, model... Agent: Christopher C. Dunham C/o Cooper & Dunham LLP

20070268321 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes plural image holding members that hold toner images, a belt unit, an apparatus side portion, and a fan unit. The belt unit includes a belt member disposed facing the plural image holding members. The apparatus side portion is disposed on an outer side of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070268325 - Liquid container, liquid supplying system equipped with liquid container: A liquid container detachably mountable to a recording apparatus to which a plurality of liquid containers are mountable at different positions, an apparatus side communicating portion, a light emitting portion, position detecting means for detecting a position of said liquid container where liquid container is mounted by receiving light from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070268323 - Method for free spraying of the nozzles of an inkjet print head: In a method for free spraying of the nozzles of an inkjet print head, in particular in a franking and/or addressing machine, in which the print media are directed past a stationary inkjet, at least the nozzles that are not participating in the generation of the current information-conveying print image... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070268329 - Method for free spraying of the nozzles of an inkjet print head: In a method for free spraying of the nozzles of an inkjet print head, in particular in a franking and/or addressing machine, in which the print media are directed past a stationary inkjet print head, in addition to printing an information-conveying print image, non-information-conveying a print image, serving exclusively for... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070268330 - Liquid droplet discharging device: There is provided a liquid droplet discharging device including: a liquid droplet discharging head, for discharging liquid droplets; an opposing member, opposing the liquid droplet discharging head; and a blade, cleaning the opposing member and in contact with the opposing member, a plurality of grooves being formed on the blade,... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070268331 - Ink-jet image forming apparatus and waste-ink processing method: An ink-jet image forming apparatus includes a recording head in which a plurality of nozzle groups jetting an ink is formed, a carriage which is mounted on the recording head, and which is capable of reciprocating in a predetermined direction, a waste-ink tank which stores the ink discharged from a... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20070268336 - Inkjet printhead: An inkjet printhead including a substrate, a plurality of heaters, multiple pairs of leads, an ink chamber layer, and a nozzle plate is provided. The substrate has a top surface and a plurality of ink channels through the substrate in the direction substantially vertical to the top surface. The heaters,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070268340 - Ophthalmic injection system and method using piezoelectric array: An ophthalmic injection system has a tip segment attachable to and removable from limited reuse assembly. The tip segment includes a flexible chamber for receiving a quantity of a substance, a piezoelectric array located near the flexible chamber, a needle fluidly coupled to the flexible chamber, and a first housing... Agent: Alcon

20070268341 - Secure document printing method and system: A method and system for printing documents with one or more embedded security features is provided. Security features are embedded in the document by co-printing magnetic and non-magnetic toner on a receiver before fixation by a fixing station. The combination of magnetic and non-magnetic toners in the image results in... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Leagal Staff

20070268344 - Apparatus for mounting a removable ink tank in an imaging apparatus: An apparatus for mounting a removable ink tank having an ink output port to a printhead body that mounts a micro-fluid ejection device, the printhead body defining a filtered ink/air reservoir, includes a filter cap configured for attachment to the printhead body. The filtered ink/air reservoir is located in a... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070268345 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge is provided with a body, a channel module attached to the body, a plurality of first engaging parts, and a plurality of second engaging parts. The first engaging parts are arranged on one of the body and the channel module, while the second engaging parts corresponding to... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070268347 - Ink cartridge and printer: An ink cartridge that is filled with ink and, used with the ink cartridge loaded into a printer includes a reservoir that reserves the ink, an outlet through which the ink is supplied to the printer with the ink cartridge loaded, at least one ink supply system that includes a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070268346 - Inkjet printers and methods for mounting ink cartridges to inkjet printers: The present invention relates to an inkjet printer and methods for mounting ink cartridges. The cartridge has a case with an ink chamber and a first and second opening. The inkjet printer has a recording head, a buffer tank, and a mounting portion with an ink supply tube and an... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070268320 - Inkjet printer having controller for correcting displaced inkjet nozzles: A pagewidth inkjet printer is provided having a pagewidth printhead which has a plurality of printhead modules mounted end to end on a carrier to extend across a pagewidth with each printhead module incorporating a plurality of inkjet nozzles and the nozzles of at least one of the printhead modules... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268322 - Printer: A printer operable for reading and writing data to a RFID tag included in a continuous label without any restriction as to deploying an antenna on the continuous label and an antenna on the printer. Upon receiving a command for identifying the position of an antenna of a RFID tag... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070268324 - Method and apparatus for calculating natural frequency of an ink-jet head: A method and apparatus for calculating the natural frequency of an ink-jet head are disclosed. With a method of determining a natural frequency of an ink-jet head operated by a piezoelectric actuator by joining a sensor to the piezoelectric actuator, which includes supplying electrical power to the piezoelectric actuator; receiving... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070268326 - Systems and methods for print head defect detection and print head maintenance: A method for detecting a defect in an inkjet print head within an inkjet marking device includes marking images on a rotating intermediate substrate according to an image sequence, marking a test image on at least one blank portion of the intermediate substrate, the blank portion resulting from the image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070268328 - Inkjet nozzle assembly with a raised rim for pinning a meniscus of ink in a nozzle chamber: A nozzle assembly is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle assembly includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet aperture. A nozzle includes an endless wall portion extending from the substrate assembly and a moveable crown portion from which a skirt portion depends. The nozzle defines a nozzle chamber... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268327 - Inkjet nozzle with ink feed channels etched from back of wafer: An inkjet printhead with a wafer substrate and an array of ink ejection nozzles formed on the front side by lithographic etching and deposition techniques; and, a plurality elongate ink feed channels etched from the back side for supplying ink to the nozzles. Etching the ink feed channels from the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268332 - Printhead integrated circuit with more than 10000 nozzles: A printhead integrated circuit having a monolithic wafer substrate supporting an array of droplet ejectors for ejecting drops of printing fluid onto print media. Each drop ejector has a nozzle and an actuator for ejecting a drop of printing fluid through the nozzle. The array has more than 10000 of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268333 - Inkjet printers with elongate chambers, nozzles and heaters: An inkjet printhead with an array of nozzles arranged in a series of rows, each nozzle having an ejection aperture, a chamber for holding printing fluid and a heater element for generating a vapor bubble in the printing fluid contained by the chamber to eject a drop of the printing... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268334 - Printhead assembly with two-material supporting structure: The present invention relates to a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a support beam. The support beam includes two types of material having different coefficients of thermal expansion. A plurality of spaced apart printhead modules is supported by the support beam.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268335 - Inkjet printhead with opposing actuator electrode polarities: An inkjet printhead that has an array of nozzles arranged in adjacent rows, each nozzle having an ejection aperture and a corresponding actuator for ejecting printing fluid through the ejection aperture, each actuator having electrodes spaced from each other in a direction transverse to the rows. It also has drive... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268338 - Inkjet unit cell with dual heater elements: A unit cell is provided for an inkjet printhead. The unit cell includes a multilayered substrate defining an ink inlet passage. Walls extend from the substrate. A nozzle plate is supported by the walls to define a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet passage. The nozzle plate... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268337 - Inkjet unit cell with suspended heater element: A unit cell is provided for an inkjet printhead. The unit cell includes a multilayered substrate defining an ink inlet passage. Walls extend from the substrate. A nozzle plate is supported by the walls to define a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet passage. The nozzle plate... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268339 - Inkjet printhead with suspended heater mounted to opposing sides of the chamber: An inkjet printhead with a plurality of nozzles 3 and a heater element 10 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. The heater elements heat printing fluid 11 to a temperature above its boiling point to form a vapour bubble 12 that causes the ejection of a drop 16 of the printing... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268342 - Ink jet printing assembly with printhead modules and ink delivery member: An ink-jet printing assembly includes an elongate U-channel member assembly. An elongate ink delivery member is positioned on a floor of the U-channel member assembly and defines longitudinally extending ink delivery channels and a series of holes in fluid communication with each respective ink delivery channel. A plurality of micro-electromechanical... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268343 - Ink supply unit with a baffle arrangment: An ink supply unit is provided for a printer. The unit includes an elongate printhead configured to eject ink. An ink distribution manifold defines a printhead aperture in which the printhead is received and a series of slots through which ink can flow to the printhead. A filter can be... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268348 - Heater and drip plate for ink loader melt assembly: A melt assembly that includes a drip plate; and a self regulating heating device thermally connected to the drip plate, wherein the heating device is a positive temperature coefficient material (PTC material). Also, a drip plate having an open interior into which a heating device may be inserted or molded.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070268349 - Heating magnetically orientable pigment in a printing process: A printing apparatus and method for aligning special effect flakes is disclosed. The flakes field orientable and have an absorption band of wavelengths and a reflection band of wavelengths and are dispersed within in a viscous paste-like ink. The absorption band of the flakes is more absorbing than reflecting and... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070268350 - Inkjet conveying belt and inkjet recording apparatus: A single-layer seamless inkjet conveying belt including a polyimide resin or a polyamide-imide resin as a resin component and a conductive filler, the inkjet conveying belt having a volume resistivity of 1010 to 1014 Ωcm. Also provided is an inkjet recording apparatus including a recording medium conveying device containing the... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070268351 - Roll for charging belt for inkjet recording and inkjet recording apparatus: The present invention provides a roll for charging a belt for inkjet recording, in which the roll has a surface layer including a fluororesin and having a nip resistance of 104 to 108 Ω at 23° C. and 55% RH formed on a roll having an underlayer formed on the... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070268352 - Transporting belt for inkjet and inkjet-recording apparatus: The invention provides a transporting belt for inkjet use, the belt having a seamless belt shape having at least one layer, the innermost layer comprising at least one of polyamide, polyester, and polyimide resins as the resin component and a conductive filler, and having a volume resistivity of about 1010... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070268353 - Compession-actuated digital stamp: A compressible stamp includes a housing. The housing has two parts which are moveable with respect to each other. One of the parts defines an opening. A selector switch is arranged on the housing and is configured to select indicia to be printed. A printhead is movably mounted within the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070268354 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus is provided, including an electrostatic latent image bearer; a charger charging the electrostatic latent image bearer; an irradiator irradiating the electrostatic latent image bearer with image wise light having an image resolution not less than 1,200 dpi to form an electrostatic latent image thereon; an image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070268355 - Ultraviolet ray irradiation apparatus for fixing printed material: In an ultraviolet ray irradiation apparatus capable of forestalling printed material jams between a paper discharge unit of a printing apparatus and a reception unit of the ultraviolet ray irradiation apparatus, a signal line for exchanging electric signals with the printing apparatus is provided, and control is performed such that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070268356 - Information recording apparatus for thermosensitive medium: A recording apparatus for recording information in a thermosensitive medium which has a photothermal conversion layer having a light wavelength absorption property and a coloring layer colored by the heat generated by the photothermal conversion layer comprises a first light source that emits a light beam for writing information to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070268357 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is configured, in performing changing of a rotation speed of a scanner motor and forming of an image density adjustment patch in the same page interval, to change the rotation speed of the scanner motor before forming the image density adjustment patch.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070268358 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer member position detection unit configured to detect a position of the intermediate transfer member to output an image forming operation start signal, a pattern detection unit configured to detect a registration correction pattern formed on the intermediate transfer member based on the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070263019 - Information management method and information management system: The invention has an object to guarantee, when rewritable paper is used, authenticity of information shown on the rewritable paper. Provided is an information management method for managing information concerning a medium executed in an information management system including: the medium capable of representing on a surface thereof object information... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070263020 - Ink jet manifold mechanism: A custom designed manifold mechanism, to be utilized in conjunction with an ink jet printer, having multiple ink reservoirs, an ink level display mechanism, a ink reservoir removal safety switch, an accurate ink level detection mechanism, ink cut-off valves, ink pressure sensors, and an electronic control system wherein ink reservoirs... Agent: Herman J. Hohauser

