Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 04/08

20080094428 - Fluid dispenser: Various embodiments and methods relating to dispensing fluid are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080094430 - Open loop print speed control: A method for controlling print speed of an imaging device is provided. The imaging device includes at least one reservoir for supplying liquid ink to a print head and a level sensor in the reservoir. The method comprises measuring an image density of at least a portion of a print... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080094434 - Image recording apparatus and method for recovering recording head: An image recording apparatus includes a recording head which includes nozzles, a paper feeding mechanism which feeds a recording medium to the recording head, a paper discharge mechanism which discharges the recording medium from the recording head, a detecting mechanism which detects a change occurred in the paper feeding mechanism... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080094435 - Image recording apparatus and method for recovering recording head: An image recording apparatus includes a recording head which includes nozzles, an external input terminal on which a storage medium in which, images are stored is installed, a detecting mechanism which detects that the storage medium has been installed on the external input terminal, a timer which measures a time... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080094437 - Printhead ic with de-activatable temperature sensor: A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles; drive circuitry for receiving print data and sending drive pulses of electrical energy to the array of nozzles in accordance with the print data; and, a temperature sensor connected to the drive circuitry to adjust the drive pulse profile in response to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080094441 - Apparatus and method for aligning liquid-jet head: Provided is an alignment apparatus for a liquid-jet head which includes a nozzle plate, a fixation member, a transparent mask, chucks, and an alignment mechanism. The nozzle plate includes a nozzle orifice for injecting a liquid for the liquid-jet head, and a first and a second alignment marks to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094440 - Droplet discharging device, method of measuring weight, method of discharing a liquid, and method of manufacturing a color filter: A droplet discharging device for drawing by discharging a liquid as droplets on a work from an discharging head in accordance with a main scan for relatively moving the work and the discharging head facing each other, includes a plurality of carriages each mounting a plurality of the discharging heads,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080094444 - Image recording apparatus and method for restoring recording head for image recording apparatus: If any change, which appears on a display for displaying the situation of the operation, is detected, it is judged whether or not an elapsed time, which elapses from the previous execution of the restoring operation for the discharge state of nozzles, exceeds a predetermined time period. If the elapsed... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080094446 - Printhead ic with nozzle array for linking with adjacent printhead ic's: A printhead IC for an inkjet printer that mounts the printhead IC together with at least one other like printhead IC to provide a pagewidth printhead for printing onto a media substrate fed past the printhead in a feed direction, the printhead IC comprising: an elongate array of nozzles, the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080094451 - Printhead ic compatible with mutally incompatible print engine controllers: A printhead IC for an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer having a PEC for sending print data to the printhead IC in accordance with a predetermined data transmission protocol, the printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles for ejecting drops of printing fluid onto a media substrate; and, drive circuitry... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080094455 - Inkjet printhead heater and method of manufacture: An inkjet printhead heater including a plurality of unit heater layers each including a first nitride layer and a second nitride layer stacked on the first nitride layer, and an inkjet printhead including the heater, and a method of manufacturing an inkjet printhead heater including stacking a plurality of unit... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080094429 - Ink cartridge for ink jet recording device: An ink cartridge for an ink jet recording device, includes: a container having an ink supply port; at least two ink chambers partitioned in the container, one being located substantially in an upper section and the other being located substantially in a lower section; an ink suction passage connecting a... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080094431 - Printhead having a removable nozzle plate: A printhead and method of printing are provided. The printhead has a body with portions of the body defining a fluid chamber and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle orifice is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber. A drop forming mechanism is operatively associated with the nozzle orifice of the... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080094432 - High nozzle density printhead ejecting low drop volumes: A printhead assembly that has a printhead substrate having a plurality of drop generators formed thereon at an area density of at least six drop generators per square millimeter. The droplets emitted have a drop volume less than 8 pico liters. The fluid forming the droplets has a viscosity in... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080094433 - Apparatus for depositing droplets: An apparatus for depositing droplets on a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support for the substrate, a droplet ejection assembly which includes a pumping chamber, a controller and a source of static pressure to maintain the total pressure in the pumping chamber above a threshold pressure level to... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080094436 - Printing with limited types of dots: The present invention provides a printing control method of generating print data to be supplied to a print unit to print. The print unit comprises a print head having a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of ejection drive elements for ejecting an ink from the plurality of nozzles, and... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080094438 - Temperature calibration for fluid ejection head: The present invention includes as one embodiment a method of ejecting a fluid onto a print media. The method includes providing an ejection head having a nozzle that is coupled to a temperature sensor and a memory device. The method further includes measuring an uncalibrated temperature of the ejection head... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080094443 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes: a recording medium conveying mechanism; a recording head for recording an image on a recording medium based on the input data; a faulty record detection unit for detecting a faulty record when a recording process is performed; and a control unit for controlling these components.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080094442 - Nozzle arrangement with a movement sensor for an inkjet printer: The invention provides for a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer. The arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a chamber with an ink inlet and ejection port, said substrate having a micro-electromechanical drive layer. The arrangement also includes a paddle dividing said chamber into an ink chamber and a nozzle... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080094439 - Printing method and printing apparatus: A printing method includes by printing a first area in a test pattern using a first print mode, determining a first correction value corresponding to the first print mode for each of the row regions, based on a density measurement value for each of row regions in the first area,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094445 - Cradle unit having printhead maintenance and wiping arrangements for a print engine: The invention relates to a cradle unit for a print engine having an inkjet printhead and a PCB controller, the cradle unit configured to receive a cartridge unit having a printhead assembly of the print engine with a controller on a flex PCB. The cradle unit includes a cover assembly... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080094447 - Method of manufacture: A method of manufacture of printers and printheads formed of a number of modules mounted on a chassis. The modules and chassis are formed with a number of alignment features which engage with one another to form elastic interference couplings. By arranging a number n of such couplings for each... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080094448 - Valve and actuator employing capillary electrowetting phenomenon: A valve includes: a passage having a first passage which communicates an atmosphere-communicating passage and outside of a cartridge body, and a second passage which branches from the first passage; an electrode provided on a wall surface forming the second passage; an electrode provided on a wall surface of a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080094450 - Ink jet printhead with nozzle assemblies having fluidic seals: The invention provides for an ink jet printhead having a wafer substrate and a plurality of nozzle assemblies arranged in an array on the substrate and the product of dielectric and metal layers deposited on the wafer substrate and etched, such that the wafer substrate and layers define ink inlet... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080094449 - Printhead integrated circuit with an ink ejecting surface.: Provided is a printhead integrated circuit defining an external surface having a number of ink ejection ports operatively directed at a printing medium. The surface includes a plurality of petal formations radially positioned about each ink ejection port, and a plurality of actuators, each located behind a petal formation distal... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080094452 - Inkjet print head: An inkjet print head comprising an array of print head heater circuits, each associated with a respective print head nozzle. Each heater circuit comprises a heater arrangement (12) and a drive transistor (10) for driving current through the heater arrangement (12) connected in series between power lines (VS, GND). The... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080094453 - Inkjet print head: An inkjet print head comprises an array of print head heater circuits, each associated with a respective print head nozzle. Each heater circuit comprises a heater arrangement (28) and a drive transistor (16) for driving current through the heater arrangement (28). The drive transistor (16) comprises a top gate polysilicon... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080094454 - Ink jet recording head and manufacturing method therefor: A manufacturing method for an ink jet recording head including an energy generating element for generating energy for ejecting ink, wiring and electrode pad for supplying electric power to the energy generating element, and a flow path formation member in which an ink flow path is formed in fluid communication... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080094456 - Method of manufacturing liquid container and liquid container: A method of manufacturing a liquid container, the liquid container including a liquid containing chamber in which a liquid can be contained, an air communicating passage allowing the liquid containing chamber to communicate with air, a liquid supply port for supplying the liquid contained in the liquid container to an... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080094457 - Binders for pigmented ink formulations: Disclosed herein are inks including an aqueous vehicle; at least one encapsulant-dispersed pigment; and at least one block copolymer binder dispersed throughout the aqueous vehicle and having Structure I and comprising a hydrophobic block (A) and a hydrophilic block (B);... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080094458 - Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided, wherein the inkjet recording apparatus comprises a recording head with a filter, an ink that comprises a colorant, a humectant, a surfactant, and a wetting agent is discharged from the recording head, the viscosity of the ink at 25° C. is 6 mPa·s to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080094460 - Light irradiation device and inkjet printer utilizing same: A light irradiation device and an inkjet printer equipped with the light irradiation device, the light irradiation device having a short-arc type discharge lamp with a pair of electrodes which face each other within a discharge vessel, a reflector surrounding the discharge lamp so as to reflect light from the... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080094459 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer that performs printing by discharging ink droplets from nozzles of an ink jet head onto a print medium includes: a moisture adjusting unit that is provided at a downstream side of the ink jet head in a print medium transport direction and adjusts moisture of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080094461 - Printing method, printing apparatus, and printing paper: A printing apparatus having almost the same scale and function as printing apparatuses the usable maximum paper size of which is equivalent to A-4 size can print an image on a paper the size of which is larger than A-4 as necessary. A printing mechanism section (101) and a paper... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080094462 - Portable data processing system having print capabilities: A portable data processing system having print capabilities includes a portable computer having a housing, a print unit attached to the housing, and an ink container connected to the printhead of the print unit. The print unit includes a full page width ink jet printhead, a paper path, intake and... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20080094463 - Thermal printer unit: A thermal printer unit according to the invention includes a thermal head, a platen roller which is disposed while facing the thermal head, a support member which fixes the thermal head while thermal transfer ribbon and receptor paper are pressurized and nipped between the thermal head and the platen roller,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080094464 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The invention provides an image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of smoothly and reasonably conducting image formation in case of using a lens (lenses) of which optical magnification is minus. An image forming apparatus of the invention comprises: a line head having lenses of which optical magnification... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080094465 - Image recording device and image recording method: An image recording device, which records an image on an image-drawing region of a strip-shaped flexible substrate stretched between a supply reel and a take-up reel, includes: a stage section for suctioning and conveying the flexible substrate; an alignment section for sensing an alignment mark of the flexible substrate; a... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20080088653 - Printing on a rotating surface: In some examples, a printing system including a rotating platen having an axis of rotation and configured to support a substrate, and a printhead configured to eject drops in a direction parallel with the axis of rotation onto the substrate supported by the rotating platen.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080088656 - Driving method and driving device of inkjet head: An inkjet recording apparatus includes actuators provided in an inkjet head, and a drive voltage generator that drives each actuator. The drive voltage generator is configured to set the cycle time Tc, the drop cycle Td, the number of ink droplets N for a maximum tone, and the inactive period... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080088660 - Method for maintaining printhead performance: A method of operating an ink jet apparatus to print a print job on print media with a printhead having a supply of ink and an initial printhead operating frequency is disclosed. The method comprises receiving the print job for printing on the media, determining the volume of the supply... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080088661 - System and method for controlling a print head to compensate for subsystem mechanical disturbances: An apparatus compensates for mechanical disturbances during a print process by adjusting the generation of image generating head actuation signals in anticipation of a mechanical disturbance. The apparatus includes a printer controller for generating signals to coordinate movement of components with a rotating image receiver in a printer and for... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080088662 - Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optical apparatus, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic apparatus: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes an ejection inspecting section for recognizing an inspection pattern printed on a printing unit as an image, and inspecting ejection performance of the functional liquid droplet ejection heads, a workpiece alignment section for aligning a workpiece relative to a set table, a table moving... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088663 - Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optical apparatus, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic apparatus: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes a writing device, a weight measuring device disposed adjacent to the writing device, and a controlling device. The writing device performs writing on a workpiece by ejecting functional liquid from at least one ink jet functional liquid droplet ejection head while moving the functional... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088666 - Cap apparatus for liquid jetting head and liquid jetting apparatus: A cap apparatus includes a cap which seals nozzles of a liquid jetting head, an absorber which is accommodated tightly inside the cap, a cap holder which is accommodated tightly inside the cap, and a holder which has a holding body which makes a contact with an upper surface of... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080088669 - Droplet discharging head and method for manufacturing the same, and droplet discharging device: A droplet discharging head comprises: a pressure chamber; a nozzle plate including a penetration part that couples with the pressure chamber and discharges a droplet; and a droplet guidance part having a tip positioned inside the penetration part. The tip of the droplet guidance part is free from touching an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080088672 - Recording head and methods for manufacturing and inspecting the recording head: A recording head includes: an actuator having a plurality of operable portions operable to cause the recording head to perform a recording; a drive circuit for driving the operable portions of the actuator; a wiring member on which the drive circuit is mounted, which is joined to the actuator, and... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080088674 - Ink jet print head and method of manufacturing ink jet print head: The present invention provides an ink jet print head having a channel shape that meets an intended purpose, and a method for manufacturing the ink jet print head. In the method for manufacturing the ink jet print head, an SIO SOI substrate is prepared which has a first silicon layer,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080088673 - Method of producing inkjet channels using photoimageable materials and inkjet printhead produced thereby: A method of forming respective ink channels upon a substrate having respective actuators has a first layer of uncured photoresist material of a first type deposited onto a substrate incorporating the actuators. The first type of photoresist material is exposed to form cured and uncured areas wherein the uncured areas... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080088678 - Injection head manufacturing method and injection head: A flow path regulating member for regulating an ink flow path leading into the channels is formed on the rear side of the head chip by exposure and development through lamination of the photo masks having an opening of a predetermined pattern, after a photosensitive resin film has been bonded... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080088679 - Injection head manufacturing method and injection head: A flow path regulating member is formed on the rear surface of the head chip, wherein the channels, and drive walls made up of piezoelectric elements are arranged alternately, the apertures of the channels are arranged on the front side and rear side, and drive electrodes are formed in channels,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080088680 - Continuous drop emitter with reduced stimulation crosstalk: A continuous drop emitter comprising a liquid supply chamber containing a liquid held at a positive pressure; first and second nozzles in fluid communication with the liquid supply chamber nozzles emitting first and second continuous streams of a liquid; first and second stream break-up transducers adapted to independently synchronize the... Agent: Patent Legal Staff

20080088681 - Electropolishing of inkjet printer components: A method of manufacturing an inkjet printer component and an inkjet printer component electropolishing device are provided. The method includes positioning an electrode in a fluid passageway of an inkjet printer component, the electrode including a conductive face and a nonconductive face; polishing a side of the fluid passageway by:... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080088686 - Collapsible ink loader feed support: A solid ink feed system for a phase change ink imaging device comprises an ink loader having an insertion area and a melt area. A collapsible support in the ink loader has a first end attached adjacent the melt area and a second end configured to receive at least one... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080088688 - Ink loader mechanism using an ink stick carrier: An ink stick support for use in an ink loader of a phase change ink imaging device comprises an ink stick carrier for receiving and supporting an ink stick. The ink stick carrier includes a loading platform for receiving the ink stick thereon and a substantially vertically oriented back wall... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080088687 - Replaceable ink stick guides and supports: A removable ink stick support for use in an ink loader of a phase change ink imaging device comprises a first end for ink stick support proximate a melt end of an ink loader and a second end for ink stick support proximate an insertion end of an ink loader.... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080088684 - Solid ink composition with post-melt mixing: An ink stick for use in a phase change ink printer comprises a first portion of a solid ink stick body, the first portion being formed of a first material of a phase change ink composition. The ink stick also comprises a second portion of the solid ink stick body,... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080088685 - Solid ink stick with coating: An ink stick for use in a phase change ink imaging device is provided, the phase change ink device having an ink stick feed system. The ink stick comprises a solid ink body having an exterior surface, and a light responsive overcoat that overlays at least a portion of the... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080088652 - Method of manufacturing liquid container and liquid container: A method of manufacturing a liquid container, the liquid container including a liquid containing chamber in which a liquid can be contained, an air communicating passage allowing the liquid containing chamber to communicate with air, a liquid supply port for supplying the liquid contained in the liquid container to an... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080088654 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: It is possible to make a liquid collecting function effective when the need arises, to control power consumption, and to control a high voltage application period by controlling the voltage from a voltage source 270 by a liquid collection control unit 264, contributing to enhancement of the safety of a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080088655 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: An liquid ejecting head includes a recording head having a conductive nozzle plate 252 and discharging ink toward recording paper 150, a recording head control unit 262 changing the ink discharge velocity of the recording head, an absorbing member 236 absorbing the ink which is ejected from the recording head... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080088657 - Droplet ejection apparatus and a method of detecting and judging head failure in the same: It is an object of the invention to provide a droplet ejection apparatus and a method of detecting and judging a head failure that can detect an ejection failure and carry out appropriate recovery processing according to a cause thereof. The droplet ejection apparatus of the invention includes a plurality... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088659 - Printhead having sequenced nozzle firing: A printhead is provided having at least one row that comprises a plurality of sets of n adjacent printing nozzles. Each nozzle is configured to expel ink in response to a fire signal, such that, for each set of nozzles, a fire signal is provided in accordance with the sequence:... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088658 - Printhead integrated circuit assembly with compensation controller: This invention relates to a printhead integrated circuit assembly having a substrate, drive circuitry and a controller. The substrate includes a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements formed thereon. The drive circuitry is positioned on the substrate for operatively actuating the respective nozzle arrangements to eject a drop of printing fluid... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088665 - Printhead assembly with a pressurized air supply for an inkjet printer: A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer includes an ink distribution molding having a laminated stack of ink distribution sheets, and a nozzle guard. The assembly also includes at least one printhead integrated circuit arranged in fluid contact with the molding such that a cavity is defined between the integrated... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088664 - Printhead capping device with an elastomeric seal: The invention relates to a capping device for a printhead. The capping device includes a metal body having a U-shaped transverse profile and defining a plurality of holes in a portion thereof. An elastomeric seal is attached to an inside surface of one leg of the metal body, said seal... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088667 - Directionally dependent carrier isolator for an imaging apparatus: An interface device for attaching a printhead carrier to a carrier drive belt includes a belt holder attached to the carrier drive belt, and an isolator coupled between the belt holder and the printhead carrier. The isolator is configured to provide directionally dependent filtering of vibrations propagating to the printhead... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080088668 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a head unit including: an ultrasonic wave generation unit that generates ultrasonic waves; an ultrasonic wave focus unit that focuses the ultrasonic waves to an ultrasonic wave focus position; an ultrasonic wave transmission unit that propagates the ultrasonic waves from the ultrasonic wave focus unit;... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080088671 - Printhead assembly having a fluid transfer member: A printhead assembly comprising: at least one printhead module comprising: at least two printhead integrated circuits, each of which has nozzles formed therein; a longitudinal extending fluid transfer member configured to support the at least two printhead integrated circuits, wherein the fluid transfer member includes a plurality of chambers which... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088670 - Printhead assembly having a plurality of connected printhead modules: A printhead assembly comprising: a plurality of printhead modules releasably connected together via connecting members, each printhead module comprising: at least two printhead integrated circuits, each of which has nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media; a support member for supporting: the at least... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088675 - Nozzle arrangement for a printhead integrated circuit incorporating a lever mechanism: The invention relates to a nozzle arrangement for a printhead integrated circuit, the arrangement having walls defining a chamber and a roof with an ink ejection port defined in a substrate that incorporates drive circuitry. The arrangement further includes a motion transmitting structure formed on the substrate and having an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088676 - Ink jet printhead with suspended heater element: An ink jet printhead comprising: a substrate; a plurality of chambers supported by the substrate for receiving therewithin bubble forming liquid; a nozzle aperture formed in a surface of each chamber; a beam suspended within each chamber, the beam comprising at least one respective heater element. The at least one... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088677 - Inkjet printhead having a nozzle plate: An inkjet printhead comprising: an array of ink chambers, each chamber including a nozzle and an actuator located in each chamber for ejecting ink through the nozzle, wherein the array of ink chambers is defined by sidewalls extending between a nozzle plate and the underlying wafer substrate, one of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088682 - System for priming a cartridge having an ink retaining member: An ink priming system for a cartridge unit of the type having a pagewidth printhead assembly in fluid communication with one or more ink storage compartments for storing ink for use by the pagewidth printhead assembly to print onto a media substrate. The system comprises: a priming inlet provided on... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088683 - Ink storage module for a pagewidth printer cartridge: Provided is an ink storage module for a pagewidth printer cartridge. The module includes upper and lower plate members that are displaceable towards and away from each other. An ink bag is located between the plate members to define an ink volume. A bag constrictor assembly is engaged with said... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088689 - Method of ink jet printing with image quality control: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for improving printed image quality. The image quality improvement is achieved by differentially curing different image elements such as continuous tone elements, uniform tinted and solid elements, color elements, line art and text elements. A delay in the activation, duration and variation in the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080088690 - Printing apparatus and printing medium conveying apparatus: A printing apparatus which performs printing by injecting liquid from a liquid injection head onto a printing medium adhered by electrostatic force on the surfaces of a plurality of conveyor belts disposed at predetermined intervals in a direction crossing a printing medium conveyance direction during carry of the printing medium,... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080088691 - Multi-imager system using reflex writing and lateral image registration: A lateral position of a photoreceptor belt is detected by at least a first sensor and a second sensor, respectively located near a first imager and a second imager. The detected lateral positions of the photoreceptor belt by the first sensor is compared to the detected lateral position of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080088692 - Thermal printer: It is an object of the present invention to provide a thermal printer in which a space in a back surface side of a thermal head can be made smaller, an entire width dimension can be reduced, and heat sensitive paper is sandwiched between the thermal head and a platen... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20080084434 - Printhead ic with pulse profile adjustment: A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles; and, drive circuitry for sending an drive pulse to each of the nozzles individually such that they eject a drop of printing fluid; wherein, the drive circuitry adjusts the drive pulses sent to the nozzles in accordance with the temperature of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084436 - Printhead with sub-ejection pulse for non-firing nozzles: A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles; and, drive circuitry for receiving print data and sending drive pulses to the nozzles in accordance with the print data; wherein, the drive pulses consist of ejection pulses with sufficient energy to eject printing fluid from the nozzles designated to fire at... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084440 - Element substrate, and printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus using the element substrate: This invention relates to a printhead element substrate having a plurality of electrothermal transducers and a plurality of switching elements which drive the plurality of electrothermal transducers. The element substrate has a level converter which is shared by adjacent electrothermal transducers and steps up an input driving signal, and a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080084437 - Externally applied write addresses for printhead integrated circuits: An inkjet printer comprising: a printhead with a plurality of printhead IC's, each having an array of nozzles for ejecting drops of printing fluid, and drive circuitry for driving the array of nozzles;a print engine controller for sending print data to the printhead IC's; an interface for electrical communication between... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084438 - Printhead ic with multi-stage print data loading and firing: A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles; drive circuitry for receiving print data and fire commands from a print engine controller; wherein during use, the drive circuitry receives the print data for the array in a plurality of sequential portions with a fire command at the end of each... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084439 - Printhead ic with spaced nozzle firing sequence: An inkjet printer comprising: an array of nozzles arranged into rows, each row consisting of a plurality of nozzle groups, the nozzles in each group being interspersed with nozzles from the other groups; and, associated drive circuitry for actuating the nozzles in the row in accordance with a firing sequence,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084441 - Printhead ic with multiple temperature sensors: A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles having a plurality of adjacent regions; and, drive circuitry for sending an electrical pulse to each of the nozzles individually such that they eject a drop of printing fluid; and, a plurality of temperature sensors for sensing the temperature of the printhead... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084442 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: In an ink jet printing apparatus that ejects a plurality of kinds of pigment inks in small droplets, the drive pulse waveform to be applied to each of the heaters is adjusted according to the viscosity of the ink in a way that assures that the lengths of liquid columns... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080084445 - Printhead ic with heater cut off threshold: A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles; and, drive circuitry for sending an drive pulse to each of the nozzles individually such that they eject a drop of printing fluid; and, a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of printing fluid within the array; wherein, the drive circuitry blocks... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084444 - Thermal inkjet printhead with de-clog firing mode: A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles, each with a corresponding heater to form a vapor bubble in printing fluid that causes a drop of the printing fluid to eject through the nozzle; and, drive circuitry for generating drive pulses that energize the heaters, the drive circuitry being configured... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084447 - Inkjet printhead with adjustable bubble impulse: An inkjet printhead with an array of nozzles 26 and corresponding heaters 10 configured for heating printing fluid 20 to nucleate a vapor bubble 12 that ejects a drop 24 of the printing fluid through the nozzle. Drive circuitry 22 generates an electrical drive pulse to energize the heaters 10... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084446 - Self initialising printhead ic: A printhead IC for an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer having a print engine controller (PEC) for sending print data to the printhead IC, the printhead IC comprising:an array of nozzles for ejecting drops of printing fluid onto a media substrate; and,drive circuitry for driving the array of nozzles, the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084449 - Printing of multi-layer circuits: The disclosure relates to circuits and methods for the manufacture of circuits, such as those which avoid the formation of undesirable short circuit paths. One such method maintains a layout area of a fluid composition receiving layer within a layout area of a dielectric layer. Another such method relates to... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080084451 - Droplet discharge head, droplet discharge device, method for manufacturing droplet discharge head and method for manufacturing droplet discharge device: a resin thin film formed on a whole inner face of the reservoir concave portion and on a bottom face of a second concave portion, the second concave portion being provided in a peripheral of the reservoir concave portion and having a depth smaller than a depth of the reservoir... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080084455 - Printhead ic with clock recovery circuit: A printhead IC for an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer having a print engine controller (PEC) for sending print data to the printhead IC, the printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles for ejecting drops of printing fluid onto a media substrate; and, drive circuitry for driving the array of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084453 - Printhead ic with open actuator test: A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles; an ejection actuator corresponding to each of the nozzles respectively, the ejection actuator having a resistive heater that is activated when the actuator ejects ink through the corresponding nozzle;drive circuitry for receiving print data and activating the actuators with drive signals in... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084454 - Printhead ic with staggered nozzle firing pulses: An inkjet printer comprising: an array of nozzles arranged into rows, each row of nozzles is divided into a series of groups; and, drive circuitry for sending a drive pulse to each of the nozzles individually such that they eject a drop of printing fluid; wherein, the drive circuitry delays... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084456 - Array printhead with three terminal switching elements: A print head includes a substrate with a plurality of row conductors arranged on the substrate, a plurality of column conductors arranged on the substrate, and a plurality of ejectors a arranged on the substrate in rows and columns. Each of the plurality of ejectors includes a resistive element arranged... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080084462 - Ink cartridges and ink supply systems: An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber configured to store ink. The ink chamber is defined by at least one wall, and an air layer is formed in the ink chamber between a surface of the ink and a portion of the wall. The ink cartridge also includes a pump... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080084461 - Ink tank and ink jet printer using the same: An ink tank to store ink which is supplied to a printing head installed to an ink jet printer, and to be detachably mounted to the ink jet printer, includes a main body to store the ink and having an ink outlet part, a tubular body which is accommodated in... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080084463 - Ink jet printing apparatus: In ink supply to a print head including: a common liquid chamber having an ink flow-in port into which the ink flows, and an ink flow-out port for returning the ink; discrete liquid chambers for each supplying the ink to a ejection port from the common liquid chamber; and gas-liquid... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080084464 - Pressure buffer, ink-jet head, and ink-jet recording apparatus: To reduce a fluctuation in pressure of ink supplied in an ink-jet head due to vibration of an ink tank through movement of a carriage, and to prevent density unevenness due to the pressure fluctuation from being caused in printing, the present invention provides a pressure buffer which is provided... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20080084435 - Printer cradle for an ink cartridge: A printer cradle for receiving an ink cartridge having a rotor element includes a drive roller. An electrical motor drives the drive roller. A flipper gear assembly is operatively engaged with the drive roller to be driven by the drive roller between an engaged position in which it engages the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084443 - Printer and method of controlling operation of continuously transporting printing mediums: A method of controlling an operation of continuously transporting plural printing mediums including a first medium and a second medium to be transported immediately subsequent to the first medium, includes: actuating a first motor to drive a first roller adapted to transport the printing mediums; actuating a second motor to... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080084448 - Printing device, and control of printing device: A printing device that facilitates processes requested in relation to a print recording medium reservoir. When a contact detecting switch 25 is turned on by a proximate ink cartridge CA, a personal computer PC identifies the proximate ink cartridge CA. The personal computer PC, in the event that the duration... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080084450 - System for creating a three dimensional printed structure: A system for creating a three dimensional, printed structure comprising a plurality of layers. The system comprises: a plurality of printheads arranged in groups, the printheads in each group being configured to print voxels of material to define a respective layer of the structure, wherein a first portion of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084452 - Substrate and method of forming substrate for fluid ejection device: A method of forming an opening through a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side includes abrasive machining a first portion of the opening into the substrate from the second side toward the first side, and abrasive machining a second portion of the opening... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080084457 - Liquid ejection head and driving method thereof: A liquid ejection head includes a passage unit and an actuator. A nozzle for ejecting liquid and a common liquid chamber are formed in the passage unit. An individual liquid passage formed in the passage unit includes a first passage a pressure chamber, a second passage, and a restricted passage.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080084458 - Piezoelectric actuator having piezoelectric layer and vibration plate with groove and liquid transporting apparatus: A piezoelectric actuator is described as including a vibration plate in which grooves associated with respective pressure chambers are formed on a surface of the vibration plate, and a piezoelectric layer on the surface of the vibration plate on an opposite side of a channel unit. Since grooves corresponding to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080084459 - Inkjet recording system: p

20080084460 - Thin plate stacked structure and ink-jet recording head provided with the same: A stacked structure is formed such that a plurality of thin plates, which include at least one liquid flow passage thin plate provided with a liquid flow passage having a predetermined pattern formed on at least one surface, are stacked with an adhesive. A release groove for releasing the adhesive... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080084465 - Air dryer tunnel: An air dryer tunnel, including an impingement section and an exhaust section. The impingement section may include a hot air inlet, and a corrugated impingement nozzle shroud including rows of orifices positioned at least one of at and proximate apexes of the corrugation of the nozzle shroud. The orifices may... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080084466 - Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording device: An ink jet recording method comprising: applying an undercoating liquid containing a monomer represented by the formulae (I) or (II) onto a recording medium; partially curing the undercoating liquid that has been applied onto the recording medium; and recording an image by ejecting an ink that is curable by irradiation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080084467 - Connection member, electric substrate, optical scanning device, and image forming apparatus: A connection member that connects an electric substrate and a light source that emits a light beam, the connection member comprising: a light source terminal insertion portion into which a light source terminal of the light source is inserted from one end portion side and having another end portion side... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080084468 - Thermal printing apparatus and printing methods thereof: Thermal printing apparatus and printing methods thereof are disclosed. One of the proposed printing methods includes: providing an n-bit value corresponding to a pixel, wherein a color level of the pixel ranges from 0 to 2n−1; determining a total print time corresponding to a target bit of the n-bit value... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080084469 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus in which a BD signal, which is a main-scanning reference signal, and image data are input to an image signal generating unit. Using a converting unit, main-scanning coordinate information, output from a main scanning coordinate measuring counter, and correction amounts, recorded in a correction amount LUT,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080079759 - Inkjet recording apparatus: The inkjet recording apparatus has: pressure chambers connected via nozzle flow channels to nozzles which eject ink; ink supply ports via which the ink is supplied to the pressure chambers; a circulation flow channel which is connected to the nozzle flow channels and via which the ink from the pressure... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080079761 - Droplet ejection device, droplet ejection device control method and storage medium storing droplet ejection device control program: The present invention provides a droplet ejection device that includes a head, a storage component and an alteration component. At the head, a plurality of nozzles, which eject droplets in accordance with image data representing an image, are arrayed over a width in a main scanning direction which is longer... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080079764 - Determining defective resistors in inkjet printers: A method and apparatus for determining defective heating resistors Ri in each of a plurality of inkjets in an inkjet printer, wherein each heating resistor Ri is connected in parallel with a common capacitor, the method for each heating resistor Ri includes providing a variable power supply effective in a... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080079765 - Ink jet printing apparatus: The present invention is intended to make it possible to form patches that allow for a high precision measurement of a threshold of an electric energy to be supplied to nozzles of a print head, without using a high-precision sensor. To this end, this invention changes the electric energy supplied... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080079767 - Liquid ejecting device: A liquid ejecting device including an ejecting head having an ejecting nozzle through which the ejecting head ejects a liquid in the form of a liquid droplet, a liquid droplet receiving portion having an outlet that is open for forming a meniscus using the liquid droplet ejected from the ejecting... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080079763 - Systems and methods for verifying the operational conditions of print heads in a digital printing environment: A print verification system includes a print station for printing an image and a test pattern onto a selected substrate, an image capture device for capturing a digital image of the test pattern, and a computing system for controlling the printing process. The computing system includes an image analysis module... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080079768 - Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid supply method: The liquid ejection apparatus has: a head which ejects liquid; a carriage which conveys the head; a sub tank which is mounted on the carriage, accommodates the liquid to be supplied to the head, and has an elastic film deforming elastically in accordance with supply of the liquid to the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080079769 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: e

20080079770 - Shield assembly for ink jet printing: A shield assembly is provided for use in combination an ink jet printer and is operative to provide a smooth planar surface for printing on a print media. The described embodiment includes a shield having first and second contact surfaces to define an opening therebetween. The opening of the shield... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080079772 - Inkjet recording apparatus and cleaning method: The inkjet recording apparatus has: a head which ejects ink droplets; an intermediate transfer body that has an image forming surface including an image forming region on which an image is formed by means of the ink droplets ejected from the head; a movement device which moves the intermediate transfer... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080079773 - Liquid ejection device: A liquid ejection device with a plurality of liquid ejection heads each having a liquid ejection surface that is elongated in a main scanning direction and is formed with a plurality of liquid ejection ports. The plurality of liquid ejection surfaces defines a first liquid ejection area and a second... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080079775 - Ink-jet head: An ink-jet head has a flow channel unit having a number of laminated plates, including a first, second, and third plate, which together form a common ink chamber, nozzles, and pressure chambers. The first plate has apertures which place the common ink chambers in fluid communication with the pressure chambers,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080079776 - Micro-fluid ejection heads with chips in pockets: Micro-fluid ejection heads and methods for fabricating micro-fluid ejection heads are provided, including those that use a non-conventional substrate and methods for making large array micro-fluid ejection heads. One such ejection head includes a substrate having a device surface with a plurality of fluid ejection actuator devices and a pocket... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080079779 - Method for improving thermal conductivity in micro-fluid ejection heads: Methods for improving the thermal conductivity of a substrate for a micro-fluid ejection head and micro-fluid ejection heads are provided. One such head includes a substrate having a thermal conductivity ranging from about 1.4 W/m-° C. to about 148 W/m-° C., a fluid ejection actuator, and a thermal bus thermally... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080079778 - Micro-fluid ejection heads with multiple glass layers: Methods for fabricating micro-fluid ejection heads and micro-fluid ejection heads are provided herein, such as those that use non-conventional substrates. One such micro-fluid ejection head includes a substrate having first and second glass layers disposed adjacent to a surface thereof and a plurality of fluid ejection actuators disposed adjacent to... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080079780 - Micro-fluid ejection head with embedded chip on non-conventional substrate: Micro-fluid ejection heads and methods for fabricating the same. One such micro-fluid ejection head includes a substrate having a plurality of fluid ejection actuator devices adjacent to a device surface thereof A valley is adjacent to the device surface of the substrate. A semiconductor chip is associated with the plurality... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080079781 - Inkjet printhead and method of manufacturing the same: An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same. The inkjet printhead may include a substrate through which an ink feed hole to supply ink is formed, a chamber layer stacked above the substrate and including a plurality of ink chambers filled with ink supplied from the ink feed... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080079782 - Inkjet head: An inkjet head has a flow path unit having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The flow path unit ejects ink in an ink ejection direction. The flow path unit has wall plates positioned on the second surface, extending away from the flow path unit.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080079783 - Piezoelectric film, process of manufacturing the same and piezoelectric element:

20080079784 - Piezoelectric actuator, liquid transporting apparatus which includes piezoelectric actuator, and method of manufacturing piezoelectric actuator: There is provided a piezoelectric actuator which includes a piezoelectric material layer in which, a portion sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode is an active portion, and a vibration plate which is arranged on a surface of the piezoelectric material layer. The piezoelectric material layer is polarized... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080079785 - Liquid ejection head and manufacturing method thereof: The liquid ejection head includes: a liquid ejection port; a pressure chamber which has a recess part connected to the liquid ejection port; a lower electrode which is arranged on the pressure chamber; a piezoelectric body which has a planar face arranged on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080079786 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer that includes a main tank with ink, a sub-tank unit including a sub-tank, an ink supply mechanism including an ink absorber. Wherein the ink supply mechanism supplies ink from the main tank to the sub-tank. Wherein the main tank and the sub-tank are disconnected from each other... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080079787 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer including a printhead unit. The printhead unit includes a printhead for ejecting ink onto a sheet and a plurality of sub-tanks for supplying the ink to the printhead. The printhead unit is configured to reciprocate in a main scanning direction that is perpendicular to a sheet conveying... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080079788 - Inkjet printer: An inkjet printer including (1) a printhead for ejecting ink onto a sheet, (2) a plurality of main tanks, each holding ink and having a height dimension that is relatively small compared with its other dimensions, (3) a plurality of sub-tanks which supply ink to the printhead, and are configured... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080079790 - Ink cartridge and inkjet recording apparatus: The ink cartridge has: a cartridge container having a flat box shape; an ink bag that is made of a plastic material or an elastic body, accommodates ink, is disposed in the cartridge container, and has an ink supply port via which the ink is extracted from the ink bag,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080079789 - Ink cartridge for computer printer: The invention provides a disposable ink cartridge to be installed in an existing all-in-one printhead-ink cartridge to form an assembled segregated printhead-ink cartridge for use in a printer. The all-in-one printhead-ink cartridge has a printhead with a printhead chamber from which any cover and ink-absorbent materials have been removed. The... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080079791 - Ink circulation system, inkjet recording apparatus, and ink circulation method thereof: An ink circulation system, an inkjet recording apparatus having the ink circulation system, and an ink circulating method thereof. The ink circulation system includes an ink tank including an ink outlet and an ink inlet, a head assembly including a head chip through which an ink is discharged, and a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080079760 - Printhead with variable nozzle firing sequence: A printhead for an inkjet printer, the printhead comprising: an array of ink ejection nozzles; a plurality of actuators arranged such that one of the actuators corresponds to one of the nozzles respectively in order to eject ink therethrough; a drive circuitry for receiving print data from a print engine... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080079762 - Recording method: The present invention relates to a recording method that includes (1) preparing a recording apparatus provided with a transport mechanism that transports a medium in a transport direction in response to a target transport amount that is targeted, which has a first roller provided on an upstream side in the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080079766 - Correction value determining method, correction value determining apparatus, and storage medium having program stored thereon: A correction value determining method of the present invention includes: causing a head to record a first pattern for confirming a transport amount of a medium, while transporting the medium in a transport direction relative to the head in accordance with a target transport amount; obtaining a first correction value... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080079771 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus has liquid ejection heads. Each liquid ejection head has a liquid ejection surface, including nozzles, and a gap is formed between the liquid ejection heads. A sealing member is positioned in the gap, and the sealing member forms a surface. The sealing member joins the liquid... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080079774 - Support assembly for a pagewidth printhead module: Provided is a support assembly for a pagewidth printhead module having modular printhead integrated circuits. The assembly includes a support frame and a plurality of PCB supports operatively supported by said frame, with each support defining busbar channels for locating busbars to supply the integrated circuits with power, and each... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080079777 - Droplet ejection head and method of manufacturing the same: A droplet ejection head according to the present invention includes a layered body made up of a plurality of metal plates in which at least a part of a liquid passage is formed, and an ejection face in which an ejection port provided at one end of the liquid passage... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080079792 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: an inkjet head that ejects a liquid functional material toward a recording medium based on image signals; a recording medium conveying unit that conveys the recording medium to a position opposing the inkjet head; a supply path that supplies the liquid functional material to the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080079794 - Ink for ink-jet recording: An ink for ink-jet recording, by use of which the ejection stability and the storage stability are improved while the occurrence of blurring is prevented, includes water, a water soluble organic solvent and a colored particle as a coloring agent. The volume average diameter of the colored particles is about... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080079793 - Ink set for ink-jet recording: An ink set for ink-jet recording includes a black ink containing a black pigment having an average particle size of from about 100 nm to about 150 nm, and color inks containing color pigments having an average particle size of from about 60 nm to about 90 nm. The dynamic... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080079795 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: an inkjet head that ejects an active energy-curable ink to form an image on a recording medium; an irradiating unit that includes a light source, and that irradiates an active energy ray from the light source to cure the active energy-curable ink ejected by the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080079796 - Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus: The present invention provides: an inkjet recording method comprising: applying an undercoating liquid on a recording medium, the undercoating liquid containing at least one surfactant in an amount of from 0.001% to the critical micelle concentration, the surfactant achieving a surface tension of 25 mN/m or smaller when dissolved in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080079797 - Horizontal color plane registration correction: A method for detecting and correcting misregistration between a plurality of separations printed by a printing apparatus, comprising: producing a calibration print output on a substrate, the calibration print output including at least one calibration pattern, wherein the at least one calibration pattern translates horizontal misregistration into a detectable indicator... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080079798 - Multicolored thermal printer, ribbon and media: Printing systems and methods are described for multicolored thermal printing simultaneously using a plurality of thermal printing technologies to achieve multicolored output. In one configuration, a dual thermal technology thermal printer includes a single thermal media ribbon printing subsystem using a multi-temperature thermal print head capable of producing grayscale or... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080079799 - Card manufacturing method and apparatus thereof: A card manufacturing method for manufacturing the card and a card manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the card are provided. The card 51 includes a card base 1, a first receptor layer 1a arranged on one side of the card base 1 to contain a sublimation-ink image 8, a protecting layer... Agent: Nath & Associates