Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 12/07

20070296743 - Device substrate for recording head, recording head, and recording apparatus including the recording head: A discrimination circuit is provided for discriminating between acceptance and non-acceptance of image data transmitted to a device substrate for every group of recording elements. Thereby, data corresponding to a plurality of recording element groups can be received from a common terminal.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070296745 - Liquid discharge head substrate, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus: A liquid discharge head substrate includes a plurality of recording elements, shift registers configured to serially receive input recording signals for driving the plurality of recording elements, latch circuits configured to hold in parallel the recording signals input to the shift registers, and drive circuits configured to drive the plurality... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070296748 - Data processing apparatus, print job control method, and print data processing apparatus: A data processing apparatus with a plurality of paper feeders includes a job generation unit which generates a print job containing current print settings as a target print job, a history obtaining unit which obtains, among print settings contained in a print job output before the target print job, a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070296749 - Printing device: There is provided a printing device which comprises a print data receiving unit, a transparent property judgment unit, a transparency processing unit, a transparency processing buffer which stores the transparency-processed data generated in the transparency processing, an image data generating unit configured to generate image data based on at least... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070296750 - Method of printing using error diffused shingling masks: A method of printing dots in an area on a page using a plurality of printing passes of a printhead over the are, includes processing continuous tone data through a halftoning mechanism to generate halftone image data; and processing the halftone image data through a plurality of error diffused shingling... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070296751 - Liquid drop discharging device and liquid drop discharging method: There is provided a liquid drop discharging device including: a liquid drop discharging head that discharges liquid drops onto a recording sheet; a discharged region computing section that, on the basis of inputted image data, computes a size of a region where liquid drops are to be discharged on the... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070296752 - Registration adjustment value determination method, recording system, and registration adjustment method: A recording system for relatively easily and rapidly performing a registration adjustment in a recording device having a plurality of recording units which record divided recording images on the same recording medium. The recording system causes each of recording units (108A-108F) to record a registration adjustment pattern. Based on the... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070296756 - Array type multi-pass inkjet printer and operating method thereof: An array type multi-pass inkjet printer head and an operating method thereof. The array type inkjet printer includes an image dividing unit to divide an image to be printed into a plurality of images, a printing unit having a head and to print one of the plurality of divided images... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070296757 - Apparatus and methods for full-width wide format inkjet printing: Apparatus and methods are provided for wide format inkjet printing using conventional piezoelectric inkjet print heads that each print at a native resolution. A plurality of inkjet print heads are disposed in a print head array to print an image on the substrate at the native resolution across an entire... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20070296758 - Inkjet printing of color filters: A method for printing includes providing a substrate on which a matrix of color elements is defined, the color elements having respective center lines. A printhead assembly is positioned over the substrate. The printhead assembly includes multiple controllable nozzles. At least one of the substrate and the printhead assembly is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070296763 - Recording apparatus and method for producing the same: A circuit element which ensures an operation of a driving IC chip and a recording element, is mounted between a power supply and the driving IC chip of a flexible flat cable. Since the circuit element is arranged so as to avoid a bending portion of the flexible flat cable,... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070296766 - Print head: A print head using a thermomechanical actuator capable of improving ejection efficiency and improving print quality by stabilizing an ejecting direction is provided. In a print head for ejecting droplets with the thermomechanical actuator having a first layer and a second layer, the first layer includes a heat generation layer... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070296767 - Micro-fluid ejection devices with a polymeric layer having an embedded conductive material: Micro-fluid ejection devices, methods for making a micro-fluid ejection device, and methods for reducing a size of a substrate for a micro-fluid ejection head. One such micro-fluid ejection device has a polymeric layer adjacent a substrate and at least one conductive layer embedded in the polymeric layer. The polymeric layer... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070296768 - Print head and fabrication method thereof: A printer head is provided that enhances energy efficiency of a heater layer and substantially prevents heat from being excessively transmitted to ink in an ink chamber, thereby improving ink-ejecting performance and/or printing performance. A method of fabricating such a printer head is also provided. The print head includes a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070296770 - Apparatus for ejecting ink, a fabrication method thereof, and ink cartridge having the apparatus for ejecting ink: An apparatus for ejecting ink which can smoothly guide flow of ink, a method of fabricating the same, and an ink cartridge having the apparatus for ejecting ink are disclosed. The apparatus includes a channel unit having at least one supplying channel, and a print head having at least one... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070296771 - Piezoelectric fluid injection devices and driving voltage calibration methods thereof: A piezoelectric fluid injection device and a driving voltage calibration method thereof. The piezoelectric fluid injection device includes at least one inkjet printhead comprising a plurality of nozzles, at least one voltage control element connecting to the inkjet printhead, a controller connecting to the voltage control element, a reference capacitor... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070296774 - Ink supplying apparatus and image forming device having the same: An ink supplying apparatus of an image forming device including an ink discharging unit to discharge ink of an ink cartridge, a needle connected to the ink discharging unit to form an ink supplying passage, a blocking unit to block the needle from being exposed to the outside, and a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070296776 - Carriage device and recording apparatus: A carriage device includes a circuit substrate having a conductive connection portion, a connector having a plurality of contact arms, a connector holder in which the circuit substrate and the connector are installed, and a carriage in which a recording head unit is built and an ink cartridge having a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070296775 - Ink cartridge and ink supplying apparatus of image forming device: An ink cartridge and an ink supplying apparatus of an image forming device, which can prevent a deformation of a needle in an ink cartridge mounting operation, an inflow of external air in a printing operation, and an ink leakage, includes a cartridge body having an ink discharging unit, an... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070296780 - Ink loader for interfacing with solid ink sticks: A solid ink loader for use with a phase change ink printer is provided. The ink loader comprises a push block for contacting and urging an ink stick along a feed channel; an arm pivotally mounted in the push block which directs a beam of light based on the pivot... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070296778 - Print system motion sensor with feedback control: A print system has a print engine, a presence detector and a controller. The controller receives the signal from the detector, accesses past usage data, and combines the signal and the usage data to adjust operations of the print engine.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070296779 - Solid ink stick with coded markings and method and apparatus for reading markings: An ink stick for use in a phase change ink imaging device is provided. The ink stick comprises a three dimensional ink stick body having an exterior surface. The ink stick includes one or more coded markers formed in the exterior surface from a leading end to a trailing end... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070296783 - Solid ink stick with coded sensor feature: An ink stick for use in a phase change ink imaging device is provided. The ink stick comprises a three dimensional ink stick body having an exterior surface and a coded sensor feature formed on the exterior surface for conveying variable control/attribute information pertaining to the ink stick to a... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070296781 - Solid ink stick with enhanced differentiation: An ink stick for use in a phase change ink imaging device is provided. The ink stick comprises a three dimensional ink stick body having an exterior surface. Two or more interface tracks are formed in the exterior surface of the ink stick parallel to a feed direction of an... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070296782 - Solid ink stick with interface element: An ink stick for use in a phase change ink imaging device is provided, the phase change ink imaging device having an ink stick feed system comprising at least one ink stick feed channel for receiving the ink stick and for moving the ink stick through the ink stick feed... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070296744 - Tube pump, ink jet recording device, and ink feeding method: A tube pump includes: an elastic tube (14); a circular arc-shaped guiding member (16) for guiding the tube (14); and at least one pressing member (15) for pressing the tube (14) against the guide member (16). The tube pump is characterized by being provided with a recessed portion (17) in... Agent: Bruce L. Adams Adams & Wilks

20070296746 - Printhead with ink and air ejection nozzles: A printhead is provided for a printer. The printhead includes a support member defining a plurality of ink supply channels. A fluid distribution arrangement is mounted in fluid communication with the support member. A plurality of micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) integrated circuits (IC's) is mounted in fluid communication with the fluid... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070296747 - Image-forming apparatus and image-forming method: An image-forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming a high-quality image without adverse effect (deterioration in printing precision) which may be caused by a dimensional error in producing ink ejection orifice rows, an error in arranging the ink ejection orifice rows, an error in delivering a recording medium,... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070296753 - Printing apparatus and driver ic: A printing apparatus includes a recording head, a driver IC, a dummy signal detection circuit, and a drive signal control circuit. The recording head has a recording element which performs recording on a recording medium. The driver IC has a drive circuit which applies a drive signal to the recording... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070296754 - Ink-jet printer and method of sucking ink from air-discharge cap of ink-jet printer: An ink-jet printer including recording heads; a carriage carrying the recording heads; ink flow passages which supply ink from ink tanks to the recording heads; air collecting chambers which are provided on the carriage and each of which collects air bubbles produced in a corresponding one of the ink flow... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070296755 - Inkjet printer with cleaning device: An inkjet printer (10) comprising: an inkjet printing head (32); a service station (101) provided for the maintenance of the printing head (32) and having a protective cap (102), in turn adapted to be coupled in contact with a front surface (32b, 32c) of the printing head (32) to protect... Agent: Venable LLP

20070296759 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus capable of high-quality recording without smudging recording media and the interior of the recording apparatus even when a frameless recording operation using reactive ink that coheres with each other when mixed together is performed. The ink-jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a first nozzle... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070296760 - Wave guide with isolated coupling interface: A wave-guide having an isolated coupling interface. In one variation, a constant negative pressure is maintained around the area surrounding the wave-guide. Coupling liquid may be directed to the tip of the wave-guide to provide the coupling interface between the wave-guide and a source fluid container. The suction from the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070296761 - Inkjet printhead incorporating coincident groups of ink apertures: The present invention relates to a printhead for an inkjet printer. The printhead includes a chassis assembly defining a plurality of spaced apart first groups of apertures and a channel. An ink distribution unit defines a plurality of ink distribution passages and a plurality of spaced apart second groups of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070296762 - Modular printhead incorporating a capping device: A modular printhead includes an elongate spine defining longitudinal internal passages for carrying ink. The spine further defines sets of holes along its length with each set having holes in fluid communication with respective passages. A plurality of printhead modules serially engage along the spine with respective sets of holes.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070296764 - Printhead with multiple ink ejection ics coupled to a common flexible pcb connector: A printhead is provided for a printer. The printhead includes a support member defining a plurality of ink supply channels. A fluid distribution arrangement is mounted in fluid communication with the support member. A plurality of micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) integrated circuits (IC's) is mounted in fluid communication with the fluid... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070296765 - Inkjet nozzle array with individual feed channel for each nozzle: An inkjet drop ejection apparatus comprising: an array of ink ejection nozzles, each nozzle having a chamber with an actuator for ejecting drops of ink through the nozzle, and an ink inlet in fluid communication with the ejection nozzle; and, a plurality elongate ink feed channels connected to each of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070296769 - Fluid ejection device: A fluid ejection device includes a chamber, a first fluid channel and a second fluid channel each communicated with the chamber, a first peninsula extended along the first fluid channel and a second peninsula extended along the second fluid channel, and a first sidewall extended between the first peninsula and... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070296772 - Piezoelectric actuator unit, manufacturing method thereof, piezoelectric structural body, and liquid ejecting apparatus using the same: The present invention is a piezoelectric actuator unit 29 having piezoelectric vibrators 33 vibrating in the lamination direction of electrode layers and piezoelectric material layers which are alternately laminated. The piezoelectric vibrators are arranged in one row in the direction of vibrator arrangement perpendicular to the lamination direction. Each of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070296773 - Methods and apparatuses for forming an article: Methods and apparatuses are provided for depositing a material on a surface. In accordance with the method a stream of a component material is formed having formed printing and non-printing droplets and satellite droplets of the material. The stream is directed at the surface. A deflecting energy is applied to... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20070296777 - Liquid container: A multicolor-use ink cartridge has obverse surface-side ink chambers and formed on an obverse surface side of a horizontal plate portion of a rigid plastic plate and reverse surface-side ink chambers and formed on a reverse surface side thereof. Since these ink chambers are arranged in a breadthwise direction so... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20070296784 - Latex-based overcoat for ink-jet printing applications: Compositions, systems, and methods for protecting an ink-jet produced image printed on a substrate are provided. The composition can comprise a liquid vehicle and latex particulates dispersed in the liquid vehicle, wherein the latex particulates have a surface dielectric constant from 2.0 to 3.0 at room temperature, and a bulk... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070296786 - Black ink composition, ink cartridge including the ink composition and ink jet recording apparatus including the ink cartridge: A black ink composition includes a mixture of an azo metal complex dye having a good light fastness and water fastness and an adjective dye. The ink composition has a neutral black gradation, a high optical density and a good decap performance at a print head of an inkjet printer... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070296785 - Ink composition, ink cartridge including the same and ink jet recording apparatus including the ink cartridge: An ink composition including a compound having a triester structure that has alternately a hydrophilic group and a hydrophobic group, a coloring agent and a solvent. The compound having the triester structure reduces mobility of the coloring agent and increases adhesion to paper, thereby minimizing bleeding between colors of printed... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070296787 - Ink-jet printer and image forming method: Disclosed is an ink-jet printer ejecting an ink comprising a cationic-polymerizable compound onto a recording medium, wherein the ink-jet printer comprises ink-contact members which constitute an ink tank retaining the ink and an ink jet supply passage of from the ink tank to a recording head ejecting the ink and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070296788 - Method for treating inkjet liquid, recording apparatus using the same, liquid storage tank, liquid absorber for liquid storage and liquid treatment apparatus: The present invention relates to a method for treating liquids used in inkjet recording comprising, providing a first printing liquid and a second printing liquid that is capable of reacting with the first printing liquid to cause coagulation and thickening if mixed with the first printing liquid, and exposing the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070296789 - Latex-based overcoat for ink-jet printing applications: Compositions, systems, and methods for protecting an ink-jet produced image printed on a substrate are provided. The composition can comprise a liquid vehicle and latex particulates dispersed in the liquid vehicle, wherein the latex particulates have a surface dielectric constant from 2.0 to 3.0 at room temperature, and a bulk... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070296790 - Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording device: The invention provides an ink jet recording method that records an image by ejecting, onto a recording medium, an ink that is cured by irradiation of an active energy ray, the method comprising: applying an undercoating liquid onto the recording medium; half-curing the undercoating liquid; and forming an image by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070296793 - Checker for print paper sheets: A print paper sheet checker includes a supply portion for supplying print paper sheets, a feeding mechanism and a feeding path that feed the print paper sheets set in the supply portion one by one, a check sensor provided to the feeding path, a stacker for successively accommodating print paper... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070296792 - Paper shift apparatus and array ink-jet printer having the same and array printer printing method: A paper shift apparatus, an array ink-jet printer having the paper shift apparatus, and an array printer printing method. The array ink-jet printer includes a frame, a print head supported by the frame and including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a width direction of a paper sheet, a feeding... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070296791 - Printing moving substrates: An ink jet printing apparatus for printing on a moving substrate (16) is described. The apparatus comprises ink jet printheads (4) for printing on a surface of the substrate, a plurality of rollers (12, 14) arranged to move the substrate (16) relative to the printheads (4), and a pressure source... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070296794 - Printing unit incorporating a replaceable media supply cartridge located between a connector and a print head assembly: A printing unit includes a support structure. The support structure includes a body portion with a tray positioned at one end of the body portion and a connector positioned at an opposing end of the body portion. A media supply cartridge is mounted on the body portion and is suitable... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070296795 - Process for printing surfaces of wood-based flat elements: The process enables surfaces of wood-based flat elements (10) to be printed, and comprises a preliminary step of graphic composition by means of an electronic processor and relative software, and a printing step. To print the wood-based flat elements an ink-jet printer (12) is used controlled by the electronic processor,... Agent: C/o Ladas & Parry

20070296796 - Method of enhancing homogeneity during mass production manufacture of a color filter substrate: A method of manufacturing a color filter substrate includes ejecting color inks into a first sub-array of ink-receiving openings defined in or on a base substrate by using a print head unit including a plurality of ejecting nozzles, rotating relatively one of the base substrate and the print head unit... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070296797 - Thermal print head and method for manufacturing same: A thermal printhead (A1) includes a substrate (1), a glaze layer (2), a heating resistor (3), an electrode (4) for energizing the heating resistor (3), the electrode being mainly composed of Au, and a protective film (6) covering the heating resistor (3) and the electrode (4). The electrode (4) has... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070296798 - Thermal transfer printing machine: A thermal transfer printing machine 10 for thermally transferring image information on an information carrying medium to a printing medium is provided. The thermal transfer printing machine 10 includes a first platen roller 11 adapted so as to be rotatable, a second platen roller 12 adapted so as to be... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070296799 - Thermal printer and cutter: A thermal printer includes a first module having a motor and a thermal head support member to fix a thermal head, the thermal head support member having a fixed blade part working as a blade and an a second module being detachably coupled with the first module, the second module... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070296800 - Light scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus including light scanning apparatus: A light scanning apparatus comprising a photosynthesis device having a first light source unit and a second light source unit with a plurality of light sources spaced at equal intervals side by side in one direction, respectively for emitting rays in parallel from the plurality of light sources, a photosynthesis... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070296801 - Image forming apparatus which executes an image quality control: The present invention uses a pattern that enables image quality maintaining control to be performed at a resolution lower than that used for a normal image forming process. Thus, during an initial operation upon power-on, the image quality maintaining control is performed at the resolution lower than that used for... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070296802 - Optical multi-beam scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical multi-beam scanning device has a plurality of pre-deflection optical units, an optical path synthesizing member and an excessive light processing member. The excessive light processing member processes excessive light emitted from an excessive light emitting surface with is not an incident surface nor an emitting surface of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070296803 - Self-scanning light-emitting element array and driving method and circuit of the same: A method for driving a self-scanning light-emitting element array is provided in which two light-emitting elements may be illuminated simultaneously in one chip. In a self-scanning light-emitting element array including a transfer element array and light-emitting element array, a magnitude of the write signal for illuminating adjacent two light-emitting elements... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070296804 - Optical disk image drawing method and optical disk apparatus, and optical disk recording medium: A data recording layer and an image drawing layer are disposed in an optical disk. Optical pickups are disposed on opposite sides of this optical disk, respectively. One of the optical pickups records data on the data recording layer. The other optical pickup forms a visible image on the image... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070291056 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a setting portion on which a recording medium is set; a feeder which feeds the recording medium from the setting portion in a feed direction; a recording head which ejects ink so that an image is recorded on the recording medium fed by the feeder;... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070291058 - Continuous ink jet printing with satellite droplets: Satellite droplets that have a lifetime selectable between an infinite lifetime and a finite lifetime are formed with a continuous fluid-jet system having a drop generator, a stimulation device, and a nozzle plate with at least one nozzle opening. A force is applied to eject a fluid jet having a... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20070291060 - Image recording apparatus and image recording method: This is an imaging apparatus having at least one recording unit arraying a plurality of nozzle arrays featured with a plurality of nozzles for jetting a single color ink onto a recording medium, and recording an image onto the recording medium by correcting a recording timing of each of the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070291059 - Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a nozzle array of plural nozzles capable of discharging ink. The inkjet recording apparatus performs a scanning/recording operation for forming an image on a recording medium by shifting the recording head in a main scanning direction. The inkjet recording apparatus repeatedly... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070291062 - Image processing method and ink jet printing apparatus: There is provided an ink jet printing apparatus capable of printing an image having few joining stripes. Dot count is performed regarding an image printed in the vicinity of the joining stripe, and print duty is judged. Next, a dot count value is determined from the print duty. Then, a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070291065 - Inkjet printing apparatus, printing control method for inkjet printing apparatus, program, and storage medium: This invention can perform inkjet printing operation which can reduce density irregularity and reduce deterioration in image quality without causing any deterioration in graininess. The invention relates to an image correction method or inkjet printing apparatus which divides the scanning area of a printhead into a plurality of count areas... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070291067 - Ink jet recording apparatus that measures change in temperature after heater is driven and determines discharge state and method for determining discharge state: In an ink jet recording apparatus using a recording head that discharges ink by applying thermal energy produced in response to driving a heater to ink, a change in temperature occurring when the heater is driven is measured by a temperature sensor disposed directly below the heater. A discharge state... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070291068 - Printing apparatus and ink discharge failure detection method: A printing apparatus and ink discharge failure detection method capable of precisely detecting temperature information corresponding to each nozzle are provided. Temperatures of respective electrothermal transducers (heaters) are measured on the basis of outputs from a plurality of sensors corresponding to the respective heaters. The temperatures of the heaters at... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070291066 - Recording head and recording apparatus, and inspection apparatus of recording head and method thereof: A temperature detection circuit acquires first temperature data detected by a temperature sensor corresponding to a heater of a recording head in a state in which no electric current is flowed into the heater, and second temperature data for the heater in a state in which an electric current is... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070291069 - Inspection method for a recording head, inspection apparatus for a recording head, and recording apparatus: A method is provided for inspecting a recording head including a plurality of electrothermal conversion elements and a temperature detection element placed above or below each of the plurality of electrothermal conversion elements. The method includes driving the electrothermal conversion element, determining whether there is a change in slope of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070291072 - Introducing liquid for ink jet head, ink jet head, and ink jet recording apparatus: m

20070291073 - Image forming apparatus and method of driving the same: An image forming apparatus and a method of driving the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes, an ink cartridge including a plurality of print heads arranged in a width direction of a paper sheet crossing a direction along which the printing medium is transferred, a wiping unit moving... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070291074 - Ink jet recording apparatus and discharge recovery method: An ink jet recording apparatus determines the timing of executing discharge recovery processing based on the discharge amount of ink for each predetermined region discharged from a recording head, and controls the discharge recovery processing to be executed at the determined timing. Thereby, the discharge performance of the ink can... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070291076 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and a method for controlling an ink jet printing apparatus which can shorten the stirring duration without losing any stirring effect by stirring ink at a required time to only a required level and still perform a printing operation with no... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070291077 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and a method for controlling an ink jet printing apparatus which, during a non-print operation excluding a print operation, can stir ink at a required time and to a required level according to the state of the ink in the ink... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070291081 - Recording head and recording apparatus using the recording head: The present invention provides a recording head that has a driving circuit performing driving by dividing a plurality of heaters into a plurality of blocks and supplying electric current on a block-by-block basis based on recording data; a constant current source applying a common bias current to each temperature sensor... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070291082 - Drop on demand print head with fluid stagnation point at nozzle opening: A drop on demand ink jet print head has a chamber with a plurality of liquid passages into and out of said chamber, such that liquid is continuously moved into the chamber to a stagnation point adjacent to the nozzle opening, whereat the fluid comes substantially to rest, and out... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070291085 - Anti-wicking catcher assembly and printing system: A printing system includes a catcher having a length with portions of the catcher defining a fluid drop contact region and an opening for passage of the fluid away from the fluid contact region with the opening having two ends. A fluid drop generator is operable to form fluid drops... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20070291086 - Liquid droplet ejecting device: The present invention provides a liquid droplet ejecting device including a liquid droplet ejecting head; a liquid storage unit that stores a liquid; a first flow path and a second flow path that connect the liquid droplet ejecting head and the liquid storage unit, the second flow path connecting with... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070291087 - Ink cartridge and printing apparatus: An ink cartridge filled with an ink added with an infrared absorption material with a function of absorbing an infrared ray to distinguish the ink from another ink of a same color, the ink cartridge used in a loaded state where the ink cartridge is loaded into a printing apparatus... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070291090 - Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection apparatus includes: a nozzle plate in which a nozzle is formed; a substrate which is opposite to the nozzle plate and is provided with a heat generating element; a bubble generation chamber which has an internal diameter greater than an internal diameter of the nozzle, at a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070291055 - Inkjet printer with a replaceable quality-assured ink cartridge: An inkjet printer includes a replaceable ink cartridge. The ink cartridge stores ink to be printed. The ink cartridge includes a quality assurance (QA) integrated circuit (IC) containing cartridge data. A controller unit is configured to read the cartridge data from the QA IC and then sets the print speed... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070291057 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer is provided with a passage unit, an actuator, and a pulse applying device. The passage unit comprises a nozzle, a pressure chamber, and an ink passage located between the nozzle and the pressure chamber. The actuator faces the pressure chamber and comprises a first electrode, a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070291061 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer comprises a printhead drive unit and a cartridge. The cartridge includes the printhead controller. The printhead controller includes a plurality of inverters connected in series to constitute a buffer circuit for receiving one or more control signals to control the enable status of the nozzle in... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070291063 - Printing apparatus, program, and printing method: A print start position is set to an appropriate position, and the time required for printing is shortened. A printing apparatus, which forms a row of dots from a print start position in a scanning direction to print on a medium to be printed, is provided with a sensor that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070291064 - Gradation representing method and gradation printer matter: A gradation representing method capable of representing a wide range of high-quality gradation is provided. A gradation representing method of a predetermined unit region 1 by changing area ratio of ink to be recorded in the unit region 1, wherein the gradation of the unit region 1 is represented by... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070291070 - Inkjet printhead with integral nozzle plate: An inkjet drop ejection apparatus comprising: a chamber with a side wall and a nozzle wall, the nozzle wall defining an ink ejection nozzle; and, an actuator for ejecting drops of ink through the nozzle; the chamber and actuator being fabricated by lithographic etching and deposition techniques; wherein, the nozzle... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070291071 - Ink jet printing apparatus, data generation apparatus and printed product: Without newly providing a curling inhibition apparatus or a curling inhibitor and without placing excessive restrictions on a composition of an ink or a printing properties enhancing liquid, curling after printing is suppressed. In an ink jet printing apparatus which performs printing on a printing medium by ejecting from a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070291075 - Ink jet printing apparatus: An ink jet printing apparatus is provided which can stir ink efficiently and reduce user stresses by specifying the time for stirring ink in an ink tank. A stir operation that reciprocally moves a carriage for stirring ink in the ink tank is executed in parallel with a suction-based operation... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070291078 - Droplet deposition apparatus and method of manufacture: To increase manufacturing yield, an array of ejection chambers in an inkjet printer includes at least one redundant ejection chamber. For each ejection chamber, there is a possible nozzle window, and these nozzle windows overlap. The ejection chambers are tested prior to nozzle formation to identify any non-functioning chambers, appropriately... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070291079 - Printhead assembly with printhead module having tiled integrated circuits: A printhead assembly for use as a page width printhead in a printing system includes a casing assembly for housing drive electronics. A printhead module is mounted in the casing. The printhead module includes a fluid channed member. Printhead tiles are carried by the fluid channel member, the printhead tiles... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070291080 - Ink-jet ink composition: The present invention relates to an ink-jet ink composition, which comprises (A) a polybutadiene; (B) a radical polymerizable compound having a (meth)acryloyl group; (C) a radical polymerization initiator; and (D) a colorant. The ink composition is highly sensitive to activated radiant rays and can accordingly be cured in a high... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070291083 - Ink jet head unit, ink jet recording apparatus, and method of manufacturing ink jet head: There are provided a pressure chamber disposed on an ink jet head board and serving to discharge an ink with a pressure change, a piezoelectric vibrator disposed in the pressure chamber and serving to apply a pressure to the pressure chamber, a sealing cap for sealing a space including at... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070291084 - Liquid jet head, method of manufacturing liquid jet head, and image forming apparatus: A disclosed liquid jet head includes a nozzle plate having plural nozzles for jetting liquid therefrom, plural flowpaths formed in communication with the plural nozzles, a vibration plate member having a flexible part that forms at least one of the walls of each flowpath, and plural piezoelectric element units having... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070291088 - Ink cartridge and ink-jet printer: An ink cartridge has an ink tank in which the ink is stored, and a shutter mechanism which is arranged in the ink tank. The shutter mechanism includes a lever which is supported swingably and which has one end provided with a shutter and the other end provided with a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070291089 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge has a first portion having a plurality of chambers formed therein; a second portion attached to the first portion and having at least one opening into each of the plurality of chambers, and wherein for each opening the second portion further includes at least a portion of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070291091 - Inkjet nozzle with supply duct dimensioned for viscous damping: An inkjet nozzle with an elongate ink inlet channel that defines a straight flow path of a length sufficient to provide enough viscous damping to prevent significant reverse flow of ink in the channel when an ink drop is ejected from the nozzle. This removes the need to form ink... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070291092 - Phase change marking systems with release agents: This is a phase change marking system with the ability to minimize adherence of a marking composition to a component in the system, such as an imaging member. In this manner, offset is avoided and a better image results on the paper or receiving medium. This is accomplished by using... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20070291093 - Printing apparatus and printing medium roll-up state discrimination method: This invention is directed to a printing apparatus and printing medium roll-up state discrimination method of printing using a rolled printing medium while reliably rolling up the printing medium after printing and accurately detecting a roll-up error. This printing apparatus prints on a rolled printing medium, rolls it up in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070291094 - Image forming apparatus and paper discharging system thereof: An image forming apparatus and a paper discharging system thereof enable a printing paper to be maintained stiffly in order for printing ink to be dried before transferring onto a discharging tray. Such configuration minimizes printing damage by delaying a discharge time to discharge the printed paper and prevents overlapping... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070291095 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided that is capable of stably maintaining image quality by preventing the degradation in image quality due to a rotational body for holding down a recording medium. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a linked-up head having a plurality of short chips arranged in a staggered... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070291096 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a platen holding a recording medium at a position opposed to a recording head, a suction generating member for suctioning the recording medium to the platen, a first recessed portion provided at a region on the platen and connected with the suction generating member, where... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070291097 - Reduction of turbulence within printing region of inkjet printer heads: The turbulence of the air moved through an inkjet print head enclosure is reduced before reaching the printing region between the print head and a print medium by positioning a HEPA filtration system between an air inlet opening in the enclosure and the print head. Turbulence is removed from air... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070291098 - Image forming device: An image forming device includes a thermal head, a head support portion, a platen roller, a pressing mechanism and a positioning portion. The thermal head prints in a printing direction. The head support portion rotatably supports the thermal head. The head support portion is supported at locations away from an... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070291099 - Fixing apparatus, image forming apparatus and fixing method: A fixing apparatus of the invention includes a heating roller, a fixing roller, a fixing belt that is wound around the heating roller and the fixing roller and circulates between the heating roller and the fixing roller, a pressing roller to press the fixing roller through the fixing belt, a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070291100 - Print head assmebly and method used with image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a thermal print head part; a supporting arm coupled to the thermal print head part to support the thermal print head part to be capable of moving between a printing position and a waiting position; a driving cam to be rotatably driven together with a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070291101 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling same: One scanning interval of a laser beam is divided into a plurality of blocks, correction data, which corresponds to optical characteristics of an optical unit placed between a laser element and a photosensitive drum, is stored in memory in association with each block, the correction data corresponding to a block... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070291102 - Engraving processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: An engraving processing apparatus includes a laser engraving unit configured to perform engraving processing for forming a recessed portion on a sheet by irradiating a laser beam onto the sheet, and a controller configured to control an engraving processing operation of the laser engraving unit.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070291103 - Method and optical disk recording/drawing apparatus: A liquid crystal optical device (liquid crystal lens) is located along the optical axis of one of two laser beams emitted by an optical pickup. The two laser beams, which are respectively modulated using a recording pulse and a drawing pulse, are coaxially emitted through the objective lens of the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070285445 - Reduced memory usage for delay buffer during printing swaths in an inkjet printer: Disclosed is a method for printing swaths of an image in an inkjet printer with reduced memory usage for delay buffer. The present invention provides methods for allocating a memory space of M1, and M2, for the delay buffer, where M1 equals N*S*(P+1)/2, and M2 equals N*S*(P−1)/2, wherein N is... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070285446 - Liquid consumption apparatus and liquid amount determination method: The printer 10 executes an ink end detection process A while a print job is underway and an ink end detection process B when a print job has been completed. In the ink end detection process A, the printer 10 applies a first drive signal to detect that the amount... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070285448 - Liquid drop expelling head and image forming device provided therewith: There is provided a liquid drop expelling head including: a driving element generating a pressure wave at a liquid within a pressure chamber, and expelling a liquid drop from a nozzle which communicates with the pressure chamber; and a control section applying a driving waveform based on image information to... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070285450 - Inkjet printer and inkjet printing method: An image having high quality is output, in which density unevenness due to a deflection in an ejecting direction is reduced, in an inkjet printer for forming an image by ejecting small droplets at a high frequency and high density. Thereby, in a mask pattern employed for multi-pass printing, a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285458 - Production process of pigment particles, liquid composition containing the pigment particles, image forming process and image forming apparatus: A process for producing pigment particles with a polymer chain formed on the surfaces of the particles by grafting, the process including (1) causing a dispersant composed of a polymer compound having a polymerization initiation group to be contained in either one solvent of a first solvent and a second... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285460 - Method and device for cleaning ink cartridges: The invention concerns a method for cleaning an ink cartridge. The method includes the steps of: introducing a cleaning fluid into an ink cartridge to be cleaned and drawing the cleaning fluid out of the ink cartridge through a nozzle of the cartridge by vacuum pressure.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070285461 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: an ink-jet head including a plurality of nozzle openings from which ink is ejected and an ink ejection surface in which the plurality of nozzle openings are formed; a waste-ink receiving mechanism which receives the ink ejected from the plurality of nozzle openings; a set... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070285463 - Ink jet print head and ink jet printing apparatus: The present invention provides an ink jet print head that allows for a fast printing of high-density, high-quality images without increasing cost and size of the print head. To this end, the ink jet print head has orifices for ejecting ink of a first volume and orifices for ejecting ink... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285465 - Ink jet recording head: To provide an ink jet recording head by which a recording operation with a high recording quality can be performed without causing deformation or breakage of a recording element substrate and the manufacture cost is reduced. To realize this, a filling groove filled with sealant H1202 for protecting a recording... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285469 - Liquid discharge head and manufacturing method thereof: A liquid discharge head comprising a liquid discharge substrate in which a first liquid supply port being a penetration port for supplying a liquid is formed and is provided with a first electrode receiving electric energy for discharging the liquid on a surface thereof on one side, a supporting member... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285470 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head includes a passage-forming substrate, a plurality of pressure-generating elements, and an IC chip. The passage-forming substrate has a nozzle opening, and a pressure-generating chamber communicating with the nozzle opening. The plurality of pressure-generating elements are provided on a surface of the passage-forming substrate with a diaphragm... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070285472 - Inkjet head: An inkjet head includes: a first nozzle that jets pigmented ink; a first pressure chamber coupled to the first nozzle; a first actuator that selectively applies a jetting pressure to the pigmented ink in the first pressure chamber; a second nozzle that jets dye ink; a second pressure chamber coupled... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070285473 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection head has: a surface acoustic wave propagation body in which a surface acoustic wave propagates; a nozzle orifice formed in the surface acoustic wave propagation body; a surface acoustic wave generation device which is provided on the surface acoustic wave propagation body around the nozzle orifice and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070285474 - Droplet discharge apparatus: A droplet discharge apparatus comprising: a plurality of droplet discharge units, which further include: a plurality of droplet discharge heads for discharging droplets from nozzles; an inflow path provided with a common flow path for supplying liquid to the plurality of droplet discharge heads; and a liquid storage portion for... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070285478 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus including a housing; a recording head which ejects droplets of ink; a carriage which is provided in the housing and which carries the recording head and reciprocates in opposite directions; an ink supply tube which is connected, at one end thereof, to a tube connection portion... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070285480 - Ink extraction apparatus and ink extraction method: This invention provides an ink extraction apparatus that is capable of boring a hole in an ink can by a simple means and of preventing leakage of ink when ink is extracted from the ink can. The ink extraction apparatus 1 comprises a base 8 having an opening portion 8a;... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070285475 - Inkjet cartridge refilling machine with improved refill process: A method and apparatus is provided for refilling an ink reservoir associated with an ink jet printer cartridge containing foam material in the ink chamber of the cartridge. The method employs a two cycle process, the first filling cycle occurring under vacuum and the subsequent filling cycle operating under substantially... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070285477 - Liquid discharge head and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention provides, in order to hermetically seal more surely a gap between a back surface of a liquid discharge substrate and a front surface of a support member, and an electrode portion etc. without adversely affecting discharge performance, wherein a liquid discharge head includes, first sealing resin coated... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285484 - Fluid cartridges and fluid amount detection systems: A fluid cartridge includes a fluid container, with the fluid container having a fluid chamber configured to store a fluid, a first passage configured to supply a fluid from an interior of the fluid chamber to an exterior, a first flexible sheet portion with first and second surfaces, and a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070285482 - Ink cartridge and recording apparatus: Provided is an ink cartridge, including: a flexible ink bag; a casing accommodating the ink bag; a plate, which is fixed to a surface of the ink bag and is capable of moving together with the ink bag, and has a pin protruding toward a side surface of the casing;... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Suite 1231

20070285481 - Inkjet cartridge refilling system: A computer-controlled, semi-automatic, refill system for inkjet cartridges includes a touch screen and audio system for providing on-screen graphic and auditory instructions. The system also includes a plurality of exhausting units, a plurality of refilling units, a weighing unit and a plurality of test printers. The system is adapted to... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20070285447 - Liquid droplet transporting apparatus, valve, memory, and display unit: A liquid droplet transporting apparatus includes a first electrode which is arranged on a surface of a substrate, a second electrode which is arranged apart from the first electrode on the surface of the substrate, an insulating layer which is arranged to cover each of the first electrode and the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070285451 - Inkjet printer and inkjet printing method: An image is output, the image having high quality in which density unevenness due to an end-deviation is excellently reduced in all colors in forming an image with use of a bidirectional inkjet printing head provided with ejection port arrays of a plurality of colors for small droplets of ink.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285449 - Printing head, printing device, serial data generation device, and computer program: A printing head of a liquid discharge type includes a printing head structure, in which head chips, each of which has overlapped nozzle regions formed before and after an effective nozzle region, are disposed such that a front end position of an effective nozzle region of a head chip and... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070285452 - Wide format print assembly having high speed printhead: A print assembly is provided having an elongate carrier that is mountable on a support structure of a printer, printhead integrated circuits mounted on the carrier, and control circuitry positioned on the carrier and operatively connected to the printhead integrated circuits to control operation thereof. The printhead integrated circuits are... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070285453 - Printer device and printing paper for the same: A sublimation printer device using a cut-sheet printing paper, including: a data processing section in charge of data processing for generating printing data; a printing processing section that performs image printing to the printing paper based on the printing data provided by the data processing section; a paper feed and... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070285456 - Ink jet recording apparatus: There are provided a recording head for ejecting a liquid droplet from a nozzle based on an ejecting signal to form a pattern on a recording medium, a humidity detecting portion for detecting an absolute humidity in the vicinity of the nozzle, a humidifier for humidifying the vicinity of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070285455 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus comprises an inkjet recording head, an ink-testing unit having an ink-test chamber, a pressure-vibration generating unit that generates a pressure vibration in the ink-test chamber, a pressure-vibration detecting unit that detects the pressure vibration, an ink inlet that introduces ink into the ink-test chamber and an... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070285457 - Printing apparatus and printing method: The present invention provides a printing method comprising a selecting method of selecting defective print elements to be corrected on the basis of, for example, the positional relationship among the defective print elements in a print head so that if there are a plurality of defective print elements such as... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285454 - Systems and methods for calibrating inkjet print head nozzles using light transmittance measured through deposited ink: The present invention provides inkjet print nozzle calibration systems and methods for calibrating an inkjet print nozzle. The systems may include an inkjet print nozzle adapted to dispense ink onto a substrate in response to a firing pulse voltage, a light source adapted to illuminate the dispensed ink, an imaging... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070285459 - Head substrate, printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus: An object of this invention is to provide a head substrate having a fuse ROM without increasing the size. To achieve the object, a head substrate includes an ink supply port which has a long hole shape elongated in a first direction, a plurality of printing elements arrayed along the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285462 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a recording head mounted on a carriage movable along a recording material, a guide member for guiding the carriage, a bearing member which is mounted to the carriage so as to be movable relative to the carriage in a vertical direction, and a slidable member mounted... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285464 - Inkjet printhead assembly having printhead modules with nested ends: An inkjet printhead assembly includes an elongate support defining a plurality of parallel ink supply channels. A shim is mounted on the support and defines a plurality of rows of openings through which ink from respective supply channels can be provided. A plurality of elongate printhead modules is mounted serially... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070285466 - Print engine incorporating a quartet of printhead modules arranged in pairs: A print engine is provided for a printer. The print engine includes a pair of opposed print head assemblies between which print media path is defined and which is configured to perform duplex printing on print media fed along the print media path. Each print head assembly includes a pinch... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070285467 - Apparatus and method for ink jet printing: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and a method for controlling temperature for the ink jet printing apparatus wherein the temperature of a print head, which may lower during printing, is controlled before printing without using any sub-heater to allow a favorable ejection condition to be established... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070285468 - Inkjet printhead with ink inlet offset from nozzle axis: An inkjet printhead that has a plurality of nozzles 3, each defining a nozzle aperture 5 with a nozzle axis normal to, extending through the center of the nozzle aperture. A bubble forming chamber 7 corresponds to each of the nozzles respectively. An inlet 31 to supply the bubble forming... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070285471 - Protective layer of ink-jet print head and method of making ink-jet print head having the same: An ink-jet print head and a method of making the same comprising the steps of sequentially laminating a heating layer and an electric conductive layer on a substrate, patterning the electric conductive layer to expose a predetermined area of the top surface of the heating layer, forming a protective layer... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070285476 - Ink jet cartridge refilling machine with protected needles: A method and apparatus is provided for refilling an ink reservoir associated with an ink jet printer cartridge containing foam material in the ink chamber of the cartridge. A fill fixture is provided with one or more needles to deliver ink to the cartridge wherein the needle(s) are protected by... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070285479 - Printhead module having funnelled ink distribution: A printhead module is provided having an ink delivery member supporting at least one printhead integrated circuit via an ink distribution member. The ink distribution member incorporates a laminated stack of layers for distributing ink from the ink delivery member to inkjet nozzles of the printhead integrated circuit via distribution... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070285485 - Method of using a container for a phase change ink cartridge and a container therefor: A method of using a container for a phase change ink cartridge includes inserting the cartridge in the container, transporting the container with the inserted cartridge to an ink jet printer, taking the cartridge out of the container and operatively connecting the cartridge to the printer, and operatively connecting the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070285483 - Print roll unit incorporating pinch rollers: A print roll unit is provided for dispensing print media. The print roll unit includes an elongate core, in turn, including a plurality of ink supply containers. Each container contains a respective type of ink. A roll of print media includes a tubular former in which the core can be... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070285486 - Low viscosity intermediate transfer coating: An ink jet printing apparatus that includes an intermediate transfer drum, a roller surface that applies a low-viscosity liquid to the imaging member to form an intermediate liquid transfer surface on the imaging member, and a printhead for jetting ink onto the intermediate transfer drum. The liquid has a viscosity... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070285487 - Printer incorporating a printhead and removable cartridge at a common end: A printer includes a body defining an internal cartridge docking space. A static pagewidth printhead extends across an end of the body and is configured to print upon print media. A removable printer cartridge stores a stack of print media and defines an ink supply reservoir. The printer cartridge is... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070285488 - Image processing method and image processing apparatus: To provide an image processing method including at least an image recording step and an image erasing step, wherein a laser beam is parallel light and wherein the laser scanning speed for the peripheral region surrounding the central region of the optical axis of the laser beam is lower than... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070285489 - Label device for optical disc: The present invention relates to a label device for optical discs, which is capable of being installed into an optical disc device to form an image thereon. The label device includes a label layer and an adhesive. The label layer has a bottom surface on which the adhesive is formed.... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070285490 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus which can prevent degradation of image quality in a case where dot patterns for preventing the formation of image stripes are superimposed on respective developed images corresponding to image signals. Developed images are formed on a photosensitive drum using developers of respective different colors based on... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070285491 - Optical scanning apparatus: An optical scanning apparatus includes a plurality of light sources capable of emitting light. A detection unit detects a light quantity of the light emitted from the plurality of light sources. A control unit controls drive current of a light source designated as a control object based on a detection... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070285492 - Laser power switching for alignment purposes in a laser printer: An apparatus for switching and controlling the intensity of a laser beam directed toward a beam detect sensor for an image forming device. A printing power reference signal and a beam detect power reference signal is selectively connected to a laser driver through a first switch. A printing power reference... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070285494 - Light scanning apparatus, image forming apparatus, and light power control method: A light scanning apparatus includes a plurality of light sources. A detection unit detects the light power of a light beam output from at least one of the plurality of light sources. A control unit controls the driving current of at least one selected light source on the basis of... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070285493 - Optical power control apparatus, optical beam scanning apparatus, image forming apparatus, and optical power control method: An optical power control apparatus includes a changing unit which changes, a plurality of number of times, the value of a current flowing to an optical beam output apparatus, and an obtaining unit which obtains, in correspondence with each current value, a peripheral optical power representing an optical power at... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070285495 - Pixel clock creation method, pixel clock creation device, optical scanning device, and image forming apparatus: In a pixel clock creation method and device, a high frequency clock is created. A scanning time needed to scan a predetermined scanning length is detected in accuracy of half a period of the high frequency clock to output a detection value indicating the detected scanning time. The detection value... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070279442 - Concentrating a liquid ink jet ink to transfer to a receiver member: In an apparatus for printing images on a moving primary imaging member by jetting ink, containing a fluid and marking particles, in an image-wise fashion onto the primary imaging member, a device for concentrating the ink prior to transferring a marking particle image to a receiver member. The ink concentrating... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070279444 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: An ink jet printing apparatus is provided that can realize a stable ejection volume with the minimum change in a voltage value supplied in a scanning. To realize this, when a detected temperature of a print head is included in a first range, a pulse width control is performed while... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070279445 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a conveyor mechanism, a recording head, a stopper, a restarter, and a conveyance controller. The conveyor mechanism has a conveyor belt and a driver driving the belt. The recording head has a head main body, a driver IC driving the head main body, and a temperature... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070279446 - Piezoelectric head inspection device and droplet jetting device: The present invention provides an inspection device for a piezoelectric head. The piezoelectric head includes: a pressure chamber filled with liquid, a liquid supply channel that supplies the liquid to the pressure chamber, a nozzle at which droplets are jetted from the pressure chamber, and a piezoelectric element that applies... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070279447 - Water content estimation apparatus, sheet material processing apparatus, water content estimation method, and sheet material processing method: Information (particularly, water content) of a sheet material which changes during progression of processing is estimated with higher accuracy and information output or (image formation) processing is performed. The water content estimation method of the present invention includes: detecting a first information regarding moisture contained in a sheet material; detecting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070279449 - Ink-jet recording apparatus and data transfer apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus, including plural ink-jet head units which are daisy-chain-connected to a control section and eject ink; and the control section which sends serial driving data to the plural ink-jet head units, wherein each ink-jet head unit includes a head drive control section, which includes: a serial/parallel conversion... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070279448 - Liquid discharge head: A liquid discharge head includes a liquid discharge substrate containing an energy generating element and a liquid discharge port, a flow path member of a resinous material fixed to the liquid discharge substrate and having at least a liquid supply path, a sealing material of a resinous material, a concave... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070279450 - Maintenance sheet and liquid ejecting apparatus: A maintenance sheet with a facing surface facing a nozzle formation surface of a liquid ejection head provided in a liquid ejecting apparatus is provided. The maintenance sheet includes a cap section that is brought into abutment with the nozzle formation surface to form a sealed space in cooperation with... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070279452 - Ink-jet printing apparatus and method of controlling ink-jet printing apparatus: Image deterioration due to decrease in transfer amount, which arises when a remaining amount of wetting liquid for wet wiping is decreased, is reduced in an ink-jet printing apparatus. When the remaining amount of the wetting liquid decreases to reach a predetermined amount or less, a wetting liquid tank is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070279456 - Liquid ejecting head, method of producing the same, and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head includes a channel-forming substrate that communicates with nozzle orifices for ejecting a liquid and that includes a plurality of pressure-generating chambers separated by a plurality of partition walls and arranged in parallel in a direction in which a short side thereof extends; and pressure-generating elements that... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070279455 - Print head with reduced bonding stress and method: An ink jet print head includes a silicon ink jet chip, a print head holder, configured to carry and support the silicon chip, and a glass plate, bonded between the silicon chip and the print head holder. The ink jet chip has a coefficient of thermal expansion αs. The print... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070279457 - Electrostatic actuator and method of making the electrostatic actuator: The present application is directed to electrostatic actuators, and methods of making electrostatic actuators. In one embodiment, an electrostatic actuator of the present application comprises a first electrode and a second electrode. The second electrode is positioned in proximity to the first electrode so as to provide a gap between... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group

20070279458 - Inkjet printhead and method of manufacturing the same: An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the inkjet printhead. The inkjet printhead includes a substrate including a trench formed to a predetermined depth in an upper portion of the substrate and an ink feed hole formed through a bottom surface of the trench to supply ink, an etch... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070279459 - Piezoelectric element unit, manufacturing method of the same, and liquid ejecting head using the same: A piezoelectric element unit includes a piezoelectric element group, a fixing plate, and a wiring member. The piezoelectric element group includes an array of piezoelectric elements, each piezoelectric element having an external electrode. A rear portion of the piezoelectric element group is fixed to the fixing plate by polymerization such... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070279461 - Droplet discharge apparatus: A droplet discharge apparatus includes a droplet discharge head which discharges droplets; a liquid retention unit which is configured such that a liquid surface of a liquid retained in the liquid retention unit is located below the droplet discharge head, the liquid retention unit including an atmosphere open port; a... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070279464 - Device and process for retrofitting a printer: This invention relates to a device for retrofitting a printer which has a cartridge receiving device for holding interchangeable consumable material cartridges. In order to reduce the cost of production, transport and storage, the device has an insert which has fastening means for attachment in the cartridge receiving device of... Agent: Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20070279463 - Ink cartridge: This invention relates to an ink cartridge which has at least one ink container which has an ink outlet with an ink outlet opening which extends from the inside to the outside, in the ink outlet opening a differential pressure valve is mounted which includes a valve seat and a... Agent: Hoffman Wasson & Gitler, P.c Crystal Center 2, Suite 522

20070279465 - Ink-jet printer and recording head: An ink-jet printer includes a recording head which has a first nozzle, and a second nozzle having a hole diameter larger than a hole diameter of the first nozzle, an ink cartridge which supplies an ink to the first nozzle, a reusable-ink tank device which stores for reusing a waste... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070279441 - Ink management information system: A system for determining the weight of ink in an ink fountain in a printing press and having a sensor operatively connected to the ink fountain in order to measure the weight of the ink and to generate a signal corresponding to the ink weight, a processor that communicates with... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20070279443 - Printhead system for an inkjet printer: A printhead system for an inkjet printer includes an inkjet printhead. A media transport arrangement transports sheets of print media operatively past the printhead. A system controller is operatively connected to the printhead to control operation of the printhead. A print media sensor is operatively connected to the system controller... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070279451 - Inkjet printing apparatus and method of recovering printing head: An object of the present invention is to appropriately dispense treatment fluid to wipers, and to always wipe ejection-orifice formation surfaces in a favorable state regardless of an environmental change and the like. To this end, in the present invention, a treatment-fluid holding portion holds treatment fluid used in a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070279453 - Method of bonding a nozzle plate to an inkjet printhead: A nozzle plate is affixed to an inkjet printhead body by application of a first adhesive bonding step that hydraulically seals the ink chambers to the nozzle plate, followed by a second adhesive bonding step that strengthens the junction between the printhead body and the nozzle plate. The second adhesive... Agent: Agfa Corporation Patent Department

20070279454 - Printing apparatus, printing method, and print head: An object is to achieve printing of clear ink with a simple configuration and without increasing the printing time. A printing apparatus, a printing method, and a print head for discharging droplets of ink having color material to a medium at a predetermined resolution, and discharging droplets of ink not...