Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 06/08

20080150972 - Method for decimation of images: In the case of printing at high addressability, where the cell size is smaller than the spot size, an image can be decimated in a manner that will limit the large accumulation of printed material. The proper decimation of the image will depend on the spot size, the physics of... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Parc

20080150973 - Inkjet printing apparatus and method for calculating ink consumption: An inkjet printing apparatus and a method for calculating an ink consumption that can reduce a difference between an ink consumption recognized by the printing apparatus and a consumption of ink actually consumed are provided. For this, at the time of calculation of an ink consumption by the printing apparatus,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080150974 - Device for manufacturing color printing and method using same: A device (200) for manufacturing a color printing includes a printhead (10), a device (300) for additional printing of the color printing, and a printhead motion and jetting control (100). The device (300) also provided herein includes a printhead identification unit (80) and the host processor (90). The printhead identification... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080150976 - Hybrid printer and related system and method: A hybrid printing assembly includes a first printing subassembly operable to produce a first pattern on a medium, and a second printing subassembly operable to generate a second pattern on the medium.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20080150979 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: An ink jet printing method is provided, in which “color banding” and “time different unevenness” are solved simultaneously, and bidirectional multi-pass printing can be achieved with a small number of multi-passes. Thus, part of a plurality of groups, which are formed by dividing a nozzle row of a print head... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080150977 - Inkjet printer driver circuit architecture: A driver circuit for driving an array of inkjet printer actuators, comprising a serial input (15, 20) for receiving serial print data, a register (25, 26) for storing the print data in the form of event and event timing data pairs, a parallel output (30, 32) for outputting event data... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080150975 - Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection device and liquid ejection method: A liquid ejection head having: a nozzle for ejecting a liquid; a flat nozzle plate on which the nozzle is provided; a cavity to store the liquid to be ejected from an ejection hole of the nozzle; a pressure generating section which generates pressure on the liquid in the nozzle... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080150978 - Liquid ejection method and liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection method includes: (A) moving nozzles relative to a medium, (B) ejecting liquid from the nozzles while the nozzles are moving relative to the medium, (C) forming a first pattern on the medium with the liquid ejected from the nozzles at either one of a timing delayed from... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080150980 - Method for forming ejection-test pattern, method for testing ejection, printing apparatus, computer-readable medium, and printing system: Ejection of a clear-ink nozzle is inspected with ease. When forming an ejection-test pattern for a clear ink, for example, the clear ink is ejected toward a medium from a clear-ink nozzle to form the ejection-test pattern, and a color ink is ejected toward a region in which the clear... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080150981 - Universal inkjet printer device and methods: A signal converter that may perform functions to enable a thermally based technology to be used with a piezo-electric printhead. The signal converter and piezo-electric printhead may optionally be used in conjunction with a chassis assembly having an adjustable vertical member for sizing the chassis assembly to a printer. Methods... Agent: Fish & Associates, Pc Robert D. Fish

20080150985 - Disc drive apparatus and disc printing method: A disc drive apparatus includes: a rotational driving unit rotating a disc-shaped recording medium; a recording and/or reproducing unit recording and/or reproducing an information signal on the information recording surface of the disc-shaped recording medium; a print head printing visible information onto a label surface of the disc-shaped recording medium;... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080150983 - Imaging forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a recording head including a nozzle from which liquid droplets are ejected, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle and containing liquid, and a pressure generation part changing the volume of the pressure chamber; and a drive signal generation part generating a... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080150984 - Liquid discharge head substrate and liquid discharge head: A selection circuit receives heat-enable signals to drive heaters, whereby signals are selected to drive the heaters.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080150982 - Printer motor detection and control: The present disclosure describes printer motor detection and control. One exemplary method may generating a first printer motor voltage and a second printer motor voltage and supplying said first printer motor voltage and a second printer motor voltage to a printer motor; detecting a first printer motor speed corresponding to... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080150987 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus: The image forming method of ejecting liquid droplets containing coloring material toward a recording medium from nozzles including main nozzles and subsidiary nozzles of nozzle rows of a recording head while causing relative movement between the recording medium and the recording head in a relative movement direction that is substantially... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080150986 - Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes: a first liquid droplet ejecting head that is formed by joining together plural units at which nozzles that eject liquid droplets are two-dimensionally arranged; and a second liquid droplet ejecting head that is formed by joining together plural units at which nozzles that eject... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20080150988 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes an array head part which includes a plurality of printer heads arranged to have a head gap and to print a line of print data, a partition part to partition the line of print data into predetermined sections based on a number of nozzles of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080150990 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink absorber recovery method: A necessary amount of suppression ink is applied to each portion of an ink absorber in a short time and in an efficient manner. For that end, carriage scan is performed while changing an ejection condition of suppression ink so as to change an application amount of suppression ink according... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080150991 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: A scanning speed for a carriage and a number of multi-pass are set in accordance with print density information of dots obtained from image data. This makes it possible to preferably output an image free from the occurrence of an end deviation without reducing throughput to a required extent or... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080150992 - Liquid ejection apparatus, liquid ejection system, and liquid ejection method: A liquid ejection apparatus, a liquid ejection system, and a liquid ejection method are achieved which allow starting and ending positions for ejecting liquid to be set appropriately. A controller is provided which executes position determination control for determining at least one of the starting position and the ending position... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080150989 - Method of printing smooth micro-scale features: A method of jet-printing smooth micro-scale features is presented. The desired feature prior to being printed is masked by various decimation filters and the decimation is performed at various pitches. The subsequently printed image is then scanned and analyzed to determine the roughness of the lines. The optimum decimation pitch... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Parc

20080150993 - Image forming device: An image forming device comprises a carriage on which a printing head is carried, a plurality of nozzles each discharging a droplet of printing liquid being arrayed in the printing head. A main scanning of the carriage to a sheet is performed and the sheet is fed intermittently so that... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080150994 - Calibrating turn-on energy of a marking device: In a system and a method for calibrating turn-on energy of a fluid-ejecting marking device, a reference object and a plurality of test objects are contemporaneously printed by the marking device on a same type of substrate. The reference object is printed at a known “on” voltage at a first... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080150996 - Liquid ejection apparatus, image forming apparatus and ejection determination method: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having a plurality of ejection ports which eject droplets of liquid; a light emitting device which emits a determination light beam intersecting with flight paths of the droplets ejected from at least two of the ejection ports to be examined; a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080150995 - Method of printing with high spot placement accuracy: A method of printing spots with high spot placement accuracy using print heads with random/unevenly spaced ejector locations and coarse alignment of the multiple print heads. This is performed by accurately determining the spot positions from all the print heads using a vision system and printing at high addressability. The... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Parc

