Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 07/08

20080180469 - Liquid discharging head and method for producing the liquid discharging head: A liquid discharging head includes a channel unit formed of a plurality of stacked plates having openings and a liquid channel formed of the openings of the stacked plates. A curing material is filled in a step formed due to shift of the openings provided in the adjacent plates respectively,... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080180470 - Image forming apparatus and method of transferring print data: An image forming apparatus includes: a rearrangement device having a configuration whereby the print data is rearranged in such a manner that data of pixels corresponding to mutually adjacent recording elements which are aligned on a straight line in the second direction in the recording head is located within a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080180471 - Apparatus to control heater in ink jet printer head and method thereof: An apparatus to control a heater in an ink jet printer head. The apparatus to control the heater in an ink jet printer head includes a limit circuit to generate a limit pulse to limit a strobe pulse such that a maximum driving time of the heater is limited to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080180472 - Image forming apparatus and controlling method therefor: An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a print head (4) having an ink emitting surface (6) in which there are formed a plural number of ink emitting openings (13). An ink is emitted from the ink emitting... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080180473 - Printer with configurable memory: A printer is described that has a configurable memory to which waveform definitions are uploaded just prior to a printing process. The printer manufacturer can program a printer controller with waveforms that have been created by the printer manufacturer, instead of waveforms pre-programmed by the printhead manufacturer.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080180474 - Electronic apparatus and method to control electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus capable of preventing a peak current from being introduced into internal units of the electronic apparatus when the internal units are simultaneously activated and a method to control one or more internal units thereof. The electronic apparatus includes at least one internal unit and a signal generator... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080180475 - Multipass printing: A multi-pass printing system and a corresponding method are provided for printing an image, which includes a plurality of continuous-tone values, based on halftone matrices having threshold values. The printed image is composed of sub-images, each of which includes dots printed in a respective pass. The sub-images present independent dot... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080180476 - Printing apparatus, printing method, program, storage medium, and computer system: A printing apparatus for printing on a medium to be printed includes an ink ejection section for intermittently ejecting ink while moving, wherein the printing apparatus detects a distance from the ink ejection section to the medium to be printed, and controls a timing of intermittent ejection of the ink... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080180477 - Identification of characteristics of media used in a printer apparatus: A media assembly and printer media supply are provided that enable automatic determination of a predetermined parameter value of a strip of media material are disclosed. The media assembly includes a cylindrical core upon which a strip of the media material is spirally wound. The core has an end into... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080180480 - Element substrate, printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus: This invention relates to an element substrate capable of confirming an electrical connection status before a printhead malfunctions. The element substrate is a substrate for a printhead, which is detachable from a printing apparatus and includes a plurality of printing elements, a logical circuit for controlling the printing elements, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080180479 - Method for automatic pen alignment in a printing apparatus: A method for automatic pen alignment in a printing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus has a scan direction or x-axis and a media advance direction or y-axis, orthogonal to said scan direction or x-axis, the method comprising the steps of performing a pen alignment process, determining an alignment correction algorithm... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080180478 - Non-user-initiated preventative maintenace modes for inkjet-printing device: One or more preventative maintenance mode parameters for an inkjet-printing device having an inkjet-printing mechanism are determined based on a water loss rate of water from ink within the device and/or on an air gain rate of air into the ink within the device. As such, periodic performance of a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080180481 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus is disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080180482 - Flushing method of liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus: A flushing method for a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting liquid from nozzles of a liquid ejecting head toward a liquid reception portion which faces a nozzle opening surface of the liquid ejecting head in order to prevent the nozzles from being clogged. The method comprises creating an electric field... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080180483 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for flushing liquid ejecting apparatus: The invention provides a method for flushing a liquid ejecting apparatus by ejecting liquid from a nozzle of a liquid ejecting head toward a liquid catcher that is provided opposite to a nozzle opening surface of the liquid ejecting head. The method comprises applying an electric field between the nozzle... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080180484 - Printer waste ink apparatus: Printer waste ink subsystem apparatuses are described including an apparatus located between a waste ink pump output port and a waste ink container such as a waste ink pad or sponge for containing waste ink splashing. In one illustrative example, a muffler is placed at the distal end of the... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080180485 - Dual feed liquid drop ejector: A liquid ejector includes a structure defining a chamber. The chamber includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface includes a nozzle orifice. A drop forming mechanism is located on the second surface of the chamber opposite the nozzle orifice. A first liquid feed channel and a... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080180486 - Liquid ejection head and method for manufacturing liquid ejection head: A liquid ejection head and a method of forming the same. The liquid ejection head includes a substrate, an ejection port, a liquid channel, and a supply port. The substrate has, above one side thereof, an energy generating element configured to generate energy used to eject liquid. The ejection port,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080180487 - Ink jet recording head and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention provides an ink jet recording head which includes a substrate, an energy generating element which is disposed on the substrate and generates energy for discharging a liquid, an electrode which is disposed on the substrate and is electrically connected to the energy generating element, a passage-forming member... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080180488 - Liquid transporting apparatus and printer: There is provided a liquid transporting apparatus which includes a substrate having an insulating surface, a plurality of liquid transporting channels, a common liquid chamber which supplies a liquid to the liquid transporting channels, a plurality of individual electrodes arranged on the plurality of liquid transporting channels respectively, an insulating... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080180490 - Droplet discharging head and inkjet recording apparatus: A droplet discharging head comprising: a piezoelectric element that has a flex-deformable piezoelectric body, a first electrode, and a second electrode that sandwich the piezoelectric body therebetween; a vibrating plate arranged at the first electrode side of the piezoelectric element; a wiring plate that is arranged at the second electrode... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080180489 - Droplet discharging head and method of manufacturing the same, and droplet discharging device and method of manufacturing the same: A droplet discharging head comprises: a cavity substrate including a discharge chamber having a bottom wall serving as a vibration plate; and an electrode substrate including an individual electrode that faces the vibration plate with a gap and drives the vibration plate, and a driver integrated circuit (IC) that couples... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080180491 - Liquid transport apparatus and method for producing liquid transport apparatus: A liquid transport apparatus includes a base member having a surface in which a pressure chamber and a liquid flow passage are formed, the liquid flow passage being communicated with the pressure chamber and having a flow passage cross-sectional area smaller than that of the pressure chamber and a piezoelectric... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080180492 - Droplet ejecting apparatus: A droplet ejecting apparatus, including: a head unit having a generally planar shape and including nozzles through which droplets are ejected, a holder holding the head unit, a reinforcing plate via which the head unit is held by the holder and which has an adhesion surface as at least a... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080180494 - Automatic image color and contrast optimization system based on cartridge identification: A hand-held printer includes an ink supply and a graphical interface configured to display a preview of an image prior to printing and wherein the image preview is displayed on the graphical interface in a color format based on the color capability of the ink supply.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080180493 - Over-molded fluid interconnect: A fluid interconnect for a fluid enclosure includes an overmolded sealing surface of a thermoplastic elastomeric material, the sealing surface having an opening, the sealing surface overmolded upon a thermoplastic surface of a fluid enclosure; and a wall of the thermoplastic elastomeric material connected to the sealing surface, the wall... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080180495 - Combined ink family keying for an ink cartridge: An ink cartridge includes an insertion key located on a back edge portion of the ink cartridge, the insertion key being configured to provide a pivotal reference point for insertion of the ink cartridge into the carriage.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080180496 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a case including a front face and a rear face opposite the front face, an ink supply portion positioned at the front face of the case, an air intake portion positioned at the case, and a movable member configured to move between a first position and... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080180497 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a first signal blocking portion, and a second signal blocking portion, in which a first plane intersects each of the first signal blocking portion and the second signal blocking portion. The ink cartridge also includes a third signal blocking portion, in which a second plane intersects... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080180498 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a first signal blocking portion, a second signal blocking portion, and a third signal blocking portion. The first signal blocking portion is configured to either prevent a first signal from passing therethrough or to alter a path of the first signal when the first signal blocking... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080180499 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a case, an ink supply portion positioned at a front face of the case, a movable member configured to move relative to the case, and at least one resilient member coupled to a rear face of the case and the movable member. The at least one... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080180500 - Filter, liquid jetting apparatus, and liquid transporting apparatus: A filter includes a filter plate provided with a through holes formation portion in which a plurality of through holes is formed, a ring-shaped piezoelectric layer arrangement portion on an upper surface of which a piezoelectric layer is formed, and a circular-shaped fixed portion fixed to a tube, an electrode... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080180501 - Actinic ray curable composition, actinic ray curable ink, image forming method utilizing the same, ink-jet recording apparatus and epoxy compound: This invention provides an actinic ray curable composition, which exhibits excellent storage stability, low viscosity, high sensitivity and can form cured film having high hardness and superior weather-proofing under various environments particularly even under a high humidity atmosphere, and actinic ray curable ink utilizing the same, an image forming method... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080180502 - Newsprint media for inkjet printing: A newsprint medium for inkjet printing includes a newsprint medium base paper and a layer of multivalent salt disposed on at least one side of said base paper.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080180503 - Ink set for inkjet recording and inkjet recording method: An ink set for inkjet recording is provided that includes at least a colored liquid composition comprising at least a radically polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant, and an undercoat liquid composition comprising at least a radically polymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, the colored liquid composition comprising... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080180504 - Fixed material transportation apparatus, liquid fixing apparatus having transportation apparatus and sucking unit of fixed material in liquid fixing apparatus: There are provided a sucking unit having a recording medium transportation surface including a plurality of sucking holes, a decompression chamber communicating with the sucking holes and a sucking device for sucking air in the decompression chamber, and a delivering device for sucking a recording medium supplied onto the recording... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080180507 - Image forming apparatus having line-type recording head: An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance member, and a guide member. The recording head includes a plurality of head units to discharge liquid droplets onto a recording medium, each of the plurality of head units having a plurality of nozzles through which liquid droplets are discharged.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080180505 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer for discharging ink drips to a printing medium mounted on a conveying belt and conveyed from a plurality of nozzles, in which the printing quality is improved and the printed speed is raised. A printing medium conveying section has first and second conveying portions connected in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080180506 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer for discharging ink drips to a printing medium mounted on a conveying belt and conveyed from a plurality of nozzles, in which the printing quality is improved and the printed speed is raised. A printing medium conveying section has first and second conveying portions connected in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080180508 - Ink-jet printing platen, and ink-jet printing device: An ink-jet printing platen provided in an ink-jet printing device operable to eject droplets of an ink toward a surface of a recording medium for thereby performing a printing operation on the recording medium, the ink-jet printing platen being disposed to support the recording medium in an upward direction, the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080180509 - Method of printing two-dimensional code and ink jet printer: A method of printing a two-dimensional code using an ink jet printer includes ejecting ink within a predetermined ink ejecting area to form a colored cell constituting the two-dimensional code such that ink bleed adjusting portions are arranged along the outer edge of the ink ejecting area, each ink bleed... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080180510 - Apparatus for electrostatic imaging: A print head includes a first electrode layer including a plurality of generator electrodes, a second electrode layer including a plurality of discharge electrodes, and an insulating layer disposed between the generator electrodes of the first electrode layer and the discharge electrodes of the second electrode layer. The discharge electrodes... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080180511 - Thermal head driving circuit: A disclosed thermal head driving circuit includes an inverter type drive circuit including a p-channel MOS transistor and a first n-channel MOS transistor, and configured to have a driving signal of a rectangular wave provided at gates of the p-channel MOS transistor and the first n-channel MOS transistor to invert... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080180512 - Thermal head driving ic and method of controlling the same: Provided is a thermal head driving IC for supplying voltage to a plurality of heating resistors each controlled by a driving MOS transistor, including a switch for making and breaking between a substrate and a source of the plurality of driving MOS transistors. In a case where the plurality of... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080180513 - Device for setting up, adjusting and/or controlling an apparatus for processing printed products: A device is provided for setting up, adjusting, and/or controlling an apparatus that cyclically processes printed products. The device includes a lighting unit having at least one light source directed toward a processing area of the apparatus. The light source is controllable to selectively generate a continuous light or a... Agent: Venable LLP

