Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 05/08

20080122879 - Apparatus for refilling inkjet cartridges and methods thereof: An integrated inkjet-cartridge refilling system that is comprised of an arrangement of mechanical, electrical, electronic, pneumatic, and software elements, which is used by an operator in a retail environment to automatically connect one of many types of inkjet cartridges that are used in printing devices and refill the cartridge.... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080122885 - Apparatus and method of controlling droplet trajectory: A printhead has a fluid chamber having an orifice, an associated fluid drop forming mechanism, and an associated fluid drop steering device. The fluid drop forming mechanism is operable to apply to fluid present in the fluid chamber energy sufficient to cause a fluid drop to be ejected from the... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080122880 - Digital printing system: Systems and methods for digitally printing images onto substrates are provided using digital inks and catalysts which initiate and/or accelerate curing of the inks on the substrates. The ink and catalyst are kept separate from each other while inside the heads of an inkjet printer and combine only after being... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080122884 - Ink jet recording apparatus and maintenance method thereof: The invention provides a configuration capable of judging whether an ink jet head is exchanged or whether it is replaced, and changing an amount of recovery operation when the ink jet head is exchanged or replaced. Thus a recording apparatus capable of avoiding a defective ink supply in case the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080122883 - Inkjet printer having nozzle displacement correction: An inkjet printer is provided which has a printhead module and printer controller. The printhead module has a plurality of inkjet nozzles, with at least one of the nozzles being rotationally displaced relative to a carrier of the printhead module. The printer controller determines and communicates ink dot data to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080122882 - Method for printing an article by using a uv ink-jet printer and a printing module for implementing the method: A method for efficiently printing an article by using a UV ink-jet printer and a printing module for implementing the method are disclosed and characterized in that at least one of a color-ink and an assigned-color-ink printheads is connected with a movement-controlling mechanism which manages to move the printhead for... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080122881 - Security system using conductive and non-conductive regions: Disclosed is an item, for example a document, including a substrate having thereon a multiplicity of separate printed markings, wherein the printed markings include both conductive printed markings and substantially non-conductive printed markings. The different conductive and substantially non-conductive regions on the substrate can be detected, for example by measuring... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080122887 - Liquid ejection apparatus: In a liquid ejection apparatus, having: a liquid ejection head having, a nozzle plate having a nozzle to eject liquid, a cavity to reserve liquid ejected form a ejection hole of the nozzle, a pressure generating device to form a meniscus of the liquid, and a ejecting voltage applying device... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080122886 - System and method for evaluating line formation in an ink jet imaging device to normalize print head driving voltages: A method enables an ink jet imaging device to normalize the driving signals for the ink jets within a print head of the device. The method includes generating an ink jet driving signal at an initial voltage and a particular resolution, coupling the ink jet driving signal to an ink... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080122888 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus of the present invention includes one or more ink-jet heads, a drive waveform generation circuit, a plurality of drive waveform selection circuits, and a plurality of drive signal generation circuits. The drive waveform generation circuit generates m different drive waveforms (m is equal to or greater... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080122890 - Image forming method and apparatus capable for preventing cockling: A liquid-ejection-type image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to print by ejecting ink liquid, and an electrostatic-absorption belt configured to convey printing paper, The liquid-ejection-type image forming apparatus performs a cockling-preventing mode operation which stops printing operation, separates the printing paper from the electrostatic-absorption belt, and restarts the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080122889 - Printing apparatus and control method of the printing apparatus: In an ink jet printing apparatus using a plurality of printing heads arranged in a convey direction of a printing medium, an inclination angle of the printing medium to a predetermined convey direction is detected to adjust, in accordance with the resultant inclination angle, timings at which ink is jetted... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080122891 - Printing apparatus: This invention is directed to a printing apparatus capable of specifying the color material concentration in ink to discharge or suck the ink in a suitable amount for suppressing degradation in print quality or ink supply failure. The printing apparatus executes printing by scanning a printhead having an orifice to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080122892 - Inkjet-type recording apparatus, apparatus for cleaning inkjet head portion, and method of cleaning inkjet head portion: An inkjet-type recording apparatus includes an inkjet head portion (3), an ink tank (5) supplying the inkjet head portion (3) with ink (4), and a rotating roller (8) for cleaning a nozzle plate (1) of the inkjet head portion (3). The rotating roller (8) is arranged to face the nozzle... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080122893 - Ink-jet recording apparatus and recording method therefor: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080122894 - Head chip and ink cartridge and image forming apparatus having the same: A head chip usable in an image forming apparatus, the head chip includes a nozzle layer having a nozzle to discharge ink onto a recording medium, a substrate layer having an ink supplying slit provided to be parallel with the nozzle layer to supply the nozzle with the ink, and... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080122895 - Nozzle members, compositions, and methods for micro-fluid ejection heads: An improved photoimaged nozzle plate for a micro-fluid ejection head, a micro-fluid ejection head containing the nozzle plate, and methods for making a micro-fluid ejection head. The improved nozzle plate is provided by a photoresist nozzle plate layer applied to a thick film layer on a semiconductor substrate containing fluid... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080122896 - Inkjet printhead with backside power return conductor: A print head includes a substrate and an ejector. The substrate includes a first side and a second side. The ejector is located on the first side of the substrate and includes a fluid chamber with portions of the fluid chamber defining a nozzle bore, and a resistive element operable... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080122897 - Patterning method, droplet discharging device and circuit board: A method for producing a pattern on a substrate includes discharging a droplet on a top surface of a breathable substrate being heated, the droplet being formed with a functional fluid containing a functional material, so as to produce the pattern on the top surface of the breathable substrate.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080122898 - Pattern forming method and circuit board: A pattern forming method successively discharges droplets of a functional fluid including a functional material towards a base substrate and forms a pattern on a surface of the base substrate. The pattern forming method comprises heating a surface of the base substrate to a surface temperature equal to or more... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080122899 - Inkjet print head and method of manufacturing the same: An inkjet print head includes a substrate in which an ink feed hole having an hourglass cross-section is formed, a chamber layer that is stacked on the substrate and has a plurality of ink chambers into which ink supplied from the ink feed hole is filled, and a nozzle layer... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080122900 - Continuous ink jet apparatus with integrated drop action devices and control circuitry: A continuous liquid drop emission apparatus is provided. The liquid drop emission apparatus is comprised of a liquid chamber containing a positively pressurized liquid in flow communication with at least one nozzle for emitting a continuous stream of liquid and a jet stimulation apparatus adapted to transfer pulses of energy... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080122902 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus having a liquid ejection head and a switching device is provided. The switching device includes a first supply passage through which first liquid flows, a second supply passage through which second liquid different from the first liquid flows, a head supply passage, a first ON-OFF valve... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080122901 - Printhead reservoir with filter used as a check valve: A printhead reservoir includes at least one ink reservoir to hold ink and at least one umbilical to deliver ink to the ink reservoir under pressure. A filter resides between the umbilical and the ink reservoir having meniscus strength sufficient enough to prevent the reservoir from draining when the pressure... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Xerox