20070263021 - Image recording apparatus: In an image recording apparatus disclosed by this invention, a recording medium is conveyed to a recording head having recording unit groups each in which a plurality of the recording units for recording an image are arranged at a predetermined interval linearly at a predetermined angle with respect to a... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070263023 - Printing apparatus and method for detecting amount of printing material: A printing apparatus which a printing material container is detachably mounted to. The printing material container has having a memory and a piezoelectric element for detecting the amount of a printing material contained therein. The printing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires frequency information regarding the frequency of a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070263024 - Printing apparatus and method for determining amount of printing material: A printing apparatus and method for detecting the amount of a printing material in a detachable printing material container comprised of a piezoelectric element and a memory in which frequency information is stored. The printing apparatus further comprises an acquiring unit that acquires the frequency information from the memory; a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070263025 - Ink jet printing apparatus: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus that can print appropriate images by efficiently stirring ink in an ink tank in accordance with its status to homogenize it. When the elapsed time from the end of reciprocation of the carriage is shorter than a specified time, a printing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070263027 - Inkjet recording apparatus: A first ink absorption member recovering the waste ink produced by the recovery operation of a record head is disposed on the top surface of the bottom surface portion of an inkjet recording apparatus. The top surface of the first ink absorption member is covered by a cover member, which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070263028 - Droplet discharge apparatus: A droplet discharge apparatus, comprising: a droplet discharge head for discharging droplets, an opposing member, facing the droplet discharge head, an applying member which applies, to the opposing member, application liquid having a characteristic of repelling liquid discharged from the droplet discharge head, and a blade which is in contact... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070263029 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a brush, a suction unit, and a wiper. The brush brushes off matters adhering to an ink ejection face of an ink-jet head. The suction unit sucks the matters brushed off by the brush. The wiper has a contact face to be brought into contact... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070263034 - Liquid jetting head, method for changing protective tape in adhesive strength, and protective tape: A liquid ejecting head includes an ejection side surface; an ejection outlet, formed in the ejection side surface, for ejecting liquid; a protection tape pasted on the ejection side surface, wherein the protection tape is partly irradiated with ultraviolet radiation or infrared radiation after being pasted on the ejection side... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070263036 - Ink-jet head: An ink-jet head includes a head main body having a metal portion, an actuator, a power supply member, and a heat sink that makes an outer surface of the ink-jet head. The power supply member includes a base, and a driver IC chip that is mounted on the base and... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070263037 - Apparatus and method for printing biomolecular droplet on substrate: An apparatus and method which print a biomolecular droplet onto a solid substrate using an electric charge concentration effect comprises: a needle shaped electric field forming electrode which is made of a conductive material, is disposed vertically, and comprises an accommodating area and a nozzle formed on a bottom end... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070263044 - Chip retaining device of ink cartridge used in ink-jet printer: The present invention relates to a chip retaining device for connecting a chip (9) to an ink cartridge (1). The device includes a chip holder for holding a chip (9) and a fitting structure which cooperates with the chip holder and is located on an external surface of ink cartridge... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070263043 - Industrial ink jet print head system: A print mechanism positioned in a housing having a pivotably mounted cover and including a ink flow regulator operatively connected to a print cartridge and provided with a plurality of seals to prevent contamination and damage from unwanted ink flow... Agent: Herman J. Hohauser

20070263048 - Liquid container, head cartridge, ink jet printing apparatus, and stirring method for liquid container: A swing member that is provided in an ink containing chamber is swung according to movement of a carriage of a printing apparatus. Accordingly, an ink flow occurs in a hollow portion of the swing member from one of openings to the other opening, such that ink in an ink... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070263051 - Ink-jet printer: An ink-jet printer including: (i) a recording head which has an outer surface and includes at least one nozzle opening in the outer surface; (ii) a carriage which carries the recording head and which is reciprocateable in a main scanning direction; and (iii) a waste-ink retaining device which retains a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070263053 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink supplying member which has an ink storage section, an exhaust section, and a space portion formed between the ink storage section and the exhaust section, an ink-jet head, and two flexible flat cables (FPC) which are drawn in mutually opposite directions from the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070263052 - Liquid container: An ink tank includes two stirring members having different masses in an ink containing chamber. The two stirring members are moved by an inertial force according to movement of a carriage and stir ink. The two stirring members have different movement start times and movement speeds.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070263018 - Solvent based inkjet ink formulation: A solvent based ink formulation for inkjet printing, particularly on plastics and non-porous surfaces, comprises 1-40% by weight of a ketone solvent, 10-90% by weight of a mixture of cosolvents, 0.1-10% by weight of a (co)polymer binder, 0.1-10% by weight of dispersants/wetting agents, and 0.1-10% of plasticizers to give a... Agent: Hess Patent Law Firm, P.C.

20070263022 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a unit to calculate the number of pages printable with remaining color material based on statistical data on the amount of consumed color material and the number of printed pages and report the calculated number of pages printable with remaining color material.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070263026 - Methods and apparatus for maintaining inkjet print heads using parking structures: The invention provides a print head parking structure that includes a solvent and/or surface treatment bath for inkjet print heads. Print heads may be returned to the print head parking structure after a substrate has been printed, after one or more printing passes, and/or frequently enough to prevent ink from... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070263030 - Inkjet nozzle assembly with movable crown and skirt portions: A nozzle assembly is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle assembly includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet aperture. A nozzle includes an endless wall portion extending from the substrate assembly and a moveable crown portion from which a skirt portion depends. The nozzle defines a nozzle chamber... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070263031 - Layer forming method, layer forming apparatus, device, manufacturing method for device, and electronic apparatus: A plurality of unit areas (bit) B are set on a base board. A liquid drop made of a liquid member is ejected to the unit area B from a liquid drop ejecting head so as to form a layer on the base board. A first pattern is formed by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070263032 - Recording liquid, liquid cartridge holding recording liquid and liquid emitting apparatus and method: Disclosed is a recording liquid for recording an image or a letter/character used for recording an image or a letter/character on a recording paper sheet P. The recording liquid contains a dye, a solvent for dissolving or dispersing the dye, at least one of specified ethylene oxide adducts of 2-ethyl-2-butyl-1,3-propanediol... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070263033 - Integrated charge and orifice plates for continuous ink jet printers: An integrated orifice array plate and a charge plate are fabricated for a continuous ink jet print head by producing an orifice plate and a charge plate, and by anodically bonding the two together. The orifice plate is produced by providing an electrically non-conductive orifice plate substrate, forming a recessed-surface... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20070263035 - Printhead assembly having interconnected printhead modules: A printhead assembly is provided which has a plurality of printhead modules and at least one fluid connector. Each module has printing fluid ejection nozzles supplied with printing fluid from at least one longitudinally extending channel defined in a printing fluid distribution member of the respective module. The distribution members... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070263038 - Buried heater in printhead module: A printhead body and method for forming a printhead body are described. The printhead body includes a body portion and a nozzle portion. The body portion includes an ink chamber. The nozzle portion includes a nozzle in fluid communication with the ink chamber in the body portion and further includes... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070263039 - Ink jet head and method of manufacture thereof: An ink jet head has a plurality of first ink chambers (3) front end portions of which open at an end surface (A) of the substrate and rear end portions of which are blocked, and a plurality of second ink chambers (4) front end portions of which open at an... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070263040 - Droplet ejecting apparatus: A droplet ejecting apparatus for discharging liquid from nozzles of pressure chambers by supplying liquid from a liquid tank to said pressure chambers and then contracting said pressure chambers by means of piezoelectric elements, comprising: pressure chamber plates forming said pressure chambers, and to which vibration plates forming walls of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070263041 - Liquid-jet head and liquid-jet apparatus: A liquid-jet head has a passage-forming substrate with an individual path including a pressure-generating chamber communicating with a nozzle orifice which ejects a liquid. The head also has a pressure-generating element, a protection plate, a reservoir, a compliance plate, a through hole, an introducing path, and a flexible portion with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070263042 - Self-aligned print head and its fabrication: An orifice array plate and a charge plate for a continuous ink jet printer print head are integrally fabricated by providing an electrically non-conductive substrate; forming, on one side of the substrate, an orifice plate with an array of orifices; forming, on the other side of the substrate, a charge... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20070263046 - Detection apparatus using cartridge: Discloses is a cartridge-type detection apparatus which comprises a detection cartridge having a passage for passing a sample liquid containing an target substance, and a processing unit adapted to be loaded with the detection cartridge so as to produce information about the target substance contained in the sample liquid passed... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070263045 - Liquid jet head: A liquid jet head and apparatus prevent an increase in the viscosity of liquid in the liquid path during long term storage. The recording head has a liquid path unit 1 with nozzle openings 8, pressure generation chambers 7, liquid reservoirs 9, and a diaphragm 5, and a head case... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070263047 - Printhead ink delivery system with clamping endcap: The present invention relates to an ink delivery system for a printhead. The ink delivery system includes an ink delivery extrusion defining a plurality of ink flow passages. The ink delivery extrusion also defines a series of patterned holes in fluid communication with the passages and through which ink can... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070263049 - Supply arrangement with supply reservoir element and microfluidic device: A supply arrangement includes a supply reservoir element and a microfluidic device, wherein the supply reservoir element has a first reservoir unit having a prefilled liquid reagent therein, and the microfluidic device has a reception device adapted for receiving the liquid reagent from the first reservoir unit. The supply reservoir... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070263050 - Process: A process for preparing a modified particulate solid comprising reacting a dispersant with a compound in the presence of a particulate solid and a liquid medium, characterised in that: a) the dispersant has at least one reactable group selected from keto, aldehyde and beta-diketoester groups, b) the compound has at... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070263057 - Ir transparent cyan inkjet ink: The present invention pertains to a cyan dye-based inkjet ink having substantially no absorption in the near-infrared region of the spectrum (near-IR transparent). The invention further pertains to a dye-based inkjet ink set comprising this near-IR transparent cyan ink.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070263056 - Black ink composition, ink set, ink cartridge, inkjet recording method and recorded product: e

20070263058 - Ink composition, ink cartridge, recording method, and recorded product:

20070263054 - Inkjet recording ink: The present invention aims to provide an ink for ink jet recording that is excellent in storage stability and discharge stability and attains high coloration on regular paper or gloss paper and high glossiness on gloss paper. The ink for ink jet recording of the invention includes: water; and a... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070263055 - Magenta ink composition, ink set, ink cartridge, inkjet recording method and recorded product: e

20070263059 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink-jet head formed with an ejection face, and an ejection control board fixed to the ink-jet head. A head cover forms a container space that contains therein the ejection control board. The container space has an air inflow port and an air outflow port.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070263060 - Hybrid energy curable solvent-based liquid printing inks: The present invention provides a liquid printing ink that produces high quality flexographic or gravure printing images that have excellent solvent and abrasion resistance. In addition, the printing ink of the invention has high re-solubility, even after complete drying, upon contact with the liquid vehicle of the same ink, thereby... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070263061 - Methods for digitally printing on ceramics: Methods for digitally printing on various articles, particularly ceramic articles, are disclosed. A first step includes applying a fluid glazing material to an article creating a coated surface. The fluid glazing material can either contain an underprinting agent for accepting and adhering chromophores to the fluid glazing material, or the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070263063 - Handheld printer minimizing printing defects: Methods and apparatus include a handheld printer manipulated back and forth by an operator during use to print an image. An inkjet printhead of the printer has a plurality of fluid firing actuators arranged in a substantial column. A controller communicates with the printhead to identify active actuators given to... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070263062 - Handheld printing with reference indicia: Methods and apparatus include a handheld printer manipulated back and forth by an operator during use to print an image on a media. The media includes reference indicia upon which users maneuver the printer whenever a location of the printer is unknown or needs updating or validating. A controller of... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070263064 - Toner supply arrangement: A toner supply arrangement for use in an integrated printing system which includes at least one toner container wherein the at least one toner container adapted for supplying toner to at least two image marking engines. The arrangement further includes a distribution mechanism adapted to transport the toner from the... Agent: Karl W. Hauber Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070263065 - Exposure device and image forming apparatus: An exposure device for exposing the charged surface of a photoconductive drum is provided with a light source for emitting light based on image information; a rotary multifaceted mirror for reflecting the light emitted from the light source to scan the surface of the photoconductive drum; a driving mechanism for... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070257948 - Operating method for inkjet head: An operating method for an inkjet head is disclosed. With a method of operating an inkjet head to eject ink droplets, for an inkjet head including a pressure chamber that is contracted and expanded in a particular period, a membrane included in one side of the pressure chamber, and a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070257955 - Droplet ejection apparatus and cleaning method of a droplet receiving surface: wherein, in the formulae (1): L1 is the width, in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, of the cleaning of the conveying member by the cleaning member; and L2 is the width, in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, of coating the lubricant on the conveying member by... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070257963 - Droplet ejection apparatus and cleaning method of a droplet receiving surface: wherein, in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction; L1 is the width of ink droplet ejecting of the droplet ejection head; L2 is the width of coating the coating liquid on the conveying member by the coating member; and L3 is the width of the cleaning of the conveying... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070257974 - Liquid supply system and ink jet recording apparatus: This liquid supply system has a liquid storing portion, and a first communication hole and a second communication hole formed in the bottom of the liquid storing portion. The liquid supply system has a gas circulation mode of leading a gas in the liquid storing portion to the outside through... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070257947 - Printing method, printing system, and print control apparatus: A printing method includes: (A) creating print data by rearranging an order in which a plurality of pieces of pixel data which make up image data are arranged; and (B) based on the print data, alternately repeating a dot-forming process for forming, on a medium, a row of dots along... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070257949 - Method of controlling drive of function liquid droplet ejection head; function liquid droplet ejection apparatus; electro-optic device; method of manufacturing lcd device, organic el device, electron emission device, pdp device, electrophoretic display de: In a method of controlling drive of a function liquid droplet ejection head in which a plurality of nozzle arrays are arranged, the nozzle arrays have function liquid droplet ejection amounts which are different from each other per unit nozzle. The drive of the plurality of nozzle arrays is controlled... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070257951 - Inkjet printer having ink ejection printhead tiles: An inkjet printer is provided having a printhead which has a plurality of printhead tiles arranged along the width of a media web, an ink distribution member adjacent the printhead, a media transporter for transporting the media web past the printhead, and a processor for processing a wallpaper pattern and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070257952 - Nozzle distribution: A fluid ejection device includes a die having a plurality of nozzles variously configured according to a predetermined intended distribution. The fluid ejection device also includes a controller configured to set a mean drop volume of the die by selectively firing selected nozzles of the die.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070257950 - Print engine assembly with twin bearing moldings received within a chassis: A print engine assembly includes an elongate chassis. The chassis defines a print media exit slot. An elongate printhead assembly is mounted relative to the chassis and is configured to eject ink onto print media. A paper feed mechanism is configured to transport the print media in register with the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070257953 - Wide array fluid ejection device: A fluid ejection device includes a first set of N memory elements each storing a fire enable value, each of the N memory elements configured to be updated. The fluid ejection device further includes N fluid ejecting elements, each fluid ejecting element corresponding to a different one of the N... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070257954 - Printer: When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for which the number of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070257957 - Ink-jet recording apparatus and cap: An ink-jet head includes nozzles which are configured to discharge ink droplets, an ink discharge surface which has ink discharge apertures of the nozzles formed therethrough, and a cap configured to cover the ink discharge surface. The cap includes a base member which opposes the ink discharge surface. The base... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070257956 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and maintenance method thereof: To provide a liquid ejecting apparatus which makes it possible to surely restrain ejection trouble of liquid at liquid ejection start time and a maintenance method thereof. The ink jet type printer is equipped with a recording head for ejecting ink including humectant and water from a nozzle formed on... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070257958 - Inkjet printer having arcuately moveable printhead and capping/purging member: An inkjet printer is provided which has at least one pagewidth printhead having a plurality of ink ejection nozzles, a capping/purging member having a length corresponding substantially to that of the printhead, a first actuating mechanism arranged to move the printhead in an arcuate first direction between first, second and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070257959 - Maintenance device for liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus: A maintenance device has a plurality of (four) caps each of which seals a nozzle forming surface of one of nozzle rows, which are divided from nozzles of a recording head in correspondence with ink colors. A selection unit is accommodated in a holder that supports the caps. The selection... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070257961 - Printer having capper for duplexed printheads: A printer is provided having a pagewidth printhead assembly having opposed pagewidth printheads, a pagewidth capping member located adjacent the printheads, and an actuating mechanism arranged to move the printheads and capping member. Each printhead has a plurality of ink ejection nozzles arranged across the pagewidth to deliver ink onto... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070257960 - Printer having pivoted capper for duplexed printheads: A printer is provided having a pagewidth printhead assembly which has opposed pagewidth printheads, pagewidth carriers each pivotally mounting a pagewidth capping member, and an actuating mechanism arranged to pivot the capping members between respective non-capping and capping positions relative to the printheads. Each printhead has a plurality of ink... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070257962 - Printer with embroidering function: A printer with embroidering function includes a sewing machine body 2 capable of sewing a workpiece cloth W, a cloth holding frame 3 that holds the workpiece cloth W to be sewn, a frame drive unit 4 having the cloth holding frame 3 connected therewith to move the cloth holding... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070257964 - Printhead assembly having removable printhead modules: A printhead assembly is provided having a plurality of printhead modules each incorporating printhead integrated circuits having printing fluid ejection nozzles commonly supported by a one-piece printing fluid distribution member, and a casing in which the modules are removably mounted through removable engagement of the distribution member of each module... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070257965 - Inkjet nozzle arrangement incorporating a thermal bend actuator with an ink ejection paddle: The present invention relates to a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet channel. A nozzle chamber structure extends from the substrate assembly. The nozzle chamber structure defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with an ink inlet channel and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070257966 - Nozzle arrangement incorporating a thermal actuator mechanism with ink ejection paddle: A nozzle arrangement is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate assembly defining an ink supply channel. A nozzle chamber structure extends from the substrate assembly. The nozzle chamber structure defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink supply channel and a nozzle rim... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070257967 - Inkjet recording head, inkjet recording apparatus and method for manufacturing inkjet recording head: The inkjet recording head comprises: a plurality of ink chambers aligned, each of the plurality of ink chambers having a nozzle; and a piezoelectric element arranged on an outer side of the plurality of ink chambers, the piezoelectric element using displacement in d31 direction, piezoelectric strain absorbing holes being formed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070257968 - Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, and image forming device: A liquid discharge head comprises a base member, a plurality of nozzles which discharge drops of a liquid, a plurality of liquid chambers which communicate with the plurality of nozzles respectively, and a plurality of piezoelectric elements generating a pressure to pressurize the liquid in each of the plurality of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070257969 - Continuous inkjet printer having adjustable drop placement: A method of printing includes associating a pixel area of a recording medium with a nozzle and a time interval during which a fluid drop ejected from the nozzle can impinge the pixel area of the recording medium; dividing the time interval into a plurality of subintervals; grouping some of... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20070257970 - Droplet generator: The present invention provides a droplet generator (10) of the velocity modulation type, the generator (10) being configured so that substantially all the modulation energy generated by piezo-electric crystals (60) is transformed into vibration of the nozzle (34). The generator preferably also includes an internal closure mechanism (70) which blocks... Agent: John P. De Luca

20070257971 - Deflected drop liquid pattern deposition apparatus and methods: Drop deflector apparatus and methods for a continuous drop emission system comprising a plurality of drop nozzles emitting a plurality of continuous streams of a liquid that break up into streams of drops of substantially uniform drop volume having nominal flight paths that are substantially within a nominal flight plane... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070257972 - Apparatus and method for refurbishing used cartridges for ink jet type imaging devices: A method and apparatus for refurbishing used ink jet cartridges. The apparatus utilizes an interchangeable cradle attachment arrangement that can hold virtually any type of ink jet cartridge. After the ink jet cartridge is placed in an ink jet cartridge cradle, a vacuum is applied to the print head of... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070257973 - Ink refill unit having printer ink storage actuators: An ink refill unit for replenishing an ink storage compartment of an inkjet printer is provided. The ink refill unit has a body containing a quantity of refilling ink configured to engage an interface of the storage compartment, and a plurality of actuators defined in the body for actuating a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070257975 - Azo compound, ink composition, and colored object: (wherein, in the formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom; a hydroxyl group; a carboxyl group; a (C1-C4)alkyl group which may be substituted by a hydroxyl group or a (C1-C4)alkoxy group; or the like, and A represents an aliphatic amine residue having a carboxyl group or a sulfo group, respectively;)... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20070257976 - Image forming method, actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink, and ink, jet recording apparatus: A method of producing an image comprising the steps of: (a) ejecting droplets of at least two actinic radiation curable ink-jet inks from an ink-jet recording head so as to deposit onto a recording medium; and (b) irradiating the deposited droplets of the actinic radiation curable ink-jet inks with actinic... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070257977 - Security enhanced print media with copy protection: Copy protections are incorporated into print media by embedding a plurality of latent images formed by different line-screen patterns within a visually integrated setting formed by another different line-screen pattern. The different line-screen patterns of the latent images have line frequencies empirically selected so that upon reproduction at least one... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070257978 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is featured with excellent operability of storage at the time of non-use, as well as excellent operability of charging the battery, in addition to such advantages as thin and battery-driven, and preferably suitable for portable use. A cradle provided for this image forming apparatus functions as... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070257979 - Inkjet printer with retractable support and cover: An inkjet printer includes a body housing a print engine. The print engine is configured to transport and print upon print media. A retractable cover is pivotally mounted relative to the body and is able to be pivoted to form a guide which can guide print media to the print... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070257980 - Thermal head and printing device: A thermal head includes a glass layer having a protruding section formed on one surface and a concave groove section formed on the other surface facing the protruding section, a heat generation resistor provided on the protruding section, and a pair of electrodes provided to both sides of the heat... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070257981 - Laser diode thermal transfer printhead: A thermal transfer printhead is disclosed. The printhead includes a backplane having one or more one connector receptacles. The printhead also includes one or more modules each of which includes a connector adapted to interface with the connector receptacles. The modules also include a laser diode array having laser diodes.... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070252857 - System and method for controlling print device: A method, program product, and system for controlling a print device which helps minimizing effects which a failure of a plug-in module for adding a function of a printer driver may cause to the printer driver body and other plug-in modules The print device control system includes a data processing... Agent: Kyocera Technology Development Intellectual Property Administration

20070252858 - Cartridge, recording apparatus, and method for determining amount of recording liquid remainder: A recording apparatus to which a recording liquid accommodating container having a recording liquid accommodating portion is mountable, wherein the recording liquid accommodating container including communicating means for bi-directional wireless communication with the recording apparatus, the recording apparatus including a communication antenna for wireless communication with the communicating means; wherein... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252860 - Ink-jet apparatus and method of the same: “Energy per unit volume” P2(Pa) generated in ink 4 in a second ink tank 14 is maintained to the condition “P2={(1+r)×Pn}−(r×P1)” based on “energy per unit volume” P1(Pa) generated in ink 4 in the first ink tank 12, a proportion of “1:r” between channel resistance R1 (Pa·sec/m3) of ink from... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070252863 - Methods and apparatus for maintaining inkjet print heads using parking structures with spray mechanisms: The invention provides a print head parking structure that provides solvent and/or surface treatments for inkjet print heads. Print heads may be returned to the print head parking structure after a substrate has been printed, after one or more printing passes, and/or frequently enough to prevent ink from drying on... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070252864 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a recording device which includes a nozzle surface and which records an image on a recording medium by ejecting droplets of ink from nozzles open in the nozzle surface while reciprocating in a predetermined direction; a maintenance unit which includes a nozzle cap coming into... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070252865 - Ink-jet type image recording apparatus and purge mechanism: An ink-jet type image recording apparatus includes a recording head which has a nozzle surface having a plurality of nozzles formed therein; a suction mechanism which generates a suction force, a first cap having a first lip portion, and a second cap having a second lip section. Since the second... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070252866 - Suction recovery method of ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing apparatus: To provide a suction recovery method of an ink jet printing apparatus by which ink can be securely filled to an ink flow path and a nozzle while minimizing an amount of ink discharge during a suction recovery to prevent an adverse effect such as invited bubbles. The suction recovery... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252869 - Ink jet printing method and mist-reduction-condition setting apparatus: Before a printing operation, printing conditions related to occurrence of mist are acquired. According to the printing conditions, mist reduction device and a mist-reduction correction amount for controlling a degree of reducing the mist by the mist reduction device are set. Thereafter, printing is performed on a print medium by... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252872 - Ink jet head and producing method therefor: The ink jet head producing method includes: forming a first flow path forming member in a portion constituting a flow path side wall, which constitutes at least a partitioning portion between flow paths on a substrate; forming a pattern as a mold for the flow path; wherein the pattern is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252874 - Printhead module: A printhead including a body; an actuator attached to the body, and an enclosed space between the actuator and the body forms a chamber; an opening defined by the body for releasing pressure in the chamber; and a seal attached to the opening to seal the chamber while permitting pressure... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070252875 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus including a housing; a recording head which ejects droplets of one or more sorts of inks; a carriage which is provided in the housing and which carries the recording head and reciprocates in opposite directions; one or more ink supply tubes which are connected, at respective... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070252877 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head includes a head main body including a plurality of nozzle openings that eject a liquid; a first supply channel that supplies the liquid from a reservoir unit containing the liquid to the head main body for each nozzle group of the head main body; a first... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070252878 - Liquid discharge apparatus, inkjet printer and liquid discharging method: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a pressure chamber which is connected to a nozzle via a nozzle passage and in which a liquid pressure is configured to be changed to discharge liquid from the nozzle. A liquid supply passage connects a liquid supply chamber and the pressure chamber. A fluid... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070252859 - Method for inkjet recording: l

20070252861 - Apparatus and methods for color sensor calibration in a multi-die printer: Apparatus and methods for color calibrating low cost sensors in a printing system are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments include printing targets from multiple printhead die; making multiple readings of each target; fitting a curve to the acquired data; and generating calibration coefficients based on the fitted curve. Exemplary embodiments may include... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070252862 - Methods for determining unidirectional print direction for improved print quality: A method of determining unidirectional print direction for optimal quality on an ink jet printer capable of bidirectional printing includes printing a first plurality of indicators on a recordable medium, wherein the first plurality of indicators are printed in a first direction; printing a second plurality of indicators on the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070252867 - Inkjet printer with capping mechanism for printhead assembly: An inkjet printer includes a body housing a print engine. The print engine is configured to transport and print upon print media. A retractable cover is pivotally mounted relative to the body and is able to be pivoted to form a guide which can guide print media to the print... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070252868 - Liquid for head and method of determining contents of components thereof and method of stabilizing component ratio: To relate to a head liquid which is supplied to efficiently remove ink residues and the like which are attached to the surface of an inkjet head provided with ejection openings through which an ink containing a color material is ejected. In a case where a nonvolatile solvent such as... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252870 - Printhead assembly with pagewidth ink and data distribution: A pagewidth printhead assembly for an inkjet printer, that has a body portion for receiving ink from an ink source, an elongate ink distribution member mounted to the body portion, the body portion and the elongate ink distribution member being in fluid communication at a series of spaced locations along... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070252871 - Three dimensional (3d) printer system with placement and curing mechanisms: A printer system is provided for developing a three dimensional (3D) printed structure. The system includes a plurality of spaced apart sets of printing devices. A conveyor system is arranged to serially convey a print medium operatively with respect to each set so that printed voxels from each successive set... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070252873 - Liquid discharge head substrate, liquid discharge head using the substrate, and manufacturing method therefor: Provided is a liquid discharge head substrate including: a substrate; a heating resistor layer formed on the substrate; a flow path for a liquid; a wiring layer stacked on the heating resistor layer and having an end portion which forms a step portion on the heating resistor layer; and a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252876 - System and method for melting solid ink sticks in a phase change ink printer: A solid ink stick melting apparatus is incorporated in a phase change printer to provide melted ink under pressure to a print head. The solid ink stick melting apparatus includes an ink stick melt chamber having an enclosure with at least one heated wall, an inlet for receiving an ink... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070252879 - Phase change ink additives: A phase change ink having an ink vehicle and a conductivity enhancing agent. The conductivity enhancing agent may be an organic salt derived from an organic base having at least one long hydrocarbon chain and an acid. The inks described herein have a consistent electrical conductivity and may be used... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070252881 - Aqueous ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit and ink jet recording apparatus: Novel conditions in the physical properties of an ink have been found out to provide an aqueous ink, which can give a high image density and achieve excellent fixing ability. The aqueous ink comprises at least water, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and a coloring material, wherein the dynamic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252880 - Inkjet inks with improved bleed performance: Inkjet ink formulations, and ink sets and methods using the same, with improved performance, wherein the inks are formulated to work as an ink set having different polarities.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070252882 - Pattern forming method, droplet discharging device and circuit module: A method of forming a pattern including: discharging a droplet of a pattern forming material onto a substrate; drying the droplet that has landed on the substrate; and forming a pattern on the substrate, the drying comprising: irradiating a region of the droplet with a laser beam launched by a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070252883 - Medium feeder and liquid ejecting apparatus or recording apparatus incorporating the same: A medium feeder is operable to feed a target medium to a liquid ejecting section in which liquid is ejected toward the target medium. A feeding roller is adapted to come in contact with the target medium, thereby feeding the target medium along a feeding path in a first direction.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070252884 - Barcode marking method and apparatus for electro-luminescence display device: The invention relates to an electroluminescence display device having an anode electrode with a transparent electrode pattern on a substrate and an organic light-emitting layer on the anode electrode, and a barcode making method and apparatus for the electroluminescence display device. A cathode electrode is formed on the organic light-emitting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070252885 - Multi-function printer and supporting mechanism thereof: A multi-function printer and a supporting mechanism thereof. The multi-function printer comprises a printing module, a scanning module rotatably disposed on the printing module and a supporting mechanism. The supporting mechanism comprises a supporter rotatably disposed on the scanning module, and a constraining mechanism disposed in the printing module. When... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070252886 - Thermal activator for heat sensitive adhesive sheet and printer apparatus utilizing the thermal activator: A thermal activator has a heating device that heats a heat sensitive adhesive layer of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet to activate the adhesive layer. The adhesive sheet has a printable surface formed on one side of a sheet-like base and the heat sensitive adhesive layer formed on the other... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070252887 - Printing method for a thermal transfer receiving sheet technical field: A printing method for a thermal transfer receiving sheet in which an image is formed on an image transfer layer of the receiving sheet by superimposing the sheet onto a dye thermal transfer sheet and applying thereto heat from a thermal head of a thermal transfer printer; wherein, the thermal... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070252888 - Printing method and apparatus: A method of printing an image onto a substrate including the steps of: providing a substrate, a print head, and a carrier between the print head and the substrate; providing a backing roller; urging the print head towards the roller so as to urge the print head against the carrier,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070252889 - Label writing: Various embodiments and methods relating to the writing of a label on a disc are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070252890 - Optical scanner: An optical scanner includes a frame, a light source, an optical member, and a spacer. The light source emits a light beam. The optical member is mounted on the frame to guide the light beam to a scanning target. The spacer maintains the optical member at a predetermined position with... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760