20080150997 - Method of manufacturing printhead ics incorporating mems inkjet nozzles: A method of manufacturing a printhead integrated circuit incorporating microelectromechanical inkjet nozzle systems is provided. The method includes laying out a plurality of first and second reticle exposed areas in sequential arrangement so that a first end of each first reticle exposed area interconnects with either a second end of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080150998 - Pattern of a non-wetting coating on a fluid ejector and apparatus: A fluid ejector is provided, having an internal surface, an external surface, an orifice that allows fluid in contact with the internal surface to be ejected, a first non-wetting region of the external surface, and one or more second regions of the external surface that are more wetting than the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080150999 - Imaging apparatus having multi-stage printhead wipers: An imaging apparatus includes a printhead carrier having a first bay and a second bay. A first type of printhead cartridge is installed in the first bay. One of a second type of printhead cartridge and a third type of printhead cartridge is installed in the second bay. A drive... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080151000 - Adjustable mount printhead assembly: A mounting assembly for a printhead assembly is described that can allow dynamic nozzle and drop placement adjustment in one or more directions.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080151001 - Ink jet head: An ink jet head includes (A) a first black nozzle column having a plurality of nozzles arranged at a predetermined pitch in a transportation direction of a medium and discharging black ink, (B) a second black nozzle column having a plurality of nozzles arranged at the predetermined pitch in the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080151002 - Multi-coloured printhead nozzle array with rows of nozzle assemblies: A printhead nozzle array includes groups of nozzle assemblies configured to eject respective colored inks. Each group has its nozzle assemblies arranged in rows. Each nozzle assembly includes a common substrate assembly. A nozzle is configured to contain ink and defines a nozzle opening through which the ink can be... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080151003 - Inkjet printhead assembly incorporating a sealing shim with aperture sets: An inkjet printhead assembly includes an elongate chassis defining a plurality of ink supply channels. A sealing shim defines sets of apertures and is configured to be mounted in sealing engagement with the chassis so that the sets are aligned with respective channels. A plurality of printhead carriers is configured... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080151005 - Inkjet printhead board and inkjet printhead using same: An inkjet printhead board and inkjet printhead is provided having a reliable storage element which allows for print without causing damages to an interlayer insulation film and protection film upon printing data unique to the printhead and is free from the restriction in arrangement position. For this purpose, a printing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151004 - Liquid discharge head: A liquid discharge head includes a discharge element including a discharge port, a liquid supply port, an electric connection terminal, and a heat transfer terminal. The discharge head also includes a supporting member including an electric connection terminal portion formed on a first surface thereof and electrically connected to the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151006 - Eelectrostatic suction type fluid discharge device: With a micro nozzle in which the fluid discharge head has a nozzle with a micro hole having a diameter of 0.01 μm to 25 μm, the drive voltage during discharging operation is reduced. Further, by disposing an electrode section for applying a drive voltage to a discharge fluid on... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080151007 - Ink jet print head and method for manufacturing ink jet print head: The present invention provides an ink jet print head that enables an optimum resistance value to be set for a heating resistor that generates ink ejection energy to allow high-quality images to be printed, as well as a method for manufacturing the ink jet print head. Heating resistors with sheet... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151009 - Droplet discharging head, energy converter, piezoelectric device, mems structure, cantilever actuator, piezoelectric sensor, and piezoelectric linear motor: A droplet discharging head includes a substrate, a cavity section positioned on a first surface side of the substrate, a piezoelectric thin film positioned on a second surface side of the substrate and disposed in an area opposing the cavity section, a cover section positioned on the first surface side... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080151008 - Liquid droplet ejecting head, image forming device, and method of manufacturing liquid droplet ejecting head: The present invention provides a liquid droplet ejecting head including: a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle ejecting liquid-droplets; a vibrating-plate forming one portion of the pressure chamber; a lower-electrode formed on a surface of the vibrating-plate, and exhibiting one polarity; a piezoelectric body of flexurally-deformable, formed on a surface... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20080151010 - Printing device fluid reservoir chassis with alignment features: Various embodiments of a printing device fluid reservoir with alignment features and various embodiments of a printing device fluid reservoir chassis with alignment features are disclosed. According to some aspects of these embodiments, the alignment features are grouped together near an ultimate connection point between a fluid reservoir and a... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080151011 - Printing device fluid reservoir with alignment features: Various embodiments of a printing device fluid reservoir with alignment features and various embodiments of a printing device fluid reservoir chassis with alignment features are disclosed. According to some aspects of these embodiments, the alignment features are grouped together near an ultimate connection point between a fluid reservoir and a... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080151012 - Data-providing-component securing mechanism for printing apparatus reservoir: The present invention pertains to a data-providing component securing mechanism for a printing apparatus reservoir. According to embodiments of the present invention, a securing mechanism is provided with an image-formation-material reservoir. The securing mechanism includes a drawer-style support feature having two guiding regions that interact with sides of the data-providing... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080151013 - Heated ink delivery system: An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first plurality of conduits, each conduit in the first plurality having a first end and a second end, a second plurality of conduits, each conduit in the second... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080151014 - Liquid pump and inkjet printer equipped with liquid pump: A long-life pump capable of simultaneously conveying plural liquids and an inkjet printer having the pump are provided. The liquid pump includes: a liquid storage unit having liquid chambers trapping at least two types of liquids with each chamber corresponding to the type of the trapped liquid; a coupling member... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080151015 - Reservoir assembly for a pagewidth printhead cartridge: The invention relates to a reservoir assembly for a pagewidth printhead cartridge. The cartridge has a fluid distribution molding with priming inlets in fluid communication with fluid channels for supplying printing fluid to a plurality of printhead integrated circuits. The assembly includes a reservoir compartment arranged in fluid communication with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080151021 - Ink-jet recording device and ink supply unit suitable for it: Ink maintained at a negative pressure state is supplied to an ink-jet recording head via an ink supply mechanism constructed as a differential pressure valve having a coil spring and a movable membrane normally contacted elastically with a valve seat by the coil spring.... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080151018 - Liquid container: A liquid container includes: a container body which has a liquid containing portion for containing liquid therein and which is detachably mounted in a container mounting portion of a liquid consuming apparatus; a remaining liquid amount detecting unit in which a sensor member for detecting a state of a remaining... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080151019 - Liquid container: Liquid packs 34 provided with liquid leading members 42 are stored in a container case 31 that is constituted by fitting a case main body portion 32 and a lid case 33 in fitting portions 27 and 28, support portions 13, which positions the liquid leading members 42 so as... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080151020 - Liquid container: Liquid packs 34 provided with liquid leading members 42 are stored in a container case 31 that is constituted by fitting a case main body portion 32 and a lid case 33 in fitting portions 27 and 28, support portions 13, which positions the liquid leading members 42 so as... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080151023 - Liquid container and ink jet printing apparatus: A structure for informing a state of the ink tank by a light emitting section such as LED, capable of displaying such information at a position easily visible by the user and favorably sending the emitted light both to the user and a light receiver section on the printer side... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151017 - Liquid container and method of manufacturing the same: A liquid container includes: a container body that accommodates a liquid containing portion containing a liquid; and a residual liquid quantity detecting unit that is connected to the container body so as to detect a residual amount of liquid remaining in the liquid containing portion, wherein a fitting mechanism, which... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080151022 - Print engine cartridge incorporating a post mounted maintenance assembly: A cartridge is provided for an inkjet print engine. The cartridge includes an elongate body, in turn, defining a plurality of partitions and a pair of mounting posts at either end. An ink storage module assembly includes a row of ink storage modules interleaved with the partitions. A printhead assembly... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080151016 - Printing device fluid reservoir with gripping features: Embodiments of a printing device fluid reservoir with gripping features are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, the fluid reservoir includes a first surface and a fluid-containing body located beneath the first surface. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first surface includes a protruding grip,... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080151025 - Keying elements for solid ink loader: Insertion elements can be used to provide keying features for ink loaders. Such elements connect to ink stick receptacles in the loader. The insertion elements can provide a border to a non-integer number of edges of the receptacles and be shaped to complement at least a portion of the perimeter... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080151024 - System for loading ink sticks configured for lateral anti-skewing: A solid ink stick receiver for a solid ink stick loader is configured to receive solid ink sticks and to orient the solid ink sticks so the skew limiters in a solid ink stick are generally aligned to receive longitudinal guide rails in a feed channel of the loader. The... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080151026 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head has a pressure chamber into which liquid flows from a liquid reservoir through a liquid passages and a pressure generating unit operable to pressurize the liquid in the pressure chamber to eject the liquid through a nozzle opening. A gas trapping chamber is formed in the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080151027 - Inkjet ink, ink set and method of using same: The present invention pertains to a black inkjet ink comprising aqueous vehicle and carbon black pigment stabilized to dispersion by a certain block copolymer dispersant. The invention further pertains to an ink set comprising this black ink and at least a second ink which contains a reactive species capable of... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080151028 - Thermal ink-jet ink and ink cartridge using the ink: e