20080180514 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus: An image forming apparatus applies a shading correction to an image read from a white reference board 18, and determines presence or absence of stripe-like noise in the image read therefrom after applying the shading correction. The apparatus exposes an area at which there is no noise in the white... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080180515 - Print head and image forming device using the same: A print head includes a plurality of light emitting elements grouped into a plurality of light emitting element groups and disposed by the light emitting group, a lens array having optical systems corresponding respectively to the light emitting element groups, each of the optical systems imaging a light beam emitted... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080180516 - Mems mirror system for laser printing applications: A MEMS mirror for a laser printing application includes providing a CMOS substrate including a pair of electrodes, and providing a reflecting mirror moveable over the substrate and the electrodes. Voltages applied to the electrodes create an electrostatic force causing an end of the mirror to be attracted to the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080174616 - Data interfacing apparatus and method of print head chip: A data interfacing apparatus and method of a print head chip are provided. The data interfacing apparatus includes a drive module to output a low-speed signal with a slow transmission speed and a high-speed signal requiring a fast transmission speed, a connection cable transmitting the low-speed signal and the high-speed... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080174617 - Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method: d

20080174618 - Image-forming system, image-forming apparatus, computer program, and image-forming method: When a DNA ink printing mode is selected, a serial number and a pattern data of DNA is read from an IC tag of a DNA ink cartridge and a fingerprint of a printing person is read by a fingerprint authenticating unit. The pattern of the fingerprint and DNA which... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080174619 - Dispersion liquid manufacturing apparatus and dispersion liquid manufacturing method: A dispersion liquid manufacturing apparatus manufactures a dispersion liquid in which fine droplets of a second liquid are dispersed in a first liquid. The dispersion liquid manufacturing apparatus includes: a first liquid accommodating device which accommodates the first liquid; and an ejection head which has an ejection face opposing the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080174620 - Synthetic jets: A synthetic jet comprises structure (comprising at least one piezoelectric member) for defining a fluid chamber; a nozzle configured to provide fluid communication between the fluid chamber and external to the fluid chamber; and, a drive source connected to apply an electrical signal to the piezoelectric member in a manner... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080174621 - Inkjet printhead with a plurality of vapor bubble generators: The invention provides for an inkjet printhead having a plurality of micro-electromechanical vapor bubble generators. Each bubble generator includes a nozzle in fluid communication with an ink chamber, and a heater positioned in thermal contact with ink in the chamber. Each generator also includes drive circuitry configured to provide a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080174622 - Mechanical dithering of printing mechanisms: A system comprises a control module that communicates with a printhead having nozzles, that detects a malfunctioning nozzle, and that generates control signals when the malfunctioning nozzle is detected. A vibration generator selectively vibrates the printhead along a first axis of a print medium based on the control signals. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080174623 - Liquid ejection controlling method and liquid ejection apparatus: A remaining amount detecting step is performed by a first controller, in which a remaining amount of a liquid contained is detected for each of a plurality of cartridges containing the liquid to be ejected from nozzles. An information transmitting step is performed by the first controller, in which when... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080174624 - Liquid ejection controlling method and liquid ejection apparatus: A remaining amount detecting step is performed by a first controller, in which a remaining amount of a liquid contained is detected for each of a plurality of cartridges containing the liquid to be ejected from nozzles. An information transmitting step is performed by the first controller, in which when... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080174625 - Inkjet printer, image forming method and image quality compensation method thereof: An inkjet printer, an image forming method and an image quality compensation method thereof compensate for an image quality deviation in the ink jet printer. The method includes forming a first image on a printing medium fed at a first position, shifting the printing medium having the first image in... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080174626 - Printing system and control method thereof: An object of this invention is to provide a convenient printing system applicable not only to the office environment but also to the POD environment. To accomplish this, a printing system capable of supplying a print medium to a printing apparatus from a plurality of feeding apparatuses each having a... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080174627 - Method for controlling droplet discharge head, drawing method, and droplet discharge device: A droplet discharge device includes: a droplet discharge head that pressurizes a portion defining a cavity so as to discharge a functional liquid from a nozzle communicating with the portion defining a cavity; and a table moving the work relatively to the droplet discharge head. In the device, the droplet... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080174628 - Recording device: A recording head where an actuator, a cavity portion and a flexible flat cable are placed one on another is provided in a head holder of a carriage. A drive IC chip is mounted on the flexible flat cable. A bottom plate portion of a first heat sink is in... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080174629 - Temperature detector and recording apparatus including the same: A temperature detector of the present invention includes a temperature sensor, a reference signal generation circuit, a level memory which rewritably stores therein a first signal level and a second signal level, a control circuit which controls the reference signal generation circuit so as to make a level of the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080174630 - Die coating to increase printing speed and quality: An improved print head includes a die coating apparatus to die coat the cable. Thus the wire or cable would pass through a die coating apparatus instead of the reservoir of ink described in the above-identified patents. Die coating the cable offers increased control of the amount of ink that... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080174631 - Image forming apparatus having a plurality of liquid discharge heads: An image forming apparatus includes a head unit, a cap unit, a suction device, a wiper unit, and a control unit. The head unit includes a plurality of liquid discharge heads, each having a nozzle face on which a plurality of nozzles are formed. The cap unit caps the nozzle... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080174632 - Liquid ejection method and liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection method includes determining, according to image data, an ejection pixel that is a pixel at which a liquid is to be ejected and a non-ejection pixel that is a pixel at which a liquid is not to be ejected; determining, according to the image data, a nozzle... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080174633 - Line-type liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus including the same: A line-type liquid ejecting head includes an ejection unit group constituted by a plurality of ejection units each including a plurality of nozzle openings through which droplets of liquid are ejected, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle openings, and a pressure generator capable of generating a pressure change in... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080174634 - Liquid discharging device: Provided is a liquid discharging device including: a first head unit which discharges liquid; a second head unit which faces a portion of a medium, in which the liquid is discharged from the first head unit, and discharges liquid; and a support member which faces the first head unit and... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080174635 - Printing apparatus, recording medium drive apparatus, and printing method: A printing apparatus is disclosed. The printing apparatus includes a print head and a print head rotating mechanism. The print head has a discharge portion which discharges printing ink. The print head rotating mechanism causes the print head to rotate in a state where a print target surface of a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080174636 - Inkjet printer and inkjet printer head-chip assembly thereof: An inkjet printer includes an ink tank, a head chip comprising a nozzle and a signal pad, a base plate provided between the ink tank and the head chip and having a first ink flow path through which ink of the ink tank is supplied to the head chip, a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080174637 - Apparatus for supporting substrate, apparatus for measuring surface potential, apparatus for measuring film thickness, and apparatus for inspecting substrate: In a substrate supporting apparatus of a surface potential measuring apparatus, a first fluid is ejected around a target region on an upper surface of a substrate from a circular-shaped first porous member of a first fluid ejection part and a second fluid is ejected onto a lower surface of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080174638 - Nozzle apparatus for an inkjet printhead with a solenoid piston: The invention provides for a nozzle apparatus for an inkjet printhead. The apparatus includes a wafer substrate defining a nozzle chamber and a nozzle outlet port. The apparatus also includes an electromagnetic piston inside the chamber, the piston mounted to the wafer substrate via torsion springs, said piston operatively forced... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080174639 - Ink-jet print head and method for manufacturing the same: An ink-jet print head and a method for manufacturing the same. The ink-jet print head includes: an ink ejection part to eject ink; pad regions having connecting pads to apply an electric signal to the ink ejection part; and unitary partition walls disposed at outer edges of the pad regions.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080174640 - Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus, and manufacturing method of liquid ejection head: A liquid ejection head includes a channel unit with a channel substrate provided with a channel section having pressure chamber cavity rows formed by arranging a plurality of pressure chamber cavities in rows. The liquid ejection head also includes a nozzle substrate provided with a plurality of nozzle orifices formed... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080174641 - Method of working small recess portion, method of fabricating liquid ejection head and liquid ejection head: The invention is directed to a method of working a small recess portion. In the method, prior to press-forming small recess portions arrayed in a row by pressing a predetermined number of pieces of aligned male dies to a metal base plate, the metal base plate is previously formed with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080174642 - Ink supplying/blocking device and image forming apparatus: An ink supplying/blocking device of an inkjet printer selectively supplies or blocks flow of ink of an ink tank to a channel unit in which print head is supported. The device may include a negative pressure generating unit to generate a negative pressure at the print head and thus supply... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080174643 - Liquid composition, ink-jet recording process, ink-jet recording ink set, recording unit, ink cartridge, ink-jet recording apparatus, and ink-jet recording ink: An ink-jet recording liquid composition which is used together with a colored ink to form images and is capable of causing reaction upon contact with the colored ink; the composition being characterized by containing at least (a) a polyvalent metal salt, (b) a substance selected from cryptands and (c) a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080174644 - Liquid container, fuel cell system and method for controlling fuel cell system: A liquid container includes a hollow body; a tubular suction port coupled to the hollow body; a first porous member disposed in the hollow body; a second porous member disposed in the suction port and being in contact with the first porous member, the second porous member having a liquid... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080174645 - Air bubble removal in an ink jet printer: An ink jet printer including a carriage which is movable relative to a sheet of paper, a recording head which is mounted on the carriage and records an image on the sheet by ejecting a droplet of ink toward the sheet, one or more ink tanks which store the ink... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080174646 - Ink composition, ink for inkjet recording, ink set for inkjet recording, inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method: The ink composition includes: a coloring material; a resin which is a block copolymer constituted of at least one hydrophilic block and at least one hydrophobic block; and one of an element and a compound of a polyvalent metal having an atomic weight of not less than 65. The mol... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080174650 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: The invention is directed to an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a recording medium transport unit as defined herein; a full-line ink-jet head as defined herein; and an ultraviolet light illumination unit as defined herein, wherein the ultraviolet light illumination unit comprises an aperture-type hot-cathode tube, or an ultraviolet-setting ink-jet recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080174647 - Media preheater: A heater for preheating media in an imaging device comprises a substantially planar polymeric carrier having an exterior surface. A channel is recessed into the exterior surface of the carrier. A resistance heating element is disposed in the channel, the resistance heating element having a first and second end for... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080174648 - Ultraviolet ray irradiation device, recording apparatus using the ultraviolet ray irradiation device, and recording method: Ultraviolet-ray irradiation devices are attached to a carriage having a print head that ejects ultraviolet curable ink, and include a plurality of ultraviolet light sources and that irradiate ultraviolet rays onto an ink coating ejected on a print sheet by a print head. An ultraviolet ray that is irradiated onto... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080174649 - Ultraviolet ray irradiation device, recording apparatus using the ultraviolet ray irradiation device, and recording method: The ultraviolet ray irradiation devices are attached to a carriage having a print head that ejects the ultraviolet curable ink, and include a plurality of ultraviolet light sources that irradiate ultraviolet rays onto ink coating ejected on a print sheet by the print head. An ultraviolet ray of the ultraviolet... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080174652 - Print media support system and method: A system for supporting print media includes a support manifold, a first media support plate configured to be supported by the support manifold, and a second media support plate configured to be interchanged with the first media support plate and supported by the support manifold in place of the first... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080174651 - Vacuum relief: A surface has a vacuum and a vacuum relief.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080174653 - Image forming apparatus and signal synchronizing method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of optical scanning parts that scan a photoconductor with light of plural colors to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor based on print data; and a controller that, based on a first optical scanning part to which a horizontal synchronization signal... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080174654 - Recording apparatus with a record head and recording method using the record head: The laser beam output from each of the semiconductor lasers is applied to the same print dot, such as each of the print dots on a thermosensitive recording medium, in such a manner that the laser beams are superimposed on one another sequentially at the same time that each of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080174655 - Recording medium drive apparatus, recording medium, and driving method for recording medium drive apparatus: A recording medium drive apparatus is disclosed. The recording medium drive apparatus includes a holding mechanism, a data recording means, and a printing means. The holding mechanism holds a recording medium having a print target surface targeted for printing and an optical recording surface for data. The data recording means... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080170088 - Ejection of drops having variable drop size from an ink jet printer: A method for causing ink to be ejected from an ink chamber of an ink jet printer includes causing a first bolus of ink to be extruded from the ink chamber; and following lapse of a selected interval, causing a second bolus of ink to be extruded from the ink... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080170089 - Dynamic printhead alignment assembly: According to the present disclosure, a printer apparatus may include a chuck configured to support a substrate thereon, a rail spaced apart from the chuck, a printhead carriage frame coupled to the rail, and a printhead carriage coupled to the printhead carriage frame. The printhead carriage may include a printhead... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080170090 - Liquid jetting device: A liquid jetting device includes a plurality of nozzles provided in a liquid jetting head, a charge-discharge actuator provided in correspondence with each nozzle, and a driving section for applying a driving signal to the charge-discharge actuator to jet liquid from the corresponding nozzle, the liquid jetting device comprising: a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080170091 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a passage unit; an actuator unit including a plurality of individual electrodes; a plurality of waveform output circuits which output pulse signals to be supplied to the plurality of individual electrodes; one or more variable resistance elements connected to the actuator unit; a temperature sensor... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080170093 - Contoller for multi-color, multi-length printhead ics: A printhead controller is provided for supplying print data to a plurality of printhead integrated circuits of different lengths. The printhead integrated circuits is arranged to define a pagewidth printhead having rows of nozzles formed by adjacent nozzle rows of the adjacent printhead integrated circuits. The nozzle rows of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080170092 - Pattern forming method, droplet ejecting device, and electro-optic device: A pattern forming method includes: disposing a portion of a first nozzle group composed of a plurality of first nozzles arranged in a first direction and a portion of a second nozzle group composed of a plurality of second nozzles arranged in the first direction so as to overlap each... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080170094 - Printer controller for controlling offset nozzles of printhead ic: A printer controller for supplying data to a printhead integrated circuit is provided. The printhead integrated circuit has a row of aligned printhead nozzles. A sequential group of the nozzles at only one end of the printhead integrated circuit is offset from the other nozzles of the row. The printer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080170095 - Image forming apparatus and ink jetting method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of head chips which comprise a plurality of nozzles to jet ink to a print medium according to print data, and a controller which compares jetting gaps of the head chips to the print medium with a reference jetting gap and determines jetting... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080170096 - 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: Matsuura & Associates