20080122905 - Cartridge for an in-vehicle information retrieval system: This invention provides for a disposable print cartridge for an in-vehicle information retrieval system. The system includes a video output module, a display facility and a printer controller for a printer. The cartridge includes a base molding with a cover operatively locating a stack of paper therein and together defining... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080122906 - Ink supply mechanism for a disposable camera printing system: The invention provides for an ink supply mechanism for a disposable camera printing system. The printing system of the disposable camera includes a printhead with a series of holes etched in a back surface thereof for the supply of ink to a front surface of the printhead for subsequent ejection... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080122903 - Nebulizer and cartridge structure thereof: A nebulizer and cartridge structure thereof for use in a nebulization apparatus comprises a first cartridge accommodation space and a second cartridge accommodation space. The first cartridge accommodation space includes at least one connection bottom, and the second cartridge accommodation space includes at least one connection side. Moreover, the second... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080122904 - Printing apparatus having inkjet cartridge: A printing apparatus including a separable ink cartridge, a body, and an isolating mechanism is provided. The ink cartridge is formed with a first electronic pad. The body is formed with a circuit board having a second electronic pad. During the installation of the ink cartridge, the isolating mechanism allows... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080122907 - Independent keying and guidance for solid ink sticks: An ink loader for a phase change ink imaging device comprises at least one guide member for maintaining alignment and orientation of ink sticks as the ink sticks feed to a melt area of an ink loader. The ink loader also includes a keyed opening through which ink sticks are... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080122908 - Intermediate side slot vertical ink constraint with offset support: An ink stick cooperates with structure in a feed channel of a phase change ink printer to reduce steering effects from pushing the ink sticks along the longitudinal axis of the feed channel. The ink stick includes an ink stick body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a lateral... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080122909 - Lateral anti-skewing solution for solid ink: A solid ink stick incorporates structural features and aspect ratios that facilitate movement of the ink stick through a feed channel. The ink stick includes an ink stick body having a width, a length, and a height, a first skew limiter in a lateral side of the ink stick, the... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080122911 - Drop ejection apparatuses: Material-handling systems are described that maximize the stability of materials, such as inks or clear overcoat materials. Some of the material handling systems oxygenate the material as it moves through the material-handling systems, reducing premature polymerization of the material and/or providing a stable viscosity.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080122910 - Ink tank configured to accommodate high ink flow rates: A removable ink tank configured to be mounted to a printhead assembly includes a floor having an ink output port A free ink chamber is located above the floor. A suspended ink chamber is located above the floor and around the ink output port. The suspended ink chamber is separated... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080122912 - Printhead reservoir with filter external to jet fluid path: A printhead reservoir has an input ink port and a chamber to receive ink from an ink source through the input ink port. The reservoir also has a filter in a path between the input ink port and the chamber. A printhead includes a reservoir having an input ink port,... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Xerox

20080122913 - One way compatibility keying for solid ink sticks: A plurality of ink sticks for use in phase change ink imaging devices comprises a first ink stick configured for insertion through an insertion opening of an ink loader for a first phase change ink imaging device and configured for insertion through an insertion opening of an ink loader for... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080122915 - Polymeric colorant-based ink compositions: An ink composition suitable for ink jet printing comprises a polymeric colorant in a carrier, the colorant containing at least one hydrophilic portion and at least one hydrophobic portion, wherein the composite log Kow of the polymeric colorant is more positive than −0.7.... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080122914 - Radiation curable phase change inks containing curable epoxy-polyamide composite gellants: Ink vehicles having improved gellant solubility and ink compositions including such ink vehicles are provided. Exemplary ink vehicles include first and second co-monomers, and a gellant that includes that includes a curable epoxy-polyamide composite gellant; in which the first and second co-monomers are radiation curable are different from each other.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080122916 - Synchronous duplex printing systems using directed charged particle or aerosol toner development: An imaging system may include first and second imaging assemblies for synchronously imaging on both sides of a receiver material using directed charged particle or aerosol toner printing methods. The imaging assemblies may in turn each include an imaging member and an intermediate transfer member, and the intermediate transfer member... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080122917 - Thermal printer and printing method of thermal printer: A thermal printer includes a conveying roller for conveying a recording sheet, a thermal head for transferring ink onto the recording sheet by driving a heating element, and a platen roller arranged to oppose the thermal head for pinching the ink ribbon and the recording sheet between the platen roller... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080122918 - Image forming apparatus capable of forming excellent image: Differing ratios of the amount of light from light source LD2 to the amount of light from light source LD1 are provided. An image pattern for adjustment that includes, for each color, an area made up of isolated dots by light source LD1 and an area made up of isolated... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080117238 - Functional device fabrication apparatus and functional device fabricated with the same: A functional device fabrication apparatus is provided for forming a wiring pattern or an electronic device on a substrate using paper or paper-based material by depositing solid content of a solution on the substrate. The functional device fabrication apparatus includes a jet head. The jet head jets the solution including... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080117239 - Multifunctional portable data processing system: A multifunctional portable data processing system having print, scan, and copy capabilities includes a portable computer having a housing, a display screen, a input panel, a pointing device, and a copy unit which may be within or attached to the housing. The copy unit includes a contact image sensor scan... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20080117240 - Inkjet printer and method of controlling same: Inkjet printer apparatus includes a pressure-regulated tank having an inlet connected to an ink reservoir, and an outlet connected to a printhead including nozzles for discharging continuous streams of ink drops towards a substrate for printing thereon and gutters for intercepting the ink drops not to be printed. The apparatus... Agent: Martin D Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080117243 - Printer contoller with equalised data supply rate to multi-color printhead ics: A printer controller for supplying print data to a pagewidth printhead is provided. The printhead has a plurality of printhead integrated circuits of different lengths arranged across the pagewidth to define the pagewidth printhead having rows of printing nozzles formed by adjacent printing nozzle rows of the adjacent printhead integrated... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117244 - Apparatus and method for thermal printers that employ a battery or other portable power source: A thermal printer includes a capacitor and a power converter operable to step a voltage of a power source, and coupled to charge the capacitor. Printing is controlled based at least in part on a charge state of the capacitor. Delays in charging the capacitor may be avoided where a... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080117245 - Ink jet head driver: An ink jet head driver, which is adapted to discharge ink drops of a number predetermined taking the maximum of discharged drops as a limit by each pixel data piece corresponding to plural pixels for constituting an image to a transported paper sheet at desired timing to form the image... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080117246 - Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus: Provided are a recording head 6 for emitting a photocurable ink onto a recording medium, this photocurable ink being cured by application of light; an ultraviolet irradiation device equipped for applying ultraviolet light to the emitted ink; a carriage drive mechanism 11 for reciprocal scanning movement of the recording head... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080117248 - Digital printing plastic containers: A container having a non-planar external surface and a digital image printed thereon by ink droplets is provided. The ink droplets may vary in diameter from about 10 to about 200 microns and the droplets may range from about 200 to about 1200 drops per inch. Methods for digital printing... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080117249 - Misfiring print nozzle compensation: Embodiments including misfiring print nozzle compensation are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080117253 - Drum-mounted roller spittoon system and method: Various embodiments of a system and method for spitting are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080117254 - Wide format pagewidth inkjet printer: A print assembly (14) for a wide format pagewidth inkjet printer (10) includes an elongate carrier (187) that is mountable on a support structure (12) of the printer and is positioned an operative distance from a platen (106) of the printer (10). A number of printhead chips (186) are provided... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117255 - Radiation activated micro-fluid ejection devices and methods for ejecting fluids: Micro-fluid ejection devices, such as inkjet printheads, such as those that use a laser to eject fluid. One such micro-fluid ejection device includes a passageway plate defining a fluid chamber filled with fluid and a fluid channel to supply the fluid chamber with fluid, a top plate provided on the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080117257 - Inkjet head and manufacturing method thereof: The inkjet head in accordance with the present invention includes a head unit formed by fixing a plurality of head elements to each other, and a nozzle plate fixed on the head unit. The head element has a pair of main surfaces and a front surface positioned between the pair... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080117256 - Package method of inkjet-printhead chip and its structure: The present invention discloses a package method of the inkjet-printhead chip and its structure. The structure includes: a nozzle structure of a print element including an ink chamber layer and a nozzle layer on the ink chamber layer, wherein a plurality of nozzle through holes are set in the nozzle... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080117260 - Droplet deposition apparatus: An actuator taking the form of a piezoelectric wall separating two chambers, which utilizes two actuation modes. Both actuation modes cause volume displacements in both chambers, but act to reinforce one another in one chamber and cancel one another in the other chamber. A fluid pump for droplet deposition having... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080117261 - Micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement with non-wicking roof structure for an inkjet printhead: The invention relates to a micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate defining an inverted pyramidal ink chamber with an ink supply channel leading through the substrate, the substrate having a layer of drive circuitry. The arrangement also includes a roof structure connected to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117262 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus using the same: A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of orifices, a plurality of chambers in communication with the orifices, a plurality of fluid resistance portions in communication with the chambers, a plurality of liquid passages each including at least one of the chambers and at least one of the fluid resistance... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080117263 - Ink jet head: l

20080117265 - Guide for printer solid ink transport and method: A solid ink delivery system for use with a solid ink stick for use in solid ink printers is provided. The solid ink delivery system is used for delivering the stick to a melting station for melting the stick so that the ink may be transferred to media to form... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080117268 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid and a switching device. The switching device includes a first ON-OFF valve that selectively opens and closes a first supply passage at a position upstream from the joining point, and a second ON-OFF valve that selectively opens... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080117264 - Solid ink stick features for printer ink transport and method: A solid ink stick adapted for use with solid ink printers is provided. The stick includes a body defining a longitudinal axis of the body. The body defines an external periphery of the body. The external periphery has a groove formed on the periphery. The groove extends in a direction... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080117266 - Transport system for solid ink for cooperation with melt head in a printer: An ink delivery system for use with a solid ink stick for use in printers is provided. The ink delivery system is used for receiving the stick and converting it to molten ink that may be transferred to media to form an image on the media. The delivery system includes... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080117267 - Transport system for solid ink in a printer: A solid ink delivery system for use with a plurality of solid ink sticks for use in solid ink printers is provided. The delivery system includes a guide for guiding the solid ink sticks in a prescribed path and a drive member for simultaneous engagement with a plurality of the... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080117270 - Liquid-jet apparatus: Provided is a liquid-jet apparatus which can suppress liquid consumption by preventing air that can turn into bubbles from entering a liquid introducing columnar body in replacement of a liquid storage member and thus reducing a frequency of execution of a cleaning operation for discharging the bubbles inside a liquid... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080117272 - Printer solid ink transport and method: A solid ink delivery system for use with a solid ink stick for use in printers is provided. The solid ink delivery system delivers the stick to a melting station for melting the stick so that the ink may be transferred to media to form an image on the media.... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080117273 - Image recording device and image recording method: An image recording device includes a processing solution-supplying unit that supplies, to a recording medium, a processing solution; an ink-ejecting unit that ejects ink to the recording medium; and an energy supplying unit that supplies energy to the recording medium, wherein the processing solution contains a polybasic acid having two... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20080117241 - Print cartridge assembly with media drive for a mobile handset: The invention provides for a print cartridge assembly for a mobile handset. The assembly includes a chassis defining a number of slots for operatively receiving ink bearing structures therein, the chassis also defining a plurality of tortuous ink paths for supplying ink from the ink bearing structures to a printhead... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117242 - Methods and apparatuses for control of a signal in a printing apparatus: A printing apparatus is provided that precisely control the transition of an electrical signal that causes a printing substance to be deposited. In particular, in some embodiments, a circuit is configured to control the application of a firing pulse to a printing element, and the printing element is configured to... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080117247 - Inkjet printing of color filters: A method for printing includes providing a substrate on which a matrix of color elements is defined, the color elements having respective center lines. A printhead assembly is positioned over the substrate. The printhead assembly includes multiple controllable nozzles. At least one of the substrate and the printhead assembly is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080117250 - Image processing method and apparatus, and image recording apparatus: The image processing method for an image recording apparatus that records an image on a recording medium by means of dots including a dot with a minimum dot size larger than a recording distance determined in accordance with resolution, the image processing method comprises the steps of: setting the recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080117251 - Printhead assembly with protective capping mechanism: The present invention relates to a printhead assembly for a printer. The printhead assembly includes a mounting plate assembly for mounting to a chassis of the printer. An ink ejection printhead is mounted to the mounting plate assembly. A capping mechanism is mounted to the mounting plate assembly. The capping... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117252 - Printhead assembly configured to purge printheads of a printer: The invention provides for a printhead assembly configured to purge printheads of a printer. The assembly includes duplex printheads arranged opposite each other to define a print media feed gap between them, and two purging members each defining a purging chamber arranged in fluid communication with a suction pump. The... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117258 - Printhead nozzle arrangement incorporating a corrugated electrode: A nozzle arrangement is provided for a printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a wafer arrangement and a nozzle extending from the wafer arrangement. The nozzle defines a nozzle chamber in which ink can be stored and an ink ejection port though which ink in the nozzle chamber can be ejected.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117259 - Micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement with motion conversion coupling structures: The invention provides for a micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement on a substrate with motion conversion coupling structures. The structures operatively link a thermal actuator and a roof structure of the nozzle arrangement. The roof structure defines an ejection port therein. The coupling structure includes a connecting member connected to the thermal... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117269 - Printhead ink delivery system with two pairs of locating formations: An ink delivery system is provided for delivering ink to a plurality of printhead modules. The ink delivery system includes a channel structure defining a channel and a first pair of locating formations on either side of the channel. A printhead module location molding defines both a bight configured to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117271 - Cartridge unit assembly with ink storage modules and a printhead ic for a printer: The invention relates to a cartridge unit assembly for a printer. The assembly includes a main body having a rectangular frame. An ink storage module assembly has ink storage modules. The rectangular frame has a number of compartments therein for operatively locating the ink storage modules. An ink outlet molding... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117274 - Print engine with chassis ink channels between printhead and cartridge: A print engine includes a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes an ink ejection printhead. A chassis assembly includes a molding defining ink supply channels for supplying respective inks to the printhead. A print roll cartridge includes a core defining internal ink reservoirs and print media wound upon the core.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080117275 - Thermal head and method of controlling thermal head: A thermal head has plural heat generating elements arrayed therein in a main scanning direction to form a heat generating element row, causes the respective heat generating elements to generate heat while conveying a recording medium in a sub-scanning direction, and forms plural dot lines in the main scanning direction... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080117276 - Thermal head and method of manufacturing thermal head: A thermal head is disclosed. The thermal head includes a heat generating element row in which plural heat generating elements are arrayed in a main scanning direction and a glaze that stores heat generated from the respective heat generating elements. The thermal head records an image on a recording medium... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080117277 - Photographic printing method, manufacturing method of photographic printed material, and printing apparatus: t

20080117278 - Light source using large area leds: A printing apparatus (100) for printing digital images onto a photosensitive medium (140) employing, for exposure energy, a light source (20) that uses various arrays of LEDs (32). The printing apparatus (100) may form the print image using sequential modulation, one color at a time, or by applying all colors... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080117279 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor: An image forming apparatus forms an image by laser beams from a plurality of lasers. The image forming apparatus includes a light amount control circuit that detects displacement in a sub-scanning direction of the main scanning line of a laser beam from the predetermined laser, from a reference position. The... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080117280 - Smart start of scan (sos) detector: A technique for achieving a smart start of scan (SOS) detector that is related with line scan timing on raster output scanners by expanding the available functions to include beam size and position. A start of scan detection system adapted to provide beam size and position control. The system includes... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, Pllc

20080117281 - Motor polygon assembly (mpa) facet reflectivity mapping: A technique for minimizing motor polygon assembly output reflectivity using real time facet reflectivity measurements and mapping. An automatic power control sensor manages laser beams produced by the laser source associated with the system during overscan periods ‘outside’ of defined printing time. Errors are then recorded internal to the raster... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, Pllc

20080111842 - Method and system for ink consumption monitoring: A method and system for predicting ink usage during a print job for an ink jet printer and displaying information in connection with ink usage on a system monitor. The method steps include determining the initial ink level of an ink cartridge and developing a histogram of ink usage associated... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080111843 - Ink-jet recording apparatus and recording method therefor: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080111844 - Printer controller for sequenced printhead nozzle firing: A printer controller is provided for supplying one or more control signals to a printhead module. The printhead module includes at least one row that has a plurality of adjacent sets of n−1 adjacent nozzles. Each of the nozzles is configured to expel ink in response to a fire signal.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111851 - Printing mechanism with ink spray suction: A printing mechanism, especially for a franking machine, has a print head operating by the ink jet principle and a suction mechanism for suctioning away the ink spray arising when ink drops are ejected from at least one nozzle of the print head. The suction mechanism has a suction inlet,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080111852 - Image forming apparatus: A recording unit is movable in a first direction and has a plurality of dot forming portions arranged in a predetermined interval in a second direction that intersects the first direction. A conveying roller conveys the recording medium in the second direction. Recording operations and conveying operations are repeated for... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080111854 - Liquid drop ejecting head and image forming apparatus,liquid drop ejecting apparatus, recording method: The first water-repellent layer 41 due to the first water-repellent process is formed on the surface of the nozzle forming part 31 formed the nozzle 4 of the surface of the nozzle plate 2, and the second water-repellent layer 42 due to the second water-repellent process different from the first... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080111859 - Recording-head driving device for driving recording head: A recording-head driving device for driving a recording head including a plurality of actuator sections each provided for recording on a recording medium, the recording-head driving device including: a wiring board elongated in a longitudinal direction to be connected, at a connected portion near to one of longitudinally opposite ends... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080111862 - Liquid dispenser head, liquid dispensing unit using same, and image forming apparatus using same: A liquid dispenser head includes nozzles, pressure chambers, an energy generator, a shared chamber, a vibration member, and a specific wall portion. The nozzles discharge liquid. Each of the pressure chambers communicates with a corresponding one of the nozzles. The energy generator, provided for each of the pressure chambers, generates... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080111864 - Element substrate, printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus: An element substrate includes a plurality of printing elements, a plurality of driving circuits which drive the plurality of printing elements, an input unit which inputs an enable signal to define the driving period of each printing element, a shift register which inputs a print data, a latch circuit which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080111868 - Liquid ejection head: A liquid ejecting head is constituted by a substrate to which elements for generating energy utilized for ejecting liquid and a supply port for supplying the liquid to be ejected are provided; a plurality of ejection outlets, for ejecting the liquid, provided corresponding to the elements; pressure chambers each communicating... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080111869 - Liquid feeding device and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid feeding device includes: a flexible tube to be arranged so as to be curved at the midsection thereof for feeding liquid to a liquid ejecting head for ejecting the liquid toward a target; a resilient longitudinally extending member to be arranged so as to extend along the tube;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080111872 - Pagewidth printhead assembly cartridge with micro-capillary feed: A cartridge for a pagewidth printhead assembly is provided. The cartridge includes a body assembly having a lid and main body operatively defining a plurality of fluid chambers when assembled, each chamber comprising a stack of polymer layers with a micro-capillary array of channels formed therein to form an absorbent... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111845 - Dithering unit for multi-segment printhead: A dithering unit for a multi-segment printhead having a plurality of printhead segments that are positioned in a printhead to span a print area so that portions of consecutive printhead segments overlap in common print areas, with each printhead segment defining a lead-in area in one common print area and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111846 - Method of generating halftone print data for consecutive printhead segments including overlapping end portions: A method of generating halftone print data for overlapping end portions of a pair of consecutive printhead segments in an array of two or more printhead segments. Generally an end portion of a first printhead segment overlaps an end portion of a second printhead segment, in which each printhead segment... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111847 - Inkjet recording apparatus and discharge defect determination method: The inkjet recording apparatus comprises: a plurality of full-line recording heads provided for a plurality of ink colors, each of the plurality of full-line recording heads having one or more rows of nozzles in which a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink are arrayed across an entire width of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080111849 - Print engine assembly having a rotatable platen providing different functional operations: A print engine assembly comprising an elongate chassis and a pair of bearing moldings operatively mounted to either end of the chassis. A rotatable platen extends between the pair of bearing moldings, the rotatable platen having more than one longitudinally extending surface region providing different functional operations. A printhead assembly... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111848 - Print engine with a transfer roller for a recess-mountable pagewidth printer: The invention relates to a print engine for a compact recess-mountable pagewidth printer. The printer includes a paper tray inside a housing. The print engine includes a chassis mountable within the housing next to the paper tray to define a media path co-planar with sheets of media within said paper... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111850 - Printhead with air supply valve for an inkjet printer: A printhead for an inkjet printer, comprising an array of nozzles for ejecting ink and an air duct. The air duct receives pressurized air and air passages extend from a base of the air duct to transfer air for use in the vicinity of the nozzles. Also provided is an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111853 - Printhead incorporating rows of ink ejection nozzles: A printhead is provided for an inkjet printer. The printhead includes a wafer assembly defining rows of spaced apart ink supply channels. Rows of ink ejection nozzle groups extend from the wafer assembly. Each nozzle group includes a pair of rows of ink ejection nozzles. Each ink ejection nozzle includes... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111857 - Printhead assembly incorporating a pair of aligned groups of ink holes: A printhead assembly includes an elongate extrusion defining a plurality of longitudinally extending ink channels. The extrusion also defines a plurality of first groups of holes with the holes in each group extending from respective ink channels. An elongate support defines a longitudinally extending extrusion channel in which the extrusion... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111856 - Printhead nozzle arrangement having a looped heater element: This invention provides for a nozzle arrangement for a printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate that defines an ink inlet passage. A nozzle plate is arranged on the substrate and defines an ink chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet passage and a nozzle aperture in fluid communication... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111855 - Printhead provided with individual nozzle enclosures: A printhead comprising a plurality of unit cells, at least one of the plurality of unit cells comprising a substrate including an ink inlet passage. A chamber is defined by chamber sidewalls and at least part of a nozzle plate defining an aperture for ejection of ink from the chamber,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111858 - Modular printhead with printhead modules including nested parts: A modular printhead includes a chassis and a plurality of ink ejection printhead modules mounted to the chassis. Each printhead module includes a first molding defining a first recess. A second molding is received within the first recess and defines a second recess. An ink ejection integrated circuit (IC) is... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111860 - Laminated pagewidth printhead thermal support assembly: The invention provides for a pagewidth printhead thermal support assembly. The assembly includes an elongate support beam operatively supporting a plurality of printhead modules having at least one printhead integrated circuit. The support beam is comprised of a central layer with corresponding layers laminated on either side thereof, said layers... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111861 - Nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead incorporating a protective structure: This invention relates to a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate defining a nozzle chamber bounded by walls and a roof which defines an ink ejection port in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber, said substrate having a CMOS drive circuitry layer thereon. Also... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111863 - Printer unit incorporating an integrated print roll and ink supply unit: A printer unit includes a print roll and ink supply unit. The print roll and ink supply unit includes a print roll former around which is wound print media. The former defines a core portion in which ink is stored. A platen unit is configured to support print media fed... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111866 - Nozzle arrangement with a top wall portion having etchant holes therein: The current invention provides for a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer. The nozzle arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining an ink supply channel therethrough, with side wall portions and a top wall portion arranged on the wafer substrate to define a nozzle chamber for operatively receiving ink, said top... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111865 - Pagewidth printhead thermal assembly for supporting printhead modules: This invention provides for a pagewidth printhead thermal assembly. The assembly includes an elongate support beam operatively supporting a plurality of printhead modules having at least one printhead integrated circuit. The support beam has an odd number of layers of at least two different materials, said layers laminated together so... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111867 - Printhead unit cell incorporating a bubble generating heater element: The present invention relates to a unit cell of a printhead. The unit cell includes a multi-layer substrate defining an ink inlet. One or more side walls extend from the substrate around the ink inlet. A nozzle plate is supported by the side walls to define a chamber in fluid... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111870 - Cover assembly including an ink refilling actuator member: A cover assembly for a cradle unit of an inkjet printer having a body complementary to a removable inkjet cartridge of a type having a pagewidth printhead and an ink supply and a controller for controlling the operation of the printhead to facilitate printing. the cover assembly comprises: at least... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111871 - Print engine with partitioned body and interleaved ink storage modules: The present invention relates to a print engine for an inkjet printer unit. The print engine includes a cradle unit and a replaceable cartridge unit to be releasably received within the cradle unit. The cartridge unit comprises an elongate body defining a plurality of partitions. An ink storage module assembly... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111873 - Refillable ink supply cartridge for a postcard printing camera system: The invention relates to a refillable ink supply cartridge for a postcard printing camera system. The cartridge includes a pagewidth printhead having a series of holes etched on a back surface thereof for the supply of ink to a front surface of the printhead for subsequent ejection via a micro-electromechanical... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080111874 - Ink pinning assembly: An ink pinning assembly comprises a source of UV radiation suitable for pinning ink on a record medium. A radiation guide device has an inlet facing the source and an outlet through which radiation is emitted towards a record medium, in use, the length of the inlet being greater that... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080111875 - Medium supplying mechanism, liquid ejecting device, and recording device: A medium supplying mechanism that supplies medium to be supplied with one end of each medium serving as a reference includes a medium supporting unit having a plurality of extendable and contractable supporting portions that are disposed in steps and that support the medium. Supporting widths and dispositions of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080111876 - Thermal printer: A thermal printer includes: a thermal head that has heating elements arranged on a head substrate in a longitudinal direction thereof. A head supporting member has a head supporting portion, which is a rectangular plate, for supporting the thermal head at a leading end, and pivots on a rotating axis... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080111877 - Thermal laser printing: A direct thermal printing material having at least one planar layer containing thermally activatable materials, wherein said planar layer forms an image upon application of laser light.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080111878 - Optical head, control method thereof, and image forming apparatus: A control method for controlling an optical head having a plurality of light emitting devices, includes: dividing the plurality of light emitting devices into a plurality of blocks by grouping adjacent light emitting devices of the plurality of light emitting devices; adjusting levels of driving signals supplied to the adjacent... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080111879 - Method for determining correction value, exposure device, and image forming apparatus: A method for determining a correction value used for correction of energy of light emitted from each of a plurality of light-emitting elements for exposing a surface to be exposed, the light-emitting elements being arranged in a first direction, is provided. The method includes identifying, from among a plurality of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080106558 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for controlling same: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having a pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle opening and a pressure generator capable of causing pressure fluctuation to liquid in the pressure chamber, the liquid ejecting head causing pressure fluctuation to the liquid in the pressure chamber by driving the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080106560 - Printing system, print management apparatus, printing method and computer readable medium: The printing system is provided with: an image forming unit including a usage restriction of a predetermined print attribute set in print data for performing a print operation; a release character string receiving unit that receives input of a release character string for releasing the usage restriction of the print... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106564 - Method for reducing print-density variations in printers, particularly in inkjet printers: A method of reducing print-density variations in printers, particularly multi-deflection continuous-jet printers, including printing elements arrayed along the X-axis for printing on a substrate moving relative to the printing elements along the Y-axis. The method includes controlling the printer to print a test pattern having a plurality of strips extending... Agent: Martin D Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080106567 - Inkjet recorder: A line-type inkjet recorder for printing a desired image onto paper by discharging ink from plural nozzles provided in a head part, the inkjet recorder includes: an image data processing part for converting image data to be printed into print data for each of the nozzles; a temperature detection part... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080106568 - Device for patterning workpieces: The invention relates to a device (1) for patterning workpieces (2), which preferably consist at least partially of wood, wood materials or the like, having an ink-jet printing means (10) having a plurality of nozzles (12) from which drops of ink can be expelled, a workpiece carrier means (20) for... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080106571 - Wiping apparatus for print head: Accordingly, a wiping apparatus for a print head 2 for wiping a head surface 2a of the print head by rubbing the same with a blade 7 is provided which comprises: a wiping box 8 having an open area at its top; a blade support 10 having the blade fastened... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080106572 - Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid storage portion of liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that discharges liquid, a liquid receiving portion that receives the liquid from the liquid ejection head, a detachable liquid storage portion that stores the liquid within the liquid receiving portion, and a liquid passage that conducts the liquid within the liquid... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080106573 - Printing method: A printing method is provided. In the printing method, a printing head is rotated with an angle, such that all the nozzles of the printing head are aligned with the dots of the data to be printed. After being rotated, the printing head performs the printing. If some nozzles of... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080106574 - Liquid discharge method and liquid discharge head: A liquid discharge method of a liquid discharge head having a discharge port which discharges a liquid, a channel which communicates with the discharge port and an energy generation unit which is disposed opposite to the discharge port and which generates energy for use in discharging the liquid. The method... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080106575 - Container holder, liquid consuming apparatus, and liquid container: A container holder can accommodate liquid containers with high density without deteriorating electrical connection between an apparatus terminal and a circuit board.... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080106577 - Liquid droplet ejecting head, inspection device, and method of using inspection device: A liquid droplet ejecting head includes a nozzle unit having a nozzle capable of ejecting liquid droplets and a pressure generating passage communicating with the nozzle. A driving unit includes a nozzle unit mounting portion and an actuator. The nozzle unit is detachably mounted on the nozzle unit mounting portion,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080106578 - Thermal inkjet printhead: A thermal inkjet printhead includes a plurality of bonding pads to which an external voltage is applied, a plurality of common wires connected to the each of the bonding pads, respectively, a plurality of individual wires connected to each of the common wires, respectively, and heaters connected to each of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080106584 - Common side insertion keying for phase change ink sticks: A set of ink sticks includes multiple ink sticks, each adapted to be inserted in an insertion direction into one of the feed channels of a phase change ink jet printer. Each ink stick has a keyed surface substantially aligned with the insertion direction, and each of the keyed surfaces... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080106583 - Solid ink sticks with corner guides: An ink stick comprises a solid ink stick body adapted for insertion in an insertion direction into an ink loader of a phase change ink device. The solid ink stick body includes a top and bottom surface that are oriented substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction and a plurality of... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080106556 - Intelligent ink cartridge and method for manufacturing the same: This relates to an intelligent ink cartridge and method for manufacturing the same. The ink cartridge comprises at least one ink chamber for containing ink, an electronics module for storing identification information of the ink cartridge and ink remaining data. The electronics module comprises a micro-controller with embedded non-volatile memory,... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080106559 - 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

20080106557 - Method for producing liquid-jet head and method for driving liquid-jet head: A liquid-jet head selectively forms a large dot or a small dot. The large dot is ejected when a plurality of pulse signals are selected, and the small dot upon selection of a smaller number of the pulse signals. There is a contraction of the pressure generating chamber to eject... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080106561 - Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid: A liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies and method of using same. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a head in... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080106562 - Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid: A liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies and method of using same. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a head in... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080106563 - Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid: A liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies and method of using same. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a head in... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080106566 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus can form a high-quality image while acquiring a stable conveyance performance. A conveyance belt (21) conveys a recording medium (12) by attracting the recording medium (12) by an electrostatic force. A recording head (7) discharges liquid droplets toward the recording medium (12) being conveyed by the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080106565 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus which mounts a printing medium on a conveyor belt, conveys it to a printing area, and carries out printing by ejecting a liquid onto the printing medium from nozzles of a liquid ejection head, includes: a tension imparter which imparts tension to the conveyor belt, a tension... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080106569 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program: In an ink-jet printer, when a gray is expressed by mixing ink of a plurality of colors, there is a concentration in which a use amount of the ink is large. If the gray in an edge portion of a character has the concentration of the large ink use amount,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080106570 - Liquid guiding device and liquid ejecting apparatus: To provide a liquid guiding device such that, when liquid is dumped onto a sloping guiding surface portion located in a region where ink is dumped, the liquid is easily guided to an ink absorber and no liquid remains on the guiding surface portion. A guiding surface portion 29 is... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080106576 - Printhead micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement with a motion-transmitting structure.: Provided is a micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement for a printhead integrated circuit. The arrangement includes a nozzle chamber defined in a substrate with a roof that defines an ink ejection port. The nozzle arrangement further includes a paddle located inside the chamber below the ink ejection port, said paddle operatively ejecting... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080106579 - Ink distribution structure with a laminated ink supply stack for an inkjet printer: The invention relates to an ink distribution structure for an inkjet printer. The distribution structure has a laminated stack for supplying ink to a plurality of printhead integrated circuits. The stack includes five distinct layers. A first layer has an even number of discrete ink holes per printhead integrated circuit,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080106580 - Ink refill cartridge with an internal spring assembly for a printer: An ink refill cartridge for a printer comprising an outer portion containing an internal spring assembly. A base portion contains a deformable ink membrane for containing ink, at least part of the base portion able to be slidingly received within the outer portion, the internal spring assembly acting to compress... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080106582 - Liquid tank: A liquid tank includes a liquid chamber for holding liquid and an absorption chamber containing an absorber for absorbing and holding the liquid. The liquid chamber and the absorption chamber are separated by a partition. The partition has a communication part allowing communication between the liquid chamber and the absorption... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080106581 - Water-based ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, ink jet recording apparatus, and image forming method: A water-based ink of the present invention comprises water, a plurality of different water-soluble organic solvents, and a water-insoluble coloring material, wherein the above water-soluble organic solvents consist of a good solvent to the above water-insoluble coloring material and a poor solvent to the above water-insoluble coloring material, and the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080106585 - Desktop card processor: A desktop card processor having increased card processing capabilities without increasing the horizontal footprint of the card processor. The card processor utilizes multiple card processing levels stacked in vertically separated levels to minimize the horizontal footprint of the card processor.... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c.

20080106586 - Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus using the same: where SAG 1 is Z value of an incident surface of the f-θ lens, which faces the beam deflector, SAG 2 is Z value of the exit surface of the f-θ lens, which faces the surface to be scanned, based on an XYZ coordinate system in which a main scanning... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080106587 - Electrostatic printing apparatus and electrostatic printing method: An electrostatic printing apparatus according to the present invention rubs powdery ink into a screen having a predetermined printed pattern formed therein, and applies a voltage between the screen and an object so as to attach the powdery ink to the object. A plurality of screens (34a-34d) are provided so... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080106588 - Thermal head and printing device: A thermal head includes a glass layer provided with a groove section formed inside the glass layer, a heat generating resistor disposed outside the glass layer, and a pair of electrodes provided to both sides of the heat generating resistor, wherein a part of the heat generating resistor exposed between... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080106589 - Apparatus for and method of adjusting write start position: An image forming apparatus includes: a latent image carrier that includes an effective image region which has a predetermined width along a main scanning direction; a latent image forming unit that has a structure in which a deflection mirror surface makes a light beam scan in a second scan region... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080106590 - Line head and imaging apparatus incorporating the same: The invention provides an optical write line head comprising multiple rows of light emitter devices lined up corresponding to the respective positive lenses located in array form, wherein even with a fluctuation of its write plane in an optical axis direction, there is none of variations resulting from displacements of... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080100648 - Method and apparatus for spoofing imaging devices: Techniques for spoofing an imaging device adapted for reading data from an electrical storage device to determine a volume of ink in an ink container include providing a replacement electrical storage device for use with the ink container, the replacement electrical storage device comprising memory locations; and responding, by the... Agent: William L. London

20080100649 - Element substrate, and printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus using the element substrate: An element substrate has a plurality of printing elements, and a block selection unit which divides the plurality of printing elements into a plurality of blocks and time-divisionally drives the blocks. The element substrate includes a plurality of input terminals which divide the plurality of printing elements included in each... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080100653 - Method of driving liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A method of driving a liquid ejecting head is provided. The liquid ejecting head varies pressure of a liquid in a pressure-generating chamber as a result of operating a pressure-generating element by supplying an ejection pulse, to eject liquid drops from a nozzle opening due to the pressure variation. The... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080100655 - Droplet ejecting apparatus: In a droplet ejecting apparatus, a detection pattern output unit drives a droplet ejecting head based on a pulse signal and image information of a detection pattern comprising plural unit patterns so as to form an image of the detection pattern on a recording medium. A correction information generating unit... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080100658 - Calibration of a print head having multiple dies: A method, apparatus, and computer program for calibration of a printer having a printed head with multiple dies creates linearization tables that compensate for different drop weight uniformities printed by die-to-die boundaries. The linearization tables are provided to a calibration routine to create an actual linearization table for ink printed... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100659 - Droplet ejecting apparatus and thickness estimating method: A droplet ejecting apparatus, including: a head unit including (a) a cavity unit constituted by plate members stacked on and adhered to each other, having a first and a second outer surface respectively defined by a first and a second outermost plate member of the plate members which are opposite... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

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20080100663 - Inkjet image forming apparatus and print method using the same: An inkjet image forming apparatus and a print method using the same. The inkjet image forming apparatus includes an inkjet printhead cartridge having one or more nozzle units and a plurality of nozzles arranged over its length and disposed in nozzle units corresponding to a width of a print medium... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080100665 - Ink jet head and production method therefor: An ink jet head is provided which includes: a piezoelectric board having a plurality of elongated channels arranged parallel to each other and isolated from each other by channel walls; and a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes provided in association with the respective channels, and bonded onto... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080100666 - Inkjet printhead apparatus and method thereof: An inkjet printhead including a substrate through which an ink feed hole is formed to supply ink, a chamber layer formed on the substrate and including a plurality of ink chambers which are filled with ink supplied from the ink feed hole, a nozzle layer formed on the chamber layer... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080100667 - Nozzle plate, method for producing nozzle plate, droplet dispensing head, method for producing droplet dispensing head, and droplet dispensing device: A nozzle plate includes: a flow channel opening in a first surface of the nozzle plate; a liquid chamber communicating with the flow channel; and a nozzle hole communicating with the liquid chamber and opening in a second surface of the nozzle plate. The liquid chamber has a flat portion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080100669 - Printhead and method of printing: A printhead having a plurality of drop generators formed on a substrate. Each drop generator includes a nozzle, and the nozzles are arranged in a dual inline architecture. In one embodiment, a column of nozzles includes a first group of nozzles located at a first axial position relative to a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100675 - Inkjet recording system and recording apparatus: wherein r represents centerline average roughness (μm) of surface of piezoelectric element forming wall face of the pressure chamber, γ represents surface tension (mN/m) of ink, η represents viscosity of ink (mPa·s), and θ represents contact angle (degree) of ink with respect to piezoelectric element.... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080100674 - Liquid dispenser head, liquid dispensing unit using same, image forming apparatus using same, and method of manufacturing liquid dispenser head: A liquid dispenser head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of liquid chambers, and a plurality of vibration members. The nozzle is used to discharge liquid. The liquid chamber communicates with the nozzle. The vibration member has a vibration portion, which is used as a deformable wall face of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080100677 - Ink delivery and color-blending system, and related devices and methods: An ink supply system includes a first ink supply module configured to store a first ink, a second ink supply module configured to store a second ink, and an ink pathway configured to transfer predetermined volumes of the first and second inks from the first and second ink supply modules... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080100678 - Introducing ink into an ink cartridge: In one embodiment, a method for introducing ink into an inkjet print cartridge having a printhead includes introducing ink into the cartridge at a first pressure sufficient to displace air from the printhead and then introducing ink into the cartridge at a second pressure less than the first pressure. In... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100679 - Introducing ink into an ink cartridge: In one embodiment, a method for introducing ink into an ink cartridge includes introducing ink into an ink holding chamber through ink ejection nozzles and, simultaneously with introducing ink into the ink holding chamber through the ink ejection nozzles, introducing ink into the ink holding chamber through an opening other... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100681 - Refilling a used ink cartridge: In one embodiment, a method for refilling a used ink cartridge includes determining a quantity of ink remaining in an ink holding chamber in the cartridge, determining a desired quantity of ink to refill the chamber based on a difference between a capacity of the chamber and the quantity of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100683 - Inkjet head: An inkjet head, comprises an ink jetting chamber unit in which a plurality of ink jetting chambers to jet ink from respective nozzles is arranged along at least one array; a manifold to distribute ink to the plurality of ink jetting chambers; a first ink flow path to supply ink... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080100684 - Phase change ink containing amphiphilic molecule: Phase change ink comprising an ink vehicle that includes at least one amphiphilic molecule. The amphiphilic molecule is capable of co-crystallizing into the at least one wax monomer to form functionalized spherulites which are then capable of hydrogen bonding to other similarly functionalized spherulites to form a bonded network of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080100647 - Gaseous detection for an inkjet system: A method of monitoring gaseous accumulation within an ink flow path in fluid communication with a printhead comprising: (a) supplying a first printhead with ink using a first ink flow path; (b) mounting a first ink filter in fluid communication with the first printhead; and (c) sensing downstream from the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080100651 - Method for printing data and ink jet printer using the same: A method for printing data includes the following steps. First, an ink jet printer, having a print head with a black jet and a color jet, for printing a swath of data is provided. Then, the print head is driven to start to print the swath of data on one... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080100650 - Recording head and recording apparatus: A recording apparatus performs a recording operation with a recording head that includes a recording element having two types of discharge characteristics, and a memory holding k-bit information indicating a rank of the discharge characteristic of the recording element and j-bit information, where j and k has a relationship of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080100652 - Liquid jet apparatus and printing apparatus: This invention provides a liquid jet apparatus including: a plurality of nozzles provided at a liquid jet head; an actuator provided corresponding to the nozzles; a driving part that applies a drive signal to the actuator, wherein the driving part includes: a drive waveform signal generating circuit that generates a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080100654 - Head unit, liquid droplet discharging apparatus, method for discharging liquid, and methods for manufacturing color filter, organic el element and wiring substrate: A head unit includes a plurality of nozzle groups. Each group has a plurality of nozzles discharging liquid as liquid droplets. The nozzles are arranged at an approximately equal distance from one another when viewed from a first direction. The nozzle groups are arranged at the distance when viewed from... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080100657 - Apparatus and methods for sensing and clamping discs: Apparatus and methods are provided. At least one clamping finger of a movable tray of a compact disc printer pushes against an outer periphery of a compact disc disposed on a surface of the tray to clamp the compact disc between the clamping finger and a pair of studs that... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A.

20080100656 - Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid: A liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies and method of using same. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a head in... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080100662 - Capping mechanism: A capping mechanism for use in a printer, the capping mechanism comprising a capping member (82) located adjacent a pagewidth printhead (51) of the printer, the capping member (82) having a length corresponding substantially to that of the printhead (51), a first actuating mechanism (84) arranged to move the printhead... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080100661 - Duplex printer assembly with capping printheads for a pagewidth printer: The invention relates to a printer assembly for a pagewidth printer. The printer includes a casing that defines a print media path. Two pagewidth printheads are mounted on opposite sides of a print media path defined by a gap in said casing. Capping members are located adjacent respective printheads. Each... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080100664 - Liquid jet head unit and liquid jet device: Provided is a liquid jet head unit and a liquid jet device which are capable of improving precision in aligning nozzle orifices and accordingly printing quality. Included are: a liquid jet head having a nozzle plate provided with nozzle rows constituted of nozzle orifices through which liquid droplets are ejected,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080100668 - Modular printed circuit board assembly for a pagewidth printer: The invention provides for a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly for a pagewidth printer. The assembly includes a number of modular printhead controller PCBs each configured to control a respective modular printhead integrated circuit, and modular supports defining a raised portion and a recessed portion at an end thereof. Each... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080100670 - Printhead: Devices used to degas and eject fluid drops are disclosed. Devices include a flow path that includes a pumping chamber in which fluid is pressurized for ejection of a fluid drop, and a semi-permeable membrane including an inorganic material having an outer surface positioned in fluid contact with the flow... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080100671 - Nozzle assembly having a thermal actuator with active and passive beams: The invention relates to a nozzle assembly for a printhead. The assembly includes a substrate which defines an ink inlet aperture, the substrate having a layer of micro-electromechanical drive circuitry, a wall portion bounding the ink inlet aperture, and a crown portion that defines a nozzle opening. The assembly also... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080100672 - Unit cell of a printhead for an inkjet printer: The invention provides for a unit cell of a printhead for an inkjet printer. The unit cell includes a wafer substrate, a layer of micro-electromechanical drive circuitry deposited on the wafer substrate, and an interlayer dielectric deposited on the drive circuitry layer. The unit cell also includes a passivation layer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080100673 - Printhead module assembly with a flexible pcb: The invention relates to a printhead module assembly for a pagewidth printer system. The module assembly includes a printhead integrated circuit (IC) manufactured using a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) process, and a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the integrated circuit for supplying power and data thereto. The module assembly... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080100676 - Inkjet head: An inkjet head includes a passage unit having a pressure chamber which is in communication with a nozzle and which is defined by a recessed portion provided in one surface of the passage unit; and an actuator unit including: (a) an oscillating plate fixed to the one surface of the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080100680 - Ink reservoir assembly for a pagewidth printhead: Provided is an ink reservoir assembly for a pagewidth printhead. The reservoir assembly includes a core element defining discrete ink reservoirs with fluid passages leading towards a recess for receiving a molding operatively distributing said fluid to a printhead integrated circuit. The reservoir assembly also includes an outer shell comprised... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080100682 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a first wall, a second wall opposite the first wall, and an ink supply portion positioned at the first wall. The ink cartridge also includes at least one third wall which is substantially perpendicular to each of the first wall and the second wall, a fourth... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080100685 - Thermal ejection of solution having solute onto device medium: A solution is provided that includes a non-aqueous organic solvent within which a solute has been dissolved. A thermal-fluid ejection mechanism is provided that has fluid-ejection nozzles and that is capable of thermally ejecting the solution. A device medium is provided that has a three-dimensional surface on which the solution... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100686 - Thermal print head: A thermal printhead (A1) includes a substrate (1), and a plurality of heating portions (2) aligned on the substrate in a primary scanning direction (X) . A plurality of electrodes (31, 32, 33) are connected to the heating portions (2). Each of the heating portions (2) has a width in... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080100687 - Thermal transfer line printer: A printer capable of printing high-quality recording is provided. A driving force transmission gear mounted on a platen roller, driven rollers mounted on a pair of conveying rollers, respectively, and intermediate gears that always mesh with both the driving force transmission gear, and the driven rollers form a re-transmission mechanism... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080100688 - Ink jet recorder: A planar metal platen (1) facing an ink jet recording head (2) for ejecting solvent-based ink is fixed to a metal frame (4) through support members (9) molded of polyphenylene sulfide containing glass fiber, the platen (1) not coming into direct contact with the frame (4). The platen (1) is... Agent: Bruce L. Adams Adams & Wilks

20080100689 - Method for manufacturing an analytical test strip with an electroluminescent component: A method for manufacturing an analytical test strip with an electroluminescent component (either an electroluminescent module and/or an electroluminescent lamp) includes sequentially applying to a substrate layer, a rear electrode layer disposed on the substrate layer, an electrically-insulating layer disposed over the rear electrode layer, a phosphor layer disposed over... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080100690 - Image forming apparatus: A CPU (91) of an image forming apparatus includes a beam detecting part (911) that detects each of laser beams scanning by a predetermined number (e.g., four) of polygon mirrors (332) at a preset position (where a beam sensor (335) is disposed), a reference phase setting part (912) that sets... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080100691 - Frequency modulator: A frequency modulator which employs a method in which the frequency of an image clock is modulated by a predetermined amount of fluctuation to thereby reduce noise, and is capable of providing images free from color shift caused by frequency modulation. A frequency controller of the frequency modulator generates frequency-modulated... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.