20080151029 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus having: a recording head including a nozzle row jetting ultraviolet curable ink on a substrate; and an LED light source including a plurality of LEDs disposed in the direction of the nozzle row, being electrically series-connected, and irradiating an ultraviolet light on ink having been jetted... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080151030 - Platen for a print on demand digital device: A platen for a print on demand digital device, such as a digital camera, is provided. The platen includes a print media transport roller located on a first side of a planar member to support print media. A cutting mechanism is located on a second opposite side of the planar... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080151031 - Package for ink jet recording medium: The invention provides an ink jet recording medium package comprising a main body, a flap, and a self-adhesive layer, wherein the main body accommodates an ink jet recording medium and has an opening through which the ink jet recording medium is taken out, the flap closes the opening, the self-adhesive... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080151032 - Data storage device mounting arrangement for printing device: The present invention provides a pedestal that protrudes from a fluid reservoir device that retains fluid for a fluid-ejection printing device. A data storage device may be mounted on the pedestal such that when the fluid reservoir device is inserted into a supporting structure, the pedestal and data storage device... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080151033 - Image processing method, and image processor: The present invention provides an image processing method which includes at least any one of an image recording step and an image erasing step, wherein a light irradiation intensity I1 at a center position of the laser beam irradiated in the image recording step and a light irradiation intensity I2... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080151034 - Recording device: A recording device including an intermediate transfer unit; a supply unit that supplies ink receiving particles that receive an ink onto the intermediate transfer unit in the form of a layer; a particle density increasing unit that increases the particle density of the layer of the ink receiving particles supplied... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20080151035 - Printer with short print-to-print cycle times: A receiver medium transport system for a thermal printer, a method for operating a receiver medium transport system and a thermal printer are provided that enable the recording of at least a portion of a second superimposed image on a second receiver medium during the recording of a first superimposed... Agent: David A. Novais Eastman Kodak Company

20080151036 - Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus comprising the same: A optical scanning apparatus includes a surface emitting type laser diode, a collimator lens which converts the emitted laser beam into an substantially parallel laser beam, a stop member which shapes the substantially parallel laser beam into a desired shape, a polygon mirror which deflects and scans the shaped laser... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080143761 - Method of regulating ink pressure: A method of regulating a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to an inkjet printhead is provided. The method comprises withdrawing a volume of ink from an ink chamber and simultaneously bubbling air bubbles into the chamber via a bubble outlet to balance the withdrawn volume of ink. Each air bubble... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143763 - Recording apparatus and maintenance method for recording apparatus: An ink which is supplied from an ink cartridge via an ink supply tube is stored in an ink tank, and is supplied to a recording head. The ink cartridge is detachably connected to the ink supply tube. At every predetermined time interval, a maintenance unit carries out an air... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080143762 - Symbol having encoded information: A method of printing including determining a symbol to be printed; segmenting the symbol to be printed into a plurality of symbol sections; and for each of the symbol sections, selecting an ink to be used to print the symbol section from a group of at least two different inks,... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080143764 - Ink-jet printer and maintenance method for ink-jet printer: Ink consumption amount is calculated based on an ink amount which is used for recording and periodic preparatory jetting in a predetermined time period after a previous discharge operation. An ink of an ink amount obtained by subtracting a consumption amount for the predetermined time, from an ink capacity of... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080143765 - Printing apparatus and printing method: In the ink-jet printing apparatus, the influence of displacements of printing positions caused by the excessive conveyance of a printing medium to the resultant image when the rear end of the printing medium exits from a nip portion between the roller pair in a conveying mechanism. More specifically, in the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143766 - Output image processing for small drop printing: A method of forming a liquid pattern according to liquid pattern data on a receiving medium using a liquid drop emitter that emits a continuous stream of liquid from a nozzle that is broken into drops of predetermined volumes by the application of drop forming energy pulse is disclosed comprising... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080143768 - Adjustment of print arrays in a printing device: A method for adjusting a first and a second array relative to each other in a printing device has a carrying structure for mounting the first and second arrays. The first array has nozzles arranged in a first row substantially parallel to a first direction for forming first marks on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080143767 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method are provided which use a printing head having a plurality of ejection opening arrays and enable high quality printing without causing uneven density in a conveying direction. For this purpose, by providing a plurality of ejection opening arrays to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143771 - Inkjet printer system with a pair of motor assemblies: An inkjet printer system includes a media tray for storing stacked print media. A media pick-up mechanism is configured to pick respective sheets of print media from the media tray. A pair of transport rollers is configured to transport print media from the pick-up mechanism. Motor assemblies are configured to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143769 - Method for adjusting ejection timing and ejection timing adjusting apparatus: The invention relates to a method for adjusting ejection timing including: forming adjustment patterns on a medium by shifting relative ejection timings of liquid droplets from a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row lined up in a direction intersecting a row direction in which nozzles of the first... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080143770 - Method for adjusting ejection timing and ejection timing adjusting apparatus: The invention relates to a method for adjusting ejection timing including forming adjustment patterns on a medium by shifting relative ejection timings of liquid droplets from a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row lined up in a direction intersecting a row direction in which nozzles of the first... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080143772 - Apparatus and method of ink jet printing: An apparatus and method of ink jet printing is provided that poor ejection less occurs even where making a printing on a printing medium ready to cause a paper powder, such as a fine art paper. An image is to be printed on a printing medium by performing a relative... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143773 - Print media detection in an imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a controller and a media detection device mechanically engaged with a stack of print media. The media detection device has a movable indicator having a surface with distinct reflectance characteristics. A reflectance sensor is communicatively coupled to the controller. The reflectance sensor reads a reflectance of... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080143774 - Ink pressure regulator with regulator channel fluidically isolated from ink reservoir: There is provided an ink pressure regulator for regulating a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to an inkjet printhead. The regulator comprises: an ink chamber having an ink outlet for fluid communication with the printhead via an ink line; an air inlet; a regulator channel having a first end communicating... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143775 - Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method: There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus having a printhead equipped with printing element row that includes printing elements having a plurality of heat-producing resistance elements. The apparatus includes a temperature sensing unit which senses the temperature of the printhead, a temperature distribution storage unit in which a temperature distribution... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143776 - Ink jet printing apparatus and method for selecting print mode: Printing can be properly performed on a print medium other than print media preset in accordance with print modes of a printer. Specifically, when the print medium other than the print media preset in accordance with the print modes is used, patches are printed on the print medium in each... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143777 - Printhead assembly with nested structure: A printhead assembly includes an elongate ink distribution assembly defining elongate ink ducts from which ink transfer ports extend. The ink distribution assembly further defines a recess in which a laminated stack structure is received in fluid communication with the ink transfer ports. The laminated stack structure has layers between... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143778 - Inkjet printer and purging method: A first detaching step including (1) moving a nozzle cap from a position, where a sealing surface of the nozzle cap is entirely in contact with a nozzle surface of a recording head, to a first state, where a first end of the sealing surface is separated by a minute... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080143779 - Fluid injection apparatus: A fluid injection apparatus comprises a fluid injection head, a capping member, a tank, a fluid flow path, a drive motor, a suction pump, and a shift preventing apparatus. The fluid injection head has a nozzle forming surface. A nozzle for injecting a fluid onto a target is provided on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080143780 - Ink jet printing apparatus: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus that can print high-quality images even if a print head with smaller nozzles is used, by efficiently stabilizing the ink ejection state of the print head without increasing the running costs of the printing apparatus. A cap that can be used... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143781 - Inkjet printing apparatus and control method for inkjet printing apparatus: The objective of the present invention is to provide an inkjet printing apparatus that can reduce the scattering or floating, through the main body of the printing apparatus, of ink mist generated during pre-ejection. To achieve this objective, according to this invention, after a printing unit has completed ink ejection... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143782 - Inkjet dispensing apparatus: An inkjet dispensing apparatus. The inkjet dispensing apparatus includes a cartridge body, a plurality of dispensing chips, a storage device, and at least a through hole. The dispensing chips are disposed on the cartridge body. The storage device comprises a plurality of storage sinks. The storage device is disposed above... Agent: Quintero Law Office, Pc

