Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 08/08

20080204485 - Facsimile apparatus and printing method used by facsimile apparatus: The invention provides a facsimile apparatus that includes: a receiving section that receives facsimile data; a print head that discharges ink from nozzles so as to print out an image; a cleaning unit that cleans the nozzles of the print head; and a controlling section that controls the operations of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080204486 - Mobile telecommunications device with printhead capper and controlled media drive: A mobile telecommunications device is provided which has a printhead with an array of nozzles for printing a media substrate, a capper assembly movable between a capped position covering the nozzles and an uncapped position spaced from the nozzles, a drive shaft for feeding the media past the printhead, and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080204484 - Serial printer and method for controlling printing operation thereof: A serial printer includes a first direction-determining unit that determines a carriage moving direction for a subsequent printing pass that follows a current printing pass, in which a carriage is currently moving, on the basis of a target position at which the carriage is to stop. The printer also includes... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080204487 - Ink cartridge and ink filling method therefor: An ink cartridge includes an ink storage chamber and an ink supply chamber, and the ink supply chamber includes a check valve configured to selectively open and close a communication hole between the ink storage chamber and the ink supply chamber depending on a pressure differential between a first pressure... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204488 - Liquid ejection device: A liquid ejection device of a first aspect of the invention comprises a sub tank capable of fluid communicating with the main tank removably mountable to the liquid ejection device. The sub tank is configured to satisfy the formula: SH−SL≦MH−MN where SH is a liquid amount in the sub tank... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204490 - Ejection rate measurement method, ejection rate adjustment method, liquid ejection method, method of manufacturing color filter, method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device, and method of manufacturing electro-optic device: An ejection rate measurement method for a device having a plurality of droplet ejection head columns mounted on a plurality of carriages includes the steps of (a) measuring an ejection rate of a liquid ejected from a droplet ejection head included in one of the plurality of droplet ejection head... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080204491 - Motor driving device: A motor driving device, which drives a DC motor, includes a motor driving unit, a status determination unit, and an initial value renewal unit. The motor driving unit repeatedly performs a change-over, wherein the motor driving unit changes an amount of a current inputted into the DC motor to an... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204489 - Self-propelled image translation device: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a self-propelled image translation device are described herein. The self-propelled image translation device may include a propulsion module to control propulsion components to autonomously propel the image translation device over an adjacent medium. An input/output module of the self-propelled image translation device may control input/output... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c.

20080204492 - Method of producing thermoelastic inkjet actuator: A method of producing a thermoelastic actuator assembly having desired operating characteristics includes determining a desired negative pressure pulse characteristic for the actuator, determining a heat dissipation profile corresponding to the desired negative pressure pulse characteristic, and forming the thermoelastic actuator with a heat conduction means arranged to realize the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080204493 - Fluid ejection device: A fluid ejection device having firing cells, signal lines configured to receive a series of pulses, and an address generator configured to receive pulses from the series of pulses and generate a set of address signals in response to the received pulses, wherein the set of address signals is adapted... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080204494 - Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method: In an inkjet recording apparatus and an inkjet recording method, recording on a first unit region, of unit regions provided on a recording medium, is performed by scanning a recording head an even number of times over the first unit region, and recording on a second unit region adjacent to... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080204496 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus, including: a cartridge mount on which an ink cartridge that stores ink is to be replaceably mounted; a recording head which ejects the ink toward a recording medium; an ink passage through which the ink is supplied from the cartridge mount to the recording head; an... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204495 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: The invention provides a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes: a main scan section that scans the liquid ejecting head in a main scan direction; a sub scan section that scans the ejection target medium in a sub scan direction, the sub scan section including a pair of transport rollers and... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080204497 - Image recording apparatus and recording medium conveyance method executed by image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus executes a recording process for a recording medium is fed from a feeding unit, or the recording medium for which the recording process has been executed and which is re-fed at least via a path switching unit after the recording process. The image recording apparatus comprises... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080204499 - Ink jet printing apparatus and preliminary ejecting method: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus including feeding structure for feeding a print medium into the printing apparatus, conveying structure for conveying the print medium fed by the feeding structure to a position where printing head can carry out printing, and scanning structure for moving and scanning... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080204498 - Ink-jet printer: An ink-jet printer that prints on a second side of a print medium subsequent to printing on a first side of the print medium includes gate rollers, the inclination of the print medium with respect to a direction along which the print medium is transported being adjusted by bringing a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080204500 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head, a sub ink tank, a carriage, a main body, an actuator, an ink quantity detection device, and a controller. The ink jet head has an ink passage and a nozzle communicated with the ink passage. The sub ink tank... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080204501 - Inkjet print head pressure regulator: An apparatus for use with an inkjet delivery system that comprises a negative pressure mechanism proximate to an inkjet print head that is adapted to apply a negative pressure on ink residing at the inkjet print head, and a controller coupled to the negative pressure mechanism that is adapted to... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20080204502 - Method of measuring landed dot, measuring apparatus for landed dot, liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method of manufacturing electro-optic apparatus, electro-optic apparatus, and electronic apparatus: A landed dot measuring method in which a topology measuring apparatus having an interferometer measures topology of a landed dot which is a functional liquid droplet landed on an inspection sheet when an inspection ejection for a functional liquid droplet ejection head is performed including: inspection-ejecting in which multiple ejection... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080204503 - Fluid-ejection device service station: A service station for use with a fluid ejection device having a fluid-ejection mechanism with at least one nozzle includes a housing configured to attach to the fluid-ejection mechanism and to remain attached to the fluid-ejection mechanism during the fluid-ejection operation. A shutter arranged within the housing includes at least... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080204504 - Inkjet printhead assembly with capped obliquely oriented printheads: An inkjet printhead assembly includes an elongate ink feed structure defining a plurality of longitudinally extending ink supply passages and a plurality of spaced apart sets of outlet holes with the holes of each set being in fluid communication with respective ink supply passages. A plurality of printhead modules is... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080204505 - Image forming apparatus with maintenance-and-recovery mechanism: An image forming apparatus has a liquid discharge head to discharge droplets of a recording liquid to form an image on a recording medium and a maintenance-and-recovery mechanism to perform a maintenance and recovery operation on the liquid discharge head. The maintenance-and-recovery mechanism includes a suction device, a control unit,... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080204506 - Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus comprises an ejecting head including a passage which is connected to a sub-tank and an ejecting pressure applying device which applies a feed pressure to the liquid inside the passage, a main tank detector which detects that a main tank is mounted to a main... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204507 - Fluid-ejection device service station: A service station for a fluid-ejection mechanism of a fluid-ejection device includes one or more mechanisms. The mechanisms move back and forth over the fluid-ejection mechanism to wipe the fluid-ejection mechanism. The mechanisms cap the fluid-ejection mechanism during periods of nonuse of the fluid-ejection mechanism. The service station is mounted... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080204508 - System and method for assuring proper pen loading: An inkjet pen includes an internal ink supply; and at least one datum feature configured to engage and slide over a guide track in a pen carriage during installation of the pen in the carriage. The at least one datum feature is configured to interact with corresponding datum features of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080204509 - Droplet deposition apparatus: An ink jet printhead has a first array of actuable side walls defining channels, the actuable sidewalls being displaceable to cause a pressure change in selected channels, alternate channels in the array being firing channels; and a second array of parallel side walls offset in a channel height direction to... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080204510 - Method of applying ink-repellent film and nozzle plate provided with ink-repellent film: A method of applying an ink-repellent film includes flowing an inert gas to the interior of each of the nozzles in a nozzle plate from the rear surface to the front surface of the nozzle plate; applying a film of an ink-repellent material on the surface of the nozzle plate... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204511 - Liquid discharging apparatus and method for manufacturing liquid discharging apparatus: There is provided a head including a chip 10 that has a semiconductor substrate 11, heating elements 12 disposed on the semiconductor substrate 11, coating layers 14 disposed on the semiconductor substrate 11 and having nozzles 14a arranged in regions above the respective heating elements 12, and individual channels 14b... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080204512 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head includes: a flow channel unit including a flow-channel-formed substrate that defines liquid flow channels including pressure chambers communicating with nozzle openings and a sealing plate formed with a diaphragm that varies the capacities of the pressure chambers and a liquid introduction hole, the sealing plate being... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080204513 - Liquid jet apparatus, liquid jet head, and liquid: A liquid jet head includes a nozzle element having nozzles from which a recording liquid is ejected to a recording medium, wherein the recording liquid contains fine particles of a pigment, wherein the fine particles of the pigment contained in the recording liquid are no less than 1% by weight,... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080204515 - Nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead having an ejection actuator and a refill actuator: A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead is provided. The nozzle arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a nozzle chamber and drive circuitry and ink passivation layers defining an inlet to the chamber. An etch stop layer forms a roof layer for the chamber with an ink ejection port defined... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080204514 - Nozzle arrangement having an actuator slot protection barrier to reduce ink wicking: A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer is provided. The arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a supply channel, and chamber side and roof walls positioned on the substrate, said walls defining a nozzle chamber operatively supplied with ink via the supply channel, with a nozzle rim defined in the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080204516 - Inkjet head assembly and printing apparatus and method using the same: An inkjet head assembly and a printing method using the same. The inkjet head assembly includes an ultraviolet (UV) emitting unit to emit UV light, and a printhead to move together with the UV emitting unit and to eject ink through nozzles using inkjet technology.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080204518 - Inkjet printer with low nozzle to chamber cross-section ratio: Provided is a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate defining an ink chamber with an ink ejection port and ink holes for receiving ink from an ink reservoir, and a magnetic actuation device arranged in the chamber and actuatable via an external pulsed magnetic... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080204519 - Inkjet printhead with laterally reciprocating paddle: An inkjet printhead includes a nozzle chamber structure defining a nozzle chamber. The nozzle chamber structure further defines a pair of ink ejection nozzles and an ink supply channel in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber. A movable paddle is disposed within the nozzle chamber at a location between the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080204517 - Multi-nozzle liquid droplet ejecting head, a writing instrument comprising such a head, and a method of ejecting liquid droplets from same: A liquid droplet ejecting head designed to be mounted in a liquid ejecting instrument that includes ejection nozzles through which droplets are to be ejected from the head, and actuating chambers, each actuating chamber having at least one inlet to be in fluidic connection with a liquid reservoir for providing... Agent: Jones Day

20080204520 - Print head and a method of print head operation with compensation for ink supply pressure variation: Disclosed is an inkjet print head for ejecting ink droplets, the print head comprises a micro machined chip, a holder that holds the chip and a manifold made as a recess in the holder for distributing ink to the micro machined chip. Sidewalls form the manifold. At least one of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080204521 - Printhead assembly having laminated ink and air distribution structure: A printhead assembly is provided having a pagewidth inkjet printhead and an ink distribution system. The ink distribution system has a longitudinal distribution housing having ducts extending longitudinally therealong which each correspond to a different ink, a longitudinal cover cooperating with the housing and having ink inlet ports which each... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080204522 - Liquid ejection head: A liquid ejection head according to one aspect of the invention comprises: a channel unit that comprises: a plurality of individual liquid channels each including a pressure chamber; and a first surface having a plurality of openings corresponding to a plurality of the pressure chambers; and a piezoelectric actuator unit... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204523 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head, a sub ink tank, a carriage, a main body, and an ink supply device. The ink jet head includes an ink passage and a nozzle communicated with the ink passage. The sub ink tank is communicated with the ink... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080204525 - Fluid port seal with surface having channels: A seal for an ink-discharge port on a printer ink cartridge, according to various embodiments of the present invention, is disclosed. The seal has a surface containing channels that oppose a direction in which the port is configured to discharge ink from the ink cartridge. Such channels facilitate the retention... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080204527 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge including a housing, a plurality of ink outlets, and a plurality of air vent arrangements. The housing includes top and bottom walls, front and rear walls, first and second side walls, and a plurality of reservoir partitions. The reservoir partitions each extend between the first and second... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080204528 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge including a housing, an ink outlet arrangement, an air vent arrangement, and at least one handle. The housing includes at least a top wall, a bottom wall, and a plurality of side walls that define an ink reservoir. The ink outlet is positioned at the bottom wall.... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080204531 - Ink cartridge for a computer system having an integral printer: An ink cartridge for a computer system having an integral printer includes a media housing portion having top and bottom moldings which operatively mate to form a housing for sheets of paper, the housing portion having a print media transport mechanism. The cartridge also includes an ink storage portion having... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080204526 - Ink jet ink cartridge with vented wick: An ink cartridge disclosed herein includes a reservoir configured to retain ink, a body retaining the reservoir, a port in the body, and a wick located in the port. The port is configured to release the ink from the reservoir. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the body... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080204530 - Liquid container: A liquid container contains a liquid therein and is detachably mountable to a liquid ejection device. The liquid container has a liquid lead-out port for supplying said liquid to the outside, the liquid lead-out port being disposed in a connection surface, and an abutment surface for opening a channel valve... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080204529 - Liquid container and liquid supplying system: A liquid container detachably mountable to a recording apparatus to which a plurality of liquid containers are detachably mountable, wherein the recording apparatus includes apparatus electrical contacts corresponding to the liquid containers, respectively, photoreceptor means for receiving light, and an electric circuit connected with a line which is commonly connected... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080204524 - Sealing device for fluid reservoir: A sealing device is disclosed that includes a latching feature configured to facilitate latching of the sealing device to a fluid reservoir; a first region configured to seal or substantially seal a fluid-discharge port on the fluid reservoir from fluid loss when the sealing device is latched to the fluid... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080204532 - System for loading and feeding solid ink sticks to an ink melter in a phase change ink printer: A solid ink delivery system for a phase change ink image generator includes a solid ink stick loader and a solid ink stick feeder that cooperate to provide solid ink sticks to an ink melter. The solid ink delivery system includes a solid ink stick loader having a moving support... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080204533 - A method of ink supply to inkjet print head array: Disclosed is an inkjet print head array with improved ink supply system. The system includes an ink manifold having at least two ink supply channels, a plurality of print head modules disposed along ink supply channels and forming the array, with each of the print head modules having at least... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080204534 - Fluid path unit for fluid ejection device: A fluid path unit for a fluid ejection device, includes: first pressure chambers arrayed in a first pressure chamber row; second pressure chambers arrayed in a second pressure chamber row adjacent to the first pressure chamber row; first outlet paths, through which the first pressure chambers respectively communicate with first... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080204535 - Ink jet printer: An ink jet printer comprising a transporting device that is capable of transporting a print medium with a predetermined width in a first direction, an ink jet head that is capable of ejecting ink drops onto the print medium to execute a printing process, and a drying device that is... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080204536 - Ink jet recording apparatus: In an ink jet recording apparatus for performing printing with active ray curing type ink, when there is an attempt to prevent ink curing in a nozzle portion at a time of printing on a thick rigid medium, no-margin printing on the rigid medium is impossible. To an outside of... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080204537 - Ink-jet printer device and ink-jet printing method: An ink-jet printer device equalizes a surface temperature of a print medium on the platen. In an ink-jet printer device which includes a platen having heater blocks, and a carriage having non-contact type temperature sensors each measure a surface temperature of each of a plurality of portions of the print... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080204538 - Printing on corrugated substrates: Methods and devices for forming, such as by printing, high quality, high throughput, ultraviolet curable gel ink images on corrugated substrates for packaging applications are disclosed. The methods and devices have excellent edge acuity and do not require precoating of the substrate prior to printing or nitrogen inerting during curing.... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080204539 - Rotary drive apparatus, optical scan apparatus, and image formation apparatus: A rotary drive apparatus includes a rotary body with a support portion, a rotor magnet supported by the support portion of the rotary body, a fixation section facing the rotor magnet and rotatably supporting the rotary body, and a winding coil provided in the fixation section, in which an expression... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080204540 - Thermal head drive circuit and printer using the same: A thermal head drive circuit drives M number of thermal heads for printing one line and includes a delay unit that applies different time delays to M bits of print data to be supplied to the corresponding M thermal heads. The higher order the odd number thermal heads of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080204541 - Aperture stop in an image projection arrangement for preserving color fidelity over an image: A lightweight, compact image projection module has a laser assembly for emitting a plurality of laser beams of different wavelengths, an optical assembly for focusing and nearly collinearly arranging the laser beams to form a composite beam, a scanner for sweeping the composite beam in a pattern of scan lines,... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.c.

20080198186 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and program: A liquid ejecting apparatus that has a display and a cartridge of a predetermined liquid capacity loaded therein and can display information on the cartridge in the display. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a program for performing a reception sequence for receiving the information on the cartridge from a memory... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080198188 - Inkjet printer and ink cartridge: An inkjet printer is provided. The inkjet printer includes: a holder configured to mount thereon an ink cartridge for storing ink; and an imaging unit which obtains an image of a surface of the ink in the ink cartridge mounted on the holder.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080198187 - Liquid residual amount detection apparatus for liquid container: A liquid residual amount detection apparatus for a liquid container, includes: a sensor chamber that has a liquid supply port introducing liquid to be delivered from a liquid containing portion, and supplies the liquid to an external liquid consuming apparatus; a diaphragm that defines a part of the sensor chamber... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080198189 - Image printing method and system for improving image quality in dot matrix printer: Ink coalescence in inkjet printing is reduced by printing mutually interstitial images using an arrangement of multiple curing stations in combination with multiple printing heads.... Agent: Agfa C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080198191 - Liquid jetting device: A liquid jetting device comprises plural nozzles provided at a liquid jetting head, actuators provided in correspondence with the respective nozzles, and a drive section that applies a drive signal to each of the actuators of the nozzles from which liquid is to be jetted, the liquid jetting device comprising:... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080198190 - Printing system for triggering the print head of a printer cartridge: The invention relates to a printing system for controlling the printing head of a conventional printing cartridge designed for water-based printing ink. Said printing head comprises ink discharging elements arranged in a matrix, and the actuatable heating element of an ink discharging element is activated by means of an address... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080198192 - Ink ejection method and inkjet ejection device: An ink ejecting device includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of pressure chambers respectively corresponding to the plurality of nozzles, an actuator capable of changing capacity of each of the plurality of pressure chambers. A first drive pulse signal is selected in accordance with dot information indicating dots to... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080198193 - Hand held printer with vertical misalignment correction: A method for automatically providing vertical misalignment correction in a hand held printer fixedly mounting a printhead having a plurality of ink jetting nozzles arranged in a column includes defining a fixed quantity subset of the plurality of ink jetting nozzles for printing a print swath; defining a reference line... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080198194 - Printing method and printing apparatus: A printing method of the present invention includes the steps of: carrying a medium and ejecting ink from a print head to print, on the medium, a mark that can be filled in by a user; detecting, with a sensor, whether or not the mark has been filled in; and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080198195 - Inkjet printing apparatus and control method for the apparatus: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus capable of stably printing a preferable image, when a printing medium is released and conveyed from an upstream conveying unit, and when the printing medium is conveyed by only a downstream conveying unit. Specifically, the serial inkjet printing apparatus including the upstream conveying unit... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080198196 - Inkjet recording device: An inkjet recording device of the present invention includes an inkjet head and a cap. The inkjet head includes a passage unit formed by a lamination of at least one plate and a nozzle plate. Amongst the plate and the nozzle plate, a plate positioned farther from the nozzle plate... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080198197 - Integrated maintenance and paper pick system: A printhead maintenance station comprises a base including a spitting zone, a maintenance sled movable relative to the base, a wiper assembly for cleaning a printhead orifice plate, a capping assembly for capping a printhead orifice plate, a pick motor operating a paper picking assembly and the maintenance sled and... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080198198 - Passivation of printhead assemblies and components therefor: A printhead assembly comprising the printhead and filters intended for use with the printhead is passivated by passing a gaseous coating such as Parylene through the assembly. In this way dirt particles created during manufacture of the printhead are encapsulated and thus prevented from blocking the nozzles. The printhead assembly... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080198199 - Collective transfer inkjet nozzle plate and method of producing the same: Fine nozzle holes in a plate of a setting material are formed by: forming three-dimensional structures on a substrate in accordance with a fine inkjet process based on data in a computer, coating a setting material in a portion other than portions where the three-dimensional structures are formed, and then... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080198200 - Nozzle plate, method for producing nozzle plate, and method for producing ink-jet head: A nozzle plate includes a first thermoplastic resin film; a reinforcing plate which is formed of a material having a rigidity higher than that of the first thermoplastic resin film and which has one surface joined to the first thermoplastic resin film; and a second thermoplastic resin film which is... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080198201 - Printing apparatus and printing control method: This invention is directed to provide a printing apparatus and a printing control method capable of more accurately obtaining a carriage position and executing more precise printing. The printing apparatus includes a scale, having slits at predetermined intervals, provided along the carriage scanning direction, and an encoder provided on a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080198202 - Microfluidic architecture: A microfluidic architecture is disclosed. The microfluidic architecture includes a substrate having an edge and a thin film stack established on at least a portion of the substrate adjacent the edge. The thin film stack includes a non-conducting layer and a seed layer, where the seed layer is positioned such... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080198203 - Droplet discharging head, manufacturing method thereof, and droplet discharging device: A droplet discharging head, includes: a discharging chamber; a plurality of nozzle orifices discharging droplets and each of the plurality of nozzle orifices is communicated with the discharging chamber; an actuator; a vibrating plate provided using a bottom wall of the discharging chamber and displaceably driven by the actuator; and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080198204 - Liquid ejecting head and printer: A liquid ejecting head includes a first pressure chamber, a second pressure chamber provided at a side of the first pressure chamber, a vibration plate provided above the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber, a driving piezoelectric element provided above the first pressure chamber and above the vibration... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080198205 - Printhead fabricated on flexible substrate: A printhead or other droplet emitter is manufactured integrally with a flexible circuit. Preferred methods of manufacturing a droplet emitter comprise the steps of: creating metal traces, preferably deposited using a metal oxide precursor; patterning a sacrificial photoresist to create ink channels and nozzle chambers; depositing piezoelectrically active material over... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20080198208 - Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection head includes: a plurality of nozzles which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers connected respectively to the plurality of nozzles; a common flow channel which is provided to be shared by the plurality of pressure chambers and has a plurality of supply flow channel connection ports... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080198209 - Passage composite, an ink jet head and a printer: A printer has an inkjet head, which has a passage composite. The passage composite has a main body, having a surface and a projection portion that extends outward from the surface. The projection portion has an opening formed through it, and the projection portion also has an end, and an... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080198207 - Pressure adjustment apparatus and image forming apparatus, and pressure adjustment method and liquid remaining amount determination method: A pressure adjustment apparatus for adjusting a pressure of liquid inside a liquid ejection head including nozzles and flow channels includes: a tank; a pump; a buffer chamber; a first switching device; and a second switching device. The tank includes a movable film and a hermetically sealed container of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080198206 - Printing device: Various ink containers are provided. One exemplary ink container includes a housing that is configured to hold ink therein and has an ink fill port and a gas exit port. A single sealing device is compressively held by a portion of the housing so as to obstruct both the ink... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080198210 - Ink cartridges and systems having such ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a case, an ink supply portion, an air intake portion, and at least one resilient member. The ink supply portion is positioned at a front face of the case, and the ink supply portion is configured to dispense ink from an interior of an ink chamber... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080198211 - Sealing structure of fluid container, and method of manufacturing and reusing fluid container: The invention provides a fluid-outlet-section sealing structure that includes: a fluid outlet section, a sealing member, and a sealing film. The fluid outlet section has a fluid flow channel and an open-end surface. The open-end surface of the fluid outlet section is formed at a fluid outlet end of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080198212 - Ink-jet recording apparatus, method of removing air of ink-jet recording apparatus and removing air device: An air removing device is connected to a tank to contain ink through a first supply tube, and an ink-jet head is connected to the air removing device through a second supply tube. The first supply tube and ink-jet head are heated and controlled. Air dissolved in ink is sucked... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080198213 - Ultraviolet-ray curable ink composition, inkjet recording method and apparatus, and ink container: wherein n represents a positive integer; p represents an integer of 2 or more and not more than 10; and R1 and R2 each independently represents a substituent. Also disclosed are an inkjet recording method using the composition, and an ink container and an inkjet recording apparatus, each containing the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080198214 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus has a recording medium feeding mechanism for feeding a recording medium by one at a time, a recording head for performing recording, a discharging roller having a discharging driven roller and a discharge driving roller and a recording medium stacker capable of being changed to a first... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080198215 - Printing device: A printing device (1) is provided having a housing (2) and an inkjet printing head (3) which is arranged therein. The printing device is used to print electronically stored data, for example in an internal device memory, on a printing area. The inkjet printing head (3) can be displaced in... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080198216 - Background pattern image generating method: A block where basic units of a background pattern are arranged two-dimensionally is formed so as to stably read buried information from a printed background pattern. Binary or multivalued number is assigned to the block to express information. When a binary number (bit) is assigned to a block made up... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080198217 - Thermal activation device, printer, thermal activation method, and method of producing a self-adhesive label: Provided is a thermal activation device capable of preventing a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet from being partially excessively heated, keeping a short distance between a contact between a thermal head and a platen roller, and a discharge port, and preventing a structure of the thermal activation device from being complicated and... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080192073 - Apparatus for converting an envelope feeding machine into an internet connected postage machine: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using existing envelope feeding machines to print IBIP indicium, and CASS approved address information and bar code information. The invention is shown to include a print head operative in response to a print signal and a controller, electrically connected to the print head, for... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080192074 - Method and device for the production of a three-dimensional multi-material component by means of ink-jet-type printing: A method for the production of a three-dimensional multi-material component whereby successive layers of at least one material are printed by means of drop ink-jet-type printing including cutting a representation of the multi-material component into remarkable objects; cutting the representation of the component into print layers, as a function of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080192075 - Ink jet printer: An improved large-format inkjet printer that is capable of providing more efficient and higher quality printing on a variety of print media, including for example, paper, fabric, corrugated media, and plywood. The improved printer provides improvements to the platen assembly, rail assembly, service station assembly, printhead assembly and vacuum assembly... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080192076 - Recording method of linear encoder scale for ink jet printer: There is provided a recording method of a linear encoder scale for an ink jet printer which detects a recording pattern of a liner encoder scale provided on the whole circumference of a transport belt wound around rollers to output a detection signal and ejects an ink drop from an... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080192079 - Inkjet printer assembly with a central processing unit configured to determine a performance characteristic of a print cartridge: Provided is an inkjet printer assembly having a cartridge with an integrated pagewidth printhead integrated circuit (IC), and a cradle configured to receive the cartridge such that the printhead IC is adjacent a media feed path. Also included is a driven mechanism configured to maintain the printhead and to feed... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192077 - Integral printhead assembly: The present invention relates to an integral printhead assembly for use in association with an industrial printing apparatus. The integral printhead assembly is a self-contained unit which can be quickly removed and replaced with another assembly with minimum downtime to the printing apparatus.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080192078 - Method of printing and printing system: A method of printing comprising: determining the position of ink marks on a medium resulting from the breakaway of secondary ink drops from primary ink drops; and positioning the primary ink drops on the medium using said determination.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080192080 - Image forming apparatus, developing unit thereof and method for controlling developing unit: An image forming apparatus, a developing unit thereof and a method of controlling the developing unit. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive body on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a light scanning unit which scans a beam onto the photosensitive body, a developing unit which includes a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080192081 - Cover for fluid jetting device and method for enhancing fluid performance: A cover is configured for use with a fluid jet device having a surface defining a plurality of orifices formed therein through which a fluid is jetted. The cover includes a cover element movable parallel to the surface between a covered position in which the cover element overlies the orifices... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, Llc (illinois Tool Works)

20080192083 - Capping device, and recovery device having the same: A capping device for a fluid ejection device, includes: a cap having a fluid receptacle and a first fluid path; a cap holder supporting the cap and having a second fluid path; and an absorber disposed between and supported by the cap and the cap holder, the absorber having a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080192082 - Recovery device and recovery method: A recovery device comprising: a cap configured to cover a nozzle face in which a plurality of nozzle groups are formed; and a cap holder supporting the cap; wherein the cap includes: a sealing lip being configured to sealingly contact the nozzle face; a plurality of partitioning lips that partition... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080192084 - Cleaning device for injet head of large-sized inkjet printer and cleaning module thereof: A cleaning device for an inkjet head of a large-sized inkjet printer and a cleaning module thereof are disposed under the inkjet module of the printer for cleaning the ink of the inkjet head. The cleaning device includes the cleaning module and a base, wherein the cleaning module includes plural... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080192085 - Liquid-ejecting-apparatus maintenance method and liquid ejecting apparatus: A maintenance method that discharges liquid L collected in a liquid receiver 15 of a liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first step of causing a nozzle opening face 43a of a liquid ejecting head 3 to be disposed facing the liquid receiver 15 in a non-contact state and applying an... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080192086 - Print head and inkjet printer including the same: A print head includes a first nozzle group which includes a plurality of first nozzles arranged linearly, and a second nozzle group and a third nozzle group which include a plurality of second nozzles and a plurality of third nozzles arranged linearly, and are disposed in parallel with each other... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080192087 - Printhead assembly with channelled printhead modules: The invention provides for a printhead assembly for a pagewidth printer. The assembly includes a substrate channel, an ink hose, a support plate, an extrusion and a cover plate. The substrate channel operatively positions a plurality of printhead modules to form a pagewidth printhead module assembly. The ink hose is... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192088 - Modular printhead with ink chamber and reservoir molding assemblies: A modular printhead includes a chassis. A plurality of printhead modules is mounted on the chassis. Each module is a sealed unit with a number of independent ink chambers for feeding inkjet nozzles in a printhead integrated circuit. Each printhead module is plugged into a reservoir molding. A self sealing... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192089 - Printhead maintenance station: The present teachings relate to a printhead maintenance station for an industrial printing apparatus which is used to prevent clogging of the printhead, particularly during periods in which the printheads are idle. The maintenance station includes a capping station which has sockets for keeping the printheads moist and a blotting... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080192090 - Ink ejection arrangement having cooperating chamber wall edge portions and paddle edge portions: An ink ejection arrangement for a printhead integrated circuit is provided. The arrangement includes a fluid chamber having a fluid outlet nozzle and a fluid supply channel respectively defined in opposite walls of the chamber, the chamber defining chamber wall edge portions. The arrangement also includes a nozzle paddle operatively... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192091 - Printhead with ejection orifice in flexible element: An inkjet printhead that has a substrate with a first layer, a second layer; and a flexible element supported by the second layer. The flexible element has an orifice through which ink is ejected. An actuator deflects the flexible element to force the ink through the orifice. The substrate has... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192092 - Droplet deposition apparatus: A component for a printhead is created by forming a PZT wafer forming a region of SU8 photoresist material on one side of the PZT wafer; sawing in a second side of said planar body, opposite said first side, actuator channels to a depth sufficient to expose an area of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080192093 - Jet printer with enhanced print drop delivery: Disclosed is a jet printing method, which includes firing printing fluid drops and deflecting them. The drops are then deflected again in a second direction, which can allow them to be deposited in a collimated swath. Also disclosed is dynamically adjusting the deflection to achieve a dynamic swath density and/or... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson , Patent Legal Staff, Eastman Kodak Company

20080192096 - Ink supply unit having a cover unit for positioning tape automated bonded film: An ink supply unit for a pagewidth printer having a printer controller configured to operatively control a printhead integrated circuit. The supply unit includes a housing defining a number of external protuberances for positioning tape automated bonded film, and a baffle unit positioned inside the housing to define three ink... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192094 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an ink tank that has an ink reservoir; a recording head that has an ink inlet connected to the ink reservoir; a box-shaped head holder on which the ink tank and the recording head are mounted; a discharge passage for discharging air separated from the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080192095 - Inkjet recording apparatus and ink supply method: The inkjet recording apparatus includes: print heads each of which has ejection ports through which ink is ejected; main tanks each of which stores the ink; ink supply channels which respectively connect the main tanks with the print heads; subsidiary tanks which are arranged in the ink supply channels and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080192097 - Ink-jet recording device and ink cartridge: An ink-jet recording device for supplying ink to a recording head from at least one ink cartridge having a bottom wall, and first and second side walls connected to each other through the bottom wall and facing each other, the ink cartridge further having an ink supply port at the... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080192098 - Water-based inks for ink-jet printing: There are provided a water dispersion for ink-jet printing which contains a water dispersion of particles of a vinyl polymer or a polyester-based polymer which contain a colorant (B), and a water-insoluble organic compound (A) except for aliphatic acid derivatives; a water-based ink containing the water dispersion; a print obtainable... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080192099 - Non-step apparatus for adjusting the height of a set of paper pressing wheels used in a large-scale uv ink-jet printer: A non-step apparatus for adjusting the height of a set of paper pressing wheels disposed on at least one side of a large-scale UV ink-jet printer, comprising a turnable handle and a driving device, wherein one end of the driving device is connected with a pressing bar which can control... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080192100 - Image recording method and image recording apparatus employing the same: Disclosed in an image recording method comprising the steps of ejecting a first water-based UV curable color ink onto a non-absorptive substrate to form a first color ink image on the non-absorptive substrate, exposing to ultraviolet rays the first color ink image to form a first UV cured color ink... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080192102 - Ink-jet authentication mark for a product or product packaging: s

20080192103 - Ink-jet authentication mark for a product or product packaging:

20080192101 - Inkjet recording device and inkjet recording: An inkjet recording apparatus including: a recording head having a plurality of ink ejection openings for ejecting photo-curable ink, the ink ejection openings being formed along a feeding direction of the recording medium; a light irradiation device for irradiating the ejected ink; a moving unit for reciprocally moving the recording... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080192104 - Systems and methods for providing a personal affector machine: This invention relates generally to software and mechanics, and more specifically, to systems and methods for providing a personal affector machine. In one embodiment, the invention includes a top frame; a cross-member, the cross-member extending from the top frame, the cross-member configurable to do any of translate and rotate relative... Agent: Ruttler Law Pllc One Union Square

20080192105 - Digital printing apparatus fittable in a flexographic printing system: A system for printing comprises a rotatable charge-retentive member; imaging means for creating an electrostatic latent image on the imaging surface; and development means for applying a development material to the electrostatic latent image on the imaging surface. The developed image has a raised portion, suitable for transferring a liquid-ink... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080192106 - Image generating apparatus: This image generating apparatus includes a chassis and a side plate, a cartridge stop member provided on a first side surface of the chassis integrally has a first shaft stop portion coming into contact with a first end surface of a shaft of a print head pressing member, and a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080192107 - Laser marking system: A laser marking system comprises means for transmitting the laser-emitted light onto one or a plurality of points on a substrate, with means for displacing the substrate and laser light emitting source relative to one another, wherein the substrate is selected to be sufficiently sensitive to the emitted light so... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080186336 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a recording head including a plurality of nozzles which eject ink drops onto a recording medium to form an image; and a vibrator which is disposed to face the plurality of nozzles and vibrates in a non-printing state.... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080186337 - Printer cartridge having a parasitic power circuit: Non-OEM printer cartridges for printers expecting an OEM cartridge are presented. A non-OEM printer cartridge includes a medium delivery system other than a medium delivery system ordinarily used or expected by a printer. A circuit within the non-OEM cartridge parasitically draws power from signal lines activated by the printer and... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20080186339 - Capacitive load driving circuit and image forming device: There is provided a capacitive load driving circuit connected to a capacitive load that causes ejection, from an ejecting nozzle, of a liquid droplet of a droplet amount that corresponds to a voltage level of charging voltage, the capacitive load driving circuit including: a first line that is connected to... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080186340 - Head unit, droplet discharging apparatus, droplet discharging system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, status information notifying method, status information updating method, faulty position detecting method, and programs: The present invention provides a droplet discharging apparatus including a discharge head for deflectively discharging droplets through one discharge port at a plurality of pixel areas in adaptive fashion. The discharge head is controlled to discharge droplets at an object. A storage unit stores status information about the discharge head.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080186341 - Ink-jet recording method and ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording method for forming an image by discharging a liquid functional material onto a recording medium by a full-line type ink-jet head having discharge nozzles arranged in a widthwise direction substantially perpendicular to a transporting direction of the recording medium, includes: determining a range free of image recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080186342 - Inkjet recording apparatus, manufacturing method of inkjet head, and checking method of the head: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a passage unit in which individual ink passages are formed, an actuator unit fixed to the passage unit, a flat flexible substrate, and a drive signal outputting unit. The actuator unit includes individual electrodes, a common electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and individual lands. The flat... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080186338 - Printer having controllers for common control of printhead: A printer is provided having at least one elongate printhead module comprising at least one row of printing nozzles, and first and second printer controllers configured to process print data for output to the printhead module. The first and second printer controllers are connected to a common input of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186345 - Fluid ejecting apparatus and method of controlling same: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection head having an ejection face formed with an ejection nozzle that ejects fluid, a detection device having a detector that is arranged to face the ejection face with a predetermined gap provided therebetween and to which the fluid is supplied from the ejection... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080186344 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method are provided which can perform ink ejection performance recovery operations on a print head at optimal timings while at the same time reducing a volume of ink discarded by the recovery operations. Thirty days after a previous recovery operation,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080186346 - Inkjet printer assembly with a controller for detecting a performance characteristic of a printer cartridge: The invention provides for an inkjet printer assembly. The assembly includes a cartridge having an integrated pagewidth printhead integrated circuit (IC), and a cradle configured to receive the cartridge such that the printhead IC is adjacent a media feed path. The assembly also includes a driven mechanism configured to maintain... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186343 - Liquid drop ejection apparatus: A light detection device includes laser sources arranged at both ends in the scanning direction and at one end in the paper feed direction for emitting laser beams intersecting with each other, and light receiving elements arranged at both ends in the scanning direction and at the other end in... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080186348 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and control method thereof: In order to form a high-quality image, upon execution of multi-pass printing using a printing head with a plurality of nozzles, an image processing apparatus calculates, using a scan duty setting unit (105), scan duty data for respective nozzles for each scan of the printing head in accordance with input... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080186347 - Ink jet recording method and head: An ink jet recording method includes the steps of inputting a set of driving pulses to a heater element so that the heater element is repeatedly activated by the driving pulses, repeatedly generating a bubble in ink in an ink path in accordance with repeated activation of the heater element,... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080186350 - Ink jet printer: Provided is an ink jet printer in which ink jet heads are arranged in correspondence with a print region and printing is performed with respect to the print region while transporting a print medium, the ink jet printer including: a first print medium transporting unit provided at an upstream side... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080186349 - Inkjet printer having wide array head and image forming method therefor: An inkjet printer having a wide array head and an image forming method for use in the inkjet printer having the wide array head includes a nozzle group setting unit for grouping nozzles of the wide array head into N (N is an integer larger than 1) groups and grouping... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080186351 - Fluid ejecting apparatus and method of controlling same: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection head having an ejection face formed with an ejection nozzle that ejects fluid, a detection device having a detector that is arranged to face the ejection face with a predetermined gap provided therebetween and to which the fluid ejected from the ejection nozzle... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080186352 - Ink-jet head maintenance device, ink-jet recording device and ink-jet head maintenance method: A maintenance device for an ink-jet head having a head substrate on a surface of which orifices for ejecting ink droplets are formed in a row. A maintenance device includes a removal unit comprising a suction assembly which is disposed in a position that faces the surface of the head... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080186353 - Rotatable printhead array: 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 pivotally coupled to the printhead carriage frame.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080186354 - Methods, apparatus and systems for increasing throughput using multiple print heads rotatable about a common axis: Apparatus and methods for printing are provided. A printing apparatus includes a platform adapted to rotate about a rotational axis and a plurality of longitudinally aligned print heads coupled to the platform. In one or more embodiments, each of the plurality of print heads includes a set of nozzles arranged... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20080186355 - Color inkjet recording apparatus and copier with increased reliability: A color inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads ejecting inks of respective colors, an electrical system unit controlling the operation of the color inkjet recording apparatus, and an ink container connected to the multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads. The ink container is provided below the multi-nozzle... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080186356 - Nozzle plate, method of manufacturing nozzle plate, and image forming apparatus: The nozzle plate has a nozzle hole formed therethrough, the nozzle hole being defined in the nozzle plate with an inner surface including a first liquid-philic portion, a liquid-phobic portion and a second liquid-philic portion that are arranged in this order from a side near the nozzle mouth, the first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080186357 - Printhead assembly having electrical connector assemblies: The invention relates to a printhead assembly. The assembly includes a printhead module having a plurality of modular printhead tiles each tile having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle assemblies for operatively printing on a printing medium. Also included are printhead controller integrated circuits for controlling operation of the printhead tiles.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186358 - Printing module for use in a large ink-jet printer: A printing module for use in a large ink-jet printer includes a frame and an ink-jet unit secured to the frame. The ink-jet unit has a group of ink cartridges to emit droplets of ink onto a media to be printed. At least one irradiator is disposed at a side... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080186361 - Ink ejection nozzle with a paddle having a series of protrusions to reduce outward ink flow: The invention provides for an ink ejection nozzle for a printhead integrated circuit. The nozzle includes a fluid chamber and a paddle. The fluid chamber has a fluid outlet port and a fluid inlet port respectively defined in opposite walls of the chamber, the chamber having chamber wall edge portions... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186359 - Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes: a plurality of plate members which are laminated with an adhesion layer interposed therebetween; and an ink flow path for an ink, which is formed through the plurality of plate members. The plurality of plate members include: a first plate member which includes a... Agent: Eugene Ledonne, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080186360 - Liquid-jet head and liquid-jet apparatus having same: A liquid-jet head comprising a pressure generating chamber, which is supplied with a liquid via a liquid supply path and in which a nozzle orifice for jetting the liquid is formed, and a pressure generator for causing a pressure change within the pressure generating chamber, wherein when an inertance and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080186362 - Printhead assembly with a thermosetting adhesive film for attaching printhead integrated circuitry: The invention relates to a pagewidth printhead assembly. The assembly includes a molded polymer ink manifold defining a plurality of discrete fluid conduits therethrough. The assembly also includes a plurality of printhead integrated circuits (ICs) each having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements for operatively ejecting printing fluid onto a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186363 - Liquid transport apparatus: A liquid transport apparatus includes liquid transport channels disposed on an insulating surface of a substrate, individual electrodes disposed in regions corresponding to respective ones of the liquid transport channels, and wiring portions extending along the insulating surface of the substrate. The apparatus further includes a first insulating layer disposed... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080186364 - Method for producing liquid transport apparatus, liquid transport apparatus, method for producing liquid droplet-jetting apparatus, and liquid droplet-jetting apparatus: A method for producing a liquid transport apparatus includes forming a recess, on a surface of a vibration plate on a side not facing the pressure chamber, in one of areas which are defined by dividing an area overlapping with a pressure chamber in a predetermined direction; forming a piezoelectric... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080186366 - Ink-jet device and method for depositing ink using the same: An ink-jet device (20) is provided. The ink-jet device includes an ink reservoir (22), a print head (24), and a carry-in pipe (26) connected between the ink reservoir and the print head. The ink-jet device further includes an air outlet pipe (28) and a balance pipe (30). The air outlet... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080186365 - Liquid droplet transport apparatus: A liquid transport apparatus includes a substrate, liquid transport channels disposed on a surface of the substrate in which a conductive liquid is transported, electrodes disposed in regions in corresponding ones of the liquid transport channels, and wiring portions coupled to corresponding electrodes and extending along the surface of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080186368 - Ink storage module with a valve insert to facilitate refilling thereof: The invention provides for an ink storage module for a printer cartridge having a number of ink storage modules. Each cartridge module operatively stores a different colored ink for delivery to a printhead of the printer. The module includes upper and lower plate members having an ink bag located between... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186367 - Ink tank having integrated rfid tag: An ink tank includes a reservoir body for containing an ink supply. The reservoir body has a top opening. A top cover is attached to the reservoir body to close the top opening. The top cover has an outer surface. The top cover is formed from a molded material. An... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080186369 - Remanufactured ink cartridges and methods of making the same: The present invention relates to a process for remanufacturing an ink jet ink cartridge. Specifically, the process relates to remanufacturing ink jet ink cartridges having design features that are designed to prevent the refill or otherwise reuse of the ink cartridge. The design features may include, but be not limited... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080186370 - 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 reservoir assembly includes a reservoir compartment arranged in fluid communication... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186371 - Phase change inks containing colorant compounds: Phase change inks comprising a carrier and a colorant composition including a basic dye component and an acid dye component providing an internal salt composition wherein at least one of the basic dye component, the acid dye component, or both the basic dye component and the acid dye component comprises... Agent: Marylou J. Lavole, Esq. LLC

20080186372 - Phase change inks containing colorant compounds: a

20080186373 - Inkjet ink composition: A inkjet ink composition includes an acrylic latex, a solvent, 1,2-hexanediol, a colorant, a dispersant, and water. The acrylic latex is present in an amount ranging from about 1 wt. % to about 5 wt. %. The solvent is selected from dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether,.tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, propylene glycol monopropyl ether,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080186374 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus, including a movable support member which includes a supporting portion that supports a recording medium fed on a platen and which is slid in a feeding direction so as to the recording medium, wherein the movable support member includes an ink receiving portion which is provided... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080186375 - Printer: In a printer of the invention, a plurality of head units each including a line thermal head having heat-generating elements arranged in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of a recording paper are arranged in the conveying direction of the recording paper. The head unit has an angle-adjusting mechanism... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080186376 - Laser control circuit and image forming apparatus: An image data processing section subjects input image data to image processing, and outputs first to fourth image data. First to fourth pulse width modulation circuits are PWM circuits in each of which a plurality of reference positions are set in one pixel, and output pulses corresponding to the first... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500