20080170097 - Method of estimating alignment: e

20080170098 - Liquid ejection apparatus, image forming apparatus, and liquid ejection method: The liquid ejection apparatus includes: a recording head which includes a nozzle and an ejection device, the ejection device ejecting an ejection liquid through the nozzle by applying pressure to the ejection liquid in the recording head; a liquid accommodation unit which is in connection with the recording head and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080170099 - Inkjet image forming apparatus: An inkjet image forming apparatus capable of circulating ink provided from an ink cartridge includes at least one pump disposed at an ink cartridge that is detachably disposed to a main body frame, at least one pump driving unit to drive the at least one pump, and a driving motor... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080170100 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus for ejecting a liquid onto a target is provided. The liquid ejection apparatus is provided with a liquid ejection head, a conveying mechanism, a moving device and a wiping device. The conveying mechanism conveys a target along the nozzle forming surface toward a facing location which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080170101 - Ink-jet printhead and manufacturing method thereof: An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the printhead. The inkjet printhead includes a substrate through which an ink supply passage is formed, a chamber plate stacked on the substrate having an ink chamber filled with ink supplied through the ink supply passage and heating resistors to heat the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080170103 - Elongate bi-lithic printhead with a support member: The invention provides for an elongate bi-lithic printhead unit for a pagewidth printer. The unit includes two integrated circuits laid end-to-end, each having a multitude of microelectromechanical nozzles for operatively ejecting printing fluid. The unit also includes an ink distribution plate for feeding printing fluid into apertures defined in the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080170102 - Inkjet print head chip, method for manufacturing an inkjet print head chip, structure for connecting an inkjet print head chip and a flexible printed circuit board, and method for connecting an inkjet print head chip and a flexible printed circuit board: An inkjet print head chip capable of preventing an adhesive from flowing over a nozzle part during a connection work of a flexible printed circuit board thereto is provided with a nozzle part to have a plurality of nozzles formed therein; a plurality of connecting pads disposed at a side... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080170104 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet head (15) of an ink jet printer comprises an ink jet nozzle (24) outputting ultraviolet curing ink, a pair of ultraviolet LEDs 25a and 25b provided on both sides of the ink jet nozzle in the moving direction for emitting ultraviolet in order to cure the ultraviolet... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080170105 - Liquid droplet ejecting head, a writing instrument comprising such a head, and a method of ejecting liquid droplet from same: A liquid droplet ejecting device suitable for ejecting a droplet from a substrate onto a support at a distance greater than usual. A liquid droplet ejecting head that includes a plurality of actuating chambers is linked to a single common ejection nozzle through which a droplet is to be ejected... Agent: Jones Day