20080143784 - Ink jet recording cartridge: An ink jet head includes a recording element substrate includes a plurality of ink supply ports and a supply port partition between adjacent ink supply ports; a substrate supporting portion supporting the recording element substrate at a back side thereof, the substrate supporting portion including ink supply passages corresponding to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143783 - Recording head and recording apparatus: A recording head includes a recording element substrate having a discharge port facilitating discharging a liquid droplet, an energy generating element configured to generate energy for liquid discharge, and a supply opening facilitating supplying the discharge port with a liquid. The recording head also has a support member having a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080143785 - Inkjet image forming method and apparatus, and ink composition therefor: An inkjet image forming method of forming an image on a recording medium includes the step of ejecting an ink composition through a nozzle hole onto the recording medium so that the image is formed on the recording medium. The ink composition contains coloring material particles and polymer particles, the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080143786 - Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet recording head and an ink jet recording apparatus are provided to prevent occurrence of a white line or recording unevenness due to a head tilt, and realize a high image quality recording. For this purpose, in a recording head provided with nozzles ejecting three types of droplets,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143787 - Ink jet recording head: An ink jet recording head includes a recording element substrate having energy generating means for generating energy in accordance with an electric signal, and an electrode portion for receiving the electric signal to be supplied to said energy generating means; an electric line member including an opening in which said... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143788 - Ink jet recording head: An ink jet recording head is constituted by a recording element substrate provided with an energy generating element for generating energy for ejecting ink from an ink ejection outlet, an electric wiring member electrically connected with the recording element substrate, a mounting portion for mounting the recording element substrate, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143789 - Printhead substrate, printhead, and printing apparatus: Plural electrothermal transducers (heaters) belonging to each of blocks having different driving timings are constituted as one group and are connected to a common interconnecting wiring in units of one group. Plural lines are connected to the common wiring such that the plural lines are extended to return with respect... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080143790 - Liquid ejection head and production process thereof: A liquid ejection head is constituted by a substrate provided with a plurality of energy generating elements for being used for ejecting a liquid and a plurality of liquid supply ports for supplying the liquid, and a plurality of flow passage forming members, disposed on the substrate, provided with a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143791 - Liquid jet head chip and manufacturing method therefor: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate including, at a surface thereof, an ejection energy generating means for generating ejection energy for ejecting liquid, a flow path forming member provided with an ejection outlet, the substrate further including a liquid supply opening, penetrating therethrough, for supplying the liquid to be... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143792 - Radially actuated micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement: This invention relates to a micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The arrangement includes a substrate having a layer of drive circuitry and defining an ink chamber with an ink supply channel etched through the substrate. The arrangement also includes a roof structure connected to the drive circuitry layer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143793 - Liquid droplet ejecting head and liquid droplet ejecting apparatus: A liquid droplet ejecting head that drives pressure generating portions disposed in pressure chambers inside ejectors to thereby pressurize liquid inside the pressure chambers and cause liquid droplets to be ejected from nozzles communicated with the pressure chambers, wherein the ejectors are connected at a plurality of places via a... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20080143794 - Piezoelectric element, liquid droplet ejecting head, image forming device, and method of manufacturing liquid droplet ejecting head: A piezoelectric element includes: a lower electrode which is formed on a surface of a vibrating plate, and is one polarity of a piezoelectric element which displaces the vibrating plate; a flexurally-deformable piezoelectric body formed on a surface of the lower electrode; and an upper electrode which is formed on... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20080143795 - Liquid discharging head using piezoelectric actuator and image forming apparatus using the liquid discharging head: A liquid discharging head includes a piezoelectric actuator including a plurality of piezoelectric elements and a plurality of electric supply members. The plurality of piezoelectric elements is provided in a row and includes an even number of piezoelectric element columns provided via a groove at a predetermined pitch. The plurality... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080143796 - Inkjet head including plurality of restrictors to restrain crosstalk: An inkjet head including a plurality of restrictors to reduce crosstalk. The inkjet head includes a channel plate in which an ink channel is formed, an actuator formed on the channel plate, and an ink-supply bezel including a manifold. The ink channel includes an ink inlet to receive ink from... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080143797 - Print engine with a refillable printer cartridge with ink refill ports: The invention provides for a print engine for a printhead assembly. The print engine has a refillable cartridge that includes a body defining a plurality of fluid chambers, the body having a lid assembly including a plurality of ink refill ports leading to respective fluid chambers and an actuator to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143799 - Compressible ink refill cartridge: An ink refill cartridge is provided for refilling an ink ejection printhead cartridge. The refill cartridge includes a receptacle configured to receive a collapsible ink container storing ink. The receptacle is further configured to engage with an ink refill port of the printhead cartridge. A handle assembly can be slidably... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143798 - Printer ink supply cartridge incorporating internal support ribs and tapered ink reservoirs: The present invention relates to a printer ink supply cartridge assembly. The assembly includes an elongate printer ink supply cartridge including a pair of internal walls separating a triplet of longitudinally extending ink supply reservoirs for storing respective colored inks. The ink supply cartridge defines a plurality of support ribs... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143800 - Printer solid ink transport and method: A solid ink delivery system for use with a ink stick for use in printers is provided. The stick has an external periphery including opposed surfaces of the stick. The solid ink delivery system delivers the stick to a melting unit for melting the stick so that the ink may... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080143805 - Ink cartridge with pressure regulation: An ink cartridge suitable for regulating a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to an inkjet printhead is provided. The cartridge comprises an ink chamber having an ink outlet for fluid communication with the printhead via an ink line; an air inlet open to atmosphere; a bubble outlet for bubbling air... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143804 - Ink pressure regulator: There is provided an ink pressure regulator for regulating a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to an inkjet printhead. The regulator comprises: an ink chamber having an ink outlet for fluid communication with the printhead via an ink line; an air inlet open to atmosphere; a bubble outlet for bubbling... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143803 - Ink pressure regulator using air bubbles drawn into headspace: There is provided an ink pressure regulator for regulating a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to an inkjet printhead. The regulator comprises: an ink chamber having an ink outlet for fluid communication with the printhead via an ink line; an air inlet open to atmosphere; a bubble outlet positioned for... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143801 - Ink pressure regulator using air bubbles drawn into ink: There is provided an ink pressure regulator for regulating a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to an inkjet printhead. The regulator comprises: an ink chamber having an ink outlet for fluid communication with the printhead via an ink line; an air inlet open to atmosphere; a bubble outlet positioned for... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143802 - Printhead ink supply system comprising ink pressure regulator: A printhead ink supply system is provided. The system comprises an inkjet printhead; an ink reservoir; an ink pressure regulator and an ink line connecting the printhead and the regulator. The ink pressure regulator regulates a hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to the printhead and comprises an ink chamber having... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080143806 - Uv module: A UV module of this invention has connection block (optional), connection end cap, shutter, and exhaust end cap assemblies. The connection block has doweled or tapered bayonets for facilitated installation and removal of the UV module. The connection end cap has a drive train with sleeve bearings and/or torque limiting... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080143807 - Media printing and folding system: A system for printing and folding media including a plurality of detectable features located on the media with each of the plurality of detectable features having a predefined spacing relative to each other includes a print station for printing on the media; a sensor for detecting a spacing of the... Agent: David A. Novais, Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080143808 - Methods and devices for electrophotographic printing: Another printing device includes a developer for developing a latent image with toner particles; an imaging plate comprising a plurality of pixel plates for selectively receiving toner particles from the developer; a plurality of voltage generators for biasing respective to pixel plates; and a background grid in the imaging plate... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080143809 - Printing apparatus, printing system, printhead temperature retaining control method: An objective of this invention is to suppress an increase in power consumption and reduce ink density unevenness caused by variations in the amount of ink discharge upon performing printhead temperature retaining control. To achieve this objective, a printing apparatus according to the invention which prints on a print medium... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080143810 - Thermal head and printer: A thermal head includes a head containing a glass layer. The glass layer has a projecting portion on one surface and a concave groove on the other surface at a position opposed to the projecting portion. The head further contains a heating resistor disposed on the projecting portion, and a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080143811 - Laser-marking machine with multiple scanheads: A laser-marking machine comprising a main body, a beam splitter, a plurality of transmitting lines and a plurality of scanheads, wherein the main body has a laser head for producing laser light, the beam splitter is connected with the laser head on the main body, thereby laser light can be... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080143812 - Laser scanning unit for a laser printer: A laser scanning unit for a laser printer includes a frame connected to a casing, an optical system module installed on the frame directly for generating laser beams according to print data, an optical scanning module fixed on the frame for reflecting the laser beams generated by the optical system... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080143813 - Image forming apparatus and method for setting up laser scanning unit: An image forming apparatus to set up a laser scanning unit includes a laser scanning unit to irradiate light, a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed by receiving the light irradiated from the laser scanning unit, a supply unit to apply a developing agent to the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080143814 - Pixel clock generator, pulse modulator, and image forming apparatus: A comparator compares a time interval between a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal with a target value, and outputs an error therebetween. A frequency calculator calculates a set value of a pixel clock frequency based on the error output from the comparator, and outputs a frequency specification... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080143815 - Laser printer for braille: A laser printer for Braille that obviates the need for embossing mechanisms and specialized paper. A laser printer for Braille according to the present teachings increases an amount of a toner that adheres to an area of a paper that corresponds to the Braille element. The increased amount of toner... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20080136849 - Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a main tank, a sub tank, a negative pressure state indicator, a position detector, and a sub tank position indicator. The recording head discharges recording liquid. The main tank supplies the recording liquid. The sub tank is supplied with the recording liquid... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080136851 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: To provide an ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method capable of printing at high speed and high image quality in accordance with the distance between the head and the paper. In performing a first print mode for printing to a unit region of the print medium by... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080136850 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus comprises a recording head having nozzle holes formed on a nozzle surface which is placed opposite to a recording medium; a platen disposed opposite to the recording head; a cleaner for cleaning the nozzle surface of the recording head in predetermined cycles; a gap adjusting unit for... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080136852 - Apparatus and method of fabricating color filter using ink-jet technique: An apparatus and method of fabricating a color filter using an ink-jet technique includes inclining an ink-jet head having a plurality of nozzles at a predetermined angle, moving the ink-jet head in a lengthwise direction of the color filter that is divided into a plurality of working regions, ejecting color... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080136853 - Drawing system, liquid material drawing method, color filter manufacturing method, and organic el element manufacturing method: A drawing system for discharging a liquid material from a plurality of nozzles to a plurality of pixel regions on a substrate includes a memory unit, an arrangement information generation unit and a droplet discharge device. The memory unit is configured to store at least nozzle information in which the... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080136854 - Inkjet printing apparatus and driving control method: In a configuration in which a printhead including a plurality of first printing elements for discharging ink droplets and a plurality of second printing elements for discharging ink droplets larger than ink droplets discharged by the first printing elements is used, the first and second plurality of printing elements are... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080136855 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method which enable a high quality printing without causing uneven thickness in a conveying direction using a printing head having a plurality of ejection port arrays are provided. To this end, the printing is performed by making distribution ratios of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080136856 - Liquid discharging apparatus: A liquid discharging apparatus includes upstream side nozzle group, a downstream side nozzle group, and a transport mechanism. The downstream side nozzle group is located on a downstream side in a transport direction as compared with the upstream side nozzle group. The transport mechanism transports a medium in the transport... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080136857 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink processing method for same: In a construction which uses a wiping member to wipe off ink adhering to the surface of an ink jet print head formed with ink ejection nozzles, it is realized that a desired wiping performance in any environment without requiring a large space to accommodate a liquid supplied to the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080136858 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus, including a recording head having a nozzle array to eject photo-curable ink onto a recording medium, and a radiating device which is placed next to the recording head, and which radiates an ink-curing light onto the photo-curable ink ejected on the recording medium, wherein the radiating... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080136860 - Liquid droplet ejection mechanism and image forming apparatus:

20080136859 - Method and apparatus to check piezoelectric inkjet head: A method and apparatus to check an operation of a piezoelectric inkjet head includes a first current detection unit to detect a first current output from a piezoelectric element of the piezoelectric inkjet head when a predetermined voltage is applied, a second current detection unit to detect a second current... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080136861 - Method and apparatus for printing conductive inks: A printer for digital printing in which conductive ink is deposited in metered amounts on a substrate. The printer includes a wheel rotatable by a shaft of a motor, an idler disposed in a paint reservoir, and a segment of wire disposed around the wheel and the idler. A computer... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080136863 - Liquid injection apparatus and method for driving the same: A liquid ejection apparatus comprises a liquid cartridge for storing a liquid, a liquid ejection head for ejecting the liquid toward a target, a liquid supply path for guiding the liquid to the liquid ejection head from the liquid cartridge, and a capping device for drawing the liquid from the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080136862 - Pigment ink, ink set, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, ink jet recording apparatus, and image forming method: A pigment ink is provided which is used in an ink jet recording apparatus in which ejection orifices for a pigment ink and ejection orifices for at least one type of reactive ink that destabilizes a dispersed state of pigment in the pigment ink are capped with the identical cap... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080136865 - Liquid droplet jetting apparatus: A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes: a head having a jetting port surface in which a jetting port is formed; and a maintenance unit having a cap in which a discharge port is formed, an absorber arranged in the cap, and a suction mechanism which communicates with the discharge port.... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080136864 - Waste liquid recovery apparatus, relay and liquid jetting apparatus: A waste liquid tank is arranged outside a printer. A connection port arranged at an upstream end of a duct extending from the waste liquid tank is connected to a transfer device. The transfer device is connected to a discharge side of a suction pump for drawing in ink from... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080136866 - Non-wetting coating on a fluid ejector: A fluid ejector having a first surface, a second surface, and an orifice that allows fluid in contact with the second surface to be ejected. The fluid ejector has a non-wetting layer exposed on at least a first surface of the fluid ejector, and a overcoat layer exposed on a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080136869 - Fluid ejection nozzle: The invention describes a nozzle for a continuous inkjet printer which is moulded from a fluidised sapphire material such as polycrystalline sapphire. Colour pigments may be added to the fluidised material so that nozzles of a particular size may be distinguished by colour.... Agent: John P. De Luca

20080136868 - Liquid drop ejector having improved liquid chamber: A liquid drop ejector includes a substrate and a liquid chamber for receiving a liquid. The liquid chamber is positioned over the substrate and includes a nozzle plate, a chamber wall and a liner layer. The nozzle plate and the chamber wall include an organic material. The liner layer includes... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080136867 - Liquid ejector having improved chamber walls: A liquid drop ejector includes a substrate and a plurality of liquid chambers. Portions of the substrate define a liquid supply. Each liquid chamber is positioned over the substrate and includes a nozzle plate and a chamber wall. The nozzle plate and the chamber wall include an inorganic material. The... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080136870 - Printing element substrate supporting member, manufacture method of printing element substrate supporting member, and ink jet printing head: It is an objective of the present invention to provide a printing element substrate supporting member made of resin material by which, without changing the inclusion rate of filler in the resin material, the linear expansion coefficient can be reduced, the deformation under a heating environment can be suppressed, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080136871 - Inkjet nozzle arrangement with annular heater element: This invention provides for an inkjet printhead having an array of micro-electromechanical nozzles arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement includes side walls located on a wafer substrate with a roof layer deposited on said walls to define an ink chamber, with the roof layer defining a nozzle aperture. The nozzle arrangement also... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080136872 - Liquid recording head: A liquid recording head for effecting recording by ejecting droplets from a plurality of ejection outlets formed on a substrate is provided. The liquid recording head includes a plurality of large droplet ejection outlets each having a relatively large ejection amount, a plurality of small droplet ejection outlets each having... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080136873 - Piezo-electric type page width inkjet printhead and image forming apparatus having the same: A piezo-electric type page width inkjet printhead includes an intermediate substrate that includes a pressure chamber to be filled with ink to be ejected, a manifold connected to an ink entrance hole to store ink that flows in through the ink entrance hole, a restrictor to connect the manifold to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080136874 - Liquid discharging head, liquid discharging device, and image forming apparatus: A liquid discharging head includes a nozzle, a pressing liquid chamber, a plurality of energy generators, and a base. The nozzle discharges a liquid drop. The pressing liquid chamber is connected to the nozzle and contains liquid. The plurality of energy generators generates energy for applying pressure to the liquid... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080136877 - Ink refill unit with a mechanical tank compression arrangement: An ink refill unit for a print engine includes a body assembly defining an ink ejection port at one end thereof. A compressible tank is located inside said body assembly. A mechanical compression arrangement for compressing the tank includes a threaded wall and circular plunger assembly and an elongate drive... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080136876 - Print engine with ink storage modules incorporating collapsible bags: A print engine is provided 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 includes an elongate body defining a row of cavities. An ink storage module assembly includes a plurality... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080136875 - Recording head, recording unit, ink jet recording apparatus, ink jet recording method, and ink set: A recording head and a recording unit are provided achieving both the reliability of ejection stability and storage stability and the prevention of a new color mixing phenomenon. The recording head has ejection orifice lines each of which ejects each of the inks constituting an ink set. The plurality of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080136879 - Ink cartridge attachment/detachment device, recording apparatus, liquid ejection apparatus, and liquid container: A liquid container for a liquid ejection apparatus includes: a case having a liquid containing portion in its interior; a supply portion which is formed on a first side wall of the case, and through which a liquid in the liquid containing portion can flow to an exterior; a contact... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080136878 - Liquid container: A liquid container includes: a container body that is detachably mounted to a container mounting portion of a liquid consuming apparatus and includes a liquid containing portion storing a liquid; a connection port that is provided in the liquid containing portion and delivers the liquid; a liquid delivery portion that... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080136880 - Ink jet head cartridge, print head, ink container, and method for manufacturing ink jet head cartridge: Reliable ink jet print head, ink jet head cartridge, ink container, and the manufacture method thereof are provided. Specifically, an ink supply opening of an ink container includes a beam member crossing the ink supply opening. The beam member is shaped so that filler material included therein is oriented in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080136881 - Printer ink delivery system: A solid ink delivery system with discrimination feature for identifying the presence of improper ink sticks for use in solid ink printers for delivering ink to media to form an image thereon is provided. The ink delivery system includes a proper ink stick having a first feature on the stick.... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080136882 - Solid ink stick chute for printer solid ink transport with mating solid ink stick chute: An ink stick for use in solid ink printers is provided. The ink stick is for use in a solid ink delivery system for delivering ink to a melting unit to melt the solid ink. The ink stick has opposed first and second stick external surfaces. At least one of... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080136883 - Liquid injection apparatus and method for driving the same: A liquid ejection apparatus comprises a liquid cartridge for storing a liquid, a liquid ejection head for ejecting the liquid toward a target, a liquid supply path for guiding the liquid to the liquid ejection head from the liquid cartridge, and a capping device for drawing the liquid from the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080136884 - Liquid composition, recording liquid, liquid cartridge, liquid spraying cartridge, and liquid spraying apparatus and method: An ink containing a hydrophobic colloid charged with a positive zeta potential when the pH of the ink is within a range of over 4 and under 6. Silicon or silicon compound can be limited from being eluted into the ink from a circuit board formed from a silicon wafer... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080136885 - Printer and media processing device: The direction in which the media tray 21 moves in and out of the printer and the direction in which the inkjet head 17 moves when printing are on the same line along the front-to-back axis Y of the label printer 5, and the written medium 2B carried on the... Agent: Anderson Kill & Olick, P.c.

20080136886 - Method for printing images on textile fabric: A method for pitting images on a cotton fabric includes steps of boil-off and bleaching to the cotton fabric, tiny holes among tangled filaments in the cotton fabric are filled and leveled by a chemical mixture and after the chemical mixture is permeated and consolidated in the tiny holes of... Agent: Phillip Liu

20080136887 - Printed item having an image with a high durability and/or resolution: A printed device is provided with an image printed thereon, having a relatively high durability and/or resolution. A printer and method are also provided to produce a high durability image by treating an item to be printed with plasma. In particular, a printer is provided that is configured to convey... Agent: Susan M. Schmitt Peters, Verny, Jones & Schmitt LLP

20080136888 - Line head and image forming apparatus incorporating the same: In a line head, a plurality of element arrays arranged in a first direction. Each array includes a plurality of light emission elements arrayed in a second direction which is perpendicularly to the first direction. The light emission elements emit light for forming an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080136889 - Image forming element and its manufacturing apparatus and method: An image forming element and its manufacturing apparatus and method are disclosed, in which manufacturing process steps can be simplified to reduce the cost and improve productivity. The manufacturing method of an image forming element includes respectively providing a mold and an image drum, forming line shaped conductive paste patterns... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080136890 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer includes: ink jet heads that discharge aqueous ink droplets onto a printing surface of a printing medium that is transported in a predetermined direction; a vapor supply unit that is provided at a downstream side of the ink jet head in a direction in which the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080136891 - Printing apparatus and method: A printing apparatus is provided which uses, as a print head, a thermal head having heating elements arrayed in a line perpendicular to the traveling direction of a printing medium. Correspondingly pixel data, at either end, or near the end, of each line of image data going to be printed,... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080136892 - Recording apparatus and recording method: A recording apparatus has an intermediate transfer member; a feeding unit that feeds, to the intermediate transfer member, ink receptive particles containing at least an organic resin whose monomers include at least one polar monomer having at least one polar group, a ratio of the at least one polar monomer... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20080136893 - Device and method for laser marking: When laser beams with a wavelength of 9.3 μm or 9.6 μm are used, a pulse width t (μsec) which is a radiation time of the laser beam and an energy density E (kw/cm2) of the laser beam on an X-ray film are set such that they meet requirements based... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080129767 - Motor vehicle entertainment unit with a printer: The invention relates to an in-car entertainment unit for operative mounting in a cockpit of a motor vehicle. The unit includes a printer having a pagewidth printhead, an ink and media cartridge, and a feed system for feeding the media past the printhead. The unit also includes a slot with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129768 - Printer controller for nozzle displacement correction: A printer controller is provided for supplying dot data to at least one printhead module and at least partially compensating for errors in ink dot placement by at least one of a plurality of nozzles on the printhead module due to erroneous rotational displacement of the printhead module relative to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129770 - Droplet ejection head drive method, droplet ejection device, and electrooptic apparatus: A droplet ejection head drive method includes (1) associating multiple nozzles with ranks corresponding to weights of droplets ejected from the nozzles, (2) generating drive waveforms for driving actuators of the nozzles and correcting the weights of the droplets to a predetermined weight, for each of the ranks, and (3)... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080129769 - Method of driving piezoelectric inkjet printhead and image forming apparatus: A method of driving a piezoelectric inkjet printhead, the method including: applying a forward voltage to a piezoelectric body of the piezoelectric actuator; and applying a driving pulse to the piezoelectric body based on the forward voltage as a reference voltage in order to eject ink. Accordingly, the piezoelectric body... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080129771 - Apparatus and method of driving piezoelectric inkjet printhead: A driving apparatus and method of a piezoelectric inkjet printhead includes applying an auxiliary pulse to neutralize a pressure wave remaining in a pressure chamber after ejecting ink, the auxiliary pulse being applied between a plurality of driving pulses applied to a piezoelectric actuator for ejecting ink. Accordingly, the remaining... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080129772 - Apparatus and method of preventing drying of ink in inkjet printhead and printing method using inkjet printer: An apparatus and method of printing for use in an inkjet printer includes vibrating, while moving an inkjet printhead from a standby position to a printing position, a meniscus of ink in a nozzle by applying an auxiliary pulse having a size not large enough to generate ink ejection to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080129773 - Method and apparatus for ejecting liquefied material: A method for ejecting liquid crystal from a droplet ejection head onto a mother glass substrate is disclosed. The ejecting method includes: substantially equalizing the temperature in the proximity of the droplet ejection head when the droplet ejection head is held in a standby state at a standby position with... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080129774 - Printer capable of correcting printing deviation using one-way printing and method for the same: A printer performs one-way printing for outputting a test pattern as an actual pattern having printing deviation. An optical detector then scans the actual pattern in the same direction as the actual pattern is outputted and transforms the scanning result into a correlation diagram of a distance to the light... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080129775 - Image recording apparatus and controlling method thereof: When receiving a command to record an image on a recording medium, controlling means causes recovering means to execute a recovery operation, and then recording means to execute image recording when an elapsed time from the execution of a previous recovery operation measured by clocking means exceeds a predetermined time... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080129776 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a wiper, first and second movement mechanisms, and a controller. The wiper wipes an ejection face of a head. The controller controls the first movement mechanism to make at least either one of the wiper and the head move in a first direction perpendicular to... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080129777 - Waste liquid collecting mechanism and liquid ejecting device: A waste liquid collecting mechanism for collecting waste liquid ejected from the liquid ejecting head of a liquid ejecting device, the mechanism comprising a reception case partitioned into a plurality of waste liquid storage parts, wherein a waste liquid receiving part capable of storing a predetermined amount of waste liquid... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080129778 - Liquid ejection recording head and liquid ejection recording apparatus: A liquid ejection recording head includes a liquid ejecting portion for ejecting liquid; a casing having a first side provided with the liquid ejecting portion, and a second side different from the first side; a first opening provided between the liquid ejecting portion and an edge of the first side;... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080129779 - Inkjet printhead having multiple printer controllers: An inkjet printhead is provided having inkjet printhead modules arranged to successively abut one another and controllers for controlling the printhead modules. A first controller is configured to receive and process print data to generate first ink dot data and a second controller is configured to receive and process print... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129780 - Nozzle plate of inkjet printhead and method of manufacturing the nozzle plate: A nozzle plate of an inkjet printhead, and a method of manufacturing the nozzle plate. The nozzle plate includes a substrate through which nozzles are formed; an ink-philic coating layer formed on an outer surface of the substrate and inner walls of the nozzles; and an ink-phobic coating layer selectively... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080129782 - Element substrate, printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus: This element substrate is an element substrate for a printhead which includes a plurality of printing elements to which a first voltage is applied, a plurality of driving elements which drive the plurality of printing elements, a logical circuit which outputs a driving signal to control the plurality of driving... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080129781 - Head substrate, printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus: The objective of this invention is to provide a head substrate capable of increasing the layout efficiency by arranging circuit elements in a free area of the head substrate on which ink supply channels are staggered. More specifically, the circuit elements connected to a plurality of element arrays are arranged... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080129785 - Electrostatic actuator, droplet discharge head, methods for manufacturing the same and droplet discharge apparatus: An electrostatic actuator includes a fixed electrode formed on a substrate, a movable electrode provided so as to oppose the fixed electrode with a predetermined gap therebetween, a driving unit generating electrostatic force between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode and moving the movable electrode, insulating films provided on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080129786 - Liquid composition, recording liquid, liquid cartridge, liquid spraying cartridge, and liquid spraying apparatus and method: An ink containing a hydrophobic colloid charged with a positive zeta potential when the pH of the ink is within a range of over 4 and under 6. Silicon or silicon compound can be limited from being eluted into the ink from a circuit board formed from a silicon wafer... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080129787 - Liquid composition, recording liquid, liquid cartridge, liquid spraying cartridge, and liquid spraying apparatus and method: An ink containing a hydrophobic colloid charged with a positive zeta potential when the pH of the ink is within a range of over 4 and under 6. Silicon or silicon compound can be limited from being eluted into the ink from a circuit board formed from a silicon wafer... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080129783 - Thermal bend actuator comprising aluminium alloy: A thermal bend actuator, having a plurality of elongate cantilever beams, is provided. The actuator comprises: a first active beam for connection to drive circuitry, the first beam being defined by a tortuous beam element, the tortuous beam element having a plurality of contiguous beam members; and a second passive... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129784 - Thermal bend actuator comprising conduction pads: A thermal bend actuator is provided. The bend actuator comprises (i) a first active cantilever beam for connection to drive circuitry, the first beam comprising a planar beam element having a bend; (ii) a second passive cantilever beam mechanically cooperating with the first beam, such that when a current is... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129789 - Flexible electrothermal tape and method for manufacturing the same: A flexible electrothermal tape includes first and second conductive wires each having an end portion connected electrically to a corresponding one of opposite ends of an electrothermal wire. A flexible film member encloses sealingly the electrothermal wire and the end portions of the first and second conductive wires. The film... Agent: Perman & Green

20080129788 - Inkjet nozzle assembly having thermal bend actuator with an active beam defining substantial part of nozzle chamber roof: An inkjet nozzle assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a nozzle chamber comprising a floor and a roof. The roof has a nozzle opening defined therein, and a moving portion moveable towards the floor. The assembly further comprises a thermal bend actuator, having a plurality of cantilever beams, for ejecting... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129790 - Head substrate, printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus: This invention relates to a head substrate capable of reducing power loss and achieving a high integration degree or downsizing at low cost. The head substrate includes at least plural printing elements, plural driving elements which drive the plural printing elements, and plural level converters which boost the voltage of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080129791 - Head substrate, printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus: The purpose of this invention is to provide a head substrate capable of increasing layout efficiency. To achieve this purpose, an ink supply channel is arranged, and a plurality of printing element arrays are arranged on at least one side of the ink supply channel, and a plurality of driving... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080129795 - Inkjet nozzle assembly having moving roof portion defined by a thermal bend actuator having a plurality of cantilever beams: An inkjet nozzle assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a nozzle chamber comprising a floor and a roof The roof has a nozzle opening defined therein, and a moving portion moveable towards the floor. The assembly further comprises a thermal bend actuator, having a plurality of cantilever beams, for ejecting... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129794 - Inkjet nozzle assembly having thermal bend actuator with an active beam defining part of an exterior surface of a nozzle chamber roof: An inkjet nozzle assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a nozzle chamber comprising a floor and a roof. The roof has a nozzle opening defined therein, and a moving portion moveable towards the floor. The assembly further comprises a thermal bend actuator, having a plurality of cantilever beams, for ejecting... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129793 - Thermal bend actuator comprising aluminium alloy: A thermal bend actuator, having a plurality of elements, is provided. The actuator comprises a first active element for connection to drive circuitry a second passive element mechanically cooperating with the first element. When a current is passed through the first element, the first element expands relative to the second... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129796 - Thermal bend actuator comprising passive element having negative thermal expansion: A thermal bend actuator, having a plurality of elements, is provided. The actuator comprises a first active element for connection to drive circuitry a second passive element mechanically cooperating with the first element. When a current is passed through the first element, the first element expands relative to the second... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129792 - Thermal bend actuator comprising porous material: A thermal bend actuator, having a plurality of elements, is provided. The actuator comprises a first active element for connection to drive circuitry and a second passive element mechanically cooperating with the first element. When a current is passed through the first element, the first element expands relative to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129797 - Liquid droplet ejecting head and liquid droplet ejecting apparatus: A liquid droplet ejecting head according to an aspect of the present invention includes a liquid droplet ejecting element for ejecting liquid droplets a liquid supply path having two or more flow ports, through which a liquid can flow, and supplying the liquid flowing in from the flow ports to... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20080129798 - Restrictors with structure to prevent back flow and inkjet head having the same: A restrictor with a structure to prevent a back flow of ink and an inkjet head including the restrictor. In the inkjet head, an ink channel is formed in a channel plate, and the ink channel includes an ink inlet, a plurality of pressure chambers, a manifold, a plurality of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080129799 - Piezo-electric type inkjet printhead: A piezoelectric type inkjet printhead includes an upper substrate including a pressure chamber to be filled with ink that is to be ejected, a reservoir to store ink that flowed in from an ink container, a restrictor connect the reservoir to one end of the pressure chamber, an intermediate substrate... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080129801 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer includes a casing, a sub ink tank, an ink jet head, a main ink tank side connector, a sub ink tank side connector, a wall member and a breaking portion. The casing includes a space for housing a main ink tank. Ink within the main ink... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080129802 - Printer cartridge refill unit with verification integrated circuit: The invention provides for a refill unit for a printer cartridge having an operatively, negatively pressurized ink reservoir. The refill unit includes an ink bag housed within a docking assembly for docking with the printer cartridge. Also included is a valve actuator shaped and configured to actuate an outlet valve... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129800 - Printer having a roll of print media and an ink-transmitting drive assembly: This invention provides for a printer which includes a print roll housing assembly having a number of ink reservoirs defined by a core portion around which a print media is rolled. The printer includes an ink supply and printhead assembly attached to the print roll housing assembly, said printhead assembly... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129805 - Ink cartridges and ink supply systems: An ink supply system includes an ink cartridge and an cartridge accommodating portion. An ink cartridge includes a cartridge case forming an ink chamber, an ink supply portion, and an air intake portion. The cartridge case includes a front face, a rear face opposite the front face, and a particular... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080129804 - Ink tank for liquid printing apparatus, method of manufacturing same, liquid printing apparatus with same, and method of detecting remaining ink: An ink tank capable of optically detecting ink remaining in an ink accommodation chamber with high precision is provided. A printing apparatus, a method of manufacturing the ink tank, and a method of detecting ink remaining in the ink tank are also provided. Radiated light (11) projected into an ink... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080129803 - Inkjet print cartridge: A method of making an inkjet print cartridge comprises forming a cartridge body (30) and applying directly to the surface of the body first and second sets of electrical terminals (40a, 42a) selectively connected by conductive tracks (44). A printhead (68) is mounted to the body (30) in electrical connection... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080129806 - Liquid composition, recording liquid, liquid cartridge, liquid spraying cartridge, and liquid spraying apparatus and method: An ink containing a hydrophobic colloid charged with a positive zeta potential when the pH of the ink is within a range of over 4 and under 6. Silicon or silicon compound can be limited from being eluted into the ink from a circuit board formed from a silicon wafer... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080129807 - Tamper proof print cartridge for a video game console: This invention relates to a tamper proof print cartridge for a video game console having an integral printer. The cartridge includes a casing defining a media storage portion, an ink storage portion and a media exit. The cartridge also includes a media transport mechanism arranged in said casing and configured... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129808 - Printhead reservoir with siphon vents: A printhead reservoir assembly has at least one reservoir to hold ink. The assembly includes an outlet plate having siphon vents to allow air to exit an ink path, a manifold plate having at least one manifold to channel ink and manifold outlets to corresponding to the siphon vents, a... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c. - Xerox

20080129809 - Ink supply unit for an ink jet printer: An ink supply unit 430 for use with a printhead 431, the ink supply unit 430 comprising a plurality of ink storage chambers 521 for supplying ink to the back surface of the printhead 431 by means of an ink distribution molding 433, the molding 433 comprising a series of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080129810 - Compliant chamber with check valve and internal energy absorbing element for inkjet printhead: A compliant chamber for use in a fluidic ink jetting system having a jetting device, such as a printhead, and a fluid reservoir, the compliant chamber comprising a chamber body having an inlet for a fluid and an outlet for the fluid, the body defining an open region therein, a... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, Llc (illinois Tool Works)

20080129811 - Liquid composition, recording liquid, liquid cartridge, liquid spraying cartridge, and liquid spraying apparatus and method: An ink containing a hydrophobic colloid charged with a positive zeta potential when the pH of the ink is within a range of over 4 and under 6. Silicon or silicon compound can be limited from being eluted into the ink from a circuit board formed from a silicon wafer... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080129812 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of always performing image registration adjustment with a high accuracy and realizing a higher image quality without lowering the productivity and deteriorating a cleaning member. A first conveying speed of a sheet being conveyed on a conveying path is changed to a second conveying speed... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080129813 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a frame that has a first side frame and a second side frame facing each other, a platen which is rotatably supported by the first side frame and the second side frame, a head to move in first or second directions to press against or... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080129814 - Method for labeling optical disc: A method for labeling an optical disc includes the following steps: receiving a command of a light scribe application program of a host to start labeling, reading an indication area of the optical disc to obtain information of labeling, transmitting the information of labeling to the host, and planning blocks... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation