Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 02/08

20080049056 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of controlling liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head and a driving signal generating device. The liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber and a pressure generating device. The pressure chamber is in communication with a nozzle opening. The pressure generating device is capable of generating pressure fluctuation in liquid... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080049057 - Printing apparatus and printing method: The invention discloses a printing apparatus and method whereby it is possible to achieve both high-speed and high-quality formation of images. The apparatus has a full-line printhead that includes printhead chips. A plurality of printing element arrays are disposed in parallel on the same printhead chip, and a distribution ratio... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049058 - Liquid discharging apparatus and control method therefor: In a liquid discharging apparatus for discharging droplets from a liquid discharge nozzle to a discharge object to be discharged and in a method for controlling the liquid discharging apparatus, cleaning effects for the ink discharge nozzle and the adjacent areas can be enhanced, and the time required for a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080049060 - Image printing apparatus and image printing method: In an image printing apparatus for printing an image by combining dots of a plurality of sizes, a banding problem attributable to variations in conveying operation, and a temperature rise of a print head with an increase of the number of ejections are solved with a relatively simple configuration. To... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049062 - Printer and printing method: A printer that performs printing on a print target includes a motor, a storage device, a measurement control device, a corrected output power calculating device, and a corrected output power applying device. The motor applies a driving force for transporting a transport object. The storage device stores reference information relating... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080049061 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus calculates a third correction value for a conveying amount of a recording material when the trailing end of the recording material is separated from a conveying roller using a first correction value for a conveying amount in an area of the recording material conveyed by the conveying... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080049064 - Ink jet printing apparatus: A tube pump reduced of the burden against pump driving caused by dragging of a tube by a pressurizing roller. Specifically, guide members are disposed in the respective introduction portions at between the guides. Namely, the guide members are arranged nearby the extensions of the circumference of the arcuate guides... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049066 - Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid ejection surface cleaning method: The liquid ejection apparatus has: a liquid ejection head having a liquid ejection surface in which a plurality of liquid ejection ports which eject liquid are arranged; a pressure adjustment device which adjusts pressure in the liquid ejection head; a head drive device which applies selectively, to the liquid ejection... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080049067 - Liquid-droplet jetting head and liquid-droplet jetting apparatus having the same: An ink-jet head includes a pressure generating block, a nozzle plate having an ink jetting surface, and a manifold block. The manifold block has an inclined surface which inclines toward the ink jetting surface and is continuous to the ink jetting surface at one end thereof.... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080049068 - Image reading and recording apparatus: A scanner unit is revolvable disposed to a recording unit. The recording unit and the scanner unit are coupled with each other with a damper unit including a holder, a rod, and a spring. The damper unit is disposed so that the operating direction of the spring switches in process... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049069 - Ink jet printing apparatus: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus capable of improving reliability of an electrical connecting portion between a carriage side and head cartridge side. When an ink tank is mounted on a head cartridge, a hook of a set lever is obstructed to be operated in a lock... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049073 - Inkjet printhead and method of manufacturing the same: An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same. The inkjet printhead includes a substrate including one or more ink feed holes to supply ink, which penetrates through the substrate, a chamber layer stacked on the substrate and including a plurality of ink chambers, in which the ink supplied... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080049075 - Liquid droplet ejecting device: An ink-jet printer head comprises a plurality of pressure chambers, a plurality of restricting passages which are arranged in parallel and are respectively connected to the plurality of pressure chambers, and a dummy restricting passage provided to be located adjacent a restricting passage located at an end in a direction... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080049077 - Liquid transporting apparatus and method of producing liquid transporting apparatus: A liquid transporting apparatus includes a channel unit having a plurality of pressure chambers, a piezoelectric actuator having a vibration plate, a plurality of piezoelectric elements, a first electrode and second electrodes, and a flexible wiring member connected to the second electrodes. A support section is provided on the surface... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080049081 - Ink tank: An ink tank provided with a supply port for supplying the ink contained therein and an electric contact for information transmission is smoothly and securely attached to an attachment section of a printing apparatus while achieving secure connection of an electric contact section at the same time. The ink tank... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049080 - Ink tank and ink supply system: An ink tank is attachable to the attachment section by positioning first engagement sections at first fitting sections on the attachment section and then locking a second engagement section to a second fitting section of the attachment section by rotating the tank. The multiple supply ports are arranged on a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049078 - Liquid container: Provided herein is a liquid container including a liquid containing portion for containing liquid; and a detection portion which outputs a detection signal having a frequency of about 1/odd number of a frequency of a detection signal output when the amount of liquid contained in the liquid containing portion is... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080049084 - Liquid ejection apparatus and gas processing method: The liquid ejection apparatus includes: an ejection head which includes: pressure chambers storing liquid; nozzles which are connected with the pressure chambers and from which the liquid is ejected by means of pressure applied to the pressure chambers; a first liquid chamber which supplies the liquid to the pressure chambers;... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080049055 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record a first dot and a second dot having a diameter smaller than that of the first dot on a recording medium, and a scanning unit configured to move the recording unit in a scanning direction. A recording resolution of the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080049059 - Printing method, printing apparatus, and storage medium having program stored thereon: A printing method includes performing correction of an ink ejection amount for a certain area based on a correction value for a first type row region, and performing correction of an ink ejection amount for another area based on another correction value. The certain area includes a plurality of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080049063 - Inkjet printer head and inkjet printer: An inkjet printer head including: (a) a front head unit having (a-i) an outside surface which is to be opposed to a print media, (a-ii) an inside surface opposite to the outside surface, (a-iii) a plurality of nozzles opening in the outside surface and arranged in row, and (a-iv) an... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080049065 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and capping member used in the same: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, a capping member sealing a nozzle forming face of the liquid ejecting head, and a suction unit applying a negative pressure to the nozzle forming face of the liquid ejecting head in a state that the nozzle forming face is sealed... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080049070 - Inkjet printer with a controller cradle and printing cartridge: An inkjet printer has a cradle for receiving a printer cartridge. The cradle has a controller board with a pressurised air supply. The cartridge has a printhead integrated circuit, a rotor element, an air delivery channel and a plurality of reservoirs for discretely storing printing fluids for supply to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080049071 - Inkjet printhead with an ink chamber having a movable circular paddle defining an annular aperture: An inkjet printhead comprising an ink chamber. The ink chamber includes a nozzle defined in a first wall and an ink inlet aperture for introducing ink into the ink chamber. Also provided is a movable circular paddle positioned within the ink chamber for ejecting ink from the nozzle, the movable... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080049072 - Printhead including a looped heater element: An ink jet printhead comprising: a plurality of nozzles; a bubble forming chamber corresponding to each of the nozzles respectively, the bubble forming chambers adapted to contain a bubble forming liquid; and at least one looped heater element disposed in each of the bubble forming chambers respectively, the heater elements... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080049074 - Inkjet head and method for manufacturing the same: An inkjet head (1) has a liquid flow path section (3) for receiving liquid and, in response to application of a voltage, ejecting the liquid to an object on which a drawing is to be made. The degree of design freedom of the shape of the liquid channel section (3)... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080049076 - Droplet jet head and droplet jet applicator: A droplet jet head includes: a base member holding a plurality of piezoelectric elements; a vibration plate provided on the base member and vibrated by each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements; a liquid chamber plate provided on the vibration plate and forming wall surfaces of a plurality of liquid... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080049082 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a particular wall, a protruding member extending from the particular wall in a particular direction, a protrusion extending from the particular wall in the particular direction, and an ink chamber configured to store ink therein. The ink cartridge also includes a translucent portion defining an enclosure,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080049079 - Liquid container: The invention provides a liquid container having a container body that can be detachably attached to a liquid consumption apparatus, where the container body of the liquid container includes: a liquid containing chamber that retains liquid; a liquid supply hole that is provided to supply the liquid retained in the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080049083 - Liquid container: A liquid container 11 is detachably mounted on a liquid ejecting apparatus 13 and has a side face parallel to a fitting direction of a container body 31. The liquid container 11 includes a fittingness-determination portion that extends in the fitting direction and enables fittingness determination depending on a position... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080049085 - Liquid droplet ejection head, apparatus for ejecting liquid droplet, and method of producing liquid droplet ejection head: A liquid droplet ejection head includes: a nozzle plate that has a plurality of nozzles ejecting a liquid droplet; a flow path member that includes pressure generating chambers that communicate with the nozzles; and liquid supply paths through which liquid is supplied to the pressure generating chambers; and a damper... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080049086 - Inkjet ink composition: An inkjet ink composition includes from about 3 wt. % to about 8 wt. % of a solvent selected from diacetone alcohol, 2,3-butanediol, 1,3,5-trioxane, hexylene glycol, and combinations thereof. The composition further includes from about 0.5 wt. % to about 1 wt. % of 1,2-hexanediol; from about 0.1 wt. %... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080049087 - Ink tube non-contact image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises a printing head that ejects ink drop onto a medium. The print head is mounted on a carriage and is supplied with ink via a supply tube. A sheet like member keeps the supply tube apart from the medium when the printing head ejects ink... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080049088 - Method and apparatus for ink jet printing on rigid panels: Printhead-to-panel spacing is controllable to maintain a predetermined constant distance from the printing element to the surface of the panel where the ink is to be applied. Each of a plurality of printheads may be independently moveable to control the spacing of the printheads from the substrate surface. Sensors on... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080049089 - Printing apparatus and conveyance control method: This invention relates to a printing apparatus and a conveyance control method capable of allowing even an arrangement having a plurality of conveyance rollers in a printing medium conveyance path to accurately control conveyance of a printing medium. A pattern having a predetermined uniform density is printed on a printing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049090 - Method of forming a phase change ink image on a self-laminating recording medium: A method of creating an image on a recording medium including a support having thereon a porous fusible layer, using an ink composition that is solid at room temperature and liquid at elevated temperature including the steps of generating droplets of the ink composition with an ink jet print head,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080049091 - Recording apparatus and conveyance method: In a recording apparatus, an ink ribbon is always placed under a tension by a stop torque of a torque limiter while a take-up bobbin is driven through the torque limiter when recording paper is conveyed near a stationary ink ribbon.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080049092 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus is provided which has an eject guide capable of guiding print mediums of different thicknesses, that have been transported there, to a nip portion of the eject rollers of the fixed diameters. To this end, the eject guide is pivotally supported at one end thereof on the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049093 - Current driver and power control for electrophotographic devices: Laser driver systems and methods are provided for controlling a laser driver coupled to a suitable laser source. The laser driver comprises a plurality of current sources, including at least one bias current source and at least two switched current sources. To control the laser driver, a laser power control... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080049094 - Optical scanner used in color image-forming device: An optical scanner used for an image-forming device to form a color image includes a plurality of photosensitive drums for superimposing a developer image formed on each of the plurality of photosensitive drums. The optical scanner includes a casing, a plurality of light sources, a deflector, an optical system, and... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080049095 - Light scanning apparatus and scanning type image display apparatus: A compact light scanning apparatus is disclosed which can provide a high light scanning efficiency. The apparatus includes a scanner that scans a light beam from a light source to form an image in an effective scan area, and a light detector that detects light. The light scanning apparatus includes... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049096 - Methods and apparatus for ascertaining sensor signal delay in an electrophotographic device: In an electrophotographic (EP) device, methods and apparatus include determining a delay of one or more sensors (hsync) to accurately know when to start the process of scanning latent images. In one aspect, the sensor includes a leading and trailing edge defined along a direction of laser beam scan travel.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080043049 - Droplet ejection apparatus, droplet ejection control apparatus and droplet ejection method: A droplet ejection apparatus includes an ejecting unit, a driving unit and a correcting unit. The ejecting unit has plural droplet ejection portions that include pressure chambers containing a liquid, ejecting portions ejecting droplets, and driving elements that cause the ejecting portions to eject droplets of a droplet volume in... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080043052 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: (a) a first medium accommodator configured to accommodate a recording medium; (b) a medium supporter having a flat horizontal surface on which the recording medium is to be supported; (c) an inkjet head having a nozzle opening surface that is opposed to the flat horizontal... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080043055 - Ink jet recording apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet recording apparatus which can keep an adequate absorptivity of an ink absorbing member for a long period of time, even when such inks which react with each other are sucked through the same cap in a sucking recovery... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080043059 - Liquid ejecting head: There is provided a liquid ejecting head which can introduce a liquid in a liquid storage member to a pressure chamber side via a liquid flow path from a liquid introducing needle and which can eject a liquid in the pressure chamber from a nozzle opening as a liquid drop... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080043062 - Continuous printing using temperature lowering pulses: A printer includes a printhead and a source of liquid. The printhead includes a nozzle bore. The liquid is under pressure sufficient to eject a column of the liquid through the nozzle bore. The liquid has a temperature. A thermal modulator is associated with the nozzle bore. The thermal modulator... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20080043063 - Actuator chip for inkjet printhead with temperature sense resistors having current, single-point output: An inkjet printhead includes an actuator chip for delivering ink from the printhead. The actuator chip has a plurality of bond pads for electrically connecting to a controller of an external device. A plurality of temperature sense resistors (TSRs) of the actuator chip each has an output provided as a... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080043065 - System and method for creating a pico-fluidic inkject: An inkjet material dispenser system includes a printhead member. According to one exemplary embodiment, the printhead member includes at least one drop ejector including an insulating stack layer and a top orifice surface defining an orifice, wherein a ratio of a diameter of the orifice to a height of the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080043067 - Method of manufacturing substrate and substrate, method of manufacturing liquid drop ejecting head and liquid drop ejecting head, and liquid drop ejecting device: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a substrate which forms a wiring pattern on a substrate having a plurality of through-holes. In the method, the wiring pattern is formed, after burying a filling material into the through-holes and planarizing a surface of the substrate. The filling material may... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080043068 - Droplet discharging head, droplet discharging apparatus, method for manufacturing droplet discharging head and method for manufacturing droplet discharging apparatus: A droplet discharging head includes: a nozzle substrate that has a plurality of nozzle holes; a cavity substrate that communicates with the nozzle holes and which has a plurality of independent discharge chambers, the discharge chambers generating pressure therein so as to discharge droplets through the nozzle holes; a reservoir... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080043070 - Ink-jet head and method of producing the same: An ink-jet head, including: a flow-passage unit having a laminated structure with a plurality of plates and including a plurality of nozzles, a common ink chamber, and a plurality of individual ink flow-passages each of which communicates the common ink chamber with a corresponding one of the plurality of nozzles... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080043074 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a flow channel unit, having a liquid flow channel for supplying a liquid stored in a liquid cartridge; and a plurality of cartridge holders, including a first cartridge holder and a second cartridge holder adjacent to each other, and attached to the flow channel unit... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080043072 - Printhead assembly having ink flow channels to accommodate offset chips: A printhead body includes a floor having an interior side and an exterior side. A first set of body vias extend through the floor from the interior side to the exterior side. The first set of body vias is positioned to supply ink to a first micro-fluid ejection chip. A... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080043071 - Printhead assembly having vertically overlapping ink flow channels: A printhead body for mounting a micro-fluid ejection chip includes a floor having an interior side and an exterior side, the exterior side being configured for mounting at least one micro-fluid ejection chip. A plurality of body vias extends through the floor from the interior side to the exterior side.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080043077 - Inkjet printhead having bezel structure to remove ink bubbles: An inkjet printhead having a bezel structure to remove ink bubbles. The inkjet printhead includes a channel plate having an ink channel, actuators formed on the channel plate to provide driving forces to eject the ink, and an ink-supply bezel coupled to the channel plate. The ink-supply bezel includes an... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080043076 - Vacuum pump and low pressure valve inkjet ink supply: An ink container is provides ink to a vented printhead, where both the ink container and the vented printhead are positioned on a moveable carriage. The ink container receives ink from an off-carriage ink supply via an ink conduit. Air is removed from the printhead and ink container via a... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080043050 - Composite printhead fire signals: A method and device for providing a plurality of fire pulses in an ink jet printer, which includes a production of a plurality of fire signals. Each fire signal of the plurality of fire signals are asserted at a different timing than the other of the plurality of fire signals.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080043051 - Fluid ejection device with identification cells: Embodiments of a fluid ejection device are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20080043053 - Recording apparatus and pulse generation controller: A recording apparatus of the present invention includes a temperature detector which detects a temperature of a pulse generator, and a driver which drives the pulse generator. When the temperature detector detects a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined maximum temperature, a stopper stops a driver after driving... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080043054 - Printer print engine with cradled cartridge unit: A print engine is provided for a printer unit. The print engine includes a cradle unit and a replaceable cartridge unit received within the cradle unit in a releasable manner. The print engine further includes print media transport means which can transport print media. The cartridge unit includes a body.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080043057 - Elongate pagewidth inkjet printhead configured to effect either low speed or high speed printing: An elongate pagewidth inkjet printhead includes a plurality of nozzles sharing a common ink reservoir. The nozzles are arranged to form a grid of pods with each pod including a plurality of rows of nozzles. The pods are arranged to form serially arranged podgroups along the length of the printhead.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080043056 - Recording method, recording apparatus and computer-readable storage medium: The present invention is a recording method for recording by ejecting liquid onto a medium. The medium is carried in a carrying direction, the medium carried is supported by a protruding section of a support member having a recessed section and the protruding section, and liquid is ejected from nozzles... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080043058 - Modular printhead incorporating printhead modules on a delivery extrusion: A modular printhead includes an elongate extrusion defining internal passages for carrying air, ink and fixative. The extrusion further defines repeated patterns of holes along its length with each pattern having holes in fluid communication with respective passages. A plurality of printhead modules is serially engaged along the extrusion with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080043060 - Printhead assembly with modular printhead tiles for pagewidth printing: The invention provides for a printhead assembly having a printhead module, printhead controller integrated circuitry and a casing with an integral heatsink. The printhead module has a plurality of modular printhead tiles designed for pagewidth printing applications. The printhead controller integrated circuitry is encased in the casing, which has an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080043061 - Methods for reducing the non-linear behavior of actuators used for synthetic jets: A synthetic jet ejector (101) is provided herein which comprises a diaphragm (119), a first voice coil (121) disposed on a first side of said diaphragm, and a second voice coil (123) disposed on a second side of said diaphragm.... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20080043064 - Method of ejecting drops of fluid from an inkjet printhead: A method of ejecting drops of an ejectable liquid from a printhead the printhead comprising a plurality of nozzles a bubble forming chamber corresponding to each of the nozzles respectively the bubble forming chambers adapted to contain a bubble forming liquid and at least one heater associated with each of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080043066 - Printhead with barrier at chamber inlet: An inkjet printhead that has an array of ink ejection devices, each ink ejection device having a chamber for holding a quantity of ink, an inlet in fluid communication with the chamber, an actuator disposed in the chambers respectively, a nozzle aperture in fluid communication with each of the chambers... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080043069 - Piezoelectric element, actuator device, liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A piezoelectric element includes a lower electrode film disposed on a substrate, a piezoelectric layer 70 disposed on the lower electrode film, a upper electrode film 80 disposed on the piezoelectric layer 70, wherein the piezoelectric layer 70 is formed of a plurality of columnar grains 70a, and the upper... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080043073 - Inkjet printer with releasable print cartridge: An inkjet printer includes a cradle. A print cartridge can engage the cradle in a releasable manner. The print cartridge has a body housing a membrane which includes a number of ink storage reservoirs. The print cartridge also has a pagewidth printhead in fluid communication with the storage reservoirs. The... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080043075 - Printhead evacuation mechanism and method: A valve mechanism and a method for preparing an inkjet print cartridge and printer for inactivity is herein disclosed. Pressurized fluid is introduced to a standpipe volume to create a pressure differential that forces ink within the standpipe into an ink reservoir.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080043079 - Black ink composition, ink set containing the same, and ink jek recording method: Black ink compositions are provided. First embodiment contains a water-soluble long-wavelength dye L and a water-soluble short-wavelength dye S, in which the water-soluble short-wavelength dye S has 3 or more azo groups per molecule and a naphthalene skeleton. Second embodiment contains a water-soluble short-wavelength dye S whose absorption spectrum in... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080043078 - Ink set and ink jet recording method: An ink set comprising a yellow ink containing at least one yellow dye, a magenta ink containing at least one magenta dye, a cyan ink containing at least one cyan dye and a black ink containing at least two kinds of dyes as a minimum constituent element, in which an... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080043080 - Inkjet ink and printing method using the same: Disclosed are an inkjet ink and a method for printing on hydrophobic media such as offset coated media using the inkjet ink. Specifically disclosed is an inkjet containing a pigment, water and a surfactant which is characterized by also containing 40 to 75 weight % of a polar non-protic solvent... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080043081 - Active ray curable ink-jet ink; and image forming method and ink-jet recording apparatus using the same: The present invention provides an active ray curable ink-jet ink which exhibits excellent ejection capability, results in no mixing of deposited dots between colors during high speed printing, and exhibits rapid curing characteristics, and an image forming method and an image forming apparatus employing the above ink-jet ink. The above... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080043082 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The image forming apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer body; a first liquid application device which applies a first liquid containing an aggregating agent on the intermediate transfer body; a second liquid application device which applies a second liquid containing a solvent-insoluble material on the intermediate transfer body, the solvent-insoluble material... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080043084 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: (a) a medium supporter; (b) an inkjet head; and (c) a medium feeder including a first roller and a second roller for cooperating with each other to nip the recording medium, for thereby feeding a recording medium outwardly of the medium supporter. The first roller... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080043083 - Image forming device: An image forming device, includes a recording head configured to jet a liquid drop of recording liquid to a recording medium so that an image is formed; and a conveyance belt adhering the recording medium by an electrostatic force. The recording medium adhered to the conveyance belt by the electrostatic... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080043085 - Printable features formed from multiple inks and processes for making them: The invention relates to reflective and non-reflective features formed from multiple inks. In one embodiment, the printed feature comprises a substrate having a first region and a second region, the first and second regions having different surface characteristics; a first printed element disposed on the first region; and a second... Agent: Patent Administrator Cabot Corporation

20080043086 - Field emission based photosensitive drum for image forming apparatus: A photosensitive drum for image forming apparatus includes an inner roller, an outer roller and a photoelectric conversion layer. The inner roller of circular cylindrical shape is formed by a cathode substrate. The outer surface of the circular cylinder is configured with a plurality of cathode units. The outer roller... Agent: Hdsl

20080043087 - Digital transfer method for printing on a target surface: A method for creating and transferring digitally created images on a film to a target surface via heat and/or pressure transfer using a modified large-format digital printer. The method generally comprises the steps of modifying a large-format digital printer to convert it from heat fused toner printing to cold toner... Agent: Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver Attorneys At Law

20080043088 - Multi-media printer with removable memory storing printer settings: A hard copy recording device for transferring images to media, the hard copy recording device including an engine, a controller, a first non-volatile memory, and a second non-volatile memory. The engine transfers images to the media in response to control signals. The controller provides the control signals to the engine... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080036801 - Data processing device, method, storage medium storing program therefor, and signal for discharging liquid droplets, and liquid droplet discharging device: A data processing device that processes image data to be supplied to a recording head is provided. The device includes a first storage section configured to store image data for at least a single line; and a processor that reads image data corresponding to each of discharge nozzles of each... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080036800 - Manipulation desk for printing machines: A manipulation desk for controlling a supply of ink for each of a plurality of ink supply zones split in a width direction of printing paper in a printing machine. The manipulation desk includes a paper table for placing a sample printed paper thereon; a plurality of ink adjustment switches... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080036802 - Liquid container and liquid consuming apparatus: A liquid container includes a container body and a memory substrate. The container body stores liquid and is detachably mounted on a liquid consuming apparatus. The memory substrate is provided with a memory chip and is mounted on the container body. Writing and/or reading of information are enabled between the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080036803 - Array type inkjet printer and method for determining condition of nozzles thereof: An array type inkjet printer and a method of determining the condition of nozzles in the array type inkjet printer are disclosed. The array type inkjet printer includes a plurality of head chips, each comprising a plurality of nozzles, a print part which prints a plurality of test patterns of... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080036807 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for controlling liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head with a pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle opening and a pressure generator capable of causing a pressure fluctuation to liquid in the pressure chamber. The liquid ejecting head discharges liquid droplets by operating the pressure generator. The drive signal generator... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080036812 - Image processing device and printing apparatus for performing bidirectional printing: This invention provides a printing method of printing on a print medium with a print unit having a printing head. The method includes: generating dot data representing a status of dot formation on each print pixel of a print image to be formed on the print medium, by performing halftone... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080036811 - Method of multipass printing using a plurality of halftone patterns of dots: A method of printing dots in an area on a page using a plurality of printing passes of a printhead over the area, includes processing continuous tone data representing an image through N halftoning iterations to generate N halftone patterns of dots for the area; and printing each individual halftone... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080036810 - Printing processes such as for uniform deposition of materials and surface roughness control: A fluid printing process such as one that includes subdividing a desired printed pattern into geometrical elements and thereafter sequentially printing these elements in a series of subsets by depositing one or more fluid formulations onto a substrate, and subsequently exposing the deposited fluids to energy in order to dry... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080036813 - Apparatus for facilitating determination of proper supply cartridge installation: A supply cartridge for containing a supply of imaging substance includes a cartridge body, and a light pipe attached to the cartridge body. The light pipe has a light output, and a light input for receiving light from an external light source.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080036815 - Device for adjusting printing heads of printing machine: An adjusting device for adjusting printing heads of inkjet printing machine includes a base connected to a printing unit and a plurality of printing assemblies are respectively connected to the base. Each printing assembly has a printing head connected thereto and a connection board is connected to an end wall... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080036816 - Inkjet printer: Two yellow buffer tanks communicate with each other through a communication portion so that yellow ink in the yellow ink cartridge is supplied to two nozzle arrays for yellow ink independently provided apart from each other. In the ink outlet provided in each of the yellow buffer tanks, a check... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080036822 - Droplet discharging head and droplet discharging apparatus: A droplet discharging head at least containing a plurality of droplet-discharging nozzle holes to discharge droplets, a plurality of independent droplet discharging chambers that communicate with the respective droplet-discharging nozzle holes and discharge droplets from the droplet-discharging nozzle holes using pressure generated in the chambers, an discharging mechanism for droplet... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080036823 - Ink jet head: Disclosed is an ink jet head which can eject an ink droplet while preventing failure of ink ejection, resulting in printing an image having good print quality. The ink jet head comprises a plurality of pressure chambers, a nozzle fluidly communicating with respective pressure chamber, first common ink chamber provided... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080036824 - Liquid-droplet jetting apparatus and method for producing the same: A liquid-droplet jetting apparatus includes a pressure-applying mechanism and a channel unit. The channel unit has a stacked body made of a plurality of metal plates. A plurality of pressure chambers arranged in a row in one direction, a plurality of manifolds which are arranged to be mutually adjacent and... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080036825 - Negative pressure ink supply system: A negative pressure ink supply system includes (1) a primary ink cartridges, (2) a secondary ink cartridges, which are connected by means of an ink tubes with the negative pressure ink cartridge assemblies provided between the secondary ink cartridges and the jet head. The ink, pumped from the primary ink... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20080036827 - Facade for an ink tank: A fluid reservoir is disclosed that includes a facade that attaches to an ink tank body and has a distinctive color, curvature and/or keying function that prevents the reservoir from being improperly inserted into a printing device. Further, a method of mounting a RFID tag is described that includes, in... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080036830 - Ink-jet ink, method for preparing the ink-jet ink, ink cartridge containing the ink-jet ink, image forming method using the ink-jet ink, and image formed with the ink-jet ink: An ink-jet ink including a pigment a dispersant, a water, a particulate resin (A) dyed with a fluorescent dye and having an average particle diameter of from 50 to 200 nm, and an emulsion of a self-emulsifiable polyurethane; and a method for preparing the ink-jet ink, an ink cartridge containing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080036835 - Apparatus for reducing particulate in an ink jet printer: An apparatus in an ink jet printer reduces the risk of clogged nozzles in ink jet printing machines by providing a negative pressure area in the vicinity of a localized high shear stress region that is located about a print head perimeter. The apparatus includes a print head protector substantially... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20080036836 - Segmented ink stick: An ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer is provided. The ink stick comprises a first ink stick body segment having a proximal portion and a distal portion, a second ink stick body segment having a proximal portion and a distal portion, and one or more flexible strand... Agent: Maginot Moore & Beck David M Lockman

20080036837 - Ink tank with features to reduce undesirable bubbling: A removable ink tank includes a floor including an ink output port. A free ink chamber is located over the floor. A suspended ink chamber is located over the floor and around the ink output port. The suspended ink chamber is separated from the free ink chamber by a divider... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080036799 - Processes for printing arrays of substantially parallel lines: The present invention is directed to a process for combining spin printing and ink jet printing to print a plurality of largely parallel conductors, insulators, dielectrics, phosphors, emitters, and other elements that can be for electronics and display applications. The present invention also relates to a device used in this... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080036804 - Element substrate, recording head using the element substrate, and recording apparatus: A buffer circuit for shaping a waveform of a logic signal is arranged where a line for a logic circuit included in a recording-head substrate is divided into substantially equal portions, the line having an unignorable parasitic component due to its increased length. Therefore, the recording-head substrate, a recording head... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080036805 - Liquid injecting method and liquid container: A method of injecting a liquid into a liquid container detachably mounted on a liquid consuming device, the liquid container including; a liquid containing portion; a liquid supply portion connectable to the liquid consuming device; a liquid guide passage for guiding the liquid contained in the liquid containing portion to... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080036806 - Liquid injecting method and liquid container: A method of injecting a liquid into a liquid container detachably mounted on a liquid consuming device, the liquid container including a liquid containing portion, a liquid supply portion connectable to the liquid consuming device, a liquid guide path for guiding the liquid stored in the liquid containing portion to... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080036809 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus of the invention includes a distance obtaining unit that obtains a distance between the nozzle of the head and a medium to which the liquid is ejected. The driving signal is a periodical signal including a first pulse-wave capable of ejecting a drop of the liquid... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080036808 - Liquid injecting method and liquid container: A method of injecting a liquid into a liquid container detachably mounted on a liquid consuming device, the liquid container comprising: a liquid containing chamber containing the liquid; a liquid supply port connectable to the liquid consuming device; a liquid guide path for guiding the liquid contained in the liquid... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080036814 - Method of calculating threshold value, and liquid ejecting apparatus operable to execute the same: In order to calculate a threshold value for a detection signal output from an optical sensor in accordance with a state of a target object in a liquid ejecting apparatus, the optical sensor includes a light emitting element operable to irradiate the detected object and a light receiving element operable... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080036817 - Printhead assembly with a flexible extrusion: A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer. The assembly comprises: a plurality of printhead modules, each module having: a plurality of inlets for receiving ink; and a printhead integrated circuit with an array of nozzles in fluid communication with the plurality of ink inlets for ejecting ink; a flexible printed... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080036818 - Liquid-discharge recording head: A liquid-discharge recording head includes large nozzles for discharging large liquid drops and medium and small nozzles for discharging medium and small liquid drops that are smaller than the large liquid drops. The large nozzles are arranged on one side of an ink-supply opening and the medium and small nozzles... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080036819 - Thermoelastic inkjet actuator with heat conductive pathways: A thermal inkjet actuator for use in an inkjet printer assembly includes heat conduction means arranged to realize a predetermined negative pressure profile to facilitate droplet formation. In a preferred embodiment the heat conduction means comprises a thin layer (54) of very high thermally conductive material such as Aluminium located... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080036820 - Apparatus and method for jetting droplet using electrostatic field: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for jetting droplets using an electrostatic field, the apparatus includes a body, a chamber, an actuator, a nozzle, and a pillar-shaped member. The body is configured to contain and support a chamber, an actuator, a nozzle, and a pillar-shaped member and configured. The chamber is... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080036821 - Nozzle arrangement for a printhead: A nozzle arrangement for a printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes: a chamber having a nozzle, wherein the chamber is in fluid communication with an ink supply which provides ink to the chamber; an actuator arm having a first layer, a second layer and a central member located between the first... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080036826 - Ink priming system for inkjet printhead: An ink priming system for an inkjet printhead is provided. The system has a priming inlet of the printhead for receiving a supply of priming ink, an ink flow passage interconnecting the printhead and an ink storage compartment, and a bypass flow passage interconnecting the ink flow passage and the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080036834 - Ink cartridge for ink-jet printing apparatus: An ink cartridge for an ink jet printer having a housing having at least one wall. The ink cartridge further has at least two ink chambers for containing different ink accommodated in the housing. Ink supply ports are formed in one wall of the housing within each of the ink... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080036829 - Ink tank and ink jet printer: An ink tank of the foam type which is provided with a detected portion capable of exactly and surely detecting the amount of ink used by the printer or remaining in the ink tank. The ink tank includes a sub ink chamber that is diposed or formed between a main... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080036828 - Liquid container: [Solving Means] An ink cartridge 22 as a liquid container includes a case 23 having a case body 30 and a lid case 32, and a moving member 36 attached to a surface of a flexible ink pack 25 housed in the case 23. The moving member 36 assumes different... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080036831 - Liquid container: Liquid packs 34 provided with liquid leading members 42 are stored in a container case 31 that is constituted by fitting a case main body portion 32 and a lid case 33 in fitting portions 27 and 28, support portions 13, which positions the liquid leading members 42 so as... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080036833 - Liquid injecting method and liquid container: A method of injecting a liquid into a liquid container detachably mounted on a liquid consuming device, the liquid container including: a liquid containing chamber in which the liquid can be contained; a liquid supply hole connectable to the liquid consuming device; a liquid guide passage for guiding the liquid... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080036832 - Liquid storage tank: A liquid storage tank includes a circuit chip equipped with a pair of chip contact points on a flat connection outer surface on a chip main body positioned at a predetermined position of a tank main body, and a pair of connection terminal plates each including a chip contact piece... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080036838 - Ink composition for inkjet recording: An ink composition for inkjet recording, and more particularly, an ink composition for inkjet recording in which bleeding between colors of a printed image is reduced, and dry and wet rub fastness of a printed image are improved. The ink composition includes an oxylate-based compound and an amide compound.... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080036839 - Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus: wherein a1 and b1 represent the respective amounts of the ink and the liquid composition applied per unit area, when the ink is applied to the recording material before the liquid composition is applied; a2 and b2 represent the respective amounts of the ink and the liquid composition applied per... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080036840 - Pigment dispersion, inkjet-ink using the pigment dispersion, image forming process, and image forming apparatus: The present invention provides a pigment dispersion that contains a carbon black, a dispersing agent and water, wherein the carbon black is any one of a channel black and a gas black, the dispersing agent is a sodium naphthalenesulfonate formalin condensate, and the total content of a dimer, a trimer... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080036841 - Anti-scattering device for keeping ultra violet beams from pringting heads of inkjet machine: A printing device for inkjet printing machine includes a base having a printing unit connected thereto and the printing unit includes a plurality of printing heads and ink cartridges. An UV beam generating device is connected to a side of the base and has an aperture defined in an underside... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080036842 - Electronic printing press: An electronic printer comprising a source of charged toner particles, a writing head capable of imaging individual toner particles, means to transfer the toner image to a print substrate, and a fuser. The writing head employs toner conveyors driven by voltage traveling waves. Imaging is achieved using a diverter electrode... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20080036843 - Compact disc picker: A picker for compact discs is provided on a picker head and includes a finger which pivots relative to the picker head and will move from a retracted position within a guide that enters the opening in a compact disc to an outward extended position. When the finger is pivoted... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080036844 - Disc output storage drawer for processor: A disc processor such as a disc burner and printer, is provided in a housing. A drawer is slidably mounted on the bottom wall of the housing and is positionable in a retracted position in a recess with a portion underneath the processor and is slidably extendable from the processor.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080036845 - Printing apparatus, printing system, and printing method: The present invention provides a printing apparatus, a printing system, and a printing method which can excellently print various images while taking the advantages of driving of a print head in a time divisional manner. Dispersive driving control or sequential driving control is selected in accordance with the attributes of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080036846 - Animal identification marking: A method for making an animal identification label. The method includes the steps of heating a surface of the label to thereby create a gloss surface thereon. Indicia marking and/or printing is then applied.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080036847 - Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image reading method: In an image reading apparatus according to the present invention; an image reading apparatus for reading a color original includes: plural light sources of different colors; a monochrome image sensor configured to detect reflected light from the color original; an image generating unit configured to generate plural image data corresponding... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080036848 - Frequency modulation apparatus and frequency modulation method: A frequency modulation apparatus capable of reducing a peak level of a radiation noise of a characteristic frequency band due to an image clock. This frequency modulation apparatus is used in an image formation apparatus having an image bearing body to be scanned by a laser beam, and comprises an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030532 - Apparatus and method for ejecting liquid for recording higher resolution image: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a recording head, a vibrator, and a controller. The recording head further includes a nozzle and is configured to eject a liquid onto a recording medium through the nozzle. The vibrator is disposed on the recording head and is configured to vibrate the recording head... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080030533 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: A waveform signal output circuit selectively outputs, to an ejection energy applier, either one of a first waveform signal so as to make an ink droplet ejected from a nozzle and a second waveform signal so as not to make an ink droplet ejected from the nozzle. A continuous non-ejection... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080030534 - Hand held micro-fluid ejection devices configured to eject fluid without referential position information and method of ejecting fluid: A hand-held micro-fluid ejection device for manually ejecting fluid droplets onto a substrate during relative translational motion between the ejection device and a target area on the substrate. The ejection device includes a frequency generator to set a designated frequency signal for fluid droplet ejection by the device. The frequency... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080030536 - Image recording apparatus and image recording method: The image recording apparatus includes: a recording device which deposits an image record substance on a recording medium; a recording medium conveyance device which includes a conveyance medium having a recording medium hold region and conveying the recording medium with respect to the recording device in a conveyance direction while... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080030535 - Image recording apparatus, ink pre-jetting method and storage medium storing control program for pre-jetting ink: An image recording apparatus of an inkjet system comprises a first image recording unit for performing a recording process on a first surface of a continuous sheet; a second image recording unit for performing a recording process on the second surface; a conveyance information generating unit for generating conveyance information... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080030537 - Ink jet device and method for operating ink jet device: An ink jet device includes a print head, an ink tank containing ink therein, a first motor, a second motor, and a control unit. The ink tank is connected with the print head and configured for supplying ink to the print head. The ink contained in the ink tank exerting... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080030543 - Image forming apparatus having array head cartridge: An image forming apparatus includes a feeding part which feeds a printing paper, an array head cartridge which has a plurality of head chips to jet ink onto the paper, and a paper supplying drum which transfers the paper fed from the feeding part to the array head cartridge, the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080030545 - Inkjet recording head: Two arrays of ejection openings which eject relatively large amounts of ink are provided for each of different color inks and are disposed at symmetrical positions in the order of colors in a direction corresponding to a record scan. In addition, a single array of ejection openings which eject relatively... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030551 - Liquid jet head and its manufacturing method: A liquid jet head includes: a substrate; a pressure generation chamber provided in the substrate; an elastic plate provided above the substrate; a capacitor structure section provided above the elastic plate, the capacitor structure section including a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer and an upper electrode layer; a porous... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080030553 - Liquid droplet-jetting apparatus and method for producing liquid droplet-jetting apparatus: A channel unit has a first individual ink channel including a first nozzle and a first pressure chamber, and a second individual ink channel including a second nozzle and a second pressure chamber. The channels have a mutually identical channel structure. A piezoelectric actuator, in which a vibration plate, a... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esp. Reed Smith LLP

20080030552 - Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection head including: a flow-channel forming substrate having a pressure generating chamber which communicates with a liquid supply channel which communicates with one end of the pressure generating chamber in terms of a first direction so as to have a first length for supplying liquid to the pressure... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080030554 - Liquid transporting apparatus and ink-jet printer: A liquid transporting apparatus includes a channel unit in which a plurality of pressure chambers are provided, and a piezoelectric actuator which changes individually a volume of each of the pressure chambers. The piezoelectric actuator includes a vibration plate, a piezoelectric body provided on one surface of the vibration plate,... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080030556 - Liquid transport apparatus and method for producing liquid transport apparatus: A liquid transport apparatus constructed by stacking a plurality of plates includes a flow passage unit having pressure chambers, a common liquid chamber, and communication flow passages communicating the pressure chambers and the common liquid chamber, and a pressure-applying mechanism which applies a pressure to the liquid in the pressure... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080030557 - Liquid housing container: The present invention provides a liquid housing container that enables an increase in the channel cross section of a connection portion of a liquid channel that allows a liquid housing chamber to communicate with an exterior, allowing pressure loss to be minimized. A supply needle 107 is pushed into a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030559 - Method of forming solid ink stick with coded mark: A method of manufacturing an ink stick is provided. The method comprises forming an ink stick body of a phase change ink composition. Once formed, the ink stick body is then transported to a marking station. At the marking station, a marking composition is applied to a surface of the... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20080030529 - Mobile device having dual optical sensing pathways: A mobile device is provided having a printhead for printing onto a print medium, a media path for directing the print medium past the printhead for printing, an optical sensor, a first optical pathway for directing first optical image information to the optical sensor from print medium within an area... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080030530 - Image-forming device: A multifunctional device including a lower frame, a main control board, and a cartridge holder. A conveying space is formed in the lower frame farther forward than a recording unit and includes a discharge space for receiving discharged recording sheet. The main control board is disposed horizontally above the conveying... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080030531 - Liquid jetting apparatus and liquid jetting method: A liquid jetting apparatus and a liquid jetting method are achieved that can prevent unexpected landing position displacement relating to satellite droplets. For example, the liquid jetting apparatus includes a head in which a nozzle row constituted by a plurality of nozzles lined up in a row is arranged at... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080030538 - Array printhead having micro heat pipes: An array printhead has a plurality of head chips arranged in a predetermined configuration. Each of the head chips in the array printhead includes a substrate having a surface on which are formed a plurality of heaters and a plurality of wire electrodes to supply an electric current to the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080030539 - Printing with sensor-based positioning of printing paper: This printer prints images while accurately positioning image data on printing paper. Printing paper P is guided by guides 29a and 29b and is fed in the course of sub-scanning such that the two side edges thereof are above the left slot 26a and right slot 26b of a platen... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080030540 - Image forming apparatus and method for humidifying in head cap: An image forming apparatus according to the present invention, for ejecting liquid from openings to form an image on a printing medium, includes a head cap for covering the opening surface where the opening is open when a liquid ejection head in which the opening is formed are not in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030542 - Inkjet printer with replaceable ink cartridge and capping mechanism: An inkjet printer includes a body housing a print engine configured to transport print media. The print engine includes a replaceable ink cartridge for storing ink, and a printhead assembly configured to eject the ink upon the print media. A retractable cover is pivotally mounted relative to the body and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080030541 - Printer having capping mechanism for duplexed printheads: A printer is provided having opposed pagewidth printheads arranged to print on opposite faces of print media transported therebetween and to move linearly from respective first positions to a second position, and a pagewidth capping member arranged to move linearly to cap the printheads at the second position... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080030544 - Pagewidth inkjet printhead incorporating power and data transmission film positioning protuberances: A pagewidth inkjet printhead is provided which comprises an elongate ink distribution assembly connectable to an ink supply. A printhead chip is mounted to the ink distribution assembly to receive ink from the ink distribution assembly and a plurality of positioning protuberances protrude from the ink distribution assembly. A power... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080030546 - Ink-jet recording apparatus and method of preventing clogging of nozzle discharging ink: An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided which includes an ink-jet head having a plurality of ink chambers and a common ink chamber which communicates with each of the plurality of ink chambers to supply ink to the plurality of ink chambers, the ink-jet head maintaining the plurality of ink chambers... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080030547 - Printhead module of a printhead assembly: A printhead module for a printhead assembly of a pagewidth ink jet printer. The printhead module comprises: an upper micromolding locating a printhead integrated circuit, wherein the upper micromolding includes a first series of ink inlets in fluid communication with the printhead integrated circuit; a lower micromolding including a second... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080030548 - Ink jet recording head: An ink jet recording head includes: an actuator including: a plurality of energy generators; and a plurality of terminals arranged in arrays; and a wiring material superimposed on a surface of the actuator, and including a plurality of lands which are arranged in arrays; and a plurality of wiring patterns... Agent: Eugene Ledonne Reed Smith LLP

20080030549 - Inkjet printhead with planar heater parallel to nozzle: There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles 3 and one or more heater elements 10 in a chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle 3. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a liquid 11 in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080030550 - Printhead assembly with integrated circuit optimised for adhesive bonding: A printhead assembly includes a printhead integrated circuit (IC) having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements for operatively ejecting printing fluid onto a printing medium. A plurality of discrete supply channels supplies the nozzle arrangements with fluid and a bonding surface has a plurality of apertures etched therein. The apertures... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080030555 - Carrier for an ink distribution assembly of an ink jet printhead: A carrier for a page width ink jet printhead having a printhead integrated circuit including sets of ink inlet openings, each set having at least one inlet opening for receiving ink of a particular color. The carrier comprises: feed openings, each in fluid communication with a respective set of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080030558 - Method of manufacturing liquid container, and liquid container: Since a bypass flowing passage which communicates with the inside of a bag part not through a second valve mechanism is provided for an outlet part, ink can be filled from the outlet part into the bag part in spite of the existence of the second valve mechanism. Further, after... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080030561 - Composite color and method of making the same: A composite color includes a first colored ink and a second colored ink. The first colored ink exhibits a color that is different from that exhibited by the second colored ink. The first colored ink includes pigment particles either formulated at a basic pH so that a surface of the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080030560 - Ink jet ink compositions for endorsing applications: The invention is an endorsing application ink jet ink composition containing at least a solvent and a colorant, and further containing a combination of at least one evaporation retardant and at least one absorption accelerator, the ink being characterized by an evaporation rate of less than or equal to 132... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080030562 - Methods and apparatus for improved ink for inkjet printing: Methods and apparatus are provided for an improved ink composition for inkjet printing of color filters for flat panel displays. The ink composition includes an ink including at least one pigment and having a surface tension, and an additive adapted to disperse the pigment in the ink and to reduce... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20080030563 - Ink-jet printer: An ink-jet printer, including a feeding mechanism which feeds a recording medium in a feeding direction; an ink-jet head which ejects ink onto a surface of the recording medium at a recording position where the ink-jet head faces the recording medium fed by the feeding mechanism in the feeding direction;... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080030564 - Methods and apparatuses for printing on ribbon using hand-held printer: Handheld printers and methods of printing receive a first portion of a material underneath at least one print nozzle. At least a second portion of the material is mounted on a spool. The rotation of the spool is detected using an optical sensor. At least one print nozzle is instructed... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080030565 - Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus employing this apparatus: An optical scanning apparatus including a light source, deflection unit configured to deflect a light flux emitted by the light source, a first optical system configured to condense a divergent light flux emitted by the light source, a second optical system configured to focus the deflected light flux on a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080030566 - Line head and image forming apparatus using the same: A line head includes multiple light emitting element groups each including multiple light emitting elements. In each light emitting element group, the multiple light emitting elements are disposed in a two-dimensional arrangement so that a distance Gx is greater than a distance Gy. The light emitting element groups are arranged... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080030567 - Method and apparatus for controlling the uniformity of print density of a thermal print head array: A method for controlling the print density of individual heating elements of a thermal print head array determines respective energy values for each heating element in response to image pixel data to be printed, multiplies determined energy values by a respective predetermined correction factor for one or more respective heating... Agent: Polaroid Corporation Patent Department

20080030568 - Donor sheet, color filter, organic el element and method for producing them: A donor sheet for transferring an image pattern to an image receiving element by a thermal imaging process using laser beam, comprising a base having formed in order on the base a light-to-heat conversion layer, and a transfer layer containing an image component which is melted by heating due to... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080030569 - Beam illumination system and method for producing printing plates: Images are transferred to printing plates by illuminating light-responsive materials with patterns corresponding to the images to be printed. The present invention provides for the transferring of an image by the combined flux from two or more beams of light. Particular embodiments ablate the mask printing plates for CTP systems... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20080030570 - Line head and an image forming apparatus using such a line head: A line head, includes: a substrate which is provided with a plurality of luminous element groups which respectively include a plurality of luminous elements in a first direction which emit light beams; a lens array which includes a plurality of imaging lenses which are provided corresponding to the plurality of... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.