20080170106 - Heating structure and inkjet printhead including the heating structure: A heating structure of an inkjet printhead and an inkjet printhead including the heating structure. The heating structure includes a substrate, a heater formed on the substrate, an electrode formed on the heater, a passivation layer formed to cover the heaters and the electrodes, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) formed in... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080170107 - Actuator device and liquid ejecting head including the same: An actuator device includes a piezoelectric element including a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode that are displaceably provided in sequence on a substrate. The lower electrode includes a flat center portion and an inclined end portion that descends toward the substrate. The piezoelectric layer is disposed... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080170109 - Ink supply unit, print head assembly and image forming apparatus: A printhead assembly, an image forming apparatus and an ink supply unit supply color inks to a plurality of printheads which are arranged in a direction transverse to an advancing direction of a printing medium. The ink supply unit may include a first channel member to receive different color inks,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080170108 - Ink tank and inkjet printer having the same: An ink tank of an inkjet printer includes a housing that stores ink; an ink intake unit formed through a lateral wall of the housing and that is openable and closeable to intake ink from the outside; an ink discharge unit formed through a lateral wall of the housing and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080170110 - Circuit board with terminals arranged in a single row and disposed at board edges, cartridges with the circuit board, and methods for making same: A circuit board, a cartridge with the circuit board, and methods of manufacturing the circuit board and cartridge are provided. A circuit board has a storage device and a plurality of terminals arranged thereon along one axis thereof. A first set of the terminals are for read/write operations of the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080170111 - Ink jet printer: There is provided an ink jet printer including: a plurality of rollers; a transporting belt wound on the plurality of rollers; ink jet heads which discharge ink droplets onto a printing medium transported by the transporting belt; a calibrator which matches eccentric phases of the plurality of roller to each... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080170112 - Build pad, solid image build, and method for building build supports: A solid imaging apparatus is provided that includes a replaceable cartridge containing a source of build material and an extendable and retractable flexible transport film for transporting the build material layer-by-layer from the cartridge to the surface of a build in an image plane. An operator using the device needs... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon

20080170113 - Illuminating light source, scanner module employing the same, and image scanning apparatus employing the scanner module: An illuminating light source, and a scanner module and an image scanning apparatus including the same. The illuminating light source includes: a vacuum tube have a cylindrical shape, is filled with a discharging gas, and has a light emitting portion disposed in a lengthwise direction thereof; a discharging electrode disposed... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080170114 - F-o lens, light scanning unit and image forming apparatus employing the same: An f-θ lens is joined to a mount through a light curable bond, forms an incident deflected beam onto a photosensitive body, and includes a lens part which has an incident side on which the deflected beam is incident, and an exiting side which is disposed near the photosensitive body... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080170115 - Image recording apparatus: A laser light source has a plurality of semiconductor lasers arranged in a direction intersecting a primary scanning direction X. The semiconductor lasers are arranged in such a positional relationship that each semiconductor laser is located upstream, in the primary scanning direction X, of a different semiconductor laser located adjacent... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080165214 - Ink cartridge fluid flow arrangements and methods: An ink cartridge including a housing, an ink outlet, and an air vent arrangement. Some examples further include a reflector positioned within the housing. Decreasing an ink volume in the housing below a predetermined level permits a light beam directed into the housing to be reflected off from the reflector... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080165215 - Method and apparatus for forming image: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a conveying mechanism that is provided in this apparatus body and conveys a sheet, a recording head that moves along a moving path orthogonal to a conveying direction of the sheet, ejects an ink to the sheet to print an image on... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080165216 - Image forming apparatus and method thereof: An apparatus to control a velocity of a printing-paper transfer motor which is used in a series of processes of picking up paper loaded in a paper cassette, performing a printing operation and ejecting the paper to the outside of the apparatus. A motion generation unit improves a velocity control... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080165217 - Printing apparatus and printhead temperature retaining control method: The object of this invention is to provide a printing apparatus and printhead temperature retaining control method capable of suppressing power consumption, and reducing degradation in image quality. To achieve the object, a printing apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium by discharging ink, executes the following processes.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080165219 - Inkjet recording apparatus: There is provided an inkjet recording apparatus that reduces operations or time for preliminary discharge and reduces the influence of mist. A recovery mechanism portion is provided in which a slide member on which a cap is mounted is moved along cam surfaces following a movement of a carriage to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080165218 - Method and apparatus for forming image: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet guide that guides a sheet carried by a carrier mechanism in a first casing, a second casing that is mounted rotatably via a support shaft on the first casing and that is opened and closed about the support shaft, and a recording head... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080165220 - Method and apparatus for forming image: An image forming apparatus includes a carriage on which a recording head of an ink-jet system is mounted, a carriage drive mechanism to drive the carriage, a sheet transport mechanism to transport a sheet in a specified direction, a main power-supply unit, and an auxiliary power-supply unit. The carriage is... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080165221 - Printer having relative arcuately moveable simplex printhead and capping and purging mechanism: A printer having a pagewidth printhead assembly and a capping mechanism. The printhead assembly has a single pagewidth printhead and ink ejection nozzles located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print media as it is transported past the printhead. The capping mechanism has a capping member having a length... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080165222 - Ink-jet recording head, method for manufacturing ink-jet recording head, and semiconductor device: An ink-jet recording head includes a substrate which has a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, and energy-generating elements arranged above the first surface and configured to generate energy used to discharge ink. The recording head also includes discharge ports through which the ink is discharged... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080165223 - Droplet deposition aparatus: A component for a drop on demand printhead having three groups of actuators arranged on a surface forming a central group and two end groups. The electrical connections for the central group are split, one portion extending towards one edge of the surface in one direction, and the remaining portion... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080165224 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising a plurality of liquid ejecting heads, each of the liquid ejecting heads including: a liquid introduction pressure adjusting member which is connected to a liquid passage member communicating with a liquid storing member for storing the liquid, the liquid introduction pressure adjusting member being supplied... Agent: Qwest Communications International Inc Law Dept Intellectual Property Group

20080165225 - Electrostatic actuator, droplet discharging head, method of manufacturing thereof and droplet discharging device: An electrostatic actuator comprises: a fixed electrode formed on a substrate; a movable electrode placed at an position opposing the fixed electrode via a predetermined gap; a driving unit giving the movable electrode a displacement by generating an electrostatic force between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode: and an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080165226 - Nozzle assembly having a sprung electromagnetically operated plunger: The invention provides for a nozzle assembly for a printer. The assembly includes a substrate and drive circuitry on the substrate. A plurality of layers is stacked on the substrate to define an ink chamber with an ink ejection port. A magnetic plunger is positioned within the ink chamber below... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080165227 - Micro-fluid ejection devices, methods for making micro-fluid ejection heads, and micro-fluid ejection head having high resistance thin film heaters: Micro-fluid ejection devices, methods for making micro-fluid ejection heads, and micro-fluid ejection heads, including a micro-fluid ejection head. One such micro-fluid ejection head has relatively high resistance thin film heaters adjacent to a substrate. The thin film material comprises silicon, metal, and carbon (SiMC wherein M is a metal). Each... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080165228 - Piezoelectric inkjet head and method of manufacturing the same: A piezoelectric inkjet head and a method of manufacturing the piezoelectric inkjet head. The piezoelectric inkjet head includes three single crystal silicon substrates bonded to each other. An upper substrate includes an ink inlet, a plurality of pressure chambers, and a plurality of piezoelectric actuators, a middle substrate includes a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080165229 - Inkjet printer: In an inkjet printer of a station-supply type, when ink is supplied from a main tank of an ink cartridge to a sub tank storing ink to be supplied to a recording head, the ink cartridge and the sub tank are connected to each other. The inkjet printer includes: a... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080165230 - Method and device to prevent refill of cartridge: A method and device to prevent the refill of cartridges, including inject and laser printer cartridges. The device includes a cage made of hardened drill resistant material inserted within the central reservoir of the cartridge to prevent drilling into the cartridge. The device also includes a bit grabbing mesh designed... Agent: Michael Coblenz

20080165232 - Ink cartridge: An ink container includes a housing that defines an ink reservoir, an air vent in air flow communication with the ink reservoir, and an ink outlet in ink flow communication with the ink reservoir. The air vent provides air flow communication between atmosphere and the ink reservoir. The ink outlet... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080165233 - Ink stirrer for a large ink-jet printer: An ink stirrer for a large ink-jet printer is disclosed. The ink stirrer includes a spindle designed to be pivotally disposed within an ink cartridge, and at least one blade extending downward from the spindle. Furthermore, one said blade is provided with a bottom lump having a large mass that... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080165231 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes plural cartridge loading units respectively corresponding to plural ink cartridges and configured in such a manner that the respective ink cartridges are loaded therein in a reloadable manner, ink inflow ports provided to the respective plural cartridge loading units to introduce the inks accommodated in... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080165234 - Valve assembly with a pressure regulator for a printhead cartridge: The invention provides for a valve assembly for a printhead cartridge. The valve assembly includes a flanged valve stem defining an inlet opening with a skirt engaging portion for operatively engaging an outlet port of the cartridge. The valve assembly also includes a depressible valve member within the stem, and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080165235 - Inkjet ink compositions and methods of making the same: An inkjet ink composition includes water and effective amounts of one or more of: derivatized 2-pyrrolidinones; glycerol polyoxyethyl ethers; diols; or combinations thereof. The inkjet ink composition also includes an effective amount of functionalized nanocrystals.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080165237 - Inkjet ink, inkjet ink set, and inkjet recording method: Disclosed is an inkjet ink having printing aptitude with various recording media, excellent feathering resistance, beading resistance and bleed resistance, high adhesion to a recording medium, and high print quality. Also disclosed are an inkjet set and an inkjet recording method. Specifically disclosed is an inkjet ink containing at least... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080165236 - Method and apparatus for forming image: An image forming apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a recording head of an ink-jet system, a carriage driving mechanism, and a sheet conveying mechanism that conveys a sheet in a predetermined direction. The carriage is moved in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the sheet by the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080165238 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a conveying mechanism that is provided in this apparatus body and conveys a sheet, a recording head that ejects an ink to the medium conveyed by this conveying mechanism and records an image on the medium, and a sheet guide that is... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080165239 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a transport mechanism that is provided in the apparatus main body and transports a sheet, a recording head e to record an image by discharging ink to the medium transported by the transport mechanism, a sheet guide that is provided to... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080165240 - Method and apparatus for forming image: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a supporting mechanism that supports this image forming unit. A feed tray for placing sheets thereon is provided in a rear part of the image forming unit. The supporting mechanism includes a base member and a turntable. The turntable can... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080165241 - Method and apparatus for forming image: An image forming apparatus includes a carriage on which a recording head is mounted, a carriage drive mechanism including a motor to reciprocate the carriage, a sheet transport mechanism to transport the sheet in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the carriage, a sheet guide member arranged below... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080165242 - Method and apparatus for forming image: An image forming apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a recording head, a carriage driving mechanism including a motor for reciprocatingly moving the carriage, a sheet conveying mechanism that conveys the sheet in a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of the carriage, a sheet guide member that has a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080165243 - Print head including an organic light emitting device: A print head includes a light source, a driver chip electrically connected to the light source and a lens array on the side of light irradiation of the light source. The light source includes a substrate and a plurality of organic light emitting diodes arranged in adjacent groups on the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080165244 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: p

20080158273 - Ink jet printing apparatus and method of performing a maintenance process: A content of (an amount of ink to be suctioned for, or the number of times ink is preliminarily ejected for) the maintenance process to be performed after the ink tank replacement is made different depending on the amount of ink so far consumed from a tank which is replaced.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080158271 - Liquid discharge apparatus and maintenance method for liquid discharge apparatus: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge head which discharges a liquid from a discharge port onto a recording medium to form an image, a sub tank which is movable together with the discharge head and which stores the liquid to be supplied to the discharge head, a liquid supplement... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080158270 - Print control apparatus, print system, and computer-readable recording medium containing print control program: A print control apparatus which is connected to a print device for printing an image by fixing ink on a recording paper and which controls the print device, including: a paper-type identifying portion which identifies a type of the recording paper on which the print device prints the image, on... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080158272 - Recording apparatus and recording method: A recording apparatus includes a recording head which discharges an ink onto a recording medium to form an image thereon; a sub tank which is movable together with the recording head and which stores the ink to be supplied to the recording head; an ink supplement section which supplements the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080158274 - Printer and printing method: A head of a printer has a nozzle unit for ejecting fine droplets of light curable ink and a light irradiation part for irradiating light to ink ejected onto a base member. In printing an image, distortion information representing a relationship between a density distribution of an image printed on... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080158275 - In jet printing method and apparatus: A contamination of a printing medium caused by ink mist or the like is suppressed, which may scatter or float in an apparatus when margin-less printing is carried out in an ink jet printer. When margin-less printing for an edge of a printing medium P is performed, a predetermined edge... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080158277 - Ejection element driving device, ejection element driving method, computer readable medium, and liquid droplet ejecting apparatus: An ejection element driving device includes a signal selection section and a signal selection control section. The signal selection section selects a drive signal to be applied to each ejection element from among drive signals including a liquid droplet ejection signal for ejecting a liquid droplet from the ejection element... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20080158276 - Ink jet head driving apparatus and ink jet head driving method: An ink jet head driving apparatus for driving an ink jet head having plural nozzles to discharge supplied ink includes actuators provided correspondingly to the respective nozzles and to cause corresponding amounts of ink to be discharged from the nozzles by drive signals, a storage unit to store correction data... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080158278 - Liquid ejection apparatus and resist pattern forming method: The liquid ejection apparatus has: a head having a nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles which are aligned in a first direction and performs ejection of resist liquid onto a wiring substrate; a scanning device which causes the head and the wiring substrate to move relatively in the first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080158279 - Morphology-corrected printing: In general, in one aspect, the invention features a method, including measuring a surface profile of a substrate, generating firing instructions for a droplet ejection device based on the surface profile, and depositing droplets on the substrate with the droplet ejection device according to the instructions.... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080158280 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: In multipass printing, a mask pattern which increases the degree of dot dispersion in each pass is used for a combination of inks for increasing glossiness when printing an image. Contrary, a mask pattern which decreases the degree of dot dispersion in each pass is used for a combination of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080158281 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: To expand the color reproduction region beyond conventional performance, an image forming apparatus comprises a memory unit storing n mask patterns, a recording pattern generation unit generating n recording patterns, based on the recording color components' image data and the n mask patterns, a classification unit classifying, into at least... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080158285 - Driven mechanism with an air compressor for a printer cradle unit: The invention provides for a driven mechanism for a cradle unit which operatively receives a cartridge to form an inkjet printer. The driven mechanism includes a motor with a transmission assembly. A rotor element drive assembly is mechanically coupled to the transmission assembly for operating a rotor element of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158283 - Inkjet printers: Inkjet printers are provided. An inkjet printer includes an ink tank, an inkjet unit, a first slider, and a cam mechanism. The inkjet unit includes a reservoir, and the reservoir has a first valve with the first slider movably connected thereto. Ink is transferred from the ink tank to the... Agent: Quintero Law Office, Pc

20080158284 - Liquid discharge device: A liquid discharge device may be provided with a discharge head comprising a nozzle for discharging liquid, a first member communicating with the discharge head, and a second member capable of being connected to the first member. A liquid path from a liquid supply source to the discharge head via... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080158282 - Method and apparatus for accurately applying structures to a substrate: A method wherein a substrate is provided, wherein, in a scanning step, structures already applied to the substrate are detected by at least one scanning provision of a processing head, wherein the processing head is provided with at least one lighting provision, which lighting provision locally lights the applied lacquer... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080158287 - Maintenance station for printhead with laminar ink flow cleaning methodology: The invention relates to a maintenance station for an inkjet printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a carrier frame operatively supporting an ink supply manifold and a pagewidth printhead supplied with ink from said manifold. The station is moveable between a cleaning position and a printing position, and includes a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158286 - Method of maintaining an inkjet printhead by producing laminar ink flow to remove particulates: A method of maintaining an inkjet printhead assembly having a carrier frame operatively supporting an ink supply manifold, a pagewidth printhead with an ink ejection surface supplied with ink from said manifold, a maintenance station with a drive motor and a number of rollers, a film wound in a loop... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158288 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus records information on a recording sheet by discharging ink from a recording head mounted on a carriage. The recording apparatus includes a trigger arm functioning as a trigger for starting transmission of a drive to a paper feeding unit and a pump drive transmission cam configured to... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080158289 - Liquid recovery containers and liquid ejection apparatus: First, second, and third ink absorbing bodies are accommodated in a container of a recovery reservoir in this order from the side corresponding to a bottom surface of the container, so that an introduction chamber is defined in the middle of a recovery space. A lid having a shutter plate... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080158290 - Image recording devices: An image recording device includes a recording head comprising a plurality of nozzles configured to dispense ink onto a recording medium when the recording medium is conveyed in a sub-scanning direction, and a carriage configured to reciprocate in a main scanning direction perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction, in which the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080158293 - Inkjet device and inkjet maintenance device thereof: The inkjet maintenance device cleans a printhead with a wiper on a first platform and cleans the wiper with a scraper on a second platform. Two slits with different shapes disposed on a base of the maintenance device allow the first platform and the second platform to slide respectively. In... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080158291 - Method of cleaning ink discharge portion, and cleaning device and image forming device: An object of the present invention is to inhibit a decrease in cleaning efficiency when the amount of ink discharged from the ink discharge portion is increased. A method of cleaning an ink discharge portion of an inkjet printer includes a scraping-away-ink step, a cleaning step with water, and scraping-away-fluid... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080158292 - Printhead wiper having a plurality of blades: A plurality of blades on a printhead wiper is used for wiping out the residual ink on the printheads having different length. The printhead wiper deforms when wiping out the residual ink on the printheads, allowing a first blade for wiping the long black print head and a second blade... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080158294 - Waste liquid storage container, waste liquid discharge device, and image formation apparatus: A disclosed waste liquid storage container includes: a container body divided into plural segments; and a waste liquid absorption member disposed on each segment of the container body, the waste liquid absorption member being made of a high water-absorbing polymer or a high oil-absorbing polymer.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080158295 - Ink-jet head and head unit: An ink-jet head includes a nozzle array including plural nozzles. The nozzle array has a first nozzle group arranged in the center thereof and second nozzle groups arranged further on outer sides than the first nozzle group. Inter-nozzle pitches of the second nozzle groups are larger than inter-nozzle pitches of... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080158296 - Printhead assembly laminated ink distribution stack: The invention provides for an elongate printhead assembly for a pagewidth printer. The printhead assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having mounted thereon various electronic components to facilitate operation of the printer. A number of printhead integrated circuits are respectively angularly disposed with respect to a longitudinal axis of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158297 - Nozzle plate usable with inkjet printhead: A nozzle plate usable with an inkjet printhead includes a substrate through which a plurality of nozzles are formed, an ink-philic material layer formed on an outer surface of the substrate and inner walls of the nozzles, and a plurality of nonwetting coating layers sequentially formed on the ink-philic material... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080158299 - Duplex printer with intermediate fluid distribution arrangement: A duplex printer includes a pair of pagewidth printheads. Each printhead includes a casing assembly defining a channel. At least one elongate support member is received within the channel and defines longitudinally extending fluid passages. The support member further defines spaced apart groups of holes extending from the passages. A... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158298 - Printhead wirebond encapsulation: A printhead includes a printhead die and an interconnect substrate. The printhead die includes a surface. The interconnect substrate includes electrical circuitry and a surface. The electrical circuitry is in electrical communication with the printhead die through a plurality of electrical connections. An encapsulant structure is positioned to encapsulate the... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080158300 - Liquid drop placing apparatus and liquid drop placing method: An ink jet head (1), a substrate (13) receiving a liquid drop (2) discharged from the ink jet head (1), a device for irradiating or reflecting light from a nozzle hole or its vicinity of the ink jet head (1) toward the substrate (13), a position moving device (10) for... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.c.

20080158301 - Ink nozzle unit exploiting magnetic fields: An ink nozzle unit is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle unit includes a substrate assembly. A nozzle extends from the substrate assembly. The nozzle defines an internal nozzle chamber and an ink ejection portal through which ink supplied to the nozzle chamber can be ejected. A magnetic field... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158302 - Nozzle arrangement with a magnetic field generator: The invention provides for a nozzle arrangement for a printhead. The arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a nozzle chamber, and a passivation layer formed on the substrate to define a roof wall and ink ejection port of the chamber. The arrangement also includes a paddle arranged in the chamber... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158303 - High efficiency heating resistor comprising an oxide, liquid ejecting head and apparatus using the same: The present invention is directed to a heating resistor comprising a conducting oxide having an electric conductivity and a nonconducting oxide having insulation or nonconductivity, liquid ejecting heads and apparatus comprising the heating resistors.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080158304 - Ink-jet head: An ink-jet head of the invention includes a head main body, an inflow port, an outflow port, an ink flow path, a nozzle, a heater and a guide unit. The ink flow path is formed inside the head main body to connect the inflow port and the outflow port. Ink... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080158305 - Inkjet printhead using non-aqueous ink: An inkjet printhead that uses a non-aqueous ink. The inkjet printhead includes a flow channel plate having an ink channel, and a nozzle plate which is combined with the flow channel plate and has a plurality of nozzles through which the non-aqueous ink is ejected, wherein a non-wetting coating film... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080158306 - Nozzle arrangement with expandable actuator: A nozzle arrangement is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate assembly. A nozzle extends from the substrate assembly and defines an ink ejection portal through which ink supplied therein can be ejected. An expandable actuator is located within the nozzle and can expand to eject... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158313 - Cradle unit for receiving a print cartridge to form a print engine: The invention relates to a cradle unit for receiving a print cartridge to form a print engine. The cradle unit includes a main body defining an opening for receiving said cartridge, the main body having a frame structure including end plates with drive and exit rollers mounted therebetween. The cradle... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158307 - Ink jet recording apparatus, ink supplying mechanism and ink supplying method: An ink supplying mechanism includes a circulating system that connects an ink jet head having a nozzle, a pressure chamber opposed to the nozzle, and an upstream port and a downstream port that communicate with the pressure chamber, an upstream side tank that communicates with the ink jet head via... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080158314 - Liquid container: A liquid container is provided with an atmospheric air communicating port communicated with atmospheric air in an upper portion thereof, and a liquid supply port for supplying ink contained in the liquid container to a recording head in a lower portion thereof. A negative pressure producing member for retaining ink... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080158310 - Liquid discharge device: A liquid discharge device may be provided with a transferring device, a discharge head, a tank, a liquid replenishment device, and a member. The transferring device transfers a recording medium along a feeding path. The discharge head is capable of moving along a movement path. The movement path is disposed... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq Reed Smith LLP.

20080158311 - Liquid discharge device: A liquid discharge device may be provided with a discharge head, a sub tank comprising a first member; and a liquid replenishment device comprising a second member to be connected to a main tank. The second member is capable of being connected to and disconnected from the first member. The... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080158312 - Liquid discharge device: A liquid discharge device is provided with a discharge head, a sub tank, and a liquid replenishment device comprising a space for housing a main tank and a joint member to be connected to the main tank. The joint member is capable of being connected to and disconnected from the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080158309 - Liquid droplet ejection apparatus and method for manufacturing device: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes an ejection head having an ejection surface with an ejection outlet for ejecting a droplet of a functional liquid, a first container connected to the ejection head via a flow path to form a first space for containing the functional liquid that is to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080158308 - Printing apparatuses and related apparatuses and methods: Apparatuses and methods are described that utilize material-handling systems in which material in the systems has enhanced stability, e.g., during conveyance of the material from a reservoir to a printhead.... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080158317 - Ink cartridge unit with ink suspension characteristics for an inkjet printer: The invention provides for an ink cartridge unit for an inkjet printer. The ink cartridge includes a main body defining a number of ink reservoirs, each reservoir having a layered stack of absorbent material forming a micro-capillary array for suspending ink inside said reservoir. The ink cartridge also includes a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158315 - Ink supply device and inkjet image recording device: The present invention is directed to an ink supply device having an ink cartridge and a cartridge mount. The ink cartridge has an ink supply portion and an air intake portion. The cartridge mount has a first projection and a second projection. When the ink cartridge is inserted into the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080158316 - Liquid container: A liquid container includes a case having a liquid reservoir portion defined therein, and a covering member attached to the case to cover an atmospheric introduction opening formed at the case. When the covering member moves relative to the case, the atmospheric introduction portion is opened, and thereby the liquid... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080158318 - Printing material container, and board mounted on printing material container: A printing material container is detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The printing material container comprises a first device, a second device, and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals, at least one second terminal and at least one third terminal.... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080158319 - Printer cartridge with a printhead integrated circuit and an authentication device: The invention provides for a printer cartridge for a pagewidth printer. The cartridge includes a body. A printhead integrated circuit assembly with a number of micro-electromechanical nozzles, and an authentication device that contains various manufacturer codes readable by a controller board of the printer to verify the authenticity of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080158321 - Ink jet recording apparatus, ink supplying mechanism and ink jet recording method: An ink jet recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes an ink jet head having a pressure chamber facing a nozzle, and an upstream port and a downstream port connected to the pressure chamber, a main tank connected to the ink jet head via the upstream port... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080158320 - Ink jet recording apparatus, ink supplying mechanism and ink supplying method: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink jet head having a pressure chamber opposed to a nozzle, an upstream port that communicates with the pressure chamber, and a downstream port, a first tank that communicates with the ink jet head via the downstream port and is capable of storing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080158322 - Liquid jetting apparatus: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a head; an ink storage chamber communicating with the head; a gas distributing chamber in which a gas introducing hole is formed; a buffer chamber in which a communicating hole for communicating with the gas distributing chamber, and an atmosphere opening hole for opening to... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080158323 - Ink-jet head: An ink-jet head according to the present invention includes a passage component, a filter, and a sealing member. The passage component defines an ink passage which includes a middle hole having an opening. The filter partitions the middle hole of the passage component into a first space and a second... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080158324 - Dryer: Structures and methods are disclosed for at least partially forming an image on a media disposed on a platen, directing air from a dryer at the platen, and circulating the air from the platen back to the dryer.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080158325 - Ink jet printer: In an ink jet printer, a plurality of transport belts are disposed at a predetermined interval in a direction intersecting a transport direction of a printing medium, the printing medium is absorbed on the transport belts to be transported, and an ink jet head ejects an ink droplet on the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080158326 - Device for printing image and character on a candle: A printer, especially a device for printing images and characters on a candle includes an inkjet-printing unit. The printing unit comprises a printing bracket on which a printing head is provided. The printing head may reciprocate linearly relative to the printing bracket. Two rotating shafts parallel with each other are... Agent: Ronald R. Santucci C/o Fromer Lawrence & Haug

20080158327 - Portable system for large area printing: A portable printing system and method comprising a temporary framework set up to support a number of scanning, printing and finishing operations, all precisely controlled by a computing device which combines a stored representation of the desired image with the specific requirements of the target area to produce a final... Agent: Rain Mountain Llc

20080158328 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having; a photoconductive drum, a LED print head to write an image on a surface of the photoconductive drum, and a positioning device to locate the LED print head in a relative position in respect to the photoconductive drum, includes; centering sections respectively arranged at both... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080158329 - Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A light scanning unit to scan light beams to a plurality of photoconductive bodies. The light scanning unit includes: a light source to emit a plurality of beams; a beam-deflecting unit to form scanning beams from the beams emitted by the light source; a plurality of reflecting mirrors to reflect... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080158330 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed an image forming apparatus equipped with an exposure section including a plurality of LED elements, the apparatus forming an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive body with the exposure section, the apparatus including: an RFID tag provided in the exposure section, the RFID tag including a light quantity correction... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080158331 - Scanning optical apparatus: A scanning optical apparatus includes a light source, a deflecting element for deflecting a beam of light emitted from the light source, an optical device for causing the beam of light emitted from the light source to be imaged into a linear shape long in the main scanning direction on... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080158332 - Method and apparatus for processing and/or inspecting pellet-shaped articles: A method and apparatus for processing and inspecting pellet-shaped articles, comprises structure for of the step of conveying the plurality of pellet-shaped articles along a transport path. Each of the pellet-shaped articles includes a first side and a second side. The conveyer has a plurality of article receiving recesses (125)... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc